By humility you hid your princely dignity,/ God-wise Elisaveto,/ through the deep service of Martha and Mary/ you honored Christ./ Having chosen yourself with mercy, patience and love,/ as you offered a righteous sacrifice to God./ We, who honor your virtuous life and suffering,/ as a true mentor, we earnestly ask you:/ Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elisaveto, // pray to Christ God to save and enlighten our souls.
From royal glory, having taken up the Cross of Christ, you passed to the glory of Heaven, praying for your enemies, and you found eternal joy, holy martyr Princess Elisaveto, with Barbara the martyr. We also pray to you: pray for our souls.
Oh, Grand Duchess, Holy Martyr Elisabeth, Russian praise, glorious adornment of the city of Moscow and sacred heritage of the Holy Land!
In the days of your life, you acquired faith, hope, and love without falsehood; you shone brightly with mercy toward the afflicted. Having shown the image of humility to your neighbors with patience through sorrows and temptations, you crowned your life with exile and suffering, and you now remain in the Kingdom of Heaven.
For this reason, we pray to you, holy passion-bearer, through your prayers grant us a humble and repentant heart, unfailing mercy, sacrificial service to others, unshakable patience, courage in tribulations and circumstances, unflagging, but in the terrible hour of death, firm trust in our Lord Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship with His Beginning The Father, and His Most Holy, Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Oh, holy new martyrs of the Russian Church, Grand Duchess Elisaveto and the most honorable nun Varvaro, who carried out the Gospel commandments in deeds in the monastery of mercy, for the sake of the Orthodox faith who struggled to death and brought good fruit in the patience of the passions to Christ! Pray to Him, as the conqueror of death, that He may establish the Russian Orthodox Church and our Fatherland. Behold, the crafty enemy is arming himself against us, although he will destroy us in internecine battles, sorrows, sorrows, illnesses, severe needs and troubles. Beg the Lord to cast down all his weak insolence; Strengthen faith in the hearts of Orthodox people, and bestow upon us the gift of courage, so that, having denied ourselves and taken up our cross, we will follow Christ, crucifying our flesh with passions and lusts. Save us from all evil, sanctify the paths of our lives, grant unhypocritical repentance, silence and peace to our souls, ask the Lord for all of us bitter ordeals and eternal torment Let us be delivered and become an heir to the Kingdom of Heaven with all the saints who have pleased God from all eternity, so that we joyfully give praise, honor and worship to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
* Service to the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth.
** Akathist to the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth (new edition).