I’ve always heard Lepavina’s Dormition feast draws a big crowd from the surrounding villages. Did they have the procession around the church this year too? My choir sang the same troparion last week and it still sticks with me.
Yes, the procession went right round the church after the Liturgy, same as always. The choir from the village below brought their banners and the troparion sounded even stronger with all those voices together. Sophia, which melody did your group use – the one that starts a bit lower?