Akathist to the Holy Venerable Moses of Ufatranslated

Kontakion 1

Chosen by God and numbered among the ranks of the saints, having taken up your cross from youth, you followed Christ, spending your life in prayers, fasting, vigil and suffering; At the same time, the Lord, having looked at your labors, glorifies your miracles and teaches you to sing:

Rejoice, O holy Father Moses, praise of the land of Ufa and wonderful prayer book for us.

Ikos 1

The Creator chose you from the beginning and instilled in your young heart the love of prayer, reading the Word of God and the lives of the saints, in which, by learning, you were strengthened in piety, not counting the vanity of this world as anything. We cry out to you with love:

Rejoice, chosen by God from infancy; Rejoice, filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit from the font of Baptism.

Rejoice, you who have been sorrowful in prayer to God since adolescence; Rejoice, you who had great care for the salvation of your soul.

Rejoice, having found spiritual delight in this; Rejoice, you who have grown the seed of Christ’s teaching in your heart.

Rejoice, thou who countest the wisdom of this world for nothing; Rejoice, avoiding all worldly vanity.

Rejoice, glorified in heaven and on earth; rejoice...