able to heal me, hearken unto the prayer of me, the wretched one, and, having put him to
death, destroy the serpent nestling within me by the decent of the All-Holy and Life-
Creating Spirit. And vouchsafe me, poor and naked of all virtue, to fall with tears at the
feet of my spiritual father, and call his holy soul to mercy, to have mercy on me. And
grant, O Lord, unto my heart humility and good thoughts, becoming a sinner, who hath
consented to repent unto Thee, and do not abandon unto the end the one soul, which hath
united itself unto Thee and hath confessed Thee, and instead of all the world hath chosen
Thee and hath preferred Thee. For Thou knowest, O Lord, that I want to save myself, and
that my evil habit is an obstacle. But all things are possible unto Thee, O Master, which
are impossible for man. Amen.