By the grace of life you have received the purity of virginity, O Serapion,/ and having hated all the red things of this world,/ you have loved Christ the One./ For this reason, you have settled in the inner desert and with the beasts living, / you were all Christ’s companion and friend of Euphrosyne, your teacher, / and we also pray to you, remember us, who honor your holy memory, and we call you: Rejoice, deserted praise, Reverend Our Father.
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