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The Falling Asleeep of our Lady
the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
Even through you gave birth, you still kept your virginity. Although you fell asleep, you did not abandon the world, O Theotokos (Mother of God). Being the Mother of Life, you passed into life.Through your prayers you deliver our souls from death. (Troparion, Tone 1)
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Neither death nor the tomb could retain the Theotokos (Mother of God). Untiring in prayer, she is our constant hope who intercedes before God for us. As the Mother of Life, she was taken into life by him who lived in her ever-virgin womb. (Kontakion, Tone 2)
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