Oh, our good shepherd and God-wise mentor, Saint Nicholas of Christ! Hear us sinners, praying to you and calling for your quick intercession for help; see us weak, caught from everywhere, deprived of every good and darkened in mind from cowardice; Try, O saint of God, not to leave us in sinful captivity, so that we may not joyfully be our enemies and not die in our evil deeds. Pray for us, unworthy of our Creator and Master, to whom you stand with the disembodied faces: be merciful to us by our God in this life and in the future, so that He will not reward us according to our deeds and according to the impurity of our hearts, but according to his goodness he will reward us.
We trust in your intercession, we boast of your intercession, we call upon your intercession for help, and we fall to your most holy image for help: deliver us, saint of Christ, from evils coming upon us, and tame the waves of passions and troubles that rise against us, so that for the sake of your holy prayers they will not attack us and we will not sink into the abyss of sin and in the mud of our passions. Pray to Saint Nicholas of Christ, Christ our God, that He will grant us a peaceful life and remission of sins, and salvation and great mercy for our souls, now and ever and unto the ages centuries. Amen.
Oh, all-validated and all-honorable bishop, great miracle worker, saint of Christ, Father Nicholas, man of God and faithful servant, husband of desires, chosen vessel, strong a pillar of the church, a bright lamp, a shining star and illuminating the whole universe. You are a righteous man, like a flourishing phoenix, planted in the palace of your Lord, living in Mireh, you are fragrant with peace and the peace flows with the ever-flowing grace of God. By your procession, most holy father, the sea was sanctified, when your many miraculous relics marched to the city of Barsky, from east to west to praise the name of the Lord. O most graceful and wonderful miracle worker, quick helper, warm intercessor, kind shepherd, saving the verbal flock from all 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, those who hunger for a feeder, those who cry joy, the naked are clothed, the sick doctor, the steward floating on the sea, the liberator's captives, the widows and orphans of the nourisher and protector, the guardian of chastity, the infants of the gentle punisher, the old fortifications, the fasting mentor, rest for the toilers, abundant wealth for the poor and needy.
Hear us praying to you and running under your roof, show your intercession for us to the Most High and intercede with your God-pleasing prayers everything useful for the salvation of our souls and bodies: preserve this holy monastery (or this church), every city and the whole, and every Christian country, and people living from every bitterness with your help, we know, we know, how much can the prayer of the righteous, hastening for good; To you, the righteous one, according to the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, the representative to the All-Merciful God of the Imama, and to your, most gracious Father, warm intercession and intercession we humbly flow: you keep us, as 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 your hand help, and open the doors of God’s mercy: for we are unworthy to see the heights of heaven, because of the multitude of our untruths, we are bound by sinful bonds, and not by the will of our Creator created, nor kept His commandments.
Moreover, we bend our knees, contrite and humble of our hearts to our Creator, and we ask for your fatherly intercession to Him: help us, servant of God, so that we do not perish from lawlessness ours, deliver us from all evil and from all things resistant, guide our minds and strengthen our hearts in the right faith, in it through your intercession and intercession, neither with wounds, nor with rebuke, nor by pestilence, we will not be diminished by any wrath from our Creator, but we will live a peaceful life here and may we be honored to see good things on the earth of the living, glorifying the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, One in the Trinity is God glorified and worshiped, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
To the First-Called Apostle of God and our Savior Jesus Christ, to the Supreme Follower of the Church, the all-validated Andrei, we glorify and magnify your apostolic labors, sweetly we remember your blessed coming to us, we bless your honorable suffering, which you endured for Christ, we kiss your sacred relics, we honor your holy memory and we believe that as the Lord lives, so does your soul. yours and with Him forever abide in Heaven, where you loved us with the same love with which you loved us, when by the Holy Spirit you received our sight to Christ conversion, and not just love, but also pray to God for us, all our needs are in vain in His Light.
Thus we believe and thus we confess this faith in the church, which was most gloriously created in your name, Saint Andrew, where your holy relics rest; Believers, we ask and pray to the Lord and God and our Savior Jesus Christ, that through your prayers, who always listens and accepts, He will give us everything we need for the salvation of us sinners; Yes, as you are, according to the voice of the Lord, having left your dreams, you have unswervingly followed Him, this and everyone from us, so that he does not seek his own, but also for the creation of his neighbor and for the things above let him think about the title. Having you as a representative and prayer book for us, we trust that your prayer can accomplish much before our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship with Father and Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Oh, Saint Catherine, virgin and martyr, true bride of Christ! We pray to you through special grace, which your Bridegroom, Sweet Jesus, preceded you: as if you had put to shame the charms of the tormentor, by your wisdom you have overcome fifty branches and, Having fed them with Heavenly teaching, You guided them to the light of true faith, so ask us for this Godly wisdom, so that we too, having dissolved all the machinations of the hellish tormentor and despised the world and temptations of the flesh, we are worthy to show ourselves to the Divine glory and to the expansion of our holy Orthodox faith we are worthy to make vessels, and with you in the Heavenly Tabernacle of the Lord and Master We praise and glorify our Jesus Christ to all ages. Amen.
Oh, holy virgin and martyr Catherine! We pray to you: look at the misfortunes of us, sinful servants of God (names), make us heavenly wise, not earthly. Hasten with your prayers to overcome carnal lusts, addiction to the world and the machinations of evil spirits, who are viciously warring against us; May your intercession in the days of this freedom show us from their hostile attacks and from their aerial tortures. Oh, wise maiden! Grant us everything that is useful for our petition, for you can ask much from your Beloved Bridegroom, Christ our God. We know that the prayer of the righteous can accomplish much, aided by the goodness of the Merciful God, to Him be glory, honor and thanksgiving always, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Oh, holy and blessed martyr of Christ Paraskeva, maiden beauty, praise of the martyrs, purity of image, generous mirror, wonder of the wise, guardian of the Christian faith, idolatrous flattery to the accuser, the champion of the Divine Gospel, the zealot of the commandments of the Lord, worthy to come to the haven of eternal rest and in the devil of your Bridegroom, Christ God, brightly rejoicing, adorned with the deepest crown of virginity and martyrdom! We pray to you, holy martyr: be sorrowful for us to Christ God, whose most blessed sight always rejoices: pray to the All-Merciful One, Who opened the eyes of the blind with a word, that He will deliver us from illnesses among us, both physical and mental; with your holy prayers, kindle the dark darkness that has come from our sins; ask the Father of Lights for the light of grace for our soul and body; Enlighten us, darkened by sins, with the light of God’s grace, so that for the sake of your holy prayers sweet vision will be given to the dishonest.
O great servant of God! O most courageous maiden! O strong martyr Saint Paraskeva! With your holy prayers, be a helper to us sinners, intercede and pray for the damned and extremely negligent sinners, hasten to help us, for we are extremely weak. Pray to the Lord, pure maiden, pray to the Merciful, holy martyr, pray to your Bridegroom, immaculate bride of Christ, that through your prayers he may help the darkness of sin. having passed away, in the light of true faith and divine deeds, let us enter into the eternal light of the never-evening day, into the City of ever-present joy, in which you now shine brightly with glory and endless joy, glorifying and chanting with all the Heavenly Powers the Tri-radiant One Deity, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Holy bride of Christ, long-suffering martyr Paraskeva! We know that from your youth you have loved with all your soul and with all your heart the King of Glory, Christ the Savior, and you were unfaithful to Him alone, having distributed your possessions the needy and the poor. You shone with the power of your piety, your chastity and righteousness, like the rays of the sun, living holy among the infidels and fearlessly preaching Christ God to them. From the days of your youth, taught by your parents, you have always reverently honored the days of the redemptive passions of our Lord Jesus Christ, for whose sake you yourself voluntarily suffered. You, by the right hand of the Angel of God, marvelously healed from incurable wounds and receiving indescribable lightness, amazed your unfaithful tormentors. You, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the power of your prayer in the pagan temple, cast down all the idols to the ground, and crushed me to dust.
You, scorched by the lights, with your single prayer to the omnipotent Lord, you extinguished the natural fire, and with the same flame, miraculously kindled through the Angel of God, burning the frantic lawless people, you brought many people to the knowledge of the true God. You, for the glory of the Lord, having accepted the sword beheading of your head from the tormentors, you have valiantly ended your suffering feat, having ascended with your soul to Heaven, to the palace of your longed-for Bridegroom Christ the King of Glory, joyfully greeting you with this heavenly voice: “Rejoice, ye of righteousness, for the martyr Paraskeva has been crowned!” In the same way, today we greet you, long-suffering one, and, looking at your holy icon, we cry out to you with tenderness: all-honorable Paraskeva! We know that you have great courage in the Lord: pray to Him, the Lover of mankind, and for us who stand and pray for you.
May He give us, like you, patience and complacency in troubles and sorrowful circumstances; May He, through your intercession and intercession, grant a joyful, prosperous and peaceful life, health and salvation, and in all things good haste to our beloved fatherland, may He bestow His holy blessing and peace, and may your holy prayers grant to all Orthodox Christians confirmation in faith, piety and holiness, and success in Christian love and all virtue; may He cleanse us sinners from all filth and vice; May He protect us with His holy angels, may He intercede, preserve and have mercy on everyone with His holy grace and make us heirs and partakers of His Heavenly Kingdom.
And having thus improved your salvation through your holy prayers, intercession and intercession, all-glorious bride of Christ Paraskeva, let us glorify all the most honorable and magnificent name of the wondrous one in our saints the true God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
1 Menaion. May 9th.
2 Akathist to the Holy Great Martyr Catherine.
3 Akathist to the Holy Great Martyr Paraskeva, named Friday.