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Almighty God, Master and Creator of all creation, fill everything with Your majesty and support with Your power! To You, our All-Giftful Lord, we, who are unworthy, offer thanksgiving, for You do not turn away from our iniquities for our own sake, but rather precede us with Your bounties.
Almighty God, Lord and Creator of all creation, filling everything with Your greatness and holding with Your power! To You, our Generous Lord, we, unworthy, bring thanksgiving, because You do not turn away from us because of our sins, but moreover, You are ahead of us with Your mercy.
You sent Your only begotten Son for our deliverance and proclaimed Your immeasurable condescension to the human race, as you desire and expect, even if you turn we should turn to You and be saved. You, condescending to the weakness of our nature, strengthen us with the omnipotent grace of Your Holy Spirit, comfort us with saving faith and perfect hope of eternal blessings and, guiding Your chosen ones to the High Zion, observing it like the apple of your eye.
You sent Your only begotten Son for our deliverance and announced Your immeasurable condescension to the human race, because You desire and expect us to turn to You and be saved. You, condescending to the weakness of our nature, strengthen us with the omnipotent grace of Your Holy Spirit, console us with saving faith and complete hope for eternal blessings and, leading Your chosen ones to the Heavenly Zion, protect us like the apple of our eye.
We confess, Lord, Your great and unconditional love for mankind and mercy. But, seeing many attempts, we diligently pray to You, All-merciful Lord: look upon Your Church and see that Your saving gospel is Yours, even if you joyfully receive it, but The thorns of vanity and passions create it in some with little fruit, in some without fruit, and in the multiplication of iniquities, heresies, and schism that opposes Your gospel in truth, they retreat from Your inheritance, deny Your grace and submit to the judgment of Your Most Holy Word.
We glorify, Lord, Your great and unparalleled love for mankind and mercy. But, seeing many fall, we fervently pray to You, O All-Good Lord: look at Your Church and see how Your saving gospel, although they joyfully accepted it, the thorns of vanity and passions make it unfruitful in some, and unfruitful in others, and by the multiplication of iniquities, some by heresies, some by schism, opposing Your gospel truth, apostate from Your inheritance, they reject Your grace and subject themselves to the judgment of Your Most Holy Word.
Most merciful and All-Powerful, do not be completely angry with the Lord! Be merciful, Your Church prays to You, presenting to You the Author and Finisher of our salvation - Jesus Christ, be merciful to us, strengthen us in orthodoxy by Your power, Enlighten the eyes of those who go astray with Your Divine light, so that they may understand Your truth, soften their bitterness and open their ears, so that they may know Your voice and turn to You, our Savior.
Most merciful and all-powerful, not completely angry Lord! Be merciful, Your Church prays to You, revealing to You the Author and Finisher of our salvation - Jesus Christ, be merciful to us, strengthen us in orthodoxy by Your power, but enlighten the eyes of the erring ones with Your Divine light, so that they may comprehend Your truth, soften their bitterness and open their ears, so that they recognize Your voice and turn to You, our Savior.
Correct, Lord, create some corruption and a life that is not in accordance with Christian piety, so that we may all live holy and blameless, and thus saving faith will take root and be fruitful in our hearts will endure. Do not turn Your face away from us, Lord, reward us with the joy of Your salvation.
Correct, Lord, those errors and lives that are not in tune with Christian piety, make sure that everyone lives holy and immaculately, and so saving faith will take root and remain fruitful in our hearts. Do not turn Your face away from us, Lord, restore to us the joy of Your salvation.
Grant, Lord, to the shepherds of Your Church, their holy zeal, and their concern for the salvation and conversion of those who are led astray by the spirit of the Gospel. May we, with You as our guide, achieve the perfection of faith, the fulfillment of hope and true love, and there, from the faces of the purest heavenly Powers, we will glorify You, our Lord, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, forever and ever.
Grant, Lord, to the shepherds of Your Church holy zeal, and unite their concern for the salvation and conversion of the erring with the spirit of the Gospel. May we all, led by You, reach where there is perfect faith, the fulfillment of hope and true love, and there, with the host of the purest heavenly Powers, we will glorify You, our Lord, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, forever.
(Sequence of the prayer song “On the Conversion of the Lost,” sung on the Sunday of Orthodoxy and on other necessary occasions. St. Petersburg, 1902).