Oh, great and glorious servant of God, God-chosen and God-glorified, Equal-to-the-Apostles to Prince Vladimir, holy and magnificent instrument of the all-good Providence for the salvation of the Russian people! You rejected pagan evil and wickedness, you believed in the One True Trinitarian God and, having received holy Baptism, you enlightened you with the light of Divine faith and piety Russian country. Glorifyingly, thanking the Most Merciful Creator and our Savior, we glorify and thank you, great shepherd and our Father, for through you we have known the saving faith of Christ and have been baptized in the name of the Most Holy and Divine Trinity, by the same faith we were delivered from the righteous condemnation of God, the eternal slavery of the devil and the torment of hell, by that faith we received grace sonship to God and the hope of inheriting Heavenly bliss.
You are our first leader to the Author and Finisher of our eternal salvation, the Lord Jesus Christ, you are the closest representative before the Throne of the King of Kings and a warm man of prayer and Intercessor for our country and for all people, you are the primary culprit of the blessings and mercies of God that rest upon us. And what else are we talking about? Our language cannot describe the greatness and height of your good deeds poured out on us unworthy. But, oh our foolishness and blindness! Having accepted so many good deeds, I imputed it to nothing and emptied of your saving fruits. Having washed ourselves from sin in the font of Baptism and put on the robe of purity and innocence, we have desecrated this blessed robe with our frozen deeds and thoughts. Having renounced Satan and his angels, we again become enslaved to him, serving as the idol of our passions, the world, the flesh and the evil custom of the age.
Having united with Christ, we offend Him with our iniquities, the manifold wounds of pride, envy, malice, slander, intemperance and contempt for the Holy Church. We cling entirely to worldly blessings, hoping to remain on earth forever; we do not think about Heaven, about the soul, about death, about judgment, about endless eternity. For this reason, we raise up the righteous wrath and condemnation of God against all of us, but we also insult and grieve your fatherly love and care for us, for you have enlightened us with holy Baptism, in the same way help us to receive Heavenly bliss and earthly prosperity, but we, foolishly, through our evil will, subject ourselves to hellish torment and temporary disaster! But, O all-merciful Father and Enlightener, be merciful to our weaknesses, long-suffering towards our sins and injustices, beg the Most Merciful King of Heaven, that he may not be angry with us and He will destroy us with our iniquities, but may He have mercy and save us, which is the message of our destinies.
May His saving fear plant His saving fear in our hearts, may our minds be enlightened by His grace, even as we see the abyss of destruction, we strive to leave the paths of wickedness and error and turn to the path of salvation and truth, to unswervingly fulfill the commandments of God and the statutes of the Holy Church. Pray, kindly, to the Lover of Mankind, may He show us His great mercy, may He deliver us from the invasion of foreigners, from internal unrest, riots and strife, from deadly famine illnesses, and from all evil, may he give us the blessing of the air and the fruitfulness of the earth, may he preserve truth and mercy in those who judge and rule, may he give to spiritual shepherds purity of life and zeal for the salvation of the flock, but for all people, diligence in fulfilling their duties, mutual love and like-mindedness, striving for the good of the fatherland and the Holy Church.
May the light of saving faith spread throughout our country, to all ends of it, may it convert non-believers to orthodoxy, may it abolish all heresies and schisms, yes, having lived in peace on earth, let us be worthy of by you eternal bliss, praising and exalting God forever and ever. Amen.