The Baptist of Christ, the honest Forerunner, the ultimate prophet, the first martyr in grace, the mentor 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, like a second baptism: cleanse me, the sin of my desecration, and compel me to enter, or even anything bad that enters, into the Kingdom of Heaven.