Monahinja Jefimija

THEM IN LOVE AND FAITH, FOR THY CHILDREN ARE COMPASSED ABOUT WITH MANY ILLS AND THOSE WHO EAT THE CHILDREN’S BREAD HAVE RAISED GREAT STRIFE AGAINST THEM, AND HAVE FORGOTTEN, OH MARTYR, THY GOODNESS UNTO THEM. BUT THOUGH THOU HAST ABANDONED THIS LIFE, THOU KNOWEST THE TROUBLES AND SUFFERINGS OF THY CHILDREN AND AS A MARTYR ART FREE BEFORE THE LORD; BOW THE KNEE TO THE HEAVENLY KING WHO HATH CROWNED THEE WITH THE MARTYR'S CROWN; BESEECH HIM THAT THY BELOVED CHILDREN MAY PASS MANY YEARS OF LIFE IN PROSPERITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS WILL; BESEECH HIM THAT THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH MAY STAND INVIOLATE IN THE LAND OF THY FATHERS; PRAY THAT GOD THE VICTOR MAY GIVE THY BELOVED SONS, PRINCE STEPHAN AND PRINCE VUK, THE VICTORY OVER ALL THEIR FOES, SEEN AND UNSEEN, FOR IF WE HAVE THE HELP OF THE LORD, WE SHALL RENDER PRAISE AND THANKS TO THEE. GATHER TOGETHER THE COMPANY OF THY FELLOWS, THE HOLY MARTYRS, AND WITH THEM PRAY TO THE GOD WHO GLORIFIED THEE: CALL GEORGE, ROUSE DEMETRIUS, PERSUADE