Kontakion of the Feast (Tone 2)
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Neither the tomb, nor death, could hold the Theotokos, who is constant in prayer and our firm hope in her intercessions. For being the Mother of Life, she was translated to life by the One who dwelt in her virginal womb!
The stikheronfor the Dormition
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The stikheron after the Psalm 50
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Exapostilarion
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Megalynarion
The angels, as they looked upon the Dormitionof the All-immaculate one, were struck with wonder,seeing how the Virgin went up from earth to heaven./In thee, O Virgin without spot, / the bounds of nature are overcome: / for childbirth remains virgin / and death is betrothed to life. / O Theotokos, Virgin after bearing child and alive after death, // do thou ever save thine inheritance.
