συνοδικός
February 13 / January 31
2018 （7526）
• Synaxis of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos PANAGIA KORONIOTISSA or Dakryrroousis (Tear-Shedder) of The Monastery of Koronatos in 3 kilometers from the town of Lixouri, Cephalonia (1867)
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Κορωνιωτίσσης ἢ Δακρυρροούσης
According to local tradition, during the earthquake a pious man of Lixouri saw a vision in which he was informed that the earthquake was of divine origin and that Kefallonia was about to sink into the sea, but the Virgin Mary with tears in her eyes interceded on behalf of the island to spare it.
• Martyrs SATURNINUS, THYRSUS & VICTOR (250) Egyptians martyred at Alexandria
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σατουρνίνος, Θύρσος καὶ Βίκτωρ οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs VICTORINUS 维克托里诺, VICTOR 维克托尔, NICEPHORUS 尼基佛若, CLAUDIUS 克劳迪, DIODORUS 迪奥多尔, SERAPION 塞拉彼雍 and PAPIAS 帕彼亚 of Corynth, Egypt (251) in a persecution under the emperor Decius (249-251)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Οὐϊκτωρίνος, Οὐΐκτωρ, Νικηφόρος, Κλαύδιος, Διόδωρος, Σαραπίνος καὶ Παπίας οἱ Μάρτυρες ἐν Κορίνθῳ
Saints Victorinus, Victor and Nicephorus were secured into a stone mortar and died under the crushing of an huge stone pestle. Saint Claudius died after the cutting off of his hands and feet. Saint Diodorus was burnt, Saint Serapion beheaded, and Saint Papias they drowned in the sea.
• Holy Martyrs blood Brothers CYRUS 基若 a physician in Alexandria, and JOHN 约翰 a soldier of Edessa (311) the Unmercenary Saints and Wonderworkers
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κύρος καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ Θαυματουργοί Ἀνάργυροι καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς Ἀθανασία, Θεοδότη, Θεοκτίστη καὶ Εὐδοξία οἱ Μάρτυρες
If you want to keep clear of illness, take care not to sin, because more often than not illness is a result of sin.
They were surnamed anargyres, without doubting because they freely healed all maladies and infirmities by the grace of Christ. Cyrus, he healed not only bodies but souls, bringing many to Christ, and often healing through prayer rather than the use of his medicines and gained great renown there by healing many ailments using only the sign of the Cross. John was a soldier from Edessa who heard of Cyrus' deeds and, leaving the army, sought him out. They met in Egypt, where John became a monk and Cyrus' disciple, joining him in the practice of the virtues and in healing illnesses by prayer. Numerous miracles were wrought by these martyrs, both during their lives and after their deaths. Their bodies were placed in the Church of St Mark in Alexandria. In the 5th century the relics of Sts Cyrus and John were enshrined in a church at Aboukir near Alexandria by St Cyril (June 9). In 414 the relics of Saints Cyrus and John were transferred from Canopis to Manuphin. Their relics were translated to Rome in 634 during the reign of Emperor Arcadius. Later on their relics were transferred to Rome, and from there to Munchen (Munich) (an account further is located under 28 June). Their Relics Are the source of abundant healings and miracles, and the shrine became one of the greatest places of pilgrimage in the Christian world.
These saints are invoked for assistance during the Blessing of Water, in the Sacrament of Holy Unction and especially by those suffering from insomnia.
• Martyress ATHANASIA (also Anastasia) 阿塔纳西亚 together with her three daughters: THEOCTISTA (also Theopista, Theoctista, Theoktiste, Theoktisti, Theopisti or Theophana) 德奥克提斯替 age 15; THEODOTA (also Theodota, Theodoti, Theodote or Theodora) 德奥多塔 age 13; and EUDOCIA (also Eudoxia, Evdoxia,Theodosia or Theodoxia) 艾弗多克息雅 age 11 (311) tortured by the persecutors in the town of Canopus
Cyrus, a physician of Alexandria, who by the opportunities which his profession gave him, had converted many sick persons to the faith; and John, an Arabian, hearing that a lady called Athanasia, and her three daughters, of which the eldest was only fifteen years of age, suffered torments for the name of Christ at Canope in Egypt, went thither to encourage them. Concerned that the tender maidens might renounce Christ under torture, the two monks sought them out to encourage them in their confession of the Faith. They themselves were captured, and the governor decided to have them tortured in front of the women, assuming that this would break their spirit. They were apprehended themselves, and cruelly beaten: their sides were burned with torches, and salt and vinegar poured into their wounds in the presence of Athanasia and her daughters, who were also tortured after them. At length the four ladies, and a few days after, Cyrus and John, were beheaded, the two latter on this day. Instead, Cyrus and John bore their sufferings so patiently and boldly that the women were only strengthened in their resolve.
• Tr.Rel. to Erfurt of Sts SEVERUS; his wife VINCENTIA; and their daughter INNOCENTIA; Martyred at Ravenna in Italy (4-5th c.)
• The Missionaries from Aegina JULIUS (also known as Giulio) a priest of Novara, and his brother JULIAN a deacon
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰούλιος ὁ Πρεσβύτερος ἐξ Αἰγίνης
Died after 390. Julius was a priest and his brother Julian a deacon. They were authorized by the emperor Theodosius, to devote themselves to converting the heathen temples into Christian churches. In art, Saint Julius is portrayed as an old priest with his staff, sailing on his cloak to Isola Giulio over Lake Maggiore, which is full of serpents.
• Martyrs TARCISIUS, ZOTICUS, CYRIACUS & Companions at Alexandria
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ταρσίζιος, Ζωτικός, Κυριακὸς καὶ Σώκιος οἱ Μάρτυρες
NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• New Hieromartyr presbiter MICHAEL Kargopolov (1919) day of martyrdom, guilty tortured and murdered by more than 20 shots near selo Orlovka of Achinsk, Krasnojarsk
• Repose of EUGENE Poselyanin (Pogozhev), spiritual writer (1931)
• Repose of Elder CODRATUS (Condratus) of Karakalou monastery, Mt Athos (1940)
• Repose of Hieroschemamonk STEPHEN Ignatenko, of Kislovodsk (1973)
• Martyrdom of PAUL de Ballester-Convallier, Bishop of Nazianzus (1927-1984) in Mexico City
1 Peter 3:15: And be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you.
A convert from Roman Catholicism to Eastern Orthodoxy who became the Bishop of Nazianzus in Mexico, and was martyred in 1984. Bishop Paul's work in Mexico as a churchman, university professor and author was conspicuous, with his deeds including the foundation of the Hellenic Cultural Institute in the City of Mexico in 1973, in the purpose of publicize culture in Mexico through conferences, courses, workshops, licentiates and masters in arts, Mexican history, culture and humanities, as well as a diversity of cultural activities. His activities, however, came to end on January 31, 1984, after celebrating Divine Liturgy, when he was shot dead by Rafael Roman Mondrago, a mentally disturbed Mexican, who then shot himself in an apparent suicide attempt. Authorities did not discard the possibility that the murderer would be driven by some sort of religious fanaticism. His funeral was attended by Archbishop Iakovos. In a visit to Mexico in 2006, Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople asked Metropolitan Athenagoras of Mexico and Central America to transfer the relics of the late Bishop Paul to the Metropolis and be laid to rest in the Cathedral Church of Saint Sophia, in Naucalpan, where a monument is dedicated to him. In addition to his religious and pastoral activities, Bishop Paul was a historian, philosopher and humanist. Besides his native Catalan and Spanish, he also knew Greek, French, Italian, English, Latin and Portuguese.
• Sainted AIDAN (also known as Aedan, Aedh, Maedoc-Edan, Moedoc, Mogue) Bishop of Ferns (626)
Give as if every pasture in the mountains of Ireland belonged to you.
The first Bishop of Ferns in County Wexford in Ireland where he also founded and became abbot of a monastery. In his youth he had become a monk under St David in Wales and later in life he returned to live there.
• Venerable ARSENIUS 阿尔塞尼 of Paros (1800-1877)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ ἐν Πάρῳ
• ATHANASIUS 阿塔纳西 bishop of Methona (880/885)
Born in Catania in Sicily, during the invasion of the Saracens he fled to Patras in Greece, where he became a monk and eventually a bishop.
• BOBINUS of Troyes (766) born in Aquitaine in France, he was a monk at Moutier-la-Celle. Later he became Bishop of Troyes in 760
• BRIG (also Bria or Brigh)
• EABHNAT (also Oebnhat, Obhnat, Evnat, Eabnait or Eabnat) of Rossna-Seanchae (or Ros Eanche) • Righteous EMMA (Hemma) of Regensburg in Bayern, Queen
(808-876)
• Hosiosmartyr ELIAS 伊利亚 Ardunis, a barber, of Mt Athos and Kalamata (1686)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἠλίας ὁ Νέος Ὁσιομάρτυρας τοῦ Ἀρδούνη
• Hosiosmartyr EUSEBIUS of Saint Gall (884) born in Ireland, he became a monk at St Gall in Switzerland and later lived as a hermit on Mt St Victor in the Vorarlberg. While denouncing godlessness, he was struck with a scythe and killed. As a result he was venerated as a martyr
• GEMINIAN (also known as Gimignano) of Modena (348) Deacon and later successor of the Bishop of Modena. He gave refuge to St Athanasius the Great when he came through Italy on his way to exile in Gaul. Geminian bravely opposed Jovinianism
• JOHN Angelus (1050) born in Venice in Italy, he became a monk at Pomposa in the diocese of Ferrara, Italy, under the rule of Saint Guy • MADOES (Madianus) left his name to a place in the Carse of Gowrie in Scotland
• Venerabless MARCELLA (also Marcela) 玛尔凯拉 of Rome, Matr., W. (325-411)
A noblewoman of Rome, as a widow she turned her home into a house-church and she devoted herself to prayer and almsgiving. When Alaric sacked Rome, Marcella was cruelly scourged as the Goths thought that she had hidden her wealth. In reality she had already distributed it to the poor. She died shortly after from the effects of this treatment.
• MELANGELL (also Monacella) the Righteous of Wales, Recluse or Anchorite of Pennant (also Penant or Tanat) (present day Powys) near Llangynog, Montgomeryshire (6-7th c.)
St Melangell (whose name has been latinised as Monacella) is interesting because the incident for which she is known is a Welsh version of one that is known in various forms in several European countries. She appears in the pedigrees as a descendant of Macsen Wledig (the usurping Roman emperor Magnus Maximus), and according to her legend her father was an Irish king (probably Scottish, in its later meaning, is intended). Another kind of desert was the life in an extremely remote and hidden valley. This was the life chosen by the hermitess St Melangell (the final "ll" is pronounced in the Welsh way as in Llan). Again little is known of her early life but she was one of a group of Welsh female hermits who established cells in remote corners of Wales (at the beginning of the seventh century). She vowed herself to God, and when pressed to marry fled to the part of central Wales called Powys, where she remained hidden for fifteen years. The valley she chose was so remote that no one knew she was there, until one day the prince came into the valley hunting a hare which took refuge under Melangell's skirt. One day the prince of Powys, Brochwel Ysgythrog, came hunting in her neighbourhood, and pursued a hare into a clearing of the forest where Melangell was at prayer. The hare ran for the shelter of her garments, and turned to face its pursuers from a fold of her skirt. Brochwel urged on his hounds, but they drew off, howling; the huntsman tried to wind his horn, but it stuck mute to his lips; and Brochwel approached the girl for an explanation. When he had heard Melangell's story of herself, he made her a present of the land on which they were standing as a perpetual refuge and place of sanctuary, in recognition of God's protection of the little wild hare in the shadow of His servant Melangell. So impressed was the prince that he there and then gave her the valley. The valley chosen by St Melangell is still remote, though there is now a road to it. It is a very beautiful valley with steep hillsides all around or in some cases sheer cliffs. Melangell became quite famous in her life and when she died and was buried at the East end of the church, pilgrimages commenced and the Bala road was built close to it. The road was now been diverted and tranquillity has been restored. The church is being restored and the place of Melangell's burial and subsequent shrine can still be seen. St Melangell is commemorated on May 27th.
Accordingly she lived the rest of her life there, another thirty-seven years, gathering a community round her which she directed as abbess. But it was also a meeting-place for hares, who never showed any fear of their protectress, so that they came to be called Melangell's lambs. Melangell is the patron of hares and rabbits.
In the little church there is some wood carving from the old rood screen depicting the story of the saint and the remains of her shrine which is now restored. A quarter of a mile away on the opposite side of the valley there is a cleft in the rock which is known as Gwely Melangell, Melangell's hard bed.
• Martyr METRANUS (also known as Metras) of Alexandria (250)
Born in Alexandria, Egypt. Saint Dionysius of Alexandria, his bishop and contemporary, left a vivid account of Saint Metranus's martyrdom under Decius.
• Venerable Sainted NICETAS 尼基塔 the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, bishop of Novgorod (1108) His relics now rest in the church of the holy Apostle Philip in Novgorod
Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ἐκ Κιέβου
• Venerable PACHOMIUS 帕霍弥 abbot of Keno Lake Monastery (1525)
• THAMAR Queen of Georgia
• Martyress TRYPHAENA (also Tryphaine, Triphena, Tryphaenes, Tryphene, Tryphena or Tryphaina) 特里斐尼 at Cyzicus (Kyzikos) on the Hellespont (present day Balkiz near Erdek in Turkey) (89) invoked by mothers who are unable to breast-feed their children
Ἡ Ἁγία Τρύφαινα ἡ Μάρτυς
The Holy Martyress Tryphena came from the city of Kyzikos. A matron of Cyzicus on the Hellespont voluntarily gave herself over to suffering for Christ. They threw her into a red-hot oven, tied her from an high tree, threw her from an height onto sharp spears, and then took her away for devouring by beasts, but the Lord preserved her unharmed. Finally, she was torn apart by a mad savage bull and gored to death. Saint Tryphena is pictured with an ox and a furnace near her. Sometimes there is a fountain springing at the scene of her martyrdom, giving milk to women. At the place where the holy blood of the Martyr was shed, there is said to have welled up a spring of clear water which, when taken by women whose milk had dried up, it restored its flow for the benefit of their nursing newborn children. And this not only happened for women, but also for female irrational animals, when they did not produce milk, after drinking the water, they received grace and produced milk. For this reason, she is the Patroness of nursing mothers.
• ULPHIA (also Olfe, Olphe, Wulfe or Wulfia) Hermitess of Amiens, France (8th c.)
By tradition she lived as a hermitess near Amiens in France, her spiritual father being the hermit St Domitius. A convent was later built on the site of her tomb. In art, Saint Ulphia is a young nun seated in prayer on a rock with a frog in the pool near her.
• Tr.Rel. (406) of Hieromartyr Bishop VIGILIUS of Trient (405)
• WILGILS (7th c.) Father of St Willibrord, born in Northumbria in England, he settled on the banks of the River Humber and lived as a hermit
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.
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