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A Song I wrote about my secondary patron in the Orthodox Church, St John Kochurov, whose blessed memory we commemorate today, 10/31.
FATHER JOHN
A song for St John Kochurov, Heiromartyr
of the Bolshevik Yoke
How can we help you, Father John, Father John?
Praying for us as you bleed
Shielding God’s people, Father John, Father John
As evil sweeps Russia
They’ve captured the royals, Father John, Father John
Stolen their riches and homes
They claim them for the people, Father John, Father John
And then keep those riches all for their own.
They show you no mercy, Father John, Father John
They say what you teach is absurd.
And they mean to tame us, Father John, Father John
By using their bullets to silence God’s word
They mourn in Chicago, Father John, Father John
In a church that you labored to build
They mourn out in Brooklyn Father John, Father John
Upon hearing how and why you were killed
We ask not for vengeance, Father John, Father John
We ask that we only be saved
From Godless oppression, Father John, Father John
A power that’s only described as depraved
In seventy years, Father John, Father John
A people enslaved now are free
The yoke of their burden, Father John, Father John
Are thought to be written as old history
Still we are praying, Father John, Father John
That you died for us not in vain
In you we find courage, Father John, Father John
As evil sweeps over this land once again
How can we help you, Father John, Father John?
Praying for us as you bleed
Shielding God’s people, Father John, Father John
As evil rains on us in word and in deed
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