KCL - Dormition (sticheron & Exapostilarion)

Kiev-Caves Lavra - Hymns from Dormition (Aug. 15/28). From the service of the Akathist for the Dormition of the Theotokos (download link below), sung by the choir of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra; some of the hymns are also used for the Vigil service. For the subtitles, I used the translation (essentially, with a few alterations to get the words to match the order in the Slavonic service) of the Vigil by Archimandrite Ephrem, found at: http://anastasis.org.uk/15aug.htm The whole service can be downloaded at the site below (right-click the MP3 icon for each song & choose "save link as"): http://www.predanie.ru/music/Akafist_Uspeniju_Presvoj_Bogorodicy/ This is how the text appears originally: Then the Sticheron for Psalm 50. Tone 6. By Vyzas. When the Translation of your immaculate Body was being prepared, the Apostles surrounded your deathbed and looked on you with dread. And as they gazed at your body they were seized with awe, while Peter cried out to you with tears: 'Immaculate Virgin, I see you, who are the life of all, lying here outstretched, and I am struck with wonder; for in you the Delight of the life to come made his dwelling. But fervently implore your Son and God that your City may be kept safe from harm'. Exapostilarion. Tone 3. O you Apostles, assembled here from the ends of the earth, bury my body in Gethsemane; and you, my Son, receive my spirit.