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– The holiday is celebrated annually on the same day – August 28. Since the Assumption Holy Mother of God falls on a Monday in 2017, then, according to the Charter of the Orthodox Church, this day is not a fast day. Allowed to eat any food.
There are many superstitions and folk customs associated with the Assumption. Many of them “forbid” people from doing normal household chores. Pagan horror stories that have taken root bring confusion to the minds of even Orthodox people who have been going to church for years.
This day is no different from other days, except that we especially honor the Most Holy Theotokos and glorify Her Dormition.
“The laws of nature are defeated in You, Pure Virgin, virginity is preserved at birth, and life is combined with death: remaining a Virgin after birth and Living after death, You always save, Mother of God, Your inheritance,” is sung in the troparion of the holiday.
The main thing that every believer should take away from this event is the possibility of the victory of life over death, good over evil, faith over unbelief. This is exactly what the Holy Church says to its children through the festive service.
The image of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the quintessence of earthly life, this is personal Easter... This is a return to God.
Performing various miracles, the Lord pointed out that a true miracle for a person is a return to God, deification, because our true homeland is Heaven, and not this temporary earth.
Early Christian writings emphasize: “ Immortal soul dwells in a mortal dwelling - so Christians are among the corruptible world, awaiting heavenly incorruption.”
Earthly life is given to man as a kind of exam before entering Eternity. And his future immortal life depends on how a person prepares for this exam.
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh said that the main criterion of the last Last Judgment, which awaits every person before entering Eternity, will be only love. A person will not be asked how many prayers he said, how many fasts he observed, how many bows he made. Each of us will be asked whether we helped our neighbor, whether we fed the hungry, whether we clothed the naked, because depending on how in our lives we showed our love for our neighbors and to what extent, God will also testify to His love for us . And if there was no love in us, we, unfortunately, will not be able to enter into the love of God and abide in it.
This is exactly what the feast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary reminds us of, being essentially a holiday of the greatest joy, the affirmation of eternal life with Jesus Christ.
History of the holiday: what happened on this day
After the ascension of Christ the Savior, the Most Holy Theotokos lived in Ephesus in the house of the parents of the Apostle John the Theologian.
The Most Holy Virgin prayed day and night to quickly meet her Divine Son. And then one day, during a solitary prayer, the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Mother of God with the news that in three days the end of her earthly life would come and she would meet the Lord.
Before the transition to another world, all the apostles miraculously found themselves near the bed of the Mother of God, where she, praying, awaited the long-awaited Meeting. And the Lord himself with a host of Angels appeared to take her soul.
The apostles buried the body of the Mother of God in a cave in Gethsemane and spent three days near the cave in prayer. The late Apostle Thomas greatly lamented that he did not have time to venerate the holy remains of the Ever-Virgin. The apostles decided to open the grave slightly to console Thomas. Having opened the coffin, everyone was amazed: the body of the Virgin Mary was not found. Thus, they were convinced of Her miraculous bodily ascension to Heaven.
On the same day, the Blessed Virgin appeared to the apostles and said: “Rejoice! I am with you all the days."
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Dormition of the Virgin Mary
In this article we will talk about the Holiday Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.
"Assumption"- this is an outdated word. Translated into modern Russian it means “death, demise.”
What is the Dormition of the Virgin Mary
The full name of the holiday is Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. This is one of the twelve Orthodox holidays. The twelfth holidays are dogmatically closely connected with the events of the earthly life of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Mother of God and are divided into the Lord's (dedicated to the Lord Jesus Christ) and the Theotokos (dedicated to the Mother of God). Dormition - Theotokos feast.
The holiday, which is celebrated in the Russian Orthodox Church on August 28 according to the new style (August 15 according to the old style), was established in memory of the death of the Mother of God. Christians are led to it by the two-week Dormition Fast, comparable in severity to Great Lent. It is interesting that the Assumption is the last twelfth holiday of the Orthodox church year(ending September 13, new style).
When is the Assumption of the Virgin Mary celebrated?
The Feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on August 28 according to the new style. It has 1 day of pre-feast and 9 days of post-feast. Pre-festival - one or more days before big holiday, whose services already include prayers dedicated to the upcoming celebrated event. Accordingly, after-feasts are the same days after the holiday.
What can you eat on the Dormition of the Virgin Mary?
On August 28, the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God, if it falls on Wednesday or Friday, you can eat fish. In this case, breaking the fast is postponed to the next day. But if the Assumption falls on other days of the week, then there is no fasting. In 2016, the Feast of the Assumption is not a fast day.
Events of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary
Everything we know about the death of the Mother of the Lord Jesus Christ is drawn from Church Tradition. IN canonical texts we will not read anything about how and under what circumstances the Mother of God departed to the Lord and was buried. Tradition is one of the sources of our dogma, together with the Holy Scriptures.
From the New Testament we learn that the Savior, crucified on the cross, asked his closest disciple - the Apostle John the Theologian - to take care of Mary: Seeing his mother and the disciple standing here, whom he loved, he said to His Mother: Woman! Behold, your son. Then he says to the disciple: Behold, your Mother! And from that time on, this disciple took Her to himself (John 19:26 - 27). After the crucifixion of Christ, the Mother of God, together with the disciples of her Son, remained in prayer and fasting. On the day of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles (Pentecost), she also received the gift of the Holy Spirit.
In written monuments starting from the 4th century, we find references to how the Mother of God lived further. Most authors write that she was bodily caught up (that is, taken) from earth to heaven. It happened like this. Three days before her death, Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Mother of God and announced the upcoming Assumption. At that time she was in Jerusalem. Everything happened exactly as the Archangel said. After the death of the Most Pure Virgin, the apostles buried her body in Gethsemane, in the same place where the parents of the Mother of God and her husband, Righteous Joseph, rested. Everyone was present at the ceremony except Apostle Thomas. On the third day after the burial, Thomas wanted to see her coffin. The coffin was opened, but the body of the Mother of God was no longer in it - only her shroud.
History of the celebration of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary
Reliable information about the history of the Feast of the Assumption begins only at the end of the 6th century. Most church historians believe that the holiday was established under the Byzantine Emperor Mauritius, who reigned from 592 to 602. Most likely, until this time, the Dormition was a local holiday in Constantinople, that is, not a general church holiday.
Icon of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary
Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Beginning of the 13th century, Novgorod. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Traditionally, icon painters depict the Mother of God in the center of the image - she lies on her deathbed, flanked by the weeping apostles. A little behind the bed stands the Savior with the soul of the Mother of God, depicted in the form of a swaddled baby.
In the 11th century, an expanded version of the iconography of the Assumption, the so-called “cloud type,” spread. We can see it, for example, in a fresco from the Church of Hagia Sophia in Ohrid in Macedonia. At the top of such a composition, the apostles are depicted flying to the deathbed of the Mother of God on the clouds. Most ancient example The "Cloudy Assumption" in Rus' is an early 13th-century icon that comes from the Novgorod Tithe Monastery. At the top of the icon there is a blue semicircular segment of the sky with golden stars and figures of angels carrying away the soul of the Mother of God. This image is now stored in Tretyakov Gallery.
Often, at the bed of the Virgin Mary, icon painters depict one or more burning candles, which symbolize a prayer to God.
The Feast of the Assumption has one day of pre-celebration and 9 days of post-feast. Forefeast - one or several days before a major holiday, the services of which already include prayers dedicated to the upcoming celebrated event. Accordingly, after-feasts are the same days after the holiday.
The celebration of the holiday takes place on September 5 according to the new style. And the Dormition of the Mother of God is preceded by a two-week Assumption Fast. It lasts from August 14 to 27.
There is a special service for the burial of the Mother of God. It is performed in the likeness of the service of Matins on Great Saturday; during it, the 17th kathisma is read - “Blessed are the Immaculate.” Currently, the Rite of Burial of the Mother of God can be seen in many cathedral and parish churches on the second or third day of the holiday. The service begins with an all-night vigil. During the great doxology, the clergy of the temple comes out to the shroud with the image of the Mother of God lying in the middle of the temple; burns cense to her, and then carries her around the temple. After this, all worshipers are anointed with oil (blessed oil). And finally, litanies (a series of prayer requests) and dismissal (a blessing for those praying to leave the temple at the end of the service) are read.
He wrote the stichera of the Assumption in the 5th century Patriarch of Constantinople Anatoly. And in the 8th century, Cosmas of Mayum and John of Damascus wrote two canons for this holiday.
Prayers of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary
Troparion of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary
At Christmas you preserved your virginity, at your Dormition you did not abandon the world, O Mother of God, you reposed yourself to the belly, Mother of the Being of the Belly, and through your prayers you delivered our souls from death.
At the birth of Christ, You, Mother of God, preserved your virginity and after your repose you did not leave the world; You have passed on to eternal life, Mother of Life, and with Your prayers you deliver our souls from death.
Kontakion of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary
In the prayers of the never-sleeping Mother of God and in intercessions, the immutable hope/grave and mortification cannot be restrained: just as the Mother of the Belly was placed in the womb of the Ever-Virgin One.
The Mother of God, in tireless prayers and unchanging hope in intercessions, was not restrained by the grave and death, for He brought Her to life as the Mother of Life, Who dwelt in Her eternally virgin womb.
The Majesty of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary
We magnify You, Immaculate Mother of Christ our God, and glorify Your Dormition all-gloriously.
We magnify You, Immaculate Mother of Christ our God, and we glorify Your Dormition all-gloriously.
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh. Sermon on the Dormition of the Mother of God (August 28, 1981):
“Today we celebrate our patronal holiday; we all stand before the one and only Throne that exists: the throne on which our God sits; but, as stated in Holy Scripture, God rests in the saints: not only in holy places, but in the heart and mind purified by heroism and grace, in the life and in the very flesh of the saints.
And today we celebrate the day of the Dormition of the Most Holy of all saints - the Mother of God. She fell asleep in the sleep of the earth; but just as She was alive to the very depths of Her nature, so She remained alive: a living soul that ascended to the throne of God, a living and resurrected body with which She now stands and prays for us. Verily She is the throne of grace; The Living God dwelt in Her, in Her womb He was as on the throne of His glory. And with what gratitude, with what amazement we think of Her: the Source of life, Life-Giving Spring, as the Church calls Her, glorifying Her in one of the icons, the Life-Giving Source, the Mother of God, ends Her earthly life, surrounded by the reverent love of everyone.
But what does She leave us? Just one commandment and one wondrous example. The commandment is the words that She said to the servants in Cana of Galilee: Whatever Christ said, do it... And they did it; and the waters of ablution became the good wine of the Kingdom of God. She leaves this commandment to each of us: understand, each of us, the word of Christ, listen to it and do not just be a listener, but fulfill it, and then everything earthly will become heavenly, eternal, transformed and glorified...
And She left us an example: the Gospel says about Her that She put every word about Christ and, of course, every word of Christ in Her heart as a treasure, as the most precious thing that She had...
Let us also begin to learn to listen as one listens with all love and all reverence, to listen to every word of the Savior. The Gospel says a lot; but the heart of each of us responds to one thing or another; and what my or your heart responded to is the word spoken by the Savior Christ to you and to me personally... And we need to preserve this word as the path of life, as the point of contact between us and God, as a sign of our kinship and closeness with Him.
And if we live like this, listen like this, put the word of Christ in our hearts like one sows seed into plowed ground, then what Elizabeth said to the Mother of God when She came to her will be fulfilled for us: Blessed is she who believed, for all will be fulfilled, what was spoken to you by the Lord... May this also be with us; may the Mother of God be our example; let us accept Her only commandment, and only then will our glorification of Her in this holy temple, which was given to Her as a dwelling, be true, because we will then worship God in Her and through Her, both in spirit and in truth. Amen."
Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin
In the Assumption Cathedral in the Kremlin, for six centuries, bishops, metropolitans and patriarchs were elevated to the rank of bishops, state acts were read out, prayers were served before military campaigns and in honor of victories.
The first stone building of the cathedral was laid in 1326. This was done personally by the first Moscow Metropolitan Peter and Prince Ivan Kalita. At the end of the 15th century, Grand Duke Ivan III Vasilyevich ordered the cathedral to be rebuilt; in 1479, the Italian architect Aristotle Fioravanti worked on this project.
The modern appearance of the cathedral was determined by the middle of the 17th century. It was then that the paintings and iconostasis that have survived to this day were created. In front of the iconostasis are the prayer places of the king, queen and patriarch. Also in the XIV - XVII centuries, the Assumption Cathedral in the Kremlin was the tomb of the metropolitans and patriarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church.
After the 1917 revolution, the temple became a museum. Divine services began to be held there again in 1990.
Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir
The Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir was built in 1158 - 1160 by order of the Vladimir prince Andrei Bogolyubsky. Initially, the cathedral was built of white hewn stone; it was single-domed with three small vestibules and towers at the western corners.
In 1185 - 1189, under Prince Vsevolod the Big Nest, the porches and towers were dismantled and replaced with high galleries. The cathedral was rebuilt - in particular, it became five-domed.
The paintings of the cathedral have survived to this day only in fragments. The painting of 1161 includes the figures of the prophets between the columns in the northern gallery, and the painting of 1189 includes the figures of Artemia and Abraham in the southwestern corner of the ancient part of the cathedral.
In 1408, the Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir was painted by the Monk Andrei Rublev and Daniil Cherny. Individual images of the large composition “The Last Judgment”, which occupied the entire western part of the temple, and several more frescoes have been preserved. It was for the iconostasis of this cathedral that the icon painters created a grandiose Deesis rite and icons of the festive series, which are now kept in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
Folk traditions of celebrating the Assumption
The Orthodox holiday of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary coincided with the harvest. At this time of year, Russian peasants were busy harvesting. That is why in the popular consciousness church traditions The Assumption imposed agricultural customs.
U Eastern Slavs The so-called “Ozhinki” were timed to coincide with the Assumption. Obzhinki is a holiday of the grain harvest. In addition, this day was called “Mistresses”, “Mistresses”, “Mistress Day” - these words reflected the veneration of the Mother of God, whom believers address as the Lady, the Lady.
The day after the Assumption - August 29 - the “Nut (or Bread) Savior” was celebrated. It was named after the tradition of collecting nuts at this time of summer. By the end of August, they also began picking mushrooms and making vegetable and fruit preparations for the winter. They tried to sow winter crops: “Winter this three days before the Assumption and three after.”
“Nut, or Bread, Savior” - this is how the common Russian people called the holiday of the Transfer from Edessa to Constantinople Miraculous Image Lord Jesus Christ, which is celebrated on August 29 (new style). This holiday fell on the first day after the end of the Dormition Fast, that is, the day after the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
“Nut (or Bread) Spas” was named so in honor of the tradition of collecting nuts at this time of summer and completing the harvest of bread.
Sermon on the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. Saint Theophan the Recluse:
“After the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, His Most Pure Mother lived for about fifteen years in Jerusalem, in the house of the holy Apostle John the Theologian, to whom the Lord Himself entrusted Her from the cross. Now the time has come for her to move to the heavenly abode of her Son. When the Mother of God prayed on the Mount of Olives, the Archangel Gabriel appeared to Her, bringing a date branch, and informed her of Her death three days later.
The Most Pure One was incredibly happy to hear such news and began to prepare. On the day of Her repose, at the command of God, all the apostles, scattered to preach throughout the world, miraculously appeared in Jerusalem, except for the Apostle Thomas. They witnessed Her peaceful, quiet, holy and blessed death. The Lord Jesus Christ Himself, in heavenly glory, surrounded by countless Angels and righteous spirits, appeared to receive the soul of His Most Pure Mother and gloriously ascended Her to heaven.
This is how the Most Holy Virgin Mary ended her earthly life! With lighted lamps and singing psalms, the apostles carried the body of the Mother of God to Gethsemane, where Her parents and Joseph were buried. The unbelieving high priests and scribes, amazed by the grandeur of the funeral procession and embittered by the honors given to the Mother of God, sent servants and soldiers to disperse the mourners and burn the very body of the Mother of God.
The excited people and warriors rushed furiously at the Christians, but were struck by blindness. At this time, the Jewish priest Athos passed by, who rushed to the tomb with the intention of throwing him to the ground; but as soon as he touched the bed with his hands, an Angel cut off both his hands: their severed parts hung by the bed, and Athos himself fell to the ground screaming.
The Apostle Peter stopped the procession and said to Athos: “Make sure that Christ is the true God.” Athos immediately confessed Christ as the true Messiah. The Apostle Peter ordered Athos to turn to the Mother of God with fervent prayer and place the remains of his hands on the parts hanging by the bed. After doing this, the hands grew together and were healed, and only signs remained at the place of cutting off. The blind people and warriors touched the bed with repentance and received sight not only physically, but also spiritually, and everyone joined the procession with reverence.
On the third day after the burial of the Mother of God, Apostle Thomas, who was absent by the will of God, arrived and wished to see Her coffin. At his request, the coffin was opened, but the body of the Mother of God was not found in it. In the evening of the same day, during their meal, the apostles saw the Most Holy Virgin in heaven in the air, alive, with many Angels. Standing and illuminated by ineffable glory, the Mother of God said to the apostles: “Rejoice! I am always with you " ; The apostles exclaimed: “Most Holy Theotokos, help us.” This appearance of the Mother of God completely convinced the apostles, and through them the entire Church, of Her resurrection. In imitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who often visited the places that Her Son and God had sanctified with the feet of His most pure feet, a custom arose among Christians to visit holy places.”
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Everything about religion and faith - “prayer for the feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary” with a detailed description and photographs.
The day of celebration of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary falls annually on August 28th. On such a very festive occasion, it is necessary to exalt special prayers, which, in turn, are dedicated to this important action in the life of the Mother of God. And it is worth noting that it is in this way that we will get as close as possible to the Queen of Heaven, and with all the corners of our souls we will feel the incredible prayerful joy of the Feast of the Assumption.
Prayer for the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
O Most Holy Theotokos Virgin, Lady,
the highest Angel and Archangel and all creatures, the Most Honest,
angelic great surprise,
prophetic high sermon,
apostolic glorious praise,
the saints are a fair decoration,
martyrs a strong statement,
monks saving instruction,
fasters' inexhaustible abstinence,
virgin purity and glory,
mothers quiet joy,
babies wisdom and punishment,
widows and orphans to the Nurse,
there is silence on the floating sea,
overwhelmed by a non-stormy haven,
wandering is not difficult for the Mentor,
easy passage for travelers,
good rest for the toilers,
in these troubles, the ambulance to the Intercessor,
Protection and refuge for the offended,
those who do not hope for hope, who require a Helper,
sad everlasting consolation,
hated loving humility,
salvation of sinners and appropriation to God,
for all the faithful there is a firm fence,
invincible help and intercession!
Through you, Lady, we see the Invisible,
and we offer a prayer to You, O Lady, Your sinful servants:
O Most Gracious and Most Wonderful Light of the Clever Queen,
who gave birth to the King Christ, our God, the Life-Giver of all,
glorified from the heavenly and praised from the earthly,
Most Holy Saints, Lady of all creatures,
Godly Maiden, Undefiled Bride,
chamber of the Holy Spirit,
fiery Throne of the Invisible King,
carried the Words of God,
chamber of the Living God,
the ineffable composition of the flesh of Christ,
Heavenly Eagle's nest,
The dove is meek, quiet and gentle,
dispelling the cloud of God's wrath,
not opened by hands to the Church of the One King of all ages,
life-giving garden industry,
beautiful color, heavenly joy has blossomed for us,
the grape of our salvation,
cup of the Heavenly King, in which the wine of inexhaustible grace was dissolved from the Holy Spirit,
the birth of the true faith of Christ is an unshakable pillar,
the sword of God's wrath against the ungodly,
victory in battle,
For all Christians, the true Guardian and the world of all known salvation!
O All-Merciful Lady, Virgin Lady, Mother of God,
Hear us praying to You, and show Your mercy to Your people,
pray to Your Son to deliver us from all evil
and preserve our monastery and every monastery, and the city, and the country of the faithful,
and people who run piously and call on Your holy name,
from every adversity, destruction, famine, cowardice, flood, fire, sword,
invasions of foreigners and internecine wounds and,
from every illness and every condition,
Yes, no wounds, no reprimand, no pestilence,
neither shall Thy servants be humbled by any righteous wrath of God.
But observe and save by Your mercy, O Lady, praying for us,
and grant us the beneficial dissolution of the air during the time of fruitful offering.
Relieve, uplift and have mercy, Merciful to the Lady, adoring the Mother of God,
in every trouble and need that exists.
Remember Your servants and do not despise our tears and sighs, and renew us with the goodness of Your mercy,
Let us be comforted with thanksgiving, having found You as a Helper.
Have mercy, O Most Pure Lady, on Your weak people, our Hope.
Gather the scattered, guide the lost on the right path,
those who have fallen away from the pious faith of their fathers, return them again,
support old age, bring understanding to the young, educate the infants and glorify the glorifying Thee,
rather, keep the Church of Your Son and preserve it for the length of days.
O Most Merciful and Most Merciful Queen of Heaven and Earth, Ever-Virgin Mother of God!
Through Your intercession have mercy on our country and its army and all Orthodox Christians,
keeping them under the shelter of Thy mercy, protecting them with Thy honest robe
and pray from You incarnate without the seed of Christ our God,
may He gird us with strength from above against all our visible and invisible enemies.
Save and have mercy, O Lady, on our Great Lord and Father Kirill, His Holiness Patriarch
Moscow and All Rus', His Eminence Metropolitans, Archbishops and Orthodox Bishops,
priests and deacons and the entire church clergy, and the entire monastic order, and all the faithful people,
worshiping and praying before Your honorable icon.
Look upon us all with the mercy of Your merciful intercession,
raise us up from the depths of sin and enlighten the eyes of the heart to the vision of salvation,
Be merciful to us here and at the Last Judgment of Your Son, pray for us,
Thy servants, who have ceased to be pious because of this life, eternal life with Angels and Archangels
and be numbered with all the saints, that they may appear at the right hand of Thy Son, God,
and through Thy prayer grant all Orthodox Christians to live with Christ
and enjoy the joys of angels in the Heavenly villages.
For you are, Lady, the glory of Heaven and the hope of earth, You are our Hope and Intercessor
all those who come to You and ask for Your holy help.
You are our warm prayer book for Your Son and our God.
Your swearing prayer can do a lot to implore the Lord, and through your intercession
We dare to approach the Throne of Grace of His Most Holy and Life-giving Mysteries, even if we are unworthy.
Moreover, the all-honorable image of Thy and the Almighty held by Thy hand is seen on the icon,
We rejoice, sinners, with tenderness, and we kiss this love, longingly, to the Lady,
With your holy God-pleasing prayers reach Heavenly endless lives
and stand shamelessly on the day of judgment at the right hand of Your Son and our God,
glorifying Him together with the Beginningless Father
and the Most Holy, Good, Life-Giving and Consubstantial Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Troparion for the Feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, tone 1
You preserved your virginity at Christmas,
in the Dormition you did not forsake the world, O Mother of God,
you reposed to your stomach,
and through Your prayers You deliver our souls from death.
Kontakion, tone 2
In prayers to the never-sleeping Mother of God and in intercessions there is immutable hope
the coffin and death cannot be withheld:
Like the Mother’s Belly, place it in the womb of the Ever-Virgin One.
We magnify Thee, Immaculate Mother of Christ our God, and glorify Thy Dormition all-gloriously.
Zadostoynik, voice 1
The angels, having seen the Dormition of the Most Pure One, were amazed at how the Virgin ascended from earth to Heaven.
The laws of nature are conquered in You, O Pure Virgin,
Christmas is virgin and the Belly is betrothed to death;
The Virgin is alive at birth and alive after death, forever saving, O Theotokos, Thy inheritance.
What prayers to read for the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary?
The Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the twelfth holiday, which in 2018 is celebrated by the Orthodox Church on August 28 (August 15, old style), and by the Catholic Church on August 15.
On the eve of the holiday, churches hold all-night vigil, attended by parishioners. On the Feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, priests read prayers and perform rituals near the shroud with the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary lying in the middle of the church, and then carry the shroud around the temple.
How to pray for the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary?
On this day, believers remember the righteous life of the Mother of God, her departure with the angels to the Son, glorify them, and express hope for their own salvation.
Prayers to Her are a glorification of eternal life in Christ, recognition of the corruption of the flesh and the immortality of the soul. Therefore, the holiday is considered joyful, bright, and the sadness inherent in it is painted in soft tones.
Prayers on the Feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Troparion to the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, tone 1
At Christmas you preserved your virginity, at your Dormition you did not abandon the world, O Mother of God, you reposed yourself to the belly, Mother of the Being of the Belly, and through your prayers you delivered our souls from death.
In prayers, the never-sleeping Mother of God and in intercessions, the immutable hope of the coffin and mortification cannot be restrained: just as the Mother of the Belly was placed in the womb of the ever-virgin One.
We magnify Thee, Immaculate Mother of Christ our God, and glorify Thy Dormition all-gloriously.
The angels, having seen the Dormition of the Most Pure One, were amazed at how the Virgin ascended from earth to Heaven. The laws of nature are conquered in You, O Pure Virgin, the Nativity is in virginity, and the Life is betrothed to death; The Virgin is alive at birth and alive after death, forever saving, O Theotokos, Thy inheritance.
How to pray correctly for the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary? The full text of the prayer consists of 25 so-called “songs”: 13 praises (kontakia, ending with praise to the Lord) and 12 doxologies, also known as “ikos”, the first word of which is “rejoice.”
We hope that this article will tell you what prayers are read on the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and you will find answers to your questions here.
Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary: prayers for help and protection
The Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the only holiday in honor of the blessed and pious Virgin Mary. It is on this day that prayers addressed to Her gain strength. During her lifetime, the Mother of God acquired the gift of intercession before the Lord, praying and asking for all who needed Her intercession.
Every year, on August 28, all Christians celebrate a majestic holiday - the day of veneration of the Ever-Virgin. Any believer knows that God tirelessly fights the forces of evil, giving people the help of Saints, each of whom has his own role.
It is on the day of the Dormition of the Mother of God that I gain strength in my prayers addressed to Her. On this holiday, we can turn in prayer to the Mother of God, express gratitude for Her favor, compassion and care. After all, Her help is irreplaceable and important for all Orthodox Christians, especially when it comes to family well-being, personal happiness and the need for heavenly intercession.
Ascension of the Virgin Mary: the meaning of the holiday
The Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a truly pure and joyful holiday, which contains a huge number of traditions and church foundations. Not a single Orthodox celebration can be compared in significance and popular love with the day of the Ascension of the Mother of God into heaven.
The meaning of the holiday is enormous. It raises the topic and reveals the question of eternal life, available to us as a gift for a righteous existence. Every believer knows that death is a well-deserved reward that grants the right to deliverance from earthly life, full of temptations and evil. And an example of this is the Mother of God. Whose fate was tested by the death of her only Son, who later lifted her into the Kingdom of Heaven in his arms.
Every day, after the execution of Christ, in prayers, the Virgin Mary asked the Lord for a modest gift: to leave sinful world to be reunited with his son and gain eternal life. The Mother of God was not afraid of death, She waited for it with rapture. To which he calls everyone living today. In this world we are only guests; real happiness awaits us in heaven.
Dormition of the Virgin Mary: church traditions of this day
You should definitely honor the memory of the Mother of God with your modest visit to the temple of God, leaving denigrating thoughts behind the threshold of the church. This is a festival of fun, rapture and happiness, so the main condition is getting rid of grief, despondency and sadness. Let your strong faith, righteousness and hope sing in prayer to the Most Pure Virgin.
The clergy say that on this day you can ask the Mother of God for anything your soul desires. Just put your sincerity and virtue into your prayers. However, the intercession of the Mother of God is a holy reward. The Mother of God helps only those who are faithful to Her Son and are not stingy with words of gratitude. Thank the Lord for the prescribed opportunities, luck and success in worldly affairs, and everything will be rewarded to you threefold.
What to ask the Most Holy Theotokos on the day of Her Dormition
With rapture in your heart and sincerity in your words, you can rely on the help of the Heavenly Lady, praying to Her for protection, health, a calm, measured and happy life. It will not be superfluous if, before prayer, you tell the Mother of God about all your anxieties, hesitations and trials. Open your soul to the Pious Virgin and She will not turn away from you and your request, listening to every word with the deepest sensitivity and love.
People's memory knows of cases of miracles occurring to people praying near the icons of the Mother of God on the day of Her Dormition. The Mother of God also helps with advice, coming in dreams or sending angels to help. After all, on her deathbed, Ever-Virgin vowed to remain the helper and comforter of every Christian.
Prayers for help and protection
Already during her lifetime, the Mother of God was awarded the blessing of God and trusted in Him for everyone in need of Her compassion and protection. The Virgin Mary was granted an extraordinary approach to the Kingdom of Heaven after Her Ascension. She left the world not only in the name of a blissful meeting with the Son, but also in order to protect sinful souls with prayers before Him. Presenting herself to the apostles on the third day after death, the Mother of God said: “Rejoice, for I am with you all day and night!”.
The Ever-Virgin lived on earth and she knows about all the litigations, trials and tribulations of the world. During her life, She endured a lot of torment and suffering. That is why people turn to Her, seeing in her an example of true faith and disobedience to evil.
Every sinful act on earth causes Her pain, just as our sorrows find compassion in Her heart. The First Mother will not leave without supervision and her help more than one person who lives with love in her heart for the Lord. One should address the Mother of God majestically.
Prayer to the Mother of God for protection:
“Soften our hearts, Holy Mother of God. Let all our misfortunes burn in the fire, and let the tightness in our souls leave our hearts. We look at Your face, share Your suffering and trust in Your mercy. We will be horrified by Your fate, but we will rejoice in Your strength and strength of spirit. Forgive our cruelty; only You have the power to pacify it. O Great Lady, lift up our prayers to the Lord and pray for us for our sinful deeds before Him. Deliver us from sudden death and all evil. Illuminate our minds and guide us to salvation. We trust in hope in the name of the Kingdom of Heaven in the hands of the Lord, Jesus Christ and his Holy Spirit. Amen."
Prayer to the Mother of God for help:
“We sing to Your mercy, O Most Holy Mother of God! Do not turn away from our prayers, but deliver us from troubles and misfortunes. The only Reading and Blessed Mother of God Save us! You, long-suffering Mother of God, exceeding in faith and suffering all those living on earth. Hear and do not leave us in difficult moments, keep us under the cover of Your mercy and compassion. Only next to You do we find refuge and warm intercession in the darkness of hell. Only You have permission to turn to Your Son and beg Him for our salvation and transition to the Kingdom of Heaven, where we will sing and glorify Your Son, His Father and You, the Lady of the world forever and ever. Amen."
There are countless prayers to the Mother of God, but only on the day of her Assumption two of them predominate. Begin the memorial service to the Blessed Virgin with these data prayer words without forgetting gratitude. Our Lady will be imbued with love, sensitivity and affection towards you, answering all your requests. We wish you peace in your soul and strong faith. Take care of yourself, be happy and don't forget to press the buttons and
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People far from religion may be surprised that Christians celebrate the death of the Mother of God, but true believers know that death does not exist - it is just a transition to the kingdom of God.
After the crucifixion of Christ, Mary lived in Jerusalem, she was sheltered by the Apostle John the Theologian in the house of her elderly parents. Every day she came to the Holy Sepulcher and Mount Golgotha, where she prayed a lot. With the apostles, with her word, presence and prayers, she brought the word of God to ordinary people. The apostles were very reverent and devoted to the Mother of God.
According to sacred legends, during the next prayer, Archangel Gabriel himself appeared to Mary and said that her time had come to leave earthly life. The Mother of God told Joseph of Arimathea about this and asked to gather the apostles in Jerusalem to bid farewell to her.
The Mother of God waited for the end of her earthly days peacefully and even joyfully. She knew for sure that she would see her divine son in Heaven. Before the death of the Mother of God, a miraculous vision occurred. The roof of the house opened, and the Glory of the Lord descended from heaven itself. Jesus Christ with a host of angels and holy prophets came for the soul of Mary.
The Mother of God was buried in a family tomb at the foot of the Mount of Olives near the Garden of Gethsemane. The procession was very solemn; a large number of people came to say goodbye to Mary. The apostles closed the grave of the Mother of God with a stone in the same way as before the grave of Christ.
When on the third day after the funeral the apostles removed the stone and opened Mary’s coffin, they saw that her body had disappeared, and a wonderful aroma of incense emanated from her clothes. That same day, at lunch, Mary appeared to them, surrounded by a host of angels, and asked the disciples not to worry and to rejoice, for she would be with them until the end of time.
The Holy Robes of Our Lady, shared throughout the world, still work miracles to this day. Icons of the Mother of God are capable of streaming myrrh and healing people.
The Mother of God is considered the protector and intercessor of all good Christians, and the Feast of the Assumption is celebrated with special celebration by believers all over the world. In the Orthodox Church, the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the twelfth holiday. It is preceded by the Assumption Fast. Solemn services are held, a special celebration is held in Israel, in Jerusalem near the tomb of the Virgin Mary.
Text of the prayer for the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
O Most Holy Theotokos, Virgin, Lady, the highest Angel and Archangel, and the most honorable of all creatures, angelic great surprise, prophetic high sermon, apostolic glorious praise, fair adornment of saints, strong affirmation of martyrs, saving instruction for monks, inexhaustible abstinence for fasters, virgins of purity and word , mothers quiet joy, babies wisdom and punishment, widows and orphans to nurse, naked clothes, sick in health, deliverance of captives, floating on the sea in silence, overwhelmed by a calm haven, wandering an easy mentor, traveling an easy passage, toiling good rest, in the troubles of the present Intercessor , the offended, protection and refuge, the hopeless hope, demanding help, the poor inexhaustible wealth, the sad ever-present consolation, the hated loving humility, the salvation of sinners and the appropriation to God, the faithful protection of all, invincible help and intercession.
By You, the Lady, we see the invisible quickly, and we offer a prayer to You, O Lady, Your sinful servants: O most merciful and most wonderful light of the intelligent Queen, who gave birth to the King Christ our God, the Life-Giver of all, glorified by the heavenly and praised by the earthly: angelic mind, radiant star , most holy saint, Queen of queens, mistress of all creatures, Godly Maiden, undefiled Bride, chamber of the Most Holy Spirit, fiery throne of the invisible King, heavenly ark, carried the Words of God, fiery chariot, chamber of the living God, ineffable composition of the Flesh of Christ: nest of the Heavenly Eagle, turtle dove God-voiced, meek dove, quiet and gentle, child-loving mother, an abyss of mercy, opening the cloud of God's wrath, immeasurable depth, ineffable secret, unknown miracle, not made by hands to the church of the one King of all ages, fragrant censer, honest scarlet, God-woven purple, spiritual paradise, life-giving garden branch, a beautiful flower, heavenly joy that has blossomed for us, the cluster of our salvation, the cup of the Heavenly King, in which the wine of inexhaustible grace has dissolved from the Holy Spirit, Intercessor of the Law, the conception of the true faith of Christ, an unshakable pillar, destructive of heretics, the sword of God’s wrath against God’s opponents, intimidation of demons , victory in battle, the true guardian of all Christians, and the known salvation of the world.
O all-merciful Lady, Virgin, Lady, Mother of God, hear us praying to You and show Your mercy on Your people, pray to Your Son to deliver us from all evil, and save our monastery, and every monastery, and the city, and the country of the faithful, and people piously resorting and calling on Your holy name, from every adversity, destruction, famine, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners, civil war, from every illness, and every situation: not by wounds, not by rebuke, not by pestilence, not by any righteous wrath of God Thy servants will diminish: but observe and save with Thy mercy, O Lady, praying for us, and grant us the beneficial dissolution of the air at the time of the fruitful offering: ease, uplift and have mercy, having mercy on the Lady, the Mother of God, in every misfortune and need that exists.
Remember Your servants, and do not despise our tears and sighs, and renew us with the goodness of Your mercy, so that we may be comforted with thanksgiving in having found You as a Helper. Have mercy, O Most Pure Lady, on Thy weak people, our hope: gather those who are scattered, guide those who have gone astray to the right path, bring back those who have fallen away from the pious faith of their fathers, support old age, discipline the young, raise babies, and glorify those who glorify Thee, and preserve the Church of Thy Son greatly , and keep the days long.
O merciful and most merciful Queen of heaven and earth, Ever-Virgin Mother of God! By Your intercession, have mercy on our country and its Christ-loving inhabitants, and all Orthodox Christians, who preserve them under the cover of Your mercy, protect us with Your honest robe: and pray from You, Who has become incarnate without the seed of Christ our God, that He may gird us with strength from above against all our visible and invisible enemies , against foreigners and fellow tribesmen fighting against us and our Orthodox faith.
Save and have mercy, O Lady, most holy patriarchs, metropolitans, right reverend archbishops and Orthodox bishops, priests and deacons, and all the church clergy, and all the faithful people who worship and pray before your venerable icon. Look upon everyone with the gaze of Your merciful intercession: Raise us from the depths of sin, and enlighten the eyes of the heart to the vision of salvation, be merciful to us here, and on the Last Judgment Pray for Your Son for us, having ceased in piety from this life, Your servants, in eternal life with the Angels and Archangels, and with all the saints, may appear at the right hand of Your Son and God: and through Your prayer grant all Orthodox Christians to live with Christ and have joy angels in heavenly villages to enjoy. For You are, Lady, the glory of heaven and the hope of earth, You are our hope, and the intercessor of all those who flow to You, and Your holy help of those asking: You are our warm prayer book for Your Son and our God: Your motherly prayer can do much to implore the Lord, and Through your intercession, we dare to approach the throne of grace of the Most Holy and Life-giving Mysteries even if we are unworthy.
Moreover, Thy all-honorable image, and seeing the Almighty held by Thy hand on the icon, we rejoice in sins, falling down with tenderness, and kiss this love, hoping, Lady, with Thy holy God-pleasing prayers to reach heavenly endless life, and do not shamefully stand on the day of judgment at the right hand of Thy Son and God ours, glorifying Him together with the Originless Father, and the Most Holy, Good, Life-Giving and Consubstantial Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
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Prayer for the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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On the feast day of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, special prayers should be offered dedicated to this important event life of the Mother of God. In this way we will get closer to the Queen of Heaven and feel the prayerful joy of the Assumption Feast!
Troparion to the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
IN You preserved your virginity at Christmas, you did not forsake the world in the Dormition, O Mother of God, you reposed yourself to the belly, Mother of the Being of the Belly, and through your prayers you delivered our souls from death.
Kontakion of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
IN in prayers the never-sleeping Mother of God and in intercessions the immutable hope of the coffin and mortification cannot be restrained: just as the Mother of the Belly was placed in the womb of the ever-virgin One.
Prayer to the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
IN We glorify You, the Immaculate Mother of Christ our God, and we glorify Your Dormition all-gloriously.
A The angels, having seen the Dormition of the Most Pure One, were amazed at how the Virgin ascended from earth to Heaven. The laws of nature are conquered in You, O Pure Virgin, the Nativity is in virginity and the Life is betrothed to death; The Virgin is alive at birth and alive after death, forever saving, O Theotokos, Thy inheritance.
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Most Holy Theotokos, Queen of Heaven! I pray for your help - reunite our family, I pray for you, help our family reunite, grant our children admonition, help our daughters choose the right path in life, keep them under your protection, protect them from all evil desires, drive away every enemy from them, open their ears and eyes of the heart, grant mercy and humility to their souls.
Most Holy Theotokos, be compassionate towards my daughters (Tatiana, Paraskeva, Olga) and turn them to repentance. Have mercy and enlighten their minds with the light of the Gospel of God and guide their hearts on the path of God’s commandments, so that they learn to do the will of the Lord, for He is our Savior and our God forever and ever. Amen".
Holy Mother of God. Pray to God for us, grant health to slave Angelina, help in her studies, bless my family and relatives. I pray that you guide slave Elena on the true path. Help me meet a good person for my child's father's family. Lord thank you for your help. Lord Bless!
Mother of God Mary. help support and guide on the true path. grant wisdom and blessing to me and my family. help my son grow up to be a real man, save and preserve him. help me to get married successfully, have my own good housing with good conditions and a constant, honest income. live for your own good and for the Glory of God. Amen.
Most Holy Theotokos, Queen of Heaven! I pray to You, servant of God Catherine, for the healing of my soul and body, so that I may be healed and return to my family and friends as soon as possible. May I glorify Your glorious name forever and ever! Thank you, Queen of Heaven!
Mother Theotokos! Virgo! Holy Mother! Please help our family, I carry within me a seed of love and the continuation of our lineage, help give health to my baby who is under my heart, grant me a safe pregnancy, grant my heart to beat as it should, grant life to our baby, now he is only 4 mm, but I have a threat of interruption! Save and preserve our child! Ask the Lord our God and your SON Jesus Christ! About help in the health of our baby! May he be born at the time appointed by the Lord, healthy and happy and beautiful internally and externally! With luck and happiness! I ask as Mother Mother for the preservation of the pregnancy and the successful completion of a successful birth. I pray to you, Mother of God, our intercessor and patroness.
Most Holy Theotokos, Our Heavenly Queen, I beg you for help, I beg you for protection. You are the protector of all living things and the patroness of the family! I beg you to bless our family for reunification, bless the husband of my beloved servant of God Paul to return to me and our children. I beg you, Mother of God, about giving us a second chance. Thank you for all your miracles.
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Prayers for the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
People far from religion may be surprised that Christians celebrate the death of the Mother of God, but true believers know that death does not exist - it is just a transition to the kingdom of God.
After the crucifixion of Christ, Mary lived in Jerusalem, she was sheltered by the Apostle John the Theologian in the house of her elderly parents. Every day she came to the Holy Sepulcher and Mount Golgotha, where she prayed a lot. With the apostles, she brought the word of God to ordinary people through her word, presence and prayers. The apostles were very reverent and devoted to the Mother of God.
According to sacred legends, during the next prayer, Archangel Gabriel himself appeared to Mary and said that her time had come to leave earthly life. The Mother of God told Joseph of Arimathea about this and asked to gather the apostles in Jerusalem to bid farewell to her.
The Mother of God waited for the end of her earthly days peacefully and even joyfully. She knew for sure that she would see her divine son in Heaven. Before the death of the Mother of God, a miraculous vision occurred. The roof of the house opened, and the Glory of the Lord descended from heaven itself. Jesus Christ with a host of angels and holy prophets came for the soul of Mary.
The Mother of God was buried in a family tomb at the foot of the Mount of Olives near the Garden of Gethsemane. The procession was very solemn; a large number of people came to say goodbye to Mary. The apostles closed the grave of the Mother of God with a stone in the same way as before the grave of Christ.
When on the third day after the funeral the apostles removed the stone and opened Mary’s coffin, they saw that her body had disappeared, and a wonderful aroma of incense emanated from her clothes. That same day, at lunch, Mary appeared to them, surrounded by a host of angels, and asked the disciples not to worry and to rejoice, for she would be with them until the end of time.
The Holy Robes of Our Lady, shared throughout the world, still work miracles to this day. Icons of the Mother of God are capable of streaming myrrh and healing people.
The Mother of God is considered the protector and intercessor of all good Christians, and the Feast of the Assumption is celebrated with special celebration by believers all over the world. In the Orthodox Church, the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the twelfth holiday. It is preceded by the Assumption Fast. Solemn services are held, a special celebration is held in Israel, in Jerusalem near the tomb of the Virgin Mary.
Text of the prayer for the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
O Most Holy Theotokos, Virgin, Lady, the highest Angel and Archangel, and the most honorable of all creatures, angelic great surprise, prophetic high sermon, apostolic glorious praise, fair adornment of saints, strong affirmation of martyrs, saving instruction for monks, inexhaustible abstinence for fasters, virgins of purity and word , mothers quiet joy, babies wisdom and punishment, widows and orphans to nurse, naked clothes, sick in health, deliverance of captives, floating on the sea in silence, overwhelmed by a calm haven, wandering an easy mentor, traveling an easy passage, toiling good rest, in the troubles of the present Intercessor , the offended, protection and refuge, the hopeless hope, demanding help, the poor inexhaustible wealth, the sad ever-present consolation, the hated loving humility, the salvation of sinners and the appropriation to God, the faithful protection of all, invincible help and intercession.
By You, the Lady, we see the invisible quickly, and we offer a prayer to You, O Lady, Your sinful servants: O most merciful and most wonderful light of the intelligent Queen, who gave birth to the King Christ our God, the Life-Giver of all, glorified by the heavenly and praised by the earthly: angelic mind, radiant star , most holy saint, Queen of queens, mistress of all creatures, Godly Maiden, undefiled Bride, chamber of the Most Holy Spirit, fiery throne of the invisible King, heavenly ark, carried the Words of God, fiery chariot, chamber of the living God, ineffable composition of the Flesh of Christ: nest of the Heavenly Eagle, turtle dove God-voiced, meek dove, quiet and gentle, child-loving mother, an abyss of mercy, opening the cloud of God's wrath, immeasurable depth, ineffable secret, unknown miracle, not made by hands to the church of the one King of all ages, fragrant censer, honest scarlet, God-woven purple, spiritual paradise, life-giving garden branch, a beautiful flower, heavenly joy that has blossomed for us, the cluster of our salvation, the cup of the Heavenly King, in which the wine of inexhaustible grace has dissolved from the Holy Spirit, Intercessor of the Law, the conception of the true faith of Christ, an unshakable pillar, destructive of heretics, the sword of God’s wrath against God’s opponents, intimidation of demons , victory in battle, the true guardian of all Christians, and the known salvation of the world.
O all-merciful Lady, Virgin, Lady, Mother of God, hear us praying to You and show Your mercy on Your people, pray to Your Son to deliver us from all evil, and save our monastery, and every monastery, and the city, and the country of the faithful, and people piously resorting and calling on Your holy name, from every adversity, destruction, famine, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners, civil war, from every illness, and every situation: not by wounds, not by rebuke, not by pestilence, not by any righteous wrath of God Thy servants will diminish: but observe and save with Thy mercy, O Lady, praying for us, and grant us the beneficial dissolution of the air at the time of the fruitful offering: ease, uplift and have mercy, having mercy on the Lady, the Mother of God, in every misfortune and need that exists.
Remember Your servants, and do not despise our tears and sighs, and renew us with the goodness of Your mercy, so that we may be comforted with thanksgiving in having found You as a Helper. Have mercy, O Most Pure Lady, on Thy weak people, our hope: gather those who are scattered, guide those who have gone astray to the right path, bring back those who have fallen away from the pious faith of their fathers, support old age, discipline the young, raise babies, and glorify those who glorify Thee, and preserve the Church of Thy Son greatly , and keep the days long.
O merciful and most merciful Queen of heaven and earth, Ever-Virgin Mother of God! By Your intercession, have mercy on our country and its Christ-loving inhabitants, and all Orthodox Christians, who preserve them under the cover of Your mercy, protect us with Your honest robe: and pray from You, Who has become incarnate without the seed of Christ our God, that He may gird us with strength from above against all our visible and invisible enemies , against foreigners and fellow tribesmen fighting against us and our Orthodox faith.
Save and have mercy, O Lady, most holy patriarchs, metropolitans, right reverend archbishops and Orthodox bishops, priests and deacons, and all the church clergy, and all the faithful people who worship and pray before your venerable icon. Look upon everyone with the gaze of Your merciful intercession: Raise us from the depths of sin, and enlighten the eyes of the heart to the vision of salvation, be merciful to us here, and at the terrible judgment of Your Son, pray for us, having reposed in piety from this life, Your servants, in eternal life with Angels and Archangels, and with all the saints, come in rank, so that they may appear at the right hand of Thy Son and God: and through Thy prayer grant all Orthodox Christians to live with Christ, and to enjoy the joys of angels in their heavenly settlements. For You are, Lady, the glory of heaven and the hope of earth, You are our hope, and the intercessor of all those who flow to You, and Your holy help of those asking: You are our warm prayer book for Your Son and our God: Your motherly prayer can do much to implore the Lord, and Through your intercession, we dare to approach the throne of grace of the Most Holy and Life-giving Mysteries even if we are unworthy.
Moreover, Thy all-honorable image, and seeing the Almighty held by Thy hand on the icon, we rejoice in sins, falling down with tenderness, and kiss this love, hoping, Lady, with Thy holy God-pleasing prayers to reach heavenly endless life, and do not shamefully stand on the day of judgment at the right hand of Thy Son and God ours, glorifying Him together with the Originless Father, and the Most Holy, Good, Life-Giving and Consubstantial Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Religious reading: prayer to the Dormition Blessed Virgin Mary to help our readers.
Prayers for the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
the highest Angel and Archangel and all creatures, the Most Honest, the angelic great surprise,
prophetic high sermon,
apostolic glorious praise,
the saints are a fair decoration,
martyrs a strong statement,
monks saving instruction,
fasters' inexhaustible abstinence,
virgin purity and glory,
mothers quiet joy,
babies wisdom and punishment,
widows and orphans to the Nurse,
there is silence on the floating sea,
overwhelmed by a non-stormy haven,
wandering is not difficult for the Mentor,
easy passage for travelers,
good rest for the toilers,
in these troubles, the ambulance to the Intercessor,
Protection and refuge for the offended,
those who do not hope for hope, who require a Helper,
sad everlasting consolation,
hated loving humility,
salvation of sinners and appropriation to God,
for all the faithful there is a firm fence,
invincible help and intercession!
Through you, Lady, we see the Invisible,
and we offer a prayer to You, O Lady, Your sinful servants:
who gave birth to the King Christ, our God, the Life-Giver of all,
glorified from the heavenly and praised from the earthly, angelic mind,
Most Holy Saints, Lady of all creatures,
Godly Maiden, Undefiled Bride,
chamber of the Holy Spirit,
fiery Throne of the Invisible King,
carried the Words of God,
chamber of the Living God,
the ineffable composition of the flesh of Christ,
Heavenly Eagle's nest,
The dove is meek, quiet and gentle,
dispelling the cloud of God's wrath,
not opened by hands to the Church of the One King of all ages,
life-giving garden industry,
beautiful color, heavenly joy has blossomed for us,
the grape of our salvation,
cup of the Heavenly King, in which the wine of inexhaustible grace was dissolved from the Holy Spirit,
the birth of the true faith of Christ is an unshakable pillar,
the sword of God's wrath against the ungodly,
victory in battle,
For all Christians, the true Guardian and the world of all known salvation!
O All-Merciful Lady, Virgin Lady, Mother of God,
Hear us praying to You, and show Your mercy to Your people,
pray to Your Son to deliver us from all evil
and preserve our monastery and every monastery, and the city, and the country of the faithful,
and people who run piously and call on Your holy name,
from every adversity, destruction, famine, cowardice, flood, fire, sword,
invasions of foreigners and internecine wounds and,
from every illness and every condition,
Yes, no wounds, no reprimand, no pestilence,
neither shall Thy servants be humbled by any righteous wrath of God.
and grant us the beneficial dissolution of the air during the time of fruitful offering.
in every trouble and need that exists.
Let us be comforted with thanksgiving, having found You as a Helper.
Have mercy, O Most Pure Lady, on Your weak people, our Hope.
Gather the scattered, guide the lost on the right path,
those who have fallen away from the pious faith of their fathers, return them again,
support old age, bring understanding to the young, educate the infants and glorify the glorifying Thee,
rather, keep the Church of Your Son and preserve it for the length of days.
keeping them under the shelter of Thy mercy, protecting them with Thy honest robe
and pray from You incarnate without the seed of Christ our God,
may He gird us with strength from above against all our visible and invisible enemies.
Look upon us all with the mercy of Your merciful intercession,
raise us up from the depths of sin and enlighten the eyes of the heart to the vision of salvation,
Be merciful to us here and at the Last Judgment of Your Son, pray for us,
Your servants, who have reposed in piety from this life, will enter into eternal life with the Angels and Archangels
and be numbered with all the saints, that they may appear at the right hand of Thy Son, God,
and through Thy prayer grant all Orthodox Christians to live with Christ
and enjoy the joys of angels in the Heavenly villages.
all those who come to You and ask for Your holy help.
You are our warm prayer book for Your Son and our God.
Your swearing prayer can do a lot to implore the Lord, and through your intercession
We dare to approach the Throne of Grace of His Most Holy and Life-giving Mysteries, even if we are unworthy.
Moreover, the all-honorable image of Thy and the Almighty held by Thy hand is seen on the icon,
We rejoice, sinners, with tenderness, and we kiss this love, longingly, to the Lady,
With your holy God-pleasing prayers reach Heavenly endless lives
and stand shamelessly on the day of judgment at the right hand of Your Son and our God,
glorifying Him together with the Beginningless Father
and the Most Holy, Good, Life-Giving and Consubstantial Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Troparion for the Feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, tone 1
in the Dormition you did not forsake the world, O Mother of God,
you reposed to your stomach,
Mother of the Being of the Belly,
and through Your prayers You deliver our souls from death.
In prayers to the never-sleeping Mother of God and in intercessions there is immutable hope
the coffin and death cannot be withheld:
Like the Mother’s Belly, place it in the womb of the Ever-Virgin One.
Zadostoynik, voice 1
The angels, having seen the Dormition of the Most Pure One, were amazed at how the Virgin ascended from earth to Heaven.
The laws of nature are conquered in You, O Pure Virgin,
Christmas is virgin and the Belly is betrothed to death;
The Virgin is alive at birth and alive after death, forever saving, O Theotokos, Thy inheritance.
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Prayer for the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Prayer for the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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On the feast day of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, special prayers should be offered dedicated to this important event in the life of the Mother of God. In this way we will get closer to the Queen of Heaven and feel the prayerful joy of the Assumption Feast!
Troparion to the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
IN You preserved your virginity at Christmas, you did not forsake the world in the Dormition, O Mother of God, you reposed yourself to the belly, Mother of the Being of the Belly, and through your prayers you delivered our souls from death.
Kontakion of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
IN in prayers the never-sleeping Mother of God and in intercessions the immutable hope of the coffin and mortification cannot be restrained: just as the Mother of the Belly was placed in the womb of the ever-virgin One.
Prayer to the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
IN We glorify You, the Immaculate Mother of Christ our God, and we glorify Your Dormition all-gloriously.
A The angels, having seen the Dormition of the Most Pure One, were amazed at how the Virgin ascended from earth to Heaven. The laws of nature are conquered in You, O Pure Virgin, the Nativity is in virginity and the Life is betrothed to death; The Virgin is alive at birth and alive after death, forever saving, O Theotokos, Thy inheritance.
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Most Holy Theotokos, Queen of Heaven! I pray for your help - reunite our family, I pray for you, help our family reunite, grant our children admonition, help our daughters choose the right path in life, keep them under your protection, protect them from all evil desires, drive away every enemy from them, open their ears and eyes of the heart, grant mercy and humility to their souls.
Most Holy Theotokos, be compassionate towards my daughters (Tatiana, Paraskeva, Olga) and turn them to repentance. Have mercy and enlighten their minds with the light of the Gospel of God and guide their hearts on the path of God’s commandments, so that they learn to do the will of the Lord, for He is our Savior and our God forever and ever. Amen".
Holy Mother of God. Pray to God for us, grant health to slave Angelina, help in her studies, bless my family and relatives. I pray that you guide slave Elena on the true path. Help me meet a good person for my child's father's family. Lord thank you for your help. Lord Bless!
Mother of God Mary. help support and guide on the true path. grant wisdom and blessing to me and my family. help my son grow up to be a real man, save and preserve him. help me to get married successfully, have my own good housing with good conditions and a constant, honest income. live for your own good and for the Glory of God. Amen.
Most Holy Theotokos, Queen of Heaven! I pray to You, servant of God Catherine, for the healing of my soul and body, so that I may be healed and return to my family and friends as soon as possible. May I glorify Your glorious name forever and ever! Thank you, Queen of Heaven!
Mother Theotokos! Virgo! Holy Mother! Please help our family, I carry within me a seed of love and the continuation of our lineage, help give health to my baby who is under my heart, grant me a safe pregnancy, grant my heart to beat as it should, grant life to our baby, now he is only 4 mm, but I have a threat of interruption! Save and preserve our child! Ask the Lord our God and your SON Jesus Christ! About help in the health of our baby! May he be born at the time appointed by the Lord, healthy and happy and beautiful internally and externally! With luck and happiness! I ask as Mother Mother for the preservation of the pregnancy and the successful completion of a successful birth. I pray to you, Mother of God, our intercessor and patroness.
Most Holy Theotokos, Our Heavenly Queen, I beg you for help, I beg you for protection. You are the protector of all living things and the patroness of the family! I beg you to bless our family for reunification, bless the husband of my beloved servant of God Paul to return to me and our children. I beg you, Mother of God, about giving us a second chance. Thank you for all your miracles.
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Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Assumption” they pray for help and guidance for those departing to another world.
Prayer before the icon of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
At Christmas you preserved your virginity, at your Dormition you did not abandon the world, O Mother of God, you reposed yourself to the belly, Mother of the Being of the Belly, and through your prayers you delivered our souls from death.
In the prayers of the never-sleeping Mother of God and in intercessions, the immutable hope of the coffin and mortification cannot be restrained: just as the Mother of the Belly was placed in the womb of the Mother of the Virgin.
We magnify Thee, Immaculate Mother of Christ our God, and glorify Thy Dormition all-gloriously.
Prayer to the Dormition Blessed Virgin Mary
Dormition of the Blessed Lady
our Mother of God Virgin Mary
Kontakion of the 1st Feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
"Assumption of the Virgin Mary" Hugo van der Goes
Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
On August 28, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary dedicated to the memory of the death of the Mother of God Mary and Her bodily ascension to heaven.
After the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Most Holy Theotokos remained, as Her Divine Son commanded, in the care of the holy Apostle John the Theologian (John 19:25-27), constantly being in the labors of fasting and prayer.
Here, three days before Her death, Archangel Gabriel appeared to Her and announced that She was approaching Her departure from earthly life. Through the prayer of the Mother of God, who wanted to say goodbye to the disciples of the Divine Son, who at that time were preaching the Gospel throughout the world, a miracle happened on the day of the Dormition - angels brought the apostles (except for the Apostle Thomas) on the clouds to Jerusalem, to Her bed. They had to see that the Dormition of the Mother of God was not an ordinary death, but a mysterious repose. When the Assumption took place, Christ Himself appeared in heavenly radiance at the bedside of the Mother of God, surrounded by angels, and took Her purest soul into His arms.
Having mourned the separation from the Most Holy Theotokos, the apostles solemnly carried Her body through Jerusalem and buried it according to Her will in the Garden of Gethsemane, in a cave. The Apostle Thomas, who by God's providence did not have time for burial, arrived in Jerusalem only on the third day after saying goodbye to the Mother of God. Wanting to console him, the apostles opened the burial cave where the body of the Most Pure One rested, but they saw in it only burial shrouds. In the evening of the same day, the Mother of God herself appeared to the disciples of Christ, with angelic singing, surrounded by angels, in the radiance of heavenly glory.
So the apostles were convinced that She was ascended into Heaven in her body. The Feast of the Assumption has been known since ancient times, as evidenced by the blessed one in his works. Jerome, blessed Augustine, Bishop Gregory of Tours. Already in the 4th century, this holiday was celebrated everywhere in Byzantium; in the 6th century, in commemoration of the victory over the Persians won on August 15 by the Byzantine Emperor Mauritius, the Feast of the Assumption became a church-wide holiday (595). Initially, it was performed in different months of the church year (January, August). The general day of celebration was established in the 8th-9th centuries. The purpose of establishing this holiday was to glorify the Mother of God and Her Dormition, as well as to expose heretical errors that arose in the 4th-5th centuries. For example, heretics - Kolliridians denied the human nature of the Mother of God, foolishly revered Her as a deity and therefore denied the possibility of Her bodily death. Indeed, the Church honors Her as the highest of the Cherubim and Seraphim, standing at the right hand of Her Son and interceding for the human race. At the same time, glorifying the Mother of God, the Church calls to honor Her, but not to idolize Her.
The Holy Church prepares believers for a worthy celebration of the Feast of the Assumption with the two-week Assumption Fast, the only one dedicated to the Mother of God. The fast was established in ancient times, mentions of it have been known since the 5th century. During this short but strict fast, eating fish food is permitted only on the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. The fast lasts from August 14 to 28 and was established in imitation of the feat of the Mother of God, who is for Christians an example of purity, sacrifice, and humility. The Most Holy Theotokos spent all the days of Her earthly life in fasting and prayer, therefore Christians also fast, praising the Mother of God, striving to at least partially become like Her purity.
At the time of Her blessed Assumption, the Blessed Virgin Mary arrived in Jerusalem. Her glory as the Mother of God has already spread throughout the earth and armed many envious and proud people against those who attempted to kill Her life; but God kept Her from her enemies.
She spent days and nights in prayer. Often the Most Holy Theotokos came to the Holy Sepulcher of the Lord, burned incense here and knelt down. More than once the enemies of the Savior tried to prevent Her from visiting Holy place and asked the high priests for guards to guard the Tomb of the Savior. But the Holy Virgin, unseen by anyone, continued to pray before him. On one of these visits to Golgotha, Archangel Gabriel appeared before Her and announced Her imminent transfer from this life to Heavenly life, eternally blissful.
As a pledge, the Archangel gave Her a palm branch. With the Heavenly message, the Mother of God returned to Bethlehem with three virgins who served Her (Zipporah, Ebigea and Zoila). Then She called righteous Joseph from Arimathea and the disciples of the Lord, to whom She announced Her imminent Dormition.
The Blessed Virgin also prayed that the Lord would send the Apostle John to Her. And the Holy Spirit took him away from Ephesus, placing him next to the place where the Mother of God was reclining. After the prayer, the Blessed Virgin burned incense, and John heard a voice from Heaven, concluding Her prayer with the word “Amen.” The Mother of God noticed that this voice meant the imminent arrival of the apostles and the Holy Powers of the Ethereal.
The apostles, whose number cannot even be counted, flocked, says St. John of Damascus, like clouds and eagles, to serve the Mother of God. Seeing each other, the apostles rejoiced, but in bewilderment they asked each other: why did the Lord gather them in one place? Saint John the Theologian, greeting them with joyful tears, said that the time had come for the Mother of God to depart to the Lord. Entering the Mother of God, they saw Her sitting gracefully on a bed, filled with spiritual joy. The apostles greeted Her, and then told about their miraculous admiration from the place of preaching.
The Most Holy Virgin glorified God that He heard Her prayer and fulfilled the desire of Her heart, and began a conversation about Her upcoming death.
"The Death of Mary" Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio 1605-1606
During this conversation, the Apostle Paul also miraculously appeared with his disciples: Dionysius the Areopagite, the wondrous Hierotheus, the Divine Timothy and others from among the 70 apostles. The Holy Spirit gathered them all so that they would be worthy of the blessing of the Most Pure Virgin Mary and arrange the burial of the Mother of the Lord more beautifully. She called each of them to Her by name, blessed and praised their faith and their labors in preaching the Gospel of Christ, wished eternal bliss to each and prayed with them for the peace and well-being of the whole world.
The third hour came when the Dormition of the Mother of God was to take place. Many candles were burning. The holy apostles chanting surrounded the splendidly decorated bed on which the Most Pure Virgin Mary reclined. She prayed in anticipation of Her departure and the coming of Her longed-for Son and Lord. Suddenly the indescribable Light of Divine Glory shone, before which the burning candles faded. Those who saw it were horrified. The top of the room seemed to disappear in the rays of an immense Light, and the King of Glory Himself, Christ, descended, surrounded by many Angels, Archangels and other Heavenly Powers with the righteous souls of the forefathers and prophets who once foretold the Most Holy Virgin. Seeing Her Son, the Mother of God exclaimed: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and My spirit rejoices in God, My Savior, as He has looked upon the humility of His servant” - and, rising from the bed to meet the Lord, she bowed to Him. The Lord invited Her to the abodes of Eternal Life. Without any bodily suffering, as if in a pleasant dream, the Most Holy Virgin gave up her soul into the hands of Her Son and God.
"Death and Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary" Fernando de Llanos.
Paintings of the retable of the cathedral in Valencia
Then the joyful things began Angel singing. Accompanying the pure soul of the Bride of God with reverent fear as the Queen of Heaven, the Angels cried out: “Rejoice, full of grace, the Lord is with you, blessed are you among women! Behold, the Queen, the Virgin of God, come, take the gates, and this most peacefully lift up the Ever-present Mother of Light; We cannot be saved by man. We cannot look upon Nyuzha and render her worthy honor weakly” (the stichera of the holiday on “Lord, I cried”). The heavenly gates rose, meeting the soul of the Most Holy Theotokos, and the Cherubim and Seraphim joyfully glorified Her. The blessed face of the Mother of God shone with the glory of Divine virginity, and a fragrance spilled from her body.
Marvelous was the life of the Most Pure Virgin, and marvelous was Her Dormition, as the Holy Church sings: “The God of the universe shows You, Queen, miracles that exceed the laws of nature. And at the time of your Birth He preserved Your virginity, and in the tomb He preserved Your body from decay” ( canon 1, hymn 6, troparion 1). Reverently and fearfully kissing the most pure body, the apostles were sanctified by it and filled with grace and spiritual joy.
To further glorify the Most Holy Theotokos, the almighty power of God healed the sick, touching the sacred bed with faith and love. Having mourned their separation from the Mother of God on earth, the apostles began to bury Her most pure body. The holy apostles Peter, Paul, James and others from among the 12 apostles carried on their shoulders the bed on which the body of the Ever-Virgin lay.
Saint John the Theologian walked ahead with a heavenly luminous branch, and other saints and many faithful accompanied the bed with candles and censers, singing sacred songs. This solemn procession began from Zion through all of Jerusalem to Gethsemane.
At its first movement, a vast and luminous cloud circle, like a crown, suddenly appeared over the most pure body of the Mother of God and all those who accompanied Her, and the face of the Angels joined the face of the apostles. The singing of the Heavenly Powers was heard, glorifying the Mother of God, which echoed the earthly voices. This circle with Heavenly singers and radiance moved through the air and accompanied the procession to the very place of burial. The unbelieving inhabitants of Jerusalem, amazed by the extraordinary grandeur of the funeral procession and embittered by the honors given to the Mother of Jesus, reported this to the high priests and scribes.
Burning with envy and vengeance towards everything that reminded them of Christ, they sent their servants to disperse those accompanying them, and burned the very body of the Mother of God. The excited people and warriors rushed furiously at the Christians, but the cloudy crown that accompanied the procession through the air sank to the ground and, as it were, surrounded it with a wall. The pursuers heard footsteps and singing, but did not see any of the mourners.
Many of them were stricken with blindness. The Jewish priest Affonia, out of envy and hatred of the Mother of Jesus of Nazareth, wanted to overturn the bed on which the body lay Holy Virgin, but an Angel of God invisibly cut off his hands that touched the coffin. Seeing such a miracle, Affonia repented and with faith confessed the greatness of the Mother of God. He received healing and joined the host of those accompanying the body of the Mother of God, becoming a zealous follower of Christ. When the procession reached Gethsemane, there the last kissing of the most pure body began with crying and sobbing. Only in the evening could the holy apostles put him in a coffin and close the entrance to the cave with a large stone.
For three days they did not leave the burial place, performing incessant prayers and psalmody. According to the wise provision of God, Apostle Thomas was not destined to be present at the burial of the Mother of the Lord. Arriving on the third day in Gethsemane, he threw himself down with bitter tears in front of the tomb cave and loudly expressed regret that he was not worthy last blessing Mother of God and farewell to Her. The apostles, in heartfelt pity for him, decided to open the cave and give him consolation - to venerate the holy remains of the Ever-Virgin. But, having opened the coffin, they found in it only Her burial shrouds and were thus convinced of wondrous ascension The Blessed Virgin with her body to Heaven.
In the evening of the same day, when the apostles gathered in the house to strengthen themselves with food, the Mother of God Herself appeared to them and said: “Rejoice! I am with you all the days.” This made the apostles and everyone with them so happy that they raised part of the bread supplied for the meal in memory of the Savior (“part of the Lord”) and exclaimed: “Most Holy Theotokos, help us.” (This marked the beginning of the rite of offering panagia - the custom of offering part of the bread in honor of the Mother of God, which is still preserved in monasteries.
Meaning and veneration
Feast of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary
From the first centuries, Christians saw in the Mother of God a great prayer book before God for the human race. The names of the icons of the Mother of God reflect the deep faith and love of Christians for her: Mother of God - Joy of all Joys, Softening evil hearts, Healer, Helper of sinners.
The example of the righteous, pure and devoted life of the Most Pure Virgin to God and how calmly and joyfully she passed from earthly life to heavenly life shows the path to eternal life for every Christian. The meaning of the Feast of the Assumption is that death no longer frightens people with darkness and uncertainty: it can be a quiet sleep, carrying a person to a joyful and eternal life.
According to the faith of the Church, the death of a person who has lived his entire short life consciously and confidently without God can turn out to be terrible and bitter. But the death of the Mother of God, who surpassed in Her holiness, in the fulfillment of Her calling, even the highest angelic ranks- cherubim and seraphim - truly becomes a joy, a bright and comforting event for all Christians. And let the apostles and the first bishops of the ancient Church who gathered at the bedside of the dying Virgin grieve, let them mourn the separation from the Mother of the God-Man Christ - this event still gives Orthodox Christians hope for their union at the moment of future death with their Creator.
On the icons depicting the Dormition of the Mother of God, next to Her bed the majestic Christ always rises, holding in his arms a swaddled infant figurine: it symbolizes the soul of the deceased Mother of God, the soul that at the moment of the Dormition Her Son came to receive into His Divine arms. This child’s figurine shows us the image of that spiritual “birth in death” that introduces a person into eternal existence. As he speaks about the significance of the event of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Rev. John Damascene, “I will not call Your sacred Dormition death, but repose or departure, or, more precisely, installation. After all, when you leave your body, you are at home with the Lord. You made death bright, freeing it from despondency and filling it with joy.”
Dormition is the last twelfth holiday of the Orthodox church year. In Rus', the feast of the Assumption is one of the most beloved and revered feasts of the Mother of God, the degree of veneration of which grew, reaching its apogee by XVII century. On this day, clergy perform divine services in sky-blue vestments. Not a single one Mother of God holiday There is no such detailed order of worship as that of the Feast of the Assumption, after which in many churches the Burial of the Mother of God is carried out.
This rite was compiled in imitation of the burial of the Savior, performed in Holy Saturday, and was brought to Russia from the Holy Land. There it takes place every year in Gethsemane. A multitude of people, led by bishops and priests, set off from the Church of the Resurrection of Christ to Gethsemane, repeating the path of the holy apostles with the body of the Most Holy Theotokos. During the rite of the Burial of the Mother of God, a shroud with the image of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos is carried out into the middle of the temple for the veneration of those praying, and then they carry it around procession around the church. The festive Assumption service is also very rich in terms of music. All the festive chants: stichera, irmos of the canons, troparion, kontakion, magnification, luminary choir sings with joy and jubilation in the special Assumption chant of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, where this service took place. Composer S. Rachmaninov dedicated his great spiritual concert “The Never-Sleeping Mother of God in Prayers” to the Feast of the Assumption.
The great importance that was attached to this holiday with the adoption of Christianity in Rus' is evidenced by the many Assumption churches, cathedrals, and monasteries built in Rus'. The following are dedicated to the Dormition: the first church in Kyiv, erected by Prince Vladimir - Desyatinnaya, the cathedral of the city of Vladimir, the patronal feast of Novgorod Sophia. main cathedral Rus' in the Moscow Kremlin, where Russian tsars were crowned kings, and many other churches. The most ancient monasteries are the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, Pskovo- Pechersky Monastery The Pochaev Lavra also has as its main holiday the Dormition of the Mother of God.
On the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos and Queen of Heaven, may each of us feel that the Most Blessed Virgin Mary is with us, that Her Holy Protection extends over us, that in response to our prayer we receive Her quick maternal intercession and intercession on our life path. Let us pray: Most Holy Theotokos, save us! .
The holy apostles addressed this prayer to the Most Pure Mother of God when She appeared to them after her glorious Dormition. They exclaimed: Most Holy Theotokos, save us! Most Holy Theotokos, help us! . And the Most Pure Mother of God promised to remain with them, with all the people of God until the end of the age. This is our consolation, our faith and our hope.
The beautiful, majestic, slightly sad and at the same time solemn feast of the Mother of God at the end of summer and on the eve of autumn, when everything is buried in flowers, when touching singing is heard from the temple, continues all day. On the Feast of the Dormition, after the end of the liturgy, a two-week strict Dormition Fast is allowed, all believers rejoice, triumph, eat delicious fast food and “take a cup of wine?”, as it is written in the church charter.
O Most Holy Theotokos, Virgin, Lady, the highest Angel and Archangel, and the most honorable of all creatures, angelic great surprise, prophetic high sermon, apostolic glorious praise, fair adornment of saints, strong affirmation of martyrs, saving instruction for monks, inexhaustible abstinence for fasters, virgins of purity and word , mothers quiet joy, babies wisdom and punishment, widows and orphans to nurse, naked clothes, sick in health, deliverance of captives, floating on the sea in silence, overwhelmed by a calm haven, wandering an easy mentor, traveling an easy passage, toiling good rest, in the troubles of the present Intercessor , the offended, protection and refuge, the hopeless hope, demanding help, the poor inexhaustible wealth, the sad ever-present consolation, the hated loving humility, the salvation of sinners and the appropriation to God, the faithful protection of all, invincible help and intercession.
By You, the Lady, we see the invisible quickly, and we offer a prayer to You, O Lady, Your sinful servants: O most merciful and most wonderful light of the intelligent Queen, who gave birth to the King Christ our God, the Life-Giver of all, glorified by the heavenly and praised by the earthly: angelic mind, radiant star , most holy saint, Queen of queens, mistress of all creatures, Godly Maiden, undefiled Bride, chamber of the Most Holy Spirit, fiery throne of the invisible King, heavenly ark, carried the Words of God, fiery chariot, chamber of the living God, ineffable composition of the Flesh of Christ: nest of the Heavenly Eagle, turtle dove God-voiced, meek dove, quiet and gentle, child-loving mother, an abyss of mercy, opening the cloud of God's wrath, immeasurable depth, ineffable secret, unknown miracle, not made by hands to the church of the one King of all ages, fragrant censer, honest scarlet, God-woven purple, spiritual paradise, life-giving garden branch, a beautiful flower, heavenly joy that has blossomed for us, the cluster of our salvation, the cup of the Heavenly King, in which the wine of inexhaustible grace has dissolved from the Holy Spirit, Intercessor of the Law, the conception of the true faith of Christ, an unshakable pillar, destructive of heretics, the sword of God’s wrath against God’s opponents, intimidation of demons , victory in battle, the true guardian of all Christians, and the known salvation of the world.
O all-merciful Lady, Virgin, Lady, Mother of God, hear us praying to You and show Your mercy on Your people, pray to Your Son to deliver us from all evil, and save our monastery, and every monastery, and the city, and the country of the faithful, and people piously resorting and calling on Your holy name, from every adversity, destruction, famine, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners, civil war, from every illness, and every situation: not by wounds, not by rebuke, not by pestilence, not by any righteous wrath of God Thy servants will diminish: but observe and save with Thy mercy, O Lady, praying for us, and grant us the beneficial dissolution of the air at the time of the fruitful offering: ease, uplift and have mercy, having mercy on the Lady, the Mother of God, in every misfortune and need that exists.
Remember Your servants, and do not despise our tears and sighs, and renew us with the goodness of Your mercy, so that we may be comforted with thanksgiving in having found You as a Helper. Have mercy, O Most Pure Lady, on Thy weak people, our hope: gather those who are scattered, guide those who have gone astray to the right path, bring back those who have fallen away from the pious faith of their fathers, support old age, discipline the young, raise babies, and glorify those who glorify Thee, and preserve the Church of Thy Son greatly , and keep the days long.
O merciful and most merciful Queen of heaven and earth, Ever-Virgin Mother of God! By Your intercession, have mercy on our country and its Christ-loving inhabitants, and all Orthodox Christians, who preserve them under the cover of Your mercy, protect us with Your honest robe: and pray from You, Who has become incarnate without the seed of Christ our God, that He may gird us with strength from above against all our visible and invisible enemies , against foreigners and fellow tribesmen fighting against us and our Orthodox faith.
Save and have mercy, O Lady, most holy patriarchs, metropolitans, right reverend archbishops and Orthodox bishops, priests and deacons, and all the church clergy, and all the faithful people who worship and pray before your venerable icon. Look upon everyone with the gaze of Your merciful intercession: Raise us from the depths of sin, and enlighten the eyes of the heart to the vision of salvation, be merciful to us here, and at the terrible judgment of Your Son, pray for us, having reposed in piety from this life, Your servants, in eternal life with Angels and Archangels, and with all the saints, come in rank, so that they may appear at the right hand of Thy Son and God: and through Thy prayer grant all Orthodox Christians to live with Christ, and to enjoy the joys of angels in their heavenly settlements. For You are, Lady, the glory of heaven and the hope of earth, You are our hope, and the intercessor of all those who flow to You, and Your holy help of those asking: You are our warm prayer book for Your Son and our God: Your motherly prayer can do much to implore the Lord, and Through your intercession, we dare to approach the throne of grace of the Most Holy and Life-giving Mysteries even if we are unworthy.
Moreover, Thy all-honorable image, and seeing the Almighty held by Thy hand on the icon, we rejoice in sins, falling down with tenderness, and kiss this love, hoping, Lady, with Thy holy God-pleasing prayers to reach heavenly endless life, and do not shamefully stand on the day of judgment at the right hand of Thy Son and God ours, glorifying Him together with the Originless Father, and the Most Holy, Good, Life-Giving and Consubstantial Spirit, forever and ever. Amen
Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The icon depicts Mother of God, who rested on her bed; in front of the bed stands the Gospel, near the head and feet of the Mother of God there are five apostles. Saint Peter stands at Her head with a censer; the Apostle Paul is depicted falling at Her feet. In the middle of the bed there is a depiction of the Savior, who took the soul of the Mother of God into his arms. Near His head are depicted two winged angels, clinging to a bed with hoops in their hands.
The Kiev Pechersk Icon of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the oldest revealed icons in the Russian Orthodox Church. The Most Holy Theotokos handed it to the 4th Byzantine architects, who in 1073 brought the icon to the Monks Anthony and Theodosius of Pechersk. The architects came to the cave to the monks and asked: “Where do you want to start a church?” The saints replied: “Go, the Lord will appoint a place.” - “How come you, predicting your imminent death, have not yet appointed a place? – the architects were surprised. “They also gave us so much gold.” Then the monks called all the brethren and began to question the Greeks, saying: “Tell us the truth, who sent you and how did you get here?” The architects began to tell: “Once, when we were sleeping in our houses, early, at sunrise, handsome young men came to each of us and said: “The Queen is calling you to Blachernae.”
Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Kiev-Pechersk icon of the beginning. 19th century
We all arrived at the same time and, having questioned each other, found out that each of us heard the same speech of the Queen and the same messengers were sent for all of us. Finally we saw the Queen with many warriors. We bowed to Her, and She said: “I want to build a Church for Myself in Rus', in Kyiv, and now, I command you to do this. Take gold for 3 years.” “We bowed and asked: “Lady, Queen!” You are sending us to a foreign country, to whom will we come there?” “She answered: “I am sending you with them, with Anthony and Theodosius.” “We were surprised: “Why, Madam, are you giving us gold for 3 years? Order them to take care of us, what we should eat and what we should drink, and you will give us what You know.” “The queen objected: “This one, Anthony, will only bless and depart from this world into eternal peace. And this one, Theodosius, will leave after him in 2 years. So, take gold until you have enough. As for honoring you, no one can do it like I do. I will give you what no ear has heard, no eye has seen, and what has never entered the heart of man. I myself will come to see the Church and live in it.” “She also gave us the relics of the holy martyrs: Artemia, Polyeuctus, Leontius, Akakios, Arenas, Jacob, Theodore - and said: “Put this as a foundation.” “We took more gold than we needed, and She said: “Go out into the courtyard, look at the size of the Church.” “We went out and saw the Church in the air.
Entering the Queen again, we bowed and said: “Lady Queen, what is the name of the Church?” “She answered: “I want to call her by My Name.” “We did not dare to ask what Her Name was, but She again said Herself: “The Church of the Mother of God will be.” - And, having given us this icon, she said: “She will be in it.” We bowed to Her and went to our homes, carrying with us the icon received from the hands of the Queen.” Having heard this, everyone glorified God, and the Monk Anthony said: “Children, we never left this place. The handsome young men who called you were holy Angels, and the Queen in Blachernae was the Most Holy Theotokos Herself. And as for our image and the gold given, as it were, through us, the Lord knows how He deigned to do this with His servants. Blessed is your coming, you have a good companion, an honest icon of the Lady.” The Monk Anthony prayed for three days that the Lord Himself would show him a place for the church. After the first night there was dew all over the earth, but the holy place was dry. The next morning it was dry all over the land, but there was dew in the holy place. On the third morning, after praying, they blessed the place and measured the width and length of the church with a golden belt. (This belt was brought long ago by the Varangian Shimon, who had a vision of building a church.) The fire that fell from heaven through the prayer of St. Anthony indicated that God was pleased with the undertaking. This was the beginning of the Divine Church.
The icon of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary became famous for its miracles. Two friends, John and Sergius, fraternized in front of her. Many years later, John fell mortally ill. He gave his part of the property to the Pechersk Monastery, and transferred part of his 5-year-old son to Sergius for safekeeping; He also gave his son Zachariah into his care. When Zechariah turned 15 years old, he wanted to take the property that belonged to him, but Sergius stubbornly said that John gave everything to the poor. He went so far as to come to the Assumption Church and swear before the miraculous icon that he had not taken anything. When he wanted to kiss the icon, he could not get closer to it; went to the door and suddenly shouted: “Saints Anthony and Theodosius! Do not order this unmerciful one to kill me and pray to the Lady Most Holy Theotokos that She will drive away from me this multitude of demons to which I am devoted. Let them take the gold and silver: it is sealed in my cage.” Zacharias gave all his property to the Pechersk Monastery, where he himself took monastic vows. Since then, no one was allowed to swear by the miraculous icon. The icon more than once defended the country from enemy invasion. In 1677, when the Turks were besieging Chigirin and Kyiv was in danger, the icon was carried around the city almost throughout the entire day of August 27th. The Mother of God blessed the Russian troops marching to the Battle of Poltava in 1709). In 1812, the icon was again carried around Kyiv. The icon is celebrated twice a year: May 16 and August 28.
Among all the disasters to which the holy monastery was subjected at various times, miraculous icon The Dormition of the Virgin Mary remained unharmed. Peter the Great prayed before the ancient shrine while setting out for Poltava, and upon his return from the Battle of Poltava, he offered thanks before it for the victory granted. Having received news of the fire that devastated the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra in 1718, he asked: “Is the miraculous icon of the Mother of God intact?” And when he heard that the icon had been saved, he said: “And so everything was preserved!” After the name of the temple created in Kyiv over the caves, the icon is called Kiev-Pechersk, and after the place of its initial appearance - Blachernae and is glorified by innumerable miracles.
The Dormition of the Virgin Mary is not death
And what will she get there as a reward?
Because she gave her son to the cross
With your mother's hands
Pride before destruction
Humility before talent
Making it doesn't mean dying
What a gap between these words
He who has must lose
And it seems that reprisal is inevitable
But happy is the one who is given to understand
Dormition is not a duty but a right
"The Assumption of the Virgin Mary" Francesco Granacci 1517-19
On a summer morning, rainy, early,
You see, the angels are busy -
A wet robe is woven - a raincoat,
So that the incorruptible body becomes cloth
On a summer morning - envelop - early.
In every drop a bell will cry,
A cloud was sent for the apostle,
So that every eloquent brother has time
To be in time for the Day of the Dormition, for the Most Pure One.
The angels are busy with important things -
The raincoat is woven to the Virgin - wet,
On a summer morning, rainy, early,
So that Thomas will be revealed late
And to him and to the apostle brothers,
That the incorruptible body has been taken
On the third day after Her death,
To heaven, at the right hand of the Son.
You see, on a rainy morning, early
An angel is weaving the Shroud to the Virgin.
It was revealed to us by Foma's tardiness.
The apostle is led by the Holy Spirit
Far from the fraternal choir.
He leaves distant countries,
He crosses wide rivers,
And he comes to the brothers apostles.
He cried out, Thomas, with a sob:
"The abyss of the show-off has turned me on!
You are blessed with the last kiss,
And Thomas, an orphan, he is deprived of this!
Give me, my humble slave,
Worship that mountainous place,
As it was given to the other apostles."
A hill can be seen between two trees,
The red sun sets over the sea,
On that hill the coffin is white,
The coffin is white and white marble.
Foma's white legs are buckling,
His white hands fall down,
And she found a tug against the apostles.
Once again the twin's cry rises,
Rising to the clear sky,
Evil sadness is asking for in the hearts of the brothers.
"Ah, alas for me, alas for me, the unfortunate one!
Really, Mati, am I in such a pen,
That he has become worse than a Jew - Avfoniya,
I am unloved among the apostles!"
And Thomas is led to the tomb,
Brought to the white coffin,
Where did the Holy Mother of God rest?
A wondrous wonder to the timid heart!
They bloomed there, big and small,
Flowers are white, yellow and scarlet,
And the holy apostles bowed down.
Instead of the body of the Most Pure Mother of God -
A fragrant bush of flowers;
Golden brocade belt
Left by the Benevolent Mother
As a reward for Fomino's patience,
As a reward for Fomino's humility
And the apostles glorified the Virgin.
Ascension and Coronation
The Ascension of Our Lady is a Catholic dogma about the bodily ascension of the Virgin Mary after death to heaven. The dogma was officially proclaimed by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950 in the apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus and supported by the Second Vatican Council in the constitution Lumen Gentium. The day of the same name is celebrated on August 15. More precisely, it should be said that Catholics understand the Dormition of the Virgin Mary as the Ascension of the Mother of God. Officially published Catechism Catholic Church, approved by the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia does not use the term “Ascension of the Virgin Mary,” but “Assumption into Heaven” and “Assumption of the Virgin Mary.”
According to Catholic tradition, immediately after the Ascension was followed by the Coronation of the Mother of God as the Queen of Heaven.
Neither the Dormition nor the Ascension of the Virgin Mary are dogmas for Orthodox Churches, Although Byzantine Church celebrated this day, and the date was apparently set by Emperor Mauritius, from whom Pope Sergius I took over the holiday.
The holiday is based on the legend that the deceased natural death and Mary, buried in Gethsemane, miraculously ascended to heaven: after the opening of her coffin by the apostles, led by the unbelieving Thomas, no remains were found. There is a tradition on this day to bring the first fruits of the new harvest as a gift to churches and chapels dedicated to St. Mary. The holiday is accompanied by solemn services, church processions and theatrical performances.
None of the Catholic dogmas and not a single line in the Holy Scriptures say anything that Mary was crowned after her ascension into heaven. Nevertheless, despite the lack of reinforcement by the dogmas approved by the church, this theme in religious art was very popular.
"Coronation of the Virgin Mary"Diego Velazquez. Approx. 1645, Prado
This tradition has been known since the 12th century, and it does not even owe its origin to the Golden Legend - it either developed from a text attributed to Bishop Melito of Sardis, or from fiery writings describing the bodily ascension of the Mother of God into heaven, especially the Glory of the Martyrs » Gregory of Tours (VI century) and instructions erroneously attributed to Saint Jerome (Pseudo-Jerome). In the latter, Mary enters heaven as Queen in glory and is led to the throne by the heavenly host. Initially, this image is based on Psalm 44:10-15 (“...the queen stood at Your right hand in the gold of Ophir...”) and Song of Songs 4:8, which are interpreted as “come, O chosen one, to my throne,” as well as on the vision of John the Theologian : “...a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun; under her feet is the moon, and on her head is a crown of twelve stars” (Rev. 12:1), which is interpreted as the Mother of God becoming a queen. The Song of Songs was interpreted by Bernard of Clairvaux as a detailed allegory in which the bride was identified with the Virgin Mary. The forerunner to the coronation of the Mother of God was the following episode from the life of Solomon: after the death of David, Solomon becomes king of Israel, and Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, comes to him and asks for his protection. “The king stood before her, and bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. They set up a throne for the king’s mother, and she sat down right hand him" (1 Kings 2:19).
The Golden Legend popularized the plot with its lengthy chapter dedicated to the Ascension of the Virgin Mary and her brilliant entry into the Kingdom of Heaven. Some passages from this description were copied verbatim from Pseudo-Jerome. This most popular book of the Middle Ages provided artists with a huge amount details and attributes that they successfully began to use when working on this plot.
On this day Heaven found the Blessed Virgin, the angels rejoiced, the archangels triumphed, the Thrones sang and the Dominions played music, the Principalities intertwined their voices, and the Powers played the harps, the cherubim and seraphim, picking up hymns and praises, lifted Her up with thanks and glorification to the throne of the divine and highest Lords. (Yakov Voraginsky, “The Golden Legend”)
on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The time from August 28 to September 11 is called "young Indian summer." By folk signs, "from the Assumption the sun falls asleep." sadness is dissolved by joy: “O full of grace, rejoice, the Lord is with you!”
On this day, in many places, seeds and ears of various breads were brought to the church for blessing and consecration, and a small handful of uncut ears of grain was left in the field, tied with a ribbon and said: “God grant that there will be a good harvest next summer!”
Dormition - the end of the harvest, donations, fraternal beer, beer was brewed for the world, a sheep was killed, pies were baked and relatives and neighbors were called to a feast.
Whoever walks barefoot through the dew on Dormition will collect all the illnesses on himself. This day is both mournful and joyful at the same time. This day is mournful because the Mother of God left the earth. And he is considered joyful because she went to heaven, where she took a place next to her son Jesus Christ. Now she can hear every person and help if she is asked to do so. But, nevertheless, the earth mourns such a loss, therefore, the dew on this day is the Earth’s tears for its intercessor.
"Ruth in Boaz's Field" Julius Schnorr 1828
In addition, August 28 is the day when autumn gains more and more strength. The earth is not as warm as it was in the summer. Now you can catch a cold easily if you walk barefoot. And all colds, as you know, are caused by frozen feet.
If on this day you rub a callus with old shoes, then the path to success will be very difficult. The sign of this day can really open up your future. Previously, people deliberately put on old, worn-out shoes, thought about what issue worried them most, and went about their business in these shoes. If it went smoothly and didn’t cause any calluses, then your issue will definitely be resolved, you can rest assured. But if you manage to come home with sore feet, then you can forget about the successful outcome of your case. Of course, something can work out, but, firstly, the result may not be exactly what you wanted. And secondly, you will have to work hard in order to achieve even this result. Some will say that this is a superstition, but it is not.
You won't have time to look after the Uspenshchina - you'll have to spend the winter as a girl. Previously, weddings were not held a week after meeting. Whichever strong love did not flare up in the hearts of young people, they still always kept up appearances. A certain amount of time must pass before the guy and the girl meet, and only after that they go to get married. Of course, exceptions always existed, but they were extremely rare. In addition, while you are sorting, you may find a more efficient girl who will have time to marry the guy who, perhaps, was destined for you by fate itself. As they say, fate is fate, and you shouldn’t yawn either. You can cripple your whole life like this.
To plow until the Assumption - to press an extra hay. This day in Rus' was considered the official end of the harvest. Before the Dormition, people worked in the fields from dawn to dusk. Those who worked at full capacity usually reaped a good harvest. But those who liked to take a walk, who did not have time to finish the harvest before this day, could eventually completely launch their farm. In addition, in Assumption it was customary to come to the aid of those who, due to a lack of labor, did not have time to harvest their harvest. But no one came to help the lazy people. They helped those with a small family or no owner in the house. That is, if the reason is truly valid.
This autumn is three days before the Assumption and three days after. This time has always been considered the best and most successful for sowing winter crops. At this time, the soil accepts seeds well. The seedlings appear on time, and most importantly, they are so strong that they can easily withstand even the harshest winter. At this time, the earth itself gives its strength to the crops. Today this sign is not observed by everyone who works on the land. It is for this reason that winter crops die so often in winter.
Frosts after the Dormition - for a long autumn.
If the young Indian summer is nice, expect bad weather in the old Indian summer (from September 14 to 21).
Winter this three days before the Assumption and three after the Assumption.
To plow until the Assumption - to press an extra hay.
Dormition - dozhinki. Dormition - the end of the harvest, donations, fraternal beer.
We went to lakes and rivers to observe the water: if the water is not disturbed by the wind and the boats are calm, then the autumn will be quiet and the winter will be without snowstorms.
Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Assumption” they pray for help and guidance for those departing to another world.
Prayer before the icon of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
O Most Holy Theotokos, Virgin Lady, the highest Angel and Archangel, and the most honorable of all creatures, angelic great surprise, prophetic high sermon, apostolic glorious praise, fair adornment of saints, strong affirmation of martyrs, saving instruction for monks, unfailing abstinence for fasters, virgins in purity and glory, quiet joy for mothers, wisdom and punishment for babies, widows and orphans for nurturing, naked clothes, sick in health, deliverance for captives, floating on the sea in silence, overwhelmed by a calm refuge, wandering without difficulty for a mentor, traveling with an easy passage, toiling with good rest, in present troubles a quick intercessor, for the offended, protection and refuge, for those who have no hope, for those who require help, for the poor, inexhaustible wealth, for the sad, ever-present consolation, for the hated, loving humility, for sinners, salvation and appropriation to God, for the faithful, firm protection for all, invincible help and intercession. Through You, Lady, we see the Invisible One, and we offer a prayer to You, O Lady, the sins of Your servants: O most merciful and most wonderful light of the intelligent Queen, who gave birth to the King Christ our God, the Life-Giver of all, glorified by the heavenly and praised by the earthly: angelic mind, Radiant Star , most holy, Queen of Queens, Lady of all creatures, Godly Maiden, undefiled Bride, chamber of the Holy Spirit, fiery throne of the invisible King, heavenly ark, bearing the Words of God, fiery chariot, chamber of the Living God, ineffable composition of the flesh of Christ; the nest of the heavenly eagle, the God-voiced turtle dove, the meek dove, the quiet and gentle, the child-loving mother, the abyss of mercies, dispelling the cloud of God’s wrath, immeasurable depth, ineffable secret, unknown miracle, not made by hands to the Church of the one King of all ages, a fragrant censer, an honest scarlet, an ornate purple, spiritual paradise, a branch of the life-giving garden, a beautiful flower, heavenly joy blossoming for us, the grape of our salvation, the cup of the Heavenly King, in which the wine of inexhaustible grace was dissolved from the Holy Spirit, intercessor of the law, the conception of the true faith of Christ, the unshakable pillar, the heretics destructive, the sword of God's wrath upon the godless, the intimidation of demons, the victory in battle, the faithful guardian of all Christians and the known salvation of all things. O All-Merciful Lady Virgin, Lady, Mother of God, hear us praying to You, and show Your mercy on Your people, pray to Your Son to deliver us from all evil and save the monastery, and the city and the country of the faithful, and people who piously resort and call on Your holy name , from every adversity, destruction, famine, cowardice, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare, from every illness, and every situation, and neither by wounds, nor by rebuke, nor by pestilence, nor by any righteous wrath of God, may Thy servants be diminished; but observe and save with Your mercy, O Lady, praying for us, and grant us the beneficial dissolution of the air at the time of the fruitful offering: alleviate, uplift and have mercy, Merciful to the Lady, the Mother of God, in every misfortune and need that exists. Remember Your servants and do not despise our tears and sighs, and renew us with the piety of Your mercy, so that we may be comforted with thanksgiving, having found You as a helper. Have mercy, O Most Pure Lady, on Thy weak people, our hope: gather those who are scattered, guide those who have gone astray to the right path, bring back those who have fallen away from the pious faith of their fathers, support old age, discipline the young, educate the infants and glorify those who glorify Thee, and greatly preserve the Church of Thy Son and keep the days long. O merciful and most merciful Queen of heaven and earth, Ever-Virgin Mother of God! By Your intercession, have mercy on His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II, our Russian country, its authorities and army, and all Orthodox Christians, keeping them under the roof of Your mercy, protect with Your honest robe, and pray from You, incarnate without the seed of Christ our God, yes He will gird us with strength from above, against all our visible and invisible enemies, against foreigners and fellow tribesmen who fight against us and against our Orthodox faith. Save and have mercy, O Lady, the Right Reverend metropolitans, Orthodox archbishops and bishops, priests and deacons, and the entire church congregation, and all the faithful people who worship and pray before Your honorable icon. Look upon all of us with the gaze of Your merciful intercession, raise us up from the depths of sin and enlighten the eyes of our hearts to the vision of salvation, be merciful to us here and at the terrible judgment of Your Son, pray for us; having ceased in piety from this life, Thy servants are numbered in eternal life with the Angels and Archangels and with all the saints, so that they may appear at the right hand of Thy Son and God; and through Thy prayer grant all Orthodox Christians to live with Christ and enjoy the joys of angels in heavenly villages. For You are, Lady, the glory of heaven and the hope of earth, You are our hope and intercessor of all those who come to You and ask Your holy help; You are our warm prayer service to Your Son and our God; Your Mother's prayer can do much to entreat the Lord, and through Your intercession we dare to approach the throne of grace of His most holy and life-giving Mysteries, even if we are unworthy. In the same way, seeing Your all-honorable image and Your hand holding the Almighty on the icon, we rejoice in our sins, falling down with tenderness and kissing this love, hoping, Lady, with Your holy, God-pleasing prayers to reach the heavenly endless life and shamelessly stand on the day of judgment at the right hand of Your Son and our God, glorifying He is united with the Beginningless Father, and the Most Holy, Good, Life-Giving and Consubstantial Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Troparion, tone 1
At Christmas you preserved your virginity, at your Dormition you did not abandon the world, O Mother of God, you reposed yourself to the belly, Mother of the Being of the Belly, and through your prayers you delivered our souls from death.
Kontakion, tone 2
In the prayers of the never-sleeping Mother of God and in intercessions, the immutable hope of the coffin and mortification cannot be restrained: just as the Mother of the Belly was placed in the womb of the Mother of the Virgin.
Greatness
We magnify Thee, Immaculate Mother of Christ our God, and glorify Thy Dormition all-gloriously.
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