συνοδικός
June 24 / June 11
2018 (7526)
4TH SUNDAY OF PENTECOST // 2018 //
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "IT IS TRULY MEET" ("Axion Estin") (982)
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ «Ἄξιόν Ἐστιν» ἐν Ἁγίῳ Ὄρει
A monk on the Holy Mountain was chanting the ancient hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos, "More honorable than the Cherubim..." (composed by St Cosmas the Hymnographer) in his cell, when the Archangel Gabriel appeared to him, disguised as a monk. The angel chanted the same hymn, but began it differently: "It is truly meet to call thee blessed, the Theotokos, the ever-blessed and most pure and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim..." Amazed at the hymn's beauty, the monk asked the stranger to write it down for him: the Angel inscribed it on a stone tablet with his finger, then vanished from sight. The tablet was brought to Constantinople and shown to the Emperor and the Patriarch as proof of the miracle. From that time, this version of the hymn began to be sung in the Divine Liturgy, as it is to this day.
• Commemoration of the Appearance of the Archangel Gabriel to a Monk on Mt Athos and the Revelation of the Hymn "It Is Truly Meet..." 纪念阿克西昂•埃斯汀圣像以及在尼科拉•克里索维杰斯担任牧首期间（公元983－996年）该圣像出现的奇迹
奇迹是这样的：有一天，潘托克拉托修道院（现在叫做阿克西昂•埃斯汀修道院，根据该圣像的名字命名）的一个修士正在圣像前诵读《圣母赞词》：“你的荣耀高于革鲁宾”。当时他的长老去了卡耶斯。正在这时，一个人出现在教堂，唱道：“称你为有福，确实是理所当然的…”，当时，这段赞词在教会中并不被人知晓。当这个修士听到这段赞词之后感到非常紧张，不仅是因为这段赞词的内容，同时也因为这来自天国的优美歌声。长老对这个修士说：“我们就是以这种方式咏唱。”这个修士希望将这段赞词写下来，并带来一块板子，这个陌生人用他的手指写下了这段赞词，仿佛在蜡上写的一般。突然这个人消失了。这个陌生人就是天使长迦百列。这块板子被带到了君士坦丁堡，而这段赞美诗在教会中一直传唱至今。
The “It is Truly Meet” Icon of the Mother of God is in the high place of the altar of the Cathedral at the Karyes Monastery on Mount Athos. During the reign of Emperors Basil and Constantine Porphyrogenitos, and the patriarchate of St Nicholas Chrysoberges in the tenth century, a certain Elder and his disciple lived near Karyes. One Saturday night, the Elder went to the Karyes Monastery for the all-night Vigil. Before leaving, he instructed his disciple to remain behind and read the service in their cell. As it grew dark, the disciple heard a knock on the door. When he opened the door, he saw an unknown monk who called himself Gabriel, and the disciple invited him to come in. They stood before the icon of the Mother of God and read the service together with reverence.
During the Ninth Ode of the Canon, the disciple began to sing “My soul magnifies the Lord…” and then recited the line, “More honorable than the Cherubim….”
The stranger began to sing the next verse, “For He has regarded the low estate of His handmaiden….,” but then began to chant something the disciple had never heard before, “It is truly meet to bless Thee, Oh Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God…” Then the stranger continued with, “More honorable than the Cherubim.…”
While the hymn was being sung, the Icon of the Theotokos shone with a heavenly light. The disciple was moved by the new version of the familiar hymn, and asked his guest to write the words down for him. When the stranger asked for paper and ink, the disciple said that they did not have any. The stranger took a tile from the roof and wrote the words of the hymn on its surface with his finger. The disciple knew then that this was no ordinary monk, but the Archangel Gabriel. The angel said, “Sing in this manner, and all the Orthodox as well.” Then he disappeared from the room, and the Icon of the Mother of God continued to radiate light for some time afterward. The Icon of the Mother of God, before which the hymn “It Is Truly Meet” was first sung, was transferred to the Monastery at Karyes. The tile, with the hymn written on it by the Archangel Gabriel, was taken to Constantinople when St Nicholas Chrysoberges was Patriarch. Numerous copies of the “It Is Truly Meet” Icon are revered in Russian churches. At Galerna Harbor in St Petersburg, a church with five cupolas was built in honor of the Merciful Mother of God, and a grace-bearing copy of the “It Is Truly Meet” icon sent from Athos was put into the church.
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of ABUL (1870)
Icon named in honour of city of Abul in Portugal where it were translated from Serbia in 16th century. Icon were glorified after 1870 when the blind girl were healed by the Holy Icon. The Day of Healing, June 24 ( June 11), became a Day of Feast of Icon.
• Veberable MARK of Pskov Caves (15th c.) // MAR 19/APR 1 //
• Veberable IONA of Pskov Caves (1480) // MAR 19/APR 1 //
• Veberabless VASSA of Pskov Caves (1473) // MAR 19/APR 1 //
• Hosiosmartyr CORNILI of Pskov Caves (1570) // FEB 20/MAR 5/4 //
• Hosiosmartyr BASSIAN of Pskov Caves and of Murom (1570) // FEB 20/MAR 5/4 //
• Veberable DOROFEI of Jugsk, of Pskov Caves (1622)
• Veberable LAZAR the Clairvoyant, schemamonk (1824)
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER Petrovskij, Archbishop of Kharkov (1940) // MAY 11/24 // OCT 30/NOV 12 //
• Veberable SIMEON Zhelnin, hieroschemamonk (1960) // JAN 5/18 //
The Holy Dormition Pskovo-Pechersky (Pskov-Caves) monastery is located on the historically Russian land, 50 kilometers to the west of the city of Pskov, near the very border of Estonia and 340 kilometers from St Petersburg. The date of the monastery's foundation is considered to be August, 15/28,1473. It was on that day that the monastery's founder, St Jonah (Shesnik) consecrated the church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God — a church which was built into the hillside. But the monastic life had actually begun there much earlier, when a few hermits, seeking solitude, came to live in the caves. The holy relics of one of them, St Mark the desert-dweller, still rest in the caves and many people come to venerate them. The monastery's chronicle relates that "the Most Pure Virgin herself chose this site in the valley of the Kamenets spring, blessed it, exalted it through her chosen people and has been protecting it ever since. Five centuries have passed, and the monastery has seen both glory and tragedy, but never have the holy lampadas gone out, nor prayer ceased in this blessed place. The monastery gradually grew in size and reputation. The 16th century was the time of its flourishing, when under Abbot Cornelius the Annunciation and St. Nicholas Churches were erected as well as the stone belfry and the monastery was fortified around by a stone wall with bastions, and the brethren numbered up to 200. Abbot Cornelius collected a rich library, established chronicling and founded an icon-painting workshop. The monastery became an important missionary center and stronghold of Orthodoxy on the western border of Russia. Tradition has it that, slandered by envious people, Abbot Cornelius was beheaded by Tsar Ivan the Terrible on the 20th of February, 1570 and now numbers among the hosts of holy martyrs. In the 16th and 17th centuries the monastery suffered from numerous attacks by the "Latins" — Polish and Lithuanian troops, as well as by the Swedish and German soldiers. The most serious attack was lead by the Polish King Stephan Batory in the autumn of 1581. In 1920 the town of Pechory, in accordance with the Tartu Agreement, was given to Estonia, and the monastery found itself outside Russia. This new situation did not affect the church services in the monastery — they never ceased; however, the new authorities caused a lot of problems and distress to the brethren. After the Second World War, in the 50s, the revitalization of the monastery began, and Archimandrite Alipi (Voronov, +1975) contributed much to it. It was under his abbacy that all the churches were repaired and the stone wall and bastions were restored to their original appearance. During those years the spiritual life of the monastery also flourished. Under the Holy Protection of the Most Pure Mother of God were gathered many ascetics and elders. Through their prayerful pastoral labours lived the great tradition of Orthodox asceticism and eldership. This tradition is still carried on in the monastery by Archimandrite Adrian (Kirsanov). Now there are ten churches in the monastery. It is in the oldest gold-domed Dormition church that one can see and venerate the miracle-working icon of the Dormition of the Most Pure Mother of God and the relics of the Holy Martyr Cornelius. Currently the monastic community numbers over 90. The brethren celebrate daily morning and evening services, perform perpetual psalter reading and spiritually guide a large number of people seeking their wise spiritual counsel. The monks also labour in the monastery fields and stable. There are an icon-painting and an icon-restoration workshops and a Sunday school. The monks run a House of Mercy which comprises a Pilgrim's house and a hospice for aged monastery workers. The monastery is also renowned for its children's choir. In 2013 the monastery marked the 540th anniversary of its existence and salvific work in the Orthodox Church. The years pass, governments and empires rise and fall, but the monastery ever remains a firm stronghold of Orthodoxy in a restless world.
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μητροφάνης ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες
Τατιανὴ ἡ Πρεσβυτέρα, Ἡσαΐας, Ἰωάννης, Μαρία καὶ ἕτεροι διακόσιοι εἴκοσι Μάρτυρες
Feast of the 222 Martyrs of China killed During the Boxer Rebellion on 11/24 June 1900: Hieromartyr Metrophanes, the first Chinese priest, and the Chinese New Martyrs of the Boxer Uprising, at Peking and other places.
大殉道者北京的圣弥特若梵——首位华人正教司祭、以及全体222位于庚子教难中就义之中华殉道者——知名者有：塔提亚纳（弥特若梵之妻）、伊撒依亚和约安（均为弥特若梵之子）、帕弗罗（教理讲授师）、伊雅（女教师）、玛特泰和维托两兄弟，克利密斯、安纳。（北京，1900年）
The Yihetuan Rebellion, also known as the "Boxer" Rebellion due to a mistranslation by English sinologists, left a terrible bloody mark on history of the beginning of the 20th century. Among those brutally killed and tortured by the rebels were not only foreign preachers and technical experts, merchants and scientists, but also Chinese officials, soldiers and officers, peasants. One of the best-kept secrets in the Orthodox world has to be the existence of the Chinese Martyrs who celebrate their feast day on June 11th. Almost everyone was unaware of the fact that not even one hundred years ago [now a little less than one hundred years ago], a group of Chinese Orthodox Christians gave up their lives for Christ and His Church in the great city of Beijing. It was the time of the Boxer Rebellion, which held foreigners responsible for every misfortune that took place. The first to suffer were the Christians, and in 1899 the first English missionary was killed. On the 10th of June, proclamations were posted on walls all over Beijing, calling on the Chinese to slaughter all Christians and threatening all those Christians who tried to hide with martyrdom. On the 11th of June, China shone in glory as it would offer her share of martyrs for the Church. According to Dr Piperakis of the University of Athens, the events are described as follows: "The executioners' procession set off triumphantly with burning torches, as the idols of the traditional god of the Chinese were carried aloft. Censers were held so that the Christians could cense the idols, and thus deny their 'alien' faith. The pressure was unbearable, the martyrdoms most terrible. The fear was great. The Orthodox Christians' homes were surrounded. Threats and violence were used to force the Orthodox to sacrifice to false gods and deny Christ. "Unfortunately, as with all oppression, many capitulated and burnt incense to the idols to save their lives, while others who were stronger in faith boldly confessed Christ. The latter, the confessors, were led out of the city to the Boxers' idol worshipping temples. Here, after indescribable torture, cutting them open and pulling out their entrails and the like, they were finally beheaded or burnt to death. The martyrs' houses suffered the same fate as their owners. Churches and Orthodox institutions were also given over to the flames. All the church buildings (with the exception of the one in Hankow), the Sino-Russian Library and the print shop with its 30 000 wood-carved Chinese characters were set alight and burnt to ashes. The Russian missionaries managed to flee to Chien-Chin and then to Shanghai. Of the 700 Orthodox Chinese believers, 300 were martyred for their faith. Taking into account its low numbers, the Orthodox Church of China gave up more martyrs than the more populous heterodox Churches." Included in those who received the crown of martyrdom was the first Chinese heiromartyr, St. Mitrophan Chi-Sung: "St Mitrophan was the first Orthodox Chinese priest. He was ordained by St Nicholas of Japan and served the Orthodox mission for fifteen years. He sat among the ruins of the burnt-out Orthodox Mission, enveloped by the men, women and children of his flock, then they started to hit his chest with fists. His Presbytera Tatiana and his 23-year-old son, Isaiah, were slaughtered before his very eyes, while they cut off the nose, ears and toes of his younger son, John. Not only did the child martyr refuse to complain of protest, but miraculously he felt no pain. "The executioners taunted him, calling him a 'child of demons'. He answered saying, 'I am an Orthodox Christian and I believe in Christ, not in demons'. After Father Mitrophan's execution, his future daughter-in-law, 19 year old fiancée of now-martyred Isaiah, arrived at the priest's house. She wanted to die together with the family of her betrothed. When the Boxers surrounded the house, Maria helped many of the faithful jump over garden walls. She faced her executioners with courage and reproached them for the unjust murder of so many innocent souls, who were not tried by any court. The executioners pierced her feet and wounded her hands, encouraging her to leave and be saved. Brave Maria answered boldly, 'I was born here at the Church of the All-Holy Mother of God, I will die here, too.' Then the Boxers executed her." Of the 1 000 people that were in the Beijing parish, 222 received the crown of martyrdom and constituted the glorious sacrificial beginning of the 20th century, which would soon turn purple by the river of blood that flowed out of the vast expanses of Russia.
Accounts of the Martyrs of the Chinese Orthodox Church who fell victim in Beijing in 1900:
• Hieromartyr MITROPHAN (Metrophanes) 1st Chinese priest, and the Chinese New Martyrs of the Boxer Uprising (1900)
• TATIANA 44 years of age
• ISAIAH served in the artillery for 23 years
• IOANN (John) aged 7 at the time
• MARIA aged 19, bride of Fr Mitrophan's son Isaiah
• PAVEL (Paul) Wang Wenheng, aged 36
• JOACHIM aged 19, nephew of Pavel, was seized by the Boxers on June 4th and killed near the northeast tower of the city wall. He was the first among Orthodox Christians to die as a martyr
• INNOKENTY (Innocent) Fang Zhihai
• Albazinian KLIMENT (Clement) Kui Ling, aged 36 – sacristan. His wife from the Zhun family BARBARA aged 35. Their children: MARIA aged 14; OLGA aged 11, IA aged 9 and IRINA aged 4
• MATFEI (Matthew) Hai Qun, aged 31, assistant to the sacristan, his wife from the Rui family MATRONA aged 32
• VITT Hai aged 29, Matfei's brother, on June 11th was killed in the Cheng'ensi pagan temple during the day and burned
• Albazinian SIMEON Xi Lin'a aged 50; formerly a sacristan and bellringer, had lately been baking prosfora (church bread)
• Albazinian maidens EKATERINA aged 24 and MUZA aged 17 daughters of Alexander Ai died as martyrs in the house of Vitt Hai, which was on a site which now has a women's monastery
• MARINA Xu aged 44; widowed for many years, was a teacher at the Mission's school for females
• Albazinian ANNA Rui aged 57; a widow. Her 2 married daughters are among those who died as martyrs; a third daughter, presently the nun Fiva and son, now the priest Mikhail Min, had been in the hands of the Boxers, but were saved
• PYOTR (Peter) Li Yongan aged 27; chorister conducted meteorological observations
• Albazinian ALEXANDRA Li aged 32; widow, sister of the catechist PAUL; her deceased husband EVMENY brother of Peter Li, had assisted Archimandrite Flavian with translations
• Albazinian ALEXEY Yin, aged 27 - a chorister from early childhood
• AFANASY (Athanasius) Yu aged 21; studied in the Mission school since an early age and was a chorister
• Albazinian AFANASY Ah aged 58-59; crippled
• Albazinian MYRON Rui aged 49. His wife MARIA aged 43. Their children: MARTHA aged 21; ANASTASIA aged 19; EUDOXIA aged 16; INNOKENTY aged 14 SAVVA aged 12; NIL aged 10; Maria aged 7; ELENA aged 4 • LYUBOV Chang aged 22 maiden
• DOROTHEA wife of Tikhon Wu, aged 43, limped
• KAPITON Ying-yuan aged 43, his wife PARASKEVA aged 40
• VICTOR Fu aged 48, baptized as an adult
• PETER Wang aged 51, was a humble man
• PHILLIP Antoniev Li Ruixing aged 45; his aged 37 wife ANNA and aged 7 son THOMAS lived at the Russian embassy, where Phillip was the senior servant
• ALEXEY Hang Wenheng aged 42, his wife THECLA aged 34, their children: THEOKTIST aged 14, ANNA aged 12, IULITA aged 7, SOFONIA aged 5, NICHOLAS aged 1
• THEODORE Yue aged 60, his wife ELIZABETH aged 51
• ELIAS Quan aged 32, his 2 wife ELENA aged 26, and their son JOHN aged 2
• MINODORA Wang aged 59, her son ANDREW aged 35, his wife ANNA aged 29, daughter SOPHIA aged 5; Minodora's second son JOHN aged 33, his wife DARIA aged 22, their son THEODOSIUS aged 5; MARIA aged 23, wife of Minodora's third son DAVID, her son MARK aged 3 - they were all martyred on the evening of June 10 in the Vitta Hai home, where there is now a women's monastery. Maria was pregnant at the time
• SERGIY Filippov Zhang aged 49; widower who studied at the Mission school in early childhood; knew Russian and was a chorister all his life
• Albazinian ALEXANDER Heng Gui the son of Gorodiy, aged 33 merchant • LEV Hai Ling aged 39; when the Boxer pogroms began, he fled to an unknown location together with his father SAVVA Tsin aged 61 and son JOHN aged 14
• SAMPSON Nikolaev Pan aged 36, his wife ANNA aged 32, their son EVDOKIM aged 7; at first he purchased his life for money, but the Boxers were dissatisfied with the sum he gave
• Albazinian PAUL Sang aged 60, the brother of Monk Papiy
• DANIEL De aged 30
• GEORGE Lian Xi aged 42
• ANNA Lin aged 81; widow, from among the wards of the Mission
• MATRONA Lian aged 46
• EVFIMY Pan aged 42
• AKILINA Shuang aged 25, her widowed mother-in-law ANNA Chang aged 61, her husband PAUL Konstantinov Shuang aged 39, and children: IOANN aged 10, MAKRINA aged 4, IOANN aged 2 - hid on Mǎsháo Hútòng Lane • IRINA Gui Ruishi aged 54
• Albazinian IRINA Fu aged 35, wife of IVAN Fu. Irina's children: ANNA aged 17; ATHANASIA aged 10; EVPRAKSIYA aged 8; PROKHOR aged 6; NATRIA aged 3
• ANNA Bai widow, aged 62
• ZOYA Shuang about aged 45, widow
• Albazinian KAPITOLINA Huai widow, aged 62
• Albazinian AGAFIYA Rui widow, aged 55
• AKILINA Guang widow, aged 47. She lived at the Mission alms house. Her children: EVSTOLIA aged 14, and KIFA aged 11
• EVGENI Vasilevich Ji aged 47, Manchurian soldier, endured martyrdom on June 7th near Dōngzhímén Gate, at a place called Hónglǐng (红领), and there was thrown down a well
• EVFIMIA aged 12, daughter of the Albazinian Paul Yong, endured martyrdom on June 10, in Fr Mitrophan's house
• Albazinian FEODOT Gordiev Rui aged 60, endured martyrdom in his house near the Mission, on June 10th
• The son of Luke Quan MIKHAIL with his wife and 3 children fled to their cemetery, but not finding a haven, went from place to place and were seized
• ELENA Huo widow, aged 73; OLIMPIADA Jin widow, aged 61; Olimpiada's daughter OLGA aged 19, all endured martyrdom on June 10 near the Mission
• FEVRONIA Fu, aged 72, endured martyrdom June 1, beyond the Āndìngmén Gate
• ANNA Li widow, aged 58
• NIKON Huo aged 23
• ANDREI Zhu Ling aged 54, suffered on June 10 at the Mission site
• PETR Chang aged 57, endured martyrdom on June 11
• IONA adopted son of Alexei Hang Wenheng, aged 19
• DARIA De aged 54, widow mother of Gerasim Fu and Gerasim's daughter Agafia, endured martyrdom on June 11 at Shíchàhǎi (什刹海) beyond the Hòumén Gate (后门)
• Albazinian PAVEL Nikolaevich Dong aged 48; his wife EVGENIA Mihailovna aged 38, and their children: IULIANIA aged 13; LUKIA aged 9; STEFAN aged 7, endured martyrdom on June 20 in Zhuāngqīn Wángfǔ (庄亲王府) in the western city
• DARIA aged 33 sister of Nikolai Ji endured martyrdom on June 23rd beyond the Dōngchímén Gate
• ISAIAH Se aged 62. Manchurian, died June 22nd beyond the Dōngzhímén Gate
• ANNA aged 56; wife of the Albazinian Georgy A, and ANNA Georgy's daughter aged 36, both Albazinians endured martyrdom on Hǎidàimén near Shiyiyuan
• Albazinian NIKOLAI aged 22; nephew of Nikon Quan
CHRISTIANS SLAUGHTERED IN THE VILLAGE of Dōngdìngān (东定安):
• ALEXEI Zhang aged 48
When the church was burnt on the 11th of the 6th month, Alexei with all his family went to Beijing. His family consisted of: his wife EVFIMIA aged 44 and his children: EVDOKIA aged 11; NIKITA aged 10, MICHAEL aged 6; MARIA aged 1. Having arrived in Beijing and having seen the ashes of the destroyed Mission, Alexei departed for the northern mountains; but local inhabitants did not accept him, and only one family sheltered his elder daughter as their son's future bride. Alexei and the rest of his family returned to Dōngdìngān, where he was soon seized by the Boxers and together with his two boys was killed at a place called Sānjiǎo Kēng (三角坑, Triangular Pit), near a road to the west of the Mission site. Alexei's wife and younger daughter were martyred in a field on the northern side of the village of Maozhuang.
• STEFAN Wang Yuguang aged 61
• KIR Zhin Fucheng aged 60
• IRINA aged 55, was Paul Zhang Yu's stepmother
to the souls of your servants
- Priest Mitrophan and those with him –
and make their memory to be eternal. Amen.
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βαρθολομαῖος καὶ Βαρνάβας οἱ Ἀπόστολοι
巴多罗买是十二圣徒之一。很有可能巴多罗买与拿但业是同一个人。巴多罗买同圣徒腓力以及腓力的妹妹－童女玛利亚姆娜一起传讲福音，他也曾同神学家圣约安一起传讲福音。巴多罗买起初在亚洲传讲福音，之后在印度，最后来到了亚美尼亚，并在那里殉道而死。在耶拉颇利，这些圣徒用祷告使异教徒神殿中的大毒蛇死亡，他们将这只毒蛇放在神殿中敬拜。同是在耶拉颇利，通过祷告，圣徒们将失明40年的斯塔丘斯恢复了视力。耶拉颇利的暴民起来攻击圣徒，将腓力和巴多罗买钉在十字架上（巴多罗买被头朝下脚朝上钉死）。就在当时，发生了一场地震，邪恶的法官和许多人都被砸死。许多人认为这是上帝的审判，于是他们将圣徒的尸体从十字架上取下来，当时腓力已经死亡，而巴多罗买仍活着。在这之后，巴多罗买前往印度，在那里传讲福音，并将玛特泰福音／太／玛翻译成印度语。后来，巴多罗买来到了亚美尼亚，在那里治愈了国王患有精神病的女儿。国王的兄弟阿斯蒂亚杰斯非常嫉妒，抓住了巴多罗买，将他钉在十字架上，割刮他的皮肤，最后在亚美尼亚的阿尔巴诺波利斯（德本德）将巴多罗买斩首。基督徒们将巴多罗买的尸体放在铅做的棺柩里，将其荣耀地安葬。由于巴多罗买的圣髑曾经多次出现奇迹，一些异教徒将棺柩投入到大海中。但是海水将棺柩冲到里帕拉岛，那里的主教阿伽佗在梦中得到默示发现了这个棺柩，并将其安置在教堂中。圣巴多罗买身穿白色的衣服在教堂中向赞美诗作者－荣耀的约熙福显现，并用福音为他祝福：他可能会编写属灵赞美诗：“让天国智慧之水从你的口里流出！”巴多罗买还向皇帝阿纳斯塔西（公元491－518年）显现，对他说他将会保护新建立的城市达拉。后来，这位伟大的圣徒的圣髑被转移到贝内文托，之后又被转移到罗马。伟大的、令人敬畏的巴多罗买的圣髑经常创造奇迹。 巴拿巴是七十圣徒之一。巴拿巴出生于塞浦路斯的一个富有家庭，属于利未族。他同扫罗一起学习，同属于迦玛列的学生。起初圣徒的名字是约熙福，后来叫做巴拿巴－即安慰之子，因为他能够出奇地安慰很多人的灵魂。在扫罗皈依基督教之后，巴拿巴首先将扫罗介绍给众圣徒，之后，同帕弗罗（扫罗）和玛尔克一起在安提约希亚及其他地区传讲福音。很有可能他是第一个在罗马和米兰讲道的圣徒。巴拿巴在塞浦路斯岛被犹太人杀死，玛尔克在萨拉米斯城的西门外将其安葬，在他的胸前手捧着由自己手抄下来的《玛特泰福音／太／玛》。巴拿巴的坟墓几百年不被人知晓，因为在他坟墓之地治愈了不少病人，由此该地方被称为“健康之地”。在泽诺皇帝在位期间以及在卡尔西顿大公会议召开时（公元451年），圣徒曾经连续三个晚上在梦中向塞浦路斯的总主教安特米乌斯显现，向他揭示坟墓的地点。圣徒显现的时期，当时渴望权利的安提约希亚牧首裴特若欲想使塞浦路斯教会处在安提约希亚教会的管辖之下。圣徒巴拿巴创造奇迹的圣髑被发现之后作了如下规定：作为圣徒教会的塞浦路斯教会应该是独立的。这样，塞浦路斯教会的独立由此而被确立。
• Martyrdom of St ANBA AMOUN (Ammon) and Righteous sophia under Emperor Diocletian (2-3rd c.)
• Martyrdom of St SHENOUSI (Susita, Shenusi or Sanusi) of Belkim and of St MARIAM of Shoubra at Antinoe under Emperor Diocletian (2-3rd c.)
• Brothers MM FELIX and FORTUNATUS (296) born in Vicenza in Italy, who suffered under Diocletian in Aquileia
• Martyr THEOPEMPTUS and 4 others
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόπεμπτος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες
• Sainted LUKE (Valentin Voino-Yasenetsky) Bishop and Wonderworker of Simferopol and Crimea
Ὁ Ἅγιος Λουκᾶς Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κριμαίας
• BARDO (Bardon) Archbishop of Mainz (982-1053) // JUN 23 //
Born in Oppershofen in Germany, he became a monk at Fulda. In 1029 he became Abbot of Werden on the Ruhr and in 1031 Abbot of Hersfeld and also Archbishop of Mainz. He was noted for his ascetic life, his love for the poor and for animals.
• BARNABAS 瓦尔纳瓦 abbot of Vetluga (1445)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαρνάβας τῆς Βετλούγκα
• BARNABAS 瓦尔纳瓦 the Ascetic, Wonderworker of Vasa near Limasol in Cyprus (1891)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαρνάβας ὁ ἐν Βάσῃ Κοιλανίου τῆς Κύπρου
• VM BASILLA at Rome (304)
• Monk BASSIAN of Uglich, miracle worker
• BLITHARIUS (Blier) of Seganne (7th c.) born in Scotland, he went to France and settled in Seganne in Champagne
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βλιθάριος τῆς Σεζάννης
Born in Scotland and died in France in the 7th century. Saint Blitharius migrated to France with Saint Fursey, and settled at Seganne in Champagne, where he is still held in great veneration.
• Uncovering of the relics (1572) EPHRAIM 艾弗冷 abbot of New Torzhok (1053)
Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἐφραὶμ ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Hermit HEREBALD (Herband) of Brittany (8th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἐραβάλδιος ὁ Ἐρημίτης ἐκ Βρετανίας
• Repose of IVAN Kirejewski (1856) philosopher, translator of the writings of church fathers
• 3rd Translation Relics to Fère-en-Tardenois of VM MACRA (Magra) at Reims, France (297)
• Martyress MARY of Pergamum
• Hieromartyr MAXIMUS Bishop of Naples, Italy (359) spent much of his service in exile for having defended the Nicene Creed against Arian rulers
• Repose of Righteous Reclusess MELANIA of Eletz and Zadonsk (1836)
• NIPHONT patriarch of Constantinople
• REGHUIL (Ragallach, Regail, Reghuil) Abbot of Bangor, County of Down (881)
9th-century monk and then abbot of Bangor Abbey, County Down, Ireland. He led the house during a bleak period of recovery following a series of Viking raids.
• RIMBERT (Rembert) (830 –888) archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg from 865 until his death
A monk in Turholt (Torhout), he shared a missionary trip to Scandinavia with his friend Ansgar, whom he later succeeded as archbishop in Hamburg-Bremen in 865. He also wrote a biography about Ansgar; Vita Ansgari. Rimbert was unable to successfully complete the mission work to Denmark and Sweden, begun under Ansgar. He obtained market, coinage and toll rights for the city of Bremen in 888 from Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia and thus considerable improved the financial state of the archbishopric. In 884 he personally led a Frisian army against the Vikings and, after the victorious Battle of Norditi was able to drive them permanently out of East Frisia. Rimbert is revered as a saint particularly in Frisia. After Ansgar, epithetised the Apostle of the North, Rimbert is revered as the Second Apostle of the North, besides the missionary Sigfrid of Sweden.
• Saint Mac Tail of Kilcullen (5-6th c.) county of Kildare
• Virgin TOCCOMHRACHT (Tocomra, Tocomracht or Tochumra) of the diocese of Kilmore
A holy virgin venerated in Kilmore in Ireland. She was called on by women in labour.
• Virgin TOCHUMRA of Tuam
She was titular saint of the parish of Tochumracht, in the diocess of Fenabore, otherwise called Killfenora; the cathedral of which bears the name of St. Fachnan, who seems to have been the first bishop of this see, which is situated in Munster; but since the year 1660 is annexed to the archbishopric of Tuam.
• Holy New Martyr ZAFEIRIOS of Halkidiki (1821)
• Daughter of Laisren of Caillcole or Cillcule
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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