Today, pious people, let us brightly honor/ the seven honorable royal passion-bearers,/ Christ’s one home Church:/ Nicholas and Alexander,/ Alexy, Olga, Tatian, Mary and Anastasia./ For you, who were not afraid of bonds and varied sufferings,/ accepted death and desecration of bodies from those who fought against God/ and improved boldness towards the Lord in prayer./ For this reason, for their sake, with Let us cry out in love:/ O holy passion-bearers,/ Hear the voice of repentance and the groaning of our people,/ Confirm the Russian land in love for Orthodoxy,/ Save from internecine warfare,/ Ask God for peace // and great mercy for our souls.
Blessed child of the virtuous vine, ascended to the cross from infancy through suffering, having a soul like pure heaven, and a heart like a burning flame for God, holy and faithful Tsarevich Alexie, who with his parents suffered courageously to atone for the sins of the Russian people. Now, having enjoyed the heavenly meal, I cry out to God: Lord, have mercy on the Russian land.
Chosen by the King of those who reign and the Lord of lords/ from the lineage of the kings of Russia,/ the martyr’s blessing,/ who accepted mental anguish and bodily death for Christ/ and crowns of Heaven crowned,/ to you, as our merciful patron,/ we cry out with love and gratitude:/ Rejoice, royal passion-bearers,// for Holy Rus' before God, fervent prayerists.
O holy passion-bearer, Tsar Martyr Nicholas! The Lord has chosen you as His anointed one, to be merciful and right to judge your people and to be the guardian of the Orthodox Church. For this reason, with the fear of God, you performed royal service and took care of souls. The Lord, testing you like Job the Long-Suffering, allows you reproach, bitter sorrow, betrayal, betrayal, alienation from your neighbors and abandonment of the earthly kingdom in mental anguish. All this is for the good of Russia, as her faithful son, having endured and, as a true servant of Christ, receiving martyrdom, you have reached the Kingdom of Heaven, where you enjoy The highest glory at the Throne of all the Tsar, together with your holy wife, Queen Alexandra, and the royal children Alexy, Olga, Tatiana, Marie and Anastasia. Now, having great boldness from Christ the King, pray that the Lord will grant us forgiveness of sins, and instruct us in all virtue, that we may acquire humility, meekness and love, and be worthy of Heavenly Kingdom, where together with you and all the saints, the new martyrs and confessors of Russia, let us glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.