Baptist of Christ, preacher of repentance! Do not despise me who repents, but copulating with the heavenly howls, pray to the Lady for me, unworthy, sad, weak and sad, fallen into many troubles, set in motion by the stormy thoughts of my mind. For I am a den of evil deeds, with no end to sinful customs: for my mind is nailed down by earthly things. What will I do? We don't know. And to whom shall I resort, that my soul may be saved? Only to you, Saint John, give the same name of grace, for you are before the Lord through the Theotokos, greater than all born to be: for you have been deemed worthy to touch the top of Christ the King, who takes away the sins of the world, the Lamb of God: pray to Him for my sinful soul, Yes, from now on, at the first ten hour, I will bear a good burden and receive reward with the last. To her, the Baptist of Christ, an honest Forerunner, an extreme prophet, the first martyr in grace, a teacher of fasters and hermits, a teacher of purity and a close friend of Christ!
I pray to you, I come running to you: do not reject me from your intercession, but raise me up, having fallen into many sins: renew my soul with repentance, as with the second baptism, you are the leader of both, wash away original sin with baptism, and cleanse each one from bad deeds with repentance. Cleanse me, the one defiled by sin, and force me to enter, or enter into anything bad, into the Kingdom of Heaven.