Holy Martyr Nicephorus, Troparion, Tone IV
In his suffering, O Lord,/ Thy martyr Nicephorus received an imperishable
crown from Thee our God;/ for, possessed of Thy might,/ he set at nought the
tormentors and crushed the feeble audacity of the demons.// By his supplications
save Thou our souls.
Kontakion, of the Martyr, Tone I "The choir of the angels"
Bound by the bond of love, O Nicephorus, thou didst manifestly destroy the
malice of hatred, and wast beheaded by the sword, as a divine martyr of the
incarnate Savior. Him do thou entreat, in behalf of us who hymn thy glorious
memory.
And this Kontakion, Tone III "Today the Virgin"
Soaring aloft in the love of the Lord, O glorious one,/ and taking His
glorious Cross upon thy shoulder,/ thou didst put to shame the wiles of the
devil,/ didst suffer even unto death,/ and hast been shown to be a bearer of the
trophy of truth,// a warrior and initiate of the mysteries of the grace of God.