Who from God above was perfected by divine grace/ and adorned with good morals,/ enlightened by the Holy Spirit,/ having accomplished holiness in the passion of God,/ was made worthy of the grace of the Divine Spirit,/ shepherding the Church of God of the Russian Metropolis,/ having overcome everything by fasting, endured anxiety, having overcome persecution,/ always calling on St. Peter the Metropolitan for help,/ and this having a helper,/ and following in his footsteps./ Acceptable servant,/ keeping the commandments of God, we instruct with the Spirit of God,/ enlightening faithful people with the teaching of your words,/ with forgiveness decorate your life,/ we will embrace the Lord from childhood,/ and love Christ above all./ For this reason, I am honored by the bishop’s seat,/ and, like the shining sun, from the Serbian land happened,/ and to all ends of the Russian land shone forth with virtue,/ the luminary of the world appeared,/ and reposed to the Lord from this life into eternal rest,/ the great bishop of God, Cyprian Metropolitan,/ teacher and mentor of the Russian land,/ always standing before the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity,/ pray to the Lord diligently/ for the bishops and for all Christians,// may he save you for the sake of your soul ours.
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