Holy New Martyrs and Confessor of the Russian Church, hear our earnest prayer! We, as children from you, even though we were still young, listened to the passion-bearers of old, and thought in our hearts how kindly and praiseworthy it is to imitate such, and neither of them torment and death will not separate you from the love of God.
Well done to you, for you have followed the nature of the faith and patience of those whom you have heard of and loved. And since at any time we may be faced with an unexpected test, ask the Lord for the gift of courage that we need in living as a human being.
Having sanctified all the ends of our fatherland through your suffering, as prayer books are common to all of us, pray to God to deliver His people from a yoke that is more terrible than any other. May the schisms in our Church be abolished, may they all be united, and may the Lord bring His workers to the harvest, may the Church not become destitute of good shepherds who have the power to enlighten By the light of the true faith there are so many people who have not been taught the faith or have turned away from the faith.
You are unworthy of God’s mercy, even if you suffer for your sake, may Christ our God be merciful and have mercy on all of us who call for your help. Let us always offer to Him, our Savior with the Father and the Holy Spirit, contrition for sins and thanksgiving for everything, glorifying Him forever and ever. Amen.
1 Diac. Georgy Malkov, P.Yu. Malkov. We are always under the wing of God. Life and teachings of Archimandrite Seraphim (Rosenberg).
2 Vera Koroleva. Biography of Metropolitan of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan Nicholas (Mogilev), confessor.
3 Minea additional. Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.