From my youth, Father, I have chosen and loved you/ and have foreseen your good will,/ instructs you to come to His holy saint/ Cyril the All-Blessed,/ from him You were guided quickly on the path of salvation, / by the fear of God, and purity of soul, and reverence, / and unceasing prayers to God / in many struggles you carried out your life / and the commandments of God immaculately You have kept this, / You were a shepherd and mentor and a monk, / and now you stand with boldness before the Throne of Christ in Heaven, / from the Angels, joyful, / Reverend Father, Martinian O all-blessed one, / do not cease to pray to Christ God / / to save and have mercy on our souls.
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