The Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos

 

Vespers:

Blessed is the man

At Lord I have Cried:  Feast 8; G/N: Feast

3 Readings for the Feast

Litia & Aposticha:  Feast

Troparia:  Feast x3

 

Matins: 

Troparia after God is the Lord: Feast x3

After each Kathisma: Sessional hymns of the Feast

Polyeleos and Magnification of the Feast

Sessional hymn of the Feast;

Hymn of Ascents, 1st Antiphon, Tone 4: From my youth…

Prokimenon of the Feast

Matins Gospel : Luke 1:39-49,56

Having beheld the Resurrection is not sung

Psalm 50; Glory: “Through the prayers of the Theotokos!” Both now:  Repeat;  “Have mercy on me, O God,”   “When the repose of thine all-pure body drew nigh…”;  Then the Litany: “Save, O God, Thy people…”

 

Canon:                                

Feast (2 canons)                                   12            “Most Holy Theotokos, save us.”

               

Katavasia: The Irmoi of both canons of the feast 

 

After Ode 3, Hypakoe of the Feast

After Ode 6, Kontakion and Ikos of the Feast

At Ode 9, We do not sing “More Honorable...”  We instead sing the refrains of the Feast, with the canon of the feast

 

Exapostilarion:  Feast

Praises: Feast 4; G/N: Feast

After the Great Doxology: Troparion of the Feast

 

At the Hours:  Troparion: Feast; Kontakion: Feast.