Troparion to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
voice 4
The rule of faith and the image of meekness and abstinence as a teacher show you to your flock as the truth of things: for this reason you have acquired high humility, rich in poverty. Father Hierarch Nicholas, pray to Christ God to save our souls.
Translation:
The teacher showed you the rule of faith, the example of meekness and abstinence, to your flock. And therefore, through humility you acquired greatness, through poverty - wealth: Father Hierarch Nicholas, pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.
Kontakion to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
voice 3
In Mireh, the holy, the priest appeared: For Christ, O Reverend, having fulfilled the Gospel, you laid down your soul for your people, and saved the innocent from death; For this reason you have been sanctified, as the great hidden place of God’s grace.
Translation:
In the Worlds, you, saint, appeared as the performer of sacred rites: having fulfilled the Gospel teaching of Christ, you, reverend, laid down your soul for your people and delivered the innocent from death. That is why he was sanctified as a great minister of the sacraments of God’s grace.
Canon to Nicholas the Wonderworker
Song 1
Irmos: In the depths of the post, sometimes the Pharaoh's all-army is a pre-armed force, but the incarnate Word consumed all-evil sin: the glorified Lord is gloriously glorified.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Crown bearer to the throne of Christ, the wise Nicholas, standing with the angelic hosts, grant me enlightenment, illuminating the darkness of my soul, as if I will praise, rejoicing, your all-blessed memory.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Glorify the whole Lord, who glorifies you, who has given you refuge to the faithful, who delivers from the misfortunes that flow to your shelter, Nicholas, and who calls you with faith and love, most glorious.
Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us
Theotokos: Compare my desire by placing the all-evil serpent in the Creator, like a captive, to delight. By You, O All-Pure One, I would cry out, having become most truly deified: You, O Mother of God, gave birth to me who deified me.
Song 3
Irmos: The desert flourished like a cran, Lord, the pagan barren, the Church by Your coming, in which my heart was established.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Blessed Nicholas, you have been a sincere disciple of the Lord, saving those who come to you from severe troubles and bitter death.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Cleanse Thy servants, the remission of sins, for it is good, granting Nicholas, Thy saint, who intercedes to You, O Thou Most Merciful.
Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us
Theotokos: Soothe the confusion of my soul, O Most Pure One, and nourish life, O All-Holy One, who gave birth to God, in Him my heart is established.
Song 4
Irmos: You came from the Virgin, not an intercessor, nor an Angel, but the Lord Himself, who became incarnate, and you saved all of me, a man. Thus I call to Thee: glory to Thy power, O Lord.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Approaching the pure spiritual dawn, you were a light-bearer, illuminating the ends of the world, intervening for everyone and saving everything that flows to you by faith.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Delivering from death, as if you appeared first, to Nicholas, the youth, reverend. So save me now from every situation, adversity, and misfortune, O all-blessed one.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Thou shalt shine with radiance, O all-blessed one, the most eminent imitator of Thy Master, and having saved, we call upon thee to glorify thee with reverence and love.
Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us
Theotokos: Find the Lord of creation incarnated on You, and saving, as you are blessed, all mankind: in the same way, faithfully, we glorify Theotokos.
Song 5
Irmos: Enlightenment of those who lie in darkness, salvation of the desperate, Christ, my Savior, to You in the morning, King of the world, enlighten me with Your radiance, for I know no other God than You.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
By your divine life, blessedly, we enlighten those condemned to die by an unrighteous saying, having appeared, you delivered those who called to the Lord Christ: for we know no other God than You.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
In Heaven, the everlasting glory is now in vain, and the unspoken and Divine dawns enjoying the brightest radiance, cover me with your intercession, O Reverend, all-honorable servant of Christ.
Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us
Theotokos: Yes, Your image, buried by passions, the Savior, the hidden forces of Heaven, incarnated from the Virgin, appeared to those calling You: we know no other God than You.
Song 6
Irmos: Lying in the abyss of sin, I call upon the abyss of Thy unfathomable mercy: from aphids, O God, lift me up.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Like victory, Nikolai, the crown on your verse is worthily placed, as if you were a great winner, save those who call upon you.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
I was mortified, blessed one, by sins and immersed in the troubles of passions, having appeared, save me to the haven of the Divine will.
Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us
Theotokos: I have placed my hopes in You, Mother of the Ever-Virgin, for my salvation and in You, I place my life as a representative, firm and unshakable.
Kontakion voice 3
In Mireh, the holy one, you appeared as a priest; for Christ, O Reverend, having fulfilled the Gospel, you laid down your soul for your people and saved the innocent from death. For this reason you have been sanctified, as the great hidden place of God’s grace. Ikos
Let us now praise the saint with songs, as a shepherd and teacher for the worldly people, and let us be enlightened by his prayers: behold, we have appeared completely pure, incorruptible in spirit, offering to Christ an immaculate, pure sacrifice, favorable to God, as a saint, purified both in soul and body, and thus truly the representative and representative of the Church. champion of sowing, as the great hidden place of God's grace.
Song 7
Irmos: I serve the golden image, in the field of Deira, three of your youths, heedless of the godless command, cast into the middle of the fire, watered, on the waist: blessed art thou, O God of our fathers.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
We have fallen into acute temptation, we have fallen fiercely, and we have struck those who are approaching the gates of hell with sorrows; save me with your prayers, O blessed one, and raise me up, singing: Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Let us shine with immaterial rays of the unstoppable light, and instruct those who are embittered in the darkness of sorrows to enlightenment and joy, singing: Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers.
Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us
Theotokos: Pray to Christ, Thy Son and God, the Virgin Mother of God, sold to cruel sins and the flattery of the serpent, be delivered by His honest blood, singing: Blessed art thou, O God of our father.
Song 8
Irmos: Into the fiery furnace of the Jewish youth who came down and turned the flame into dew, sing to the deeds of the Lord and exalt unto all ages.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
For he is good and compassionate in the depths of adversity and the cruelty of freedom, Blessed Nicholas, from those who contain the cruel ones, giving permission through your prayers even to the Savior Christ, O Holy Hierarch.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
The secret leader of those who are more than the mind, the servant of the saints and the heavenly ones, God-wise, the bishop is faithful, ask for the remission of sins from our Savior, sacredly revealed.
Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us
Theotokos: My mind is now exhausted, deep into the depths of dishonor, as if from everywhere I am embraced by the evil; but You, Virgin, heal, clothing dispassion with light.
Song 9
Irmos: The Beginningless Parent, the Son, God and Lord, incarnated from the Virgin, appeared to us, darkened to enlighten, fellow squandered. Thus we magnify the All-Sung Mother of God.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
We enlighten you with the lamps of grace, O God-Wise One, and you were a lamp of piety, saving those who are in adversity, and delivering those in the depths of the sea, and feeding the hungry, gloriously, all-blessed.
Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Who are now in the paradise of sweetness and unspeakable glory is clearly in vain, from the heavenly circle your singers are watching, delivering from passions, O God-bearing One.
Chorus: Holy Mother of God, save us
Theotokos: Wisdom, and Power, and the Hypostatic Word of the Father, O Pure Mother of God, you gave birth to, from Your most pure blood you received your temple and united it inseparably.
Svetilen
Let us praise the great archpastor and hierarch of all, the chairman of Myra of Myra: for he saved many men who died unjustly, and appears to the king with Avlavius in a dream, deciding an unjust judgment.
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First prayer to Nicholas the Ugodnik
Oh, all-holy Nicholas, exceedingly saintly servant of the Lord, our warm intercessor, and everywhere in sorrow a quick helper!
Help me, a sinner and sad person in this present life, beg the Lord God to grant me forgiveness of all my sins, which I have sinned greatly from my youth, in all my life, in deed, word, thought and all my feelings; and at the end of my soul, help me the accursed, beg the Lord God, the Creator of all creation, to deliver me from airy ordeals and eternal torment: may I always glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and your merciful intercession, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Amen.
Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
ABOUT PRAYER TO ST. NICHOLAS
Sincere prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker has been helping believers for many hundreds of years. During his lifetime, Saint Nicholas of Myra became famous for his numerous miracles and helping people. The saint of God is one of the most revered saints in the Orthodox world. Believers offer prayers to the miracle worker in a variety of life situations, problems, trials in front of the icon at home or in church. He is an intercessor and prayer book for our souls, a quick helper in sorrows and illnesses. Numerous testimonies from people indicate that St. Nicholas very quickly responds to prayer requests uttered sincerely and with faith.
It must be said that there are various prayers to Nicholas the Wonderworker for help, including for marriage, for healing, for children, for travelers. Although there is no mandatory list in which specific life situations the saint helps, nevertheless, believers remember the miracles performed by Nicholas during his lifetime. They pray to him for marriage and for prosperity in money, remembering how the saint donated money for a dowry to a bankrupt father of unmarried daughters. They pray for those traveling, remembering how the saint, by the grace of God, calmed the storm and saved the ship. They pray for protection and intercession, remembering how Nicholas saved innocent people from destruction and death.
You can turn to a saint in many difficult life circumstances. You can read the text of the most famous prayers on our website.
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1. Prayer to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
O all-praised, great wonderworker, saint of Christ, Father Nicholas! We pray to you, awaken the hope of all Christians, protector of the faithful, feeder of the hungry, joy of the weeping, doctor of the sick, steward of those floating on the sea, feeder of the poor and orphans, and quick helper and patron of all, may we live a peaceful life here and may we be worthy to see the glory of God’s elect in heaven , and with them unceasingly sing the praises of the one worshiped God in the Trinity forever and ever. Amen.
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2. Prayer to Saint Nicholas
O all-holy Nicholas, exceedingly saintly servant of the Lord, our warm intercessor, and everywhere in sorrow a quick helper! Help me, sinful and sad, in this life, beg the Lord God to grant me forgiveness of all my sins, which I have sinned greatly from my youth, in all my life, in deed, word, thought and all my feelings; and at the end of my soul, help me, the accursed one, beg the Lord God, Creator of all creation, to deliver me from airy ordeals and eternal torment; May I always glorify the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and your merciful intercession, now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen.
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3. Prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
O all-good Father Nicholas, shepherd and teacher of all who flow with faith to your intercession and call upon you with warm prayer, quickly strive and deliver the flock of Christ from the wolves that are destroying it, and protect every Christian country and save with your holy prayers from worldly rebellion, cowardice, invasion foreigners and internecine warfare, from famine, flood, fire, sword and vain death. And just as you had mercy on three men imprisoned, and you delivered them from the king’s wrath and the beating of the sword, so have mercy on me, in mind, word and deed, in the darkness of sins, and deliver me from the wrath of God and eternal punishment, as through your intercession and With the help of His mercy and grace, Christ God will give me a quiet and sinless life to live in this world and will deliver me from this place, and will make me worthy to be with all the saints. Amen.
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About Saint Nicholas of Myra
Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, became famous as the Great Pleasant of God. From early childhood he devoted his life to serving the Lord. The name of Nicholas, the intercessor for all those who flocked to him, became famous in all corners of the earth. Believers in any troubles and sorrows turn to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker with a sincere prayer for help. They ask him for a quick marriage, for healing from a serious illness, for prosperity in money, for children, for travelers, etc.
However, it is important to remember that reading prayers should not be treated as spells that imply automatic “fulfillment of a wish.” The Holy Fathers teach us patience, humility and meekness, trusting in everything the will of God. The trials that befall us are necessary to achieve the main goal - to lead a person to repentance and salvation. After all, as the Lord said: “According to your faith, be it done to you” (Matthew 9:29).
God bless you with the prayers of the Most Holy Theotokos and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker!
Third prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
O all-praised and all-pious bishop, great Wonderworker, Saint of Christ, Father Nicholas, man of God and faithful servant, man of desires, chosen vessel, strong pillar of the church, bright lamp, shining star and illuminating the whole universe: you are a righteous man, like a blossoming date planted in the courts of your Lord, living in Myra, you were fragrant with the world, and the myrrh flowed with the ever-flowing grace of God.
By your procession, holy father, the sea was illuminated, when your many-wonderful relics marched into the city of Barsky, from east to west praise the name of the Lord.
O most graceful and wondrous Wonderworker, quick helper, warm intercessor, kind shepherd, saving the verbal flock from all troubles, we glorify and magnify you, as the hope of all Christians, the source of miracles, the protector of the faithful, the wise teacher, those who hunger for a feeder, those who cry are glad, the naked are clothed , the sick physician, the sea-floating steward, the liberator of captives, the nourisher and protector of widows and orphans, the guardian of chastity, the meek chastiser of infants, the old fortification, the fasting mentor, the toiling rapture, the poor and wretched abundant wealth.
Hear us praying to you and running under your roof, show your intercession for us to the Most High, and intercede with your God-pleasing prayers, everything useful for the salvation of our souls and bodies: preserve this holy monastery (or this temple), every city and all, and every Christian country, and people living from all bitterness with your help:
We know, we know, how the prayer of the righteous can do much to hasten for good: for you, the righteous, according to the most blessed Virgin Mary, imams, intercessor to the All-Merciful God, and to yours, most kind father, warm intercession and intercession we humbly flow: you keep us as you are vigorous and kind shepherd, from all enemies, destruction, cowardice, hail, famine, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners, and in all our troubles and sorrows, give us a helping hand, and open the doors of God’s mercy, since we are unworthy to see the heights of heaven, from many of our iniquities are bound by the bonds of sin, and we have not done the will of our Creator nor have we preserved his commandments.
In the same way, we bow our contrite and humble hearts to our Creator, and we ask for your fatherly intercession to Him:
Help us, O Pleasant of God, so that we do not perish with our iniquities, deliver us from all evil and from all things that are resistant, guide our minds and strengthen our hearts in the right faith, in it through your intercession and intercession, neither with wounds, nor rebuke, nor pestilence, he will give me no wrath to live in this age, and he will deliver me from this place, and he will make me worthy to join all the saints. Amen.
Canon to Saint and Wonderworker Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in LyciaCanon 2 from the service for the transfer of the relics of St. Nicholas from Myra in Lycia to Bari, May 9/22
Voice 4:
Song 1
Irmos: I will open my mouth and be filled with the Spirit, and I will vomit the word to the Queen Mother, and I will appear, brightly triumphant, and I will sing, rejoicing, Those miracles.
Chorus:
Sainted Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Enlighten my soul and heart, I pray to You, Light-Giver, Creator of creation, grant me the gift of chanting the song of Your most honorable saint, who will deliver the world from sorrow. ( twice.
)
Glory: You have gained heavenly wisdom, as if you were a gifted talent, and you have used it well: with this, having destroyed the ungodly flattery, you have made people wise with the Divine teaching.
And now, the Mother of God: The Eternal One is conceived, and the perfect one is renewed, from the Mother of God the Offspring is born, Whom Thou preached in two beings, in one hypostasis, the Blessed One.
Katavasia: Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.
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Song 3
Irmos: Thy hymns, O Mother of God, living and unenvious Source, spiritually establish the face of thyself, and grant crowns of glory in Thy Divine glory.
Chorus:
Sainted Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
You have found strong consolation in your sorrows, light in your darkness, and change in the evil ones who were possessed by sorrows, most sacred father. ( Twice.
)
Glory: To Saint Nicholas, having come from the mouth of God, you delivered people from the mouth of the wolf who were hostile, O glorious one, and you brought the gift to the Creator, giving healing to everyone.
And now, the Mother of God: One was born in the flesh from You, above the word of this Word, the Most Pure Mother of God, who chose Hierarch Nicholas as His servant and teacher.
Katavasia: Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.
Lord have mercy. ( three times
.)
Sedalen, voice 4
Thou hast surprised, O Lord, Thy saint in the countries, giving him miracles and the grace to drive away various ailments from people and deliver those in bondage, and take away those who are offended from cruel ones. To him we cry out in prayer: Saint Nicholas, deliver us from our enemies.
Glory, even now, to the Mother of God
Who can utter my multitude of unclean thoughts and placeless thoughts of overwhelm, O Most Immaculate One? The insistence of the bodiless enemies of mine and who will confess their malice? But through Your prayer, O Good One, grant deliverance to all of us.
Song 4
Irmos: The unexplored advice of God, hedgehog from the Virgin of the incarnation of You, the Most High, the prophet Habakkuk saw, calling: glory to Your power, Lord.
Chorus:
Sainted Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Beginning, God-voice, the second communion of God's Light appeared, enlightening with radiance, gloomy ones, like a keeper of virtue, surpassing in glory. ( twice
.)
Glory: Deliver your flock from the sinful storm, troubles and opposing waves, leading us ever to a worry-free haven, through your prayers of salvation.
And now, the Mother of God: By the nature of the indescribably high Light, who gave birth to the indescribably rich with mercy, the Most Pure One, enriched us who were impoverished with the gifts of God.
Katavasia: Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.
Song 5
Irmos: Everyone was terrified of Your Divine glory: You, the uncreated Virgin, had God in your womb above all and gave birth to a lifeless Son, giving peace to all who sing Your praises.
Chorus:
Sainted Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Having acquired many miracles, you preached the good news to everyone, free from ancient enmity by creating Divine teaching. Save us, priest. ( twice
.)
Glory: With the favor of God, you have come to the ridge of the sea and with reverent men you have crossed many abysses, you came to the city of Barsk, blessed Nicholas.
And now, the Mother of God: Shield of the faithful, Mother of God, Virgin, we truly glorify Thee, angelically calling Thee: Rejoice, Blessed and Grace-filled, hearing and speaking the terrible and wondrous chamber of the Master of every creature.
Katavasia: Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.
Song 6
Irmos: This divine and all-honorable celebration, God-wisdom, Mother of God, come, let us clasp our hands, glorifying the God who was born from Her.
Chorus:
Sainted Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
The people of God, having arranged for salvation in the flesh many who appeared for the sake of goodness, preacher Nicholas and tongue teacher, save us with your instruction. ( twice.)
Glory: Having the path of the sea and the paths of water, pray to the Lord that we may cross the sea of life without harm and reach the Kingdom of Heaven along the path of tearful waters.
And now, O Mother of God: Thou art the door of the King of heaven and the temple of His glory, O all-sung Virgin, open for us the doors of mercy and lead us through Thy prayers into the dwellings of heavenly glory.
Katavasia: Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.
Lord have mercy. ( Thrice
.) Glory, even now.
Kontakion, tone 3
Up, like a star, from east to west, your relics, St. Nicholas, the sea was sanctified by your procession, and the city of Barsky received your grace: you appeared to share us, an elegant, wonderful and merciful wonderworker.
Ikos
Let us now praise the saint with songs, as a shepherd and teacher for the worldly people, and let us be enlightened by his prayers: for this one appeared pure, incorruptible in spirit, offering an immaculate, pure sacrifice to Christ, favorable to God, like a saint, purified in soul and body. Likewise, this true representative and champion of this Church and wonderworker is graceful, wonderful and merciful.
Song 7
Irmos: Having not served the creation of God’s wisdom more than the Creator, but, having bravely overcome the fiery rebuke, I rejoice, singing: O venerated Lord and God of the fathers, blessed art thou.
Chorus:
Sainted Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
I have filled the whole human mind with vanity, like salt, give healing through your word and teach us to sing to the Lord: O Lord and God of the Fathers, blessed art thou. ( twice
.)
Glory: Oh, your glorious miracles that you have done! For you heal ailments and deliver from troubles, commanding everyone to cry out to the Lord: O blessed Father of ours, blessed art thou.
And now, the Mother of God: You are the intercessor and wall of our humility, pure Mother of God, You are.
Like Thy servants, we always cry out to the Lord: O blessed Father of ours, blessed art Thou. Katavasia: Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.
Song 8
Irmos: The pious youths in the cave saved the Nativity of the Theotokos, then the formed, now active, raises up the whole universe to sing to You: Sing to the Lord, O works, and exalt ye unto all ages.
Chorus:
Sainted Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
You have grown, like a fragrant light, from the worldly earth, more glorious, bringing fragrant odors to everyone, healing gifts to those who praise you and sing: sing to the Lord, deeds, and exalt Him to all ages. ( twice
.)
Glory: Having dug up the sweetness of God's grace, like a mountain of olive oil, you have had a way, safe by the grace of the Lord, to whom we call sweetly: sing praises to the Lord, do your deeds, and exalt Him to all ages.
And now, the Mother of God: You give birth to the most worldly faces with wonder and remain everlastingly the Virgin: You gave birth to the Word, Man was immutable in Divinity, to whom we all sing: sing praises to the Lord, O deeds, and exalt Him to all ages.
Katavasia: Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.
Song 9
Irmos: Let every earthly being leap up, we are enlightened by the spirit, let the nature of the disembodied minds triumph, honoring the sacred triumph of the Mother of God, and let it cry out: Rejoice, all-blessed Mother of God, pure Ever-Virgin.
Chorus:
Sainted Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Your memory today brings celebration, the apostolic face and the martyr’s council rejoice and the righteous souls, and we glorify you faithfully with songs, crying out: from all sorrows, O Saint of Christ, deliver us. ( twice
.)
Glory: Your glorious memory has risen upon us, brightly enlightening the faithful, to St. Nicholas the Wise of Christ. We also pray to you: remember us all and deliver us from all kinds of nasty adversity with your prayers.
And now, Mother of God: Mortify our carnal passions and lusts, O pure Mother of God, calm the storm of our passions, quench the agitation of our thoughts, strengthen, O Blessed Most Pure One, the hearts of those who faithfully honor Thee, the Intercessor.
Katavasia: Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.
Prayer four to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
O our good shepherd and God-wise mentor, Saint Nicholas of Christ! Hear us sinners, praying to you and calling for your speedy intercession for help; see us weak, caught from everywhere, deprived of every good and darkened in mind from cowardice; Try, O servant of God, not to leave us in the captivity of sin, so that we may not joyfully become our enemies and not die in our evil deeds.
Pray for us, unworthy, to our Creator and Master, to whom you stand with disembodied faces: make our God merciful to us in this life and in the future, so that He will not reward us according to our deeds and the impurity of our hearts, but according to His goodness He will reward us .
We trust in your intercession, we boast of your intercession, we call on your intercession for help, and falling to your most holy image, we ask for help: deliver us, servant of Christ, from the evils that come upon us, and tame the waves of passions and troubles that rise up against us, and for the sake of Your holy prayers will not overwhelm us and we will not wallow in the abyss of sin and in the mud of our passions. Pray to Saint Nicholas of Christ, Christ our God, that he may grant us a peaceful life and remission of sins, salvation and great mercy for our souls, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Canon
Canon to the Martyr Elizabeth, tone 8
Song 1
Irmos: Let us praise the Lord, / who led His people through the Red Sea, / as He alone was gloriously glorified.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
Lord, grant enlightenment to my soul/ and open my unworthy lips,/ so that I may glorify Your saint, the venerable martyr Elizabeth,/ in her Your holy name may be gloriously glorified.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
Beloved child of the Lord, wonderful Elizabeth, / coupled with physical beauty and princely greatness / you were adorned with spiritual kindness, / multiplying the talent given to you from God / and bringing yourself as a gift to Him.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
You left your fatherland and your relatives/ and in the new fatherland, enlightened by the light of the Orthodox faith,/ you served God and people with love and mercy/ and you endured torment from the godless./ For this sake, glorify you, the Lord and the Heavenly Fatherland, the heiress of the show.
Theotokos : Let us sing the glory of the Most Holy Virgin Theotokos, / for the King Christ brought after Her virgins and wives, / with them the holy Martyr Elizabeth, / inhabitant of the heavenly palace, / and partaker of the Lord’s wedding table.
Song 3
Irmos: You are the affirmation/ of those who flow to You, O Lord,/ You are the light of the darkened,/ and my spirit sings of You.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
You placed all your trust in the Lord,/ and He was your affirmation,/ long-suffering Elizabeth,/ when you collected the honorable remains of your husband with your hands,/ you did not harden your heart,/ you gave yourself over to despair,/ but you mercifully forgave the godless murderer, / offering up a warm prayer to the Lord.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
Having despised the beauty of this world and the sweetness, O God-wise One, / you desired a fasting life, / and you founded a monastery, / in it you hid yourself from the pleasures of the world, / you did not leave the world with your mercy, / and you served the suffering well.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
Christ the Martyr/ always in your mind's eye, O martyr,/ You followed this, not being offended/ and you bore your cross,/ denying yourself, serving your neighbors,/ and you remained in obedience to the will of the Lord even to death,/ having courageously accepted,/ Strengthened by the Lord, / you prayed for the tormentors.
Theotokos : O Most Holy Mother of the Virgin!/ With the light of Your Divine Son/ mercifully enlighten my soul darkened by sins/ and with the warmth of Your prayers melt the ice of my hard-heartedness,/ and strengthen me,/ so that I may follow the narrow path to salvation,/ having the Venerable Martyr Elizabeth as my mentor.
Lord have mercy (3 times).
Sedalen, voice 5:
From your youth you loved the Lord, / You worked for this, blessed Elizabeth, / and you appeared like fertile soil, / where the good seed of Orthodoxy was sown, bearing fruit a hundredfold. / For this sake, be an intercessor for us / and beg the Creator to resolve the barrenness of our hearts, / may we also bring Him service through labor and prayer,/ especially love and humility./ If the Lord calls us to the feat of confession/ and suffering for the faith,/ pray for us, so that this cup will not be rejected from us/ but we will endure everything to the end ,/ and thus reach the Kingdom of Heaven on a short path.
Glory, even now, to the Mother of God:
Do not hesitate, O Most Holy Theotokos,/ to offer Your prayer to God for the Russian land and for its people./ We are perishing from many sins and crying out to Thee:/ Thou art the ruler and Helper/ of all who have placed their trust in Thee.
Song 4
Irmos: I have heard, O Lord,/ of Thy mystery,/ I have understood Thy works,/ and glorified Thy Divinity.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
Like Martha, you served the Lord, / the Venerable Martyr Elizabeth, / in these little ones, the poor, the sick, and the fallen, having seen His image. / Teach me also to honor the Lord Christ in my neighbor / and serve Him.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
You have chosen the good part, O Elizabeth,/ becoming like Mary,/ and you have extended all your thoughts to the Lord,/ praying unceasingly and learning from His words,/ and you have devoted yourself to His will, that is, good providence.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
Pray to the Lord for us, / the holy wives Martha and Mary / with the Venerable Martyr Elizabeth, / even as a good mentor, / not only have you walked the path of great feat / and reached the land of the meek, / but also attracted others to this saving path. / O holy one Elisaveto,/ accept us as your disciples/ and guide us on the path of salvation.
Theotokos: Blessed is Thy womb, Most Immaculate,/ which bore the Creator of all,/ Who descended to us through Thee,/ and blessed are the people who flowed to Him through Thee./ Make us partakers of this bliss,/ Who glorify Thee ever.
Song 5
Irmos: We cry out in the morning to Thee, O Lord, save us: For Thou art our God, dost thou know no other.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
By the ineffable glance of the Lord/ you have received the bitter water of suffering,/ you have found the sweetness of the Divine Spirit in your heart,/ yes, without thirsting forever/ and may you give us the weak to drink the water of living love and mercy/ that flowed from your heart.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
The will of the Lord is accomplished in His saints:/ for they walk relentlessly in the footsteps of His commandments,/ likewise you, O venerable martyr,/ have given up all yourselves to the Lord,/ joy and sorrow from Him you have received with thanksgiving,/ and you have served Him, struggling piously./ Teach me to serve the Lord worthily/ and to remain in obedience to His will, so that His good yoke may not become sorrow/ and His light burden may not become a burden,/ but may my heart be strengthened and rest in Him.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
Pray for me, O venerable martyr,/ may your prayers be the healing of my much-pained soul,/ ailing from sins./ No one is asking to leave you without help and consolation.
Theotokos: I am not bold enough/ to ask the Lord for forgiveness of my sins;/ for this sake, I fall to You, Lady,/ bending my knees in soul and body./ I entrust to you my weak prayer,/ that you may bring it to the throne of the Most High/ and may I accept from You His is salvation, joy and peace.
Song 6
Irmos: Give me a robe of light,/ clothe yourself in light like a robe,/ most merciful Christ our God.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
To whom shall I resort in my poverty, / if not to you, holy martyr Elizabeth / My soul is naked of all virtue, / vulnerable from the enemy’s excuses. / But I know your love for poverty, / as if you have never rejected anyone who asks / even if you are poor, and if I am a sinner, even if I have an evil heart./ So do not reject me, unworthy and humiliated,/ but pray to the Lord for the correction of my life.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
May this prayer not be a condemnation for me/ raised from the depths of my evils:/ for the waves of the sea of life want to close over me,/ and I do not know the good path./ But you prayed for me, Saint Elizabeth,/ wanting to save me and on the right path instruct./ You, even before, did not disdain anyone and were condescending to the weaknesses of sinners,/ showing many the way to salvation.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
Receive me with love, merciful Elizabeth,/ just as you have always accepted the sick and orphaned like me,/ and those who have become impoverished in strength./ Quench hunger and thirst,/ heal the illnesses of my soul,/ and, ever praying to Christ,/ ask Him for me every need for salvation.
Theotokos: Virgin Mother of God, / who gave birth to the joy of the Guilty One, / enlighten with Your joy my heart, / darkened by many passions, / captivated by the darkness of despondency, / suffering from fierce relaxation. / Wash away the filthiness of my soul and give me bright clothes, / in which I presented myself to the Lord, I will not be cast out from the bridal chamber.
Lord have mercy (3 times).
Kontakion, voice 2:
Who tells the story of the greatness of the feat of faith: / in the depths of the earth, as in the paradise of lordship, / the passion-bearer Grand Duchess Elizabeth and the Angels rejoiced in psalms and songs / and, enduring murder, / cried out for the godless tormentors: Lord, forgive them this sin, / not They know what they are doing./Through your prayers, O Christ God,/have mercy and save our souls.
Ikos:
Before your death, you suffered murder, Elizabeth the martyr, when the murderer of your husband struck your soul with an incurable wound, and so for the joys of this world, having died, you rose again, like Tabitha of old, to serve the weak. By partaking of this feat of endless joy, you filled your soul with the light of Divine love; For this reason, you were not afraid of the tormentors who killed the body, but having resolved it, you ran with your soul to the Lord, who prayed to Him to have mercy and save our souls.
Song 7
Irmos: The fathers of Jewry in the cave/ boldly asking down the flame,/ and turning the fire into dew, crying out:/ Blessed be the Lord God, forever.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
We have sinned, we have committed lawlessness, - the Russian people cry to the Lord, / - we have apostatized from You, like Israel of old. / For this reason, we forsook the former to walk in our will and now we endure punishment. / But through the prayers of the Holy Martyr Elizabeth / and all Your New Martyrs, / have mercy, Lord,/ have mercy on us and give us understanding,/ so that we may turn and repent from our evil deeds,/ and sing Your praise forever.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
Behold the judgment of God upon our fatherland:/ for thorns of hatred and thistles of unbelief/ the Russian land has produced for us;/ also the tares of heresies were sown from the enemy./ Preserve, O Lord, through the prayers of the all-validated Elizabeth and all the new martyrs/ good grains of piety,/ so that they will be suppressed by the thorns, / below they will be mixed with the tares, / but may they grow and multiply / and may the people of Russia cry out: / Blessed are you, O Lord God, forever.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
Do the imams give us hope for salvation, / speak to us, about the Venerable Martyr Elizabeth? / Is our prayer not in vain? / Are we not the sons of those who killed the prophets? / Neither, but we are your children in spirit. / You are our mother and mentor, / on We hope for your prayers and sing with you, Lord forever.
Theotokos: Rejoice, long-suffering Russian land: / for the Mother of God spread her holy protection over you / and prays for you vigilantly / with all the new martyrs of Russia, / so that all who honor You / and glorify you will be saved forever.
Song 8
Irmos: By the sevenfold furnace/the Chaldean tormentor/ he furiously kindled the godly;/ having seen this better power, they were saved,/ crying out to the Creator and Savior:/ youths, bless,/ priestesses, sing,/ people, exalt to all ages.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
When you were killed, / O venerable martyr, / your faith did not waver and your mercy did not fail. / In the hour of your dying struggle / you did not abandon the service of the suffering / and you cried out to God, crying out / bless, people, the Lord, / and exalt His forever.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
Just as of old, O Lord, Your martyrs/ were a witness of faith in a godless world,/ so the holy martyr Elizabeth/ showed her faith through her deeds and sealed it with death,/ and many Russian people taught to sing to You forever.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
Show Me your faith and love through your works, / the Lord calls to me, / - and I have no answer, / for I am like a barren tree, and there is no excuse for me. / But humble yourself before the Lord, my soul, and do His will as He pleases. ./ Strengthen me, Elisaveto, for this feat,/ may this good will not depart from me,/ and may I ever cry/ bless the youths,/ sing the priesthoods,/ exalt the people to all ages.
Theotokos : Even though I am not an imam of love, / I am, as the Apostle said, a ringing brass and a clanging cymbal. / My heart is troubled by these words, / the words are about me. / It’s still a little, and I will perish in my impoverishment. / But cover, O All-Rich Mother of God, through Your mercy my poverty, / and save me, who exalt the Lord forever.
Song 9
Irmos: The heavens and the earth were horrified at this, and the ends were amazed, / for God had appeared as a man in the flesh, / and Your womb was the most expansive of Heaven: therefore Thee, the Mother of God, / The angels and the people of the ranks magnify.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
My soul burst into tears, / as I saw the Russian land stained with the blood of the saints of God. / My Lord is good: how can I allow this? / Don’t cry for your soul, / pray to the holy Martyr Elizabeth / and understand God’s vision: / For you will love your martyrs dearly / and they were given boldness to pray for us sinners.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
We do not know Your destiny, O God:/ what else will happen to us in this life,/ by what paths do you want to lead us to salvation?/ But grant us Your will, without embarrassment and grumbling, to accept and fight a good fight,/ and we will achieve the Kingdom of Heaven,/ where Thy saints are gathered together, / with them is the Venerable Martyr Elizabeth, / now we glorify.
Holy Martyr Elizabeth, pray to God for us.
Your holy relics/ rest in the Holy Land, Elizabeth,/ with your soul always standing before the Lord in His Heavenly Kingdom/ and praying boldly for all people,/ especially for those who glorify you and imitate your feat,/ the Lord will vouchsafe to bring us unworthy too closer to them. .
Theotokos : Behold, judgment is near; / do not allow, O Lord, our steps to creep, / do not allow us to deviate into evil, lower into laziness, / drive away confusion and doubt from our souls, / so that we may not perish like iniquity, / but may we be saved with the saints ,/ through the prayers of Thy Most Pure Mother/ and Thy holy servant Princess Elizabeth.
Fifth prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
O great intercessor, the bishop of God, the Most Blessed Nicholas, who shone miracles under the sun, appearing as a quick hearer to those who call upon you, who always precede them and save them, and deliver them, and take them away from all sorts of troubles, from these God-given miracles and gifts of grace!
Hear me, unworthy, calling you with faith and bringing you prayer songs; I offer you an intercessor to plead with Christ.
Oh, renowned for miracles, saint of heights! as if you have the boldness, soon stand before the Lady, and reverently stretch out your hands in prayer to Him for me, a sinner, and grant me the bounty of goodness from Him, and accept me into your intercession, and deliver me from all troubles and evils, from the invasion of enemies visible and invisible freeing, and destroying all those slander and malice, and reflecting those who fight me throughout my life; for my sins, ask for forgiveness, and present me saved to Christ and be worthy to receive the Kingdom of Heaven for the abundance of that love for mankind, to which belongs all glory, honor and worship, with his beginningless Father, and with the Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages centuries.
Prayer six to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Oh, all-good Father Nicholas, shepherd and teacher of all who flow by faith to your intercession, and who call on you with warm prayer, quickly strive and deliver the flock of Christ from the wolves that destroy it, that is, from the invasion of the evil Latins who are rising against us.
Protect and preserve our country, and every country existing in Orthodoxy, with your holy prayers from worldly rebellion, the sword, the invasion of foreigners, from internecine and bloody warfare.
And just as you had mercy on three men imprisoned, and you delivered them from the king’s wrath and the beating of the sword, so have mercy and delivered the Orthodox people of Great, Little and White Rus' from the destructive heresy of the Latin.
For through your intercession and help, and through His mercy and grace, may Christ God look with His merciful eye on people who exist in ignorance, even though they have not known their right hand, especially young people, by whom the Latin seductions are spoken to turn away from the Orthodox faith, may he enlighten the minds of His people, may they not be tempted and fall away from the faith of their fathers, may their conscience, lulled by vain wisdom and ignorance, awaken and turn their will to the preservation of the holy Orthodox faith, may they remember the faith and humility of our fathers, may their life be for the Orthodox faith who have laid down and accepted the warm prayers of His holy saints, who have shone in our land, keeping us from the delusion and heresy of the Latin, so that, having preserved us in holy Orthodoxy, He will grant us at His terrible Judgment to stand on the right hand with all the saints. Amen.
