Lord God, our Savior! We fall to You with a contrite heart and confess our sins and iniquities, which are the irritation of Your kindness and the refuge of Your generosity. For we have departed from You, O Master, and have not kept Your commandments, but have done as You commanded us. For this reason You were angry with Your wrath against us, and You visited us with a rod of iron and with the wounds of our iniquity. You stretched out Your hand, and the earth burst into tears, and mortal diseases overwhelmed us. You struck us with famine and poverty and disorder, and you gave us to be trampled under foot by our enemy, and we fell short of heart above all others, and became a parable of reproach by our neighbors. Great and wondrous God, repent of the evils of men, raise up the downtrodden and strengthen those who fall! Send down Your heavenly power from Heaven, heal the ulcers of our souls and bodies and raise us from the bed of illness, as our loins are filled with relaxation, as we are hurt by untruth and we give birth to lawlessness. Satisfy the vacillation and strife in our land, drive away from us envy and zeal, murder and drunkenness, inflammation and temptation, all uncleanness, enmity and malice, and everything else have entered our hearts Let us love one another and abide united in You, our Lord and Master, as You commanded and commanded us. Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us, for we are filled with humiliation and are not worthy to proclaim our fears to heaven. Remember the mercies that You showed to our fathers, turn Your anger into mercy and give us help from sorrow. Your Church prays to You, presenting to You the intercession of Your friends: our revered father Sergius of Radonezh, Peter, Alexy, Jonah and Philip, the saints of Moscow, Hieromartyr Hermogenes and all the saints who shone in the Russian lands, especially the Most Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, who from ancient times covered and interceded our country. Give understanding and strengthen to all who are in power, and speak good things to them about Your Church and about all Your people. By the power of Your Cross, strengthen our Christ-loving army and deliver them from every slander of the enemy. Raise up for us men of strength and understanding and give us all the spirit of wisdom and fear of God, the spirit of strength and piety. Lord, we resort to You, teach us to do Your will, for You are our God, for You are the source of life, in Your light we will see light. Show Your mercy to those who guide You forever and ever. Amen.