Prayer to Saint Vladimir

Saint Prince Vladimir! Through you we turn to God and pray for all the needs of our people and our own. You baptized Rus-Ukraine in the name of the Holy Trinity. Therefore, our holy patron, look upon our petitions and prayers of the whole of our people and, as once you lived on earth, so now, glorified in heaven, pray with us to the Lord for us. Pray, first of all, that all our people, whom you once ruled, may be united in true peace, harmony and brotherly love, finally united in one community of God's people and may recognize and properly fulfill the one Christian faith, which you—by the will and providence of the Lord—accepted in the then single Universal Orthodox Apostolic Church and in which you sanctified yourself.

Pray that the commandment of love for God and neighbor may always be a guide for our people in public life. Our people live amid severe temporal trials, so we ask you, intercessor and patron of the Ukrainian land, to stand with us before God and obtain for us His blessing and the necessary grace in our present needs. Saint Vladimir, be for us a great protector and intercessor in heaven, as you were a caring prince for us on earth. Amen.

Source: kyrios.org.ua