Afterfeast of the Dormition of the Mother of God

Commemorated on August 19


On the fourth day of the Afterfeast of the Dormition, the Church continues to honor the passage of the Most Holy Theotokos from death to life. Just as Christ once dwelt in the virginal womb of His Mother, now He takes Her "to dwell in His courts."


Troparion - Tone 1
In giving birth you preserved your virginity,In falling asleep you did not forsake the world, O Theotokos.You were translated to life, O Mother of Life,And by your prayers, you deliver our souls from death.


Kontakion - Tone 2
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.






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