At Vespers

Having received thee as a worthy fruit of prayer, O Samuel, and given thee to God her Benefactor as she had promised, she who gave birth to thee made of thee a right acceptable gift with her maternal hands. Wherefore, the grace of the Spirit rested upon thee, O glorious one, causing thee to grow in guilelessness, and adorning thee with wisdom.

Glory..., Now and ever..., in Tone VI—

At “Lord, I have cried...,” three stichera of the Afterfeast, in Tone VI: Spec. Mel: “Having set all aside...”—

Today the all-immaculate Theotokos who gave birth unto Life, hath passed on to everlasting life, bestowing mercy upon the faithful; and all creation now rejoiceth, leaping up; companies of angels now escort her as their Queen, making festive hymnody in songs; and her only Son, the King of all, hath made her to dwell with Him, as one who hath dominion over all.

Borne on clouds from all the ends of the earth, the divinely eloquent apostles arrived, upborne, in Sion, to behold the glorious and truly holy dormition of the Mother of the Lord, and to offer her splendid words and to perform her wondrous burial, in that she gave birth unto the Lord, and is the refuge of all the faithful, and their truly mighty, divine and invincible protection on earth.

Let us all radiantly celebrate on the divine dormition her who is more highly exalted than all created beings, offering to her gifts of light truly divine, and those things which are fit for her: faith, hope and serene love, purity, sanctity and righteousness, wherein she delighteth. May she vouchsafe us a portion with her and count us worthy of the kingdom on high.

And three stichera of the Prophet, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel: “Thou hast given a sign...”—

Invested as a priest with sacred chrism, and shown to be a prophet, thou didst foresee things which were to come, and at the command of God didst anoint a king; thou didst foretell the future, judging with justice the people of Israel who sinned without ceasing and withdrew themselves from their God, O right wondrous Samuel, God-bearer all-rich.

Having put aside the gloom and heaviness of the flesh, thou now beholdest Him Whom thou didst desire, not in reflections, nor in shadows, as before, but face to face; and going about the heavens, thou rejoicest, O most honored prophet, who art the peer of the other prophets of God, converser with the righteous, who sharest in the portion of the angels.

O Theotokos, Mother of Life, the apostles, who were scattered throughout the world, were caught up in the air by clouds and borne to thy dormition; and in a single choir they stood before thine all-holy body; and, burying it with honor, they sang, chanting to thee the cry of Gabriel: Rejoice, thou who art full of grace, Virgin Mother unwedded, the Lord is with thee! With them entreat thou thy Son and our God, that our souls be saved.