, reverend
Veneration, miracles
His very first life is found in the letter of Polycarp to Akindin of the XIII century. In the year followed his glorification for general church veneration throughout the Russian Church. On the night of April 30, a husband appeared in a dream to the Novgorod hierarch Pimen, with a barely noticeable beard, and said: Peace be with you, beloved brother! Do not be afraid, I am your primate, the sixth bishop of Novgorod, Nikita. The time has come, and the Lord commands to open my relics to the people."
This tradition is honored even now by the Novgorod priesthood. The relics of St. Nikita now rest in St. Sophia Cathedral, and the priests of the cathedral must venerate them before the start of divine services.
Prayers
Troparion, tone 4
Having enjoyed, God-wise, abstinence / and curbing the desire of your flesh, / sat on the throne of the priesthood / and, like a many-light star, / enlightening faithful hearts / with the dawns of your miracles, / our father to St. Nikito, / and now pray to God / Christ save our souls.
John troparion, tone 2
Desiring heavenly space, / from youth in a cramped place you shut yourself up, / in it you were deceived by the enemy, / again with humility and obedience / you defeated the charmer of the strong, Nikito, / and now, standing before Christ, / / pray that we all be saved.
When and where St. Nikita was born, who were his parents, no news has come down to us. We also know nothing about the years of his childhood and adolescence. It is only known that during the reign of the Grand Duke of Kyiv, Izyaslav Yaroslavich, he was already a young monk of the Kiev-Pechersk Monastery and here he experienced a great temptation, as St. Polycarp narrates in a letter to Archimandrite Akindin of the Caves.
The young monk Nikita, looking with reverence at the high deeds of the Pechersk brothers and partly carried away by the glory and honor of the world, wished to labor in seclusion. He asks for blessings from his hegumen, the Monk Nikon. But, forbidding Nikita to act as he wished, the hegumen told him: “Child, it will not be of any use to you that in the years of your youth you will begin to sit alone in idleness; it is much better for you to stay and live with the brethren and work for them - then you will not lose your reward. You yourself saw our brother Isaac, how he was deceived by demons in prison; but he was saved by the great grace of God through the prayers of Saints Anthony and Theodosius, who still work many miracles.”
Nikita answered that he would no longer be deceived like Isaac, but would firmly stand against the wiles of the devil and pray to God that the Lord would grant him the gift of miracles, like Isaac the hermit. But the abbot again objected to him: “Your desire is beyond your strength; beware, child, lest, being exalted, you fall. Our humility commands you to serve the holy brethren, and for this you will be crowned by God.”
Nikita did not listen to the hegumen and did what he planned: shutting himself firmly in his cell, he prayed in it indefinitely. But several days passed, and the devil tempted him. Once, while singing prayers, Nikita heard a voice praying with him, and felt an inexplicable fragrance. The deceived monk thought: “If it weren’t for an Angel, he wouldn’t be praying with me, and there wouldn’t be such a fragrance of the Holy Spirit here.”
Nikita began to pray with great fervor, crying out: "Lord, appear to me Thyself, that I may see Thee." And then a voice came to him: "I will not appear to you, because you are young, so that you do not become proud and fall." The recluse said with tears: “I will not be deceived, Lord, the abbot ordered me not to heed the demonic charms. I am ready to carry out Your commands."
From that moment on, the deceiver took power over him and said: “It is impossible for a man in the flesh to see me, but I send my angel who will be with you, but you do his will.”
And immediately a demon in the form of an angel stood before Nikita. The monk bowed to him like an angel. And then the demon said to him: “Don’t pray anymore, but read books, and through this you will constantly talk with God and give helpful tips coming to you. I will ceaselessly pray to the Creator of all for your salvation.”
The deceived hermit completely stopped praying and, seeing the constantly praying demon, rejoiced that the Angel was praying for him; but he himself did nothing but diligently read books and taught those who came to him, and at times prophesied.
Once he sent a message to Prince Izyaslav to send his son Svyatopolk to the throne of Novgorod as soon as possible, since Prince Gleb Svyatoslavich was killed in Zavolochye. And indeed, a few days later the news came that Prince Gleb had been killed by the Zavolotsk miracle. It happened on May 30, 1078.
Since that time, great fame has gone about the recluse Nikita. The princes and boyars believed that the recluse was a prophet, and obeyed him in everything and in many ways. Although the demon does not know the future, he announces what he himself does or what he teaches evil people: whether to kill someone, or steal. So it was with Nikita: when they came to him for a word of instruction and consolation, then the demon, an imaginary angel, informed the hermit about what had happened, and he prophesied, and the predictions came true.
But this is what attracted the special attention of the Pechersk ascetics: monk Nikita knew by heart all the books Old Testament and did not want to see or hear, and not just to read the Gospel and the Apostle - those Holy books that are given to us by grace for our correction and confirmation in the faith. It became clear to everyone that Monk Nikita was deceived by the enemy of the human race. The Reverend Fathers of the Caves could not tolerate this.
Together with their hegumen, the Monk Nikon, they came to the deceived hermit and, by the power of their prayers, drove the demon away from him.
Having taken Nikita out of the lock, they asked him about the Old Testament, but he swore that he had never read those books that he had previously known by heart; he did not even know how to read a single word in them, and the brethren barely taught Nikita to read and write. Having come to his senses through the prayers of the holy brethren of the Caves, Nikita confessed and with bitter tears wept over his sin before them, and then doomed himself to strict abstinence and monastic obedience. With a pure and humble life, he acquired high virtues, the fame of which spread far beyond the borders of the Kyiv land.
The philanthropic God accepted the true repentance of Nikita and made him the shepherd of the verbal flock of Christ. In 1096, Saint Nikita was chosen by Divine Providence and consecrated Bishop of Veliky Novgorod, where the Lord glorified His saint with the gift of miracles. In the second year of his hierarchship, Nikita, with his prayers, stopped a great fire in Novgorod. Another time, during a drought that threatened the Novgorod land with famine, through his prayers, the rain revived the fields and meadows with fields and grasses.
According to the life story of St. Anthony the Roman, the ascetic miraculously arrived in Novgorod during the life of St. Nikita and, with his blessing, founded his monastery.
Saint Nikita was preoccupied with the arrangement and decoration of the churches of God in Novgorod, but of the churches built in his time, only one has survived to this day - Blagoveshchenskaya on Gorodische. And to this day there is a monument to his concern for the improvement of the Novgorod Bishop's House - this is a stone building, which is known both in written monuments and in folk tradition under the name of Nikitinsky.
Saint Nikita had the intention of decorating the walls of Hagia Sophia with painting; but he did not succeed: “at the expense of the saint” the painting of the cathedral was made only after his death, several months later. Saint Nikita reposed on January 30, 1108, after 13 years of governing the Novgorod diocese. His honest relics were buried in the cathedral church of St. Sophia, in the chapel of the godfather Joachim and Anna.
Probably, the local celebration of the memory of St. Nikita began soon after his death. From the middle of the XII century, the news has been preserved: “And now they honor him, the holy and blessed Nikita, with the saints.” But it is not known at what time, at least until the middle of the 16th century, honoring his memory ceased in Novgorod. The universal celebration of Saint Nikita was established, if not at the Moscow Councils of 1547 and 1549, then after the discovery of his relics, which took place on April 30, 1558.
Uncovering the Holy Relics of Saint Nikita happened under the following circumstances.
In the evening of 1551, on Great Saturday, when Christians gathered in St. Sophia Cathedral to listen to the reading of the Acts of the Apostles before bright matins, the boyar, who was in charge of royal affairs in the city, came there, and, bypassing the cathedral porches, occupied by the tombs of bishops, went into the chapel of the godfather Joachim and Anna, in which the tomb of St. Nikita was in complete neglect. The church reader at that time was sleeping, leaning on her. Coming out of the limit, the boyar went to the main temple, where on the left side near the doors leading to the altar, he sat down and soon fell asleep himself. In a dream, he heard a voice that told him: "The coffin of Bishop Nikita must be covered."
Obeying this voice, the boyar went home; from there he soon returned with a cover, which he placed on the tomb of St. Nikita, having previously cleared it of dust and litter. Motivated by the desire to look at the relics of the saint, the boyar made a slit in the tomb and saw that the body of the saint lay covered with a veil on the church platform, completely intact, without signs of destruction. Little by little, other residents of this city also learned about this, from time to time they looked into the crack of the tomb and marveled at what they saw. This continued until 1558.
In the same year, Archbishop Pimen, convinced through others and personally of the incorruptibility of the relics of Saint Nikita, reported this in writing to the tsar and the metropolitan, who with great joy commanded him to open the tomb of the saint, to transfer his body to a new wooden tomb so that it would openly rest, and establish a church-wide celebration of the saint. To open the tomb of the saint, the iconostasis had to be dismantled, since the chapel of the godfather of Joachim and Anna was very small and half of the saint's tomb was in the altar.
When the tomb was opened, they saw that the body of the saint rested in the ground, two cubits below the platform of the church; it was covered with a shroud, and the face of the saint was illuminated by heavenly light; His right hand, blessing, lay on his Persians, while his left was stretched out to his knees; the right foot was turned with the sole up, the left to the side. Having dressed the saint in new bishop's clothes, he was again laid in the tomb in the same place.
At the appointed time, Archbishop Pimen, with a large congregation of clergy, performed prayer singing at the tomb of Saint Nikita, during which his venerable relics were transferred to the “prepared bed” and transferred to the main cathedral church, where an all-night vigil was then served. During the divine service, when the statutory reading was taking place and the clergy were sitting, one of the abbots had a vision that Saint Nikita, having risen from the tomb, in a phelonion and with a censer in his hands, went first to cense in the altar, and then to the church and soon became invisible.
At the end of the all-night vigil, the people venerated the relics of the saint, and the archbishop transferred them to the tomb, which, by order of the metropolitan, was temporarily placed on the right side of the temple near the small pillar against the pulpit until the completion of work to expand the chapel of the holy father Joachim and Anna.
Soon after finding the relics of St. Nikita, one of the rulers of the city revealed his doubts about their incorruptibility. To dispel his doubts, Archbishop Pimen opened the veil on the relics of the saint before Perseus. Seeing the face of the saint, like that of a healthy sleeping person, the mayor repented of his sin. Despite this, the city priests soon came to the archbishop with a request to give them the opportunity to see for themselves the incorruptibility of the relics of St. Nikita.
The archbishop imposed a seven-day fast on them to repent of their sins, after which the clergy gathered at the relics of St. rose, and with it the whole body began to move. The priests were amazed at the miracle and asked the archbishop to allow them to annually commemorate this incident to send prayer singing to the whole cathedral at the relics of the saint, which is why the archbishop established a feast on the fifth of the second week in the week of All Saints.
The demand made by the clergy of Novgorod to their archpastor to examine the relics of St. Nikita can be explained as follows. At that time, the heresy of Theodosius Kosoy was very widespread, rejecting, among other things, the veneration of holy icons and relics; it also had its effect on the clergy and partly shook their faith in miracles.
Meanwhile, many miracles took place at the relics of St. Nikita, after they were found: the paralyzed, the lame, the withered hands, the lepers, the possessed received healing, but it is worthy of special attention that those who were mostly healed were sick with eyes, blind or with impaired vision.
When the honest relics of St. Nikita were found and a striking healing of one paralytic took place, many residents of Novgorod and the surrounding area began to flow to the relics of the miracle worker with their sick. Among the sick was an old and blind Xenia, who had not seen anything for 12 years. At that time, the liturgy was going on. Xenia prayed to the Lord for healing, turned her thoughts to Saint Nikita, and then, with tears, she said publicly to Archbishop Pimen, who was standing in the church: “I pray to you, my Grace Archbishop: pray to your comrade-in-arms, the great saint and miracle worker Nikita, so that he will grant me insight.” .
And more than once repeated her blind prayer. Seeing the woman’s perseverance and her tears, the archbishop said: “Get away from me, old woman, get away, go to Saint Nikita, and he will save you according to your faith, if he pleases.”
At the tomb of Saint Xenia, she prayed fervently, and one of her eyes began to see. But she took the courage to turn again to Archbishop Pimen, falling at his feet, and with tears of joy she again begged that through the prayers of the archbishop her other eye would also see. Vladyka answered her: “I see, old woman, that you are many years old, and one eye would be enough to serve you until your death.”
But Xenia, with the same persistence, tearfully pleads with the archbishop. He sends her again to the tomb of St. Nikita with the words: "He who opened one eye to you will open the other."
Xenia again comes to the shrine of the miracle worker, adds tears to her tears and weaves prayers with heartfelt sighs and faith. And the hope of the woman was not in vain: she saw the light in the second eye, to the general surprise of those who were then in the church of Hagia Sophia.
Archbishop Pimen ordered the icon painter Simeon to paint an icon of the Mother of God with the Divine Infant, and before Them, standing and praying with uplifted hands, St. Nikita. The saint did not have a beard at all. And the icon painter thought that it was necessary to depict on the icon at least a small brada on the face of St. Nikita. Thinking about this, Simeon began to doze, went to his bed and fell asleep. And in a thin dream, he suddenly heard a voice: “Simeon, you are thinking of writing Bishop Nikita’s beard! Don't think about it, for he didn't have a beard. And to erect other icon painters so that they do not write Bishop Nikita with a beard on the icons.
Simeon woke up, but saw no one. He hastened to convey his vision to Archbishop Pimen, and the Archbishop glorified God. The image of the saint was painted as he himself commanded.
At the same time, in every place and under every circumstance, Saint Nikita appeared to help those who, with faith and prayer, resorted to him. During the uncovering of the relics of St. Nikita, through his prayers, God crowned Russian weapons with victory in the war against the Livonians. During the capture of Rugodiv, both the Russian army and the enemy saw that St. Nikita rides along the banks of the Narova River on a horse in hierarchal robes and with a rod in his hand, crowned with a cross, repulses the enemies from the Russian regiments. This was witnessed by the soldiers themselves, who returned to Novgorod; the same was confirmed by the elder of the city of Rugodiva - a Latin, named John, when he saw the image of St. Nikita.
At present, the relics of St. Nikita openly rest in the same place where they were found: under the arch between the aisles of the Father of God Joachim and Anna and the Mother of God of the Nativity in a rich silver shrine, into which they were transferred from the ancient one in 1846, on April 30.
The memory of the saint is celebrated twice a year: January 31 / February 13 and April 30 / May 3, according to the old style - on the day of finding his honest relics.
Veneration, miracles
The very first life of St. Nikita is found in the letter of Polycarp to Akindin of the XIII century. In 1547 he was glorified for general church veneration throughout the Russian Church. On the night of April 30, 1558, a man with a barely noticeable beard appeared in a dream to the Novgorod hierarch Pimen and said: Peace be with you, beloved brother! Do not be afraid, I am your primate, the sixth bishop of Novgorod, Nikita. The time has come, and the Lord commands to open my relics to the people.»
Waking up, Archbishop Pimen heard the bell for matins and hurried to the cathedral. On the way, he met the pious Novgorodian Isaac, who on the same night also saw in a dream St. Nikita, who ordered him to tell Vladyka not to delay opening the relics. Hearing from Isaac about the vision he had had, the archbishop immediately set about opening the holy relics. When the lid of the tomb was raised, they saw the sacred treasures of grace: not only the body of the saint of God, but also his vestments were preserved in incorruption. At the same time, a posthumous portrait was drawn from the face of the saint, the details of the appearance and vestments of the saint were clarified, and the information was sent to Metropolitan Macarius in Moscow to clarify the icon-painting tradition. The relics subsequently rested in the church of St. Philip the Apostle.
In 1942, the Nazis drove over three thousand Novgorodians to Lithuania. In the autumn of the same year, in the Lithuanian town of Vekshni, where the Novgorodians were assigned to settle, a German military train brought five silver shrines with the relics of Novgorod saints. The rector of the local church, Archimandrite Alexy (Cheran), who arrived immediately, was the first to identify the shrine of St. Nikita.
All the relics were immediately transported to the church, and Metropolitan Sergius (Voskresensky) of Lithuania, in a telephone conversation, instructed the rector to open the shrines and straighten the robes of the saints before the all-night vigil.
Father Archimandrite himself writes: After a long journey, the saints in the shrines moved from their place and they had to be put down in the proper way, and therefore the Lord vouchsafed me, the unworthy one, the Lord to raise Saint Nikita entirely, in my arms, with the help of Hierodeacon Hilarion. The saint was dressed in a dark crimson velvet phelonion, on top of which lay a large omophorion of forged gold brocade. His face was covered with great air; on the head is a golden miter darkened by time. The face of the saint is wonderful; the completely preserved features of his face express strict calmness and at the same time meekness and humility. The beard is almost invisible, only sparse vegetation on the chin is noticeable. The right hand, blessing, is folded with two fingers - a strongly darkened place from application for 400 years clearly stands out on it. Wonderful is God in His saints!»
The entire Orthodox people, who found themselves in that Lithuanian region, met the holy relics with trepidation and enthusiasm. At the same time, Hierodeacon Hilarion, who was helping the rector of the temple to put the relics of the saints in order, a man not very educated, but burning with faith, twice saw one dream: Saint Nikita, dressed in a mantle, stood in the middle of the temple and read the penitential canon.
Hierodeacon, who entered the temple and saw the bishop, immediately fell at his feet and asked for blessings. The saint blessed the Novgorodian with a gesture and said: Pray all for deliverance from the disasters coming to our homeland and people. The wicked enemy takes up arms. You must all before the service of God to receive the blessing«.
After these words, the saint became invisible. Having learned about this, Metropolitan Sergius established a rule that before the beginning of each service, when opening the shrine of St. Nikita, the clergy should go out and kiss the right hand of St. Nikita, return to the altar, and then only begin the liturgy.
This tradition is honored even now by the Novgorod priesthood. The relics of St. Nikita are now resting in St. Sophia Cathedral, and the priests of the cathedral must venerate them before the start of divine services.
Days of Remembrance:
- June 17 (transitional) - Cathedral of the Novgorod Saints
- February 13
- May 13 - Uncovering the relics
- May 27
NIKI NOVOGORODSKII
Troparion, tone 4
Having enjoyed, God-wise, abstinence / and curbing the desire of your flesh, / you sat on the throne of hierarchy, / and like a many-light star, enlightening faithful hearts / with the dawns of your miracles, our father, Saint Nikito, / and now pray to Christ God, / yes, save our souls.
Another troparion, tone 2
Desiring heavenly space, / from youth in a narrow place you shut yourself up, / in it you were deceived from the enemy, / again with humility and obedience / you defeated the strong charmer, Nikito, / and now, standing before Christ, / pray that we all be saved.
Kontakion, tone 6
And having honored the hierarchical rank / and purely standing before you, / you diligently brought prayer for your people, / as if you brought down the rain with prayer, / when you extinguished the hail of fire. / And now, to St. Nikito, / pray to Christ God / save your praying people, / yes, we all cry out to you: / rejoice, holy hierarch.
Another kontakion, tone 1
Having defeated the enemy’s flattery / and shining brightly with virtue, / you put on the clothes of hierarchs, most glorious Nikito, / in it with the light of your life and miracles shining more than the sun, / having enlightened many, you brought Christ, / Him pray for us who sing thee.
Reverend
Nikita, recluse Pechersky,
Bishop of Novgorod (1108).
Saint Nikita, Archbishop of Novgorod
Reverend Nikita, recluse of the Caves, Bishop of Novgorod (1109).
Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ Ἔγκλειστος
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Commemorated January 31/February 13, April 30/May 13 (uncovering of relics) and May 14/27
From a young age, Saint Nikita entered the Kiev-Pechersk monastery and soon decided to become a recluse, despite the abbot's suggestion that such a feat was premature for a young monk. In seclusion, Nikita was subjected to the following temptation: at the suggestion of the devil, he stopped praying to God and devoted himself entirely to reading the books of the Old Testament. Nikita so studied them and learned them by heart that no one could compare with him in the knowledge of these books. When his brilliant knowledge of the Old Testament Scripture became known to many, princes and boyars began to come to him for hearing and instruction. However, many were surprised that he did not want to hear about the books of the New Testament and in every possible way avoided mentioning them. Then the wise elders of the monastery realized that Nikita "fell into delusion", that is, he fell under the devil's seduction. Nikita was delivered from this state by the fervent prayers of the Pechersk monks. After that, Nikita left his arbitrary shutter. Continuing to fast strictly, he began to diligently pray to God, and after a short time he surpassed other monks with his obedience and humility.
A few years later, Nikita was made a bishop in Novgorod. He preached well, instructing believers in gospel words. Being rewarded by God with the gift of miracles for his holy life, he helped many and healed many. So, once he prayed down rain from heaven, another time, through his prayer, the fire in the city stopped.
After 13 years of bishopric, Saint Nikita died peacefully in 1108. 445 years after his death, under Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible (1530-1584), the relics of the saint were found incorrupt, and then many healings took place; moreover, mainly the sick with eyes and the blind improved healing.
ORTHODOX CALENDAR
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Akathist to St. Nikita, Bishop of Novograd, miracle worker
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Kondak 1
Chosen voivode and pastor of the most sacred Great Novagrad, confirmation of the Church, Hierarch Nikito of Christ, accept from us diligently bringing you blessings and with your prayers from troubles and misfortunes, always deliver the love of those who call you:
Ikos 1
An angel in the flesh appeared on earth if you were truly wonderful Nikito, with the flesh you lived as if you were incorporeal: the same, now settling with the incorporeal, receive this song from us earthly:
Rejoice, Nikito, Equal angels.
Rejoice, hierarch, reverend cohabitant.
Rejoice, having received the power to feed the verbal sheep from God.
Rejoice, brightening your flock with the light of your teachings.
Rejoice, faithful guardian of chastity.
Rejoice, true lover of fasting life.
Rejoice, radiant lightning, Novgorod the Great cheerfully illuminating.
Rejoice, shining ray, dispersing the demonic darkness.
Rejoice, faithful giver of joy.
Rejoice, quick intercessor in our sorrows and illnesses.
Rejoice, our warm intercessor Nikito, the most marvelous saint.
Kondak 2
Seeing the strange and wonderful life of your image, St. Nikito of Christ, we are greatly surprised, reflecting on your laborious deeds, we sing to God who strengthened you for this: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
Grant the divine mind to us from above, hierarch, that we may, according to our property, praise your virtuous life, cry out to you with love:
Rejoice, shining with many virtues.
Rejoice, curbing the flesh of your desires.
Rejoice, captivating mind in obedience to faith.
Rejoice, thou who hast kept thy heart pure.
Rejoice, enriched by the mind of Christ.
Rejoice, as an angel appearing in your life.
Rejoice, destroyer of soulful passions.
Rejoice, treasure of inspired words.
Rejoice, formidable demonic intimidation.
Rejoice, marvelous astonishment in humans.
Rejoice, our warm intercessor Nikito, the most marvelous saint.
Kondak 3
The power of the Most High from the youth of autumn is thee, God-wise, and showing the village and the house of the All-Holy Spirit, pray for Him and for us, honest father, pleasing thee, calling God: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Greater than thee, O Nikito, intercessor and quick help in misfortune, we call upon you in prayer and sing with joy to your memory:
Rejoice, quick listener of those who resort to you.
Rejoice, consolation to grieving souls.
Rejoice, desperate remedy.
Rejoice, imploring the Righteous Judge for sinful people.
Rejoice, delivering you from sorrow and troubles.
Rejoice, despondent all-desired visitor.
Rejoice, most merciful healer of the sick.
Rejoice, saint of Christ's greatest.
Rejoice, beautiful flower of paradise.
Rejoice, our warm intercessor Nikito, the most marvelous saint.
Kondak 4
Having hated the storm of passions of the many-rebellious world, Father, thou hast withdrawn all its beauties, but having moved into the monastery and accepting the rank of angels, thou sang from the angels of Christ: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Hearing the Christ-imitating life of the God-bearing and great father, you became jealous in your life: for this reason, you have entered into the lock with a special feat, betraying yourself, the same worthy of hearing:
Rejoice, most diligent ascetic of God.
Rejoice, great glory to the monastics.
Rejoice, saints of the hermitage enriched by virtuous morals.
Rejoice, thou who didst serve God like an angel.
Rejoice, you who received equal and honor as an angel.
Rejoice, good monastic deeds to the zealot.
Rejoice, zealous performer of Christ's commandments.
Rejoice, cheerful banisher of the enemy's slander.
Rejoice, most graceful teacher of Christian perfection.
Rejoice, our warm intercessor Nikito, the most marvelous saint.
Kondak 5
Not enduring your divine life, the misanthrope temptation flattering you, appearing to you in the form of an angel and teaching you to stop praying: if you were deceived by his cunning, both did not completely perish in temptation; through the prayers of the brethren, you have been saved, you cried out to Christ: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Seeing the monks a strange thing that appears on you, as if from the old only divine scriptures that come to you, you teach, from the new testament nothing else, you have been deceived by understanding, reverend, for this sake, the common prayer for you has been created, the devil is driven away and driven out of the shutter: we But to you, as if you were the most tempted former and we are tempted to help the mighty, we do not stop calling:
Rejoice, thou who suffered the most from the enemy of the murderer.
Rejoice, having experienced the full depth of demonic flattery.
Rejoice, thou who was delighted with the prayers of the ascetics from the pit of perdition.
Rejoice, freed from the work of the devil by the Lord.
Rejoice, strong helper against invisible enemies and us.
Rejoice, in the temptations of life you are always an accomplice to us.
Rejoice, reflection of all evil from those who honor you.
Rejoice, open the entrance to everything good.
Rejoice, strong deposition of demonic forces.
Rejoice, firm erection of the fallen by the sins.
Rejoice, our warm intercessor Nikito, the most marvelous saint.
Kondak 6
The preachers of your salvation, the former monks of Pecherstia, who stole you from the devil, instruct you on the true path: you, Father Nikito, knowing your bitter deceit, brought repentance to God with tears, praying and calling: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
Thou hast shone, like a radiant sun in the firmament of the church, the devil escaped temptation and strengthened by fasting deeds: the same and we are the slanders of the evil one, let us call you:
Rejoice, patiently wearing your cross on the frame.
Rejoice, thou who deposed the thought of Amalek.
Rejoice, receiving the gifts of the Divine Spirit.
Rejoice, for mercifully helping those who suffer in life.
Rejoice, change the warmth of the passions flowing to you.
Rejoice, quick intercessor for the offended.
Rejoice, protective protector of the overwhelmed.
Rejoice, swift savior in adversity.
Rejoice, quick-appearing helper to those who call.
Rejoice, our warm intercessor Nikito, the most marvelous saint.
Kondak 7
Although Christ the Lord, the Great Bishop, adorns you with hierarchical power, elevates you to the sacred throne of Great Novagrad, on it you sat, the bright light of your city appeared to you, enlightening everyone and calling to God teaching: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
Novgorod the Great received thee from the Lord, the shepherd and teacher, rejoicing, reverend, in vain the direction of your virtues, and in sacred songs we still cry out to you:
Rejoice, most sacred teacher, bestowed upon us by God.
Rejoice, chosen bishop of God.
Rejoice, zealous champion of pious faith, and the highest mind.
Rejoice, sweetest preacher of Christ's decrees.
Rejoice, wonderful decoration of the Great Novagrad.
Rejoice, bloodless sacrifice undefiled to God.
Rejoice, having established your flock in the Orthodox faith.
Rejoice, for you have enlightened many with your archpastoral word.
Rejoice, holy hierarch, and vouchsafe us your children to stand before the Throne of God.
Rejoice, our warm intercessor Nikito, the most marvelous saint.
Kondak 8
Strangely, incarnating our God for the sake of salvation, you preached to your flock, Nikito, and idolatrous superstitions the darkness dispersed you, calling hypostatic wisdom: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
You were all in your flock a quick helper, a saint, an intercessor for the offended, a poor feeder, a defender for orphans and widows, for the praise of all, urging you to cry out:
Rejoice, quick help in every need.
Rejoice, quick consolation in sorrows.
Rejoice, freeing from resentment and anger.
Rejoice, delivering your city of fiery fire.
Rejoice, precious treasure of mercy.
Rejoice, granting us imperishable wealth.
Rejoice, quiet haven of the overwhelmed.
Rejoice, great refuge of the persecuted and offended.
Rejoice, thou who artful of many people from perdition.
Rejoice, thou who didst save thy sheep from the fierce wolf.
Rejoice, our warm intercessor Nikito, the most marvelous saint.
Kondak 9
Every generation and age of the faithful of Great Novagrad zealously honors the bright day of your memory, Saint Nikito, having gathered together, we call you prayerfully: be a comforter in sorrow, an assistant in anger, an ambulance doctor in illnesses, but we joyfully call you the evil ones: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
The vetiy language cannot adequately depict all the greatness of your love for your verbal flock, ever-memorable, not only in your temporary life, but also gone to heaven, paternally nazir all those who cry out to you with love like this:
Rejoice, great teacher of salvation.
Rejoice, correction of sinners.
Rejoice, contemptible earthly sweetness.
Rejoice, near to the mountain of the monastery.
Rejoice, thou who didst adorn the Church of Novagrad with holiness.
Rejoice, enlightening thy children with God-wise words.
Rejoice, fulfilling the joys of those who love you indescribably.
Rejoice, for by your prayers we are freed from eternal death.
Rejoice, our warm intercessor Nikito, the most marvelous saint.
Kondak 10
To be saved, if you want to be faithful, from troubles and sorrows, we flow prayerfully to your sacred tomb. But you, O holy miracle-worker, help us, the weak, quench our sorrow and guide us on the right path of the erring, but by your salvation, we call with laudatory voices: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
The wall is invincible and you are a cover, father, to all the people with faith who come running to you, the same to us, asking for your intercession, be a strong fence, but always affirming in you cry:
Rejoice, drive away troubles and sorrows from those who love you.
Rejoice, all who call upon you ambulance give.
Rejoice, fortress and protection of the pious.
Rejoice, formidable punisher of the wicked.
Rejoice, from honest relics, healing is abundantly exuded.
Rejoice, the planter of the desired blessings to us.
Rejoice, repulsor of those who find adversity.
Rejoice, those who hope for your protection.
Rejoice, sweet consolation of our souls.
Rejoice, our warm intercessor Nikito, the most marvelous saint.
Kondak 11
All-compassionate singing is brought to you by the people of Novogradstiya in the acquisition of your multi-healing relics, saint, from them great miracles with faith were revealed to those who came, to God, teaching in His marvelous saints to sing: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
The light-receiving candle that shone on the candlestick of our city, we see you, most sacred Father Nikito, with the brilliance of miracles, you illuminate all those who call you with love:
Rejoice, heavenly star, shining from the south of Russia.
Rejoice, Novgorod the Great, shimmering with your radiance.
Rejoice, dwelling in the non-evening light.
Rejoice, and send enlightenment to us wandering in the darkness of sin.
Rejoice, candle, kindled by the divine flame.
Rejoice, lampstand of Christ not quenched by demonic winds.
Rejoice, thou who ascendest the heavenly angels sretosha.
Rejoice, for he opened the gates of paradise with joy.
Rejoice, rejoice with Christ in glory.
Rejoice, O Thrisyan Dawn, enjoy Java.
Rejoice, our warm intercessor Nikito, the most marvelous saint.
Kondak 12
Ask us for divine grace from the Savior Christ, reverend father, extend a helping hand to us, cover us with your warm intercession, and make us reach eternal joy, and cry with you forever and ever: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing your valiant deeds, we appease your laudable death, but we also celebrate your sacred memory, reverend, and miraculously praise your life with a cry:
Rejoice, exalted in the mountains of the monastery.
Rejoice, entered into the heavenly chambers with glory.
Rejoice, sincerely desiring the glory of the fathers.
Rejoice, richly perceiving the premium heritage.
Rejoice, crowned with a holy crown.
Rejoice, tireless prayer book for those who honor you.
Rejoice, visitor lying in weakness.
Rejoice, comforter of the despondent and sorrowful.
Rejoice, from heavenly circles, graciously look down on our prayers.
Rejoice, soon fulfill those who honor thee.
Rejoice, our warm intercessor Nikito, the most marvelous saint.
Kondak 13
O all-praiseful and marvelous Saint Nikito of Christ! Diligently accept this little prayer that is brought from us sinners and strive to beg God and the Lord soon, may it save us from all troubles and bitterness and free those who call: Hallelujah from future torment.
This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1st and kontakion 1st
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Prayer to Saint Nikita, Bishop of Novgorod
Hear us sinners, today flocking to this sacred temple, and worshiping your honest image, and falling down to your sacred race, and crying with tenderness: as if sitting on the throne of hierarchship in this Great Newgrad, and with a single overflowing lack of rain, the rain brought down with prayer, and packs I’ll obsessed this city with a fiery flame, gave you a prayer of deliverance, so now we pray to you, O saint of Christ Nikito: pray to the Lord, to save the reigning cities, this Great Novgorod and all cities and Christian countries from coward, flood, gladness, fire, hail , the sword and from all the enemies visible to the invisible, as if we were saving for the sake of your prayers, we glorify the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and your merciful intercession, now and forever, and forever and ever.
Amen.
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Troparion to Saint Nikita of the Caves, Bishop of Novgorod
Troparion, tone 4:
Having enjoyed the wisdom of abstinence, and curbing the desire of your flesh, you sat on the throne of hierarchy, and like a many-light star, enlightening faithful hearts with the dawns of your miracles, our father to St. Nikito: and now pray to Christ God, save our souls.
John troparion, tone 2:
Wishing for heavenly space, from youth in a narrow place you shut yourself up, in it you were deceived from the enemy, yet with humility and obedience you defeated the strong charmer, Nikito, and now, standing before Christ, pray that we all be saved.
Kontakion, tone 6:
Honoring the rank of bishops, and standing purest before the purest, diligently praying for your people brought you, as if you brought down the rain with prayer, when you extinguished the hail of fire. And now pray to Saint Nikito to Christ God to save your praying people, and let us all cry out to you: rejoice in the holy hierarch of the Father.
Ying kontakion, tone 1:
Having defeated the enemies of flattery and shining brightly with virtues, you put on the clothes of the hierarchs, most glorious Nikito, in it with the light of your life and miracles shining more than the sun, enlightening many, you brought Christ, Him pray for us who sing thee.
magnificence
We magnify you, Saint Father Nikito, and honor your holy memory, for you pray for us Christ our God.
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Prayer to Saint Nikita, Bishop of Novgorod
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Oh, the bishop of God, Saint Nikito!
Hear us sinners, today flocking to this sacred temple, and worshiping your honest image, and falling to your sacred hand, and crying out with tenderness: as if sitting on the throne of hierarchship in this Great Newgrad, and with a single lack of rain, prayer brought down the rain, and packs I’ll obsessed this city with a fiery flame, gave you a prayer of deliverance, so now we pray to you, O saint of Christ Nikito: pray to the Lord, to save the reigning cities, this Great Novgorod and all cities and Christian countries from coward, flood, gladness, fire, hail , the sword and from all the enemies visible to the invisible, as if we were saving for the sake of your prayers, we glorify the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and your merciful intercession, now and forever, and forever and ever.
Amen.
Troparion, tone 4
Having enjoyed, God-wise, curbing the abstinence and desire of your flesh, you sat on the throne of hierarchy, and like a many-light star, enlightening faithful hearts with the dawns of your miracles, our father, Saint Nikito, and now pray to Christ God, may save our souls.
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| Saint Nikita of Novgorod Russia, XVIII, wood, tempera Penza Art Gallery. Konstantin Savitsky Nikita, recluse of Pechersk, Bishop of Novgorod |
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| Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νικήτα Ἀρχιεπισκόπου Νόβγκοροντ |
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| Saint Nikita, Bishop of Novgorod Russia, XVI century, taffeta, canvas, gold, silver and silk threads. Apparently, the image of St. Nikita was originally part of a single composition. The saint is represented in prayer, in a three-quarter turn to the center). St. Nikita - in a cross-shaped hierarchical phelonion. The figure is enclosed in a keeled arch on curly columns. Sewing with spun gold and silver threads "to attach" (seam "berry"), filigree and silk threads "to the opening". Personal made with a "satin" seam without shading, the face of St. John - in form. The background is brown taffeta, sewn up with multicolored silk threads. During restoration, the sewing was reinforced with blue dye. Lining - canvas. Novgorod State United Museum-Reserve |
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