Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos + August 15

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--from The Lamentations at the Bier of the Mother of God, Tone 5

O thou most Holy Virgin, who knew not wedlock, the heavens rejoice in thy glorious falling asleep, the hosts of angels are glad, and the whole earth crieth out in joy, singing to thee the funeral song, O Mother of the Lord of all, thou who hast delivered human kind from its ancestral condemnation.

--Orthros of the Feast, Tone 4

Read more about the Feast of the Dormition

Tender Love and the Dormition: Frederica Mathewes-Green on Ancient Faith Radio

Icons in Sound podcast on the Dormition Feast

Dormition of the Theotokos: Fr. Wilbur Ellsworth speaks about the Dormition

Mary, Our Cause of Rejoicing, by His Grace Bishop Basil