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1
11
th 
Sunday after Pentecost 
The Dormition of our All-Holy, Glorious Mistress, the Theotokos & Ever-Virgin Mary 
VESPERS: Tone 2P. Regular BeginningC. Lord I have cried...1. Come let us adore the
 Word
of God,/ begotten of the Father before the
world
began,/ and in
car
nate of the Virgin
 Ma
ry./ For of His own willHe suffered the Cross and submitted to
 bu
rial.// He also rose from thedead and saved me, an
er
ring man.2. Christ, our Saviour, blotted out the bond that pledged us to thede
crees
of the law/ by
nail
ing it to the Cross,/ and He put
down
thedo
 mi
nion of death.// We worship His Resurrection on the
third
day.3. In common with the Archangels let us praise the Resur
rec
tion ofChrist./ He is the Deliverer and
Saviour
of our souls./ And He will
come
again in dread glory and great
 po
wer,// to judge the world He
fa
shioned.4. The angel proclaimed Thee, O Master, crucified and
 bu
ried,/ and he saidto the
wo
men:/ 'Come and
see
the place where the
Lord
lay./ For He isrisen as He said, because He is Al
 migh
ty.'/ Therefore, we worship TheeWho alone art im
 mor
tal:// Have mercy upon us, O Christ, Thou
Gi
ver oflife.Stichera for the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (Tone 1)5/6
O
wondrous
 mar
vel!/ The well-spring of Life is
laid
in a tomb,/ andthe
grave
becometh a ladder to the
hea
vens!/ Be glad, O Gethsemane,thou holy dwelling-place of the Theo
to
kos!/ O ye
faith
ful, let us cryaloud, with Gabriel as our
lea
der:/ Rejoice, O thou who art
full
ofgrace!// The Lord is with thee, granting great mercy to the world
through
thee!7/8
 Won
drous are thy mysteries, O Theo
to
kos!/ Thou hast been shown to bethe throne of the Most High, O
 Mis
tress,/
and
hast been translated fromearth to
hea
ven today./ Thy glory is majestic, shining with godly
 mi
racles!/ O ye
vir
gins, ascend on high with the Mother
of
the King!/Rejoice, O thou who art
full
of grace!// The Lord is with thee,granting great mercy to the world
through
thee!9/10 The au
thor
ities and thrones, the principalities and do
 mi
nions,/ thepowers, the cherubim and the awesome seraphim glorify thy dor
 mi
tion,/
and
mortal men rejoice, adorned by thy divine
glo
ry./ Kings fall downin homage with the archangels and
an
gels,/ and
chant
: Rejoice, O thouwho art
full
of grace!// The Lord is with thee, granting great mercyto the world
through
thee!G/B... (Tone 1)
 
2
 At
the divine behest, the God-bearing apostles were caught up from
whence
they were,/ and, coming to thine all-pure and life-creating
 bo
dy,/
they
venerated it
with
love./ And the hosts of heaven above, arriving withtheir
 Mas
ter,/ were
seized
with awe as they accompanied the all-pure bodywhich had re
ceived
God;/ and they went forth in beauty and cried aloudinvisibly to the hier
arch
ies above:/ ‘Be
hold
! the divine Maiden, the Queenof
all
, is come!/ Lift up your gates, and receive her a
 bove
the world,/
who
is the Mother of ever
las
ting Light;/ for it is through her that salvationhath come to all the
hu
man race./
 We
cannot gaze upon her, we are unable torender her fitting
honour
;/ for her excellence passeth all under
stan
ding!’/
 Where
fore, O all-pure Theo
to
kos,/ dwelling ever with thy life-bearing Kingand
Off
spring,/
 pray
thou without ceasing, that He preserve and save thy new
 peo
ple/ from every attack of the
ad
versary;/ for
we
have acquired thineinter
ces
sion,// manifestly blessing thee with splendor for
ev
er.P. Wisdom. Aright!C. O Joyful Light...P. Prokimenon. The Lord is King...P. Wisdom!R. The first reading: Book of Genesis (28:10-17)And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. And helighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sunwas set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for hispillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold aladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: andbehold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And, behold, theLord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, andthe God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, andto thy seed; and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shaltbe spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to thesouth: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth beblessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all placeswhither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I willnot leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. AndJacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in thisplace; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful isthis place! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gateof heaven.R. The second reading: Book of the Prophet Ezekiel (43:27-44:4)And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighthday, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon thealtar, and your peace offerings: and I will accept you, saith the LordGod. Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuarywhich looketh toward the east; and it was shut. Then said the Lord untome; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enterin by it; because the Lord the God of Israel hath entered in by it,therefore it shall be shut. It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sitin it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the porchof that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. Then brought he methe way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, theglory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord: and I fell upon my face.
 
3R. The third reading: Book of Proverbs (9:1-11)Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: shehath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnishedher table. She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highestplaces of the city, Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for himthat wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Come, eat of my bread, anddrink of the wine which I have mingled. Forsake the foolish, and live; andgo in the way of understanding. He that reproveth a scorner getteth tohimself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he willlove thee. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. The fear of the Lordis the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy isunderstanding. For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years ofthy life shall be increased.P. Augmented LitanyR. Vouchsafe...P. Litany of Fervent SupplicationC. Litya (Tone 1)
It
is fitting that the
ser
vants of the Word,/ who saw Him with their
own
eyes,/ see
al
so the repose of His Mother
in
the flesh,/ inasmuch as itwas the final mystery con
cer
ning her,/ that they might be
hold
not only theSaviour’s ascension
from 
the earth,/ but also witness the translation of herwho
ga
veth Him birth./
 Where
fore, assembled from all parts of the earth bythe
 po
wer of God,/ they reached Sion and bade fare
well
to her/
who
is morehighly exalted than the cherubim as she passed on to
hea
ven./ And we also,
with
them,// bow down to her as one who prayeth
for
our souls.(Tone 2)As she was more exalted than the
hea
vens,/ more glorious than thecherubim and higher in honour than all cre
a
tion,/
and
in her exceedingpurity becameth the dwelling-place of the ever-existent
Es
sence,/ shesurrendereth her most holy soul into the hands of her
Son
today./ By herare all things
filled
with joy;// and He granteth us great
 mer
cy.The Spotless Bride, the Mother of Him in Whom the Father was
well
 pleased,/ she who was foreordained by God to be the dwelling place of Hisunion without con
fu
sion,/ de
li
vers today her blameless soul to her Cre
a
torand her God,/ and she who is truly the Mother of Life de
 parts
unto life,/the lamp of the Light which no
 man
can approach,// the salvation of thefaithful and
hope
of our souls.(Tone 3)
Come
, all ye
ends
of the earth,/ let us
 praise
the honoured translationof the
 Mo
ther of God;/ for
she
hath placed her immaculate soul in the
hands
 of her Son./
 Where
fore, the world hath been given life through her holydor
 mi
tion;/ and in
 psalms
, hymns and
spi
ritual songs// doth it celebratesplendidly with the incorporeal hosts and the a
 pos
tles.Glory... (Tone 5)
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