The Cross of Christ, like a certain weapon, we zealously took up, / and you rushed to the fight of enemies, / and you suffered for Christ, / after you gave your sacred soul to the Lord with fire: / From here and the gifts of healing/ You were deemed worthy to receive from Him,/ Great Martyr Nikito./ Pray to Christ God // for our souls to be saved.
I have cut through the power of grace with your standing, / and received the crown of victory in your suffering, / rejoicing more gloriously with the Angels, / Nikita’s namesake, / / with them, praying to Christ God incessantly for everyone us.
Oh, great passion-bearer of Christ and wonder-working Great Martyr Nikito! Falling before your holy and miraculous image, your deeds and miracles and your great compassion for people are glorifying, we pray to you diligently: show us the holy and sinful Your intercession is very powerful, for it is a sin for our sake, not the imams of the freedom of the children of God, even to boldly ask our Lord and Master for our needs, but you have a favorable prayer book to Him We offer and cry for your intercession, ask us from the Lord for beneficial gifts for our souls and bodies, right faith, undoubted hope for salvation, unfeigned love for everyone, in courage in the face of temptation, patience in suffering, constancy in prayer, health of soul and body, fruitfulness of the earth, prosperity of the air, contentment of the needs of life, peace and piety on earth life, Christian life, death and a good answer at the terrible judgment of Christ. Also, O passion-bearer of Christ, ask our Russian country from the Heavenly King for peace, health and salvation, and against enemies, victory and conquest, prosperity, silence and prosperity. Be a companion and helper to the Christ-loving army against their enemies, and show your holy intercession to all Orthodox people: heal the sick, comfort the afflicted, help the needy. Hey, saint of God and long-suffering martyr! Do not forget your holy monastery and all the nuns and worldly people living in it and striving, but hasten to bear the yoke of Christ in humility and patience and mercifully deliver them from all troubles and temptations. Bring us all into the quiet haven of salvation and become heirs of the blessed Kingdom of Christ through your holy prayers, may we glorify and sing of the great bounty of the Father and Son and Holy Spirit, in the Trinity glorified and worshiped God, and your holy intercession forever and ever. Amen.
Oh, great passion-bearer Nikito of Christ! Hear the prayer of us sinners, and deliver us (names) from all sorrow and adversity, from sudden death and from all evil: at the hour of separation of the soul from the body, cast away, passion-bearingly, all evil thought and crafty demons, for may our souls receive us in peace into the place of light, Christ our Lord God, for from Him is the cleansing of sins, and He is the salvation of our souls, and to Him it befits all glory, honor and worship, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Oh, great passion-bearer of Christ and miracle worker, great martyr Nikita! Hear us praying to you with tears (names), and pray to Christ God to have mercy on us and give us (the content of the petition), so that we glorify and sing the great bounty of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and your holy intercession, forever and ever. Amen.
Memorial Day September 15/28
The Great Martyr Nikita accepted martyrdom for Christ in the 4th century. during the internecine war between Christian Goths and pagans. His body was thrown into the fire, but did not burn. A friend of Nikitas found the remains of the martyr at night, and they stayed with him for a long time, and then were transferred to Cilicia and, due to many miracles and healings, became known to all the church people. They especially pray to the Great Martyr. Nikita about the expulsion of evil spirits.