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DAY 7
First Sunday of the Great Lent: TRIUMPH OF ORTHODOXY
On the same day, the First Sunday of the Fast, we commemorate the restoration of the Holy and Honorable Icons, which was brought about by the ever-memorable Emperors of Constantinople, Michael and his mother Theodora, during the Patriarchate of the Holy Confessor Methodios.
• Appearance of The Hodegetria Icon PANAGIA PORTAITISSA ("Gate-Keeper") of the IVERON Mother of God, Mt Athos (9th c.) glorified by the Lord with many miracles
Παναγία Πορταΐτισσα
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Ἰβηριτίσσης
The original of this image is found in the Georgian Iviron monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, where it is believed to have been since the year 999. The synaxis (feast day) for this icon is on February 12, as well as on Bright Tuesday, and also on October 13 for the translation to Moscow of the copy of Iveron icon. A unique characteristic of this icon is what appears to be a scar on the Virgin Mary's right cheek or her chin. A number of different traditions exist to explain this, but the one most commonly held by Orthodox Christians is that the icon was stabbed by a soldier in Nicaea during the period of Byzantine iconoclasm under the Emperor Theophilus (829–842). According to tradition, when the icon was stabbed, blood miraculously flowed out of the wound.
• "CYPRUS" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos from the village Stromyn, Moscow region (1841) // movable holiday on the 1st Sunday of the Great Lent // JUL 9 //
The Cypriot Icon of the Mother of God appears thus: the Mother of God sits upon a throne with the Divine Infant in Her arms, and at Her sides are two angels, holding branches. The holy icon manifest itself in the year 392 on the Island of Cyprus, and is situated there in a monastery. Reknown venerable copies from it are at the Moscow Uspensky cathedral, and in the Nikolo-Golutvinsk church in the village of Stromyna, Moscow diocese.
• Panagia YPSENI in Rhodes // APR 18 // BRIGHT WEDNESDAY AFTER PASCHA //
The holy and most-honored icon of the Panagia "Ypsenis" was hidden beneath an olive tree in the eponymous village of Lardos, which was the site of an old Monastery of the Most-Holy Theotokos. In that place was often found in asceticism and prayer our Holy Father Meletios (February 12), who one night became an eye-witness to a marvelous spectacle. A column of light came down from the sky lighting up the tree and surrounding area. Surprised he approached and found an old looking icon of the Mother of God. The next night the Theotokos appeared to him in a dream telling him to build in her name a temple at the place where he found the icon, in order to place the icon, and to establish a monastery, to continue in his asceticism.
At the same time she showed him a place near the area where she told him to dig to find the necessary money for such a large project. The Saint obeyed the command of the Panagia, dug at the place suggested, and found the buried treasure by which he managed to meet the costs of building. He built the temple in which he treasured the Holy Icon, and refounded the ruined monastery, where he lived in asceticism till the end of his earthly life. The miraculous icon is treasured until now in the homonymous monastery and is honored by the faithful and is a source of many miracles to those who approach with faith and reverence.
• Consecration of the Church of the Theotokos in Pousgin (1002)
Ἐγκαίνια Ναοῦ Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου εἰς Πούσγην
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰουλιανὸς καὶ Μόδεστος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Venerabless MARIA (also Maria, Mary, Mariam, Marinus, Marinos, Marius or Maryana) 玛利亚 of Bithynia, who dressed in men’s attire as monk Marinos 玛利诺 (527); and her father EUGENE (also Eugenius or Evgenios) 艾弗革尼 Monk of Alexandria (502)
Ἡ Ὁσία Μαρία ἡ μετονομασθείσα Μαρίνος
Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐγένιος
Her sex was finally revealed at her death, when of course all concerned in the affair were filled with remorse. The brethren arriving saw the deceased "monk" and the boy crying over "him". When they began to dress the saint for burial, her secret was revealed. The hegumen of the monastery tearfully besought forgiveness of the departed, and the inn-keeper too followed his example. The body of Saint Maria was reverently buried in the monastery. The daughter of the inn-keeper came to the grave of the saint and openly confessed her sin, in connection with which she was healed from a demonic illness. The boy whom the saint was raising afterwards became a monk. The relics of the saint were transferred to Constantinople, and from there in 1113 were carried off to Venice.
• MM SATURNINUS and PLUTINUS
• New Hieromartyr ALEXIUS 阿莱克西 (Semeon Buy) bishop of Voronezh (1892-1930) shoted 3 November 1937 in urochishche Sandomorkh near Medvezhjegorsk, Karelia // OCT 21 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Βορονὲζ
• New Hieromartyr archpriest MITROPHAN (1931)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μητροφάνης ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Martyr EUGENE Posel’anin (Evgeny Nikolayevich Pogozhev) religious writer, essayist and journalist (1870-1931) day of martyrdom // JAN 30 //
Among his best known books are: Starets Ilarion Troyekurovsky (1895), Poetry of Faith. A.N. Maykov, the Poet of Russia and Russian Orthodoxy (1898), Sacred Sites of the Russian Land (1899), Konstantin Nikolayevich Leontyev (1900), The Tale of Saint Leaders of the Russian Land (1900), Christ's Warriors. Tales From the Lives of Saints (1902), Petersburg Relics (1903), Letters on Monastic Life (1911).
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀλέξιος ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Μόσχας
• Sainted 安托尼 ANTONY II Kauleas (829-901) Patriarch of Constantinople
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
Patriarch Anthony II was a pious man who generously endowed monastic foundations and founded or re-founded the Kaulea Monastery (more accurately called "Kalliou") with the support of the emperor ― a monastery over the relics of Saint Kallia (February 12).
• ANTONIUS III Studites (980/983) Patriarch of Constantinople
• Blessed ATHANASIA (also Anastasia) Logacheva, Cave-Dweller, Hermitess (1875)
• Venerable BASSIAN 瓦西安 abbot of Ryabovsky Forest Monastery, Uglich (1509) disciple of St Paisius of Uglich
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασιανὸς τοῦ Οὔγκλιχ
• Venerable Abbot BENEDICT of Aniane (750-821)
• BENEDICT Revelli (900) a monk at Santa Maria dei Fonti in Italy and then a hermit on the island of Gallinaria in the Gulf of Genoa. In 870 he became Bishop of Albenga
• Hieromartyr Bishop BLAISE (also known as Blase, Blasien, Blasius, Biagio) 瓦莱西 of Sebaste in Armenia (316); Languished in prison with Hieromartyr Bishop Blaise: 7 Holy Women and 2 Children beheaded at Sebaste (316)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βλάσιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σεβαστείας
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δύο παῖδες καὶ Ἑπτὰ γυναῖκες οἱ συναθλητὲς τοῦ Ἁγίου Βλασίου
• Righteous Martyress CALLIA 卡利亚, Matr. (9th c.)
• Martyr DAMIAN in Rome whose relics were found in the catacombs of St Callistus and sent to Salamanca in Spain
• Martyr DAMIAN a soldier martyred in Africa, probably at Alexandria
• Sainted ETHILWOLD (Ethelwald, Aethelweald, Aedilauld) 埃提尔瓦尔德 Bishop of Lindisfarne (740) a disciple of St Cuthbert, he was Abbot of Melrose in Scotland before becoming Bishop of Lindisfarne in England
• VM EULALIA (also Aulaire, Aulazie or Olalla) of Barcelona, Pat. of Barcelona (Catalonia or Cataluña) (303) invoked against miscarriage, for or against rain and for calm waters
Saint Eulalia is represented in art as a maiden with a cross, stake, and dove.
• Archbishop FETHGNA of Armagh (9th c.) successor of Patrick and son of Nechtan of the Clann Eclidagh
• FORANNAN Abbot of Clonard, County of Meath (9th c.)
• Tr.Rel. of St FRIDESWIDE (also Frideswida or Fridespida) of Oxford, Abs. and Solitary, Pat. of Oxford (735)
• GAUDENTIUS of Verona (465) Bishop of Verona in Italy. His relics are enshrined in the ancient basilica of St Stephen in Verona
• M GERASINA near Cologne (5th c.)
• GERTRUDE 格尔特路德 Abbess of Nivelles (Nijvel), in Brabant (659)
Benedictine abbess, the daughter of Blessed Pepin of Landen and Blessed Itta of Ida. Itta founded Nivelles Abbey and installed Gertrude as abbess in 639. Gertrude was a mystic, gifted with visions. She befriended the Irish saints Foillian and Ultan. The legend of Gertrude's vision of the ocean voyage led her to be as well the patron saint of travelers. In memory of this event, medieval travelers drank a so-called "Sinte Geerts Minne" or "Gertrudenminte" before setting out on their journey. Her attention to the care of her garden led her assistance to be invoked by gardeners, and also against rats and mental illness.
• Sainted HELMWARD Bishop of Minden (958)
• Venerable Hieromartyr Bishop JOHN the Sinaite (1091)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Σιναΐτης
• JULIAN the Hospitaller also called "the Poor Man"
Tradition says that Julian killed his own parents in error. This was predicted one day while the nobleman was hunting. A deer reproached Julian for hunting him and said that in the future he would commit the crime. Afraid of committing such a terrible crime, Julian migrated to a far land and served the king there so well that he was knighted and given a rich widow in marriage with a castle for her dowry. One day he returned to his castle and went to the bedroom. Unknown to him, his parents had arrived unexpectedly, and being tired had got into Julian's own bed. Julian saw two figures there and not recognizing them under the bedclothes, he supposed them to be intruders and impetuously stabbed them both to death. He suspected that another man had been in bed with Julian's own wife. However, he met her as she was returning home from church. Distraught with grief and guilt, he told her he was about to leave her, no longer fit to live with decent people. She refused to abandon him. Together they set out to attempt to make amends for his crime. They forsook their fine castle and journeyed first to Rome to obtain absolution, then as far as a swiftly flowing, wide river where they built a hospital for the poor and an inn for travellers. In addition to this work, they did penance for Julian's crime by helping travellers across the swift river. After many years Julian was awakened one freezing night by a voice from the other side of the river crying for help. He got up, crossed over, and discovered a man almost frozen to death. Julian carried the man across the river and warmed him back to life in his own bed. The poor sufferer appeared to be a leper, but this did not stop Julian. And when the man recovered, he revealed himself to be a special messenger from God, sent to test the saint's kindness. "Julian," the leper said, "Our Lord sends you word that He has accepted your penance".
He is the patron of boatmen, ferrymen, innkeepers, musicians, travellers, and wandering minstrels.
• LUGAIDH of Cuil-Ruscach ("rushy-corner") in Breifne
• New Hosiosmartyr LUKE 路加 Mukhaidze, monk of Jerusalem (1277)
• The Holy New Martyr KRISTO (Chrestos) 克里斯托 the Gardener of Albania (1748) 赫里斯托
Ο Άγιος Νεομάρτυς Χρήστος ο Κηπουρός
Ὁ Ἅγιος Χρῆστος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Κηπουρός
• Sainted Patriarch MELETIUS 麦勒提 archbishop of Antioch (381)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μελέτιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀντιοχείας τῆς μεγάλης
• Venerable MELETIOS of Lardos (1855) builder of the sacred and revered Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos of Ypseni (April 18) in Rhodes, in 1855
• Sainted MELETIUS 麦勒提 archbishop of Kharkov (1840)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μελέτιος Ἐπίσκοπος Χαρκώβ
• Martyr MODESTUS (2nd c.) martyred in Carthage in North Africa and venerated as the Patron Saint of Cartagena in Spain.
• Hieromartyr MODESTUS (304) a deacon, born in Sardinia and martyred under Diocletian. His relics were brought to Benevento in Italy in 785
• New Hosiosmartyr NICHOLAS 尼科拉 Dvali 德瓦利, monk of Jerusalem (1314)
• PROCHORUS 普若霍尔 of Georgia (11th c.) builder of Holy Cross Monastery near Jerusalem
Ὁ Ὅσιος Πρόχορος ἐκ Γεωργίας
• SIADHAL (Sedulius, Seadhal, Siadal) (5th c.) an Irish priest
• SISINNIOS the Bishop of God (919-944) in the region of the Metropolis of Ephesus
Ὁ Ἅγιος Σισίννιος Ἐπίσκοπος τοῦ Θεοῦ • Hieromartyr URBANUS 邬尔班 bishop of Rome (223-230)
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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