Translation of the relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 4
The day of radiant solemnity has come; / the city of Bari rejoices, and with it the whole world exults with hymns and spiritual songs; / for today is the sacred Feast / of the transfer of the precious and healing relics of the Hierarch and wonderworker Nicholas. / For, like the never-setting Sun, he shines with brilliant beams of light, / driving away the darkness of temptations and misfortunes from those who cry out with faith: / “Save us, O Nicholas, as our great intercessor.”
Kontakion — Tone 3
(Podoben: “Today the Virgin...”)
Your relics have moved like a star from the East to the West, O Hierarch Nicholas; / and the sea has been sanctified by your passage. / The city of Bari receives grace through you, / for you have shone forth for us / as a wonderworker, illustrious, most wondrous, and merciful.