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:O venerable father Nicephorus the Leper, :your struggles and courageous asceticism dumbfounded heaven's angels. :Like another Job in pain, :you endured and gave glory to God. :And so, he arranged for you a resplendent crown of miracles. :Rejoice, O guide of monastics! :Rejoice, O prism of light! :Rejoice, O delightful fragrance radiating from your relics!

:O venerable father Nicephorus, :shunning pain and bodily corruption, :like a horse you gallop towards the heavens, :the steadfast support of lepers. :A brilliantly lit temple of God, :your body shone in its illness.