With nakedness of body and patience/ you exposed the enemy’s cunning,/ denouncing his incongruous act,/ the sun’s varnished suffering was greener,/ and the needs of the great cold of filth,/ and You did not feel the fire, / we are covered by God’s help, / John the Wise, / pray with faith to those who honor your memory honestly / and diligently flowing to the race of your relics, / / to be delivered avoid troubles and falls.
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