Lord God, of all visible and invisible creatures, Creator and Creator, who created times and summers, Himself bless the new year that begins today, which we count from Your incarnation for our salvation.
Allow us to spend this year and many years after it in peace and harmony with our neighbors; Strengthen and spread the Holy Universal Church, which You Yourself founded, and sanctified with the saving sacrifice of the Holy Body and the Most Pure Blood.
Raise, preserve and glorify our Fatherland; Give us long life, health, an abundance of earthly fruits and the well-being of the air.
Me, Your sinful servant, all my relatives and neighbors and all faithful Christians, as our true Supreme Shepherd, protect, protect and establish me on the path of salvation, so that we, following it after a long and prosperous life in this world, reach Your Heavenly Kingdom and are worthy of eternal bliss with Your saints. Amen.
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“To the Creator of all creation, having established times and seasons in Your power, bless the crown of the summer of Your goodness, O Lord, preserving Your people and your city in peace through the prayers of the Theotokos and save us.”