You left the world, Peter, the Lord for your sake/ and you took the cross on your frame,/ you reached Mount Athos,/ like Elijah the Tishbite of old./ And you remained in it with fasting, and through prayers and vigils,/ making God merciful,/ and offering the Most Pure Theotokos a prayer book,/ for this reason we cry out to you: pray to Christ God that he may save our souls.
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