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[Pʿox (Versicle):] Those who took upon themselves torments and death for your sake, and shed their blood for your holy name: through their intercession, do not destroy us, [O Holy] Trinity.

RUBRIC: First Tone (*aṙaǰin jayn* [Mode 1]).

*Mode 1 (A3)*: Through the intercession of the holy (*Name*), we beseech You, grant forgiveness of our transgressions, beneficent Christ. *Psalm Verse (Sł)*: The Lord is near to those who are broken in heart, and saves the humble in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous; from them all the Lord delivers them, and protects all their bones, and not one of them shall be broken. Grant forgiveness... *Glory (Pʿ)*: You who, by victorious power, preserved blameless in the ascetic contest Your confessing martyrs, Christ God, grant us aid in our affliction through the intercession of the holy martyrs, and save [us].