The two stichera at “Glory … and Now and ever ….” begin the same way, “let us sound the trumpets of praise,” both for our Holy Father Nicholas, who imitates the good shepherd, and is “the healer of the sick and deliverer of those in tribulations; the intercessor of the sinful, the treasure of the poor, and the comforter of the sorrowful; the companion of travelers and pilot of those at sea,” and for the Theotokos, who is the Queen of all, and is the lampstand that gleams like gold, the light-bearing cloud more spacious than the heavens, the living tabernacle and golden urn containing the manna, the sealed door of the Word and refuge of all Christians.

Meditation by Archpriest David Petras
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The image of St. Nicholas is that of an icon at St. Ann Melkite Church, Danbury.