συνοδικός
August 13 / July 31
2018 (7526)
Last day before the Dormition Fast
Forefeast of the Procession of the PRECIOUS AND LIFE-GIVING CROSS OF THE LORD
Forefeast of the Procession of the PRECIOUS AND LIFE-GIVING CROSS OF THE LORD 救主基督施生命十字圣架之宝木巡游纪念前日
Ἐγκαίνια Ναοῦ τῆς Θεοτόκου ἐν Βλαχερναὶς καὶ Προεόρτια Προόδου Τιμίου Σταυροῦ
The commemoration of the Consecration of the revered house of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos in Blachernae, in which the Holy Soros is kept, and the Forefeast of the Honorable Cross, namely the going forth from the imperial palace of the Honorable Cross throughout the City.
• OUR LADY OF CONSOLATION or "Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted"
Saint Monica in the fourth century, was distraught with anxiety for her wayward son, Augustine, and that Mary gave her a sash which the Virgin wore, with the assurance that whoever wore this belt would receive her special consolation and protection.
Οἱ Ἅγιοι 12 Μάρτυρες οἱ Ρωμαῖοι
• 350 monks of the monastery of the Oranta in Nordsyria (517) martyred by the patriarch Severus of Antioch and the Emperor Anastasius for the Council of Chalcedon
350 monks massacred by heretics for their adherence to orthodox Christianity and the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon (457).
• MM FANTINUS (Fantius) and DEODATA at Seminara in Calabria (303)
• MM ANTONY and GEORGE
• MM DEMOCRITUS, SECUNDUS and DIONYSIUS in Synnada in Phrygia
• Festival for the Sons of Nadfraech, VIZ., COLMAN, Bishop, FOLLAMAN, Bishop, PAPAN, IERNOC (Iarnog) , the sickly and NATALIS (Natal) of Cill-na-manach (5-6th c.)
• Hieromartyr BENJAMIN 文雅敏 (Vasily Kazansky) of Petrograd, Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdov (1874-1922) and those with him: Archimandrite SERGIUS 塞尔吉 (Vasilij Shein) (1871-1922) and laymen Martyrs YURI 格奥尔吉 Novitskij (1882-1922) and JOHN 约翰 Kovsharov (1878-1922) of Petrograd
• Hieromartyr presbiter CONSTANTINE Popov (1918)
• Hieromartyr presbiter JOHN Shyshev (1918)
• Hieromartyr presbiter IOASAPH Panov (1860-1918)
• GERASIMUS the younger one, from Sergius Skete in Kaluga (1918)
• Martyr MAXIMUS Rumiantcev (1928)
• Hieromartyr Priest VLADIMIR Holodkovskij (1895-1937)
• New Hieromartyr JOHN Rumiantcev, presbiter, priest (1889-1937) of Ivanovo
• Martyr CONSTANTINE Razumov, presbiter, priest (1869-1937) of Ivanovo
• Virgin Martyress ANNA Serova (1888-1937) of Ivanovo
• ELIZABETH Rumiantceva, confessoress (1937) of Ivanovo
• Hieromartyr NICOLOS Pravdolubov, priest (1892-1941)
• New Hieromartyr VASILY 瓦西里 (Benjamin Preobrazhenskij) bishop of Kineshma (1876-1945)
• Hieromartyr CALIMERIUS (190) a Greek who became Bishop of Milan in Italy. Apostle of the Po Valley. He was martyred under Commodus by being thrown into a well. He is buried under the altar of his church in Milan
• COLMÁN Son of Dairine, Bishop of Derrymore, King's County (5th c.)
• Hosiosmartyr DIONYSIUS 迪奥尼西 of Vatopedi, Mt Athos (1822)
The Venerable Martyr Dionysios, a monk of Vatopaidi Monastery, was sent to Crete in 1822 to escort the Holy Girdle of the Theotokos because of an epidemic that ravaged the island. Since at that time a revolution broke out in Crete, the Turks arrested him as a hostage and pressured him to convert to Islam. Because he refused the Turks tortured him by piercing his head with a flaming spit. Remaining steadfast and unyielding in his faith he was led on Clean Monday (February 13) in 1822 to the gallows, after first confessing his sins and receiving Holy Communion.
• Righteous EUDOCIMUS 艾弗多基默 of Cappadocia (840)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐδόκιμος
He was a model husband and an equitable judge, giving alms daily, offering gifts and fruits to the churches, helping widows and orphans, and, in a word, practicing all forms of virtues.
欧多斯姆斯出生于卡帕多西亚，父亲瓦西里和母亲艾弗多基雅是虔诚的基督徒。在德奥斐洛在位期间（公元829－842年），欧多斯姆斯是军队的一名年轻的指挥官。即使作为一名指挥官，欧多斯姆斯也竭尽全力根据圣福音的指令而生活。为了保持洁净，他避免同其他任何女人谈话，除了他的母亲之外。欧多斯姆斯对不幸者和穷人表现出极大的怜悯，他认真地阅读圣书，然而更认真地向上帝祷告。他避免没有意义的聚会和冗长的话语。“在拥挤的人中，以及在世间的虚荣之中，欧多斯姆斯如同荆棘中的一颗百合花，如同火中的金子。”正因为他不同寻常的善工，皇帝任命他为卡帕多西亚的指挥官。即使身居高官职位，但是欧多斯姆斯仍然尽力在上帝、在人面前表现出正义。根据上帝的天意，欧多斯姆斯英年早逝，仅仅活了33岁。他的圣髑具有治愈疾病的功能。一个精神错乱的男人触摸了他的陵墓，立即就获得了康复；一个孩子触摸了他的陵墓，也同样获得了痊愈。在欧多斯姆斯死亡18个月之后，他的母亲打开了他的灵柩，发现他的身体完好无损，如同活着时一样。从这位圣人的圣体中散发出芳香。后来，欧多斯姆斯的圣髑被转移到君士坦丁堡，被安葬在神圣诞神女教堂中，这座教堂就是欧多斯姆斯的父母建造的。
• FABIUS (300) soldier beheaded in Caesarea in Mauretania in North Africa under Diocletian for refusing to carry a standard bearing idolatrous emblems
• FIRMUS Bishop of Tagaste in North Africa, he was tortured and endured terrible sufferings rather than betray the hiding-place of one of his flock
• Martyr GELASIUS
• Bishop GERMANUS 革尔曼 of Auxerre (378-448)
• JOHN 约安 the Exarch of Bulgaria (900)
约安是保加利亚一位出众的司祭和神学家，当时正值皇帝西麦翁在位期间（公元892－896年）。圣约安将瓦西里的《六天》和约安•达玛斯基诺的《东正教信仰解释》翻译成了斯拉夫文。约安平安地安息主怀。
• Righteous JOSEPH 约熙福 of Arimathea (63)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἀριμαθαίας
约熙福是一名贵族，非常富有。他是犹太最高法院兼参议会的一名尊贵的议士，也是基督的秘密追随者。“到了晚上，有一个财主，名叫约熙福，是亚利马太来的，他也是耶稣的门徒”（玛特泰福音／太／玛27：57）；“这些事以后，有亚利马太人约熙福，是耶稣的门徒，只因怕犹太人，就暗暗地作门徒。他来求彼拉多，要把耶稣的身体领去”（约安福音／约／若19：38）。他同尼哥底母一同将基督的尸体从十字架上取下，并安葬在他的坟墓中。正因为如此，约熙福被犹太人抓捕，并投入到监狱中。但是复活的主向约熙福显现，使他相信他的复活。之后。犹太人释放了约熙福，并将他流放。约熙福在世界各地宣讲基督的圣福音。他将基督的福音带到了英格兰，并在那里安息于主怀。
• Martyress JULITTA (Julietta) 犹利塔 at Caesarea in Cappadocia, Matr. (305)
尤利塔出生于卡帕多西亚省的恺撒里亚。她同邻居因为一些财产的问题发生了争执。这个邻居来到法官面前汇报了尤利塔基督徒的身份，那时，基督徒不受国家的保护。尤利塔情愿地放弃了她的财产，而坚守她的信仰。即使这样，但是一些邪恶的异教徒仍不放过她，折磨她，并于公元303年将她活活地烧死。这样，这位基督的追随者为了她的灵魂获得拯救而牺牲了她的财产和身体。
• Venerable NEOT 奈奥特 hermit in Cornwall (880)
• Translation of the relics of Apostle 使徒 PHILIP 斐利普 to Cyprus
Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Φιλίππου τοῦ Ἀποστόλου
• STEPHAN prince, monk
• Tr.Rel. at Sherborne of VM SIDWELL (Sativola or Bidwell) of Exeter (7th c.)
• Hieromartyr presbiter TERTULLINUS of Rome (4th c.)
• An Anonymous New Martyr from Crete (1811)
Ἀνώνυμος Κρητικὸς Νεομάρτυρας
This Saint, whose name is unknown to us, came from Crete and was born to pious parents. At the age of twenty he worked with a salary for a Turkish Aga from Crete. When he was with his boss in Alexandria of Egypt, one night the Aga asked to sleep with him, as it was a Turkish habit to sleep with both boys and women. The Saint naturally refused, being pious and godly-minded. The Aga, being unable to control his lawless passion, tried to rape him. The Martyr resisted this with all his might and not having any other way to withstand his defiled hands, he grabbed one of the knives of the Aga, and butchered the Ishmaelite like Phineas did the Midianite. In the morning friends and compatriots of the Aga arrested the young Cretan and brought him to the judge. He examined the case and found there was no charge against him, so he set him free. Yet after two days he was again arrested and brought to court, where he was tortured with beatings and floggings and confessed the entire truth. Then they pressured him to change his faith and in return they would spare his life. The Saint didn't even accept to hear about becoming a Muslim, so he continuously shouted with all his strength: "I am a Christian and a Christian I wish to die", while criticizing and ridiculing the Sodomites. They sentenced him to death by hanging, which he accepted with great joy. His honorable relic remained hanging for two days and after they took it down they buried it in the sand.
Due to the fact that illnesses spread most widely from person to person in the first fifteen days of August, it became a custom in Constantinople to bring out the portion of the Holy and True Cross of Christ kept in the Royal Palace and process it throughout the City of Constantinople from August 1 - 14. By experience the people of Constantinople knew, both government and ecclesiastical bodies, that the True Cross contained healing properties that was also able to rid all manner of illnesses and diseases merely through its presence.
We also have testimony that the Cross itself gave out a fragrant holy oil that was used to cure people, as well as the fact that the oil from vigil light that always burnt in front of the Holy Cross had miraculous properties by the grace of God.
The first comes to us from St Bede, in chapter 20 of his Book of Holy Places:
Constantinople is bounded on all sides except the north by the sea, which extends from the great sea to the walls of the city, sixty thousand paces, and from the walls to the mouths of the Danube, forty thousand. The circuit of the walls, which are angular, according to the line of sea, is about twelve thousand paces. Constantine was at first disposed to build it in Cilicia, near the sea which separates Europe and Asia, but on a certain night all the iron tools were carried away, and, when men were sent to fetch them, they were found on the European side: for there it was the will of God that it should be built. In this city is a church of wonderful workmanship, called the Church of Hagia Sophia, built up from its foundation of a circular shape, domed in, and surrounded by three walls. It is supported to a great height on columns and arches, and has in its inmost part, on the north side, a large and beautiful closet, wherein is a wooden chest with a wooden lid, containing three pieces of our Lord’s Cross, that is to say, the long timber cut in two, and the transverse part of the same Holy Cross. These pieces are exhibited for the adoration of the people three times only in the year, namely, on the day of our Lord’s supper, the day of the preparation, and on the Holy Sabbath. On the first of these, the chest, which is two cubits long and one broad, is set out on a golden altar with the Holy Cross exposed to view: the Emperor first approaches, and after him all the different ranks of laymen, in order, kiss and venerate it: on the following day the Empress and all the married women and virgins do the same; but on the third day the bishops and different orders of the clergy do it, and then the chest is shut and carried back to the closet before mentioned. As long as it remains open on the altar, a wonderful odor spreads through the whole church. For an odoriferous liquor like oil flows from the knots of the holy wood, the least drop of which cures every complaint which a man may be afflicted with.
The second comes to us from St Nikodemos the Hagiorite, in his Synaxarion under July 31:
Even the holy oil, which was lit in the oil lamp of the honorable wood of the Cross, worked miracles. Thus Christians would receive it, and they called it the Oil of the Cross. Wherefore Monk Cyril also writes that the venerable Savvas, with the oil of the oil lamp of the holy icons, worked many miracles and expelled many demons. In his history Theodoret writes that the venerable James, with the oil of the oil lamp, that was lit before the icon of the Martyrs (for which it was called the Oil of the Martyrs) healed many passions. Saint Thomais also healed a Monk who battled with fornication once she anointed him with the oil of her oil lamp.
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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