And Thy martyr throughout the whole world,/ as with scarlet and visor,/ Thy Church is adorned with the blood,/ with them cries out to Thee, O Christ God:/ Thy bounties are upon Thy people. Send down,/ grant peace to your life,/ and great mercy to our souls.
Like the firstfruits of nature, to the Planter of creation, / the universe brings to You, Lord, God-bearing martyrs. / Through those prayers in the deep world, Thy Church, / / Thy residence, to the Mother of God observe the Many-merciful.
To you, O all holiness, as guiding lamps, who with your deeds illuminated the path of the Heavenly sunrise, I, a great sinner, humbly bow the knee of my heart and from the depths of my soul I cry: pray for may God, the Lover of mankind, not allow me to wander further into the paths of sin, but may He enlighten my mind and heart with the light of His grace, for with it we illuminate and strengthen, I can do the rest of the time of earthly life, I will follow the right path without stumbling, and through your intercession to the Most Good Lord I will be honored, so that I will be a small partaker of your spiritual meal in the Heavenly the devil of the King of glory. To Him, with His Beginning Father and the Most Holy, Good and Life-Giving Spirit, be glory, honor and worship forever and ever. Amen.
Holy God and resting on the saints, praised by the Trisagion voice in Heaven from Angels and praised on earth by men in His saints, giving grace to everyone by Your Holy Spirit to the extent of the gift of Christ, and thus He ordained Your Holy Church, you were also apostles, You were prophets, You were evangelists, You were shepherds and teachers, and You were the preachers of the word. Himself acting all in all, many saints having accomplished themselves in every generation and generation, having pleased You with various virtues, and an image for us of their good deeds, leaving them in joy to You those who have passed, prepare for the temptations themselves, and help us who are attacked! We remember all these saints and praise their godly lives, we praise You who acted in them, and we faithfully and diligently pray to You for Your goodness, the gift of being, Holy of Holies: grant us sinners to follow their teaching, life, love, faith, patience, and their prayerful help, and moreover, Your all-effective grace from Heaven is with them be worthy of glory to those who praise Your Most Holy Name, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
*Service on the First Sunday after Pentecost.
** Akathist to the Cathedral of All Saints.