By the union of love Thy apostles have bound, O Christ, and we, Thy faithful servants, have been firmly bound to Thyself, to keep Thy commandments and to love one another unfeignedly create, through the prayers of the Mother of God, the One Lover of Mankind.
Our hearts have kindled toward You with a flame of love, O Christ God, so that we kindle with it, with our heart, mind and soul, and with all our strength, let us love You, and our sincere self, and We keep Thy commandments and glorify Thee, the Giver of all good things.
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Oh, glory to the martyr Guria, Samona and Aviva! We, weak and unworthy, come to you, as quick helpers and warm prayer-givers, earnestly begging: do not despise us, who have fallen into much iniquity and all the days and the hours of the sinner; guide the erring on the right path, heal the suffering and mourning; keep us in a blameless and chaste life; and as in ancient times, so today, the patrons of marriages, abide in love and unanimity, affirming and delivering from all evil and disastrous circumstances. Protect, O mighty confessor, all Orthodox Christians from misfortunes, evil people and the snares of demons; Protect me from unexpected death, beseeching the All-Good Lord, that great and rich mercy may be given to us, His humble servant. We are not worthy to call on the magnificent name of our Creator with unclean lips, if not you, holy martyrs, will intercede for us; For this reason we resort to you and ask for your intercession before the Lord. So deliver us from famine, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners, civil strife, deadly plagues and every soul-destroying situation. Hey, passion-bearers of Christ, arrange for us through your prayers all that is good and useful, so that a pious life that has passed for a time, and the end of the shameless having acquired, we will be rewarded with warm By your intercession with all the saints at the right hand of the Righteous God the Judge, and He will unceasingly be glorified with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.
Oh, holy martyrs and confessors of Christ Guria, Samona and Aviva! Warm intercessors and prayer books for us before God, in the tenderness of our hearts, looking at your most pure image, we humbly pray to you: hear us, your sinful and unworthy servants who exist in troubles, sorrows and misfortunes, and having looked upon our grave and countless sins, show us your great mercy, raise us from the depths of sin, enlighten our minds, soften the evil and damned heart, stop the envy, enmity and strife that live within us. Overshadow us with peace, love and fear of God, beg the merciful Lord to cover the multitude of our sins with His ineffable mercy. May He keep His Holy Church from unbelief, heresies and schisms. May he give our country peace, prosperity, and fertility of the land; love and harmony as a spouse; obedience to children; patience to those who are offended; the fear of God to those who offend; Compassion for those who mourn; to those who rejoice, abstinence. May He cover us all with His all-powerful right hand, and may He deliver us from famine, destruction, cowardice, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare, and unnecessary deaths. May He protect us with the militia of His holy angels, so that upon our departure from this life, we may be delivered from the wiles of the evil one and his secret airy ordeals, and present ourselves uncondemned to the Throne Lord of Glory, where the faces of the holy Angels with all the saints glorify the most holy and magnificent name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
* Akathist to the holy martyrs Guria, Samon and Aviv.