Today the Russian Church joyfully rejoices, like the mother of her children, glorifying her new martyrs and confessors: saints and priests, royal passion-bearers, noble princes and princesses, reverend men and wives and all Orthodox Christians, who, during the days of the godless persecution, laid down their lives for faith in Christ and kept the truth with their blood. Through their intercession, long-suffering Lord, preserve our country in Orthodoxy until the end of the age.