Passion-bearers of the Lord,/ Theodora and the youth John, glory!/ Blessed is the Russian land, drunk with your blood,/ and our fatherland rejoices,/ in which you are the first, the idols having put to shame, / Confess Christ with boldness / and suffer for Him. / That which is good, pray, / until the end of the age in our country, the Orthodox Church will unshakably establish / / and all preserve the Russian people in true faith and piety.
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