• συνοδικός • January 31 / January 18 •

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January 31 / January 18
2018 （7526）

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• Former soldiers Martyrs MOSEUS and AMMONIUS (250) suffered forced labor in the mines before being burned alive at Astas (Asracus) in Bithynia
• VMM ARCHELAÏS (also Archelaus, Archelaa or Archelaia), THECLA and SUSANNA (also Susannah) of Romagna, Nuns beheaded at Salerno of Italy (293)
Three holy virgins of the Romagna in Italy who went to Nola in the Campagna in order to escape death, but there too they were accused of being Orthodox, were tortured, taken to Salerno and beheaded.
• Martyress THEODULA (also Theodulia or Theodule) 德奥杜拉 and her companions: Martyrs HELLADIUS 艾拉迪, BOETHIUS 佛伊提, EVAGRIUS 艾瓦格里 and MACARIUS 玛喀里; at Anazarbus (also Justinianopolis, now Agafli) in Cilicia, Asia Minor (4th c.)
Ἡ Ἁγία Θεοδούλη ἡ Μάρτυς
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἑλλάδιος, Θεόδουλος, Βοήθος, Εὐάγριος καὶ Μακάριος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Holy Virgin LIBERATA (580) in Como in Italy where with her sister FAUSTINA she founded the convent of Santa Margarita. Both reposed in 580. Their relics are in Como Cathedral
• Blessed Venerables CYRIL (also Kyril) 基里尔 Schemamonk, and his wife MARIA (also Mary) 玛利亚 Schemanun (1337) of Radonezh, parents of St Sergius of Radonezh // JAN 18 // JUL 6 RADONEZH // SEP 28 //
• Monks ILARION, EMILIAN and DIMITRIUS
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• New Hieromartyr MICHAEL Kargopolov, presbiter, priest (1919)
• ALEXIS 阿莱克西 Shushania, hieromonk of Teklati, Georgia (1852-1923)
• New Hieromartyr EUGENE Isadskij, presbiter, priest (1879-1930) day of martyrdom
• New Hieromartyr VLADIMIR Zubkovich, presbiter, archpriest of Smolevichi in Belorussia (1863-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted at Minsk
• New Hieromartyr NICHOLAS Krasovskij, presbiter, priest (1876-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo after Taganka prison, Moskow
• New Hieromartyr SERGIUS Lebedev, presbiter, priest (1895-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo after Taganka prison, Moskow
• New Hieromartyr ALEXANDER Rusinov, presbiter, archpriest (1878-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
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• AEDAMAIR (also Aedhamair or Aedamar) Nun at Clogher (5th c.)
• ANA the Recluse of Cluain Grencha
• Sainted ATHANASIUS 阿塔纳西 the Great, Archbishop and Patriarch of Alexandria (373) the defender of the Orthodox dogma of the consubstantial Trinity // MAY 2 TR REL // JAN 18 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Μέγας
• Venerable abbot ATHANASIUS 阿塔纳西 of Syandem and Vologda (1550) a disciple of the Monk Alexander of Svir
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Venerable Righteous monk ATHANASIUS 阿塔纳西 of Novolok (1601) Fool for Christ
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός
• Virgin COPPA (Cobba) Daughter of Baedan (5th c.)
• Martyr CYRIACUS
• Sainted CYRIL 基里尔 Archbishop and Patriarch of Alexandria (444) the champion of the dogma of the Incarnation of the Word in Mary's womb // JUN 9 REPOSE // JAN 18 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Πατριάρχης Ἀλεξανδρείας
St Cyril was the nephew of Patriarch Theophilus of Alexandria, who educated him from his youth. He succeeded to his uncle’s position in 412, but was deposed through the intrigues of the Nestorian heretics. He later resumed his See, however. St Cyril presided at the Third Ecumenical Council in 431, which censured the Nestorian blasphemy against the Most Holy Theotokos. His wise words demonstrated the error of their false doctrine. Today we commemorate the flight of Saint Cyril from Alexandria to Ephesus, because it brought much good to the Church of Christ, since the Third Ecumenical Synod took place there and the blasphemous heresies of Nestorius were condemned while Orthodoxy was upheld.
• Venerable CYRIL an Igumen at Kiev (1146)
• DEICOLA (Deicolus, Desle, Dichul, Deel, Delle, Deille) (625) a monk at Bangor in Ireland, he followed St Columbanus to Burgundy in France, where he helped found the monastery of Luxeuil. Later he founded a second monastery in Lure in the Vosges
St Columban once said to him in his youth: "Deicolus, why are you always smiling?" He answered in simplicity: "Because no one can take my God from me."
• Abbot DAY (Dye)
A Cornish church is dedicated to Saint Day.
• Abbot DIARMIS (also known as Diermit, Dermot) (6th c.) the spiritual director and teacher of Saint Kieran of Clonmacnois (f.d. Sep 9) and later abbot-founder of a monastery on Innis-Clotran Island
• Venerable Sainted EPHRAIMIOS Bishop of Mylasa, in Caria (5th c.)
• EPHRAIM 艾弗冷 the Younger (the Philospher) of Georgia (1101) the great writer, translator, philosopher, and defender of the Church
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἐφραίμιος
His achievements in Georgian theological and philosophical writing are immeasurable. The number of his works is almost one hundred, and the subjects cover nearly every branch of theological inquiry. Ephraim even developed his own theory of translation, which later formed the foundation for written composition in the Georgian language. His theory consists of three essential points:
1. A composition must be translated from the original, that is, from the language in which it was first written.
2. The translation must carry the same literal meaning as the original, but accuracy in this regard must not violate the nature of the language into which the text is being translated.
3. A section of commentary that examines all relevant historical, grammatical, and literary issues should be included with the translated text. Ephraim translated five of the works of Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, The Ascetic Rules of Saint Basil the Great, the writings of Saint Ephraim the Syrian, commentaries on the Epistles and Psalms, and many other important patristic writings. Among Ephraim the Lesser’s original works, his most significant is An Explanation of the Reasons for the Conversion of Georgia, a compilation of existing essays and his own commentaries on the nation’s conversion.
• 约雅敬 JOACHIM I, Patriarch of Trnovo and Bulgaria (1235)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωακεὶμ ἐκ Βουλγαρίας
• LEOBARDUS (Liberd) 莱奥瓦尔德 of Marmoutier (593) an anchorite in a cell near Marmoutier in Tours, France, where he lived for 22 years under the spiritual direction of Saint Gregory of Tours
• Venerable MARCIAN 玛尔基安 of Cyrrhus in Syria, monk and hermit (388)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαρκιανὸς
• Metropolitan MAXIM 玛克西默 Archbishop of Wallachia (1546) son of the Serbian Despot Stephen and Despotica Angelina
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος Ἐπίσκοπος Οὐγγροβλαχίας
• NINNIDH 宁尼德 of Inismacsaint (6th c.)
• Righteous ODILO (Odilio) Herzog of Bayern, monastery founder (748)
• VM PRISCA (also Priscilla) at Rome, where a church is dedicated to her on the Aventine
But according to her acta, which were not written until the 10th century, Prisca was a 13year-old girl who was exposed in the amphitheatre and, to the amazement of all, the fierce lion was loosed upon her, licked her feet. She was therefore returned to prison and beheaded. An eagle watched over her body until it was buried in the catacomb of Priscilla, where a church has been dedicated as titulus Aquilae et Priscae on the Aventine hill since at least the 4th century.
• Monk SILVANUS 西尔瓦诺 of Palestine
Ὁ Ὅσιος Σιλβανὸς ὁ ἐν Παλαιστίνῃ ἀσκήσας
• Martyress THEODOSIA
• Martyr ULFRID (Wolfred, Wilfrid, Wulfrid) (1028) born in England, he became a missionary in Germany and Sweden. He was martyred for destroying an image of Thor
• Hieromartyr VOLUSIAN (496) a married senator who was chosen Bishop of Tours in France and shortly after driven out by Arian Visigoths
• Martyress XENIA (Xene) 塞尼亚 of Cilicia, Greece (400) by fire
Ἡ Ἁγία Ξένη ἡ Μάρτυς

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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
愿上帝怜恤我罪人
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
for the sake of the prayers
of Thy most pure Mother,
our holy and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us.
Amen.
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Blessed be God.

• συνοδικός • January 30 / January 17 •

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January 30 / January 17
2018 （7526）

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• MM SPEUSIPPUS, ELEUSIPPUS, MELEUSIPPUS & LEONILLA; TURBO; JONILLA and her infant son (175)
Ἡ Ἁγία Ἰουνίλλα καὶ τὸ βρέφος της Τούρβων
• GENULFUS (Genou) and GENITUS (3rd c.) monks who lived in Celle-sur-Naton in France
• Hermits ACHILLAS (Achilleus) 阿希利斯 the Confessor, hermit of Egypt (427) and AMOES (4th c.) in Egypt and are called "the flowers of the desert"
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀχιλλᾶς
• Holy Nobleborn Pious Emperor THEODOSIUS 德奥多西 the Great (395) Emperor of Constantinople spreading the Christian Faith throughout the world, and his wife St PLACILLA (also Plakilla, Flaccilla, Flacilla or Aelia Flavia Flaccilla) (400)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοδόσιος ὁ Μέγας ὁ βασιλεύς
• ANTONY, MERULUS and JOHN (6th c.) monks at St Andrew's on the Coelian Hill in Rome. St Gregory the Great, who was their Abbot, has left an account of their virtues and miraculous power
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• Repose of Schemaabbot HERMAN of Zosima Hermitage (1923)
• New Hieromartyr VIKTOR 维克多 Evropejtsev, presbiter, priest (1885-1931) day of martyrdom
• New Hieromartyr PAVEL 保罗 Uspenskij, presbiter, priest (1874-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted
• Repose of Archimandrite TIKHON Bogoslovtsev, of Inkerman (1950)
• Repose of Bishop SAVA Sarachevich, of Edmonton (1973)
• VMM MARIA and YELIKONIDA at Khujand, Nuns of Maria Magdalena Church,Tadzhykistan (2005)
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• Our Holy Godbearing Venerable Father ANTHONY 安托尼 the Great, of Egypt, the Father of monks (251-356)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος ὁ Μέγας
St Anthony teaches: "Learn to love humility, for it will cover all your sins. All sins are repugnant before God but the most repugnant of all is pride of the heart. Do not consider yourself learned and wise; otherwise, all your effort will be destroyed and your boat will reach the harbor empty. If you have great authority, do not threaten anyone with death. Know, that according to nature, you too are susceptible to death and that every soul sheds its body from itself as the final garment."
• Monk ANTHONY of Martkop, Hermit, monastery founder (6th c.)
• Venerable ANTHONY 安托尼 the New, of Berrhia in Macedonia (10-11th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος ὁ Νέος ὁ Θαυματουργὸς
• Abbot ANTHONY 安托尼 the Roman, of Novgorod (1147)
• Venerable ANTHONY 安托尼 abbot of Dymsk, Novgorod (1224)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντ Ρωσίας
• Venerable abbot ANTHONY 安托尼 of Krasny Kholm (i.o. Pretty Hillock) (1481)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος τοῦ Κρασνοχόλμκιζ
• Repose of ANTHONY Bishop of Vologda (1588) Successor of Joseph of Volokolamsk
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος Ἐπίσκοπος Βολογκντὰ τῆς Ρωσίας
• Venerable monk ANTHONY 安托尼 of Chernoezersk (1598)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος τοῦ Τσερνοεζέρσκιζ
The Monk Antonii (Anthony) of Chernoezersk founded the Mother of God monastery at BlackLake (Chernoezero) in the Novgorod holdings, not far from the city of Chernopovets. The monastery was situated on an island of the Schirsk countryside. The monastery twice suffered a complete destruction: in 1581 – from the Lithuanians, and in 1682 – from the Swedes. In 1764 the monastery was closed.
• Venerable ANTHONY (Anthony Kantakouzènos) of Meteora, founder and Abbot of the Monastery of St Stephen at Meteora (15th c.) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος Καντακουζηνός
• ANTONINA
• APOSTOLUS the New
• CLAIRNECH of Druim Bidhg (Druimbide) extending across the plain of Maenmagh, near the town of Loughrea, in Galway county
• Righteous presbiter GAMELBERTUS of Michaelsbuch (800)
• GENULF (also known as Genou, Gengulphus) (250) whose feast is still kept at Cahors, was mentioned in early books, but his existence is now questioned. He was said to be the first bishop of Cahors in Gaul, but it is more likely that he was a hermit
• Holy Neomartyr GEORGE 格奥尔吉 of Ioannina (1838) great wonderworker and healer; Patron Saint of Greek Presidential Guard
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐξ Ἰωαννίνων
When his Turkish tormentors asked him "What are you?" before pulling up the gallows, George asked that his hands be untied. He made the sign of the cross and said, "I am a Christian and I shall die a Christian. I bow before my Christ and my Lady Theotokos." Then, turning to the Christians who stood there he said, "Forgive me brethren, and God will forgive you."
• JOHN Bishop of Rostov (1213)
• VM JOLENDIS (also Yolendis or Yolaine) at Pleine-Selve, Diocese of Soissons (4th c.)
• Blessed JOSEPH of Freising (764) a monk who in 752 founded the monastery of St Zeno at Isen. In 764 he became third Bishop of Freising in Bavaria, Germany. His relics are in Isen
• Hermit JULIAN Sabas the Elder (377) in Mesopotamia, who received the name "sabas," meaning "the old man" in Syriac, because of his wisdom • Hierodeacon MAKARIOS 玛喀里 of Kalogeras, of Patmos (1737)
Bishops often asked him to write homilies; about sixty of these were published in book form as The Trumpet of the Gospel, which is still widely read today by the faithful.
• MARTYRIOS
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάρτυρας
• Holy Virgin MICA (Micca)
• MILDGYTHA (also Mildgith, Milgith, Milwith, Mildwitha or Mildgitha), Abs. of Eastry (Estrey), Kent (676) The youngest of the three holy virgins of Minster-in-Thanet in England - Milburgh, Mildred and Mildgyth
• Abbot NENNIUS (also known as Nennidhius) (6th c.) a disciple of St Finian of Clonard, reckoned as one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland
• Hermit PIOR of Egypt (395) a disciple of Saint Antony
• Venerable PHILOTHEOS of Meteora, second founder of the Monastery of St Stephen at Meteora (16th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Φιλόθεος
• Abbot RICHIMIRUS (Richimir) (715) under the patronage of the Bishop of Le Mans in France he founded a monastery, later called Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois after him
• Bishop SABINUS of Piacenza (420) a close friend of Saint Ambrose, who used to send him his writings for editing. While still a deacon Sabinus was sent by Pope Saint Damasus to settle the Meletian schism at Antioch. Sabinus is reputed to have stayed the flood water of the River Po with a written order
• SULPICIUS II (also known as Sulpice or Sulpicius Le Debonnaire) (647) Bishop of Bourges in France from 624 to 647. He devoted himself to the care and defence of the poor and persecuted
• SULPICIUS the Pious, Bishop of Bourges in France

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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
愿上帝怜恤我罪人
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
for the sake of the prayers
of Thy most pure Mother,
our holy and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us.
Amen.
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Blessed be God.

• συνοδικός • January 29 / January 16 •

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January 29 / January 16
2018 （7526）

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• Martyr ELPIDIUS and Martyress HELENA
• Holy Martyrs triplets brothers SPEUSIPPUS (also Pevsippos) 斯佩弗西普, ELEUSIPPUS (also Elasippos) 艾勒弗西普, MELEUSIPPUS (also Mesippos or Melasippus) 麦勒弗西普 and their grandmother LEONILLA (also Neonilla) 莱奥尼拉; and with them, NEON (also Neo or Neonos) 奈翁; TURBO 图尔伯; and JONILLA (also Junilla, Vovilla or Jovilla) 约尼拉 and her infant (161-180) suffered for Christ in France
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πεύσιππος, Ἐλάσιππος καὶ Μέσιππος οἱ Μάρτυρες οἱ αὐτάδελφοι
Ἡ Ἁγία Νεονίλλη ἡ Μάρτυς
• Holy 6 Hieromartyrs Monks of the Desert (749)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕξι Πατέρες
• Venerable schemaabbot ROMIL 罗弥洛 called Romanus the Good, monk of Mt Athos and of Monastery Ravanica in Serbia (1375) the Sinaite, the Hesychast, monk of Mount Athos, disciple of St Gregory Sinaite; and Hosiosmartyrs NESTOR 奈斯托尔, MARTINIUS 玛尔提尼, DANIEL 但以理, SISOES 息所伊斯, ZOSIMAS 佐西玛, and GREGORY 格里高利 with Romil
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ρωμύλος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ
Νέστορας, Μαρτῖνος, Δανιήλ, Σισώη, Ζωσιμὰς καὶ Γρηγόριος
Even after his death, Saint Romilus performed great miracles, casting out demons, and healing all sorts of diseases and suffering. Through his holy prayers, may we obtain the forgiveness of our sins and great mercy from Christ our God, to Whom is due all glory, honor and worship, together with His unoriginate Father, and the Most Holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
• BARSANUPHIUS and EURETUS
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• New hieromartyr IOANN Pettaj, presbiter, priest in Estonia (1894-1919) day of martyrdom, shoted
• New hieromartyr priest TROFIM Kuznetsov (1885-1919) day of martyrdom, brutally tortured and killed in Birilüssy village of Achinsk, at Krasnojarsk; the executioners brought Father Trofim to the cemetery, tied him to a birch tree and then each shot him
• Repose of Elder THEODORE of Irkutsk (1923)
• Repose of Priest DEMETRIUS Gagastathis of Platanos, Trikala (1975)
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• Martyr ACHATIUS (Agathius) the Soldier of Byzantium (304)
• BARTANUBA, Nun near Constantinople (4th c.)
• Hosiosmartyr abbot DAMASKIN 达玛斯基诺 the New, of Hilandar on Mt Athos and of Gabrovo in Bulgary (1771)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δαμασκηνὸς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
However, following the death of the Saint, divine justice avenged those iniquitous manslayers. As they were crossing the Danube River, they drowned in its currents and received as retribution everlasting damnation. May we be delivered from such an end and be made worthy of the Kingdom Of The Heavens, through the intercessions of the Holy Hieromartyr Damaskenos. Amen.
• Martyr DANAX (Danaktos) 达那克斯 the Reader of Illyria (i.e. Albania) (111) served as reader at a church in the locale of Auleneia (i.e. Vlore) in Macedonia
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δάναξ ὁ Ἀναγνώστης
During an invasion by pagans, the saint took the church vessels and intended to hide them, but he was seized by soldiers. Refusing to worship their loathsome idols, he was stabbed with a sword.
• DUNCHAID O'Braoin (988) Abbot of Clonmacnoise, Ireland
Born in Westmeath; died at Armagh, 988. Saint Dunchaid was an anchorite until 969, when he was chosen abbot of Clonmacnoise Monastery. In his old age he retired to Armagh, where he died.
• FERREOLUS (also known as Fergéol) bishop of Grenoble (670) France
• FULGENTIUS of Ecija (633)
Brother of Saints Isidore of Seville, Leander, and Florentina, Saint Fulgentius was bishop of Ecija, Andalusia, Spain, and one of the leaders of the Spanish Church at that time. He is often confused with Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe. In art, Saint Fulgentius is likely to be shown with his brothers and sister.
• Abbot FURSEY (also known as Fursa of Pérrone) 福尔赛 of Burgh Castle, enlightener of East Anglia and Langy, Abbot of Burgh Castle, and Peronne Monastery in France (648) the best known of the Irish monastic missioners abroad in the earlier middle ages, Pilgrim For Christ
Saint Fursey was an Irish monk who had various visions of heaven and hell. He spent some years evangelising in Ireland. He then went, with his two brothers St Foillan and St Ultan to evangelise East Anglia in the 630’s. This makes him the first recorded Anglo-Saxon missionary, even before St Aidan. He heard the angels singing the "Holy, Holy, Holy" in Heaven. His relics are to be found in Amiens cathedral.
• GALATIAN
• GERASIMUS II Palladas, Patriarch of Alexandria (1714)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεράσιμος ὁ Παλλαδὰς Πατριάρχης Ἀλεξανδρείας
• Sainted HONORATUS (also known as Honore) 奥诺拉特 archbishop of Arles and founder of Lérins Abbey (350-429)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ὀνωρᾶτος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀρελάτης
The saint depleted his youthful vigor through fasting and asceticism, and so "the powers of the body made way for the power of the spirit." Though in poor health, he managed to follow the same rule of fasting and keeping vigil as those who were younger and stronger than he. He would visit the sick when he was even sicker than they were, offering consolation for body and soul. Then, fearing he had not done enough for them, he would review each case in his mind to determine how he could ease their suffering. Adorned with virtues, Saint Honoratus treated a variety of spiritual diseases, freeing many from their enslavement to vice. His insight into each person’s character enabled him to apply the appropriate remedies for restoring souls to spiritual health.
• Abbot HONORATUS of Fondi (6th c.) the abbot-founder of the monastery of Fondi on the confines of Latium and Campania in present-day Italy. Saint Gregory the Great gives a pleasing, though all too short, account of his life in Dialogos, Book I
• HONORE (Honoratus, Honorius) of Amiens (600) the Patron of bakers of holy wafers and others, confectioners, candle-makers, florists, flour merchants, oil refiners, and pastry chefs // MAY 16 //
• JAMES 雅各 of Tarentaise (429) a disciple of Saint Honoratus at Lérins and venerated at Chambery as an apostle of Savoy and the first bishop of Tarentaise
• Martyress JUNILLA of Cappadocia
• LIBERATA of Pavia, Solitary (5th c.) Sister of St Epiphanius of Pavia in Italy and St Honorata
• MACARIUS the Elder, of Egypt (390)
• Hierodeacon MAKARIOS of Kalogeras, of Patmos (1737)
• Hieromartyr MARCELLUS I (309) Pope of Rome from 308 to 309 and suffered for confessing the faith
• MELAS (also known as Melantius) the Bishop (385)
• Blessed Righteous priest MAXIMUS 玛克西默 of Totma, Fool For Christ (1650) Vologda
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός καὶ Θαυματουργὸς τῆς Τότμα
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• New Hieromartyr NICHOLAS 尼科拉 of Mitylene of Lesvos in Greece (1771)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας
• Hosiosmartyr monk PAMBO
• Veneration of the Precious Chains (Shackles) of the Holy and All-Glorious Foremost PETER 彼得 (Simon, Cephas) the Apostle (67) of the Twelve Apostles
Ἡ προσκύνησις τῆς Τιμίας ἁλύσεως τοῦ Ἁγίου καὶ ἐνδόξου Ἀποστόλου Πέτρου
Saint Peter is commemorated on this day because of the chains by which he was shackled by the lawless Herod and which during the appearance of an angel in prison fell from him, "Suddenly the angel of the Lord stood by him and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and awakened him, saying, "Get up quickly." The chains fell from his wrists" (Acts of the Apostles 12:7). The chains were preserved by Christians as much for the memory of this great apostle as well as for their healing power, for many of the sick were healed by touching them as well as with the towel of the Apostle Paul, "then when the face cloths or aprons that touched his skin were applied to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them" (Acts of the Apostles 19:12). St. Juvenal, the Patriarch of Jerusalem gave these chains as a gift to the Empress Eudocia, the exiled wife of the Emperor Theodosius the Younger. She divided them into two and sent one half to the Church of the Holy Apostle in Constantinople and the other half to her daughter Empress Eudoxia in Rome, the wife of Valentian. Eudoxia built the Church of St Peter and deposited these chains in it, together with those chains with which Peter was shackled before his death under Emperor Nero. The chains which fell from his hands were collected by Christians and passed down through the generations as precious relics, finally coming to Constantinople and being placed in the Church of St Peter, where they worked many miracles and healings.
There is nothing superstitious about the veneration of clothing and other objects belonging to the Saints; the Acts of the Apostles describes how handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched the Apostle Paul would heal the sick (ch. 19), and that even the shadow of the Apostle Peter healed those on whom it fell (ch. 5). In the twentieth century, a shirt worn by St Nektarios on his death-bed healed a paralyzed man. The sanctity of those united to God extends not only to their bodies but at times to their garments.
• PRISCILLA (also known as Prisca), Matron (98) who hosted St Peter
Saint Priscilla, was the widow of Mancius Aeilius Glabrio, who was executed by Domitian most likely because he was a Christian. She was probably the mother of Saint Pudens, the senator. Tradition has it that she was the Roman hostess to Saint Peter, who used her home on Via Salaria as his headquarters in Rome. The catacomb of Priscilla under her home was named after her.
• SOPHIA, W., Nun at Jerusalem (4th c.)
• Martyr SIGEBERT 西格博尔特 King of the East Angles (635)
• TATIAN (also known as Titian) (650) for 30 years Saint Tatian was a bishop in the neighborhood of Venice. The seat of his bishopric (Opitergium or Oderzo) has since been destroyed
• TRIVERIUS (Trevor) (550) Hermit near Thérouanne monastery until he moved to Dombes. He is honored at Lyons and in the diocese of Belley. He has given his name to the village of Saint-Trivier
• Sainted TOZZO Bishop of Augsburg (778)
• VALERIUS of Sorrento (453) another of the hermit saints called by God and His people to another life; taken from his solitude by the people of Sorrento, he became bishop of Sorrento, Italy
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LIST OF BISHOPS
• Athens: Hierotheus in 52; DIONYSIUS the Areopagite in 58; Narcissus in 67; Publius in 118-124; Quadratus, who presented Apology to Hadrian, in 126
• Toledo: Eugenius in 69-121; Melantius; Pelagius; Patrummus; Eusebius; Quintus; Vincentius; Eugenius; Marcellus was consecrated at Arles by Dionysius the Areopagite, in 68-69
The list at Toledo is as complete as the list at Milan.
• Paris: Dionysius the Areopagite in 70-119; Mallo; Martianus; Victor; Maurianus; Martinus
• Arles: St TROPHIMUS c. 46; Dionysius the Areopagite 68–70; St REGULUS; St FELIX 140; Gratius 160; Ambrosius; Anastinus; Ingenuus; Augustinus; Hieronymus; Savitius; Martianus 282; St Marin 314
• Milan: Anotolone 51–64; Cajo 64–85; Castrinziano 97–137; Calivero 138–190; St MONA 192–250; St MATERNO 252–304; St MIROCLE 304–325; St AMBROSE 11th Bishop 374–397
• Metropolitans of London: Theonus, in time of King Lucius (186–193). He built the church of St Peter, Cornhill • Elvanus, messenger from Lucius to Eleutherus, Bishop of Rome, by whom he was consecrated • Cadwr, or Cadoc. Name occurs at Caerleon • Obinus • Conan • Palladius the Bishop of Britain • Stephanus • Iltutus, Abbot of the School of Llandaff • Theodwin, or Dedwin • Theodred • Hilarius • Restitutus, who attended Council of Arles, A.D. 314 • Guitelinus • Vodinus. Put to death, 453 • Theonus 2nd • Fastidius, Bishop of Britain, A.D. 431
• Metropolitans of York: Sampson, appointed by King Lucius • Taurinus, Bishop of Evreux, "Ebroicensis" • Eborius, at Arles, A.D. 314 • Sampson, or Saxo, expelled by Saxons, and transferred his pall to Dol in Brittany; consecrated, 490 • Pirah, appointed by King Arthur, A.D. 522, in place of Sampson, A.D. 522 • Thadiacus fled to Wales, A.D. 586
• Isle of Man: Amphibalus was Bishop of Man before a.d. 447, in which year St Patrick consecrated Germanus to Man
• Whithern: St NINIAN Bishop of Whithern (subsequently in the Province of York), was consecrated by Pope Siricius, a.d. 394; retired to Ireland, 420; died, 432
• Province of Caerleon: Dyfan (Missionaries of Eleutherus) • Ffagan • Elldyrn • Edyfield. Adelfius at Aries in 314. He is claimed also by Colchester and Lincoln • Cadwr • Cynan • Ilan • Llewyr • Cyhelyn • Guitelin • Tremorinus, died about 490, and was succeeded by Dubritius of Llandaff, after which the Primacy seems to have wavered between Llandaff and Menevia • Dubritius consecrated in 449 (Benedict of Gloster); in 490 (Geoffrey), Bishop of Llandaff, and became Metropolitan on the death of Tremorinus, as stated' above, but his seat remained at Llandaff • St DAVID 1st Bishop of Menevia, was consecrated at Jerusalem, with two companions 284 , a.d. 519, and succeeded as Metropolitan on the death of Dubritius, but his seat remained at St David's • After him came Teilo, consecrated at the same time as St David, at Jerusalem, A.D. 519, to Llandaff. He succeeded to the Metropolitan's office on St David's death, retaining Llandaff, and consecrating Ismael to St David's as a Suffragan Bishop
• SIMON the Cananite, afterwards Bishop of Jerusalem, having preached the Gospel in Britain, as also ARISTOBULUS, ordained by St Paul "Bishop for Britain"; there must have been many Bishops in Britain before King Lucius was able to supersede the Druid by the Christian organisation. Within ten years after the arrival of JOSEPH of Arimathea, the first-fruit of Britain was sent to Rome, for instruction and consecration. He founded a Church in Beatenberg, Switzerland

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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
愿上帝怜恤我罪人
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
for the sake of the prayers
of Thy most pure Mother,
our holy and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us.
Amen.
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Blessed be God.

• συνοδικός • January 28 / January 15 •

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January 28 / January 15
2018 （7526）

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• Wonderworking Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of TSYLKANI (4th c.) in Kartliti, Georgia
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Feast of the Holy Family of Saint Basil the Great // 2ND SUNDAY OF JAN //
Few entire families have been officially celebrated by the Church through the centuries. Of the ancients, two families that quickly come to mind are those of Gregory the Theologian and Basil the Great. These families, beginning with the parents, created an atmosphere in the home that was spiritually healthy, for it was an atmosphere of love for God coupled with love for virtue, philanthropy and hospitality.
BASIL the Great was born about 330 at Caesarea in Cappadocia and reposed in 379. He came from a wealthy and pious family, including his father Saint BASIL the Elder (349), his mother Saint EMMELIA (375), his grandmother Saint MACRINA the Elder (260-340), his sister Saint MACRINA the Younger (330–379) and his brothers Saints GREGORY of Nyssa (334-394), NAUKRATIOS of Mount Nitria (332-358), and PETER of Sebaste (345/7-392). It is also a widely held tradition that Saint THEOSEVIA (335-385) was his youngest sister (though some claim she was the spouse of Saint Gregory of Nyssa), who is also a saint in the Church. There are also about four or five other girls, sisters of St Basil, who flourished in the married life, and the grandfather of St Basil who martyred for the faith.
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• Righteous Queens SALOME 撒罗弥 of Ujarma, the wife of Revi, the son of King Mirian; and PEROZHAVRA 裴若德扎弗拉 of Sivnia married to the ruler of the Kartli region (4th c.) the helpers and closest companions of Saint Nino, Enlightener of Georgia. Saint Nino herself had converted them to the Christian Faith
When Saint Nino fell ill in the village of Bodbe, the queens Salome and Perozhavra stood by her bed and wept bitterly at having to part with their beloved teacher and healer. They entreated Saint Nino, who was finishing her last hours on this earth, saying, "Tell us, our Queen, how did you come to our country to free our souls, and where were you raised? Tell us how to continue your good works. You who have delivered us from bondage to the enemy, tell us, what shall we do?" From the information that Saint Nino then related to them, Saints Salome and Perozhavra wrote The Life of Saint Nino, Enlightener of Georgia.
• Holy Virgins MAURA and BRITTA (4th c.) in France
• Holy 6 Hieromartyrs Monks of the Desert (749)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕξι Πατέρες
• MM MAURA (also Maureen, Moura, Moira, Maíre, Mairin or Mawr), BRIGID (also Britta, Bridget or Brígit) and their brother ESPAIN (also Spanus, Hispadus or Espian), with MM ALDEGUND and her son JOHN, at Balagny-sur-Thérain, near Creil (9th c.)
• Martyrs ELPIDIOS, DANAX, and HELEN
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐλπίδιος, Δάναξ καὶ Ἑλένη οἱ Μάρτυρες
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• New Hieromartyr BENJAMIN bishop of Romanov (1930)
• New Hieromartyr MICHAEL Samsonov, presbiter, archpriest (1867-1942)
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• AITCHE (also Aithche) of Kenry, Pat. of Cill-Aitche, County Limerick
• Venerable ALEXANDER the Ever-Vigilant, founder of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones ("the Ever-Vigilant"), at Gomon, in north-eastern Bithynia (426-427)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἀκοίμητος
• Bishop ALISIDIAS (4th c.)
• Martyr ARTSCHIL II King of Georgia (787)
• BARLAAM 瓦拉穆 of Keretsk (16th c.) a priest in the Keretsk area of the Kolsk peninsula on the White Sea
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαρλαάμ
He was venerated as the patron of White Sea industrial workers and sea-farers. He was glorified by posthumous miracles, saving those in danger of drowning.
• VM BEHNAN (also Behnui, Behnu or Bahanu)
• Hieromartyr BLAITHMAIC (Blathmac, Blaithmale) (823) an abbot from Ireland who went to Scotland and was martyred by the Danes on the altar steps of the church of Iona
• BONITUS (Bonet, Bont) (623-710) born in Auvergne in France, he became Bishop of Clermont. After ten years as bishop he resigned and lived as a monk, reposing in extreme old age
• BREACC Fele of Bealach-fele (7th c.)
• Monk CEOLWULF (Ceowulf, Ceolwulph) (764) King of Northumbria in England, he encouraged monastic life. St Bede dedicated his Ecclesiastical History to him. He ended his days as a monk at Lindisfarne
• DARERCA ingen Cairbre // JAN 15 //
• DARERCA of Ireland (5th c.) sister of Saint Patrick // MAR 22 // • DARERCA of Killeevy (also known as Saint Monenna) (5-6th c.) Abbess of Killeevy, Co Armagh // JUL 6 // • DARERCA of Druim, mother of Bishop Tigernach of Clonmacnoise // APR 4 //
• EMEBERT (Ablebert) (710) a brother of Sts Reineldis and Gudula, he became Bishop of Cambrai in France
• Martyr EPHYSIUS (303) in Sardinia, under Diocletian
• EUGYPPIUS (535) born in North Africa, he was ordained priest at Rome and was a companion of St Severinus of Noricum in Austria, whose Life he wrote
• Venerable GABRIEL 加百列 of Lesnov (980) founder of Lesnovo Monastery near the city of Kratov, Serbia-Bulgaria; companion of Prochorus of Pchinja and St John of Rila
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γαβριήλ
• Sainted GERASIMUS Palladas, patriarch of Alexandria (1714)
• ISIDORE of Scété, Priest and Hermit (391)
• ISIDORE of Alexandria, Priest and Hospitaller (403)
He frequently burst into tears at table, saying: "I who am a rational creature, and made to enjoy God, eat the food of brutes instead of feeding on the bread of angels."
• ÍTA (also Íte, Íde, Itha, Ytha, Issey, Meda, Mida or Dierdre) 伊塔 of Killeedy, County Limerick (570) The Foster Mother of the Irish Saints, The Shining Light of the women of Mumhan
Ἡ Ἁγία Ἴτα ἐξ Ἰρλανδίας
She is second only to St Bridget in popular veneration in Ireland. She was born in Drum in Co Waterford and founded the convent of Hy Conaill in Co Limerick, attracting many to the monastic life. From her youth she loved God ardently and shone with the radiance of a soul that loves virtue. Because of her purity of heart she was able to hear the voice of God and communicate it to others. Despite her father's opposition she embraced the monastic life in her youth. In obedience to the revelation of an angel she went to the people of Ui Conaill in the southwestern part of Ireland. While she was there, the foundation of a convent was laid. It soon grew into a monastic school for the education of boys, quickly becoming known for its high level of learning and moral purity. The most famous of her many students was St Brendan of Clonfert (May 16). Saint Ita once told Saint Brendan that the three things most displeasing to God are: A face that hates mankind, a will that clings to the love of evil, and placing one’s entire trust in riches (Compare Proverbs 6:16-19). The three things most pleasing to God are: The firm belief of a pure heart in God, the simple religious life, and liberality with charity.
• Venerable JOHN 约翰 Kalyvites (The Hut Dweller) (450)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Καλυβίτης ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν πτωχὸς
• LLEUDADD (Laudatus) (6th c.) Abbot of Bardsey in Wales, he accompanied St Cadfan to Brittany
• MALARD (650) Bishop of Chartres in France, present at the Council of Châlon-sur-Saône
• Translation (1791) of Relics of Sainted MAURILIUS Bishop of Angers (453)
• Abbot MAURUS 玛弗若 (584) a monk and deacon, who came into France in the days of king Theodebert, and died the eighteenth day before the month of February
• MAXIMUS 玛克西默 of Nola (250) Bishop of Nola in Italy. He ordained St Felix. During the persecution of Decius he fled to the mountains, where he nearly died of exposure and hunger. He reposed in Nola worn out by the hardships he had endured for the Faith
• Sainted NECTARIUS Tel’atin, Archbishop of Tobolsk (1667)
• Holy Hosiosmartyr PANSOPHIUS 庞索斐 of Alexandria (249-251) fiercely beaten with canes, he died from these beatings
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πανσόφιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Venerable PAUL 保罗 of Thebes, the 1st Hermit (341)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Παῦλος ὁ Θηβαῖος
Through the foresight of God, shortly before the end of the Monk Paul, the Lord revealed about him to the Monk Anthony the Great (17 January), who also asceticised in the Thebaid wilderness. One time a thought came to Saint Anthony, that scarcely was there another so great a wilderness dweller as he, and then he heard a voice: "Anthony, there is a servant of God more accomplished than thee, and he hath settled here in this wilderness before thee. Go further into the remote area and there find him". Anthony went and came to the cave of Saint Paul. A lesson in humility having been taught Anthony, the Monk Paul came out towards him. The elders greeted each other by name, and having hugged they entered into lengthy discussion. During the time of the conversation the raven flew by and brought them both bread. The Monk Paul disclosed to Saint Anthony that his end time was approaching and gave him instruction to bury him. The Monk Paul then expired during the time of prayer, upright on his knees. The Monk Anthony then beheld, how his soul, amidst Angels and prophets and apostles, ascended up to God. Two lions ran out from the wilderness and with their claws dug out the grave. The Monk Anthony buried the holy elder, and having taken his garb of palm leaves, he set out to his own monastery. The Monk Anthony kept this garb as a great holy reminder and put it out only twice a year – on Pascha and Pentecost.
Saint Paul of Thebes, whose Life was written by Saint Jerome, is not to be confused with Saint Paul the Simple (October 4).
• Venerable Monk PROHOR (or Prochorus) 普若霍尔 of Pcinja (Pshina) (993) abbot in Vranski Desert on the river Pchinja in Bulgaria
Ὁ Ὅσιος Πρόχορος
• Monk ROMILUS of Ravanica in Serbia (1376)
• SAWL (6th c.) The father of St Asaph of Wales
• VM SECUNDINA at Rome (250) scourged to death near Rome in the persecution of Decius
Ἡ Ἁγία Σεκουνδίνη
• TARSICIA (also Tarsitia), Anchoress of Rodez (Rodelle or Rouergue), France (600)
• TEATH (also Íta), Pat. of St Teath in Cornwall

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Elias and St John the Baptist sanctified the deserts, and Jesus Christ himself was a model of the eremitical state during his forty day’s fast in the wilderness; neither is it to be questioned that the Holy Ghost conducted the saint of this day, though young, into the desert, and was to him an instructor there: but it is no less certain, that an entire solitude and total sequestration of one’s self from human society, is one of those extraordinary ways by which God leads souls to himself, and is more worthy of our admiration, than calculated for imitation and practice; it is a state which ought only to be embraced by such as are already well experienced in the practices of virtue and contemplation, and who can resist sloth and other temptations, lest instead of being a help, it prove a snare and stumbling-block in their way to Heaven.

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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
愿上帝怜恤我罪人
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
for the sake of the prayers
of Thy most pure Mother,
our holy and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us.
Amen.
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Blessed be God.

• συνοδικός • January 27 / January 14 •

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January 27 / January 14
2018 （7526）
Apodosis of the Theophany

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• Commemoration of Massacres at Raithu in Arabia and at Sinai: those Venerable Fathers of Sinai in the 4th century and Raithu in the 5th century slain by the Saracens: Hosiosmartyrs of Sinai ISAIAH 伊撒依亚, SABBAS 萨瓦, MOSES 摩西 and his disciple MOSES 摩西, JEREMIAH 耶利米, PAUL 保罗, ADAM 阿达穆, SERGIUS 塞尔吉, DOMNUS 多穆诺, PROCLUS 普若克罗, HYPATIUS 伊帕提, ISAAC 伊撒克, MACARIUS 玛喀里, MARK 马可, BENJAMIN 文雅明, EUSEBIUS 艾弗塞维, ELIAS 伊利亚 (273/312) of others Fathers; and The Holy Fathers at Raithu; also, many holy anchorets on mount Sinai, whose lives were faithful copies of Christian perfection, and who met on Sundays to receive the Holy Eucharist, were martyred by a band of Saracens in the 5th century
Οἱ Ἅγιοι 38 Ἀββάδες οἱ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σινᾷ ἀναιρεθέντες
Οἱ Ἅγιοι 33 Πατέρες Ἀββάδες οἱ ἐν τῇ Ραϊθῷ ἀναιρεθέντες
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀδάμ ἀπὸ τοὺς 33 ἐν Ραϊθῷ Ὁσιομάρτυρες
A boy of 14 years of age led among them an ascetic life of great perfection. The Saracens threatened to kill him, if he did not discover where the ancient monks had concealed themselves. He answered, that death did not terrify him, and that he could not ransom his life by a sin in betraying his fathers. They bade him put off his clothes: "After you have killed me, " said the modest youth, "take my clothes and welcome: but as I never saw my body naked, have so much compassion and regard for my shamefacedness, as to let me die covered. " The barbarians enraged at this answer, fell on him with all their weapons at once, and the pious youth died by as many martyrdoms as he had executioners. St Nilus, who had been formerly governor of Constantinople, has left us an account of this massacre in seven narratives; at that time he led an eremetical life in those deserts, and had placed his son Theodulus in this holy company. He was carried away captive, but redeemed after many dangers.
The first time under Diocletian in 305, a second time under Valerian, on December 28, 370, and finally in 400 under Arcadius. Finding only straw mats and monks dressed in hair-shirts, these exasperated nomads prayed there to the monks whom they had massacred at Sinai and at Raitho. The Fathers have handed down to us a collective feast for all these monks on January 14. In order to protect the monks against the Blemmyes and other barbarians, the pious Emperor Justinian built there in 527 the famous monastery of the holy mountain of Sinai, called since the Ninth century: the Monastery of Saint Catherine.
• MM GELASIUS, ANDREAS, DOULA, and ORION
• MM Bishop BARBASCEMINUS of Seleucia and 16 of his Clergy (346)
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• Sainted MELETIUS 麦勒提 Jakomov, bishop of R’azan’, missionary to Yakutia (1900)
• New Hieromartyr AMBROSIUS 阿穆伯罗斯 Gudko, Bishop of Sarapul and Yelabug; and others slain at Raithu Monastery near Kazan’ (1918)
• New Hieromartyrs PLATON Kulbush, Archbishop of Reval (Tallin), Estonia (1919) and MICHAEL Blaive (Bleiwe) and NICHOLAS Bezhanitsky Revelation 22: 20: Surely I am coming quickly. Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus. • Hosiosconfessor hieroschemamonk IOANN Kevroletin, of Verkhoturye (1961) • Hosiosmartyr hieromonk SERGIUS (Pavel Gus’kov) of Raifa Church (1876-1961) shoted after cruel tortures on August 10th in Kazan’ prison, Tatar ASSR • Hosiosmartyr hieromonk BARLAAM (Viktor Pokhilük) of Raithu Church near Kazan’ (1870-1930) shoted on a Feast of Annunciation of Theotokos on March 23/April 7th in Kazan’ of Tatar ASSR together with: Hosiosmartyr hieromonk JOB (Ivan Protopopov) (1880-1930), Hosiosmartyr hieromonk JOSEPH (Ivan Gavrilov) (1888-1930), Hosiosmartyr hieromonk ANTONY (Anton Chirkov) (1861-1930), Hosiosmartyr novice PETR Tupitsyn(1906-1930) and laymen BASIL Gavrilov and STEPAN Abramov
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• Sainted ACACIUS Bishop of Tver (1567)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀκάκιος ἐκ Ρωσίας
• VM AGNES (also Agne, Agnella, Inez, Agneta or Agnia) 阿涅斯 of Rome, died in prison (304) in dark solitary confinement
Ἡ Ἁγία Ἁγνὴ ἡ Μάρτυς
• ARISTARCHUS
• Abbot BAODAN (Baetan) Mor of Inisbofin, son of Lughaidh, of Inis-mor (712)
• Repose of Hieromonk COSMAS of Grigoriou, Missionary to Zaire (1989)
• DATIUS (552) Bishop of Milan in Italy. His diocese was overrun by Arian Ostrogoths and he had to flee to Constantinople where he spent the rest of his life
• Monk DAVID
• Martyr EPHEBUS
• Hieromartyr bishop EUPHRASIUS martyred in North Africa by the Arian Vandals
• Tr.Rel. of VM FAITH (also Fides, Foi or Foy) of Agen in the Acquitaine, France (3rd c.)
• FELIX of Nola (250) Priest and Confessor
The son of a Romano-Syrian soldier who had settled in Nola near Naples in Italy. Felix was ordained a priest and devoted himself to his bishop, St Maximus, especially during the persecution which broke out under Decius. On account of his sufferings during the persecution, he was sometimes referred to as a martyr.
• FELIX a priest in Rome
• FLANN Fionn Cuillinn of a place near Cork
• HILARY 伊拉里 bishop of Poitiers (369)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱλάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Πικτώνων
• Venerable GELASIOS of Sinai (4th c.) disciple of Joseph the Analytic
• JOANNICIUS of Tarnovo, Metropolitan of Tarnovo in Bulgaria (13th c.)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωαννίκιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Τυρνόβου
• Venerable Monk JOSEPH Analytinus of Raithu Monastery (4th c.) died before the slaughter of the Sinai fathers
• Holy Hierarch KENTIGERN (Cyndeyrn Garthwys, Kentigernus) 肯提金 known as Mungo, of Strathclyde, Bishop of Glasgow, Wonderworker (603) Apostle of north-west England and south-west Scotland
Ὁ Ἅγιος Κεντιγκέρνος Ἐπίσκοπος Γλασκόβης
• LUGEUS (Luighbhe) of Inismore
• MACRINA the Elder of Pontus in Asia Minor, W. (4th c.)
• MARCELLUS
• NEOMADIA (also Neomaie) of Poitou (5th c.)
• NEOMISIA (also Neomoise), Shepherdess at Sambin, south of Blois St Apollinaria
• Repose of NICHOLAS Motovilov (1879) disciple of St Seraphim of Sarov
• Equal to the Apostles NINO (also Nina Fruzianska, Nonna, Nunia, Theognosta or Christiana) 尼纳 The Enlightener of the Georgians (335) Ἡ Ἁγία Νίνα ἡ Ἰσαπόστολος
The Most Holy Virgin heard her prayers and appeared to Nino in a dream, saying, "Go to the country that was assigned to me by lot and preach the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will send down His grace upon you and I will be your protector." But the blessed Nino was overwhelmed at the thought of such a great responsibility and answered, "How can I, a fragile woman, perform such a momentous task, and how can I believe that this vision is real?" In response, the Most Holy Theotokos presented her with a cross of grapevines and proclaimed, "Receive this cross as a shield against visible and invisible enemies!" When she awoke, Nino was holding the cross in her hands. She dampened it with tears of rejoicing and tied it securely with strands of her own hair. According to another source, the Theotokos bound the grapevine cross with strands of her own hair.
Nino related the vision to her uncle, Patriarch Juvenal, and revealed to him her desire to preach the Gospel in Georgia. Juvenal led her in front of the Royal Doors, laid his hands on her, and prayed, "O Lord, God of Eternity, I beseech Thee on behalf of my orphaned niece: Grant that, according to Thy will, she may go to preach and proclaim Thy Holy Resurrection. O Christ God, be Thou to her a guide, a refuge, and a spiritual father. And as Thou didst enlighten the Apostles and all those who feared Thy name, do Thou also enlighten her with the wisdom to proclaim Thy glad tidings."
She was exceedingly sorrowful and prayed to the Lord, "O Lord, send down Thy mercy upon this nation ...that all nations may glorify Thee alone, the One True God, through Thy Son, Jesus Christ."
• Venerable monk OFFO (Uffo) of Schuttern of Offenburg in Baden-Württemberg (604)
• Venerable monk PAPHNUTIUS of Egypt (4th c.)
• Sainted 萨瓦 SAVA I the 1st archbishop of Serbia (1169-1236)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ὁ πρῶτος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σερβίας καὶ κτήτορας τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Χιλανδαρίου
• Venerable STEPHEN 斯特梵 of Bithynia, Abbot in Constantinople, founder and abbot of Chenolakkos (i.o. "by the goose-pond") Monastery near Mount Oxos nigh unto Chalcedon (716/750)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Στέφανος
• SYMEON (Simeon) the Ascetic, King of Serbia
• Monk THEODULUS (5th c.)
• Venerable hieromonk bishop THEODULUS 德奥杜洛 of Sinai (428) son of St Nilus the Faster of Sinai
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδουλος υἱὸς τοῦ Ἁγίου Νείλου τοῦ Σοφοῦ

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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
愿上帝怜恤我罪人
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
for the sake of the prayers
of Thy most pure Mother,
our holy and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us.
Amen.
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Blessed be God.

• συνοδικός • January 26 / January 13 •

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January 26 / January 13
2018 （7526）
Afterfeast of the Theophany

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• 40 Soldiers Martyrs of Rome (Martyrs of) (262) suffered on the Via Lavicana in Rome under Gallienus
• Holy Hieromartyr HERMYLAS 埃尔弥罗 the Deacon and Martyr STRATONICUS 斯特拉托尼科 his jailer of Singidunum (today Belgrade) (315)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕρμυλος καὶ Στρατόνικος
These holy martyrs suffered for the faith in Singidunum, in Upper Moesia, on the Danube under Emperor Licinius. Saint Hermylos was a deacon. After many tortures, he was comforted by his friend Stratonikos who was grieved by the sight of his sufferings. Both were drowned in the Danube around 307-311.
• Holy Fathers Massacred at Sinai and at Raitho
• Martyrs PACHOMIUS 帕霍弥 and PAPYRINUS 帕彼里诺 in Greece drowned in a river
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παχώμιος καὶ Παπυρίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Hieromartyrs GUSEMINDUS a parish-priest and monk SERVUSDEI (852) suffered in Cordoba in Spain under Abderrahman II
• Monks NIKODEMUS and NIKEPHORUS
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• Sainted AGRECIUS (Agritius) (333) Bishop of Trier in Germany and predecessor of St Maximinus. He took part in the Council of Arles in 314. According to a late Life, composed in the 11th century, he was aided by St Helen, who procured for him the garment of our Lord, known as the Holy Coat of Trier
• AILILD I, Archbishop of Armagh (5-6th c.)
• ANDREW (235)The 12th Bishop of Trier in Germany, whom some chroniclers also call a Martyr
• Martyrs ATHANASIUS 阿塔纳修斯 murdered by beating with rods (302)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• BERNO (927) born in Burgundy in France, he became a monk at St Martin in Autun. He restored Baume-les-Messieurs and founded monasteries at Gigny, Bourg-Dieu, Massay and Cluny (910), where he was abbot until 926
• Venerable ELEAZAR 埃勒阿匝尔 of Anzersk Island at Solovki (1656)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἐλεάζαρος ἐκ Ρωσίας
The Monk Eleazar was interested in the writing of books. He composed and copied out, compiled three books, "Flower Gardens", collecting edifying sayings and examples from various sources. He also wrote a commentary on the Rule for monastic cell life.
• ELERI of Carnarvonshire and Denbighshire (6th c.)
• ELIAN (Eilan, Allan) (5-6th c.) probably born in Cornwall, he belonged to the family of St Ismael. Llanelian in Anglesey and Llanelian in Clwyd are named after him and St Allen's church in Cornwall is dedicated to him
• ELIAN ap Erbin of Wales (5th c.)
• ENOGATUS (631) The 5th successor of St Malo as Bishop of Aleth in Brittany
• ERBIN (Ervan, Erbyn, Erme or Hermes) 厄尔宾 (5th c.) Churches were dedicated to him in Cornwall
• VM GLAPHYRA (also Glafera) of Nicomedia, martyred at Amasia (or Masea) (324)
• HILARY 伊拉里 bishop of Poitiers (369)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱλάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Πικτώνων
• Venerable IRINARCH 伊里纳尔赫 the Recluse of Rostov (1616)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Εἰρήναρχος ὁ Ἔγκλειστος
After the death of the Monk Irinarch many miracles occurred at his grave, especially the healing of the sick and the demoniac by the laying upon them of the crosses and chains of the Saintly Ascetic.
• Venerable JAMES 雅各 Bishop of Nisibis (350) // OCT 31 // JAN 13 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος
• Holy Hierarch KENTIGERN (Cyndeyrn Garthwys, Kentigernus) known as Mungo, of Strathclyde, Bishop of Glasgow, Wonderworker (603) Apostle of north-west England and south-west Scotland
Ὁ Ἅγιος Κεντιγκέρνος Ἐπίσκοπος Γλασκόβης
Holy Hierarch Kentigern, pray to God for us!
Although called Kentigern (Celtic: "High Lord"), he is equally known as Mungo (Celtic: "My Dear Friend"), a name said to have been given to him by his teacher Bishop St Serf. The name Mungo also means "darling", or "beloved one". He began preaching in Cathures on the Clyde on the site of the city of Glasgow and was consecrated first Bishop of the Strathclyde Britons. Driven into exile, he preached around Carlisle and then went to Wales, where he stayed with St David at Menevia. Together with his mother St Theneva, St Kentigern is venerated as the Patron-Saint of Glasgow. He is also considered the apostle of northwestern England and southwestern Scotland. Together with Sts Columba of Iona and Ninian of Whithorn he is also considered to be one of the Greatest Saints and Enlighteners of the Scottish Land.
The following verse is used to remember Mungo's four miracles:
Here is the bird that never flew
Here is the tree that never grew
Here is the bell that never rang
Here is the fish that never swam
The verses refer to the following:
The Bird — Mungo restored life to a robin, that had been killed by some of his classmates.
The Tree — Mungo had been left in charge of a fire in Saint Serf's monastery. He fell asleep and the fire went out. Taking a hazel branch, he restarted the fire.
The Bell — the bell is thought to have been brought by Mungo from Rome. It was said to have been used in services and to mourn the deceased. The original bell no longer exists, and a replacement, created in the 1640s, is now on display in Glasgow.
The Fish — refers to the story about Queen Languoreth of Strathclyde who was suspected of infidelity by her husband. King Riderch demanded to see her ring, which he claimed she had given to her lover. In reality the King had thrown it into the River Clyde. Faced with execution she appealed for help to Mungo, who ordered a messenger to catch a fish in the river. On opening the fish, the ring was miraculously found inside, which allowed the Queen to clear her name.
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• Venerable MAXIMUS 玛克西默 Kapsokalivitos (the Hut Burner), of Kapsokalyvia Skete Mt Athos (1365) a unique ascetic, a wonder-working intercessor and "an angel in the flesh"
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάξιμος ὁ Καυσοκαλυβίτης
One day, he was told in a dream to go to the summit of Athos to receive (like Moses) the tablets of the spiritual law. He prayed continuously atop the Holy Mountain for three days, after which the Mother of God appeared to him surrounded by angels. She gave him a miraculous loaf for his sustenance and told him to live in solitude on the wild slopes of Mount Athos. Henceforth he lived apart, barefoot in all weather. He would build himself crude shelters of branches and brush; after living in one for a short time he would burn it and move to a new place. Thus he received the name Kavsokalybites "the Hut Burner" from the other monks, who dismissed him as a madman.
• Holy Martyr PETER 彼得 Apselamus (Abessalomites, Aneiakos) of Aneia in Palestine (310) // OCT 14 // JAN 12 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Ἀβεσαλαμίτης
• 14 year old CS Boy M POTITUS at Naples, Italy (166) • Sainted REMIGIUS of Rheims, Apostle to the Franks (437–533), and Bishop of Rheims from 459
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρεμίγιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ρημῶν
• Bishop SARÁN
• VIVENTIUS (400) an eastern priest who travelled to the West and attached himself to St Hilary of Poitiers. He ended his life as a hermit
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• Consecration of the Monastery of the Prophet Elias - the so-called "Monastery of the Deep Stream" - in Triglia, Bithynia (10th c.)

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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
愿上帝怜恤我罪人
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
for the sake of the prayers
of Thy most pure Mother,
our holy and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us.
Amen.
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Blessed be God.

• συνοδικός • January 25 / January 12 •

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January 25 / January 12 2018 （7526） Afterfeast of the Theophany

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• The Feast of GALAKTOTROPHOUSA (The Milk-Feeder) 哺乳者 Icon of Our Lady Nursing The Christ Child (499) of Hilandar on Mount Athos, on the right side of the iconostasis in the church of Saint Sava at the kellion of Karyes; originally located at the Lavra of Saint Sava the Sanctified near Jerusalem
Γαλακτοτροφούσα
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Γαλακτοτροφούσης
The Nursing Madonna, Virgo Lactans, or Madonna Lactans, is an iconography of the Madonna and Child in which the Virgin Mary is shown breastfeeding the infant Jesus. The icon was later named Typikonissa (Paterica), since the Rule (Typikon) of Saint Sava was preserved there. Saint Ephraim the Syrian says (in the Hymns on the Nativity of Christ): "From the Virgin womb came forth a Newborn, and He was fed by milk, and grew among children — the Son of the Lord of all. The holy Virgin Mother gave milk to Christ, and as a man He was nourished by her milk. As the Lord was nourished by the milk of Mary, life was poured out to the whole world."
• Icon of the Mother of God OF THE AKATHIST (1195) of iconostasis of the Hilandar monastery’s katholikon
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Ἀκαθίστου
It is known as the "Akathist" Icon because, during a fire at the katholikon in 1837 an Akathist was being read before the icon, and it remained unharmed, to the joy of the monks.
This icon should not be confused with the Zographou Icon “Of the Akathist” (October 10).
• Icon of the Mother of God the "POPADIKI" (Priestly , "of the Priest") (1628) of Hilandar monastery
A certain heretical priest, having declared himself Orthodox, acted at the Hilandar monastery with evil purpose, but he was punished. During the procession for the blessing of water he took this icon but stumbled, fell into the sea and drowned. Since that time the cross procession is always done with this icon, and invariably a priest carries it, so it was called “Priestly” by the Serbs.
• Synaxis of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "MESOPANTITISSIS" (Mediator of All) in Crete, painted by Luke the Evangelist; brought to Crete from Constantinople during the years of iconoclasm, to be saved from the wicked fury of the iconoclasts
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Μεσοπαντητίσσης ἐν Κρήτῃ
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• MM NAIMUS (Bainius), JACOBINUS and ANSELM (117-138) of Brescia in Italy
• Holy Martyress TATIANA (also Tanya, Tania, Tatianas, Tatiannas, Tatiane or Tatiani) 塔提亚纳 of Rome, Deaconess; her Father a wealthy Roman consul, and those who suffered with her (226/235)
Ἡ Ἁγία Τατιανὴ ἡ Μάρτυς
Brought before the Emperor for Christ's faith, she entered a pagan temple with him and by her prayers overturned all the idols which were found there. She was cruelly struck on the forehead, her eyes were torn out with hooks, she was tied to a stake and the skin of her head was flayed. They cut off her hair, thinking, according to their pagan reasoning, that some sorcery or some magical power was concealed in her hair. Finally, after having been exposed in vain to fire and beasts, she was beheaded.
• MM SATYRUS (Saturninus), CYRIACUS and MOSCENTIUS (257) in Achaia in Greece, or in Antiochia, today Antakya / Hatay in Türkei
• Martyrs Soldiers ZOTICUS, ROGATUS, MODESTUS, CASTULUS, and 40 Soldiers: QUINCTUS, BICCIANUS (Ebicianus), CAROTICUS, CASTULINUS, and others martyred in North Africa (257)
• 8 Martyrs of Nicaea of Bithynia (304) beheaded by the sword for confessing their faith in Christ
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ὀκτὼ Μάρτυρες
• 38 Monks cruelly martyred in Iona (750) Ireland
• 38 Hieromartyrs at Ephesus (762)
• Hieromartyr TYGRIUS the Presbiter, who was scourged, tormented with the disjointing of his bones, stripped of all his goods, and sent into banishment; and EUTROPIUS the Lector and precentor of the church of Constantinople, who died in prison of his torments, having been scourged, his cheeks torn with iron hooks, and his sides burnt with torches (395/408) at Constantinople
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τίγριος καὶ Εὐτρόπιος
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• New Hieromartyr VLADIMIR (Basil Bogojavlenskij) metropolitain of Kiev and Galicia (1848-1918) murdered in the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev on February 7, graved at St Theodosy Far Caves of the Lavra
• Hieromartyr presbiter BASIL Solovskij and Martyr STEPHAN Grigonov (1919) in Saatse in Estonia
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
• Hieromartyr PETER archbishop of Voronezh (1928)
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• King ALAN ab Erbin, Confessor in Cornwall
• Venerabless ANGILBURGA (also Engilburg), Empress, Fndr. of Convent of the Resurrection at Placentia, Abs. at Convent of St Julia at Brescia (915)
• Martyr ARCADIUS (302/304) a prominent citizen of Caesarea near Algiers in North Africa, who under Maximianus Herculeus was slowly and barbarously mutilated until he died under torture
• Venerable BENEDICT 文奈迪克特 Biscop (Benet Biscop, Biscop Baducing) abbot of Wearmouth (628-690) who introduced glass windows to England and raised Saint Bede
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βενέδικτος
Patron of painters and musicians.
Born in Northumbria, Biscop Baducing made two pilgrimages to Rome early in life and after the second became a monk at Lérins. After a third journey to Rome, bringing back books and icons, he returned to England and founded the monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow (628-690). He visited Rome twice more after that. He was the first to introduce glass into England, which he brought from France along with stone and other materials. His foreign masons, glaziers, and carpenters taught their skill to the Anglo-Saxons. He spared no trouble or effort in seeking far and wide for all that would richly embellish his Romanesque church.
• Venerabless CAESARIA the Elder, 1st Abs. of Convent at Arles, France (524/530) The gifted sister of St Caesarius of Arles and abbess of the convent founded there by her brother
• CUMMEIN (Cuimmine) Son of Dubh, of Drum-Druith
• EILIAN (Eilian of Anglesey) of Rome (6th c.)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐϊλιανὸς ἐκ Ρώμης
• Venerable ELIAS 伊利亚 the Wonderworker, dweller of the Paradise desert (398) // NOV 3 // JAN 12 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἠλιοὺ ὁ Θαυματουργός
• Martyr ERNESTUS (Ernst) the Soldier of Rome (216)
• EULOGIA Mother of St Theodosios the Cenobiarch
• Venerabless EUPRAXIA (Euphrasia) 艾弗普拉克西亚 the Elder of Tabenna (Tabennesi) in Egypt, W. (393) the mother of the Nun Eupraxia, maiden of Tabenyssa (25 July)
Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐπραξία
Learning of her imminent death, Eupraxia gave thanks to the Lord for His great mercy towards her. She bid farewell to the sisters of the convent and to her daughter. She left her with these parting words: "Love the Lord Jesus Christ, and respect the sisters. Never dare to think that they are below you and should serve you. Be poor in your thoughts in order to profit by spiritual treasures. Also remember your father and me, and pray for the salvation of our souls."
• Virgin Martyress EUTHASIA (also Tasia or Tessie) 欧塔西亚 by the sword
Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐθασία
• Hieromartyr FERGEOLUS Bishop of Grenoble (664)
• Venerable GALACTEON 伽拉克特翁 of White Lake (1506) disciple of St Martinian at Ferapontov monastery
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γαλακτίων ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός
• Sainted JOHN (Giovanni I Angelopte) of Ravenna (495) Bishop of Ravenna in Italy from 452 to 494. He saved his flock from the fury of Attila the Hun and mitigated its lot when the city was taken by Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths
• Sainted JOHN II Mercurios, Pope of Rome (535)
• Sainted JOHN III Catelinus, Pope of Rome (574)
• Hieromartyr JOHN IV Pope of Rome (642)
• Blessed JOHN Kotel’nikov, of Tula, Fool for Christ (1850)
• LAIDGEN (Laidcenn) a monastic associated with the foundation of St Lua or Molua at what is now the parish of Kyle or Clonfertmulloe, County Laois (660)
• LAIGHNE (Laigne) Son of Garbain
• MACARIUS
• Venerable MARTINIAN 玛尔提尼安 of White Lake, abbot (1483) // JAN 12 // OCT 7 UNCOV REL //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαρτινιανός
• Sainted MAXIMUS Bishop of Taorminia (101)
• Martyr MERTIUS 麦尔提 a soldier of Mauretania (284/305) suffered fierce torments, not making a sound. He was thrown into prison, where he died from hunger and his wounds
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μέρτιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Venerable monk NAZARIUS of St-Michel-de-Cuxa, of Perpignan in France (745)
• Holy Martyr PETER 彼得 Apselamus (Abessalomites, Aneiakos) of Aneia in Palestine (310) // OCT 14 // JAN 12 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Ἀβεσαλαμίτης
• Martyr PHILOTHEUS 斐洛德奥 of Antioch (305)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλόθεος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Sainted PROBUS (59/236) Bishop of Verona in Italy
• SALVIUS (Salve, Sauve) (625) Bishop of Amiens in the north of France. His relics were enshrined in Montreuil in Picardy
• Sainted 萨瓦 SAVA I the 1st archbishop of Serbia (1169-1236)
• SILOUAN
• Venerable Archimandrite THEODOSIUS of Tisman and Sophroniev Monasteries (1802) fellow-struggler of St Paisius Velichkovsky
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Venerabless Mother THEODORA 德奥多拉 (5th c.) a glorious nun and teacher of the nuns from Alexandria
Just as trees require winter and snow in order to bear fruit, so trials and temptations are needed for our life.
• Venerable Abbot VICTORIAN of Asan (566/560) born in Italy, he went to France and founded Asan (called San Victorian after him) in the Pyrenees in Spain
• VITALIS 维塔里 of the monastery of Abba Serid (Seridos) at Gaza (609/620)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βιτάλιος
• Righteous VOLKHOLD the Deacon of Sonnenburg (972-1041)
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• Commemoration of the Church of St Alexander, near the Church of the Holy Apostles, in Constantinople
Μνήμη Ναοῦ Ἁγίου Ἀλεξάνδρου πλησίον τῶν Ἁγίων Ἀποστόλων
• The Holy Monastery of Abba Theodosios the Cenobiarch is located east of Bethlehem, at the entrance to the desert on the ancient central road, which leads from the desert of Jordan to the Dead Sea, on a high plateau. One could see Bethlehem from the Holy Monastery, as well as Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives, the Jordan River, the Dead Sea and Sarantario Mountain.
This Holy Monastery is built over the Cave of the Magi, which is of great interest, because according to tradition, the Three Magi spent the night there on their return from Bethlehem. It is a natural cave, with some points carved, and centuries ago was used first as a church and later as a cemetery.
Within the marble tombs along the walls of the cave are buried the founder of the Monastery St THEODOSIOS, the Patriarch of Jerusalem St SOPHRONIOS who was a monk there, St EULOGIA the mother of St Theodosios, St KOPRES, St SOPHIA the mother of St Savvas the Sanctified, St THEODOTI the mother of the Holy Unmercenaries, St EUBOULA the mother of St Panteleimon, St MARIA the mother of Sts Arcadius and John and husband of St Xenophontos, St JOHN Moschos who was a monk there and was the renowned author of the Leimanarion, together with other important figures of monasticism in Palestine. All in all the cave contains 35 tombs of Saints.

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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
愿上帝怜恤我罪人
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
for the sake of the prayers
of Thy most pure Mother,
our holy and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us.
Amen.
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Blessed be God.

• συνοδικός • January 24 / January 11 •

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January 24 / January 11
2018 （7526）
Afterfeast of the Theophany

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• "THE CHERNIGOV-ELETS" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1060)
The Elets Icon of the Mother of God appeared in the year 1060. It received its name because it appeared in a cathedral church dedicated to the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God in the city of Elets, Orlov province. January 11 was appointed as the feastday of this icon.
• KAZAN’ Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
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• Synaxis of THE MYRIANGELON (Myriads of Holy Angels)
Σύναξις τῶν Μυρίων Ἁγίων Ἀγγέλων
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• MM FELICITAS, AGENTUS, Priest DONATUS, MORASITUS, PHILO and others in Spain
• Sisters Virgins ETHNEA (also Eithne, Ethenea, Ethna or Ethenia) 埃特尼亚 and FIDELMA (also Fedelmia, Fedelma or Fethlima) 菲德尔麦, Princesses and Nuns (433) Daughters of King Laoghaire of Connaught in Ireland and among the first converts of St Patrick, they became nuns and reposed in holiness
• Brothers Venerables PALDO (720), TASO (729) and TATO (739) born in Benevento in Italy, who became monks at Farfa and eventually founded the monastery of San Vincenzo at the headwaters of the Volturno. Of this they successively became abbots
• Martyrs PETER, SEVERIUS and LEUCIUS of Alexandria
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πέτρος, Σεβέριος καὶ Λεύκιος οἱ Μάρτυρες
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• New Hieromartyr NICHOLAS 尼科罗斯 Matsyevskij, presbiter, priest (1919) day of martyrdom, shoted at Perm after guilty tortures and cruel mockery
• New Hieromartyr THEODOR 特奥多雷 Antipin, presbiter, priest (1919) day of martyrdom, shoted at Perm after guilty tortures and cruel mockery
• New Hieromartyr VLADIMIR 沃拉蒂米尔 Fokin, presbiter, priest (1919) of Krasnoyarsk
• Hieroconfessor VLADIMIR 沃拉蒂米尔 Khirasko, presbiter, archpriest of Minsk (1874-1932) day of death in Gzhatsk of Smolensk, died of a health disorder undermined in prison
• Venerable LAURENTIUS of Chernigov (1950)
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• Venerable archmandrite AGAPIUS 阿伽彼 of Apamea in Syria (306)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀγάπιος ὁ Ἀρχιμανδρίτης
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER bishop of Fermo; born in Fermo near Ancona in Italy, he became bishop of his native city and was martyred under Decius. His relics are enshrined in the Cathedral
• AMPHADHAN (Anfadan, Amphianus) Bishop of Glendalough, County of Wicklow
• Venerabless Sister Reverend Grand Duchess ANASTASIA (Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Russia, Duchess of Oldenburg, of Romanovs) of Kiev (1838-1900) foundress of St Pokrov Monastery women convent at the Lukianovka in Kiev; patron saint of all divorced men and women // DEC 22/JAN 4 // APR 23/MAY 6 // APR 13 / 26 DIED AT KIEVO PECHERSKY MONASTERY IN KIEV // JAN 11/24 FOUND OF ST POKROV MONASTERY //
Alexandra became a nun, as Sister Anastasia, taking Holy Orders on 3 November 1889 in Kiev. For the rest of her life, she worked at the hospital performing nursing duties, helping contagious patents and cleaning infected wounds. She often assisted in surgeries.
• Venerable ANASTASIUS (570) a notary of the Roman church, he became monk and Abbot of Castel Sant' Elia in Italy. St Gregory the Great narrates that St Anastasius and his monks reposed, at the call of an angel, in quick succession
• Venerable Hermit BOADIN born in Ireland, he lived as a monk in France
• Venerable abbot BRANDAN (Beandan, Breandan) (5th c.) born in Ireland, he took refuge from Pelagianism in Britain and then in France, at a monastery where he became abbot
• EGWIN Bishop in England, Confessor (717)
• ERNAN of Cluaindeochra; for him Colum Cille composed the prophecy // JAN 11 //
He was most probably the same as Ernan, for some time abbot of Torey Island, to whom, in 640, the Roman clergy, after the death of Pope Severinus, and during the vacancy of the Holy See, addressed a letter regarding the Paschal controversy and the Pelagian heresy.
• ERNAN son of Caomhan // JAN 11 //
• ERNAN son of Eoghan // JAN 1 // • ERNAIN of Tegh Ernan // JAN 17 // • Bishop ERNAIN // JAN 26 // • ERNIN Cass, of Lethghlinn // FEB 23 // • ERNIN // FEB 28 // • Bishop ERNIN // APR 12 // • ERNIN // MAY 12 // • ERNAIN son of Aedh // MAY 16 // • ERNIN of Creamhchoill // MAY 31 // • ERNIN of Cluain // JUN 14 // • ERNIN of Cluain-finn // JUN 28 // • ERNIN // JUL 1 // • ERNIN of Inis-caoin // JUL 13 // • ERNIN of Cluain-Railgheach // AUG 5 // • ERNAIN // AUG 17 // • ERNIN, i.e., Memog, of Rath-noi // AUG 18 // • ERNIN Ua Briuin // SEP 27 // • ERNAN of Miodhluachra // OCT 26 // • ERNAN // OCT 27 // • ERNIN Abbot of Lethghlinn // NOV 12 // • ERNIN son of Dubh // NOV 13 // • ERNIN son of Senach // DEC 14 // • ERNIN // DEC 23 //
• Repose of Blessed Nun EUPRAXIA of Teliakov Village, Kostroma (1823)
Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐπραξία ἐκ Ρωσίας
• HONORATA, Nun of St Vincent’s at Pavia, Italy (500) the sister of St Epiphanius, Bishop of Pavia in Italy. She was a nun at Pavia when Odoacer, King of the Heruli, captured her. She was ransomed by her brother and returned to Pavia
• Hieromartyr HYGINUS 伊吉诺 (140) Pope of Rome from c 138 to 140
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὑγίνος Ἐπίσκοπος Ρώμης
• Venerable JOB of Manyava, Igumen of Manyava Skete (1621)
• JOSEPH 约熙福 the New of Cappadocia (1860)
• LEUCIUS of Brindisi (180) venerated as the 1st Bishop of Brindisi in Italy where he had come as a missionary from Alexandria
• Martyr MAIRUS 马里乌斯
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάϊρος
• Blessed Venerable MICHAEL 米迦勒 of the Klopsk Monastery near Novgorod, Fool for Christ (1453-1456)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μιχαὴλ ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός καὶ Θαυματουργὸς
On a sandy spot Saint Michael summoned forth a spring of water, having written upon the earth: "I will take the cup of salvation, let the well-spring show forth on this spot." And during a time of famine, the supplies of bread at the Monastery granary did not diminish, though they distributed grain abundantly to the hungry.
• New Martyr NIKEPHOROS of Crete, by hanging, for renouncing Islam and confessing his faith in Christ (1832)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικηφόρος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Κρήτης
• ROMILOS 罗弥洛 the Hermit of Veddin (1375)
• Martyr SALVIUS in North Africa, eulogized by St Augustine
• SALVIUS (Sauve) Bishop of Amiens (7th c.)
• Martyr STEPHAN
• STEPHEN 斯特梵 of Placidian near Constantinople
• SUIBHNE (Suineus) Abbot of Iona (7th c.)
• Martyr TERENTIUS
• Venerable THEODORE of Constantinople (538)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος
• Venerable THEODOSIUS 德奥多西 of Antioch (412)
• Venerable THEODOSIUS 德奥多西 the Great, the Cenobiarch, the first founder and organizer of the cenobitic way of monastic life (529)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος ὁ Κοινοβιάρχης καὶ Καθηγητὴς τῆς Ἐρήμου
• Sainted THEODOSIUS 德奥多西 of Mt Athos, metropolitan of Trebizond (1392)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος Ἐπίσκοπος Τραπεζοῦντος
• VITALIS 维塔里 of the monastery of Abba Serid (Seridos) at Gaza (609/620)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βιτάλιος
He lived for many years as a monk in Palestine, then went to Alexandria to labor for the salvation of women living as prostitutes. He worked with his hands by day, keeping only a tenth of his earnings for himself. By night, he would take the rest of his earnings to the prostitutes' quarter and offer his money to one of them, on condition that she would not give herself up to sin that night, but instead stay with him, praying all night for his salvation. When he left her, he would make her promise to tell no one of this arrangement. Not surprisingly, complaints soon reached the Patriarch, St John the Merciful (November 12) about this monk who was causing scandal by his immoral life; but the Patriarch, discerning Vitalis' heart, did nothing. When St Vitalis died, a writing tablet was found near his body, on which was written: "Inhabitants of Alexandria, judge not before the time, until the coming of the Day of the Lord." Then many women who had been converted from an immoral life by the Saint came forward and told of his good deeds. The people of Alexandria honored him with a lavish funeral.
Saint Vitalis shows us in at least two ways that the wisdom of the holy is foolishness to the world: He never sought to justify himself in the eyes of the world, but on the contrary did everything he could to hide his virtues; and, for all his holiness, he counted himself more sinful than the "fallen", asking them to pray for his salvation.

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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
愿上帝怜恤我罪人
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
for the sake of the prayers
of Thy most pure Mother,
our holy and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us.
Amen.
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Blessed be God.

• συνοδικός • January 23 / January 10 •

συνοδικός

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January 23 / January 10
2018 （7526）
Afterfeast of the Theophany

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• JUSTINA and THECLA of Lentini, Matr. (3rd c.)
• Venerables monks MAXIMUS and DOMETIUS of Scete (382)
• Martyred Elder EPHRAIM 艾弗冷 and 6 incorrupt monks of Obnora (1538)
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• New Hieromartyr ZINOVIJ (Zenobius) Sutormin, presbiter, priest (1920)
• New Hieromartyr PETR Uspenskij, presbiter, Archpriest of Radushino (Zaraisk) (1863-1930) day of death in prison hospital in Kolomna of Moskow
• Hosiosmartyr ANATOLIJ 阿纳托利 (Andrew Grisük) metropolitain of Odessa (1880-1938) day of death in prison hospital in Ukhpechlag KZ of Komi
• Hosiosmartyress Abbess ARSENIJA 阿尔赛尼亚 (Anna Dobronravova, Schemaabbess Foma) of the Holy Resurrection and St Theodore Convent in Shuisk (1879-1939) day of death in prison hospital in Ivanovo
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• AGATHO (681) Pope of Rome from 678 to 681. A Sicilian from Palermo, he called for the holding of the Sixth Oecumenical Council in Constantinople in 680 against Monothelitism
• Venerable monk AMMON 阿蒙 of Nitria, Egyptian Ascetic (403)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀμμώνιος
• Venerable Hieroschemamonk ANTIPAS 安提帕 of Calapodeşti, Romania and Valaam Monastery (1816-1882) blessed with the gift of clairvoyance
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντίπας ὁ Ἀθωνίτης
Saint Antipas came to Valaam Monastery from Mt Athos on November 6, 1865. He spent the rest of his life in the skete at Valaam, living like a hermit.
• Venerable Abbot and Bishop DERMOT (Diarmis, Diarmaid) the Just (the Holy) of Inis-Clothrann, in Loch-Ribh (542) the spiritual father of St Kieran of Clonmacnois and later founder of a monastery on Innis-Clotran Island in Ireland // JAN 10 // JAN 18 //
• DIMAN (Diomman) of Inishkeen
• Venerable DOMETIAN 多玫提安 bishop of Melitene (601)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Δομετιανὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Μελιτηνῆς
• FLORIDA, Nun, at Dijon (near Clermont, France)
• Sainted GREGORY 格里高利 Bishop of Nyssa, called the Father of Fathers (394) the brother of Basil the Great
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος Ἐπίσκοπος Νύσσης
In the year 381 Saint Gregory was one of the chief figures of the Second Ecumenical Council, convened at Constantinople against the heresy of Macedonius, who incorrectly taught about the Holy Spirit. At this Council, on the initiative of Saint Gregory, the Nicean Symbol of Faith (the Creed) was completed.
• JOHN Camillus the Good (660) Bishop of Milan in Italy. He worked against Arianism and Monothelitism
• Venerable MACARIUS of the Kiev Caves
• Venerable MACARIUS 玛喀里 abbot of Pis’ma Monastery (1425) disciple of Paul of Obnora
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίας
The Monk Makarios of Pisemsk and Kostroma – was a co-ascetic of the Monk Paul of Obnorsk. He was the founder, in the second half of the 14th century, of the Makar'jev Transfiguration wilderness monastery at the River Pis'ma in the Kostroma outskirts.
• Venerable presbiter MARCIAN 玛尔基安 of Constantinople (473) Priest and Econome of the Great Church
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαρκιανὸς Πρεσβύτερος καὶ Οἰκονόμος τῆς Μεγάλης Ἐκκλησίας
• Venerable PAUL 保罗 abbot of Obnora, Vologda (1429) , a famed disciple of the Monk Sergei of Radonezh
Ὁ Ὅσιος Παῦλος ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίας
• PETER Urseolus (928-987) born in Venice in Italy, at the age of twenty Peter became Admiral of the Venetian fleet. In 976 he became Doge of Venice. After two years, he disappeared from Venice to become a monk at the monastery of Cuxa in Spain, where he later lived as a hermit
• PETRONIUS (463) born in Avignon, he became a monk at Lérins and Bishop of Die in France from c 456 to 463
• SETHRYDA (also Sethrida, Sethrid, Sæthryth, Sæthryd, Sæthrith or Sæthryda), Abs. of Faremoutier-en-Brie (660)
Stepdaughter of Anna, King of East Anglia. She became a nun at Faremoutiers-en-Brie in France under St Fara, whom she succeeded as abbess. She was the half-sister of Sts Etheldred (Audrey) and Ethelburgh.
• Sainted THEOPHAN 德奥梵 the Recluse, of Vyschen, bishop of Tambov (1815-1894)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοφάνης ὁ Ἐρημίτης
All of his time not taken up by inner prayer was devoted to translating the works of the Fathers into Russian and, increasingly, to writings of his own. Most importantly, he prepared a Russian-language edition of the Philokalia which had a deep impact upon Russian spiritual life. In addition to the Philokalia, St Theophan produced (among other works): a Spiritual Psalter of selections from St Ephraim the Syrian; The Path to Salvation, an exposition of Orthodox Spirituality written in clear, plain language for those living in the world; collections of his letters to spiritual children; and Unseen Warfare, a treatise on prayer and the ascetical life. This last has an unusual history. In its original form it was written by Lorenzo Scupoli, an Italian Roman Catholic priest. St Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain, recognizing the book's merit, produced a Greek edition in which he corrected various deviations from Orthodoxy in the original. St Theophan in turn revised the Greek edition extensively, removing some material and adding passages of his own; so that the Italian, Greek and Russian versions are in fact three substantially different books. Many of St Theophan's works (including Unseen Warfare) are available in good English translations. They are almost unique in presenting the undiluted hesychastic spirituality of the Orthodox Church in plain, straightforward language accessible to most people. Saint Theophan’s gift was the ability to present the wisdom of the Fathers in terms which modern people can understand. Since he lived close to our own time, many readers find his books “more approachable” than the earlier patristic literature. He treats the life of the soul and the life of the body as a unified whole, not as two separate elements, and reveals to people the Path of Salvation.
• Blessed THEOSEVIA (also Theosebeia or Theosebia) 德奥塞维亚, Dcn. (385) sister of Sts Macrina, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa and Peter of Sebasteia
Ἡ Ἁγία Θεοσεβία ἡ Διακόνισσα
She was a virgin and served Holy Church as a deaconess, caring for the sick, distributing food to vagrants, raising orphans and preparing women for holy Baptism.
There is strong evidence that Saint Theosevia the Deaconess was the wife of Saint Gregory of Nyssa, but this is not generally accepted for lack of complete evidence. An ambiguous expression in the Letter of Condolence written by Gregory the Theologian to Gregory of Nyssa upon the death of Theosevia the Deaconess, expressly calls her his "sister" and "consort". The latter word "consort" in Greek is syzigon, which also means "spouse". This and other language certainly indicates a close relationship which scholars generally agree either mean she was Gregory of Nyssa's wife or sister.
• THOMIAN (Tómméne, Thomas, Toimen) (660) Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland 623-660
• TUILLELAITH (also Tuilelaith), Abs. of Kildare (9th c.)

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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
愿上帝怜恤我罪人
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
for the sake of the prayers
of Thy most pure Mother,
our holy and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us.
Amen.
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Blessed be God.

• συνοδικός • January 22 / January 9 •

συνοδικός

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January 22 / January 9
2018 （7526）
Afterfeast of the Theophany

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• 12 Martyrs in North Africa: Bishop EPICTETUS, JUCUNDUS, SECUNDUS, VITALIS, FELIX and companions (250)
• Venerables BASIL and GREGORY the Wonderworkers of Monastery of Agauros, maternal uncles of Saint Eustratius (9th c.) shined forth in asceticism and virtue. Eustratios was therefore received by his uncles, and tonsured a monastic by them
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βασίλειος καὶ Γρηγόριος οἱ Θαυματουργοί
• Martyrs NIKANDER and ZACHARIAH
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• Repose of Venerable JONAH 约纳 (Ivan Miroshnichenko, Peter 彼得 in schema) founder of Holy Trinity Monastery in Kiev (1802-1902)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωνᾶς ὁ Γέροντας
• New Hieromartyr PAVEL Nikol’skij, presbiter, priest(1896-1943) day of death in V’atlag KZ of Kirov
• New Hieromartyr PAVEL Florensky
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• Abbot ADRIAN 阿德里安 of Canterbury an instructor of innumerable Saints (710) born in Africa; of his great learning and piety chosen as Abbot of Sts Peter and Paul, later called St Augustine's in Canterbury, England
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀδριανὸς Ἡγούμενος Καντουαρίας
• Martyress ANTONIA of Nicomedia, drowned in a sea
Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀντωνίνα ἡ Μάρτυς
• Schemanun BARSANUPHIA of Moscow (16th c.)
• BRITHWALD (Beorhtweald, Berctuald, Bertwald, Brihtwald) (731) he became a monk and the Abbot of Reculver in Kent in England. In 693 he became the 9th Archbishop of Canterbury
• VM EMRAISA (also Emrais or Irene) in Egypt
• Venerable Abbot EUSTRATIUS 艾弗斯特拉提 the Wonderworker of Tarsus (821)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐστράτιος ὁ Θαυματουργός
One day on the road, he came across a man who, in despair over his many sins, was preparing to hang himself. Saint Eustratios took the man's hand, placed it on his own neck, and said to him: "May the weight of your sins lie on me from now on, my child. On the day of Judgment, I myself will answer for them instead of you. All you have to do is throw away this rope and hope in God."
• FINIA (also Finnia), Abs. of Kildare (8th c.)
• FOELLAN (Foilan, Fillan) (8th c.) born in Ireland, he accompanied his mother, St Kentigerna, and his relative, St Comgan, to Scotland, where he lived as a monk. The place of repose is called Strathfillan // JAN 9/22 // AUG 26/SEP 8 //
They are water-washed stones from the river, and were used to heal different disorders by being placed on different parts of the body. Saint Fillan worked in the communities surrounding Loch Ness. One story says that he held up a cross and Nessie turned away from frighening worshippers. Saint Fillan is more famous for his healing stones which are still in use today. These stones resemble the organs they are said to heal: eyes, kidneys, liver, lungs, heart. The stones are at the Tweed Mill beside Dochart Falls near Killin. St Fillan was a follower of St Columba and came to Killin around the end of the 7th century. He taught here and as tradition demands, every Christmas Eve St Fillan's healing stones are given a fresh bed of straw and reeds from the riverbank. Still kept at the woollen mill in Killin are a set of river stones which were believed to have been given healing powers by St Fillan. A particular sequence of movements of an appropriate stone around the afflicted area was believed to result in a cure. Each stone cured a specific part of the body.
St Fillan is the Patron Saint of the mentally ill. For centuries after his death, the mentally ill were miraculously cured by being dipped in a fountain in the church at Gledochart.
• Translation (903) of the relics of JUDOC the Hermit of Ponthieu and Confessor (600-668) to Winchester, England
• Martyr LAWRENCE martyred in the arena, by the pagans
Ὁ Ἅγιος Λαυρέντιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• VM MAHARATI at Antinoe in Egypt (3-4th c.)
• MARCELLINUS of Ancona (566) born in Ancona in Italy, he became bishop there in c 550
• VM MARCIANA of Mauritania, martyred at Caesarea (304)
A Virgin Martyress in Mauritania in North Africa. Accused of breaking a statue of a goddess, she was thrown to the wild beasts and gored to death by a bull.
• MAURONTUS (Maurontius, Mauruntius) (700) Founder of the monastery of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil on the Loire in France
• Martyr PANTELEIMON
• New Martyress PARTHENA 帕尔特纳 of Edessa in Macedonia (1375) graved alive
Ἡ Ἁγία Παρθένα ἡ Ἐδεσσαία
• VM PASCHASIA at Dijon (Clermont, France) (178)
• Sainted PETER 彼得 bishop of Sebaste in Armenia (392) and brother of St Basil the Great and St Gregory of Nyssa
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος Ἐπίσκοπος Σεβαστείας
He was the tenth and youngest child of a family of Saints, the brother of St Basil the Great, St Macrina and St Gregory of Nyssa. His father died shortly after his birth in 319, and he was reared mostly by his sister St Macrina. He was ordained to the priesthood by his brother St Basil in 370, and consecrated Bishop of Sebaste at the opening of the Second Ecumenical Council (381). Saint Peter took an active part in the Council, oversaw his flock wisely, and reposed in peace.
• Hieromartyr Sainted 腓力 PHILIP II Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (1507-1569)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίλιππος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
• Holy Martyr POLYEUCTUS 颇里艾弗克特 of Melitene in Armenia (259) venerated as a Patron Saint of vows and treaty agreements
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πολύευκτος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Prophet SHEMAIAH (Samaia, Semeias) 撒麦亚 man of God (970 B.C.)
Ὁ Προφήτης Σαμέας
Furthermore, this Prophet should not be confused with Shemaiah the Nehelamite in Jeremiah 29:24, who was a false prophet. This confusion is often made when the Prophet Shemaiah is referred to as "the Elamite".
• Commemoration of STEFAN Yavorsky, Metropolitan of Ryazan and Murom (1722) defender of Orthodoxy
• SUIBSHECH (also Suabseg, Siubhsech or Suibsech) of Tirhugh Barony, Co. Donegal
• WANINGUS (Vaneng) (686) born near Rouen, he became a monk and helped St Wandrille found Fontenelle. Soon after he himself founded another important monastery in Fécamp in France
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• Commemoration of the great earthquake at Constantinople (869)
Μνήμη Μεγάλου Σεισμοῦ
On this day an earthquake caused some damage in the region of Constantinople, killing a number of people. The shock caused repairable damage to the west part of the dome of the Church of Hagia Sophia, and the Church of the Holy Apostles, which had been affected by the earthquake of 861, was once again damaged. The Church of the Archangel Michael and the Church of the Theotokos at the Sigma collapsed during the Divine Liturgy, killing all within, with the exception of a few people. The globes of the zodiac near the Forum fell and parts of the walls near the palace were damaged. A long series of aftershocks, some of them strong enough to cause additional damage in the city, continued for forty days. It is not known whether the earthquake caused damage elsewhere or how far away it was felt. The earthquake happened on Sunday, 9 January 869, on the Festival of Saint Polyeuktos, in the third year of Emperor Basil I the Macedonian (867-886), before the Synod of Constantinople convened on 5 October 869, that condemned Patriarch Photios and deposed him as patriarch on 23 November 869 and reinstated his predecessor Ignatios. Photios himself mentions the earthquake in a letter, where he says, "Constantinople, which was once a city, is now a tomb, and instead of psalmody, lamentation occupies not only private houses but also the churches." The event was annually commemorated by the Church. Leo the Grammarian says that the Church of the Theotokos at the Sigma collapsed, "so that all who were singing psalms there died. Leo the Philosopher happened to tell the singers to leave the church: those who were not persuaded died there. The philosopher himself was saved with two others since he was standing by a column under a structure, and five others who were sitting under the ambo." Emperor Basil I restored the churches upon which damages occurred.

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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
愿上帝怜恤我罪人
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
for the sake of the prayers
of Thy most pure Mother,
our holy and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us.
Amen.
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Blessed be God.