The memory of the reverend father of our Nikita, the bishop of Chalcedon

Our reverend father Nicitus, having loved Christ from his youth, renounced the world and all worldly affections, pleased God with his virtuous life, and was elevated to the throne of the Chalcedonian priesthood, on which, like a candle on a candlestick, he illuminated the world and adorned the Church of Christ.

St. Nikita was very kind to the poor; he fed the greedy, clothed the naked, received the strangers into his house and buried them; he was the father of orphans, the intercessor of widows and the savior of all the oppressed.

The most ardent advocates of icon-busting were the emperors Leo III Isavranian (717-741) and Constantine V Kopronim (741-776), who condemned the heresy at the 7th Ecumenical Council (which took place in 787).

In the city of Nicaea], during the reign of Leo the Armenian, Saint Nikita showed himself to be a courageous confessor of the name of Christ, for he did much to fight against the wicked doctrine, exposing unorthodox dogmas, exhorting everyone to worship the icons of the Lord Christ and His Most Holy Mother, as well as the icons and all other saints; the valiant confessor of Christ endured many tortures from the wicked king and

He endured persecution and shame and hardships because of his faith.

After a long time, after many confessional labors, St. Nikita passed from earth to heaven; God glorified him in heaven before his angels, and on earth before men, for by his honest power many miracles were wrought, and healings of every kind were given to the glory of God, who is glorified in his saints.

The light of thy works shone upon thee, O saint, the successor of the apostle's throne, O Nicotus: and as the sun shone upon thy mouth, O father, all divine teachings be fulfilled.