Fortified by strength from above, you were not afraid of the malicious attacks of the enemy of salvation, and with strong faith, as if protected by a shield, you repelled all the destructive thoughts of the invisible adversary with the weapon of prayer, vigil and fasting, the unceasing flow of your tears, propitiating the Lord, and thus in patience you acquired the gifts of grace, singing in spiritual joy to the merciful God the angel's song: alleluia.