συνοδικός
February 3 / January 21
2018 （7526）
• KTITORESS Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (395) with the perpetual candle
• Wonderworking Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of PARAMYTHIA 帕拉弥提亚, Vatopedi, Mt Athos (807) called also Consolation and Solace
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Παραμυθίας
The Vatopedian Icon of the Mother of God is located within the old Vatopedi monastery on Athos, in the church of the Annunciation. It received the appellation of "Batopedeia" from this, that nearby this monastery a young prince named Arkadios fell off a ship into the sea, and by the miraculous intercession of the Mother of God he was carried to shore safe and unharmed. They found him here standing by a bush, not far from the monastery. From this event came the name "Batopedeia" ("batos paidos" – "shrub of the Lord" or "the bush of the child"). The holy Emperor Theodosius the Great in gratitude for the miraculous deliverance of his son embellished and generously endowed the Batopedeia monastery.
On the Batopedeia Icon, the Mother of God is depicted with face turned towards the right shoulder, in memory that in the year 807 on 21 January, She turned Her face towards the hegumen of the monastery, who was standing at prayer near the holy icon, and forewarned him of the intent of robbers to pillage the monastery.
Pirates had secretly landed on the shore of the monastery and were hiding, waiting for the gates to open in the morning in order to launch an attack on the monastery of Vatopedi. The Abbot, who had remained behind after the end of Matins in order to continue his prayer, heard these words from the icon of the Blessed Virgin:
"Do not open the gates of the Monastery today, but go up on the walls and drive away the pirates."
As he turned to look, he saw the Theotokos turned towards her right shoulder and looking at him, while the Holy child was stretching out His hand to cover the mouth of His mother saying,
"No, Mother, do not watch over this sinful flock, let them fall under the swore of the pirates and be punished as they deserve."
But the Blessed Virgin, taking Her Son's hand in Hers and turning Her head a little to free her mouth, repeating the same words. This last arrangement of the figures has remained permanently on the icon and has, thus, and has also earned it the rare iconographer's title of "Achaeropito". The hegumen took measures of precaution, and the monastery was saved. The monks, miraculously saved from the pirates, gave thanks to the Theotokos and named the icon "Paramythia", which means "calming down" or "restrain," words which equally convey the content of the miracle. The icon is a wall-painting and is on the right choir of the chapel named after it. In memory of this miraculous event a perpetual lamp burns in front of the wonderworking icon. Every day a Canon of Supplication is chanted in honour of the icon and on Fridays the Divine Liturgy is celebrated.
• Icon of the Mother of God "THE STABBED" (Greek: "Esphagmeni", Slavonic: "Zaklannaya") (14th c.) in the Vatopedi monastery on Mt. Athos, in a chapel dedicated to Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica
The icon was painted on canvas, and received its name of "The Stabbed" from the following event: A certain ecclesiarch, a deacon of the Vatopedi monastery, was occupied with overseeing the order of a long service. Delayed by his duties, he was late for the meal in the trapeza. The annoyed cook refused to give him any food, and reminded him that he should come on time if he wished to eat. Offended, the deacon flew into a rage and he went to the church again. Standing before the icon of the Mother of God, he said, "How long must I go on serving You? I have toiled, but I have nothing to show for it. You don’t even care whether or not I have anything to eat!" Then he struck Her on the cheek with a knife and pierced right through the canvas. Blood flowed from the wound, and the deacon was struck blind. The terrified transgressor fell down right in front of the icon, trembling all over, like Cain, the murderer of old. The igumen, served the all-night Vigil praying for mercy and the salvation of the hapless one. After three years the All-Holy Virgin appeared to the igumen and said that she had forgiven the deacon, and would restore his health, but his hand which committed the sacrilege would be condemned at the Lord’s Second Coming. The deacon recovered his sight, and deeply repented of his transgression. Settling himself in a stall opposite the icon he stabbed, he spent the rest of his life in repentance before it. Three years after the deacon’s death, his bones were uncovered, according to the Athonite custom. His body had decomposed, but his right hand remained intact and was all black. This hand is preserved at the monastery in memory of the unfathomable love of the Mother of God. It is in rather poor condition, however, because pilgrims would take pieces of it, believing it to be a relic.
• The "XENOPHON HODIGITRIA"示道 Icon of the Mother of God
The "Xenophon Hodigitria" Icon of the Mother of God according to tradition, this wonderworking icon was for many years at the Vatopedi monastery on Mt Athos, in the katholikon in front of a column on the left cliros. In 1730, it mysteriously disappeared not only from the church, but also from the monastery. Since the doors were locked, the monks assumed that thieves had stolen it. Soon they heard that the icon was at the Xenophon monastery, a three hour journey from Vatopedi. Several monks were sent to return their spiritual treasure to the Vatopedi monastery. The icon was restored to its former place, and the Fathers of the monastery took precautions to prevent the icon from being stolen again. However, the icon of the Mother of God left the Vatopedi monastery and appeared at Xenophon a second and third time. Persuaded that this was actually a miraculous occurrence, the brethren of the monastery decided not to oppose the will of the Mother of God, and left the icon at Xenophon. As a sign of their blessing, the brethren provided candles and oil for the icon. The "Hodigitria" Icon at Xenophon is in the katholikon, before a column on the left cliros, the very same place it occupied at the Vatopedi monastery.
Synaxis of ALL THE MARTYRED SAINTS, from Protomartyr Stephen and Thekla up to the present
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πάντες Μάρτυρες ἀπὸ τοῦ Πρωτομάρτυρα Στέφανου μέχρι σήμερα
The Martyrs of Christ are the greatest resisters in the history of mankind. They resisted violence, authoritarianism and delusion with the power of their sacrificial love that gives life, and not by the power, or we should rather say weakness, of hatred which kills. The Holy Martyrs, free of the tyranny of the passions and demonic falsehood ("the idols of the nations are demons"), experienced the truth as reality in the person of the Word of God ("I am the Truth") and freedom as the subjugation of the flesh, or carnal mind, to the spirit. Because they experienced God's presence sensibly in the regeneration of their existence by the Holy Spirit, this is why they endured to the end without bending even to the most inhumane tortures. They sacrificed themselves, like Christ, that others may live, and did not sacrifice others that they may live. The various ideologies, as constructs of passionate people, are unable to offer life. Rather, they can even cause death, pain and suffering. In the name of a pharisaical or rather demonic justice they reduce human lives to better, as they claim, human societies, removing them from the elements which, in their opinion, prevent their progress. That is, they try with violence and killing to regenerate humanity and kill others that they may live. The saints endured all forms of martyrdoms, silently and prayerfully, but they did not achieve this on their own and it was not due to strong will or strong character, rather it was the work of the uncreated Grace of God that encompassed their entire existence, their soul and body, and it empowered them, strengthened them and consoled them. When a person, by the Grace of God and their personal struggle, conquers their passions and is sovereign over them, then the Grace of God overshadows them and dwells in their entire existence, and then a person acquires perfect love and all the other virtues. This is why they selflessly love others, as well as all of creation. They fervently desire martyrdom, since perfect love by nature is martyric, sacrificial and a cross. Also, it gives a fragrance to their entire existence, their words and actions, their soul and their body, which still continues to be fragrant after the departure of the soul. The myrrh-scented relics of the saints are a seal of their authenticity and holiness, and they also confirm the teaching of the Church in regards to the resurrection of the dead and about eternal life.
• Hieromartyrs FRUCTUOSUS Bishop of Tarragoña in Spain, and his deacons AUGURIUS and EULOGIUS (259) burnt at the stake under Valerian. When the fire had burnt through their bonds, they stretched out their arms in the form of a cross and died
• The Martyrdom of St DEMIANA (also Demyana or Dimiana), Nun, and entire monastery (3-4th c.)
• The Holy 4 Martyrs of Tyre, by the sword (302)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τέσσερις Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs EUGENE 艾弗吉尼, CANDIDUS 坎迪德, VALERIAN 瓦莱里安 and AQUILA 阿桂拉 at Trebizond (303)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εὐγένιος, Οὐαλεριανός, Κάνδιδος καὶ Ἀκύλας οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs GABRIEL and ZIONIOS, and companions, under the Bulgarian ruler Omurtag (814-831)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γαβριὴλ καὶ Σιώνιος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• JOHN and THEODOSIUS
NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• New Hieromartyr ELIAS Berezovskij, presbiter, Priest of Alma-Ata (1890-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted
• New Hieromartyr priest JAMES (1938)
• New Hieromartyrs JOHN Dobrokhotov, NICHOLAS Bukharin, JACOB Zjablitskij, PETER Zjablitskij, JOHN Korzhavin, JOHN Rozanov, JOHN Uspenskij Priests in Ivanov (1938)
• Archimandrites GEORGE John Mkheidze (1960) and JOHN (Basil Maisuradze) (1957) of Georgia, been lovingly deemed one soul in two bodies
• Holy Virgin Martyress AGNES (Anna, Agne, Agneta, Agnella, Agnia or Inez) 阿格尼斯 of Rome (304) patroness of virginal innocence, betrothed couples, gardeners, and maidens. She is invoked for chastity
Ἡ Ἁγία Ἁγνὴ ἡ Μάρτυς
• Hosiosmartyr ANASTASIUS 阿纳斯塔西 of Rome and Constantinople (662) disciple of St Maximus the Confessor
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
The Holy Martyr Anastasias was a student of the Monk Maximos the Confessor, and together with him suffered persecution under the Monothelites. He penned the Vita of his teacher. He died in the year 662.
• Venerable APOLLONIOS of the Thebaid, ascetic (4th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀπολλώνιος
• BRIGID (also Brighis or Briga) known as St Brigid of Kilbride, venerated around Lismore in Ireland (5-6th c.)
• EGLIONNA (also Eghlionna or Eglina) of Cluain-Caoi, Cashel, County Tipperary
• Sainted bishop EPIPHANIUS of Pavia called the "glory of Italy" and "light of bishops" (439-497) born in Pavia in Italy, he became bishop there in 467. During his episcopate Odoacer destroyed Pavia and Epiphanius was largely responsible for rebuilding the city. While paying the ransom of some of his flock, he caught a fever of which he died
Epiphanius is supposed to be portrayed as a bishop going to his martyrdom with three maidens: Luminosa, Speciosa, and Liberata.
• FAINCHE (also Fuinche or Finnia) of Clúain cain in Eoghanacht Casil, County Tipperary (520)
• Bishop FLANN of Finglas, County of Dublin
• LAWDOG (6th c.) Four churches are dedicated to him near St David's in Wales
• Abbot MACCALLIN (Malcallan, Maolcalain) of Waulsort (978) born in Ireland, he went to St Fursey's shrine in Péronne in France and entered the monastery of Gorze. Later he became a hermit and then Abbot of St Michael's monastery at Thiérache and Waulsort near Dinant in Belgium
• Venerable MAXIMUS 玛克西默 the Confessor (662)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁμολογητής
• Blessed Venerable MAXIMUS (Michael Tivolis) 玛克西默 the Greek (1470-1556)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάξιμος ὁ Γραικός
St Maximos the Greek was imprisoned in Russia, banished to the Monastery of Volokolamsk, where he suffered from hunger, bitter cold and all kinds of torments. There he was bereft of everything, even being deprived of Holy Communion and books, yet prayer alone sustained him. The Lord did not abandon him, but one day an Angel appeared to him and said "Have patience: You will be delivered from eternal torment by sufferings here below." In thanks for this divine comfort, St Maximus wrote a canon to the Holy Spirit on the walls of his cell in charcoal, since he was denied the use of paper and pen. THE PARACLETE: This Canon is sung on Pentecost Monday in some Monasteries.
"Wherefore with manna having sustained Israel in the wilderness of old, and my soul, O Lord-Vladyka, is filled of the All-Holy Spirit, through Which vouchsafe that I shalt serve Thee always..."
• Hosiosmartyr MEINRAD also known as Maynard, Meginrat) the Hermit, of Einsiedeln and Reichenau (861) murdered by robbers
Of the noble family of Hohenzollern, he became a monk at the monastery of Reichenau on the Rhine in Germany. Later he became a hermit in Switzerland, and this later became the monastery of Einsiedeln, meaning in German "the Hermitage". He lived as a hermit for twenty-five years, was murdered by robbers and is venerated as a martyr.
• Holy Hieromartyr NEOPHYTUS 奈奥斐特 of Nicaea (303-305) departed to the Lord at the age of 16
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νεόφυτος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Venerable NEOPHYTES the Prosmonarios (the keeper of a church, one who waits for and receives those who come to worship) of Vatopedi on Mt Athos (1339)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεόφυτος
• Martyr PATROCLUS of Troyes (259/275) a very wealthy and exceedingly charitable Orthodox in Troyes in France, who was martyred there. His relics were translated to Soest in Germany in 960; invoked against demons and fever
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πάτροκλος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Hieromartyr PUBLIUS of Malta, Bishop of Athens (112)
Tradition identifies this saint with Publius, "chief man of the island of Malta" who befriended St Paul after his shipwreck (Acts 28:7-10). He became the first Bishop of Malta and later Bishop of Athens, being martyred under Trajan.
Publius later became the first bishop of Malta, though another tradition has him bishop of Athens and suffering martyrdom there during the reign of Emperor Trajan (Benedictines, Delaney).
• SEIGHIN of Cill-Seighin (5th c.)
• Venerable monk and desert-dweller Elder TIMON of Nadeyev and Kostroma (1840)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Τίμων ἐκ Ρωσίας
• VIMIN (Vivian, Wynnin, Gwynnin) (6th c.) a bishop in Scotland, said to have founded the monastery of Holywood (called in Latin Sacrum Boscum)
• ZOSIMAS 佐息玛 bishop of Syracuse (662)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ζώσιμος
The blessed Zosimos also gives an account of a certain woman, who came from a noble family, and who was shameless in her mind and impure. Because she had been beaten harshly by her husband, she went to the Monastery of Saint Lucy, first in order to flee the sufferings bestowed upon her by her enraged husband, and also to be healed of the beating she received. When night came, Saint Lucy yelled out with such a voice, that it entered the ears of Zosimos who was sleeping, and she said, "Remove the unclean woman from the Monastery," and she said this while pointing with her hand. With much fear Zosimos got up, and said to the servants of that woman: "Quickly rouse your mistress from here, and take her outside with her bed." The servants then approached the bed, and they found their mistress dead.
Having worked many miracles, and conducting himself as an ascetic, he departed to the Lord. Many sick people were healed of their various ailments both before he was buried and after he was buried. The demonized were liberated, and the blind were able to see again. One Christian had a wife with an issue of blood, and taking a piece of the garment of the Saint, he gave it to his wife, and she became a recipient of healing for her suffering, with the flow of blood immediately ceasing.
• Synaxis of the Church of Holy Peace (Saint Irene) by the Sea in Constantinople
Μνήμη Ἐγκαινίων ναοῦ τῆς Ἁγίας Εἰρήνης
PRAYER TO THE ALL-HOLY SPIRIT
O Master, all-good Paraclete, Who art One of the holy and worshipful, consubstantial and indivisible Trinity, accept this poor entreaty which Thou hast allowed to be offered unto Thee by a man sinful and condemned; and forgive me mine offenses, voluntary and involuntary. Cleanse me of my hidden [sins], and take pity on Thy servant [in the face of the sins] of others. Extend Thy favor to me, the sinful and unworthy, visit the infirmity of my soul with Thy grace, and heal its broken state.
Have mercy on me, O Master, Paraclete and God! Have mercy on me, sanctify my soul and body, enlighten my mind and reason, and cleanse the conscience of my soul from all defilement. And from impure thoughts, from the plottings of the wicked and the intentions of the bad, from all vainglory, pride and self-aggrandizement, from arrogance and audacity, from satanic insolence, and from all pharisaical hypocrisy and mine every evil habit, do Thou utterly deliver me for the sake of the glory of Thy name. And grant me sincere repentance, contrition and humility of heart, meekness and serenity, and all Christian reverence, understanding and spiritual skill, with all nobility, thankfulness and perfect patience. Yea, O God, for the sake of the glory of Thy name hearken unto me, the sinful one who prayeth to Thee, and vouchsafe that for the remainder of my wretched life I may sincerely repent of mine iniquities with all humbleness of mind, chastity and true temperance, having put away all doubt, double-mindedness and insensitivity; and fully preserve me in a pious and Orthodox confession of the Christian Faith, O Master, that I may be vouchsafed all the days of my life to hymn thee without doubting, to bless and glorify Thee, and to say: O holy God, unoriginate Father! O holy Mighty One, His Son Who is equally without beginning! O holy Immortal One, Holy Spirit Who proceedest from the Father and abidest and restest in the Son! O most Holy Trinity, glory be to Thee! Glory to Thee, O Holy Trinity, Who art consubstantial, life-creating and indivisible! Glory to Thee for all things!
Glory to thee, O Mother of God, refuge of the faithful, deliverance for those beset by evils, and divine consolation of my soul! O thou who art full of the grace of God, my most wretched soul, which hast been wounded by the arrows of the enemy, do I entrust to thine almighty intercession; and protect and save it unharmed by the wiles of the demons, that I may cry out to thee: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride!
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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