The Gospel of Christ, the true novices/ appeared, venerables,/ the world and everything in it, as if it did not exist,/ exceeding love for the sake of Christ/ and settled in the sea island,/ and laboriously in against the machinations of invisible enemies we labored, / by fasting, vigil and all-night standing / we submitted our flesh to the spirit of wisdom by nature. / For this reason, from the Almighty Right Hand worthy crowns have received by nature./ And now the Most Holy Trinity stands,/ pray, all-blessed fathers, Sergius and Herman,/ to preserve our Fatherland in peace// and to save our souls ours.
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