Just as the sun and the moon are not put to shame by their nakedness, / so you, the saint of Christ Vasily, are naked, without being put to shame, / will accept the robe of the primordial Adam, / even as he wears first in paradise, / but you reviled this on earth; / and you were a good merchant: / having so much, you left everything / and bought a village with the reward of your patience, / on it is hidden the priceless Beads, Christ./ For this reason, appear to all sinners the image of repentance/ and dwell in the vastness of paradise,/ and, standing before Christ,/ do not forget the city, in which you dwell, and the people, most blessed,// and pray to save our souls.
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