O venerable and blessed Father Nikandra, citizen of the heavenly Jerusalem, friend and supporter of the chosen hosts of heaven, constantly glorifying the Trinitarian God! Look mercifully at us, the race of your honorable relics who are coming, even if you have nailed your thoughts to the pleasures of this age, even to seek the bliss of heaven. You dwell in the heavenly abodes with the worldly spirits of the triumphant Church: but we sinners who dwell in this world are separated from you not only by place, but by our sins and iniquities, by which we anger the Lord at every hour and bring ourselves to our own destruction.
But to you, as we are natural, we run and cry with warm tears: instruct and enlighten us to walk in your footsteps: be on this path a chosen leader for us, just as Moses was of old to the people of Israel: for it is characteristic of you, our Father, compassion for those who mourn and love for mankind for everyone who requires help from you in times of adversity and in good times: I live for you on earth, not only for your salvation did you apply your efforts, but for all those who come to you, you brought a prayer to the Almighty, so that he does not despise the work of his hands and destroy him with his iniquities. For this reason, your fatherly instructions, to walk in the footsteps of the commandments of the Lord, grow in the hearts of your sons, like good seed, bearing fruit: even those who are sick, weakened and sick, grieving and embittered, preach your quick help with praise: and all your life was a mirror. all sorts of virtues. How much were you, a disciple of Christ, on earth: how much are you now in heaven!
You always stand before the throne of the unapproachable God, and in Him, as in a mirror, you see all our needs and petitions: you rejoice with the Angels of God over the one sinner who repents, with great joy: both God’s mercy and His love for the human race are endless, and your boldness towards Him is great. Ask the All-Merciful Giver of all blessings for peace and the holiness of His Church, according to the sign of the Militant Cross, for victory and victory over its invisible enemies, and unity of mind for the faithful in the faith: in the same way, call those who have gone astray from Orthodoxy to the knowledge of the truth, enlighten the unfaithful with the light of the Gospel, bring sinners to repentance and convert, Grant purity and chastity to the virgins, holy things to the married: provide food to the widows and the orphans, shelter to the poor, return to the wandering, refuge to the floating: ask for forgiveness to the repentant, comfort to those who cry, require help, intercession to the afflicted, speedy healing to the sick, and fulfillment of every request for good. Do not reject us, reverend, who call you with faith and love!
Even though we are unworthy of such a father and intercessor, we are desecrated in soul and body: but you, being an imitator of God’s love for mankind, make us worthy of your prayers through repentance. Novgrad and Pskov, and all of Russia, enlightened by your godly life and miracles, preach you to be a warm intercessor. Show us your mercy too, unworthy of us! We believe that you are present with us in spirit, and moreover, you are with us in body: behold, before our eyes are your incorruptible and celibate relics, which the Lord has glorified by the manifestation of many miracles.
Moreover, before us, as I live for you, we fall down and humbly pray: accept our prayers and offer them up on the altar of God’s mercy, so that He may send down to us His omnipotent grace, strengthening us in a good life, and timely and abundant help in our needs: well-being of mind, health of body, health of life. beneficial, peace in our days, goodness in the air, fire of love and all piety, purity of heart in prayer, patience and hope in adversity, joy in hope, and time for repentance, for having escaped real evils, we will be worthy to settle in the blessed abode of heaven, where you now dwell with all God pleasing and glorifying the Trinitarian God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.