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 of the Russian country. Glorifying and thanking our Most Merciful Creator and Savior, we glorify and thank you, O great shepherd and our Father, for through you we have known the saving faith of Christ and are baptized in Name of the Most Holy and Divine Trinity, also by faith we have been delivered from the righteous condemnation of God, the eternal slavery of the devil and the torment of hell, by that faith we have received grace sonship to God and the hope of inheriting Heavenly bliss.
You are our first leader to the Head and Finisher of our eternal salvation, the Lord Jesus Christ, you are the closest primate before the Throne of the Kings 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 blessings poured out on us, unworthy. But, oh our foolishness and blindness! Having accepted so many good deeds, I impute them to nothing and take advantage of their saving fruits. Having washed ourselves from sin in the font of Baptism and put on the clothing of purity and innocence, we have desecrated this God-given clothing with our cold 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 customs 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, dreaming of remaining on earth forever; we do not think about Heaven, about souls, 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, unreasonable ones, by our evil will subject ourselves to hellish torments and temporary disasters! 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 disorder, rebellion and strife, from famine, deadly diseases 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 integrity of life and zeal for salvation flock, to 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.