Today the Russian Church joyfully rejoices,/ glorifying the new martyrs and confessors:/ saints and priests,/ royal passion-bearers,/ faithful princes and princesses,/ Reverend men and women/ and all Orthodox Christians/ in the days of the godless persecution/ who laid down their lives for faith in Christ/ and kept the truth with their blood./ By their intercession, long-suffering Lord,/ preserve our country in Orthodoxy // until the end of the century.
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