St. Valentine of Rome

Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True God and Our Only True Savior,
Christ is in our midst! He was and is and ever shall be.  Ο Χριστός έν τώ μέσω ημών.  Και ήν και έστι και έσται.

PRAYER OF SAINT BASIL THE GREAT
O Master, Lord Jesus Christ our God, You have led us to the present hour, in which, as You hung upon the life-giving Tree, You made a way into Paradise for the penitent thief, and by death destroyed death: