ST VLADIMIR THE GREAT PRINCE AND EQUAL-TO-THE-APOSTLES

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Troparion  Tone 4
Sitting on the throne of God-protected Kiev,/ thou wast like a merchant seeking goodly pearls, O Vladimir./ Thou didst search and send to the Imperial City/ to know the Orthodox Faith./ Thou didst find Christ the Pearl of great price,/ Who chose thee like Paul and enlightened thy blindness at the Font./ Thy people celebrate thy repose:/ wherefore pray for Russia and all peoples,/ that the Orthodox may be granted peace and great mercy.

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Kontakion Tone 8
Like the Apostle Paul, O Vladimir, thou didst abandon childish ways/ and in manhood wast royally adorned with Baptism./ Now thou art joyfully standing in the presence of Christ our Savior:/ pray that Orthodox Hierarchs and people, and all creation, may be saved.

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The Life of Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Prince Volodymyr [Vladimir] of Kiev