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.