Canon to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. Canon to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra

Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker is one of the most revered not only in Russia, but also in the countries of the Catholic Church. For Orthodox believers, one of the ways to turn to a saint is to read the canon or akathist. These types of solemn chants differ in the structure of the text and the history of writing. The canons were created many centuries ago by people who were canonized by the Church as saints. Akathist can be written at the present time by a spiritual writer, who is not always a minister of the Church.

Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker

Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker was born in 270 in the city of Patara in the province of Lycia. From a young age, he was distinguished by piety and a desire to serve God. As a priest, the saint was an example for his flock, he preached, exhorted and guided the inhabitants of Lycia on the path of salvation. After several years of serving as a priest, St. Nicholas was elected Bishop of the World of Lycia.

The asceticism of St. Nicholas took place during the period of persecution of Christianity. When the bishop, along with other Christians, was imprisoned, the saint not only courageously endured all the hardships and hardships, but also supported the rest of those imprisoned.

Even during his lifetime, many miracles and deeds of true mercy and love for one's neighbor are attributed to Saint Nicholas. Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker is revered in both Western and Eastern Christianity. This saint is especially loved by believers, and many people turn to him with prayer.

Canon to Nicholas the Wonderworker

The canons to Nicholas the Wonderworker are works of church hymnography, complex in structure, praising the saint. Their text consists of biblical hymns, to which additional verses were later added - irmoses and troparia. The latter sing of the festive event. Irmoses serve to connect the biblical song and troparion, drawing an analogy between the celebrated event and the one described in the Bible. The structure of the irmos is the basis for the melody and the rhythmic structure of the troparion. The length and number of stanzas must match.

There are several canons to the saint:

• “In the depths of the bed sometimes ......” - the beginning of the irmos of the first canon.
• The 2nd canon to Nicholas the Wonderworker begins with the irmos "Christ is born - glorify ..."
• “Let us sing a song, people ... ..” - the irmos of the canon from the service for the transfer of the relics of the saint.
• “I will open my mouth…..” - the beginning of the fourth canon to Nicholas the Wonderworker.

Canon 2 to Nicholas the Wonderworker, as well as the 1st canon, is read during the service on the memory of the saint on December 19 in a new style. The other two canons are read at the divine service on May 22, the day of commemoration of the transfer of the relics of the saint.

Why read canon?

The canons to Nicholas the Wonderworker can be read at home or heard during worship in the temple. The holy fathers of the church say that those who read the Canons of the Mother of God, the Savior and the saints, are especially protected by the Lord. The canons to Nicholas the Wonderworker are also prayers, reading which a person turns to the saint through biblical events.

The canons were written many centuries ago by highly spiritual people and, as a rule, later canonized as saints. Reading the laudatory hymns and prayers written by them, a person together with them lifts up a prayer to God.

Canon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is read for healing from illnesses, help in need and material shortage. The saint is also considered the protector of widows and orphans. They pray to him in despondency, sadness and despair. Since the saint himself was imprisoned for some time, people turn to him in captivity and in other difficult life circumstances.

Where can I find the canon and akathist to Nicholas the Wonderworker?

Almost any canons and akathists can be purchased at church shops. The Canon of Nicholas the Wonderworker with accents can be found on Orthodox websites on the Internet. It is better if, in parallel with the canon, the text of the explanations is written, since the language of liturgical songs is not always understandable only to a person starting his path to faith.

Before reading, you must make sure that the canon or akathist is approved by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. To do this, it is better to use texts from canons purchased in shops at churches or found on reliable Orthodox sites. The list of approved akathists is also published on the Internet.

In addition, you can always go to the priest or deacon in the temple and clarify whether the akathist meets the requirements established by the Holy Synod.

How to read canon

The Canon to Nicholas the Wonderworker in Russian is not as difficult to read as in Church Slavonic. When reading the canon, it is necessary to carefully pronounce each word. Unlike the akathist, the canon of repentance to Nicholas the Wonderworker can be read while sitting. You can chant laudatory chants to the saint at any time. There are special initiatory prayers that are read before the canon. If biblical hymns to the saint are followed after the daily prayer rule, then additional prayers are not required.

In the case when it is not possible to read the canon aloud, you can also say a prayer to yourself. The main thing is that her words are pronounced consciously, with a sense of repentance and love for God, the saint. It is better to read the canon aloud in a calm and monotonous voice. Paying attention to the expressiveness of the voice is not necessary. Church and home prayers are not secular poetic works, therefore they are pronounced a little differently. The most important thing when reading sacred hymns is the conversion of the soul to God, the spiritual world.

Before reading the canon, you can light a candle or a lamp near the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. If there is no suitable image of the saint, then you can turn to the image of the Mother of God or the Savior.

Akathist to Nicholas the Wonderworker

Akathist - a song of praise to God, the Mother of God or saints. The first was written to the Most Holy Theotokos in 626 in honor of the liberation of Constantinople from the Persians.

Akathist consists of ikos and kontakion. There are 24 stanzas in the song of praise. Each kontakion ends with a call to praise God: "Alleluia!" And the ikos is a greeting to the saint being sung: "Rejoice!"

Akathist to Nicholas the Wonderworker was written some time after his death. According to one version, the hymn of praise was written by the ministers of the church in Constantinople, according to another, by Russian hieromonks who participated in the transfer of the relics of the saint exuding myrrh.

The text of the akathist can be purchased at the church shop, found on websites on the Internet, and listened to on audio media. In the first case, you can be sure of the quality and authenticity of the text. In addition, in the churches consecrated in honor of the saint, an akathist to St. Nicholas the Pleasant is read once a week. A forty-day reading of the akathist to Nicholas the Wonderworker can also be ordered in monasteries. In this case, it is necessary to indicate the name of the person about whose health the akathist will be read.

How to read an akathist to Nicholas the Wonderworker

Before taking on the obligation to read an akathist to a saint for a certain period, it is better to take a blessing from a confessor. The priest who performs the sacrament of confession, knowing the spiritual forces, life circumstances and the inner state of the believer, will bless or give advice to postpone the reading for the time being.

There are certain rules for reading an akathist. The thirteenth kontakion - a prayerful appeal to the saint - is read three times. After the last kontakion of the Akathist, the first ikos and kontakion are read again. Then a prayer is read to Nicholas the Wonderworker.

The number of days during which an akathist is read is unlimited. Akathist can be read at any convenient time. It is better if during this time the icon of the saint is located nearby.

Often the hymn of praise is recited for forty days. At the same time, if you had to skip a day, then you can continue the next.

You can read the akathist to Nicholas the Wonderworker once, most importantly, to feel in your soul the desire and desire to turn to the saint. Akathist is equated to a hymn, so it is better to stand while reading it.

Why read an akathist to Nicholas the Wonderworker?

Akathist, like the canon to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, helps believers in a variety of cases. A prayer appeal to a saint helps with any difficulties. You can find many grateful reviews and real stories from the life of people who tell about the resolution of difficult life circumstances after prayers to the saint. Especially often they turn to him in case of illness, financial and domestic difficulties, while traveling. Even during his lifetime, Bishop Mir of Lycia provided assistance to many in need.

The text of the akathist contains the biographies of the saint. Many people perceive it much easier than the canon to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

You should not treat the reading of an akathist as a magical rite and conspiracy. The desire for a quick result will not bring benefits. The main feeling when turning to a saint should be repentance and faith that the Pleasant of God will hear the request and help.

Prayers before reading the akathist and canons

Before the akathist, it is necessary to read the initial prayers that will help prepare the human mind for a laudatory song: discard all vain thoughts, focus on the text of the prayer. Usually, the preparatory prayers include: "To the King of Heaven", "Thrice Holy Song", "Holy Trinity", "Our Father", "Come let us worship." Also, “Lord, have mercy” is said several times, and psalms from the psalter are read. The same prayers are read before the canon.

After reading the akathist or canons, prayers are said to Nicholas the Wonderworker, which are the same for all prayer rules.

Canons and Akathist in Church Slavonic

Prayer chants in Church Slavonic are much harder to find than in Russian.

In churches, all the texts of worship are pronounced only in Church Slavonic. This language incorporates the centuries-old experience of communication between a Russian person and God. In addition, reading in Church Slavonic helps to escape from everyday thoughts, create a special atmosphere and immerse yourself in the world of prayer.

The Akathist in Church Slavonic will be difficult for a believer who is just starting to learn this language to understand. In order for the text to be better perceived, you can read the translation and interpretation in Russian.

Canons that are more complex in structure are best read in Russian, so they will be easier to understand.

What is better to read: an akathist or a canon to a saint?

The canon is a more ancient genre of church chant than the akathist. The text of the canons was written by the holy fathers, whose level of spiritual growth and awareness of the Divine universe far exceeds ordinary human understanding. Akathists, as a rule, were created in a later period by spiritual writers, not all of whom were monks or ministers of the church. Therefore, choosing between the canon and the akathist, according to some priests, it is better to give preference to reading the former.

At the same time, the akathist to the saint is easier to read and understand, since the structure of the text is much simpler.

The canons to Nicholas the Wonderworker are a less laudatory prayer book than an akathist, but it has a pleading character. Despite this, you can also ask for help by reading an akathist.

Canon to Saint Nicholas, tone 2.
Canto 1
Irmos: In the depths of the bed, sometimes the pharaoh's all-army was a disarmed force, but the incarnate Word, the all-evil sin, consumed it: Most glorified Lord, glorious be glorified.

Chorus: Holy Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

The crown-bearer of the throne of Christ, the wise Nicholas, standing with the Angelic hosts, grant me enlightenment, illuminating my souls gloom, as if I will praise rejoicing your all-blessed memory.

Glory, And now: Compared with my desire, putting the all-cunning serpent, Sodetel, like a captive to rapture, Thee, the All-Pure One, called out to be truly deified: You, O Bogomati, gave birth to me who deified.

Canto 3
Irmos: The desert flourished like a krin, Lord, a pagan barren church, by Your coming, my heart was established in it.

Blessed Nicholas, you were a sincere disciple of the Lord, you save those who flow to you from fierce troubles and bitter death.

Glory: Cleanse Your servants, forgiveness of sins, as if bestowing Good, Nicholas Your saint, even petitions to You, Many-merciful.

And now: Satisfy the embarrassment of my soul, Most Pure One, and nourish life, O All-Holy One, Who gave birth to God, my heart is established in Him.

And katavasia: Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

(Or, another catavasia: Deliver your servants from troubles, St. Nicholas of Christ, as if we are resorting to you, according to Bose, to a quick helper and warm intercessor, and a prayer service to the Savior for our souls.)

Therefore, Lord, have mercy, three times.

Sedalen, tone 4:
Having ascended to the height of the virtues, divinely illuminated from there by the radiance of miracles, truly bright appeared thou the worldly shepherd, we are invincible in misfortune: having defeated the enemy gloriously, you drove away the lie and saved the people from death, Nicholas. Pray to Christ God, grant forgiveness of sins to those who honor your holy memory with love.

Glory, and now.
Like the Virgin and One in the wives of Thee, without a seed, who gave birth to the flesh of God, we all appease the birth of humanity: the fire has settled in Thee of the Deity, and like a baby, bring the Creator and Lord. Thus, the angelic and human race worthily glorify Your Most Holy Nativity, and according to the cry of Ty: pray to Christ God of sins, grant forgiveness, bowing by faith to Your Most Holy Christmas.

Canto 4
Irmos: You came from the Virgin, not an intercessor, not an angel, but Himself, Lord, incarnate, and saved me all the man, I call to You: glory to Your power, Lord.

Approaching the purely spiritual dawns, you were the light-bearer, enlightening the ends of the world, interceding for everyone, and saving all those who flow to you by faith.

Delivering from death, as if you appeared first to Nicholas, the young reverend: so now save me from every situation, and misfortunes and troubles, all-blessed.

Glory: Thou hast shone the virtues with the radiance of all-blessedness, having been the most imitator of your Lord, save you call, with reverence and love glorifying you.

And now: Find on Thee, the Lord of the creature, Incarnate, and saving like a Graceful man of all me: the same, faithful to the Theotokos, we glorify Thee.

Canto 5
Irmos: Enlightenment in the darkness of those lying, salvation of the desperate, Christ, my Savior, to You in the morning, King of the world, enlighten me with Your radiance: I know no other God for You.

With a godly life, blessed, we enlighten, condemned by an unrighteous saying to die, presenting yourself, delivering you, the Lord of Christ, calling: for we know no other God.

Glory: In Heaven, the inherent glory is now in vain, and enjoying the radiance of the inexpressible and Divine dawns, enjoying the radiance, cover me with your intercession, reverend, saint of Christ all-honestly.

And now: Yes, seek Your image, buried by passions, Savior, hiding the powers of heaven, incarnated from the Virgin, appeared to You calling: we know no other God to You.

Canto 6
Irmos: Lying in the sinful abyss, I call on the abyss, unsearchable of Your mercy, from aphids, God, raise me up.

Even the victory of Nicholas, the crown on your versa is worthy of relying: like a victorious winner, save thee who call.

Glory: I am mortified, blessed, sinful, and immersed in passions of anxiety, appearing to save the haven of the Divine will.

And now: I put my hopes on Thee, Mother Ever-Virgin, my salvation, and I put Thy Representative of life, but I am firm and unshakable.

Katavasia: Pray to God for us, St. Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

(Or, ina: Deliver your servants from troubles, St. Nicholas of Christ, as if all according to Bose we resort to you, to a quick helper and warm intercessor, and a prayer service to the Savior for our souls.)

And we sing, Lord, have mercy, like the 3rd song.

Glory, and now:

Kontakion, tone 3.
In Mirech, the holy clergyman appeared if you fulfilled Christ’s reverend gospel, laid down your soul for your people, and saved the innocent from death. For this sake, you were sanctified, like a great secret place of God's grace. Now let us praise the saint with songs, a pastor and teacher of the worldly people, and let us be enlightened by his prayers: behold, appearing all pure, incorruptible in spirit, offering Christ a sacrifice immaculate, pure, favorable to God: as the saint is cleansed both in soul and body, the same true representative and champion of the Church Sowing, like a great secretary of God's grace.

Canto 7
Irmos: We serve the golden image on the field of Deira, three of Your children are negligent of the godless command, in the midst of the fire they are thrown, irrigated, sing: blessed be Thou, God our father.

I fell into a sharp temptation, and fiercely rebuked, and approached the gates of hell, we are struck with sorrow, save me with your prayers, blessed, and raise up singing: blessed be the God of our fathers.

Glory: Irrelevant light We shine with immaterial rays, being in the darkness of sorrows, embittered seekers, and instruct those who sing to the enlightenment of joy: blessed be the God of our fathers.

And now: Pray to Christ, Thy Son and God, Virgin Mother of God, sold by fierce sins and serpentine flattery, to be delivered by His honest blood to those who sing: blessed be the God of our fathers.

Canto 8
Irmos: Into the fiery furnace to the Jewish youth descended, and the flame into the dew of God, sing, deeds, like the Lord, and exalt forever.

Like good and compassionate, in the depths of the misfortunes of the fierce content of freedom, blessed Nicholas, from those containing the fierce, giving permission with your prayers, even to the Savior Christ, sacred mystery.

Glory: The secret leader of those who are more than mind, the holy servant and heavenly God-wise, the bishop is faithful, ask forgiveness of sins from our Savior, sacred.

And now: Now my mind is exhausted, into the depths of dishonor, as if from everywhere I am embraced by various evil ones: but You, Virgo, heal, dressing passionlessness with light.

Canto 9
Irmos: Beginningless Parent Son, God and Lord, incarnate from the Virgin, appear to us, enlighten the darkened, gather the squandered, We magnify the All-Singing Mother of God.

We enlighten the God-wise with the candles of grace, and you were a lamp of piety, save those who are in misfortune, and save those who are in the depths of the muzzle, and feed the hungry gloriously, all-blessed.

Glory: Even now you are settling in paradise of sweetness, and the inexpressible glory is clearly in vain, from the Heavenly circle you naziraesh your singers, delivering from passions, God-bearer all-blessed.

And now: Wisdom, and Strength, and the Word of the Hypostatic Father, the Pure Mother of God gave birth to you, from Your Most Pure Bloods Your Temple, and by this union united inseparably.

Troparion to St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia

Troparion, tone 4

The rule of faith and the image of meekness, the abstinence of the teacher reveal the truth to your flock of things: for this sake you acquired high humility, rich in poverty. Father Hierarch Nicholas, pray to Christ God that our souls be saved.

Kontakion, tone 3

In Mirech, holy, the clergyman appeared to you: Christ, reverend, having fulfilled the Gospel, lay down your soul about your people, and saved the innocent from death; for this sake you were sanctified, like a great secret place of God's grace.

Troparion for the Nativity of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

Troparion, tone 4

Your miraculous and glorious Christmas, St. Nicholas, the Orthodox Church today celebrates brightly, for by standing your foot, the Lord will reveal you and proclaim to be a lamp and a teacher to the laity, enriching and enlightening miracles the whole world. We cry to you: pray to Christ God that our souls be saved.

Troparion for the transfer of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia

Troparion, tone 4

Have a day of bright celebration, the city of Barsky rejoices, and with it the whole universe rejoices with spiritual songs and stumps: today is a sacred celebration, in the transfer of the honest and multi-healing relics of St. crying rightly: save us as our representative, the great Nicholas.

Kontakion, tone 3

Rising, like a star, from east to west, your relics, Saint Nicholas, the sea is sanctified by your procession, and the city of Barsky accepts grace from you: you appeared to us, wonderworker graceful, marvelous and merciful.

Troparion for the Transfer of the Velikoretsk Icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from Vyatka to Moscow

Troparion, tone 3

Like precious wealth, come to us from the Great River Vyatka to our reigning city of Moscow, an honest icon of your image, St. Nicholas, and do many miracles in your coming, heal those who are sick and surprise all people. For this reason, by the command of the autocrat of the tsar, this honest icon of yours was written off from it for enlightenment and prayer to all the people of the royal city, today we see and worship it, praying to you, the mystery of Christ: pray, holy, for all of us, grant us peace and great mercy.

Troparion to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in front of his icon, called "Zaraisk"

Troparion, tone 4

Holy Temple of the Holy Spirit, God-wise Father Nicholas, sanctify our souls with the grace of heaven, intercede and cover with your all-honourable omophorion, you received it from the hands of the Most Pure Virgin, and enlighten us with the light of the commandments of Christ, from Him you received the words of life. Pray for the goodness of the Heavenly Father, in order to save those who honor you Orthodoxally, granting us great mercy.

magnificence

We magnify you, Saint Father Nicholas, and honor your holy memory: for you pray for us Christ our God.

Canon to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of the World of Lycia (in Slavonic*)

Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
Heavenly King: Trisagion. Holy Trinity: Glory, and now: Our Father: Lord, have mercy (12). Glory, and now: Come, let us worship: (3) Psalm 50.

Troparion, tone 4

The rule of faith and the image of meekness, / the abstinence of the teacher / reveal thee to your flock / The truth of things. / For this sake, you acquired high humility, / rich in poverty, / father, priest Nicholas, / pray to Christ God, / be saved to our souls.

Glory, and now, the Theotokos

A mystery hidden from the ages / and unknown by an angel, / by you, the Mother of God, who exists on earth, God appeared, / in unmerged union we embody / and, for the sake of our will, we will receive the Cross, / having resurrected the primordial one, / save our souls from death.

Canto 1

Irmos: I will open my mouth, / and the Spirit will be filled, / and I will burp out the word to the Queen Mother, / and I will appear, brightly triumphant, / and I will sing, rejoicing, That miracles.

Good shepherd of Christ's flock, rejoice, Nicholas, / like a laity's father is honest and a teacher, / and wait for me, rejoice to bring you.
Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Let us give birth to the earth, / rejoice in bringing to the saint, / for joy brings the universe in abundance.
Glory: To the one who delivered the three governors from the murder of the unrighteous by crying out to you: / rejoice, Nicholas, intercessor for those who come running under your roof.
And now: Virgin Mother of God, rejoice, / receiving joy from the Angel, / and save those who magnify You.

Canto 3

Irmos: Your hymnologists, Mother of God, / living and unenviable source, / confirm the face of Yourself spiritually coupled, / in Your Divine glory / vouchsafe crowns of glory.
Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
No one should run under the shelter of your hope, father, thinness comes from you, / but rejoice in bringing you, accepts help, Nicholas, / give me more south, all-blessed.
Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
The angels marvel at your, reverend, warm intercession, / the people rejoice, accepting deliverance from the misfortunes of demons with your prayers, / the same rejoice, we bring you, Nicholas is praiseworthy.
Glory: A helmet, and an invincible weapon against the devil you are, / a Christian affirmation, and a fertilizer hierarch, Nicholas is wonderful; / Rejoice, great miracle worker, overwhelmed by a quiet haven.
And now: Conceive Thy Builder, Mother of God, / gave birth to the Creator of all and the Lord, / Pray that deliver us from misfortunes; / Elika bo you are good, you can do everything, / like a good Good Parent.

Canto 4

Irmos: Sit in glory on the Throne of the Divine, / light in the cloud, / the Most Divine Jesus has come, / incorruptible hand, and crying out for salvation: / glory, Christ, to your power.
Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Apostle of the Equal Throne, rejoice, Nicholas, / like the heresy of Arius you have confounded, / and you have deposed Belial's vacillation, with your prayers; / do not stop praying for your servants.
Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Thou delivered the young man of Onago from the hand of Amira of Sratsyn, / Thou didst give joy to his parent, / to those with them and we rejoice, Reverend Nicholas.
Glory: Three governors from the murder of the unrighteous, miracle worker, you saved, / appear in a dream to the pious king, and forbidding him, / and rejoice from them, received you, Nicholas, / and strengthen me with your prayers.
And now: Blessed Mother of God, rejoice, / as if you were the King of all the throne, the highest of the cherubim, / do not stagnate, praying to your Son and our God, / for those who honor You forever, with blessed Nicholas.

Canto 5

Irmos: Terrified of all / about Your Divine glory: / You are more, Unsophisticated Virgin, / had you in the womb over all of God / and gave birth to the Childless Son, / to all who sing about You / giving peace.
Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
The names of the apostles, / from the Angels to the Equal Rector of the Throne, the Lady is relentless, / Aria of the insane shamed thou; / for this sake we cry out to you, Nicholas, rejoice, / fertilizer and pillar of the church by the saint.
Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Give me a hand, Nicholas, for help, praying to the Lord, / later on a sinful storm drowns me, / and lead me to a quiet haven of repentance, father, with your prayers.
Glory: And there are many lawless ones, Nicholas, / but I do not retreat from the hope of your protection, / always rejoice, bringing you; / you deliver me from all sorrow and misfortune, / if you wish, you can do everything.
And now: Cloud above the heavens, rejoice, / digging a drop for us, the All-merciful Mother of God, / grant from God to our people victory over the barbarians, / with Hierarch Nicholas That pray.

Canto 6

Irmos: This divine and all-honored / celebrating the feast, / the Mother of God, / come, we will clap our hands, / we glorify the God who was born from Her.
Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Friend of Christ and the second Peter, thou hast appeared, father, rejoice, / as thou art a pillar of the church and a miraculous organ, / with the Holy Spirit, work wonders and rattle: / the same, Nicholas, rejoice to bring you always.
Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Having heard Constantine, the pious king in a dream, your rebuke, with Avlavius ​​the eparch, / about the husbands of them who unjustly had to perish, / soon commanded them to be released, / rejoice at you crying out, Nicholas.
Glory: You, father, were the helmsman of this ship drowning in the sea, / and I am fiercely overwhelmed by the thoughts of demons, / give me a good mind in my mind and in my heart, / as if I always rejoice, bring you, Nicholas is praiseworthy.
And now: Rejoice, Most Pure Virgin, / Rejoice, affirmation of the world, / Rejoice, for you have given birth to the Son, God of all, / Pray for Him, Immaculate Mother of God, / save our souls.

Canto 7

Irmos: Do not serve the creature of God-wisdom, / more than the Creator, / but the fiery punishment is masculinely correct, / rejoices, singing: / venerable of the fathers, the Lord and God, blessed be you.
Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Saint Nicholas, the prelate of Christ / rejoice, for you are the joy that is inexpressible to all, / and give me a helping hand, let me say to you: / rejoice, all-blessed.
Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Whenever you heard the voivode's release from prison by your command, / take up the priests bringing you with candles, with a great crying voice: / rejoice, reverend father, our deliverance.
Glory: Once you heard in the dungeon bound, / hear me, Nicholas, rejoice in bringing you, / and save me from the fire of hell.
And now: Mary the Lady, Mother of the Redeemer, / accept me, repentant and running under Your shelter, / as if not ceasing to cry out to You: / Rejoice, Blessed Mother of God Ever-Virgin.

Canto 8

Irmos: The pious youths in the cave / The Mother of God saved Christmas, / then formed, / now active, / lifts up the whole universe to sing to You: / Sing the deeds to the Lord / and exalt Him to all ages.
Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Consecrated Apostles, / with the Angels to the servant of the Holy Trinity, / Nicholas of praise, rejoice, / and grant me joy with your prayers.
Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Pilot of the overwhelmed, Nicolae, rejoice, / and calm down the storm of my passions, even from the demonic pretense, / as I can’t stand anything else, but I cry out: / Rejoice, my helper and warm representative.
Glory: Oh, colic tightness will hold me back from demonic shootings, / and endure ulcers powerfully, / apply a plaster to carry a doctor, / but you put a plaster on me, and the oil of your prayers, Nicholas, let me call you: / rejoice, reverend father.
And now: Burning Cupid, rejoice, / south of Moses, the sight of Sinai, / and the ladder, south of Jacob, / Blessed Mother of God Ever-Virgin.

Canto 9

Irmos: Let every earthly-born / let them leap, enlighten with the Spirit, / let nature triumph of the incorporeal minds, / honoring the sacred triumph of the Mother of God, / and let it cry: / / rejoice, All-Blessed, / Pure Ever-Virgin Mother of God.

Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Flattering shootings will surround me, and sinful strivings, / but hoping for your protection, I resort to you, father, / as if you would banish from me all the flattery of the evil one, let me call you: / rejoice, Nicholas.
Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.
Thou hast shamed the insane Aria, / thou hast quenched the flame of heresy, / thou hast heard the governors in the dungeon of the bound, / and from them rejoice thou, / and we cry to you, Nicholas: / rejoice, all-blessed.
Glory: Hearing Agrik onago, / and delighting his son Vasily from Amira, / and presenting a healthy parent in one hour from sratsins, / and I pray to me, save my sick soul, and the sins besieged, / from the fire of Gehenna, Nicolae.
And now: to the Queen, who gave birth to all the King / and who carried the Bearer of all creation, / save me, magnifying Thee, Most Holy Lady.

Prayer to Saint Nicholas

O all-holy Nicholas, the Lord's most beautiful servant, our warm intercessor, and everywhere in sorrow a quick helper! Help me, a sinner and a dull one, in a real life, beg the Lord God to grant me the remission of all my sins, having sinned from my youth, in all my life, deed, word, thought and all my feelings; and at the end of my soul, help me, the damned one, implore the Lord God, the Creator of all creatures, to deliver me from air ordeals and eternal torment; yes always glorify

Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, and your gracious intercession, now and forever and forever and ever, amen.

The same: It is worthy to eat as truly blessed Thee, the Theotokos, / Blessed and Immaculate and Mother of our God. / The most honest Cherubim and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, / without the corruption of God the Word, who gave birth to the present Mother of God, we magnify Thee.

Nicholas the Wonderworker (shouldered). Dating: 19th century Late XIX - early XX centuries. Material: wood, gesso, tempera. The dimensions of the icon are: height 31 cm, width 26 cm. The icon features a shoulder-length image of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker © Samara Regional Art Museum

Canon - one of the types of hymnography (the word "canon" means "rule" or "sample"). The canons sing of Christ the Savior, the Mother of God, holidays, saints, therefore, in accordance with the calendar, they are included in each service as an integral part of Matins, Compline or Midnight Office. In practice, the canons are pronounced at the evening service, but can also be used as part of other services.

On Reading the Canons

The canons are divided into songs, their number (9) is connected with the number of biblical songs used in ancient divine services. The number of songs in the canon changed - there were originally one-songs, later two-, three-songs, and from the time of St. Andrew of Crete, full canons of 9 songs began to be used, in accordance with biblical verses.

Useful materials

In modern worship, the second hymn is omitted in the canons; in its mournful content, it is sung only during Great Lent. The ancient practice of abbreviated canons in 2 and 3 odes is remembered during the services of the fore-feast of Christ, Theophany, before the Transfiguration, and on some days of the Colored Triodion.

Songs consist of irmos and troparia, of which there may be several. In our service, the choir usually sings the irmos, and the readers read the troparia (with the exception of the Paschal canon, which is sung in full).

Interesting fact

According to the rule of constructing the canon, a theme is set in the irmos - a biblical song, and the troparia reveal this main theme and connect its content with the theme of the holiday to which the canon is dedicated or the life of a saint.

However, at present, the verses of biblical songs are used mainly during Great Lent, at other times they are replaced by refrains in honor of a celebrated person or event: “Glory to You, our God, glory to You” or “Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me”, etc. .d. In the canon to St. Nicholas, the refrain is used: "Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us."

The most famous authors of the canons are St. John of Damascus and Andrew of Crete. Canons as church hymns can be both (the penitential canon of St. Andrew of Crete, read during Great Lent), prayer (the canon of the Most Holy Theotokos), and festive (Easter canon), or in honor of some Feast and saint, for example, in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

veneration of a saint

The canon to St. Nicholas, Archbishop of the World of Lycia, the Wonderworker, like the canons to other saints, sings of his earthly ministry, his feats of faith and miracles.

Several canons are dedicated to St. Nicholas, which are used for various services. The Church celebrates several days a year dedicated to St. Nicholas:

• December 19 / December 6 O.S.;
• May 22/May 9 O.S. – the transfer of the saint from the World of Lycia to the Italian city of Bari;
• August 11/July 29 old style - The Nativity of St.

There is a tradition to dedicate a special service to St. Nicholas every Thursday. In almost every parish on this day, believers sing an akathist or canon to their beloved saint. In Oktoikh there are canons composed for each of the eight voices for the weekly service to the saint, which in practice usually takes place on Wednesday evening.

Thus, there are several canons to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, but the common refrain for all canons to the saint is: “To St. Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.”

Among the most famous canons, one can name the "Creation of Feofanovo", sung in tone 2, with the continuation and development of the theme of the first irmos, dedicated to the washing away of sin, as the pharaoh's host by sea waves. So are you, says the first troparion, Nicholas the Wonderworker, give me enlightenment and illuminate my darkened soul with the praise of your memory: all-blessed, memory.

Another canon (voice 1) is also known, which begins with an irmos: “Christ is born, praise! Christ from Heaven, save! Christ on earth - ascend! Sing to the Lord, all the earth, and sing with joy, people, as if you were glorified.

Believers love and often read at home canon (tone 4) with the singing of an akathist, which begins with the words:

“I will open my mouth, / and the Spirit will be filled, / and I will vomit a word to the Queen Mother, / and I will appear, triumphantly bright, / and I will sing, rejoicing, That miracles.” Then the general refrain: “To the Hierarch Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.” And then the disclosure of the topic dedicated to the triumph and memory of the saint: “To the good shepherd of Christ’s flock, rejoice, Nicholas, / like a laity father is honest and a teacher, / and give me, rejoice to bring you.”

I must say that the canon is a rather complex work, it is not easy to read it, for this you need to get at least a little acquainted with the life of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the great saint of God. It is better to choose the texts of the canons for reading, provided with stresses, because. in the Church Slavonic text, rare archaic words and phrases are often found. However, with minimal effort, it is possible for everyone to understand the text and read at home prayer.

Why St. Nikolai is called the Pleasant

Interesting fact

The saints of God are people who lived righteously on earth and devoted their entire lives to serving God, fulfilling His will, preaching and affirming faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Trinity, who testified to this faith with their blood and sweat. Those who pleased God in their lives became partakers of His Divine properties, communicated to them from the Source of holiness — God.

The Church distinguishes different faces of holiness, subdividing all God's chosen ones according to the ranks of their ministry, for example: prophets and apostles, martyrs and confessors, saints and reverends, unmercenaries and blessed, righteous and faithful.

Saint Nicholas, with his love for God and service to people, became like the ancient prophets and Christ's apostles. For his educational and pastoral activity, the Church named him a saint.

Saint Nicholas is a great teacher of the Christian faith, as an archbishop of the city of Myra in Lycia, as a preacher and defender of the Truth, as a participant in the Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in 325. In the canon we sing to him:

“Now let us sing the saint with songs, the worldly people of the shepherd and teacher, and let us be enlightened by his prayers: behold, appearing all pure, imperishable in spirit, offering Christ a sacrifice immaculate, pure, favorable to God, like a saint, cleansed both in soul and body, the same true representative of the Church and a champion of this, like a great mystery-keeper of God's grace.

In the Orthodox tradition, St. Nicholas is revered as both a good shepherd and a miracle worker:

“The whole sunflower will say, Nicholas the blessed, the abyss of miracles of your virtues: the beggars of the representative, and the orphans and widows of the feeder, and the blind guide, all the same champion.”

“Let us praise the great archpastor and hierarch of all, the chairman of Mirlikisky Nicholas: save many men, unrighteously die property, and the king appears with Avlavius ​​in a dream, resolving an unjust judgment” -

A reminder to us of the miraculous salvation of three men and three governors, condemned to death on libel, but saved by a formidable denunciation of untruth from St. Nicholas, who appeared in a dream to the tsar and envious Avlavius, and frightened them.

• “Agrika heard that, and his son Vasily was taken away from the emir, and in an instant he placed before his parents healthy from the Saracens, and through my prayer, pluck my soul, ailing and burdened with sins, from the fire of hell, Nikolai,” reading these lines, we recall how the parents were comforted, who, having prayed to St. Nicholas, again found their son alive and unharmed, taken captive by the Saracens.
• But not only this ancient miracle makes us glorify the life of the miracle worker in the canon, but also the hope that his prayer will help us to get rid of the captivity of sin.
• The miracle worker Nicholas saved his flock many times, relieving hunger by bringing ships with bread to the harbor at his prayer, or relieving poverty from generous and secret alms, and how many times did he save drowning people who had lost all hope, but finally exclaimed his name: “Strange and terrible miracles you perform, Nicholas, all over the earth and in the sea far away to the needy, interceding with fleeting prayers, a weak doctor and a poor feeder, victories against enemies namesake faithful people.
• The miracles of St. Nicholas did not stop after the death of the saint of God, and even to this day they do not stop and are calling him with fervent prayer: “Tribes of the earth, let us gather so that the exclamation“ Rejoice! to bring to the saint: for he brings joy to the universe that does not impoverish.

Turning for help to the great saint of God, St. Nicholas, the Wonderworker of Mirliki, we ask for his support and help, we ask you to combine the power of his prayer with our feeble petition. Turning to him for help, we praise his miracles and great faith, reading the canons and other prayers. It is good to read the canons at home prayer, but do not forget about the temple conciliar prayer, because the Lord Himself said:

"... where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them" (Matthew 18:20).

Yes, and the saints teach us that it is very useful to call on the saints of God for prayerful help, but the benefit will be even greater if we ourselves try to correct our lives and turn away from sin. Saint John Chrysostom says: “Knowing this, beloved, let us resort to the intercession of the saints and call on them to pray for us, but let us not only rely on their prayers, but we ourselves will begin to act.”

"Canon of the Saint" in Church Slavonic in civil type, with accents

Canon

Canon of the saint, tone 4
Canto 1

Canto 3

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Lord, have mercy, three times.

Sedalen, tone 8.

Canto 4

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Canto 5

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Canto 6

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Kontakion, tone 3.

Ikos

Canto 7

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Canto 8

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Canto 9

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Svetilen.

Prayer to Saint Nicholas

O all-praiseful and all-honorable bishop, great miracle worker, the saint of Christ, Father Nicholas, man of God and faithful servant, man of desires, chosen vessel, strong pillar of the church, luminous, illuminating and all-illumining; you are a righteous man, like a flourishing phoenix, planted in the courts of your Lord, living in the world, thou hast been fragrant with peace and the ever-flowing peace of the grace of God exude. By your procession, holy father, sanctify the sea, when your many miraculous relics go to the city of Barsky, from east to west praise the name of the Lord. O graceful and marvelous miracle worker, quick helper, warm intercessor, kind shepherd, saving the verbal flock from all troubles! We glorify you and you, you will hope for all Christians, the eccentric miracle, the defender of the faithful, the wise teacher, the rod of the feeder, the fullness, the abilities of the doctor, and the eating of the bosses, and the eating of the free. babies of the meek punisher, old fortifications, fasting mentor, laboring repose, the poor and the wretched abundant wealth. Hear us praying to you and running under your roof, manifest your intercession for us to the Most High and intercede with your God-pleasing prayers, all that is useful for the salvation of our souls and bodies; save this holy abode [or this temple], every city and the whole, and every Christian country, and people living from all anger with your help, vema, vema, as the prayer of the righteous, hastening in goodness, can do much; to you, the righteous one, according to the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, the representative of the imams to the All-Merciful God, and to your, good father, warm intercession and intercession, we humbly flow; you watch over us, like a cheerful and good 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 the Lord of Mercy; if we are not worthy to see the heights of heaven from the multitude of our iniquities, bind us with sinful ties, and we will not do the will of our Creator, nor keep His commandments. The same we bow the knee of our contrite and humble heart to our Builder, and we ask your paternal intercession to Him: help us, the servant of God, that we not perish with our iniquity, deliver us from all evil and from our mind and strengthen all things, strengthening our resistance ours in the right faith, in it by your intercession and intercession, neither by wounds, nor by rebuke, nor by pestilence, nor by any wrath from our Creator will we belittle, but we will live a peaceful life here and let us be able to see the good on the land of the living, glorifying the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the One in the Trinity, God glorified and worshiped, now and forever, and forever and ever, amen.

Prayer two

O all-holy Nicholas, the most pleasing of the Lord, our warm intercessor, and everywhere in sorrow a quick helper! Help me, a sinner and despondent, in this life, beg the Lord God to grant me the remission of all my sins, even if I have sinned from my youth, in all my life, deed, word, thought and all my feelings; and at the end of my soul, help me, the accursed one, implore the Lord God, the Creator of all creatures, deliver me from air ordeals and eternal torment; May I always glorify the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and your merciful intercession, now and forever and forever and ever, amen.

Prayer three.

About the all -willed nichelya, the grazing and the teacher of all, the belief of the intercession and the one -praying to you calling you, the skeleton and delighted Christ from the wolves, and the whole country of the Christian is prayed and the prayer of the world from the world is miraculous from the world. foreigners and internecine strife, from hunger, flood, fire, sword and vain death. And as if you had mercy on three men sitting in prison, and you delivered them the king of anger and the cutting of the sword. So have mercy on me, mind, word and deed in the darkness of sins, and deliver me the wrath of God and eternal punishment, as if by your intercession and help, by His own mercy and grace, Christ God, a quiet and sinless life, will save us from life Shuyago stand me, and grant the right hand with all the saints, amen.

Creation of Feofanovo

Canon

Tone 1

From the service for the transfer of relics from the World of Lycian to Bari, May 9/22

Canon

Canto 1

Irmos: We will sing a song, people, to our wonderful God, who freed Israel from work, a song of victory singing and crying: we sing to You, the only Lord.

Accept the song of my mouth, benefactor of Christ, and understand my language, not remembering many of my sins, so that I may sing the honest life of Your saint in memory of the transfer of his relics.

The miraculous gift of receiving and patience crowns, adorned with hierarchy, pray to God, Father, grant forgiveness of sins to us, glorifying your transcendence.

Glory: Shepherd of Christ's flock, father, send to other sheep, to the Latin language, so that you will surprise everyone with your miracles and bring to Christ, blessed, pray unceasingly to Him and for us.

And now, the Theotokos: Sometimes it was farther away, pagan people, with Your Nativity, Mother of God, we draw near to God: You gave birth to me who deified Thou and the ancient oaths freed by Your blood.

Canto 3

Irmos: Supreme circle of heaven, Lord, and the Church of the Builder, You confirm me in Your love, desires to the edge, true affirmation, only Humanity.

Gentle in disposition and meek in manner, having an angelic life, God-blessed Nicholas, do not stop praying for us to the one Lover of mankind.

Kiy city, blessed, does not have an assistant for you? What soul does not call upon your name? Or what place do you not visit in spirit, surprising everyone with your miracles, Nicholas?

Glory: The lordly city welcomes your body, but your spirit is in the Highest Jerusalem, where you rejoice with the prophets, and the apostles, and the saints, praying for us to the only Lover of mankind.

And now, the Theotokos: Ask for my Enlightenment, most pure Lady, overshadowed by the sins of many, giving birth to the Light of the whole world, and passionate darkness far from otzheniya, one God-blessed.

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 1

Having sanctified yourself with a perfect life, thou art the hierarch of God the Most High, strengthened from Worthless, thou hast blocked the mouth of heretics. By this we lightly celebrate your transfer, Christ God majestically.

Glory, and now, the Theotokos

Brideless pure Virgin Mother of God, one faithful intercession and protection, troubles, and sorrows, and fierce circumstances, deliver all, hope in Thee, O Lady, those who have, and save our souls with Your Divine prayers.

Canto 4

Irmos: Thou mount on the horses, Thy apostles, Lord, and Thou didst take Thy hand their bridles, and salvation was Thy eating faithfully to those who sing: glory to Thy power, Lord.

Illuminate with the Light of the Most High, saint, enlighten my heart and ward off the sinful darkness, but rejoicing, I sing your holy offering.

Ascend the ladder of virtues, blessed, the miracle worker appeared throughout the earth, Nicholas, and for this sake, from the world of barstia, people accept your holy relics.

Glory: The priests of the faithful boast about you, and the people of Christ-love call on you, in the battles of an assistant, and we, unworthy, move you to God to pray for us, Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: The ranks of the angels surprise, Mother of God, the secrets of Your depth, the demons are confused by Your icon. Even we bow, honoring Thee, the Mother of God.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 5

Irmos: Unleash the darkness of my soul, Light-giver Christ God, expelling the abyss from the beginning of darkness, and grant me the light of Thy commandments, the Word, yes, morning, I glorify Thee.

You had a throne in Mirech, you moved your body to Bar, and you are in spirit in heaven, Saint Nicholas, with the apostles, like a successor, pray with them for us, singing your offering.

Hope for all Christians, and offended great intercessors, and sick healers, sad comforters and to God from people I intercede, ask for peace for our fatherland and save us from the filthy location.

Glory: My soul, immersed in many passions, Nicolae, mortified by the fall, revive with your prayers and direct to repentance, and with all your faithful I glorify the transcendence.

And now, the Theotokos: His darkness of the angelic and seraphim multitudes are horrified and the rational creature trembles, You feed Him like a Baby, Virgin, Him figuratively seeing in Your hand, we always worship.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 6

Irmos: Like a prophet, you delivered from the depths of the underworld, Christ God, and deliver me from my sins, like a philanthropist, and rule my stomach, I pray.

As if from an okrin, from Your Divine Church, we can not fail to accept the health of bodies and souls cleansing, St. Nicholas, for miracles with grace, with undoubted faith, hope in you.

From various misfortunes, and from fierce misfortunes, and sorrows that have overwhelmed us, and from various evil ones, Father, as a glorious saint of Christ, deliver your servant, who properly honors your holy offering.

Glory: I have worn out the sinful scum and we are roaring with the wind of life, like another sun, father, having seen the likeness of your image, let me be warmed by your prayers, the servant of Christ Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: The earthly mind cannot take away the secrets of heaven, nor the creature of the Creator of the mind thinks: for the mind of man passes away from the Virgin, the birth of the Lord. Even praying by faith, we will receive forgiveness of sins.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Kontakion, tone 3

Vyde, like a star, from east to west, your relics, St. Nicholas, the sea is sanctified by your procession, and the city of Barsky accepts grace from you: for us, the miracle worker graceful, foreboding and merciful appeared to us.

Now let us sing the saint with songs, a pastor and teacher of the worldly people, and let us be enlightened by his prayers: this one appears pure, incorruptible in spirit, offering a sacrifice to Christ, immaculate, pure, favorable to God, like a saint, cleansed in soul and body. In the same way, this true representative and champion of this Church and miracle worker is graceful, marvelous and merciful.

Canto 7

Irmos: On the field of Deir, sometimes put a tormentor in the oven for the torment of the God-bearing, in it there are three youths singing the one God, singing trinity, saying: Fathers, God, blessed be Thou.

Today, the Angels of God rejoice, but the demonic multitude weeps: for thou hast saved people from misfortune and drove away the dark spirits. Those worthy of overcoming are named. For this reason, we cry to the Lord: our fathers, God, blessed art thou.

Possessed by the sorrow of infirmity, troubled by various ailments, with faith they are attracted to your race and, having received your mercy, they quickly depart, joyfully singing to the Lord: our father, God, blessed be Thou.

Glory: Coming to you, blessed, are the councils of the faithful people, and the church teachers boast about you, the kings glorify you, as an intercessor. We pray to you, save us, Nicholas, who sing to the Lord: our father, God, blessed be Thou.

And now, the Theotokos: Oh, how will I sing of my Savior, Whom the Angels tremblingly praise? But You, Mati, instruct me and the mercy of the Son with Your kindness, compel us to have mercy, who trust in You, as You, praying for us, deliver us from torment.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 8

Irmos: Angels and heaven, on the throne of glory sitting and like God unceasingly glorious bless, sing and exalt Him forever.

The angels of heaven will receive you as a servant, the prophets and apostles will meet you as a slander, the Lord Himself will receive you, but we, sinners, ask for mercy.

Great is the power from God in the distance, Nicholas: the sea obeys, the air listens, and the tongues repent, seeing your glorious miracles.

Glory: To the New Israel, the Christian people, the Savior, the most glorious Moses, showed Thy Saint Nicholas, delivering us from all evils.

And now, the Theotokos: Ask for the cleansing of sins as the Mother of God and stretch out my hand, Madam, immersed in the depths of hopelessness, yes, having risen in hope, I exalt Thee forever and ever.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 9

Irmos: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, having erected a horn of salvation for us in the house of David, His servant, in them visit the East from above and direct us to the path of peace.

Blessed be the Lord our God, as glorify the saint in the countries, emitting streams of miracles, in Mirech and in the Latins all healing and in Russia graciously visiting.

You fell asleep with an honest sleep and let your body into the Bar for the sake of good, being a vigilant intercessor to everyone who calls you by faith, with your prayers, Nicholas.

Glory: Blessed be the Creator of heaven and earth, God the Almighty, the Father without beginning and all-powerful, and the Son before the age, the Word burped from the depths, Who is all that was, even about us, and the Holy Spirit proceed, Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.

And now, the Theotokos: I don’t reach the praise of thee with a twist of words according to the inheritance of Thee, I will increase the heavenly powers and the most honest creatures, God and the Creator who gave birth to the flesh. Pray for him, Mother of God, may have mercy on us on the day of judgment.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Okrin - a vessel, a bowl.

From the service for the transfer of relics, tone 4

Canon

Canto 1

Irmos: I will open my mouth, / and the Spirit will be filled, / and I will vomit a word to the Queen Mother, / and I will appear, triumphantly bright, / and I will sing, rejoicing, Toya miracles.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Good shepherd of Christ's flock, rejoice, Nicholas, / like a laity father is honest and a teacher, / and give me, rejoice to bring you.

Let us give birth to the earth, / rejoice in bringing to the saint, / for it brings joy to the universe in abundance.

Glory: To the one who delivered three governors from the murder of the unjust, we cry out to you: / Rejoice, Nicholas, intercessor for those who run under your roof.

And now: Virgin Mother of God, rejoice, / having received joy from an angel, / and save those who magnify you.

Canto 3

Irmos: Thy hymns, O Theotokos, / living and unenvious source, / affirm the face of Yourself spiritually combined, / in Your Divine glory / grant crowns of glory.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

No one run under the shelter of your hope, father, thinness comes from you, / but rejoice in bringing, he accepts help, Nicholas, / south and give me, all-blessed.

The angels marvel at your, reverend, warm intercession, / but the people rejoice, accepting deliverance from the misfortunes of demons by your prayers, / rejoice the same, we bring you, Nikolay praised.

Glory: A helmet, and you are an invincible weapon against the devil, / a Christian affirmation, and a fertilizer hierarch, Nicholas is wonderful; / Rejoice, great wonderworker, overwhelmed quiet haven.

And now: Thou hast conceived Thy Builder, O Theotokos, / has given birth to the Creator of all and the Lord, / pray that He will deliver us from adversity; / if you wish, you can do everything, / like a good Good Parent.

Lord, have mercy, three times.

Sedalen, tone 8.

Having ascended to the height of virtues / and Divine from there, father, illumined by the radiance of miracles, / truly bright appeared thou the world's shepherd, / we are invincible in this misfortune; / the same, having gloriously defeated the enemy, you drove away the lie / and you saved people from death, Nicholas, / pray to Christ God the remission of sins / to those who honor your holy memory with love.

Glory, another scald, the same voice: the river of healing, pouring out, / and the outskirts of the miraculous miraculous showing, Nikolai, the worlds of beads: / The soreness of the sides of the other protection. / For this reason we cry out to you: / pray to Christ the God of sins, to grant / to those who celebrate love your holy memory.

And now, the Theotokos: I am the Virgin and one in women, / You, who without a seed gave birth to God in the flesh, we appease everything, give birth to humanity: / the fire dwelled in You the Deities, / and like the Infant, give birth to the Creator and the Lord. / By that, Angelic and human race, we worthily glorify Thy Most Holy Nativity / and according to the cry of Thy: / pray to Christ God of sins to grant / to those who worship by faith Thy most holy Nativity.

Canto 4

Irmos: Sit in glory on the Throne of the Divine, / in the cloud it is lighter, / the Divine Jesus has come, / incorruptible hand, and those who call for salvation: / glory, Christ, to your power.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Equal-seen Apostle, rejoice, Nicholas, / like Aryan heresy you have put to shame, / and Belial's vacillations have put down by your prayers; / do not stop praying for your servants.

Thou didst save the young man from the hand of Amira of Sratsyn, / Thou didst grant joy to his parent, / to those with them and we rejoice, Reverend Nicholas.

Glory: Three governors from the murder of the unrighteous, miraculous, you saved, / appear in a dream to the pious king, and forbidding him, / and rejoice from them, you received, Nicholas, / and strengthen me with your prayers.

And now: Blessed Mother of God, rejoice, / for you are the King of all the throne, the highest of the cherubim, / do not stagnate, praying to Your Son and our God, / for those who honor You forever, with blessed Nicholas.

Canto 5

Irmos: Everyone was terrified / about Your Divine glory: / You, Unskilled Virgin, / had you in the womb over all God / and gave birth to the Birthless Son, / to all who sing Thee / giving peace.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

The names of the Apostles, / from the Angels to the Equal Rank of the Throne, the Lady of the Relentless, / Aria the maddened thou hast put to shame; / for this sake we cry out to you, Nicholas, rejoice, / fertilizer by the saint and a pillar of the church.

Give me a hand, Nicholas, help, praying to the Lord, / outside the sinful storm drowns me, / and lead me to a quiet haven of repentance, father, with your prayers.

Glory: And there are many lawless, Nicholas, / but I do not recede the hope of your protection, / always rejoice, bring; / you deliver me from all sorrow and misfortune, / if you want, you can do everything.

And now: Cloud above the heavens, rejoice, / digging a drop for us, the All-merciful Mother of God, / give from God to our people victory over the barbarians, / with Hierarch Nicholas Togo pray.

Canto 6

Irmos: This is divine and all-honorable / celebrating the feast, / God of Wisdom, Mother of God, / come, let us clap our hands, / we glorify God who was born from Nei.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Friend of Christ and the second Peter, thou hast appeared, father, rejoice, / as thou art the pillar of the church and miraculous organ, / work miracles with the Holy Spirit and rattle: / the same, Nicholas, rejoice we bring you always.

Having heard Constantine the pious king in a dream of your rebuke, with Avlavius ​​the eparch, / about the men of them who had unjustly perished, / soon commanded them to be released, / rejoice to you crying, Nicholas.

Glory: You, father, were the helmsman of the ship that was sinking in the sea, / and I am fiercely overwhelmed by the thoughts of demons, / give me a heart of good reason in my mind and in my heart, / like yes, always rejoice to bring you, Nicholas is most praised.

And now: Rejoice, Most Pure Virgin, / rejoice, affirmation of the world, / rejoice, for you have given birth to the Son, God of all, / pray to that, most immaculate Mother of God, / be saved to our souls.

Lord, have mercy, three times. Glory, and now:

Kontakion, tone 3.

In Mirech, holy, the clergyman appeared to you, / Christ, reverend, having fulfilled the Gospel, / laid down your soul about your people / and saved the innocent from death. / For this sake you were sanctified, / like a great secret place of God's grace.

Let us now sing the saint with songs, / a shepherd and teacher of the worldly people, / let us be enlightened by his prayers: / behold, I appear pure, incorruptible in spirit, / offering a sacrifice to Christ, blameless, pure, pleasing to God, / like a saint, and a soul cleansing the same true representative of the Church and champion of sowing, / as a great secretary of God's grace.

Canto 7

Irmos: Do not serve the creature of God-wisdom, / more than the Creator, / but the fiery rebuke is masculinely correct, / rejoice, singing: / venerable of the fathers, the Lord and God, bless you.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Saint Nicholas, Saint of Christ / Rejoice, for you are the unexpressed joy of all, / and give me a helping hand, and I say to you: / Rejoice, all-blessed.

When the governors heard the release from prison by your command, / taking up the priests brought you with candles, with a great crying voice: / Rejoice, reverend father, our deliverance.

Glory: Once you heard those bound in prison, / hear me, Nicholas, rejoice in offering you, / and save me from the fire of hell.

And now: Lady Mary, Mother of the Redeemer, / accept me, who repents and flees under Your roof, / as if not ceasing to cry to You: / Rejoice, Blessed Mother of God ever-virgin.

Canto 8

Irmos: The pious youths in the cave / The Nativity of the Theotokos saved is, / then it was formed, / now it is active, / lifts up the whole universe to sing to You: / Sing the deeds of the Lord / and exalt Him forever.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Companion of the Apostles, / from the Angels to the servant of the Holy Trinity, / Nicholas of praise, rejoice, / and grant me joy with your prayers.

Pilot of the overwhelmed, Nicolae, rejoice, / and the storm of my passions, even from the demonic attachment, calm down, / as I can’t stand anything else, but I cry out: / Rejoice, my helper and warm representative.

Glory: Oh, how much tightness will hold me back from demonic shootings, / and I can’t endure ulcers powerfully, / apply a plaster to carry a doctor, / but you put a plaster on me, and the oil of your prayers, Nicholas, let me call you: / rejoice, reverend father.

And now: Unburned bush, rejoice, / south of Moses the sight of Sinai, / and the ladder, south of Jacob the sight, / Blessed Virgin Mother of God.

Canto 9

Irmos: Let every earthly one / let him leap, enlighten us with the Spirit, / let the nature of the incorporeal minds triumph, / honoring the sacred triumph of the Mother of God, / and let it cry: / rejoice, O All-Blessed, / the Mother of God Pure Ever-Virgin.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Flattering shooting will overwhelm me, and sinful aspirations, / but hoping for your cover, I resort to you, father, / as if you were to marry all the flattery of the evil one from me, let me call you: / rejoice, Nicholas.

Thou hast put to shame the insane Aria, / thou hast quenched the flame of heresy, / thou hast heard the governors in the dungeon of the bound, / and from them rejoice thou didst, / and we cry to you, Nicholas: / rejoice, all-blessed.

Glory: Hearing Agrik onago, / and his son Vasily from Amira delighted, / and representing the parent of health in one hour from the srats, / and I pray to me, save my infirm soul, and the sins overlaid, / from the fire of hell, Nicholas.

And now: to the Queen, who gave birth to all the Tsar / and who carried the Bearer of all creation, / save me, magnifying Thee, Most Holy Lady.

Svetilen.

Let us praise the great archpastor and hierarch of all, / Nikolai, the chairman of Mirlikiysk: / save many men, let your property die unrighteously, / and appear to the king with Avlavius ​​in a dream, / decide an unjust judgment.

Glory: Lord glorify thee in miracles / and live and at the end, Hierarch Nicholas: / who, out of love of faith, only calls on your holy name and is not heard abye, / finds the warmth of your representative?

And now, the Theotokos: Hypostatic Wisdom, and the Substantial Word, / and the Physician of all Christ was born, Virgin, / healed the festering and ulcers of my soul, fierce and multi-temporal / and my heart, the passionate thoughts of death.

From Oktoikh, eight voices

Canon

In the canon in the holy father of our Nicholas the Wonderworker, his edge: To you, Nicholas, I will first wear out the singing of Az. Joseph's creation. Voice 1.

Canto 1
Irmos: Let us sing a song of victory to God, who has done wondrous miracles with a high muscle and saved Israel, as if glorified.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

We adorn the crowns with the righteous, and standing at the throne of grace, Nicholas, who is now crowning you with songs, save with your prayers.

Even the grace of receiving healings, all-blessed Nicholas, heal my ulcers with your prayers and deliver me to those who find temptations, I pray.

Glory: With your strong prayer to Nicholas, heal my all-relaxed soul with sins and save me the lives of the evil ones, I pray.

And now, the Theotokos: Darkness of my mind, All-blameless, deliver me with the light of Thy light and eternal darkness, as if I always sing of Thy greatness.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 3

Irmos: May my heart be established in Thy will, Christ God, Who above the waters establishes the second heaven and founded the earth on the waters, Omnipotent.

Fertilizer of the high priests, the fragrance of the Divine Spirit, with your worldly prayers of the evil-smelling passion of my heart, Nicholas wise, love, I pray.

In laziness I end my life accursed and I am afraid of Your terrible judgment, Christ, do not disgrace me on it, Nicholas was implored by the sacred intercession.

Glory: Full of Divine grace, Father Saint Nicholas, from various temptations and troubles, save those who run to your shelter forever, all-blessed.

And now, the Theotokos: Deliver me from all misfortunes, and from many temptations of serpents, and from eternal fire and darkness, O All-blameless One, Even the light that gave birth to us non-evening.

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.)

(If an akathist is read from the 6th ode, then we read the kontakion and ikos before the sedals.)

Sedalen, voice 1

In Mirech, you are sensually alive, to the saint, as if you were spiritually anointed with a rational world, Father Nicholas, and thou didst fragrant the worlds of your miracles, shedding the ever-flowing world, with your peaceful fragrant songs and your memory.

Glory, and now, the Theotokos

The prophets of Thee clearly proclaim, Otrokovitsa, the Mother of God, and the apostles of the Divine in the world preach, and we believe. All the same, all, piously reverently, we sing to Thee and the Mother of God we truly call.

Canto 4

Irmos: Foreseeing by the Spirit, the prophet Habakkuk, the Word incarnation, thou preached, crying out: always come near in the summer, you will know; whenever you have time, show yourself. Glory to Your power, Lord.

As an executor of all the commands of God, Father Saint Nicholas, hasten to keep us with your prayers, even on the land of the law, leading to salvation, and deliver all the misfortunes of those who find it.

Having finished your course reverendly in Christ, correct our paths, even to Him, the God-bearing Father Nicholas, as if we had fled the pathless wandering, we will reach salvation.

Glory: Even though all the intrigues of the enemy, having fallen asleep with Divine vigor, Nicholas the Wise, vigilant and singing God and offering you an intercessor to Him, bless us all.

And now, the Theotokos: Having understood the prophet by the Spirit of God, having written the mountain of Thee with autumn, Pure, melting in the heat of many transgressions of Thy favorable intercessions, Mother of God, now coolness and grace.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 5

Irmos: Shine on us the light of the eternal light, morning on the fate of your commandments, Lord Lover of mankind, Christ our God.

It was planted in the courts of the Lord, Saint Father Nicholas, and like a fruitful olive tree, now with grace you anoint all faces with the oil of your labors.

Now make a prayer, Father Nicholas, for your servants, so that we will accept the remission of sins and get rid of obsessed sorrow and all sorts of tightness.

Glory: we pray to you Nicholas, a good intercessor to the Lord: do not leave us, holy, without intercession, but save us with your usual prayer.

And now, the Theotokos: Light-like temple of Christ, Otrokovitsa God of grace, by your prayers, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Spirit, and create temples for us, reverend contributors.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 6

Irmos: Imitating the prophet Jonah, I cry out: my belly, Blessed, free me from aphids and save me, Savior of the world, calling: glory to Thee.

Have a lot of bounty, Christ, take away a lot of my evils with the prayers of Nicholas, nourishing my life, which is constantly overwhelmed by waves of sin.

Thou hast trampled down the enemy firmly, wiser, crush him and strengthen us with your prayers, Nicholas, who have enriched yourself with the Divine intercessor.

Glory: Even if the true primate was a layman, fragrant our feelings of the soul, Father Nicholas, and drive away the evil-smelling passions that are hostile to us.

And now, the Theotokos: Majesty to Thee, Pure, create Christ, pray for Him to always magnify in us the rich of His mercy, God-blessed.

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, and now.

Kontakion, tone 3

In Mirech, holy, the clergyman appeared to you, Christ's, reverend, having fulfilled the Gospel, laid down your soul about your people and saved the innocent from death. For this sake, you were sanctified, like a great secret place of God's grace.

Now let us praise the saint with songs, a pastor and teacher of the worldly people, and let us be enlightened by his prayers: behold, appearing all clean, incorruptible in spirit, offering Christ an immaculate, pure, favorable sacrifice to God, like a saint, cleansed both in soul and body, the same true representative of the Church and champion of sowing, like a great secretary of God's grace.

(If an akathist is read, then the kontakion and ikos are read according to the 3rd ode, before the sedals.)

Canto 7

Irmos: I will not touch Thy servants in the cave, Savior, below the cold is fire. Then three, as if with one mouth, I will sing and bless, saying: blessed is the God of our fathers.

By your zealous prayer, wise, strengthen my heart, the eye is known on the stone of God's most bright commandments, saving without fail, Nicholas, from the insidious wickedness of the evil enemy.

Ask us for permission to many sins, worldly and needy nets and all kinds of temptations that find, sacred to Nicholas, all the faithful intercessors and saints foundation.

Glory: Even the hidden slave is a crafty talent, I am also in doing well, and I am afraid of the judgment there, on it, Judge God of all, do not judge me, prayers for the sake of St. Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: To You, All-Holy, Most Pure, Your servants always, day and night, we pray with a contrite thought, asking for the deliverance of our sins to give Your prayers, Pure.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 8

Irmos: Angels and all the hosts are horrified of him, as the Creator and Lord, sing, priests, glorify, children, bless, people, and exalt forever.

On the mountain standing Divine virtues, the end of knowing the miracles of the high, Nicholas, appeared to be evidence. Wherefore, every tongue honors thee forever and ever.

Having tasted, reverend, Divine sweets, you hated the bitterness of passions and sweets. Deliver us from them, praying for Christ to quench the rising troubles.

Glory: As a pillar is unshakable and the affirmation of the faithful, forever shaken by worldly malice and demonic inspiration, strengthen, all-blessed Nicholas, with your prayers.

And now, the Theotokos: Heal, Most Pure, the passions of my heart, who gave birth to all the Physician, and the righteous part of me, a communicant, Virgin, beseeching Christ.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 9

Irmos: A luminous cloud, in the same time all the Lord, like rain from heaven on a fleece, down and incarnate for us, being a Man, Beginningless, we magnify everything like the Mother of our God is pure.

Like a saint of Christ, like a radiant star, like miracles of self-acting, like a source of healing, like a helper in sorrow, like a savior who calls you in trouble, Father, we praise with sacred songs.

Thee great shepherd and imitator in everything of the initial Shepherd of Christ, we diligently pray, Nicholas: save your servant from the heights of the sacred and always deliver from all worldly misfortunes.

Glory: The end is already approaching, what are you being lazy about, my soul; Why don’t you try to God pleasingly live; rush and arise other things and cries: Lover of mankind, have mercy on me, Nicholas with prayers nourishing my life, as if it is Good.

And now, the Theotokos: Even the Light that gave birth to the Divine, darkened by all the accusations of the evil one, and living in despondency, and angering God, enlighten, All-blameless, and instruct to good deeds, as the guilt of all the good ones.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

This refrain is repeated before the first two (or three, if there is a third) troparia of the canons to St. Nicholas, in each song.

Canon

Tone 2 (Canons of Oktoech, eight voices)

Canto 1

Irmos: Come, people, let us sing a song to Christ God, who parted the sea, and who instructed the people, even having brought them out of the work of Egypt, as if glorified.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

When the Divine throne of grace is coming, Nicholas, grace and mercy to grant you pray to your servant calling by faith.

On earth, God is a great representative of God to those who are in need; the same, appear in the nights and days, keeping me from the temptation of the fighter.

Glory: Like a day star, having taken you away, with your luminous rays of darkness, let me get rid of temptations, and troubles, and all sin, Father Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: Deliver me bodily illnesses, and heal the unknown scabs of my soul, and save me from the eternal fire, the one God-gracious.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 3

Irmos: Establish us in Thee, O Lord, with a tree that mortifies sin, and plant Thy fear in the hearts of us who sing Thee.

This source of healing, holy, heal my soul of passion and keep my life, keeping me harmless, your servant.

Mind correcting my victory, save me from the harm of the visible and invisible those who fight me, as my representative, the great Nicholas.

Glory: Even the one Good One has given you the blessings of an intercessor by a man, blessedly, for this sake I pray to you: free me from all evils.

And now, the Theotokos: My fortress and joy and joy, and a solid wall and intercessor, You are all-blameless, delivering me from temptations and troubles.

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.)

(If an akathist is read from the 6th ode, then we read the kontakion and ikos before the sedals.)

Sedalen, tone 2

With the rays of miracles, Nicolae, enlighten the whole sunflower, and resolve the darkness of sorrows, and drive away the invasion of troubles, the warmest representative.

Glory, and now, the Theotokos

Unsophisticated, pure, holy Theotokos, without a bride, Thy Son, Whom more than nature gave birth to the flesh, from the apostles, pray forgiveness of sins, and correction of life, and change of passions to grant to all who sing Thee.

Canto 4

Irmos: I sing thee, hearing bo, Lord, heard and was horrified: before me you go, looking for me, the erring one. That much is Your condescension, a hedgehog on me, I glorify, Many-merciful.

Having decorated the throne with virtues, Nicholas, the decoration appeared to be an honest saint. The same I pray: adorn the absurdity of my soul and save me from worldly temptations.

The path that leads there, corner me, blessed; lighten me from the waves of life and raise me to the haven of life, Nicholas, from you, the representative of the great, enriched.

Glory: The word of the Divine to the listener, having heard my verbs, deliver me from demonic temptations, and lawless husbands, and all kinds of situations that find, great Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: Holy Mother of God, Lady, in the nights and in the days sanctify me, and save, and instruct to salvation, falling down with many sins, lay down demonic.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 5

Irmos: Giver of Light and Creator of the ages, Lord, in the light of Your commandments, instruct us: unless we know another God for You.

To the executor of the law of God, pray to the good God, observe the laws of God, and save the lawless enemy from me, and demonic harm, all-blessed Nicholas.

As if from ancient times, holy, delivering the young men three, save me from all sin with your prayers to God, God-wise Nicholas.

Glory to the Priest of Christ, the sinner's lieutenant, the great miracle worker, the benefactor, pray to God, may he not shame me at the hour of judgment.

And now, the Theotokos: The Mother of God is pure, possessed by me of many passions, as if good, having presented, deliver from these; like yes I sing to Thee with my soul and heart and tongue, we are saved.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 6

Irmos: Lying in the sinful abyss, I call upon the abyss that is not traced by Your mercy: from aphids, O God, raise me up.

Even being a layman, the first altar, Nicholas, and fragrant with the faithful composition of your good deeds; Deliver me from evil sins.

Having acquired the lightest of the sun, father, heart, enlighten me all, driving away darkness from temptations and sorrows, Nicholas.

Glory: Deliver me from all crampedness, as if having mercy, Nicolae, strengthen me in a close walk along the path to the Lord.

And now, the Theotokos: At all times I call on You, Most Pure One, that I may find You an assistant, who takes me away from all bitterness and terrible torment.

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, and now.

Kontakion, tone 3

In Mirech, holy, the clergyman appeared to you, Christ's, reverend, having fulfilled the Gospel, laid down your soul about your people and saved the innocent from death. For this sake, you were sanctified, like a great secret place of God's grace.

Now let us praise the saint with songs, a pastor and teacher of the worldly people, and let us be enlightened by his prayers: behold, appearing all clean, incorruptible in spirit, offering Christ an immaculate, pure, favorable sacrifice to God, like a saint, cleansed both in soul and body, the same true representative of the Church and champion of sowing, like a great secretary of God's grace.

(If an akathist is read, then the kontakion and ikos are read according to the 3rd song, before the sedals)

Canto 7

Irmos: We serve the golden image, we serve in the field of Deira, three of Your children are negligent of the godless command, in the midst of the fire they are thrown, we irrigate, I sing: blessed be Thou, God our father.

I will mix with the fire of temptations for every day, Father Nicholas, in the middle of the nets I pass by, like a bird, under your generous cover I flow: save me harmless, praying God and the Lord.

Having heard my words hastily, Father Nicholas, trying to come to my aid, overwhelmed by sorrows, and the needs of life, and demonic anger: yes, we are saved, I sing your intercession.

Glory: Even of old, appear in a dream to the king, the innocent, those who have, to die, delivering, deliver the misfortunes of those who always find me, and the ailment of bodily and mental illnesses, Father Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: You alone, Most Pure, I have an assistant, I will write to you all the life of the guardian, do not despise me, your servant, the only representative of the world, but save me, singing: blessed be the God of our fathers.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 8

Irmos: In the fiery furnace to the youth of the Jewish descended and the flame into the dew of God, sing, deeds, like the Lord, and exalt forever.

Knit and decide to accept power from God, Father the Wise Nicholas, resolve my evils with your prayers and tie the Divine love to me incarnate in the desire of the Lord.

By your Divine visitation in days and nights, visit me, angling the path of my humble soul, and keep me, Saint Nicholas, not wounded by those who find the evil temptation.

Give my hand to God's help, Nicholas, and save the aspirations from the fierce enemy, even though the youth sometimes delivered bitter death, let me honor you as a good representative.

Glory: When you sit down, O God, on the terrible throne to judge the world, do not enter into judgment with your servant, but vouchsafe the parts of those who are being saved, with the prayers of Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: More than nature, Thy Nativity, the Mother of God, have exalted us, belittled by the great innumerable evil ones. We also pray to Thee, Most Pure One: magnify Your rich mercy in us.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 9

Irmos: From the God of God the Word, who came with inexpressible wisdom to renew Adam, eating into decay the fallen fiercely, from the Holy Virgin who inexpressibly incarnated for us, faithfully, we magnify with songs of the same wisdom.

The priesthood rule and meekness are the image of thee, Nicholas the Wise; tame the storm that rises on me all the days of passions and troubles with your prayers and keep me intact, most holy father.

Like the most sacred vessel of the Divine peace, which has mercifully poured out on the earth, make our hearts fragrant, being a layman, wise, high hierarch, driving away the temptations of the stench with your prayers.

You console my soul, father, invisibly embittered by the multitude; you are immeasurable, tame temptation, even the flattering one will move us day and night, as if my good representative is Nicholas.

Glory: The terrible Lord's day is approaching at the door, what do you do, about the soul, there are many sins; Strive before the end and cry diligently to the Lord: through the prayers of Nicholas, Thy saint, save me.

And now, the Theotokos: Have mercy on me, Lord, have mercy, whenever you want to judge, and do not condemn me into fire, rebuke me with Thy fury, prays Thee, the Virgin who gave birth to Thee, Christ, and the apostle of the multitude, and the glorious Nicholas.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

This refrain is repeated before the first two (or three, if there is a third) troparia of the canons to St. Nicholas, in each song.

Canon

Tone 3 (Canons of Oktoech, eight voices)
Canto 1
Irmos: Let's sing to the Lord, who did wondrous miracles in the Red Sea: Pontom for the enemy is covered and the salvation of Israel. Let us sing to the One, as if you were glorified.
Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

The most luminous lamp of the inextinguishable, on the earth of the existing pillar and calling to the Divine haven, even drowning with the waves of life, let us all honor Nicholas and appease with love.

By the power of God, all-blessed, strengthened, you have acquired the zeal of piety according to reason. Thou hast delivered those who want to die unrighteously. For this sake we pray: save us from all unrighteous anger, Nicolae.

Glory: The prayers of the Lord, Father, bring you without reservation, as if it were sins, and the flame of eternal torment, and misfortunes, and sorrows will deliver us, as the only Good One.

And now, the Theotokos: the Divine Ark, which already contained the Lawgiver, our iniquity, who takes away all the unspeakable abysses for the sake of Divine mercy, let us sing Mary the Most Pure according to.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 3

Irmos: Barren soul and childless, acquire a blessed fruit, rejoice, cry out: affirmed by Thee, God, there is no saint, there is no righteous, more than You, Lord.

A refined spiritual sword appeared to you, wiser, crafty tares of heretical sowing and virtues of the path of salvation to the faithful, Father Nicholas.

To you, the source, exuding streams of healing, we pray, holy: the filthy passions of all of us are washed by your prayers, delivering troubles and sorrows.

Glory: With your strong prayers, overthrowing the enemy, and now strengthen our feeble thoughts with passionate prayers, invoking your holy prayers, Father Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: The mind cannot understand, even more than the mind, the birth of Your miraculous Nativity, the Mother of God, all-blameless, the same I pray to Thee: bless my mind, glorify Thee forever.
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.)

(If an akathist is read from the 6th ode, then we read the kontakion and ikos before the sedals.)

Sedalen, voice 3

To you, the preacher of the truth and the most bright lamp of the world, we praise, sing, Nicholas, and cry out, praying with faith: as if innocent from death, thou didst steal away from death, so, holy, and us from troubles, and sorrows, and deliver every fierce bitterness.

Glory, and now, the Theotokos

Revive my mortified soul with many sins, O all-blameless Lady, as if you have motherly boldness towards your Son, you alone gave birth to more than mind and meaning, the Word of origin to the Father and the Spirit, life and incorruption to the world bestowing eternal and great mercy.

Canto 4

Irmos: The shaded Mount Avvakum is clearer, Your most pure womb, Pure. Those cry out: God and the Holy One will come from the south from the mountain of autumn thickets.

Every faithful intercessor to God always, Nicholas, offers thee. The same we pray: from the misfortunes of the fierce and the falls of sin, deliver us, father.

I live water in their hearts, the grace of the Lord, irrigate ever, wiser, with the heat of sorrows and the dryness of the sins of those who are in need, those who are cursed to perish, all-blessed.

Glory: Even thou hast sometimes delivered, led to death unrighteously, all-blessed, now save us from people of pernicious stupor and from all kinds of demonic flattery.

And now, the Theotokos: Having incarnated the Word, with a multitude of goodness, you inexpressibly gave birth. Pray for that, Most Pure, carnal passions and filth, deliver everyone, and all the needy of life.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 5

Irmos: With Your non-evening Light Christ, illumine, O God, my humble soul and instruct me in Your fear, beyond the light of Your commandment.

We are enlightened by the pure light coming from there and from there by the ever-coming dawns, Father, ask for cleansing and peace for everyone.

Less than all people, having angered you with an unreasonable mind, Preblagiy, have mercy on Nicholas with warm prayers.

Glory: In despondency, depending on my life, I pray to you, Father Nicholas, raise my defiled thought to repentance.

And now, the Theotokos: As one is the Joy of the God-rejoicing Angels, fill my thought with joy, lamenting and immersed in laziness.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 6

Irmos: The depth of passions rose up on me and a storm of contrary winds, but, having preceded me, save me, Savior, and deliver me from aphids, as if you had saved the prophet from the beast.

Having killed by abstinence, you have acquired an ageless life. Make even us fellows with your prayers, wiser, the avoidance of evil sin.

With the sail of your sacred prayers, deliver us the abyss of manifold misfortunes and sinful depths, leading us to the shelter of the stomach, wise saint.

Glory: Having decorated the throne of Myrlik, thou art the beauty of the high priest; but with your prayers from worldly misfortunes, save us unharmed, saint.

And now, the Theotokos: The Word that has settled in Your womb, the Mother is pure, the aphids that have inhabited people from the crime of old, like God is one, have expelled it, for the mercy of mercy.

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, and now.

Kontakion, tone 3

In Mirech, holy, the clergyman appeared to you, Christ's, reverend, having fulfilled the Gospel, laid down your soul about your people and saved the innocent from death. For this sake, you were sanctified, like a great secret place of God's grace.

Now let us praise the saint with songs, a pastor and teacher of the worldly people, and let us be enlightened by his prayers: behold, appearing all clean, incorruptible in spirit, offering Christ an immaculate, pure, favorable sacrifice to God, like a saint, cleansed both in soul and body, the same true representative of the Church and champion of sowing, like a great secretary of God's grace.

(If an akathist is read, then the kontakion and ikos are read according to the 3rd ode, before the sedals.)

Canto 7

Irmos: Three youths in the cave, foreshadowing the Trinity, asking for a fiery ban and, singing, crying out: blessed be Thou, God of our fathers.

The people of the insane Arius, ruining the ancients of the Lord, strangled you with the veins of your words, like the initial shepherd is true, Father Nicholas.

Holyly passed thy most holy life, live with the saints, Father Nicholas, sending sanctity and enlightenment piously to those who are blessed.

Glory: As if you are ready to be a deliverer, as if we call on the warmth of an intercessor, Father Nicholas, deliver us from passions and unforeseen misfortunes that are upon us.

And now, the Theotokos: Enlighten me, who has darkened my soul with negligence, O Pure One, Who has given birth to Light, a lamp that burns my heart, as if with good zeal I glorify Thee.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 8

Irmos: Angels silently in the highest glorious God, the heavens of heaven, the earth, and the mountains, and the hills, and the depth, and the whole human race, with the songs of Him, as the Creator and Redeemer, bless and exalt for all ages.

Thou hast inherited the land of the meek, meek, reverend, former. I also pray to you faithfully: tame with your prayers the perpetually crafty anxiety that is assailing me.

As if you saved the governors, even those who want to die unrighteously, so deliver us from the evil people of anger and from every demonic slander, Nicholas, praying to the Savior.

Glory: Thou hast shown the path of a right and saving man, instruct us in a worthless life, in the life of the transient, Nicholas, with your prayers, as if we would go into the animal gate.

And now, the Theotokos: My strength and singing is, Even from Thee be born, Most Pure One, pray diligently to Him, Virgin, strengthen me with passions, and do His saving commands.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 9

Irmos: On Mount Sinaiste, thee was seen in the bush Moses, the fire of the Deity conceived in the womb; Daniel saw thee as a mountain without insects; a vegetative rod, Isaiah crying out, from the root of David.

Like a Divine protection, and affirmation, and a good refuge, the earthly world has acquired you: for your intercessions, we are ever freed from all temptation and tightness, Father Nicholas. In the same way, in praise, we faithfully appease thee.

Being oppressed by many circumstances, I resort to space, all-blessed, of your warm prayers; transform the soul of my illness, cry out to you, tame the waves of despair and die my mind's embarrassment.

Glory: The Creator will come to judge the whole earth, and, unprepared, accursed, I am all afraid, thinking of my many evils. Long-suffering Lord, have mercy and save me with the Divine prayers of Nicholas, Thy reverend.

And now, the Theotokos: Thou hast appeared my saving Enlightenment, giving birth to the Light, dispersing the clouds of my soul, gloomy and fierce; as if a son in the day, I will be your prayers, doing reverend, as if in hymnology, reverend, I bless Thee.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

This refrain is repeated before the first two (or three, if there is a third) troparia of the canons to St. Nicholas, in each song.

Canon

Tone 4 (Canons of the Octoechos, eight tones)
Canto 1

Irmos: Strong Tristats, Born of the Virgin, impassibility in the depths of the soul, drown the tripartite, I pray, that I will sing victorious singing to You, as if in a tympanum, in the mortification of the body.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Having inherited a carefree life, blessed, and fulfilling spiritual joys incessantly, otzheniya all sorrow, I pray, from my soul, as if, rejoicing, I glorify you, most sacred Father Nicholas.

Thou hast been placed on the high priestess of the virtues, like a lamp enlightening the hearts of the faithful, to St. Nicholas. By the same faith, I pray to you: with your light-bearing prayers, my soul, cast away the darkness.

Glory: The life of the perishable is now an abyss, father, we fill various temptations, wise, resorting to you, crying: let me find the helmsman, turning the storm into silence, with your Divine prayers.

And now, the Theotokos: Unsleeping, Pure, having a prayer, make our spiritual passions sleep with Your sacred intercessions, Divine and saving, giving courage to fulfill God's desires.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 3

Irmos: We do not boast in wisdom, and strength, and wealth, but in You, the Father's hypostatic Wisdom, Christ, there is no more holy, more than You, Lover of mankind.

Thou hast appeared as a weapon, slaying the fighting enemies, keep their temptations for us harmless, Nicholas, who fulfill the Divine desire.

The contrition of my soul, saint, heal, crushing the enemies of intrigue and trapping, yes, as my representative, I honor you by faith.

Glory: Ruining Artemis, soulless temple, the mind of my passionate dream, consume your Divine intercessions, Father Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: Thou intercessor, Blessed Virgin, with a banner, turn our sorrow into joy and deliver sorrow, giving birth to death.

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.)

(If an akathist is read from the 6th ode, then we read the kontakion and ikos before the sedals.)

Sedalen, tone 4

Preliminary soon, Father Nicholas, and save your servants from troubles and sorrows that find us, pray to the Creator and God with boldness. Come, then, soon to those who call upon you by faith, now granting your intercession and protection.

Glory, and now, the Theotokos

For thou art the highest of all creations, to sing of Thee with dignity, bewildering, Mother of God, Tune, we pray to Thee, have mercy on us.

Canto 4

Irmos: Sit in glory on the throne of the Divine in a cloud of lightness, the Most Divine Jesus came with an incorruptible hand and call for salvation: glory, Christ, to Your power.

Your glorious life is everywhere glorious for the show, divine miracles, and enlightened by the saint adornment, praise to all who honor you, Nicholas, with joyful songs.

On the high throne, blessed, thou hast praised God, shrouded in humility with Divine lordships, for them to be partakers of us with your favorable prayers, father wise.

Unjustly led to death, thou hast delivered with Divine jealousy, Father, we are inflamed sacredly. We also cry out to you: so deliver us from the misfortunes that kill my fierce heart.

Glory: Bypassing Heaven, Nicholas, joyfully, invisibly, father, stand by all those who call on you, relieving the ailments of our souls and bestowing consolation divinely.

And now, the Theotokos: The hosts of the angels are horrified, Most Pure, glorifying the majesty of Your Divine Nativity; pray with them, Virgo, all be saved, with pure faith blessed by you.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 5

Irmos: The ungodly will not see Your glory, Christ, but we are Thee, the Only Begotten, the Father's glory, the radiance of the Godhead, from the morning morning, we sing of Thee, Lover of mankind.

Thou hast entered, like the sun, dead, father wise, and thou hast shone in Christ with the luminous radiance of thy miracles, illuminating the whole sunflower, Nicholas.

Holy Nicholas, hear us in the days of bringing temptations and sorrows, driving away all tightness with the grace of the living Spirit in you.

Glory: I call upon my soul, crushed by the passions of life, to help you, holy Nicholas, rush and give me perfect healing, begging Preblagago.

And now, the Theotokos: Clever eyes, Virgin, in vain You Isaiah, cries out: behold, the Lord Jesus wants to be born from the Virgin of the Mother of God, rebirth into men again.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 6

Irmos: I came into the depths of the sea, and drowned me there is a storm of many sins, but, like God, raise my belly from the depths, O Many-merciful.

Thou hast been strengthened by the fortress of the Savior, you are able, God-wise, to destroy the invisible enemy, save us from his fierce harm with your prayers, Father Nicholas.

The torment in Gehenna, from the crafty people of the most harmful stinging, deliver us with your sacred prayers, glorious Nicholas.

Glory: Even of old, the unrighteously possessing voivodes died, having saved your intercessions; like those, and us, seek out all harm, wonderful.

And now, the Theotokos: Your people and the city pray to Thee, Mother of God: deliver us from all needs and there, all-holy Lady, eternal condemnation.

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, and now.

Kontakion, tone 3

In Mirech, holy, the clergyman appeared to you, Christ's, reverend, having fulfilled the Gospel, laid down your soul about your people and saved the innocent from death. For this sake, you were sanctified, like a great secret place of God's grace.

Now let us praise the saint with songs, a pastor and teacher of the worldly people, and let us be enlightened by his prayers: behold, appearing all pure, incorruptible in spirit, offering Christ an immaculate sacrifice, pure to God, favorable, like a saint, cleansed both in soul and body, the same true representative and champion of the Church sowing, like a great secret place of God's grace.

(If an akathist is read, then the kontakion and ikos are read according to the 3rd ode, before the sedals.)

Canto 7

Irmos: Three young men in Babylon, the commandment of the tormenting riot was changed, in the midst of the flames crying out: blessed be Thou, Lord, God of our fathers.

Saint Nicholas, in the saints of the one and only Creator of the resting prayer, sanctify us and send down His rich mercy on us.

Reverend, right and meek, having been quiet and humble, glorious, thou hast taken to the height of the most glorious priesthood, performing miracles and signs.

Glory: Observance of the laws of God, reverend, Thou hast appeared to God's purest temple. The same cry to you, all-blessed: deliver your servants from all iniquity.

And now, the Theotokos: Have time for the uprising of the passions of my soul, give me cheerfulness by Your invigorating prayer, Otrokovitsa, driving away despondency and drowsiness far away.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 8

Irmos: Redeemer of all, Omnipotent, in the midst of the flame of the blessed, descended, watered thou, and taught thou to sing: all things, bless, sing to the Lord.

Vetiystvoya Divine, Nicholas, the lawless, unshuttered mouth clearly blocked you and from the destruction of Arius many delivered you, singing Orthodox: Sing to the Lord and exalt Him forever.

Whoever names victories, holy, show us the winners, with your prayers, passion that gives birth to death, and the lawless people of the tongue are flattering, faithfully praying to you.

Please send us your saving help, beg, miracle worker Nicholas, on the day of need, outside of you, begging by faith, we pray.

Glory, Trinity: In Orthodox faith, let us worship the Holy Trinity, glorifying the Father, and the Son, and the All-Holy Spirit, crying out: bless, praise the Lord and exalt Him forever.

And now, the Theotokos: vouchsafe me Thy mercy, give birth to the most merciful Word, Blessed All-Pure, at the hour of judgment, appear, and deliver me there, Pure, condemnation.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 9

Irmos: Eve, with the disease of disobedience, instilled an oath, You, Virgin Mother of God, with the growth of the womb of the world, blessed you flourished. By this we all magnify.

Performing healings forever, your coffin of the fragrance of the world, reverend, exudes faith and love to those who approach, Nicholas, burying ailments. We please you all the same.

Like the sun illuminates the whole, Nicholas blessed, sunflower, Divine miracles shine the darkness of fierce circumstances, driving away your sacred intercessions, bishops fertilizer.

Usually, we are generous, Nicolae, with worldly circumstances and demonic charms, but crafty people are always overwhelmed by tempted fierceness, as if we appease everyone.

Glory: Remember the terrible day and hour, O my soul, whenever the Lord wants to bring you to court and judge your secret deeds, and cry out to Him: Save me, save Nicholas with prayers.

And now, the Theotokos: We joyfully bring the voice of the Divine Gabriel to you and cry out: Rejoice, paradise, which always has an animal tree in the midst, glorious words of the chamber, rejoice, all-blameless Virgin.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

This refrain is repeated before the first two (or three, if there is a third) troparia of the canons to St. Nicholas, in each song.

Canon

Tone 5 (Canons of the Octoechos, eight tones)
Canto 1

Irmos: The horse and the rider in the Black Sea, crushing the battle with a high muscle, Christ shook, but save Israel, singing a victorious song.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

By faith and love, father, appropriating God, the all-holy One fulfilled your desires, You were holy to Him in everything, Saint Nicholas the Wise.

Having thee an intercessor to the Generous, even obsession with misfortunes and sorrows, we resort to you: grant the hand that saves us from all crampedness.

Glory: Christ has anointed thee as a laity of the saint, fragrant with the incense of miracles. We also pray thee, Nicholas, deliver us the stench of sin.

And now, the Theotokos: The ancient prophetic Tilik pronounces the Divine Mountain, the Virgin, and the impenetrable door. The same we pray to Thee: repentance of the Divine door, Otrokovitsa, open to us.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 3

Irmos: Having planted the earth on nothing by Your command and hanging the stone of Your commandments, uncontrollably gravitating on the immovable, Christ, affirm Your Church, the only Good and Humane.

You have dulled the arrows of the evil one, reverend, by the opposition of your Divine labors. But with your prayers, wiser, from that villainy and violence, keep those who sing to you intact, great Nicolae.

Having shown the life of an angel on earth, now from the angels you are ever standing before the throne of the Trinity, sacredly, asking permission for our sins and misfortunes, Father, High Hierarch Nicholas.

Glory: My mind is darkened by all, Nicolae, with your luminous prayers, calm the storm of passions, guide me, father, to a dispassionate haven, I pray, as if in praise I glorify you.

And now, the Theotokos: Standing at the right hand of Christ, like a Queen, robes of gold, God-pleased, a robe truly, we have the Kingdom of Heaven with Your prayers, O Lady, issue, All-blameless.

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.)

(If an akathist is read from the 6th ode, then we read the kontakion and ikos before the sedals.)

Sedalen, tone 5

Let us praise the wise hierarch, as if he is warm in troubles and sorrows from God, a helper and protector, all Nicholas, faithful, God-bearing piously: he prays to the Lord with faith who creates and sings his Divine memory.

Glory, and now, the Theotokos

Thee, a haven, and a wall, and a refuge, and hope, and protection, and a warm intercession, having gained faithfulness, we flow to Thee, and we cry out diligently, and call faithfully: have mercy, Mother of God, who trust in Thee, and deliver from sins.

Canto 4

Irmos: Your divine understanding of exhaustion is perspicacious, Habakkuk, Christ, with trembling crying out to You: in the salvation of Your people to save Your anointed ones came.

Thou hast changed the future, their communicants and create us with your holy prayers, Nicholas, and delivering the temptations of everyone of this world.

Having been a laity, Nicolae, all the feelings of my heart are fragrant with the world, holy, and always drive away evil-smelling passions from this with your prayers.

Glory: Crush the enemy's intrigues, visible and invisible, Nicolae, our enemies always fighting us in endless destruction.

And now, the Theotokos: Holy Mother of God, help me, drown the bodily sweetness and on the bed of despondency I always lie down and groan.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 5

Irmos: Clothe yourself with light, like a robe, to You in the morning and I call to You: enlighten my darkened soul, Christ, as the only Merciful.

You crushed the idols, holy, and you showed the councils of the idle heretics, Nicholas, and you delivered the led ones to death.

Maturing to the Lord from childhood, reverend, and there, with the presence of light, the whole was enlightened. I also pray: unleash the clouds of my soul.

Glory: We pray to you, Father Nicholas, at this hour in the midst, wake up all those who call on you and even grant us petitions for salvation.

And now, the Theotokos: Incomprehensible by the mind, God-blessed, holding Thee, having been a carpenter, welcome people, delivering from obsessive sorrows.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 6

Irmos: Raging soulful storm, Lord Christ, tame the sea of ​​​​passions, and raise me up from aphids, as if you are Merciful.

Graciously make the Lord with your prayers to all who honor you, Nicholas, as if he would grant permission for our sins.

Deliver the disease and the temptation of life, the misfortunes and sorrows, Nicholas, who acquired the prayer book to the Lord.

Glory: The Lord of Christ is graceful for the doctor. Heal the same ailments, piously approaching you, Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: The parent of the unmarried, Bogomati was thou, Pure. For this sake, by faith, I pray to Thee: unleash my despondency.

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, and now.

Kontakion, tone 3

In Mirech, holy, the clergyman appeared to you, Christ's, reverend, having fulfilled the Gospel, laid down your soul about your people and saved the innocent from death. For this sake, you were sanctified, like a great secret place of God's grace.

Now let us praise the saint with songs, a pastor and teacher of the worldly people, and let us be enlightened by his prayers: behold, appearing all clean, incorruptible in spirit, offering Christ an immaculate, pure, favorable sacrifice to God, like a saint, cleansed both in soul and body, the same true representative of the Church and champion of sowing, like a great secretary of God's grace.

(If an akathist is read, then the kontakion and ikos are read according to the 3rd ode, before the sedals.)

Canto 7

Irmos: Exalted by the fathers, the Lord extinguish the flame, the youths of the irrigation, according to the singing: God, blessed be thou.

Having entrusted everything to God, Nicholas, save me all, with worldly passions always falling down, god-wise.

The most divine light of my mind, illumine the passions with darkness, ever darkened, and let us walk gracefully in life.

Glory: Every wicked mouth that is opened on me, Nicholas, with your prayers, block and deliver me the visible enemy and the invisible.

And now, the Theotokos: From Thee the non-evening Sun rises to us, the all-bright cloud, Christ our God, enlightening even in the darkness of ignorance, the Mother of God.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 8

Irmos: To you, Omnipotent, in the cave, the children, the world's face is gossip, I say: every deed, sing to the Lord and exalt for all ages.

In Mirech, the primate, having been a great soul of my, Nicholas, make the senses of the world fragrant, as if I would escape the passions of stench and receive the grace of the Comforter.

Thou, wisest, set thy holy tongue with jets, jets of Aryan blasphemy. I also cry out to you: dry up the currents of my passions with your prayers, Nicholas all-blessed.

Deliver us of sins with your prayers, demonic anger, pagan captivity and all people of the most evil evil harm, but we praise you, as our deliverer.

Glory, Trinity: Even Trinity one-man command is unceasingly glorifying by faith, let us cry out: Father, and the Word, and the All-Holy Soul, let us hymn thee forever and ever.

And now, the Theotokos: For the sake of us, God has put on the flesh of You, pure to You, all-blameless, to all our kind of Divine display, Virgin, intercessor. We also sing thee faithfully.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 9

Irmos: Isaiah, rejoice, the Virgin is in the womb, and give birth to the Son Immanuel, God and Man, the East is His name: He is glorious, We bless the Virgin.

Having been a Divine Hierarch, you kept all the commandments of Christ, the same faithful guardian of the Divine was thou, Father Nicholas, keep those from all misfortunes and bitterness.

As if sometimes you have fed your city, exhausted by hunger, like a good shepherd, reverend, so now feed my soul with reasonable bread, Father Nicholas, who has acquired the good intercessor.

Thy great sun, lying at the height of the Church of Christ, reverend shepherd, we faithfully pray to thee: with luminous brilliance of light, the deep darkness of the sin of our souls.

Glory: Come closer, as it is written, the terrible day of the coming of Christ. Move, soul, reject laziness and zealously cry out to Christ: save me, Lord, Thy Nicholas by prayer.

And now, the Theotokos: Thee has brightly seen the prophet prophet, the Most Pure, the light of reason, bearing Christ, Who is enlightened, even in the darkness of lying and passions, we bless Thee, Mother of God Ever-Virgin.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

This refrain is repeated before the first two (or three, if there is a third) troparia of the canons to St. Nicholas, in each song.

Canon

Tone 6 (Canons of the Octoechos, eight tones)
Canto 1

Irmos: The sensual Pharaoh was drowned quickly with all the host, but Israel, passing through the middle of the sea, crying out: Let us sing to the Lord our God, as if you were glorified.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Joyfully alive in heaven, wise father, on earth, by faith, according to you, who sing all the sorrows of the evil heart with your intercession.

On harmful passions, on corrupting enemies, on every flattering malice, strengthen now, Father Nicholas, flowing to your holy cover with faith.

Glory: Wounded by us from invisible archers, with your medicine, Nicolae, translate prayers, as if it were healthy for us to walk in the way of the Lord.

And now, the Theotokos: Who is the co-eternal Son with the Father, in the end, having desired, dwell in Your bed on our, Mother of God, faithful offspring: the same we sing to Thee.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 3

Irmos: On the firmament of Your faith, stone the thought, having established my soul, confirm, Lord, Iam thee, Blessed, refuge and affirmation.

Thou hast accepted victories in soulful passions, Nicholas all-blessed, from them evil always defeated by your prayers.

Mortifying the fleshly spirits with abstinence, thou hast passed to life without aging, and pray for us to perceive, wise, joyfully praising thee.

Glory: Do not stop visiting us from heavenly heights, saint, driving away all worldly crampedness, to God with your prayers.

And now, the Theotokos: Permission to give us sins, Pure, beseech the Deliverer, darkening everything from our souls with Your prayers.

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.)

(If an akathist is read from the 6th ode, then we read the kontakion and ikos before the sedals.)

Sedalen, tone 4

The warmest representative of the Church of Christ appeared to you, Nicholas, and destroying the heresies of the godless teachings with boldness, and the rule appeared to all of Orthodoxy, praying for everyone following your Divine teaching and punishment.

Glory, and now, the Theotokos

Receive soon, Mistress, our prayers and bring this to Your Son and God, the All-Immaculate Lady, deliver the circumstances that flow to You, crush the deceit and bring down the audacity of the armed godless, Most Pure, on Your servants.

Canto 4

Irmos: I heard Your hearing and feared, I understood Your deeds and was horrified: glory to Your power, Lord.

Heal, holy, my uncorrected heart, wounded by the flatterer, by imploring the benefactor, our God, Nicholas.

Thou hast crushed the temples of perdition, Christ's servant, by the same faith I pray to you, Nicholas, consume my evil idols.

Glory: You were world-inspired by righteous deeds, God-wise, and in Mirech you adorned the throne, father to St. Nicholas.

And now, the Mother of God: Blessed Lady, blessed Mother of God, singing Thee save from all harm, one helper of people.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 5

Irmos: Light shining to the world, Christ, enlighten my heart, from the night I call to You, and save me.

I am obsessed with the slumber of laziness, diligently arrange your sacred intercessions for me, Nicolae.

Begged Jesus the Savior, Saint Nicholas, deliver me eternal torment.

Glory: Keep the temptation of the worldly me, and from demonic anger, with your prayers, Saint Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: Even if you give us life, the Mother of God dwelled in Your womb, pray to Him to save us.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 6

Irmos: I was devoured by a sinful whale, I cry out to You, Christ: like a prophet, free me from corruption.

The lamp of your reasonable possessions, Nicholas, is enlightened by the dawns of your innumerable miracles.

Unsleeping prayer book to those flowing to you, Nicholas, deliver me from the sleep of evil laziness.

Glory: Thou hast delivered the ancient, wise, those who want to die unrighteously, so save me from troubles and sins, Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: The virgin is one pure, rejoiced, help me, forever overwhelmed by worldly misfortunes.

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, and now.

Kontakion, tone 3

In Mirech, holy, the clergyman appeared to you, Christ's, reverend, having fulfilled the Gospel, laid down your soul about your people and saved the innocent from death. For this sake, you were sanctified, like a great secret place of God's grace.

Now let us praise the saint with songs, a pastor and teacher of the worldly people, and let us be enlightened by his prayers: behold, appearing all clean, incorruptible in spirit, offering Christ an immaculate, pure, favorable sacrifice to God, like a saint, cleansed both in soul and body, the same true representative of the Church and champion of sowing, like a great secretary of God's grace.

(If an akathist is read, then the kontakion and ikos are read according to the 3rd ode, before the sedals.)

Canto 7

Irmos: Hearing the prayer of Your holy youths and irrigating the burning furnace, blessed be Thou, Lord God of our fathers.

By the power of God, most blessed, you trampled the heretical regiments, and you saved your flock from those charms, Nicholas.

Be a floating one, and your city has suffered if you are suffering; Deliver my strangled gladness with your prayers, Father Nicholas.

Glory: Establish, father, with your prayers calling for help to you, Nicholas, calming the demonic crafty storm.

And now, the Theotokos: Lady of all people, Holy Mother of God, work me with your passionate prayers until the end of freedom.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 8

Irmos: Your reverend youths in the cave of Cherubim imitate, singing the Trisagion hymn: bless, sing, and exalt forever.

You have risen to the height of the life of the brightest, you have appeared and know the universe, God-bearing, various miracles enlightening those who are in darkness, Nicholas.

Grace the Divinely awake, those who honor thee, Nicholas, let the anger of the warring people, who find us, be blessed.

Glory: Having crushed all the networks of the enemy with spiritual strength, deliver me from them with your prayers, nourishing my stomach, the God-wise Saint Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: We sing to Thee, Virgin Mother of God, For the sake of the oath, the oath is unfruitful, and blessings come to all who lead Thee, the only Mother of our God, the unmarried.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 9

Irmos: Even rejoice from the angel who received and gave birth to Your Creator, Virgin, save Thee who magnify.

Fertilizer of the saints, source of miracles, Nicholas, pray to God the Lover of Humanity, to find forgiveness for our sins.

As if of old, you delivered the prisoners from death; tacos deliver us the temptations of life, Nicolae.

You were buried in the Mirech of the Lycians, always keep the world to Nicholas, driving away the stench of passions forever.

Glory: The builder's coming at the door, do not be lazy, my soul, but cry out: Nicholas with prayers, Christ, save me.

And now, the Theotokos: Light, giving birth, all-singing, enlighten the blind eye of my heart, let me sing to Thee, for the sake of Thee we save.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

This refrain is repeated before the first two (or three, if there is a third) troparia of the canons to St. Nicholas, in each song.

Canon

Tone 7 (Canons of Oktoech, eight tones)
Canto 1

Irmos: To the one who hurried to God in Egypt, Moses, to inform Israel, to Him alone we sing, as if you were glorified.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

Glorified on earth is the past life, glorifying you, Nicholas, partakers of the existence of glory there.

In the abyss of fierce floating, worldly temptations, waves, all-blessed, surrounded by Esmas, save us from them.

Glory: Give me a helping hand now, Father Nicholas, deliver me from enemies visible and invisible.

And now, the Theotokos: Even having created immaterial servants, from Thee, the Mother of God, was born for unspeakable mercy, people can see byst.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 3

Irmos: Having established Heaven with a word and strengthened the earthly foundation on the waters of many, establish my mind in Your will, Lover of mankind.

Bringing prayers to the universe, save us from every need and countless sorrows, Saint Nicholas.

Thou hast delivered those bound inevitably from the dungeon, having torn apart my evils, reconcile with your prayers to God, St. Nicholas.

Glory: In the nights and days of the intercessor, we call you, bring our prayers to the Lord, keeping us forever, St. Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: Having received the Divine coal in Thy Divine womb, without being scorched, they fell, Most Pure, our sins.

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.)

(If an akathist is read from the 6th ode, then we read the kontakion and ikos before the sedals.)

Sedalen, voice 1

Shine on the land of miracles with rays, Nicholas the Wise, and move every tongue to the glory and praise on the land of Thee Glorified, His pray for every need, your memory will be delivered by faith and love, honoring the father of election.

Glory, and now, the Theotokos

All the Creator, God and Sodetel, the All-Immaculate Pure, by the Divine Spirit in the lodges conceived thou and corruption, except thou gave birth to Him, glorifying Him, We sing to Thee, Virgin, as the chamber of the All-Tsar and the world protection.

Canto 4

Irmos: Has covered the heavens, Christ God, with Thy gaze, the virtue of Thy inexpressible wisdom, Lover of mankind.

By your wisdom, denigrating the Aryan mind, darkened by heresy, and from that seduced, Nicholas, enlightened you.

Heal my many scabs with your God-pleasing prayers, God-blessed Father Nicholas, and enlighten my heart.

Glory: Having mortified the passionate leaps, from them I have been mortified by your prayers, all-blessed, reviving, create anew.

And now, the Theotokos: Thou hast given birth to the flesh of the Undead, He pray for many years of evil to deliver us, singing Thee, All-blameless.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 5

Irmos: My spirit will wake up to Thee, O God, for Thou art the light, and Thy commandment was the healing of Thy servant, Lover of mankind.

Advice, father, always worked on us by unpunished people, with your prayers, Nicholas, do nothing.

Souses of our evils dissolve with your prayers, binding the malice of the soulful serpent, all-holy Nicholas.

Glory: With a sinful mind, and with a multitude of fierce content, Father, the representative of you, Nicholas, we call on warmth.

And now, the Theotokos: Mary, Lady of all creation, from the enemy, shamelessly seeking possession, my humble heart, Mother of God, until the end of freedom.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 6

Irmos: Jonah from the womb of hell cried out: raise my belly from aphids. We cry to Thee: O almighty Savior, have mercy on us.

Thou ruined the unrighteous court of death and saved by thy mercy, Father Nicholas, those who want to die, like a warm helper to those who call on you.

Calm the ailments of our souls and open your mouth in vain on those who love you, most sacred shepherd, block.

Glory: Thou didst consume the bitter malice of Ariev, Nicholas, by the dissolution of your words, sacred mystery, you were an Orthodox statement.

And now, the Theotokos: Heal, All-blameless, incurably ill, cursed soul of my worldly charms and many sins of the situation.

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, and now.

Kontakion, tone 3

In Mirech, holy, the clergyman appeared to you, Christ's, reverend, having fulfilled the Gospel, laid down your soul about your people and saved the innocent from death. For this sake, you were sanctified, like a great secret place of God's grace.

Now let us praise the saint with songs, a pastor and teacher of the worldly people, and let us be enlightened by his prayers: behold, appearing all clean, incorruptible in spirit, offering Christ an immaculate, pure, favorable sacrifice to God, like a saint, cleansed both in soul and body, the same true representative of the Church and champion of sowing, like a great secretary of God's grace.

(If an akathist is read, then the kontakion and ikos are read according to the 3rd ode, before the sedals.)

Canto 7

Irmos: You watered the burning furnace, O Savior, you saved the youths, singing and saying: Blessed are you forever, Lord, God of our fathers.

The beauty of the church was, wiser Nicholas, all the ugliness of dishonorable passions deliver me, praying to the Benefactor of the whole world, saint, forever.

With clouds of your prayers, Nicholas the Wise, drink all of our hearts, as if we would bring fruits worthy of repentance, Saint Nicholas.

Glory: Enlighten with your prayers our thoughts, by the faith of those who morning and glorify God, destroying the temples with your prayers of Artemis.

And now, the Theotokos: Every tongue by faith glorifies Thee, Pure, the glory of being and the praise of our kind, and the mentor of the erring, the Most Blessed Mother of God.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 8

Irmos: In the cave, the youths imitate, having received spiritual dew: by faith we call: bless the deeds of the Lord, the Lord.

In Mirech, your world-sweet body, all-holy Nicholas, lying, exudes flowing myrrh and puts ailments on a person.

To the world of the intercessor of the show of the world, the Creator and Lord, the same to those who call on you in need now, Nicholas, you find the most ready savior.

Glory: No, even calling you in sorrow, and soon will not find consolation. We also pray to you: all our illnesses, Nicholas, ease.

And now, the Theotokos: Every tongue sings and praises Thee, Virgin of the Bride of God, Thou didst give birth to God, pray unceasingly for our souls to be saved.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 9

Irmos: More than nature, the Mother and by nature the Virgin, united in wives, blessed, with songs, faithfulness, we magnify the Mother of God.

Having followed the disposition of the sacred apostle and the seat of those, thou didst inherit, as an honest saint, glorious Nicholas.

As a zealot for the Divine and an assistant for everything calling for warmth throughout the world, blessed is the Creator of the great show.

With a contrite heart, we cry out to you, father: wake us up in sorrow, always dispersing sorrows from our souls, Nicholas.

Glory: A mortal cut, like an ax to the tree, oh soul! Do not be lazy, therefore, show the fruit of repentance to God, be zealous.

And now, the Theotokos: Carry the bearer of all kinds with Your holy hands, pray for Him, Pure One, to be saved from alien villainy harmless to us.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

This refrain is repeated before the first two (or three, if there is a third) troparia of the canons to St. Nicholas, in each song.

Canon

Tone 8 (Canons of the Octoechos, eight tones)
Canto 1

Irmos: Cut off the slaughtered one, and you see the sun, the earth, you can’t see it south; Flood the fierce enemy, and Israel pass through the impenetrable. The song is sung: Let us sing to the Lord, gloriously be glorified.

Chorus: Saint Father Nicholas, pray to God for us.

From the face of the highest powers, the King of all, blessed, stand before us on earth, forever calling on you, save every temptation of evil, Nicholas, save us, asking permission for our sins.

Even though you have been enriched by your representative, Nicholas, in the days and in the nights we cry out to you by faith: now we are preceded by great calumnies and pernicious people who are in distress by demonic slanders, as if we have received silence, we praise you.

Glory: With strong veins of your prayers, Nicolae, strangle us, striving for final strangulation, delivering us from those crafty slander, calling in praise: Let us sing to the Lord, gloriously be glorified.

And now, the Theotokos: except for natural laws, you gave birth to God and the Lawgiver, a former man. Togo, as Good, pray, All-blameless, despise our iniquity, crying always: Let us sing to the Lord, gloriously be glorified.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 3

Irmos: You are the affirmation of those who flow to You, Lord: You are the light of the darkened, and my spirit sings to You.

Yes, we honor thee, yes we always sing thee, give us a helping hand, St. Nicholas.

Sleep, Nicolae, with your unsleeping prayers, even on us rising misfortunes, we pray to you.

Glory: All of me, we are attacked by passions, and the temptations of the crafty people, with your intercession, Saint Nicholas, deliver.

And now, the Theotokos: Permission of sins, Pure, grant me the prayers of the Deliverer and worldly fierce misfortunes.

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.)

(If an akathist is read from the 6th ode, then we read the kontakion and ikos before the sedals.)

Sedalen, tone 8

Source of miracles, wise father, reception from the Lord, exude all the faithful, blessed, honey water: as if you were a shepherd and a preacher of faith, you kept the true Shepherd of the word. Meanwhile, having boldness towards Him, you saved people from death, Nicholas, blessed hierarch, pray to Christ the God of sins, leaving tribute to those who honor your holy memory with love.

Glory, and now, the Theotokos:

Sins fall into the mud, and I have no constancy, fiercely drown me with a storm of sins; but as having given birth to the Word, the only Lover of mankind, upon me, Thy servant, look and deliver me from all sin and soulful passions, and from all embitterment of the crafty murderer, Mother of God, unsophisticated, pray to Christ the God of sins to leave tribute to those who honor your holy memory with love.

Canto 4

Irmos: Lord, Hear the mystery of Your sight, understand Your deeds and glorify Your Divinity.

From the multitude of my transgressions, I fall into many countless sorrows; seek, Saint Nicholas, help me, like the Benefactor.

I weep for myself, perishing, alive in laziness; with your prayers, Nicholas, lead me to repentance.

Glory: Even three young men, deliver, Father Nicholas, who want to die, deliver all of me tightness and eternal condemnation.

And now, the Theotokos: Make me heavenly minds, Most Pure One, strengthen me, and direct my souls to animals with the entrance of movement.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 5

Irmos: Morning, we cry out to You: Lord, save us, Thou art our God, unless You know otherwise.

Strengthen us with your prayers, blessed Nicholas, keep the commandments of Christ, our only God.

Having lived in Mirech, Nicholas, fill us with the fragrance of the Divine, piously singing thee.

Glory: Have mercy on us with your prayers, saint, beseeching God all-generously, Nicholas, let us be delivered from troubles and sorrows.

And now, the Theotokos: The waters of the belly are full of being, Otrokovitsa, drink us all, piously singing Thee.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 6

Irmos: I will pour out a prayer to the Lord and to Him I will proclaim my sorrows, for my soul is angry and my belly draw near to hell, and I pray like Jonah: from aphids, God, raise me up.

Paradise, your heart, appear, Nicholas, having a tree of life in the middle, the Redeemer of Christ, He prayed unceasingly to create paradise, the inhabitants of all of us, who enriched you with a warm intercessor.

In laziness I pass my life and fearlessly sin, accursed one, and there is an undeniable judgment, thinking, I contain fear. Have mercy on me, O God, Nicholas with prayers, as if you are merciful.

Glory: Suddenly finding me a storm of diverse temptations for my many sins, I cry out: do not leave me, blessed, without intercession, but stretch out, as if merciful, help your hand and save me.

And now, the Theotokos: The Chamber of the High King, and the fiery throne was Thou, Virgo, the Cherubim exceeded and the Seraphim was more than the mind of the former. Yet every breath glorifies Thee, like the Mother of the Builder.

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, and now.

(If an akathist is read, then the kontakion and ikos are read according to the 3rd ode, before the sedals.)

Kontakion, tone 3

In Mirech, holy, the clergyman appeared to you, Christ's, reverend, having fulfilled the Gospel, laid down your soul about your people and saved the innocent from death. For this sake, you were sanctified, like a great secret place of God's grace.

Now let us praise the saint with songs, a pastor and teacher of the worldly people, and let us be enlightened by his prayers: behold, appearing all clean, incorruptible in spirit, offering Christ an immaculate, pure, favorable sacrifice to God, like a saint, cleansed both in soul and body, the same true representative of the Church and champion of sowing, like a great secretary of God's grace.

Canto 7

Irmos: The youths of the Jews boldly asked for a flame in the cave and laid fire on the dew, crying out: blessed be Thou, Lord God, forever.

You exuded streams of teachings, drying up streams of heresies and richly watering the faithful souls, clergyman Nicholas; for this sake we honor.

Thou hast been strengthened, by the power of the Trinity we are able to destroy flattering idols, the same I pray to you faithfully, Father: my mind is passionately otzheniya idols.

Glory: The laity, reverend, having been the first altar, after death you exude the Divine world, our evil-smelling ones driving away ailments, Nicholas all-blessed, faithfully approaching you.

And now, the Theotokos: You have tamed the course of death, giving birth to the immortal God. Pray him, Pure One, to kill the passion of my humble body and vouchsafe me life.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 8

Irmos: Boys of God, in a cave with fire trampling a flame, I say: bless the deeds of the Lord, the Lord.

Enlightened, O wise hierarch, with the luminous rays of the three-solar Deity, destroy the darkness of my passions with your prayers, Nicholas.

Even three governors deliver from death, with your terrible coming, priest Nicholas, from all deadly harm and deliver us.

Glory: Hesitant by demonic temptations and from those who offend people with your prayers, confirm us and save us harmless, all-blessed Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: Bring a prayer to the Lord, give mercy and save by faith those who flow to You, Blessed Virgin, a human helper.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

Canto 9

Irmos: Truly the Theotokos, we confess Thee, saved by Thee, Pure Virgin, with incorporeal faces of Thee majestically.

Like a deliverer in sorrow by faith to those who pray, deliver me the malice of all Nicholas, praying God and the Lord well.

Now with heavenly faces, most holy Father Nicholas, beg God to save us.

Glory: Judgment is at the door, watch, my soul, and cry to the Judge of God: Save me with prayers, Lord, Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: Light is a friend, Virgo, enlighten my soul darkened by passions, as if by faith and love I will ever glorify Thee.

Pray to God for us, Saint Father Nicholas, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.

This refrain is repeated before the first two (or three, if there is a third) troparia of the canons to St. Nicholas, in each song.

Prayer

Prayer 1

O all-praised and all-honorable bishop, great miracle worker, Saint Hierarch of Christ, Father Nicholas, a man of God and a faithful servant, a husband of desires, a chosen vessel, a strong pillar of the church, a bright lamp, a shining star and illuminating the entire universe. You are a righteous man, like a phoenix that flourished, planted in the courts of your Lord, living in Mirech, you are fragrant with peace and exude the ever-flowing grace of God. By your procession, Holy Father, the sea is sanctified, when your many miraculous relics go to the city of Barsky, from east to west praise the name of the Lord. O graceful and wonderful miracle worker, quick helper, warm intercessor, good shepherd, saving the verbal flock from all sorts of troubles! We glorify you and magnify you, as the hope of all Christians, the source of miracles, the protector of the faithful, the wise teacher, the hungry feeder, weeping joy, naked robes, the sick doctor, the steward floating on the sea, the captives of the liberator, the widows and orphans of the feeder and intercessor, the keeper of chastity, babies of the meek punisher, old fortifications, fasting mentor, laboring repose, the poor and the wretched abundant wealth. Hear us praying to you and fleeing under your roof, manifest your intercession for us to the Most High and intercede with your God-pleasing prayers all that is useful for the salvation of our souls and bodies: save this holy monastery (or this temple), every city and all, and every country Christian, and people living from all embitterment with your help, we are more, we are, as the prayer of the righteous can do much, hurrying for good; to you, the righteous, according to the most blessed Virgin Mary, the intercessor to the all-merciful Savior of the Imam, and to your good father, warm intercession and intercession, we humbly flow: you observe us, like a cheerful and good 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: we are not worthy to see the heights of heaven, from the multitude of our iniquities, bound by sinful bonds, and not the will of our Creator created nor keep his commandments. The same we kneel, broken and humble of our hearts, to our Creator, and we ask for your paternal intercession to Him: help us, the servant of God, that we not perish with our iniquity, deliver us from all evil and from all things opposing, correct our mind and strengthen our heart ours in the right faith, in it by your intercession and intercession, neither by wounds, nor ban, nor pestilence, nor any wrath from our Creator, we will diminish, but we will live a peaceful life here and let us be able to see the good on the land of the living, glorifying the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, one in the Trinity of the glorified and worshiped God, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer 2

O all-holy Nicholas, the servant of the most beautiful Lord, our warm intercessor and everywhere in sorrow a quick helper. Help me, a sinner and a dull one, in a real life, beg the Lord God to grant me the remission of all my sins, having sinned from my youth, in all my life, deed, word, thought and all my feelings, and help me in the outcome of my soul, accursed, implore the Lord God, all creatures of the Sodetel, deliver me from air 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 forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer 3

O all-good Father Nicholas, the shepherd and teacher of all who by faith flow to your intercession and call you with warm prayer, soon rush and deliver Christ's flock from the wolves that destroy it, and protect every Christian country and save with your holy prayers from worldly rebellion, coward, invasion foreigners and internecine strife, from famine, flood, fire, sword and vain death. And as if you had mercy on three men sitting in prison, and delivered them the king’s wrath and the cutting of the sword, so have mercy on me, mind, word and deed in the darkness of sins, and deliver me the wrath of God and eternal punishment, as if by your intercession and help, with His own mercy and grace, Christ God will give us a quiet and sinless life to live in this world and save me from standing, and vouchsafe the right hand with all the saints. Amen.

Prayer 4

O good shepherd, our teacher and mentor, St. Father Nicholas! You, having lived like an angel on earth, after your repose, like a good angel, you shone forth, praying to you as a constant helper. We believe with all our hearts and thoughts, as if by your unfalse intercession and grace, abundantly granted to you from the Lord our Savior, you are constantly contributing to our salvation. Ubo and at this hour, our unworthy, accept prayers; free us by your intercession from the superstition and superstition surrounding us, the unbelief and malevolence of man; Pray peace to all who give, send down peace to the Churches, but squandered into one gather. Pray to the merciful Lord, let the message of fate save us from our sins. Pray for His goodness, about the hedgehog graciously giving us and the whole world a need, let us unceasingly glorify, praise, sing and magnify the most honorable and magnificent name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever.

Prayer 5

O all-praised, great wonderworker, Saint of Christ, Father Nicholas! We pray to you, wake up the hope of all Christians, faithful protectors, hungry feeders, crying joy, sick doctors, floating rulers on the sea, feeders of the poor and orphans and an early helper and patron to everyone, let us live a peaceful life here and let us be able to see the glory of God's chosen ones in heaven and with them unceasingly sing of the one worshiped God in the Trinity forever and ever.

Prayer 6

O great intercessor, the bishop of God, Nicholas the blessed, even the sunflower illuminating miracles, calling on thee a quick hearer, you always anticipate and save, and deliver, and take away all kinds of troubles, from God given to you miracles and gifts of grace! Hear me unworthy, calling you with faith and bringing prayer to you singing: I offer you an intercessor to pray to Christ. O notorious in miracles, high saint! As if you have boldness, soon stand before the Lord, and reverence your prayer hands to Him, stretch out for me a sinner, and from Him give bounties of goodness, and accept me as your intercession, and deliver me from all troubles and evils, from the invasion of enemies visible and invisible freeing, and destroying all those slanders and malice, and reflecting those who fight me in my whole life; ask for forgiveness by my transgression, and present me to Christ saved, and vouchsafe to improve the Kingdom of Heaven for the multitude of That philanthropy, He deserves all glory, honor and worship, with His Father without beginning, and with the Most Holy and good and life-giving Spirit, now and forever and ever. ages of ages.

Prayer 7

O our good shepherd and God-wise mentor, St. Nicholas of Christ! Hear us sinners, praying to you and calling for your help, your speedy intercession; see us weak, caught from everywhere, deprived of every good and darkened by the mind from cowardice. Strive, servant of God, do not leave us in the sinful captivity of being, let us not be our enemy in joy and not die in our evil deeds. Pray for us, our unworthy Sodetel and Lord, You stand before Him with incorporeal faces; merciful to us, create our God in this life and in the future, let it not reward us according to our deeds and according to the impurity of our hearts, but according to your goodness, reward us. We rely on your intercession, we boast of your intercession, we call on your intercession for help, and we fall down to your holy image, we ask for help. Deliver us, saint of Christ, from the evils that are upon us, and tame the waves of passions and troubles that rise upon us, so that for the sake of your holy prayers we will not be attacked, and we will not be mired in the abyss of sin and in the mud of our passions. Moth, to St. Nicholas of Christ, Christ our God, may he give us a peaceful life and the remission of sins, but salvation and great mercy to our souls, now and ever and forever and ever.

Troparion, kontakion, magnification

Troparion to St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra, Wonderworker, Tone 4

The rule of faith and the image of meekness, / the abstinence of the teacher / reveal thee to your flock / I am the Truth of things. / For this sake, you acquired high humility, / rich in poverty, / Father Hierarch Nicholas, / pray to Christ God, / be saved to our souls.

Kontakion, tone 3

In Mirech, holy, the clergyman appeared to you, / Christ, reverend, having fulfilled the Gospel, / laid down your soul about your people / and saved the innocent from death. / For this sake you were sanctified, / like a great secret place of God's grace.

magnificence

We magnify you, Saint Father Nicholas, and honor your holy memory, for you pray for us Christ our God.

Commendations.

For the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us. Amen.

With Holy God, Holy Strong, Holy Immortals, have mercy on us (three times, with bows).

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever, amen.

Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Lord, forgive our iniquities; Saints, visit and heal our infirmities, for Your name's sake.

Lord have mercy (thrice). Glory now.

O our father, who art in heaven; hallowed be thy name; let your kingdom come; Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth; give us our daily bread today; and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Lord have mercy (12 times). Glory, and now.

Come, let us bow to the Tsar our God (bow).

Come, let us bow to Christ the King and our God (bow).

Come, let us bow and fall down to the very Lord Jesus Christ, the King and our God (bow).

Psalm 142

Lord, hear my prayer, inspire my prayer in Thy truth, hear me in Thy truth. And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for no one living will be justified before You. Like an enemy chased my soul, and humbled my belly in the ground. He planted me to eat in the dark, as if for a dead age and my spirit is in me, my heart is troubled in me. I remembered the days of old; I have learned in all Your works, and in the works of Your hand I have learned. Lift up my hands to Thee, my soul is like a dry land to Thee. Hear me soon, Lord, my spirit is gone. Turn not away Your face from me, and I will be like those who go down into the pit. I hear, do me Thy mercy in the morning, as if on Thee hopes. Tell me, Lord, I will go the stink way, for I have taken my soul to Thee. Deliver me from my enemies, Lord, I have resorted to You. Teach me to do Your will, as You are my God. Your good Spirit will guide me to the land of right. For the sake of Thy name, Lord, live me, in Thy righteousness bring my soul out of sorrow. And by Thy mercy consume my enemies, and destroy all the aching souls of my soul, as I am Thy servant.

Glory, and now. And alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, O God (thrice, with bows).

Lord have mercy (12) . Glory, and now.

God the Lord and appear to us, blessed are those who come in the name of the Lord.

And confess to the Lord, for it is Good, for His mercy is forever.

About the former bypassed me and resisted them in the name of the Lord.

I will not die, but I will live and do the work of the Lord.

To the stone, His builders do not care, This was at the head of the corner, this was from the Lord, and there is a marvel in our eyes (and according to each stis we say: God is the Lord).

Therefore troparion, tone 4: P the rule of faith and the image of meekness, the abstinence of the teacher, reveal the Lord to His flock, which is true in things. For this sake, having acquired high humility, rich in poverty, our father to St. Nicholas, pray to Christ God, save our souls. (twice)

Glory, and now, this Mother of God, voice 4th: And the sacrament hidden from the ages, and unknown by an angel, God appeared to you, the Mother of God, earthly, we incarnate in inseparable removal, and for the sake of our will we perceive the Cross, having resurrected the primordial one, and save our soul from death.

Psalm 50. Have mercy on me, God.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us. Amen.

Canon to Saint Nicholas, tone 2

Song 1. Irmos

In the depths of the ancient Pharaonic flood, all the armies were armed with power, incarnating the Word of the sins surviving consumed. Glorious Lord, be glorified.

Chorus: Holy Hierarch Nicholas, pray to God for us. (Bow)

In the crown-bearer of the Throne of Christ, the wise Nicholas, standing with the angelic ranks, grant me enlightenment, illuminating my souls gloom, as if I would praise rejoicing your most blessed memory.

Chorus. We repeat the verse.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Praise and glorify the whole Lord, who glorifies Him, gave the faithful refuge to eat, delivering misfortunes and misfortunes, flowing to your shelter, Nicholas, and calling you with faith and love, most glorious.

And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen. Theotokion: And my desire to lie, the all-sly serpent, to the Sodetel, like a captive to be raptured, by Thee, the Most Pure, was called, truly deified. You are more, O Mother of God, who gave birth to me who deified me.

Catavasia: And save your slaves from troubles, St. Nicholas of Christ, as if everything, according to Bose, we resort to you, to a quick helper and warm intercessor, and a prayer service to the Savior for our souls. (bow).

Lord have mercy. (three times with bows). This is a verb for every song.

Song 3. Irmos

The desert blossomed like a krin, Lord, the pagan barren church, by the coming of Ty, my heart was affirmed about it.

Chorus. Blessed Nicholas, being a sincere disciple of the Lord, you save those who flow to you from fierce troubles and bitter death.

Chorus. We repeat the verse.

Glory. O clean Thy servants, and forgiveness of sins, as if Good grant, St. Nicholas Your saint, who have petitions to You, Many-merciful.

And now. Bogorodichen. At set the embarrassment of my soul, Most Pure One, and nourish life, Most Holy One, give birth to God, my heart be established in Him. Confusion.

Sedalen, tone 8. AT having ascended to the height of virtues, from there the divine father lit up with the radiance of miracles, the shepherd truly appeared bright, and in misfortune this pastor is invincible. With the same glorious victory over the enemy, you drove away the lie, and you saved the people from death, Nicholas. Pray to Christ God, grant forgiveness of sins to those who honor your holy memory with love.

Glory, and now, the Theotokos. I to the Virgin alone in the wives of Thee without seed, who gave birth to the flesh of God, all the blessed of mankind. The fire of the Deities settled in You, and like a baby, finish the Creator and the Lord. With the same angelic and human race we worthily glorify, Thy Most Holy Nativity, and according to the cry of Thee, pray to Christ God of sins to grant forgiveness, who worthily praise Thy glory.

Song 4. Irmos

Having come from the Virgin, not an intercessor, not an angel, but You Yourself, Lord, incarnate, and save all of me man. I cry to Thee: Glory to Thy power.

Chorus. Approaching pure spiritual dawns, you were the light-bearer, enlightening the ends of the world. All coming, and all saving by faith flowing to you.

Chorus. And saving the youth from death, as if he appeared to St. Nicholas, so now save me from every situation, and misfortunes and troubles, all-blessed.

Glory. Oh, you shone with virtues with the radiance of all the rich, the imitator was exalted to his Master. We call upon you to save, even glorifying you with reverence and love.

And now. Bogorodichen. H come to Thee, Lord of creation, we incarnate, and saving like a merciful person to all of me. With the same faithfulness to the Theotokos, we glorify you. Confusion.

Song 5. Irmos

Enlightenment to those who lie in darkness, and salvation to those who do not begin, Christ, my Savior, to You in the morning, King of the world, enlighten me with the radiance of Si, for we know no other God.

Chorus. God-like life, blessed, we enlighten, condemned by an unrighteous sword to die, presenting you delivered you, Calling the Lord of Christ, unless we know God otherwise.

Chorus. We repeat the verse.

Glory. In Heaven, the eternal glory is now in vain, the inexpressible Divine dawn, enjoying the luminous radiance. Cover me with the presence of this, reverend, saint of Christ all-honestly.

And now. Bogorodichen. D and seek Your image, buried by passions, Savior, hiding heavenly beings, incarnate from the Virgin. Thou hast appeared to Thee calling, unless we know of another God to Thee. Confusion.

Song 6. Irmos

In the abyss of sinful obsession, I call upon the abyss that is not traced by Your mercy, from aphids, O God, raise me up.

Chorus. And the crown of victory for Nicholas, rely on your verse with dignity, as if the winner is well-dressed, save thee who call.

Chorus. We repeat the verse.

Glory. I am mortal, blessed, sinning, and immersed in passionate turmoil, save me, directing me to the haven of the Divine will.

And now. Bogorodichen. H and I put hope on Thee, Mother of the Virgin, my salvation, and I put Thee as an intercessor to the stomach, firm and unshakable. Confusion.

Glory, and now. Kontakion, tone 3. B Having been the hierarch of St. Nicholas, Christ, fulfill the reverend gospel, lay down your soul for your people, and save the innocent from death. For this sake, be sanctified, and the great secret of God's grace will appear.

Ikos. Let us now sing songs to the saint, the shepherd and teacher of the worldly people, and let us be enlightened by his prayers. This one, appearing all clean, imperishable in spirit, offering Christ an immaculate, pure and favorable sacrifice, as the saint is cleansed in soul and body, and the representative and champion of the Church is true, and the great mystery of God's grace.

Song 7. Irmos

We serve about the body of gold on the deir field, the three youths neglect the godless decree. But in the midst of the fire, cast down, cool down the belt: blessed be the God of our fathers.

Chorus. I am stopped by a sharp temptation, and fiercely urged, and those approaching the gates of hell, we are struck by inexperience. Save me with these prayers, O blessed one, and lift up a chant: Blessed be the God of our fathers.

Chorus. We repeat the verse.

Glory. We shine with immaterial rays, who exist in the darkness of sorrows and embitters, and instruct those who sing to visit the joy: blessed be the God of our fathers.

And now. Bogorodichen. M oly your Son and Lord, Pure Virgin, sold by fierce sins and flattery of the serpent, delivering His Honorable Blood singing: blessed is the God of our fathers. Confusion.

Song 8. Irmos

He descended into the fiery furnace to the children of the Jews, and the flame into the coldness of the false God, sing all the works of the Lord, and exalt Him forever.

Chorus. I am kind and merciful, even in the depths of misfortunes, keep crying out, free blessed Nicholas, giving permission with prayers, even to the Savior Christ, sacred mystery.

Chorus. We repeat the verse.

Glory. A mystic who is more holy than mind, and a servant of Heaven, this is God-wise, the bishop is faithful, ask for sin of forgiveness from our Savior, holy manifestation.

And now. Bogorodichen. And now my mind is sick, I have fallen into the depths of wickedness, as if from everywhere I am embraced by various evil ones. But You, Devo, heal, dressing dispassion with light. Confusion.

Song 9. Irmos

From the beginning of the Parent, the Son, God and Lord, incarnate from the Maiden, appear to us, enlighten the darkened, and gather the squandered, we magnify the All-Praised Theotokos.

Sing with bow. With the thing of grace, we enlighten God, and having been a lamp of piety, you save those who are in misfortune, and even in the depths of the muzzles you deliver, and feed the hungry gloriously, all-blessed.

Chorus. We repeat the verse.

Glory. And now settling in the heavens of food, the unspeakable glory is clearly in vain, from the Heavenly circle you naziraesh your singers, delivering from passions, most glorious God-bearer.

And now. Bogorodichen. P Wisdom, and Strength, and the Composite Word to the Father, Pure Virgin, You conceived Him, from Your Most Pure blood, Mother of God. The Living Temple is a reception, and this, after copulation, uniting itself inseparably.

And yet there is a great feast, worthy of a feast. Even more, this, to tone 8: B lady, accept the prayer of your servants and deliver us from all need and sorrow. You are the Mother of God our weapon and wall. You are the Intercessor, and we resort to You, and now we call on Thee to prayer, but deliver us from our enemies, let us exalt Thee, the Immaculate Mother of Christ our God, South of autumn, the Holy Spirit (bow to the ground).

Therefore, Holy Trinity, and according to our Father. Jesus Prayer. A min.

Troparion to the saint: P rule of faith.

Glory, kontakion: In Mirech St. Nicholas.

And now, the Theotokos: And hidden from the ages.

Therefore, Lord have mercy (40). Glory, and now. The most honest cherubim and the most glorious truly seraphim, without the corruption of God the Word, who gave birth to the present Mother of God, we magnify you.

Glory, and now. Lord have mercy (twice), Lord bless (with bows).

And let go: Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother, and even in the saints of our father Nikola, Archbishop of Mir-Lycian wonderworker, and all for the sake of the saints, have mercy and save us, as Good and Humanitarian. A min.