An Offering Unto the Martyrs of Nicomedia

October 10, 2026 ~ Sfinga ~ Leave a comment

Since the beginning of the various calendrical feasts of Saints Cyprian and Justina of Antioch, Key and I have been hard at work on our first-ever shared collection in honour of these beloved holy figures. I’ve been deeply moved by all the support my various releases in honour of the saints have received, and now, in gratitude for some of the important recent developments in our shared practices, as well as our own growing understandings and relationships with these saints, we are delighted to unfold a new collection for the two martyrs. Born through and between the crossings of the Gregorian and Julian feasts of the saints, and released now on the Miholjske Zadušnice, we present an Offering Unto the Martyrs of Nicomedia comprised of four gifts—three charms, two of which are standalones, and one oil.

A Garland for the Field of Nicomedia

The first offering is a prayer rope, born in honour of all three martyrs of Nicomedia. At its core is a yak bone skull whose eyes have been filled with obsidian and moonstone, the former having been anointed in an oil of St. Cyprian, the latter in an oil of St. Justina from our dear friend and godfather, Tata Apokan’s store The Pact. This skull’s cavity is stuffed with a complex matrix of powders, including the core powder which loaded The Sorcerer’s Goat Horn Fetish, three small amethyst chips which had been macerating in Tata Apokan’s Oil of St. Cyprian for over a year and had been ritually fed and consecrated, and a new powder born of ritual sacrifice on the saint’s Catholic feast by my hands. The aforementioned core powder of the goat horns included: dirt from three churches dedicated to Cyprian and Justina from three different countries, dirt from nine churches visited over the nine days of the Cyprians (the novena between Cyprian of Carthage and Cyprian of Antioch’s Catholic feasts), dirt from nine cemetery gates, dirt from nine priests, dirt from nine nuns, dirt from nine bishops, dirt from the grave of a dead sorcerer who worked with St. Cyprian in life, black rooster, black cat, black toad, serpent and goat materia, tears collected from their enshrined icons within an Orthodox church dedicated to them, and an entire burnt Livro de São Cipriano, in addition to many more ingredients. It was further compressed down and given new life and purpose through the new powder which eclipsed it, such that the three elements, when placed together, came to life as the teachings of Sts. Cyprian and Justina both renewed within the eyes of the skull of their witness and co-martyr, St. Theoctistus. This skull is intended to be his very severed head, his eyes filled with the light of his mentors who, despite his very brief encounter with them, became his fulfilment in ecstatic transformation, in baptismal fire, and in beheaded glory.

The rope is constructed out of alternating job’s tears, half of which are dyed purple in honour of St. Cyprian, and anointed in three oils made in his honour—one being Tata’s, one being Maestro’s, and the final being my own. Nine beads terminate in roses made of bone, anointed in three different oils of St. Justina, one being Tata’s and two being personal recipes I have received from teachers. In this way, the whole prayer rope reaches a hundred beads, with the job’s tears being enlivened for St. Cyprian, the roses for St. Justina, and the skull for their perfection in St. Theoctistus. From the skull protrudes a cross affixed via clay, marking the rope as a kind of shadow of Golgotha in the three crosses of these martyrs.

This is a one of one piece, created once and not to be replicated again. It is enchanted to bind spirits into service, clarify divinations, allow for mystical congress with the saints, and facilitate deeper learning between its wielder and their many spirits. Wear over the breast when conjuring spirits of any kind and allow it to be a mantle of their authority and wisdom. Place it over cloth and perform divinations within them, speaking your questions into the skull itself before setting it down to create a field of inquiry fine-tuned to receive their guidance for the question at hand. This is an offering entirely for the three martyrs, channelled through the contemplation of Theoctistus as student, scion, and recipient of the wisdom of both of the saints—in the fullness of both their holiness and their magic—through his witnessing of the glory of their martyrdom. This prayer rope is best suited in the hands of someone whose devotion to the saints aspires to that of learning to act in capacity as their hands, privileging neither one over the other, but synthesizing the diabolic and holy through prayer, conjuration, exorcism, healing, and binding.

A Brazen Head for Golgotha

Several years ago, I was gifted a broken statue of St. Cyprian by a client who had retired his practice with the saint. When I unwrapped the packaging and saw that the statue had in fact broken off at the head, I knew I had to save it for a future project, for it is precisely by beheading that both of our saints were martyred. Over the past two years, this head has received countless prayers, supplications, and offerings, especially on the various feasts dedicated to them on the Julian and Gregorian calendars, but also over the course of different novenas and Saturdays wherein I continued my work and deepened my relationship with the saints.

This is amulet is a unique, one of one piece that I will not be able to replicate again. It consists of this head, naturally broken off (meaning, without being intentionally removed) a statue of St. Cyprian, loaded with the same powders mentioned above in the prayer rope. The halo of the saint is filled with amethyst chips gifted to me by my Tata, which had been macerating in his Oil of St. Cyprian and had been ritually fed over the course of the last year’s worth of devotions, from one Gregorian feast to the next the following year. Affixed to the head is a set of genuine black cat tibia, affixed in a skull and crossbones position, with a small charm consisting of a two-holed hagstone (chosen to represent Cyprian and Justina both in the holes, with the stone being Theoctistus), two amethysts, and one fossilized snake vertebrae dated to roughly 25,000 years ago. Key and I put this together over the course of the Gregorian and revised Julian calendars, feeding it offerings of Orthodox St. Cyprian incense, wine, and bread, and enlivening its lips to speak with the authority of the various sorcerous students working under St. Cyprian’s tutelage. The eyes of the head were anointed with tears collected from their icons, sourced from their church in Meniko, Cyprus. Finally, we affixed a small hook to the back of the halo, so that this may be hung on a wall or from a nail if one chooses.

In addition to providing fierce protection against intrusion, psychic attack, evil eye, and witchcraft, this charm brings luck, prosperity, and sorcerous power to its owner. It is enchanted to be its own brazen head, providing oracles, insights, and communications via the various students of St. Cyprian, who animate this head as an amulet of Golgotha and speak through its lips via dreams, psychic communications, and divinatory oracles. Hang it on a wall before where you divine and offer it incense below by which it may speak to you. We performed several rituals already to ensure it may speak with clarity, having ritually “opened its mouth”—all that is needed from its owner is to perfume it with incense (preferably a blend of frankincense, myrrh, and dragon’s blood) and to conjure it, in their own words, to speak. You may recite any prayer of St. Cyprian that you prefer—what is essential is that you speak to it from the heart, asking that the saint allow you to contact his disciples through his authority to inspire your magic, provide you with protection, explain secrets and mysteries to texts you are studying, and further grant you prestige and authority in your work. Hang the amulet between two black candles anointed in a St. Cyprian or Black Cat oil of your choice and enter trance while gazing into the head in a dark room, lit only by these flames.

Whoever purchases this amulet will receive a complimentary 1oz vial of Key’s Oil of the Black Cat, also available for purchase below. This amulet will not be made again and is intended to be a unique tool for a karcist who will work it diligently as their own oracular brazen head of the saint. Let it be a companion to illuminate the darkest depths of hell and the loftiest heights of heaven.

There is an additional familiar spirit attached to this amulet in the form of a black cat, who will serve the amulet’s owner as guide and interpreter. Their name, nature, offerings, and protocols will be revealed only to whomever purchases it.

A Companion for the Wise Disciple

A charm of the gifts of the Sorcerer and Virgin.

Each offering in this collection, it turned out, was born at least in part from a gift. The severed head of the St. Cyprian statue was a gift from a client, the amethysts which were macerated in Tata’s Oil of St. Cyprian and ritually fed on the saint’s feast were a gift from him, and the cloth which bundles up these charms were lovingly donated by the hands of a dear friend and fellow devotee of the saints. This is cloth is actually a special tweed cloth called Harris Tweed, spun by the hands of this friend’s uncle under the strictest conditions of its fulfilment. Please consider reading the Wikipedia article linked [here] which details the production process required for the creation of this fabric, from the shearing of specific sheep to their dying and cleaning. I am deeply grateful and honoured to have been able to use this fabric for these charms.

In contrast to previous charms I’ve made in honour of the saints, these cloth bundles are not just creations for the the cultivation of a relationship with these saints (although they absolutely may be used for this end!), they are batteries for favour and insight from spirits across traditions. In essence, they are literal companions for one’s journey into studying magic itself, and may be placed alongside a shrine for cultivating relationships, insights, and learning across traditions, regardless of religious or cultural origin. They are meant to be left on a shrine for three months at a time, sharing in the offerings its spirits receive, and allowed to absorb the prayers, mantras, cultivation, and effort—from every glass of water cleaned and refreshed to every candle or incense stick lit and replaced—as a witness and testimony to discipline. Through this, the enchantment within the bundle will promote clearer communication, deeper insights, more acute gleanings, and sagacious revelations, accelerating one’s ability to not only connect with and receive assistance in their training, but to excel in their progress.

The core is born of the same amethyst chips and primary Cyprian powder above, but renewed and enveloped in a new powder and blessing specifically for the cultivation of learning in the manner of the saints, not specifically only of their traditions. Even if you do not have a relationship with these saints and do not plan to cultivate one, this charm is intended to assist you in learning like them—meaning, through travel, pilgrimage, extensive apprenticeship, oral pedagogy, the acquisition of broader language skills, and via the financial, physical, and mental capacity to expand your studies. Every three months, change the shrine the bundle sits on, or place it over a different book that represents something you are actively studying or are in need of assistance retaining. You can switch between the same two topics back and forth, but the three month period is intended to assist you cultivate via the seasons and trinities of lunar revolutions, allowing for a genesis, integration, and renewal of each skill.

These are, after all, “companions”. They have been prayed over and enchanted to be as the travelling satchels of the saints, both for Cyprian alone in his numerous treks around the Mediterranean to initiate into the various mystery schools of his upbringing, as well as for him and Justina both as they journeyed to preach the Word. Carry them with you to conferences, to places of intellectual inspiration, universities and libraries, language learning centres, and botanical gardens to retain information on whatever it is you need to grow within your soul. Perfume them with incense and speak to them your needs, and let them either rest at a shrine to bring you closeness with elders, mentors, and spirits, or take them along with you to absorb that which you need and blossom it in your mind as you sleep when you return.

Only thirteen are available for purchase. These are a deeply special charm for me, reflecting on much of my work with the saints as well as my philosophy towards learning, in prioritizing relationships with people over and above the potential knowledge that may arise from studying with them. May they bless your efforts to be as a luminary in how you learn.

An Oil for the Black Cat

Key has created a traditional black cat oil formula to compliment this collection, born on the Gregorian feasts of the saints in 2025 and fully enlivened this year on the Julian. It contains a genuine black cat bone which had been macerating in the carrier oil for the full year, having been prayed over each Saturday both via St. Cyprian and the spirit of the black cat itself. In addition to ingredients traditional to American Conjure, such as clary sage, myrrh, and some form of abrasive metal (in this case, steel wool), this oil itself was ultimately born of pact and prayer, having been worked continuously for a full year, from Cyprianmas to Cyprianmas, in dual conjuration of both the saint and the spirit of the black cat with whom Key has an ongoing relationship with. Each vial is its own essence of distilled black cat, bringing luck (good and bad, depending on what you petition it for and for/against whom!), the breaking of curses and jinxes (especially the removal of stubborn hexes that have resisted other forms of exorcism and cleansing), the revival of spells that have not worked (because cats have nine lives!), and protection.

This is about as multi-purpose an oil as one can get within the tradition of conjure as Key was taught it. It is as versatile and cunning as its keeper. Anoint old spell remnants and candles that have not brought you success to revive them with newfound strength. Affix the butt of a new candle onto the stump of the old with this oil to charge old petitions with new life and remove any obstacles the first pass may have encountered. Anoint poppets and representations of others to bring them luck or to completely cross their path from fortune. Anoint it upon yourself for resilience, cunning, insight, and protection, especially the hands and wrists before you embark on a project. For hexing, mix a few drops of the oil with castor oil before using it on candles. For blessing, mix it with any other pure carrier oil, such as a mineral or neutral vegetable oil.

Thirteen 1oz bottles are available for purchase. May the black cat grant you the upper hand in all your endeavours.

May Saints Cyprian, Justina, and Theoctistus guide your hands into ever expanding agency.

The Ward of the Wisest Healer: A Charm of the Martyrs of Nicomedia

May 13, 2026July 30, 2026 ~ Sfinga ~ 1 Comment

On the eve of the May 14th Feast Day of Saint Cyprian of Antioch, as given in the pseudo-Baconian De Nigromancia, and in collaboration with the second iteration of the Vespera series with Jesse Hathaway Diaz and Dr. Al Cummins, I’m excited to reveal a new folk Orthodox charm made under the auspices of Saints Cyprian, Justina, and Theoctistus.

Across many traditions, both Eastern and Western, the walnut is an important tree to St. Cyprian. Prized in Balkan folk magic for its ability to conceal, protect, cause confusion, and both draw and repel the harshest of spirits, here is a tree interlinked with St. Cyprian as Sorcerer and Saint, Diabolist and Exorcist, Thaumaturge and Theurge. The design of these potent wards is simple: a humble walnut, soaked in holy water drawn from the three different Churches named after the saints in the Balkans and Mediterranean, then cleaved open with a black-handled knife enchanted with St. Cyprian. Each stage of their opening, carving out, and enchanting were laden with oral charms and exorcistic prayers of St. Cyprian from the Orthodox traditions, with the shell itself being enchanted to be as the skull of Adam, said to be a miniature world unto itself, and also the beheaded soldier Theoctistus, whose flickering eyes before death beheld Cyprian and Justina both, glimpsing the fullness of their gnosis with the outpouring of his own blood.

The powder set within the walnut was similar in nature to that which went into last year’s Sorcerer’s Goat Horn Fetish, featuring dirt from four Churches dedicated to the saints, dirt from nine churches visited over the nine days of the Cyprians, dirt from nine cemetery gates, nine priests, nine nuns, nine bishops, the grave of a dead sorcerer who worked with St. Cyprian in life, black rooster, black cat, black toad, serpent, and goat. To this were added additional herbs and materia, including dirt and brick dust from unconquered castles and fortifications, a powder against the Evil Eye, and spell for averting the vampiric gaze of the living and dead alike. Finally, a snake vertebrae washed for Cyprian and a freshwater pearl washed for Justina were nestled inside as the eyes of our saints, forming a complete skull to watch over its keeper vigilantly, staring back towards anything that may inflicts its harmful witnessing upon them.

These walnuts then underwent one final consecration, receiving a litany of Orthodox prayers to our saints, and were commanded to assist their keepers by neutralizing and recycling any harm sent their way. They were bound in beeswax and purple thread anointed with holy oil taken from one of his monasteries, and strung on adjustable cord with seven crosses formed within. As Cyprian subjugated the demons, Justina in turn subjugated his magic, and the walnut tree subjugates the spirits under its bow, these wards break—then take—bewitchments and misfortune sent at their keepers and repurpose their severity for their own. The name of the charm itself is drawn from an Orthodox Akathist to Sts. Cyprian and Justina, in which Cyprian is referred to as the “wisest healer” in Oikos 7.

Wear around the neck or around the belt loop, bind to backpacks and purses, or place in the inner breast pocket as a sentry. Alternatively, keep above the bed or around the rearview mirror of the car for safety in dream and travel alike. These wards do not need activation, but may be anointed with an oil of Cyprian or any other holy oil once a month on a Saturday of your choosing.

Only 12 are made available. All charms will be shipped within a week of purchase.

All charms have been sold out as of May 14th, 2025. Thank you so much for your patronage!

Sts. Cyprian and Justina’s Hands of Initiation

January 22, 2025July 30, 2026 ~ Sfinga ~ 1 Comment

At long last, here is an offering two and a half years in the making, born of discipline, love, veneration, and deep, sorcerous hunger. In the holy names of Saints Cyprian and Justina of Antioch, the magician and exorcist, warlock and virgin, theurge and mystic, the nail of command and the palm of cunning—here are a pair of tools for the discerning karcist following in the legacy of these mightiest of exemplars.

It is no secret that these blessed martyrs are some of my most intimate and long lasting patrons, with much of my personal and professional life being dedicated to the exploration and study of their mysteries. As I am presently wrapping up a crucial project I have undertaken in their honour, it felt right to finally put out into the world a pair of magical fetishes created in reflection and fulfillment of this very journey, from the very pilgrimage Key and I undertook which resulted in us being forever changed on Aphrodite’s shores, to the thousands upon thousands of prayers collected upon each gathering of knowledge and communion. Whether you’re a devoted follower of Sts. Cyprian and Justina looking to establish a deeper relationship with them, or a karcist looking to harness Cyprian’s authority over magic and Justina’s capacity to unmake its very fabric, this pairing is born of their mutual inseparability in power and wisdom. Drawing on my training and initiation into several forms of Balkan folk Orthodox cunning crafts and oral charming traditions, as well as personal study under Orthodox folk practitioners who venerate Sts. Cyprian and Justina, both the prayer rope and the horn charm were crafted with the aim of sharing some of the potent magics that went into all the adventure and training these saints have opened the roads to across my travels.

The Virgin’s Tears Prayer Rope

The prayer rope adorning a charm and consecrated chonta wood staff.

While Cyprian’s appeal among magicians may allow his fame to at times overshadow his counterpart, it is Justina’s power that ultimately vanquished him, her exorcisms that sent back his spirits in the Confessio Cypriani, and by her grace that he came to find his eventual sanctuary within the crimson gash of martyrdom and the gleaming crown of sainthood. The holy pair are ever inseparable within Orthodox iconography, always depicted together side by side in their proselytization; their charms, spells, oil recipes, and prayers tying their fates to each other, his salvation into her dexterous hands, and her mysteries within his sinistral embrace.

This Orthodox style prayer rope was crafted in the aim of venerating the pair through the access point of St. Justina’s all-conquering prayers. An overtly Christian tool, it is designed with the Orthodox prayer rope in mind, albeit with the spacers featuring in such a way that it could be easily adopted to the use of the Catholic rosary. The main beads are howlites, woven between knots of purple (the bishop’s colour), each anointed with holy oil gathered from The Holy Monastery of Saints Cyprian and Justina in Fili, Greece. Large, authentic freshwater pearls—memories of Justina’s purity, vanquishing tears, and a marker of certain Balkan folk Orthodox mysteries relating to her magic—form the spacers, washed in holy water gathered from the font in the Church of Saints Cyprian and Justina in Meniko, Cyprus. Both churches were visited during their Orthodox feast days (on the different old and revised Julian calendars, allowing for them to be attended in the same month), and as such the materia was gathered during their very masses. Each pearl is also nestled between amethysts fed a black rooster on the Catholic feast, empowering them with the sacrifice of martyrdom and a calling out to Cyprian’s famed sorcery. The rope connects through a bone skull, itself anointed in an oil of sorcerous insight, the recipe given to me by a Croatian folk practitioner who works primarily with the two saints, and terminates in a small icon also purchased in Greece.

Woven together under the auspices of the virgin, this prayer rope is consecrated for the binding and elevation of spirits. Consecrated primarily through St. Justina’s purity and power, with flashes of St. Cyprian’s cunning woven throughout in the reddened amethysts, this tool channels the saints in their ability to tame, command, and civilize spirits, as well as in Justina’s capacity to break all enchantments. It is suitable for any and all prayers, including liturgies to the holy pair (as well as any other intercessory spirit, Christian or otherwise), the counting of mantras, and the building of power. It may be draped over candles, activated spell remnants, and the vessels of spirits to impose your petitions, increase the potency of workings, or to break a particular curse, crossed condition, or evil eye over an object belonging to or picture of a victim.

These prayer ropes are especially adept at removing the magic other sorcerers have cast. Simply uttering the Jesus Prayer over each bead, placing it over a glass of water and a white candle anointed with holy oil, and then consuming the water once the candle is burnt is enough to cleanse off most enchantments. If you feel the persistent snag of an evil eye or jealous gaze, or would like additional protection when venturing into the public, you may wrap the prayer rope around your left hand (the traditional way of carrying them when not being used) or wear it over your head as a necklace. When dabbling with infernal spirits, the restless dead, and those beings for whom vampirism is a primary nature, call on St. Justina’s aid and place the rope over your head to bestow her pearlescent caul of protection over you. The clever karcist will find many ways to drape this tool over goetic vessels, the sigils of disagreeable spirits, and dirt and materia collected from places of great violence in order to make their spirits hospitable to their commands.

There are nine available for purchase, either individually or as part of the bundle below.

All prayer ropes have sold out!

The Sorcerer’s Goat Horn Fetish

Twelve horns for the twelve disciples of Christ and the twelve students of the Black School, the thirteenth laid before the feet of St. Cyprian.

Just as the ropes were consecrated primarily through St. Justina, with flashes and empowerments laid by her companion, here their roles exchange in the creation of twelve horn fetishes. Each goat horn is filled with a matrix that has been worked on for three consecutive years of veneration, with the middle year being when the masses were attended in their monasteries in the Mediterranean. While the full list cannot be revealed, a small sample of the materia included are: dirt from three churches dedicated to Cyprian and Justina from three different countries, dirt from nine churches visited over the nine days of the Cyprians (the novena between Cyprian of Carthage and Cyprian of Antioch’s Catholic feasts), dirt from nine cemetery gates, dirt from nine priests, dirt from nine nuns, dirt from nine bishops, dirt from the grave of a dead sorcerer who worked with St. Cyprian in life, black rooster, black cat, black toad, serpent and goat materia, tears collected from their enshrined icons within an Orthodox church dedicated to them, horseshoe nails dipped in oils dedicated to Cyprian’s sorcery, an entire burnt Livro de São Cipriano, the same amethysts and pearls featured on the prayer rope, and much more.

Each portion was prayed over, offered to, and judiciously enchanted over countless nights, receiving a final consecration on Orthodox Epiphany of this year. While the base prayers and manners of conjuration were carried out in a folk Orthodox manner, these horns draw on a wide breath of Cyprianic study across traditions, including the Spanish and Portuguese Ciprianillos, Norwegian prayers from the Svartkonstböcker, and the saint’s presence in my lineage of Quimbanda. With each step requiring multiple passes in divination to be approved, these charms are some of the more complex that I’ve worked on, and it is a true pride and joy to share them. The horn shape and casing of black beeswax, pearl, and nazar beads were taken in inspiration from patuá technology, and while these charms are not themselves patuá strictly, they invoke my training in their creation as a part of my dedication to expressing my care for these saints in all the traditions that I know them in. Just as the amethysts flag Cyprian in the prayer ropes, the Nazars and pearls flag Justina here, always calling one with the other in each incarnation.

These fetishes are exceptionally versatile. Ultimately, they are consecrated for the purpose of opening roads into spiritual and sorcerous initiation—to bring their owners closer to new opportunities of study, meeting with potential mentors across traditions, the opening of roads to hidden opportunities for magical training, and the ability to travel widely in pursuit of wisdom. Inside each horn is a physical testimony to the studies I was able to undertake through the blessing and permission of many mentors across countries and cultural settings. Drawing on the legend of St. Cyprian as the chief exemplar of a Mediterranean sorcerer, who had sampled the offerings of countless mystery schools and lineages, these horns are made in dedication to Cyprian the eternal student of theurgy and thaumaturgy. On their own, even without direct use, they work to expand your network of reliable and competent contacts for the gathering of knowledge, resources, rare materia, affordable travel, and channels of communication. Simply speak your intentions into the open face where the Nazar lies and place it down by a shot of liquor (whiskey, gin, and brandy preferred) and a candle (white, red, or purple preferred if not beeswax) once a month to nourish its passive road opening, or increase it manyfold by making this offering daily and praying.

Additionally, the charms may be placed by your shrine to the saints to empower their presence, held to your mouth like a speaker to command spirits—or relay messages to the minds and dreams of others while enchanting them in ceremony—used as a wand when held point forward, and placed over other workings to empower them ever further under the auspices of St. Cyprian. While their passive benefit already is one which pierces the threads of fate to continually gather initiatory experiences, knowledge, and opportunities to you, the manner in which they may be actively engaged with in sorcery are fairly limitless. The dirt of the sorcerer who once worked with St. Cyprian within the horn acts as the “master” of all the nuns, priests, and bishops within, creating a choir that prays with and for your magical success in all your tasks. Speak into its mouth freely and allow the tears of Cyprian and Justina to shield, bolster, and purify your commands, straightening your wording and hesitation and projecting forth the ultimate authority in your workings. Even if you may swallow your tongue or stutter an utterance, the holy and sorcerous dead within will join you in their ceaseless prayer, maximizing your efforts and bolstering each petition to further compound their manifestation into reality. You do not need to be a devotee of Sts. Cyprian and Justina to work with these horns; they will lend their power to any who possess them—as well as the boldness to carve out a more potent, adventurous, and magically vibrant life.

There are nine available for purchase, each individually or as a part of the bundle below.

The prayer rope and horn together before the saints.

All goat-horns are now sold. Thank you so much for your support!

In the name of the holy martyrs Cyprian and Justina of Antioch, swift helpers of all who approach them, guide us and protect us against all enemies visible and invisible, grant us the power to resist our temptations, and in the hour of our end be our aid and lead us to victory so that we may be honoured and celebrated amongst the saints, unto the ages of ages. Amen.