Baptist of Christ, preacher of repentance! Do not despise me who repents, but copulating with the Heavenly Ones, pray to the Lady for me, unworthy, sad, weak and sad, fallen into many troubles, troubled 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 who were born: for you were deemed worthy to touch the top of Christ the King, who takes away the sins of the world, the Lamb God: Pray for my sinful soul, so that from now on, in the first ten hours, I will bear a good burden and accept recompense with the last. To her, the Baptist of Christ, the honest Forerunner, the ultimate prophet, the first martyr in grace, the teacher of fasters and hermits, the teacher of purity and the neighbor of Christ!
I pray to you, I come running to you: do not reject me from your intercession, but raise me up, having fallen through many sins: renew my soul with repentance, as with the second Baptism, you are the leader of both, wash away the original sin with Baptism, and cleanse each of your deeds with repentance bad. Cleanse me, who am defiled by sin, and force me to enter, or even anything bad that enters, into the Kingdom of Heaven.