συνοδικός
September 20 / September 7
2018 (7527)
Forefeast of the NATIVITY of the Theotokos
Προεόρτια Γεννέσεως Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου
The following are from the church hymns for this day. "Today David exults, Jesse now leaps for joy and Levi is magnified; Joachim the righteous rejoices in spirit, and Anne is freed from childlessness". "Mountains, break out in gladness, Apostles and Martyrs, dance, Ascetics and Righteous now rejoice". "Today has been brought to birth the bridge which leads humanity to light, heavenly ladder" and "Now the fog of wickedness begins to grow less; for the living cloud of the sun has dawned from barren loins". "As we see her today in the bosom of Anne, leaping for joy, with faithful Joachim" "Let us offer praise to the Redeemer, the Lord who from a barren womb gave us the Mother of God" and "In gladness today with joy sing the praise of the nativity of the Mother of God". The first lesson at Great Vespers (Genesis 28:10-17) describes Jacob’s dream of a ladder reaching from earth to heaven, and the angels ascending and descending upon it. The second lesson (Ezekiel 43:27-44:4) speaks of the gate of the sanctuary which faces east. God enters through this gate, which is shut so that no one else can enter by it. The third reading (Proverbs 9:1-11) talks about the house that Wisdom has built. These readings are interpreted as prefiguring the Mother of God.
• Hieromartyrs Apostles EVODUS (Euodias) 埃佛铎 (66) and ONESIPHORUS 奥尼息佛尔 (67) of the Seventy
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εὔοδος καὶ Ὀνησιφόρος οἱ Ἀπόστολοι
• EVODIA (Euhodia, Euodias or Euodia) and SYNTCHE the Dcn. (1st c.)
• Hieromartyr STEPHEN Pope of Rome and companions (257)
• MM MEMORIUS (Nemorius, Mesmin) deacon in Troyes in France and 5 companions (451) all beheaded by Attila the Hun
• Venerables LUKE 路加 of Lycaonia (975) and Godly PETER 彼得 the Cappadocian, abbots of the monastery of the Deep Stream (10th c.) in Triglia, near Constantinople
• Venerables ALEXANDER Peresvet and ANDREW Osliabya, schemamonks and soldiers (1380) disciples of St Sergius of Radonezh, who fought at the Battle of Kulikovo
• Venerable AMPHILOCIUS (1570) and SYMEON (1476) of Pangarati Monastery in Romania
• Hieromartyr PETER Snezhnitskij, presbiter, priest (1878-1918)
• Hieromartyr MICHAEL Tihonitskij, presbiter, archpriest (1846-1918)
• Martyr ALEXANDER a deacon(1918)
• Hieromartyr Priest JOHN 约安 Maslovsky of Verkhne-Poltavka, Amur (1921)
• Hieromartyr JEVGENIJ (Semen Zernov) , metropolitan of Gorky (1877-1937)
• Hieromartyr STEPHAN Krejdich, presbiter, priest (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr JEVGENIJ Vyzhva, hegumen (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr NIKOLAJ Ashchep’jev, hegumen (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr PAKHOMY Ionov, hieromonk (1937)
• Hieromartyr GREGORY Averin, presbiter, priest (1889-1937)
• Hieromartyr VASILIJ Sungurov, presbiter, priest (1876-1937)
• Hosiosmartyr LEV (Leonid Jegorov), archmandrite (1898-1937)
• Repose of Archbishop ANATOLIJ Kamensky, of Irkutsk (1925)
• ALCMUND (Ealhmund) (781) the 7th Bishop of Hexham in England
• ANASTASIUS the Fuller (304) in Aquileia, not far from Venice in Italy, martyred by drowning
• New Martyr ATHANASIUS
• AUGUSTALIS (Autal) (450) Bishop of Arles in France
• BALIN (Balanus, Balloin) (7th c.) of 'The House of the Saxons', near Tuam, Ireland
Brother of St Gerald and one of the four sons of a noble in England. After accompanying St Colman of Lindisfarne to Iona in Scotland, he and his brothers went to Connaught in Ireland and settled at Tecksaxon, 'The House of the Saxons', near Tuam.
• CARISSIMA (Carême) Anch. near Albi, Nun at Viants (Vious or Vioux) (5th c.)
• Martyr CHIAFFREDO (Chaffre, Chiaffredus, Ciafrè, Ciafré, Eufredus, Gaufrid, Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geofroi, Gioffredo, Godefrid, Godefridus, Godefroi, Godfred, Godfrey, Goffredo, Goffrey, Gofrido, Gotfrid, Gottfried, Jafredo, Jafredus, Jeffrey, Jofredus, Sinfredus, Teofredo, Teofredus, Theofredus, Theofrid, Zaffredus) of Saluzzo, Soldier. Member of the Theban Legion who escaped from Agaunum to Piedmont in modern Italy only to be killed there for his faith (270)
Relics discovered near Crissolo, Italy c.522 and enshrined there; translated to Revello, Italy in 1593 and relics translated to the cathedral of Saluzzo, Italy in 1642.
• Venerable CLODOALDUS (Cloud) 克路德 priest and hermit (560) founded the monastery of Nogent-sur-Seine near Paris
• Venerable DINOOTH (Dinothus, Dunawd, Dunod) bishop (6th c.)
Sixth century northern British chieftain who was driven into Wales by military opponents. There he entered religious life. Monk. Abbot. Founder of Bangor abbey, Flintshire, Wales, on the Dee river, which eventually grew to about 2 400 monks, and was destroyed c.603. Assisted at the second synod of Welsh bishops convened by Saint Augustine of Canterbury in 602.
• ELARIUS (or Helair) the Patron, Anchoret and Scribe of Monahincha, near Roscrea, County of Tipperary (8-9th c.)
• EUNAN 1st Bishop of Raphoe in Ireland, in the Province of Ulster
• Martyr EUPSYCHIUS 艾弗普西赫 of Caesarea in Cappadocia (117-138)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐψύχιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Martyr EUTYKHIAS Synklitikos
• EVORTIUS (Euvert) (340) Bishop of Orleans in France
• FACIOLUS (950) Benedictine monk at the monastery of St Cyprian in Poitiers in France
• GRATUS (470) Bishop of Aosta in Italy
• VM GRIMONIA (Germuna or Germana) at Capelle (Chapelles), Diocese of Soissons, in Picardy (4-5th c.)
Daughter of a pagan chieftain. Converted to Christianity around age twelve, and dedicated herself to God. When ordered by her father to marry, she refused. Her father was enraged, and imprisoned her. She managed to escape, fled to Laon, Picardy in France, and lived as an anchoress in the forest. Her father dispatched agents to find her. They did, and when she refused to return and marry, she was beheaded. Locals built a chapel over her grave; it soon became known as a site of miracles, and the town of LaChapelle grew up around the site.
• GOSCELINUS (Gauzlino) of Toul (962) Bishop of Toul, Lotharingia (in modern France). Promoted monastic institutions in his diocese, and monastic discipline on those houses
• HILDUARD (Hilward, Garibald) (750) founded the monastery of St Peter in Dickelvenne on the Schelde in Belgium
• ISAAC the Great (Sahak Isaak), Catholicos (Bishop) of Armenia (439)
• Repose of ISIDOR Nikolski, Metropolitan of St Petersburg (1892)
• JOHN 约安 archbishop and wonderworker of Novgorod (1186)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Νοβογορδίας
• Venerable KASSIANE (Cassiane, Kassiani, Ikasias, Casia or Cassia) 女卡西亚 the Hymnographer of Constantinople, Fndr. and Abs. of Convent on Xerolophos (867)
Ἡ Ὁσία Κασσιανή
She was born in Constantinople to a noble family, and grew to be unusually beautiful and learned — so much so that she was chosen to participate in a ‘bride show’, at which the Emperor Theophilos was to choose a wife. Struck by Kassia’s beauty, the Emperor approached her and said ‘Through a woman came forth the baser things,’ referring to Eve’s transgression. Kassia responded, ‘Through a woman came forth the better things’, referring to the Incarnation of Christ through His Most Pure Mother. Stung by her reply, the Emperor rejected her and chose Theodora as his wife. Kassia entered monastic life and founded a women’s monastery in Constantinople, closely allied with the Stoudion Monastery. Serving as abbess of the monastery, she wrote many liturgical hymns, at least twenty of which are included in the services of the Church. Best-known (or at least most closely associated with her) is the Hymn of Kassiani, sung at Matins on Holy Wednesday. She reposed in peace.
• LUKE of Lycaonia (10th c.) Abbot of Vatheos Ryakos Monastery
Ὁ Ὅσιος Λουκᾶς ἀπὸ τὴν ἐπαρχία Λυκαόνων
• Martyrdom of Hosiosmartyr MACARIUS 玛喀里 archimandrite of Kanev (1678)
• Venerable Elder MACARIUS 玛喀里 of Optina (1860)
• MADALBERTA (Madelberta, Madelberte or Amalberta) 3d Abs. of Maubeuge (8th c.)
• PAMPHILUS (400) Bishop of Capua in Italy
• Venerable PETER
Ὁ Ὅσιος Πέτρος τοῦ Βαθέος Ρύακος
• Sainted PROHOR (schemamonk Triphon) bishop of Rostov (1328)
• VM REGINA (Reine) of Alise, Diocese of Autun, in Burgundy (3rd c.)
Daughter of a pagan named Clement. A convert to Christianity, she was driven from her family's home because of her faith, and lived as a poor, prayerful shepherdess. Imprisoned, tortured and martyred when she refused an arranged marriage to the Roman proconsul Olybrius.
• SAVA in Troas
• Venerable SERAPION of Spaso-Eleazar Monastery in Pskov (1480)
• Martyr SOZON 索宗 of Cilicia (304)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Σώζων ὁ Μάρτυρας
Christian who smashed up a silver idol and gave the pieces to the poor to buy food.
• Sainted THEODORIC (Dietrich) I Bishop of Metz (984)
• TILBERT (Gilbert, Tileberht) (789) Bishop of Hexham in Northumbria in England 781-789
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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