To the elected voivode of the Russian land, to the bright adornment of the Orthodox Church, to the holy noble Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky, praiseworthy, as if by faith the enemies, visible and invisible, to the victor, and in his faith, according to the words of the apostle, virtue, in virtue is reason, in reason abstinence, in abstinence, patience, in patience, piety, brotherly love and love to the one who showed him with tenderness and joy, we cry out: Rejoice, holy noble-believing Grand Duke Alexandra.
Ikos 1
With the Angels and all the saints, stand now to Christ, blessedly Alexandra, praying for the love of those who honor thee: the same, remembering, as if having loved Christ from the grace of Christ, you clinged to the heavenly spirit, imitating life without flesh, we bless thee, cryingly: Rejoice, most pious branch; Rejoice, heir to the trust of the ancestors. Rejoice, imitator of the virtues of the God-loving father; Rejoice, mother's successor to meekness and piety. Rejoice, the leader to Heaven of your flock of Christ-loving: Rejoice, in the life of all the servants of God, friends and zealots of piety, a companion. Rejoice, holy face of the blessed fellow-participant; rejoice, invincible confessor of the faith of Christ. Rejoice, by the will of a martyr, rejoice now to a host of martyrs, a virtuous one; Rejoice, virgin preacher of Christian hope and love for all of us. Rejoice, the zealot of the statutes and the order of the church, splendid; Rejoice, faithful children of the Church and saints of God joint heir. Rejoice, holy blessed Grand Duke Alexandra.
Kontakion 2
Those who have seen the sweetness of your face and your bodily age, the new city, people rejoice at the glory of God, looking at you: we, remembering the most luminous more than the sun of your virtues, blessed Alexandra, who glorified the Lord, we sing: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
Thou art wise, God-wise Alexandra, as the image of this world is passing away, but there is one thing for man's need, to please the Lord: for this reason, for the sake of an amusement from love to the world and even in the world, you shunned, having longed for the heavenly ones here, like a faithful servant to the Lord in everything Thou hast served nonsensely. The same cry to thee: Rejoice, ascetic of faith, pleasing God above all, preselected; Rejoice, living like Abraham in all his living blameless before God. Rejoice, show Isaac's obedience; Rejoice, you who walked in the way of Jacob of humility. Rejoice, acquiring Joseph's purity and chastity; Rejoice, having manifested in yourself the love of Moses for your people. Rejoice, as Samuel is clean for herself from all covetousness, observing; Rejoice, victorious over your enemies by the meekness of David. Rejoice, jealous of Peter's fiery faith; Rejoice, with Paul you enslaved yourself to the yoke of Christ. Rejoice, for the divine wisdom of John by the deed of teaching in the word of God, you won; Rejoice, you copulating many saints of virtue in yourself. Rejoice, holy blessed Grand Duke Alexandra.
Kontakion 3
By the power of faith, you, blessed Alexandra, acquired the highest love of wisdom, for its sake, despising the flesh, you leaned against souls more immortal: the same gratifying you, as if you have now acquired immortality, crying to Christ who glorified you: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Always have the Lord before your eyes, you have lived soberly, blessed Alexandra, and you have done everything, doing for the glory of God, you have pleased God; ascetic; rejoice, lover of saving contemplation. Rejoice, our mentor in heroism from the world of withdrawal; Rejoice, co-owner of the perfect gift of awake attention to yourself. Rejoice, strong adversary of every wordless lust; rejoice, good ascetic of piety, prosperous in reason and deed. Rejoice, for by the power of prayer you have overcome the devil's temptations; Rejoice, for you have protected yourself from sin by the devil's temptation; Rejoice, for you have protected yourself from sin by remembering. Rejoice, for you have loved with your soul the thought of heavenly things; Rejoice, for you have succeeded in your prayerful approach to God. Rejoice, for you have sanctified all your life by the unceasing name of God by invoking; Rejoice, for you pleased the Lord with all pleasing. Rejoice, holy blessed Grand Duke Alexandra.
Kontakion 4
Storms of temptations have raised up against and against you, blessed Alexandra. But you have conquered this by the power of the grace of Christ: the same now, to a quiet haven of inflows, from the faces of the tempted in the world, who have overcome the world, crying to Christ: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Hearing Paul, saying: "Everyone will strive from all will abstain", you have imputed everything in your mind, blessedly to Alexandra, but having acquired Christ: by the exploits of rejection for yourself and for the good deed of compulsion, you have acquired the freedom of the glory of the children of God: the same gratifyingly, you cry like this: Rejoice, show us the image of rejection; Rejoice, for you have taught us to wear the cross in following Christ. Rejoice, you have straightened the flesh with passions and lusts; Rejoice, denouncing the vanity of the world by your life. Rejoice, having driven away all earthly attachments from yourself; Rejoice, captivating your mind in obedience to faith. Rejoice, by your will the good yoke of the commandments of Christ has arisen; Rejoice, purely keeping your heart from all the passions of the soul. Rejoice, you who have completely surrendered God to yourself; Rejoice, serving God through all your life. Rejoice, having acquired God's love for yourself by keeping the commandments; rejoice, the inheritance of the kingdom of pleasing God to God. Rejoice, holy blessed Grand Duke Alexandra.
Kontakion 5
Thou art a divine star in the world, blessed Alexandra, shining with glory and virtue: even now shine in Heaven with eternal glory from the face of the righteous, with them I will sing out praise to Christ: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Seeing you, blessed Alexandra, I am not conquered in battle, always conquering, I fear the unfaithfulness of your single name, but we, remembering your courage filled with faith, please you, saying: Rejoice, valiant in defense of the faith and the warrior of the Church; Rejoice, courageous defender of your land. Rejoice, wise slander of the enemy, destroyer; Rejoice, strong defender of the world of the helpless. Rejoice, glorious conqueror of the armies of Sveisky on the banks of the Nevsky; Rejoice, the security of all the northern countries of the Russian land to the guardian. Rejoice, evil intrigues of other faith, which have moved the alien host to our land, the destroyer; Rejoice, for the strengthening of the laws of righteousness. Rejoice, Pskov, fatherland of saints Olga, liberator; Rejoice, you who hated the world, the peacemaker. Rejoice, unsettled rampage in the days of Lithuania to the tamer: Rejoice, in all these battles of your Christ-loving army, wise leader. Rejoice, holy blessed Grand Duke Alexandra.
Kontakion 6
You have shown yourself a preacher of meekness and patience, blessed Allexandra, follow your glorious victories: in the same way, you have acquired an augmented crown from the King of Christ, Him you stand now, crying: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
You proclaimed, blessed Alexandra, more than your courage, with your patience, you also acquired it, looking at the Author of the Faith and the Perfecter Jesus, And instead of the joy that was set before him you endured the Cross: the same praising thee, zealously crying: Rejoice, enduring to the end in the labors of serving God; Rejoice, faithfully imitating Christ's patience. Rejoice, the power of Christ's commandment, even more about love for the enemy, understand wisdom; Rejoice, and have shown true love to those who have been delivered by you who have sinned against you. Rejoice, in the temptation of your people, the cunning of the wicked one who saw; Rejoice, for you have trampled your enemy's malice by your peaceful departure from the land. Rejoice, and in all your life you are the cleverness of Satan; Rejoice, evil good, according to the apostle, I will take out the victorious one. Rejoice, packs, in the time of sorrow, to help Novugrad, who offended thee, before having succeeded; Rejoice, for this sake you have won fiery love from your people. Rejoice, God’s visits, sickness and deprivation with enduring hope; Rejoice, for this sake you have acquired a bright crown from the Lord. Rejoice, holy blessed Grand Duke Alexandra.
Kontakion 7
Although you proclaim all the virtues, blessed Alexandra, the Lord Christ called to eat you to serve your people in the days of your visit: you attracted humility to patience, for whose sake you are now exalted, standing before God with a song: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
Wonderful if you see how an invincible warrior humbly bows his head before the unbelievers, and the Lord has sent them against his people for their sin: it is wonderful to remember your invincible humility, blessed Alexandra, who pleased you and the Lord, and you saved your people. The same grateful cry to thee: Rejoice, the Lord's humility imitator; Rejoice, due to the authority of the divine authority of reverence for the teacher. Rejoice, opposed to all exaltation; rejoice, ascetic of true obedience. Rejoice, to all of us the image of faithful service to God; Rejoice, the commanding mentor in a person-pleasing prospect. Rejoice, those who are subject to the leader in the command of God-commanded obedience; Rejoice, for many times for the good of your people you have traveled to the godless, imputing trials from them for nothing. Rejoice, for you were not afraid when you called on God to come to Batuvi, fulfilling his command; Rejoice, for you have taken on yourself a terrible answer about the unreasonable people of your people. Rejoice, for thou hast protected thy people from evil communication with the unfaithful; Rejoice, for you have protected wisely in the lands of your fatherly valor and tradition. Rejoice, holy blessed Grand Duke Alexandra.
Kontakion 8
You have passed on a wandering life on earth, blessed Alexandra, knowing no rest in your labors and not knowing the city that is here, but seek the coming city: for this, for the sake of this, now, blessed, you have dwelt in eternal habitation, I will take it out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
Serving the Lord with all your soul and pleasing him with all your life, you were glorified by piety, for whose sake the confessor appeared to you of the faith of Christ, blessed Alexandra: remembering the feat of your confession, cry out: Rejoice, you are not afraid of the anger of the unbelievers; Rejoice, creature more than the One who did not serve. Rejoice, you did not worship the sun and fire in the camp of the godless; Rejoice, keeping your faith in temptation. Rejoice, you did not submit to the ungodly command; Rejoice, steadfast preacher of faith before the unbelievers, having revealed to himself. Rejoice, with increased glory, according to your confession, you have returned to your land; Rejoice, in all the lives of the faithful faith of the fathers. Rejoice, for you have turned away from the flattery of other faith; Rejoice, revealing the cunning of the preachers of falsehood. Rejoice, appearing firm defender of orthodoxy; Rejoice, reverend victorious false words of the enemies of Orthodoxy with a healthy word. Rejoice, holy blessed Grand Duke Alexandra.
Kontakion 9
Having obeyed God altogether, as if a good and faithful servant served Him, blessed Alexandra, moreover, your peer for your land by working hard: the same, you were honored to bring in the joy of your Lord, to Him stand now, with the Angels singing: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
A fluttering tongue would not be able to praise your deeds, blessed Alexandra, you did it even, devoting your soul to your brethren: humbly, understanding your nipple corrections, we bring you a tender song to you, saying: Rejoice, brotherly love of a Christian, sincere jealous; Rejoice, Moses 'and Pavlovs' love for the brethren, imitator. Rejoice, faithful executor of Christ's commandments about love; Rejoice, and all of us are in love with our wondrous mentor. Rejoice, for your example, even more than your words, you who appear to be striving for the inheritance of your brethren, a reconciler; Rejoice, for the good of the people zealously in your life. Rejoice, organizer of the common peace in your days; Rejoice, your collector, driven out by fear of the invasions of the Tatar people. Rejoice, inherent defender of the helpless; Rejoice, beggars and hungry for a nourishment. Rejoice, strong patron of the orphans; Rejoice, now all who grieve and need a mighty representative before the Lord. Rejoice, holy blessed Grand Duke Alexandra.
Kontakion 10
To save even though his soul, knowing the same, as if he does not have love for God by any deeds and virtues, it is possible to achieve salvation, he has acquired the crown of virtues, he also has love for God, who is now coming to Him, joyfully crying: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
Having loved the Heavenly King with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your thought, you brought it to Him, blessed Alexandra, in the midst of many different offerings of faith and zeal, I live as a sacrifice to myself, holy, pleasing: the same gratifyingly thee, crying to you: Rejoice, having served the Lord in all the godly deeds of your life; Rejoice, for you crowned your holy life with vows of monasticism. Rejoice, many temples of God, destroying the godless, renewing; Rejoice, for the saints creating the holy deeds of fasting to the shining of the fasting deeds of the monastery. Rejoice, beloved of those who strive in godliness for God's sake; Rejoice, angelic image and pre-chosen yourself with a pure soul. Rejoice, at the end of your life you dedicated everything to God for yourself; Rejoice, by the acceptance of the schema, with the new name of Alexis, who has completely surrendered to God for yourself. Rejoice, for you have shown your purity of heart with a vow of virginity; Rejoice, for showing the height of your spirit with a vow of non-possession. Rejoice, vowing obedience to your all-round service to the One God forever confirmed; Rejoice, to the crown of the wise and the blessing of the prince, attracting the monk's wages. Rejoice, holy blessed Grand Duke Alexandra.
Kontakion 11
The funeral singing with tears dissolves at your tomb, blessed Alexandra: your people cry about you, the sun of the Russian land, which has gone down at noon, and sobbing interrupted their tender song to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
The light of the glory of the heavenly axis of thee soon, blessed Alexandra, comforting your weeping people: the same he who sees signs and wonders at your sepulcher, the son of russia is worthy of calling thee, as if in the prayers of a representative; but we, remembering your imminent intercession, cry out to you: Rejoice, pleaser of God, in the very burial you received glory from God; Rejoice, quick to our representative, to his call our fathers in need and anger. Rejoice, in the struggle against the Tatars, you have shown help to Prince Dmitry Donskoy; Rejoice, for the Tsar John the overcoming of the Kazan people proceeds. Rejoice, give many different healings to all; Rejoice, return your sight to the blind with your prayer. Rejoice, lame ones who fall to your grave, grant walking; Rejoice, heal the weakened disease. Rejoice, give freedom to those possessed by demons; Rejoice, quickening the hopeless with the hope of salvation. Rejoice, in those who have ruined reason, raise understanding; Rejoice, emanate from the grave of your many miracles. Rejoice, holy blessed Grand Duke Alexandra.
Kontakion 12
The grace of knowing, living in your imperishable recesses, the people of Vladimir with love I come to your holy race and, joyfully kissing, the glory of God about you, glorifying His holy, with emotion crying to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing your virtues and your miracles, with the joy of sretakh and seeing off our fathers your holy body, when, at the request of the heart in the Bose of the reposed Peter Pervago, I transfer your holy relics to a new resting place in the glorious Saint Peter's city: and we now, rejoicing in your heavenly glory and the dwelling of your incorruptible relics in this God-chosen city with the dumb cry of thee: Rejoice, Russian Joseph, you have relocated to a new place of repose; Rejoice, patron saint of all ends of the earth. Rejoice, Petrov's city is a trustworthy affirmation; rejoice, also in battle Heavenly protector. Rejoice, invaluable adornment of northern capitals; Rejoice, for the namesake of the abode of glory and affirmation. Rejoice, give the Russian people health and salvation with your prayers; Rejoice, you who put your trust in you, God-wise teacher. Rejoice, monk, like a monk, useful, by the example of your life, teach instruction; Rejoice, worldly people, as if you have labored in the world, to the leader with the virtue of community. Rejoice, give us all the hope of the Resurrection with your incorruption; Rejoice, all of us in misfortune and sorrow are a champion, a keeper and a liberator. Rejoice, holy blessed Grand Duke Alexandra.
Kontakion 13
O holy blessed Grand Duke Alexandra! From reverent hearts, offered to you, even unworthy, this song of praise, accept from us, like a zealous sacrifice of hearts that love you and please your holy memory. Protect all of us with your prayers: protect your intercessions with your city and all the people of the Russian land, yes, the quiet and silent life that has lived in the present vest of eternal bliss with an inheritance and bought with you and all the saints, we will be honored to sing to God: Alleluia.
(This kontakion is read three times, then the 1st ikos and the 1st kontakion)
Memorial days:
Troparion, voice 4
Get to know your brethren, Russian Joseph, not in Egypt, but reigning in Heaven, faithful to Prince Alexandra, and accept their prayers, multiplying the life of people by the fruitfulness of your land, protecting the cities of your dominion with prayer and Orthodox Christians to resist.
Kontakion, voice 8
As if we honor the star of thee, which shone from the east and came to the west: this whole country is enriched with miracles and kindness and enlightened by faith, who honor your memory, blessed Alexandra. For this reason, we celebrate your Assumption today, your people are; pray to save your Fatherland and everything that flows to the race of your relics and truly crying to you: Rejoice, our hail affirmation.
Kontakion 1
Elected voivode of the Russian land, to the bright decoration of the Orthodox Church, holy and faithful to the great prince Alexander Nevsky, praiseworthy, as if by faith the enemies are visible and invisible, victorious, and in the faith of the Apostles, according to the words of in restraint, however, patience, in patience, piety, love and love that have manifested, with tenderness and joy we cry out:
Ikos 1
With the Angels and all the saints, now Christ stands, blessed Alexandra, praying for the love of those who honor thee: in the same way, remembering, as if you loved Christ's sweetheart, you grasped the heavenly spirit;
Rejoice, the most honorable root of the pious is in the branch.
Rejoice, heir to the good faith of the ancestors.
Rejoice, impetus to the virtues of the God-loving father.
Rejoice, meekness and piety of the mother's successor.
Rejoice, the leader of your Christ-loving flock to heaven.
Rejoice, in the life of all God's servants and devotees of piety, companion.
Rejoice, fellowship of the godlike faces of God.
Rejoice, faith of Christ is the invincible confessor.
Rejoice, by the will of the martyr, now enjoy the host of the good martyrs.
Rejoice, effective Christian faith and love for all of us.
Rejoice, lover of the rules and order of the splendid church.
Rejoice, faithful children of the Church and God's graces are co-heirs.
Rejoice, holy and faithful Grand Duke Alexandpe.
Kontakion 2
Having seen the babbling of your face and your bodily age, the new people, the new people, are glad and glorified by God, looking at you; But we, remembering the most luminous more than the sun of your virtues, blessed Alexandra, who sent thee to the Lord, we will sing: Allelia.
Ikos 2
Thou didst understand, God-sage Alexandre, that the image of this world is undergoing, but there is only one for man's consumption - the hedgehog of the Lord's goodness; Because of this, for the sake of love from love to the world and even in the world, you have declined, having longed for the heavenly ones here, as a faithful slave, the Lord in all life, you did not carelessly serve. The same cry to thee:
Rejoice, ascetic of faith, God's pleasure most of all, chosen.
Rejoice, like Abraham in all life blamelessly living before God.
Rejoice, showing Isaac's message.
Rejoice, in the way of Jacob of humility, walking.
Rejoice, Joseph, acquiring purity and chastity.
Rejoice, having manifested Moses' love for his people in himself.
Rejoice, for Samuel is pure for herself from all covetousness, observing.
Rejoice, victorious against your enemies by the grace of David.
Rejoice, for Peter's fiery faith he has become more passionate.
Rejoice, with Paul you have worked for yourself Christ.
Rejoice, God-mind of John by the deed of teaching in the word of God.
Rejoice, you are a scooper of many saints of virtue.
Rejoice, holy and faithful Grand Duke Alexandpe.
Kontakion 3
By the power of faith you have acquired, blessed Alexandra, the highest love of spirit, for its sake, contemplating the flesh, you lay about soullessness; the same blissfully thee, as if she had now acquired the deathlessness, crying out to thee Christ: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Always have the Lord in front of your eyes, you have lived soberly, blessed Alexandra, and all that you have done, creating for the glory of God, you have pleased God; the same, rejoicing about you, we call you:
Rejoice, ascetic of true sobriety.
Rejoice, lover of saving contemplation.
Rejoice, our mentor in heroism from the world of withdrawal.
Rejoice, money-grubber of the perfect gift of awake attention to yourself.
Rejoice, steadfast against all wordless lust.
Rejoice, good ascetic of piety, excelling in reason and deed.
Rejoice, for by the power of prayer you conquered the devil's temptation.
Rejoice, for you have protected yourself from sin with the last memories.
Rejoice, for you have loved with your soul a hedgehog for the heavenly thoughts.
Rejoice, for you have succeeded in the non-crowded, even to God, prayer distances.
Rejoice, for you have sanctified your entire life with the unceasing name of God by chanting.
Rejoice, for you have longed for the Lord in all blessing.
Rejoice, holy and faithful Grand Duke Alexandpe.
Kontakion 4
The storm of temptations raised up the enemy and opposed you, blessed Alexandra: you conquered this by the power of the grace of Christ; the same now, to the quiet abode of the cure, from the faces of those sought after in the world, who have conquered the world, crying out to Christ: Allelia.
Ikos 4
Hearing Paul saying: "Everyone will strive for all, he will abstain", - you have imputed all in sight, blessed Alexandra, yes Christ received, by the exploits of rejection to yourself and to the good deed of receiving you gained the freedom of glory, children of God; the same blissfully thee, the cry of thee is this:
Rejoice, you showed us the image of rejection.
Rejoice, wearing the cross in following the Christ of us, the learned one.
Rejoice, the flesh is right with passion and lust.
Rejoice, exposing the world of the world by your life.
Rejoice, having driven away every earthly affection from yourself.
Rejoice, captivating your intelligence in the message of faith.
Rejoice, by your will the good yoke of Christ's commandments ardent.
Rejoice, purely preserving your heart from every heartfelt passion.
Rejoice, God who is all-perfect for yourself.
Rejoice, through all your life, the God who lives.
Rejoice, having acquired the love of God for yourself by keeping the commandments.
Rejoice, the inheritance of the Kingdom through the blessing of God, the most agreeable.
Rejoice, holy and faithful Grand Duke Alexandpe.
Kontakion 5
Thou hast passed by the God-given star in the world, blessed Alexandra, shining with glory and virtue; the same now shine in heaven with eternal glory from the face of the herald, with them you sing out the praises of Christ: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Having seen thee, blessed Alexandra, she is never conquered in a fight, always conquering, fearing the unbelief of your single name; but we remember your courage filled with faith, we bless you, saying:
Rejoice, gallant in the protection of the faith and the teacher of the Church.
Rejoice, courageous defender of your land.
Rejoice, mischievous slander to the rositor.
Rejoice, strong guardian of the world of the helpless.
Rejoice, glorious conqueror of the armies of Sveiskago on the shores of the Neva.
Rejoice, the security of all northern countries of the Russian land to the guard.
Rejoice, evil intrigues of other faith, which moved the alien to our earth, the destroyer.
Rejoice, God fortified the laws of righteousness to the bearer.
Rejoice, Pskov, fatherland of Saint Olga, liberator.
Rejoice, peace bearer who hated the world.
Rejoice, unstable rampage in the last days of Lithuania to the bereaved.
Rejoice, in all these brains of the Christ-loving army of your wise leader.
Rejoice, holy and faithful Grand Duke Alexandpe.
Kontakion 6
Thou hast revealed to yourself the preacher of meekness and patience, blessed Alexandra, follow your glorious victories; the same, and thou didst acquire a subtle crown from the King of Christ, He is present now, crying: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
Thou art shone, blessed Alexandra, more than courage, by thy patience, which thou didst acquire, looking at the Leader of the Faith and the Perfecter Jesus, Who, instead of the joy offered to Him, passed the cross; the same praising thee, earnestly crying:
Rejoice, to the end in the old way of serving God.
Rejoice, Christ's patience is surely tempting.
Rejoice, power of the commandment of Christ, even about love for the enemy, first and foremost wise.
Rejoice, and to those who have sinned against you by the people who have been delivered by you, have shown true love.
Rejoice, in the temptation of his people, the cunning of Lukavago is good.
Rejoice, for your peaceful departure from your land, the anger of your enemy is right.
Rejoice, and in all your life Satan's deceptions are wise.
Rejoice, evil good, according to the Apostle, take out the victorious one.
Rejoice, packs, in the year of scorching, to help the one who offended thee Novygrady is the first one.
Rejoice, for this sake you have won fiery love from your people.
Rejoice, God’s visitation, sickness and deprivation with warmth.
Rejoice, for this is the cause of the bright crown you have acquired from the Lord.
Rejoice, holy and faithful Grand Duke Alexandpe.
Kontakion 7
Although to shine upon you with all the virtues, blessed Alexandra, Vladyka Chistos called you to serve with his people in the days of your visit; You, however, imposed patience on humility, for whose sake you are now exalted, before God with a song: Allelia.
Ikos 7
Wonderful if you see how an invincible warrior humbly bows his head to the unbelievers, theirs is the Lord's ambassador to his people for the sake of their sin; It is marvelous to eat and remember your invincible humility, blessed Alexandra, you have blessed the Lord, and you have saved your people; so much the same thanks to the cry of ti:
Rejoice, giver of the Lord's humility.
Rejoice, teacher who is due to God-appointed authority of veneration.
Rejoice, contrary to any adoration.
Rejoice, ascetic of the true message.
Rejoice, for all of us the image of God's faithful service.
Rejoice, supervising mentor in a God-pleasing man of the distance.
Rejoice, those who are subject to the leader in the command of God-commanded obedience.
Rejoice, for many times for the sake of the good of your people you traveled to the godless, imputing nothing else from them tests.
Rejoice, for you were not afraid when you asked God to go to Batuvi, fulfilling his command.
Rejoice, as many people perceived a terrible answer about the unreasonable people of your rise.
Rejoice, for you have protected your people from the evil communication with the unbelievers.
Rejoice, as if you were wise, you have enclosed you in the lands of your fatherly valor and tradition.
Rejoice, holy and faithful Grand Duke Alexandpe.
Kontakion 8
Thou hast passed a wandering life on earth, blessed Alexandra, knowing no rest in his labor and not being here abiding city, but seeking a future; For this sake now, blessed, thou art dwelt in eternal dwellings, taking out singing to God: Allelia.
Ikos 8
Having served the Lord with all my soul, and with all my life I was benevolent to Him, I was sent forth by piety, for whose sake and confessor appeared Thou of the faith of Christ, blessed Alexandra; remembering for the exploit of your confession, cry out to you:
Rejoice, you are not afraid of the anger of the unbelievers.
Rejoice, creatures, even more so than the One who did not obey.
Rejoice, you who did not worship the sun and fire in the camp of the godless.
Rejoice, preserving your faith in temptation.
Rejoice, not submitting to the command of the godless.
Rejoice, for you have shown yourself to the unbelievers as a steadfast preacher of the faith.
Rejoice, with submission glory, according to your confession, returning to your land.
Rejoice, throughout the life of the faithful, the faith of the fathers is abiding.
Rejoice, deviating from the flattery of faith.
Rejoice, revealing the wickedness of the preachers of false faith.
Rejoice, appearing as a firm defender of faith.
Rejoice, false words of the enemies of Orthodoxy with a healthy word, victorious.
Rejoice, holy and faithful Grand Duke Alexandpe.
Kontakion 9
Having obeyed God altogether, as a good and faithful slave sent you to Him, blessed Alexandra, more than your companion for his land, having been troubled; The same, Thou art honored to be in the joy of his Lord, Who came before him now, from the Angels singing: Allelia.
Ikos 9
A fluttering tongue would not be able to praise your deeds, blessed Alexandra, even you have done, believing your soul according to your brother; humbly, for remembering your nipple corrections, we accept a tender song, saying:
Rejoice, for the Christianity of the Christian, sincere to the jealous.
Rejoice, Moses 'and Pavlovs' love for the brother-in-law.
Rejoice, Christ's commandments, even about love, faithful performer.
Rejoice, and all of us are in love with the priest, a wondrous mentor.
Rejoice, by your example more than the words appearing to the conciliator who strive for the inheritance of their brethren.
Rejoice, for the good of the people, earnestly in your life.
Rejoice, master of the common world in your days.
Rejoice, exiled by the fear of the invasions of the Tatars, the collector.
Rejoice, helpless priest defender.
Rejoice, beggars and hungry for a nourisher.
Rejoice, strong patron saint.
Rejoice, and now all those who grieve and need a powerful gift from the Lord to the representative.
Rejoice, holy and faithful Grand Duke Alexandpe.
Kontakion 10
To save even though his soul, knowing the same, as if he does not have love for God by any deeds and virtues, it is possible to get salvation, you have acquired the crown of virtues, even there is love for God, who is still now, joyfully crying: Allelia.
Ikos 10
Having loved the King of Heaven from all your heart, and from all your soul and with all your thought, you have borne Him, blessed Alexandra, follow the many different offerings of faith and patience, you yourself will be happy in sacrifice, alive, holy; the same, blissfully thee, cry to thee:
Rejoice, in your living with all the godly deeds of the Lord, you who live.
Rejoice, you have married your holy life with the vows of monasticism.
Rejoice, many temples of God, ungodly perverted, renewed.
Rejoice, for the shining of the deeds of fasting of the monastery of the holy constructive.
Rejoice, you who strive in piety, beloved for the sake of God.
Rejoice, angelic image and pre-chosen yourself with a pure soul.
Rejoice, at the end of your life God has sanctified everything for yourself.
Rejoice, with the reception of the schema, with the new name of Alexis, the all-perfect God for himself.
Rejoice, revealing the purity of your heart with a vow of virginity.
Rejoice, having shown the height of your spirit with a vow of non-acquisition.
Rejoice, by the vow of the message, your whole service to the one God, ever firm.
Rejoice, to the crown of the wisdom and blessing of the prince, the rich monk.
Rejoice, holy and faithful Grand Duke Alexandpe.
Kontakion 11
Singing funeral with tears dissolves from your sepulcher, blessed Alexandra: your people are crying about you, the sun of the Russian land, which has gone down at noon, and bursting with bursts of tender song to God: Allelia.
Ikos 11
The light of the glory of the heavenly axis is thee soon, blessed Alexandra, consoling your weeping people; even though he sees signs and miracles in your grave, the sons of Russia are worthy of inviting thee, as if in the prayers of the proponent; we, commemorating your imminent stagnation, cry out to you:
Rejoice, gracious lady of God, in the very burial of God, receiving the glorification.
Rejoice, quick to our representative, to him, our fathers in need and anger.
Rejoice, having shown help to Prince Dimitri Donskoy in the fight against the Tatars.
Rejoice, outgoing to Tsar John the overcoming of the Kazan people.
Rejoice, who gives many different healings.
Rejoice, for the blind return your sight through prayer.
Rejoice, lame, falling to your coffin, grant walking.
Rejoice, weakened sickness.
Rejoice, give deliverance to those obsessed with demons.
Rejoice, quickening the hopeless with the hope of salvation.
Rejoice, in the deepest understanding reestablish understanding.
Rejoice, exude various miracles from your sepulcher.
Rejoice, holy and faithful Grand Duke Alexandpe.
Kontakion 12
The grace of knowing, living in your imperishable relics, the people in Vladimir with love await your holy father, and, joyfully kissing, glorifying God about you, glorifying His holy, with mercy crying out to Him: Ally.
Ikos 12
Singing your virtues and your miracles, with the joy of meeting and seeing our fathers, your holy body, when your holy relics are replenished to a new resting place in the reigning holy Peter city; and we now, rejoicing over your heavenly glory and the dwelling of your incorruptible relics in the city of the throne, with silent cry of thee:
Rejoice, Russian Joseph, rejoicing in a new place of rest.
Rejoice, patron of all ends of the Russian land.
Rejoice, Peter's city is a trustworthy statement.
Rejoice, our heavenly protector.
Rejoice, the northern capital is an invaluable decoration.
Rejoice, glory and confirmation of the abode that is your name.
Rejoice, give your prayers health and salvation.
Rejoice, God-willed teacher of all the inhabitants of our city.
Rejoice, monk, like a monk, teach your instruction that is useful as an example of life.
Rejoice, worldly people, as if in the world you are worried, to the virtue of the hostel, the leader.
Rejoice, give all of us the hope of resurrection with your incorruption.
Rejoice, all of us in misfortune and sorrow are the champion, the keeper and the liberator.
Rejoice, holy and faithful Grand Duke Alexandpe.
Kontakion 13
O holy faithful Grand Duke Alexander! From reverent hearts I accept you, even if it is unworthy, this song of praise, receive this song from us, as the hearty sacrifice of hearts who love you and bless your holy memory. Protect all of us with your prayers: guard your intercession by your families, and all the people of our land, and having lived a quiet and silent life in the present day, we will inherit eternal bliss, and together with you and all the saints we will be able to sing to God: Allelia.
(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)
Prayer
An early helper of all those who are earnestly running towards you and our warm welcome to the Lord's proponent, holy faithful Grand Duke Alexandre! Look mercifully on us, unworthy, who have created many iniquities for themselves, who now come to your holy icon and cry out from the depths of your soul: in your life you are a zealot and defender of the Orthodox Faith, you were your invincible Gods in her. You have carefully passed the great service entrusted to you, and with your help, take someone, who is called to be, instruct us. You, having defeated the regiments of supostats, drove you away from the Russians, and put down all visible and invisible enemies against us. You, having left the perishable crown of the earthly kingdom, have chosen a silent life, and now, rightly crowned with an incorruptible crown, in the heavens of your kingdom, come to us, we humbly pray thee, a quiet and serene life, and the eternal procession of God. Standing with all the saints of the Prayer of God, pray for all Orthodox Christians, may the Lord God preserve them by His grace in peace, health, longevity and all prosperity in the due summer, may we praise and bless God in the Trinity, the Holy Father and glorify Holy Spirit, now and in order and forever and ever. Amen.
LIVING
The holy noble Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky was born on May 30, 1220 in the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky. His father, Yaroslav, baptized Theodore, was the youngest son of Vsevolod III the Big Nest. Mother of St. Alexandra, Feodosia Igorevna, Ryazan princess.
From an early age, Saint Alexander accompanied his father on campaigns. In 1236 Yaroslav left for Kiev, leaving Alexander to reign in Novgorod on his own. In 1239, Saint Alexander married, taking as wife the daughter of the Polotsk prince Bryachislav, who in holy Baptism was the namesake of her holy husband and bore the name of Alexander. Father, Yaroslav, blessed them at the wedding with the holy miraculous icon of Theodorovskaya Mother of God. This icon was then constantly under St. Alexander, as his prayer image, and then in memory of him was taken from the Gorodetsky monastery, where he died, and transferred to Kostroma.
The most difficult time in the history of Russia began: Mongol hordes marched from the east, knight hordes were advancing from the west. At this terrible hour, the Providence of God erected to save Russia the holy prince Alexander - the great warrior-prayer book, ascetic and builder of the Russian land.
Taking advantage of the invasion of Batu, hordes of crusaders invaded the borders of the Fatherland. The first were the Swedes. Many ships approached the Neva under the command of Jarl Birger. St. Alexander, he was not yet 20 years old, prayed for a long time in the Church of St. Sophia. Archbishop Spiridon blessed St. the prince and his army to fight. Leaving the church, Alexander strengthened the squad with the words filled with faith: “God is not in power, but in righteousness. Some - with weapons, others - on horses, but we will call upon the name of our Lord! " With a small retinue, the prince hurried to the enemies. But there was a wonderful omen: a soldier standing in the maritime patrol saw at dawn on July 15 a boat sailing on the sea, and on it St. the martyrs Boris and Gleb, in crimson robes. Alexander, encouraged, bravely led an army against the Swedes with a prayer. "And there was a great slaughter with the Latins, and he killed an innumerable multitude, and the leader himself put a seal on the face with a sharp spear." For this victory on the Neva River, won on July 15, 1240, the people named St. Alexander Nevsky.
The German knights remained a dangerous enemy. In 1241 St. Alexander returned the ancient Russian fortress Koporye, expelling the knights. In winter 1242 he liberated Pskov, and on April 5 he gave the Teutonic Order a decisive battle on the ice of Lake Peipsi. The crusaders were completely defeated. The name of St. Alexandra became famous throughout Holy Russia.
The western borders of the Russian land were reliably fenced off, it was time to secure Russia from the east. In 1242 St. Alexander Nevsky with his father, Yaroslav, left for the Horde. The Lord crowned the sacred mission of the defenders of the Russian land with success, but it took years of labors and sacrifices. Prince Yaroslav gave his life for this. The alliance with the Golden Horde bequeathed by his father - then necessary to prevent a new defeat of Russia - continued to strengthen St. Alexander Nevskiy. Promising his support, St. Alexander gave Batu the opportunity to march against Mongolia, to become the main force in the entire Great Steppe. In 1252, many Russian cities rebelled against the Tatar yoke. The very existence of Russia was threatened again. St. Alexander again had to go to the Horde in order to ward off the punitive invasion of the Tatars from the Russian lands.
St. Alexander became the autocratic Grand Duke of all Rus: Vladimir, Kiev and Novgorod. In 1253 he repelled a new raid on Pskov, in 1254 he concluded an agreement on peaceful borders with Norway, in 1256 he went on a campaign to Finnish land. Into the darkness of paganism, St. Alexander carried the light of the Gospel sermon and Orthodox culture. All Pomorie was enlightened and mastered by the Russians.
Khan Batu died in 1256. The holy prince went to Sarai for the third time to confirm the peaceful relations between Russia and the Horde with the new Khan Berke. In 1261, through the efforts of St. Alexander and Metropolitan Kirill was established in Sarai, the capital of the Golden Horde, the diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. The era of the great Christianization of the pagan East has come, in this was the prophetically guessed St. Alexander Nevsky, the historical vocation of Russia.
In 1262, Tatar tribute collectors and recruiters of warriors - Baskaks - were killed in many cities. They were waiting for Tatar revenge. But the great defender of the people again went to the Horde and wisely directed events in a completely different direction: referring to the uprising of the Russians, Khan Berke stopped sending tribute to Mongolia and proclaimed the Golden Horde an independent state, thereby making it a barrier to Russia from the east.
Russia was saved, the duty of Saint Alexander to God was fulfilled, his life was laid down for the service of the Russian Church, but all his strength was given. On the way back, before reaching Vladimir, in Gorodets, in the monastery, the ascetic prince gave up his spirit to the Lord on November 14, 1263, completing his long life's journey by accepting the holy monastic schema with the name Alexy. His holy body was carried to Vladimir, the journey lasted nine days, and the body remained incorrupt. On November 23, when he was buried in the Rozhdestvensky Monastery in Vladimir, God manifested "a wonderful miracle and worthy of memory." When the body of Saint Alexander was laid in the shrine, the steward Sevastian and Metropolitan Kirill wanted to unclench his hand in order to put in a parting spiritual letter. The holy prince, as though alive, stretched out his hand himself and took the letter from the hands of the metropolitan. “And terror seized them, and they scarcely departed from his tomb. Who would not be surprised if he was dead and the body was brought from far away in winter time. " This is how God glorified his saint - the holy warrior-prince Alexander Nevsky.
The imperishable relics of the blessed prince were discovered, according to a vision, before the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380, and at the same time a local celebration was established. Church-wide glorification of St. Alexander Nevsky took place during the reign of Metropolitan Macarius in 1547.
On August 30, 1721, Peter I, after a long and exhausting war with the Swedes, concluded the Nishtad Peace. It was decided to consecrate this day by transferring the relics of the Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky from Vladimir to the new northern capital, Petersburg. Exported from Vladimir on August 11, 1723, the holy relics were brought to the Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra on August 30 (September 12, New Style), 1924, where they still rest today.
By the blessing
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Holy Noble Prince Alexander Nevsky, Pray to God for us!
What they pray for to the Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky
They pray to the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky for protection from social disasters and invasions of external enemies (foreigners, non-believers, heterodox), from internal strife, as well as to help Orthodox soldiers and other defenders of the Fatherland, to give everyone the strength to carry out the service to which he is called; about peace, quiet, serene and long life, health and well-being.
St. Alexander Nevsky, who during his life showed an ardent love for people, and after death was not only the heavenly intercessor of his fatherland in difficult circumstances, but did not leave with his heavenly help those who, with faith and warm prayer, resorted to something, “invisibly Christ's people visiting and giving healings richly ", and truly" a great miracle worker appeared in the Russian land. "
Before others, the healing of two blind women, who received their insight, became known, after they, with faith and a contrite heart, repented of their sins, asked for the intercession of St. prince before God.
The unfortunate man with a withered leg, having lost all hope for human help, through prayer to the saint, at the very shrine of his, suddenly, in front of many witnesses, received healing and cheerfully stood up on both legs.
Someone named Leontius, relaxed with his arms and legs, was sprinkled with St. water from the imperishable relics of St. Prince and with the prayer of the priest for him received healing.
A monk of the monastery of the Nativity of the Most Pure Theotokos by the name of Krasovtsov underwent heavenly punishment due to his unworthy behavior: for many years he lay relaxed, until finally he called out to St. saint, and his prayer was soon answered: he received healing.
Another monk of the same monastery, named David, was delivered through prayer to St. to the prince from a cruel illness that befell him.
Boyar's son Istoma Golovin, gravely ill, had already despaired of life and was expecting an imminent death, but, being brought to the shrine of St. Alexandra, according to his faith, suddenly recovered.
From Pskov, where the memory of the exploits of St. Alexander Nevsky, the boyar son Simeon Zabelin was brought to Vladimir to the relics of the saint and through prayer received healing,
In 1572, a citizen of Vladimir named Theodore, having undergone terrible seizures, at the gates of the Nativity monastery, got rid of the harassment of the spirit of malice.
A relaxed was brought from the Vladimir Posad and laid on the steps near St. relics. Her prayer to St. to the prince, who, having appeared to her, took her by the hand and raised her from the bed of illness.
A blind man from the city of Vladimir David Josephov one Sunday, while reading the Gospel, suddenly saw the light and, thrilled to the depths of his soul with a flashing hope for healing, with warm faith he resorted to heavenly help. Sprinkled with St. water near the shrine of St. Prince, he completely regained his sight.
The Vladimir nobleman Maxim Nikitin had a son, the adolescent John, dumb and relaxed. His parents faithfully brought him to the Nativity monastery and laid him at the tomb of St. prince: the lad received healing.
In the monastery village of Ugryumova, Vladimirsky district, the peasant Afanasy Nikitin suffered fits of madness at his home, so that he stopped recognizing his relatives and did not take any food or drink. Suddenly he began to ask to be taken to the monastery to the relics of St. prince. On the way to his coffin, he suddenly felt healthy and, in heartfelt emotion, told everyone that St. the prince, having himself appeared to him, ordered to seek healing at his tomb. It was March 10, 1706.
But is it possible to count all the blessings of God, which are constantly pouring out day and forever on everyone who flows with faith to the saints, through their heavenly intercession?
Let us pray to the Lord that our faith does not become scarce, but our holy representatives before God, in the words of the church song, out of their love for us, “they quietly summon to ceaseless celibes, not by human cunning, not by tying, but by the action of the Holy Spirit, giving spiritual and physical healing more than nature ”.
Let us be attentive to this quiet call, not letting the bustle of everyday life drown it in our soul!
PRELIMINARY PRAYERS READ BEFORE THE AKAFIST
Initial prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Thy Most Pure Mother and all saints, have mercy on us. Amen.
Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
To the Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfill everything, Treasure of the good and life to the Giver, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save our souls, Beloved.
Trisagion
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (It is read three times, with the sign of the cross and a bow in the waist.)
Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquity; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for your name's sake.
Lord have mercy. (Three times).
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, both now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Lord's Prayer
Our Father, Who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we also leave our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Lord have mercy. (12 times)
Come, let us worship our Tsar God. (Bow)
Come, let us worship and fall down on Christ, our King, God. (Bow)
Come, let us worship and fall down on Christ Himself, the Tsar and our God. (Bow)
Psalm 50, penitential
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy and according to the multitude of Thy compassions, cleanse my iniquity. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and I will take out my sin before me. Thee, who alone have sinned, and have done evil before thee; as if you were justified in your words, and conquer, always to judge Ti. Behold, in transgressions I am conceived, and in sins bore me my mother. Behold, you loved the truth; Thy unknown and secret wisdom Thou art revealed to me. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. To my hearing dasi joy and gladness; the bones of the humble will rejoice. Turn away Thy face from my sins, and cleanse all my iniquity. Create a pure heart in me, O God, and renew the spirit of rights in my womb. Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Give me the joy of Thy salvation and, by the Spirit of the Lord, confirm me. I will teach the wicked in Thy way, and the wicked will turn to Thee. Deliver me from the blood, O God, God of my salvation; my tongue will rejoice in Thy righteousness. O Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth shall declare Thy praise. As if you would have wanted sacrifices, you would have given them: do not favor burnt offerings. The sacrifice of GOD THE SPIRIT is broken; a contrite and humble heart God will not despise. Bless, O Lord, with Thy good pleasure Zion, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then favor the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering and the burnt offering; then they will lay calves on your altar.
Symbol of faith
I believe in one God, the Father, Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only Begotten, Who was born of the Father before all ages; Light from Light, God is true from God, true, born, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, Who is all. For us, for the sake of man and for our salvation, he descended from Heaven and incarnated from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became human. Crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried. And he rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures. And he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. And packs coming with glory to judge the living and the dead, His Kingdom will have no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Life-giving, Who is from the Father who proceeds, Who is worshiped and glorified with the Father and the Son, who spoke the prophets. In one, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the remission of sins. I tea the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the century to come. Amen.
Akathist to the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky, as monks Alexy
First prayer
A quick helper of all who zealously come running to you and our warm representative before the Lord, holy noble Grand Duke Alexandra! Look mercifully on us, unworthy, many iniquities are obscene to their creation, to the race of your relics now flowing and from the depths of your heart calling out to you; in your life you were a zealot and defender of the Orthodox faith, and in it you were unshakable with your warm prayers to God. You have carefully passed the great service entrusted to you, and with your help, abide someone, in whom you are called to eat, instruct. You, having defeated the regiments of adversaries, drove you away from the Russian borders, and put down all visible and invisible enemies against us. You, having left the perishable crown of the earthly kingdom, have chosen a silent life and now, crowned righteously with an incorruptible crown, reign in Heaven, intercede with us, we humbly pray to you, a quiet and serene life, and your unswerving procession to the Eternal Kingdom is your unswerving procession. Standing with all the saints to the Throne of God, pray for all Orthodox Christians, may the Lord God preserve them by His grace in peace, health, long life and all prosperity in the due summer, may we always praise and bless God, in the Trinity of the Holy Glorious, the Father and the Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.
Second prayer
O holy faithful prince Alexander! Look mercifully on us, unworthy servants of God, seek us a quiet and serene life, and to the eternal Kingdom, arrange for us an unswerving procession by your intercession, may the Lord God preserve us with His grace in peace, health, long life and all prosperity in due summer, but always glorious Let us bless God in the Trinity of the Holy Glorious, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.
With the prayers of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky, fulfill our petitions, Lord Jesus Christ! (petition) But may it not be as we want, but as you, Lord - may your will be done forever. Amen
Holy, Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky, Pray to God for health, strengthening in the Orthodox faith and instruction for a righteous life - R. B. (names)
Prayer by agreement
Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, You said with Thy pure lips: “Truly I say to you that if two of you on earth agree to ask for any deed, then whatever they ask will be from My Heavenly Father, for where are two or three are gathered in my name, there I am in the midst of them. " Thy words are immutable, O Lord, Thy mercy is useless and Thy love of mankind has no end. For this sake, we pray to You: grant to us, Your servants: (your names), and to all those who are now offering congregational prayer with us, the Lord You know their names, who have agreed to ask You: (petition) - we pray You for the fulfillment of our petition. But let it not be as we want, but as Thou, Lord - Thy will be done forever. Amen.
It is worthy to eat
It is worthy to eat as truly blessed Thee, the Mother of God, the Most Blessed and Most Immaculate and the Mother of our God. The most honest Cherubim and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption, we magnify the Mother of God.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, both now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Lord, have mercy (three times).
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Thy Most Holy Mother, our venerable and godly fathers, Holy Blessed Prince Alexander of Nevsky and all saints, bless and save me, sinner, and I am a sinner. Amen.
Holy Noble Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky - in schema Alexy
Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky was born on May 30, 1220 in the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky. His father, Yaroslav, baptized Theodore, was the youngest son of Vsevolod III the Big Nest. Mother of St. Alexandra, Feodosia Igorevna, Ryazan princess. In 1227, Prince Yaroslav, at the request of the Novgorodians, began to reign in Novgorod the Great. He took his sons, Fyodor and Alexander with him.
The most difficult time in the history of Russia began: Mongol hordes marched from the east, knight hordes were advancing from the west. In this terrible hour, the Providence of God erected to save Russia the holy prince Alexander - the great warrior-prayer book, ascetic and builder of the Russian land.Taking advantage of the invasion of Batu, hordes of crusaders invaded the borders of the Fatherland. The first were the Swedes. Many ships approached the Neva under the command of Jarl Birger. St. Alexander, he was not yet 20 years old, prayed for a long time in the Church of St. Sophia. Archbishop Spiridon blessed St. the prince and his army to fight. Leaving the church, Alexander strengthened the squad with the words filled with faith: "God is not in power, but in righteousness. Some are armed, others are on horses, and we will call upon the Name of our Lord!" With a small retinue, the prince hurried to the enemies. But there was a wonderful omen: a soldier standing in the maritime patrol saw at dawn on July 15 a boat sailing on the sea, and on it St. the martyrs Boris and Gleb, in crimson robes. Alexander, encouraged, bravely led an army against the Swedes with a prayer. “And there was a great slaughter with the Latins, and killed countless numbers of them, and the leader himself put a seal on his face with a sharp spear.” For this victory on the Neva River, won on July 15, 1240, the people named St. Alexander Nevsky.
The German knights remained a dangerous enemy. In 1241. lightning march of St. Alexander returned the ancient Russian fortress Koporye, expelling the knights. In winter 1242 he liberated Pskov, and on April 5 he gave the Teutonic Order a decisive battle on the ice of Lake Peipsi. The crusaders were completely defeated. The name of St. Alexandra became famous throughout Holy Russia.
The western borders of the Russian land were reliably fenced off, it was time to secure Russia from the east. In 1242 St. Alexander Nevsky with his father, Yaroslav, left for the Horde. The Lord crowned the sacred mission of the defenders of the Russian Land with success, but it took years of labors and sacrifices. Prince Yaroslav gave his life for this. The alliance with the Golden Horde bequeathed by his father - then necessary to prevent a new defeat of Russia - continued to strengthen St. Alexander Nevskiy. Promising his support, St. Alexander gave Batu the opportunity to march against Mongolia, to become the main force in the entire Great Steppe. In 1252, many Russian cities rebelled against the Tatar yoke. The very existence of Russia was threatened again. St. Alexander again had to go to the Horde in order to ward off the punitive invasion of the Tatars from the Russian lands. St. Alexander became the autocratic Grand Duke of all Russia. In 1253 he repelled a new raid on Pskov, in 1254 he concluded an agreement on peaceful borders with Norway, in 1256 he went on a campaign to Finnish land. Into the darkness of paganism, St. Alexander carried the light of the Gospel sermon and Orthodox culture. All Pomorie was enlightened and mastered by the Russians.
Khan Batu died in 1256. The holy prince went to Sarai for the third time to confirm the peaceful relations between Russia and the Horde with the new Khan Berke. In 1261, through the efforts of St. Alexander and Metropolitan Kirill was established in Sarai, the capital of the Golden Horde, the diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The era of the great Christianization of the pagan East has come, in this was the prophetically guessed St. Alexander Nevsky, the historical vocation of Russia. In 1262, on his orders, Tatar tribute collectors and warrior recruiters, the Baskaks, were killed in many cities. They were waiting for Tatar revenge. But the great defender of the people again went to the Horde and wisely directed events in a completely different direction: referring to the uprising of the Russians, Khan Berke stopped sending tribute to Mongolia and proclaimed the Golden Horde an independent state, thereby making it a barrier to Russia from the east. In this great union of Russian and Tatar lands and peoples, the future multinational Russian state matured and grew stronger, which subsequently included almost all of the heritage of Genghis Khan to the shores of the Pacific Ocean within the boundaries of the Russian Church.
This diplomatic trip of St. Alexander Nevsky in Sarai was the fourth and last. On the way back, before reaching Vladimir, in Gorodets, in the monastery, the ascetic prince gave up his spirit to the Lord on November 14, 1263, completing his long life's journey by accepting the holy monastic schema with the name Alexy. His holy body was carried to Vladimir, the journey lasted nine days, and the body remained incorrupt. On November 23, when he was buried in the Nativity Monastery in Vladimir, God manifested "a miracle and worthy of memory."
The imperishable relics of the blessed prince were discovered, according to a vision, before the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380, and at the same time a local celebration was established. Church-wide glorification of St. Alexander Nevsky took place under Metropolitan Macarius at the Moscow Cathedral in 1547.
On August 30, 1721, Peter I, after a long and exhausting war with the Swedes, concluded the Nishtad Peace. It was decided to consecrate this day by transferring the relics of the Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky from Vladimir to the new northern capital, Petersburg. Exported from Vladimir on August 11, 1723, the holy relics were brought to Shlisselburg on September 20 and remained there until 1724, when on August 30 they were installed in the Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, where they rest today. The festival was established by decree of September 2, 1724, restored in 1730.
The name of the defender of the borders of Russia and the patron saint of warriors is known far beyond the borders of our Motherland. Evidence of this is the numerous churches dedicated to St. Alexander Nevsky. The most famous of them: the Patriarchal Cathedral in Sofia, the Cathedral in Tallinn, the temple in Tbilisi. These churches are a guarantee of friendship between the Russian people-liberator and the fraternal peoples.
Prayers to the holy noble Grand Duke Alexander NevskyFirst prayer
A quick helper of all who zealously come running to you and our warm representative before the Lord, holy noble Grand Duke Alexandra! Look mercifully on us, unworthy, many of the iniquities are obscene to themselves, to the race of your relics now flowing and from the depths of your heart crying out to you: in your life you were a zealot and defender of the Orthodox faith, and in it you are unshakable with your warm prayers to God ... You have carefully passed the great service entrusted to you, and with your help, abide someone, in whom you are called to eat, instruct. You, having defeated the regiments of adversaries, drove you away from the Russian borders, and put down all visible and invisible enemies against us. You, having left the perishable crown of the earthly kingdom, have chosen a silent life and now righteously crowned with an incorruptible crown in Heaven you reign, intercede also with us, we humbly pray to you, a quiet and serene life, and to the Eternal Kingdom we have a steady procession by your intercession. Standing with all the saints to the Throne of God, pray for all Orthodox Christians, may the Lord God preserve them by His grace in peace, health, long life and all prosperity in the due summer, may we always praise and bless God, in the Trinity of the Holy Glorious, the Father and the Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.
Second prayer
O holy faithful prince Alexander! Look mercifully on us, unworthy servants of God (names), and seek us a quiet and serene life, and to the eternal Kingdom a steady procession by your intercession arrange for us, may the Lord God preserve us with His grace in peace, health, long life and all prosperity in the due summer, may we praise and bless God in the Trinity of the Holy Glorious , Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever, and forever and ever.
Troparion to the holy noble Prince Alexander Nevsky
Troparion, voice 4As for the pious root, the most honorable branch was you, blessed Alexandra, for Christ is revealed as a kind of Divine treasure of the Russian land, the new wonder-worker is glorious and God-favorable. And today, having come together in your memory by faith and love, in psalms and songs we rejoice in praising the Lord, who gave you the grace of healings. Himself pray to save this city, and to the country of our God-pleasing existence, and to be saved as a Russian son.
Troparion Tone 4 (Transfer of Relics)
Get to know your brethren, the Russian Joseph, not in Egypt, but reigning in Heaven, the faithful Prince Alexandra, and accept their prayers, multiplying the life of people by the fruitfulness of your land, protecting the cities of your dominion with prayer and Orthodox Christians to resist.
Magnification (at the Assumption of the Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky)
We magnify thee, blessed Prince Alexandra, and we honor thy holy dormition, and now pray for us Christ, our God.
Kontakion, voice 8
As if we honor the bright star that shone from the east, and came to the west, enrich this whole country with miracles and kindness, and enlighten with faith honoring your memory, blessed Alexandra. For this, for the sake of this day, we celebrate your dormition, your people in existence, pray to save your Fatherland, and all that flows to the race of your relics, and truly crying out to you: rejoice, our hail affirmation.
