day 7

May 7: Venerable Father Nilus, Wonderworker of Sora

On “Lord, I have cried…”, 4 stichera, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel.: “Thou hast given a sign…”—

Troparion, in Tone I—

Also on The 7th Day of the Month of May

Having assembled in gladness today for thy memorial, O divinely wise Nilus our father, we make haste to hymn thy struggles, fasting and vigils, and the instruction of thy writings, whereby thou didst water thy soul, O blessed one, and cause it to produce the most fruitful grain of the virtues.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Troparion from the Pentecostarion.

Commemoration of Our Venerable Father Nilus, Wonderworker of Sora

Who is able to describe the height of thy corrections and the unfathomable abyss of thy humility, O venerable and ever-memorable Nilus? For thou didst shine forth like a beacon in the land of Russia, illumining the councils of monastics with the radiance of thy virtues.

At Little Vespers

Thou wast truly a lover of stillness, O ever-memorable father, and a most excellent denizen of the wilderness, and wast like unto a tree planted by streams of water, giving forth its fruit in due season; for thou pourest forth healings upon those who with faith call upon thy name and with love honor thy most sacred struggles.

May 7: Commemoration of the Appearance of the Sign of the Precious Cross

To thy children, O father, thou didst leave the record of thy words like divinely inscribed tablets, graven by the finger of God on thy heart upon the mountain of divine contemplation; wherefore, we honor thee and celebrate thy holy feast, glorifying thee who glorified Jesus, the Savior of our souls, Who loveth mankind.

The 7th Day of the MONTH OF MAY

Glory…, in Tone VI—

Commemoration of the Appearance of the

O our venerable father Nilus, thou truly gavest neither sleep to thine eyes nor rest to thy flesh, until thou didst prepare within thee a place for the Lord and a habitation for the God of Jacob; wherefore, thou didst enter, rejoicing, into His courts, where is the abode of all who keep festival. O ever-memorable father, cease thou never to pray for us who with faith and love piously celebrate thy most sacred memory.

Sign of the Precious Cross

Now & ever…, from the Pentecostarion.

in the Sky Above Jerusalem Formed by Stars Stretching from Golgotha to the Mount of Olives, at the Third Hour of the Day, During the Reign of Emperor Constantius, the Son of Constantine the Great

At the aposticha, these stichera, in Tone II: Spec. Mel.: “O house of Ephratha…”—

Commemoration of the Holy Martyr Acacius

O divinely wise Nilus, accept thou thy servants who with love celebrate thy most sacred memory, O father.

(and for this same day we provide also the service in honor of St. Nilus of Sora)

Stichos: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

Assembling now with faith, for thy memorial, O father, we bless thee with love, magnifying Him Who hath glorified thee.

Stichos: The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and like a cedar in Lebanon shall he be multiplied.

Accept now the hymnody of thy children, O venerable one, who joyously celebrate at thine honored memorial, O divinely wise Nilus our father.

Glory…, Now & ever…, in the same tone & melody—

Accept the supplications of thy servants, O Mistress, and entreat thy Son, with the divinely wise Nilus, that He grant us forgiveness of sins.

Having spurned the worldly life, O our venerable and God-bearing father Nilus, fleeing the tumult of life thou wast quick to gather the flowers of paradise from the writings of the fathers, and, having made thine abode in the wilderness, thou didst flourish like a lily of the field; wherefore, thou hast passed over to the mansions of heaven. Teach us who honor thee also to tread thy royal path, and pray thou for our souls.