From youth we kindle with an ardent desire for Divine love, / leaving worldly rumors, reverend, / you were a disciple of the great Sergius, / by silence and cruel abiding, / by vigil and by prayer, by fasting, following Christ; / for this reason, by the election of your teacher, you were awarded the priesthood / from the hand of blessed Alexy / and you were appointed a shepherd to the monastery, even on Kirzhach, / in it Having lived hard, go to the Lord,/ Reverend Roman,/ pray for us, Christ God,/ with your teacher, the Venerable Sergius,// to save our souls.
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