Prayer to the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers
O holy passion-bearer to Tsar Nicholas the Martyr! 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 cared for souls. The Lord, testing you like Job the Long-Suffering, allows you reproach, bitter sorrow, betrayal, betrayal, alienation of your neighbors and abandonment of the earthly kingdom in mental anguish. All this for the good of Russia, as her faithful son, having endured martyrdom, and as a true servant of Christ, 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 your royal children Alexy, Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. Now, having great boldness in Christ the King, pray that the Lord will forgive the sin of the apostasy of our people and grant forgiveness of sins and instruct us in all virtues, so that we may acquire humility, meekness and love and be made worthy of the Heavenly Kingdom, where the new martyrs and all the saints are together. Russian confessors let us glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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The beginning of the 20th century is consonant with such a statement as the Yekaterinburg Golgotha. After all, the events of that time radically changed the course of history. The murder of the royal family is known not only in Russia, but also far beyond its borders. There is much disagreement about whether the emperor should have been canonized as a martyr. After all, many argue that his policy was far from the norms of Christian morality.
But there is also information that in the last years of his life he changed significantly, and all the negative stories are simply a provocation. What is known for sure is that Emperor Nicholas and his wife Alexandra, Tsarevich Alexei and the princesses Olga, Anastasia, Maria and Tatiana were a pious and completely unusual family. They were able to accept all the trials that befell them with dignity and courage. On the night of July 16-17, they were woken up and ordered to go down to the basement with the servants. There they were sentenced and shot.
The bodies were then doused with sulfuric acid to make the remains unidentifiable, and then burned. But in July 1991 they were found under an embankment and in 1998 they were reburied with the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
Akathist to Tsar-Redeemer Nicholas II
Kontakion 1 To God's chosen Rus', the redemption and embodiment of Christ's love, we sing praise to you, as you loved your Fatherland above all, but you, as you have boldness towards the Lord, enlighten our darkened minds and hearts, and we call to you: Rejoice, Tsar Nicholas, redeemer of the sin of treason of the people Russian! Ikos 1 The Creator of Angels sent you to the Russian land, as an angel of kindness and admonition to your people, for he chose you in the image of His Only Begotten Son as a sacrifice of atonement for the sin of the Russian people, but we, marveling at the providence of the Almighty for you, cry out to you with tenderness: Rejoice , Likeness to Christ! Rejoice, burnt offering! Rejoice, decoration of Russian tsars! Rejoice, you who have shown an image of kindness and forgiveness! Rejoice, true hope for those who are offended! Rejoice, unbreakable foundation of faith! Rejoice, Nicholas, Tsar-Redeemer of the sin of treason of the Russian people! Kontakion 2 Seeing the all-good Mother of God in Her inheritance, our country is defiled by the abomination of corruption, choosing you from birth, as the purest, for the purification of Rus', and throughout the funeral weeping for you we sing the song: Alleluia. Ikos 2 The Eternal Mind foresaw your salvation and life, the prototype of the long-suffering Job, combining your birth and the memory of the righteous. We, remembering our sin of unfaithfulness to you, with trembling hearts and contrition of soul, cry out to you: Rejoice, you who endured blasphemies and misfortunes from your people! Rejoice, having preserved the faith to the end! Rejoice, image of meekness! Rejoice, lamp of truth! Rejoice, guardian of God's reverence! Rejoice, rule of humility! Rejoice, Tsar Nicholas, redeemer of the sin of betrayal of the Russian people! Kontakion 3 The Power of the Most High Autumn, O God-crowned Tsar Nicholas, who admonished the false wisdom of the West against the West, so that the world may cry out to God: Alleluia. Ikos 3 Having concern for the admonition of the lost, you were jealous of the blessed Tsar, the creation of churches, the relics of the holy saints of God for the glorification, the enlightenment of the Christian planting and the protection of the disadvantaged from violence, so that the Christian world cries out to you like this: Rejoice, you are named after St. Nicholas on earth! Rejoice, Venerable Seraphim in Heaven! Rejoice, planter of Orthodoxy! Rejoice, bearer of the light of Christ! Rejoice, patience of the Christian teacher! Rejoice, intercessor of Orthodox Christians! Rejoice, Tsar Nicholas, redeemer of the sin of betrayal of the Russian people! Kontakion 4 You were not afraid of the storms of madness and slander, O Tsar-Redeemer Nicholas, when you rejected agreement with your enemies for the destruction of the Fatherland, you endured slander, imprisonment and death, crying out to God Almighty: Alleluia. Ikos 4 Hearing the disorder of the Russian powers and seeing the division of Christians, you prayed without ceasing, that All-Blessed Orthodox Rus' will save. For this reason we cry out to you: Rejoice, fragrant incense of prayer! Rejoice, unquenchable lamp of faith! Rejoice, admonition of those who are violent with meekness! Rejoice, consolation to those who are inconsolable in sorrow! Rejoice, lover of heavenly blessings! Rejoice, zealot of truth! Rejoice, Tsar Nicholas, redeemer of the sin of betrayal of the Russian people! Kontakion 5 God-bearing star You appeared to the scattered Russians, Tsar Nicholas, gathering them into one in Your name and showing the path of Christ to the resurrection of the Russian land, so that the angels sing a song about repentant sinners: Alleluia. Ikos 5 Seeing that your meekness and humility achieve nothing, you placed all your trust in the Most Pure One and in the hand of the Almighty you committed everything to yourself, so that even the foolish will instruct you in singing: Rejoice, conqueror of pride! Rejoice, bearer of the Heavenly Crown! Rejoice, invincible wall of the weak! Rejoice, you who enlighten the proud! Rejoice, abundant love for your people! Rejoice, zealous sacrifice for our betrayal! Rejoice, Tsar Nicholas, redeemer of the sin of betrayal of the Russian people! Kontakion 6 The ends of the world preach your glory, your word has gone out into the whole earth, as if you had not made that sacrifice for the good of your Fatherland, teaching your people to sing gratefully to God: Alleluia. Ikos 6 You have shone more than the sun of the Russian land, Tsar Nicholas, showing intercession to the Orthodox people even to death, so that everyone turns to Christ and runs to you, for this reason we sing to you like this: Rejoice, thou who came forth from the light of the east! Rejoice, thou art of the Orthodox Tsar! Rejoice, inexhaustible radiance of truth! Rejoice, everlasting light of meekness! Rejoice, Father admonish sinners! Rejoice, diligent glorification of the righteous! Rejoice, Tsar Nicholas, redeemer of the sin of betrayal of the Russian people! Kontakion 7 Although you would establish the Orthodox faith on earth, you moved your entire kingdom to defend the offended Serbian country, so that everyone would cry out to God: Alleluia. Ikos 7 New Noah, the builder of salvation for the Russian people, may the Lord reveal all your labors and unceasingly sing to you: Rejoice, driver of the Russian ship! Rejoice, comforter of the Slavs in troubles! Rejoice, intercession of the Serbian country! Rejoice, nourishment of Russians! Rejoice, proclaimer of peace! Rejoice, planter of Christian virtues! Rejoice, Tsar Nicholas, redeemer of the sin of betrayal of the Russian people! Kontakion 8 We see a strange miracle on you, Nicholas, saved many times by the right hand of the Most High, and crowned with a martyr’s crown by your children and relatives, and we cry out to God the Provider of all: Alleluia. Ikos 8 Thou art the intercessor of all Christians, O God-chosen Nicholas, showing the deep intercession of the Slavic people, striving for praise to sing to you: Rejoice, protection of the offended! Rejoice, admonition to those who offend! Rejoice, refuge of the sorrowful! Rejoice, intercessor of the persecuted! Rejoice, peacemaker in your life! Rejoice, after your Christian champion was killed! Rejoice, Tsar Nicholas, redeemer of the sin of betrayal of the Russian people! Kontakion 9 With all kinds of miracles, the Lord has shown His favor to the Russian people, until the Lord has greatly upset the Lord, but by you we are called to repentance, let us sing to God: Alleluia. Ikos 9 The prophets of many things, like dumb fish, will not be able to see the height of your patience, but we, contemplating the depth of our fall, in contrition of spirit, cry out: Rejoice, invincible patience! Rejoice, unshakable faithfulness of Christians! Rejoice, destruction of pride! Rejoice, wisdom of fools! Rejoice, you who gave an image to the faithful in life and martyrdom at death! Rejoice, you who suffered for the sin of your people! Rejoice, Tsar Nicholas, redeemer of the sin of betrayal of the Russian people! Kontakion 10 May all mankind be saved, having founded the Church on the blood of His martyrs, Christ the Knower of the Heart has placed you, Tsar-Redeemer Nicholas, as the foundation of a new temple for the Russian Empire, so that all who are in it cry out to God: Alleluia. Ikos 10 You are a wall to all who come running to you with faith and you are an invincible fence for the Orthodox world, teaching all the faithful to glorify you: Rejoice, appearance on the heavenly earth! Rejoice, you who replenish those who are depleted with virtues! Rejoice, thou who hast risen to dawn in the Russian land! Rejoice, river, who has nourished all its limits! Rejoice, humble teacher of wisdom! Rejoice, planter of faith and love! Rejoice to Tsar Nicholas, redeemer of the sin of betrayal of the Russian people! Kontakion 11 The singing of the Most Holy Trinity even brings death, you have finished the course and you have kept the faith, which all Orthodox Christians strive to sing: Alleluia. Ikos 11 He was sent as the Light-Giver of our land, like an immaculate Lamb, trusting to atone for our sin, so that we all glorify you unceasingly: Rejoice, God-loving sacrifice! Rejoice, inexhaustible abundance of love! Rejoice, Christ's faithfulness is praised! Rejoice, invisible presence of the Spirit! Rejoice, mirror of wisdom! Rejoice, hopeless hope! Rejoice, Tsar Nicholas, redeemer of the sin of betrayal of the Russian people! Kontakion 12 Divine grace foretells the weak healing that inexhaustible healing is within your power, crying out to God: Alleluia. Ikos 12 Singing your suffering, Tsar-Redeemer Nicholas, we bow to your patience, as the power of the Almighty Trinity appeared on you, and we all cry out in harmony: Rejoice, beloved child of Christ! Rejoice, you who brought your immaculate children and faithful servants to Christ! Rejoice, thou who helped the righteous Queen and martyr! Rejoice, you who taught your people the truth! Rejoice, thou who did not disgrace the honor of the Fatherland! Rejoice, you who have acquired the Kingdom of Heaven! Rejoice, Tsar Nicholas, redeemer of the sin of betrayal of the Russian people! Kontakion 13 O most wonderful and glorious Tsar-Redeemer Nicholas, look upon your earthly kingdom and your people, for we are perplexed by any answer about our sin, and beg the Almighty not to enter into judgment with us, but to grant us the unceasing chanting: Alleluia. This kontakion is read three times, then Ikos 1 and Kontakion 1. Troparion. Tone 4 To the Sacrifice of Christ in likeness,/ like an immaculate Lamb,/ by will, relying on the atonement/ of the sin of treason of the Russian people,/ to a kingdom divided within itself/ in itself, granting healing,/ to the holy Tsar-Redeemer Nicholas,/ we glorify your mortal suffering,/ with them for the kingdom is resurrected / for the glory of the King - God of Heaven, / and for the salvation of our souls. Prayer of St. To the Tsar-Redeemer Nicholas II Holy Tsar-Redeemer Nicholas, save Russia from cathedral death, and pray to God to save our souls. Amen. Words of the Sovereign Emperor Nicholas II: “If an atoning sacrifice is needed to save Russia, I will be that sacrifice. God's will be done." The Righteous Men of God about the Holy Tsar-Redeemer Nicholas II. Reverend Seraphim (Moshnin), Elder of Sarov (in 1824): “There will be a Tsar who will glorify me, after which there will be great unrest in Russia, a lot of blood will flow for rebelling against this Tsar and his Autocracy, the Angels will not keep up take souls, all the rebels will perish, and God will exalt the Tsar ... " Reverend Abel (Vasiliev) Seer of St. Petersburg (in 1800): “Nicholas the Second is the Holy Tsar, similar to Job the Long-Suffering. He will have the mind of Christ, long-suffering and dovelike purity. He will replace the royal crown with a crown of thorns... He will be a redeemer, he will redeem his people with himself - like a Bloodless Sacrifice. And he will be betrayed... as once the Son of God was crucified... And the Jew will scourge the Russian Land like a scorpion, plunder its shrines, close the churches of God, execute the best Russian people. This is God’s permission, God’s wrath for Russia’s renunciation of its God-anointed One! Or else there will be more! The Angel of the Lord pours out new bowls of tribulation so that people will come to their senses. There will be two wars, one worse than the other. The people are between fire and flame... But they will not be destroyed from the face of the earth, as the prayer of the martyred King prevails upon them!” Reverend Alexy (Shepelev), Elder of Goloseevsky (in 1916 ): “My God, my God! Many traitors surround the Tsar... Much Christian blood will be shed.” Reverend Elder Korniliy Krypetsky (in 1890): “We will not have a Tsar, they will replace him with a bad master. For this, the people will be punished for three generations.” Venerable Nektariy (Tikhonov), Elder of Optina (in 1917): “1918 will be even more difficult: the Tsar and his entire Family will be killed and tortured. Yes, this Sovereign will be a great martyr.” Holy Righteous John (Sergius) of Kronstadt (in 1903): “We have a Tsar of righteous and pious life, God sent him a heavy cross of suffering, as His chosen one and beloved child... Like the Equal-to-the-Apostles Tsar Constantine, He holds high and gloriously the banner of the faith of Christ and devoted with all his heart to the King of Kings, deeply revering His friends - His saints, He sets an example of sincere piety to all Orthodox Christians...” St. Anatoly (Potapov), Elder of Optina (in 1915): “There is no greater sin than resistance to the will of the Anointed One of God! The fate of the Tsar is the fate of Russia. The Tsar will rejoice, and Russia will rejoice. The Tsar will cry, Russia will cry, and... if there is no Tsar, there will be no Russia. Just as a man with a cut off head is no longer a man, but a stinking corpse, so Russia without a Tsar will be a stinking corpse.” St. Lavrentiy (Proskura), Elder of Chernigov (in 1948): “Russian people will repent of mortal sins: they allowed Jewish wickedness in Russia, they did not protect the Anointed King of God...” Venerable Kuksha (Velichko) Elder of Odessa (in 1950) : “If you find a gold or silver coin with the image of Emperor Nicholas II somewhere, then insert it into the frame or drill a hole at the top, put it on a chain and wear it like a holy medallion, along with the cross. And if someone tells you that Tsar Nicholas II or one of the members of his Family is alive, don’t believe it - they are all martyrs.” Soon after the February revolution of 1917, Metropolitan Macarius (now St. Macarius (Nevsky), lawlessly removed from the Moscow see by the “provisional government", had a wonderful sleepy vision: “I see a field. The Savior is walking along the path. I follow Him and keep repeating: - Lord , I am following You! And He, turning to me, still answers: “Follow Me!” Finally, we approached a huge arch decorated with flowers. On the threshold of the arch, the Savior turned to me and said again: “Follow Me!” And he entered the wonderful garden, and I remained on the threshold and woke up. Having fallen asleep soon, I see myself standing in the same arch, and behind it with the Savior stands the Sovereign Nikolai Alexandrovich. The Savior says to the Sovereign: “You see in My hands two cups: this one is bitter for your people.” , and the other is sweet for you. The Emperor falls to his knees and prays for a long time to the Lord to let him drink the bitter cup instead of his people. The Lord did not agree for a long time, but the Emperor persistently prayed. Then the Savior took out a large hot coal from the bitter cup and put it on the Emperor’s palm . The Emperor began to transfer the coal from palm to palm and at the same time his body began to become enlightened until he became all bright, like a bright spirit. With this I woke up again. Having fallen asleep for the second time, I see a huge field covered with flowers. The Emperor stands in the middle of the field, surrounded by many people, and with his own hands distributes manna to them. An invisible voice at this time says: “The Emperor took the guilt of the Russian people upon himself, and the Russian people are forgiven!” Out of love for his people, Emperor Nicholas II prayerfully asked the Lord to transfer to him the punishment deserved by his people. But the just Lord never allowed the King to drink the bitter cup instead of the people. The Savior of the world himself laid a different cross on the Emperor; The Lord called him to perform a similarity to His glorious Redemptive deed, for which he placed a hot coal on his palm.
