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GREAT-MARTYR MENAS OF EGYPT (304). MARTYR VICTOR AT DAMASCUS (160) AND STEPHANIDA (STEPHANIS) OF SPAIN (161). MARTYR VINCENT OF SPAIN (304). VEN THEODORE THE CONFESSOR, ABBOT OF THE STUDION (826)
• The The myrrh-streaming Icon wonderworking Holy IVERON Icon of Panagia PORTAITISSA (i.o. The Keeper of Portal) of the Most Holy Theotokos of MONTREAL in Canada (1982)
It is widely known amongst the Serbian population for the Visoki Dečani monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Visoki Dečani, or simply Dečani is a medieval Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery located near Dečani, Kosovo. It was founded in the first half of the 14th century by Serbian king Stefan Dečanski.
• Holy Martyr STEFAN 斯特梵 Uros III of Dečani, King of Serbia (1336)
Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate Thee? (Psalm 139:21)
The King of Serbia, Milutin, had a jealous, scheming wife who turned him against his own son, Prince Stefan. Convinced of the prince's treachery, the king ordered him blinded. In great pain, Stefan finally fell asleep in the Church of St Nicholas. Nicholas appeared to him in the church at Ovèče Polje (Field of the Sheep) and showed him his eyes saying: ``Stefan, be not afraid: behold your eyes in my palm. In due time, I will return them to you.'' Stefan spent five years in Constantinople as a prisoner in the Monastery of the Pantocrator. By his wisdom and asceticism, his meekness and piety, his patience and benevolence, Stefan not only surpassed all the monks in his monastery, but all monks in Constantinople. When five years had passed, St Nicholas again appeared to him and said: ``I came to fulfill my promise.'' He then traced the sign of the Cross on the blind king, and Stefan received his sight. The saint touched Stefan's eyes and then vanished. When Stefan woke up, he could see! However, he kept this a secret, still wearing cloth bandages over his eyes, and pretending to be blind. After three more years, King Milutin died. Prince Stefan told how Saint Nicholas came and his sight returned. Then Stefan returned to Serbia and became king. While he was king, he founded Decani Monastery, with a monastery church dedicated to St Nicholas. He also founded a leprosy hospital. In gratitude to Saint Nicholas King Stefan sent a silver altar and great icon to the Saint Nicholas basilica in Bari, Italy. Saint Nicholas appeared to King Stefan a third and last time, saying "The Lord is calling you to him, Stefan—be ready to depart this life." Preparing for his death, the king gave his riches to the monastery ahd leprosy hospital. Soon after, his own son led an uprising and had King Stefan killed. Stefan lived his earthly life as a martyr, and died as a martyr in the year 1336, receiving the wreath of immortal glory from the Almighty God Whom he had faithfully served.
• Blessed EUTHYMIUS 艾弗提弥 and NESTOR 奈斯托尔 of Dechani (14th c.) of Serbia
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βίκτωρ ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας
Ἡ Ἁγία Στεφανίδα ἡ Μάρτυς
Victor was beheaded and Stephanida was pulled apart by having her legs bound to the tops of two palm trees.
• Martyrs VALENTINE, FELICIAN and VICTORINUS (305) venerated in Ravenna in Italy
Martyrs at Ravenna under Diocletian.
• MILITSA (Militza or Milica) 弥利察 Princess of Serbia (1405), and her son Blessed STEPHEN (Stevan or Stephen the Tall) (Lazarovich or Lazarevic) King of Serbia (1427)
• NEOPHYTUS 奈奥斐特, and UROČICA 邬若施察 Prince of Serbia the son of King Dragutin. He preserved his purity and chastity in marriage. Myrrh flowed from his grave (14th c.)
• Martyrs of Zelenetsk: hegumen VICTOR with brotherhood (1927)
• Hieromartyr EUGENE Vasil’jev, presbiter, priest (1937)
• Hieromartyr PROKOPIUS (Petr Titov) archbishop of Odessa and Kherson (1877-1937) murdered at Turtukul’ in Kazakhstan
• Hieromartyr JOHN Skadovskiy, presbiter, priest (1875-1937) murdered at Turtukul’ in Kazakhstan together with St Procopius
• Martyr ALEXIS Gorbachev (1892-1937) "groop deed of Archbishop Augustine Belyajev", murdered
• Martyress OLGA Maslennikova (1874-1941) "groop deed of Archbishop Augustine Belyajev", died at KZ
• Martyr ALEXANDER Medem (1877-1931) died at prisonal hospital in Syzran’ at Samara
• Hieromartyr BORIS Semenov, ipodeacon of Archbishop Augustine Belyajev (1900-1930) died at Leningrad KZ near Lodejnoje Pole
• Martyr NICOLOS Smirnov (1886-1937) "groop deed of Archbishop Augustine Belyajev", died in prison
• Hieromartyr JOHN Speranskiy, presbiter, archpriest (1864-1937) "groop deed of Archbishop Augustine Belyajev", murdered in Kaluga
• Martyress THEOCTISTA Chentsova (1880-1942) " groop deed of Archbishop Augustine Belyajev", died at Karaganda KZ
• Martyr MICHAEL Arefjev (1865-1937) "groop deed of Archbishop Augustine Belyajev", murdered
• Martyr APPOLON Babichev (1874-1937) "groop deed of Archbishop Augustine Belyajev", murdered
• Hosiosmartyr NIPHONT Vyblov, hieromonk (1882-1931) died in prison in Syzran’ at Samara
• Martyress ANNA Ostroglazova (1900-1930) "groop deed of Archbishop Augustine Belyajev", died at Komi KZ
• Hosiosmartyr archmandrite IOANICIUS (John Dmitrijev) of the St George Monastery, Meshchevsk (1875-1937) " groop deed of Archbishop Augustine Belyajev", murdered in Kaluga
• Hieromartyr AUGUSTINE 奥古斯丁 (Alexander Belyaev) archbishop of Kaluga (1886-1937) "groop deed of Archbishop Augustine Belyajev", murdered in Kaluga together with a grop of presbiters and laymen
• Hieromartyr DIONISIUS Shchegolev, presbiter, priest (1870-1937) murdered in Balashov at Saratov
• Hieromartyr PETER Pavlushkov, presbiter, archpriest (1865-1937) murdered in forest of Tesnitsa at Tula
• Hosiosmartyr SERAPHIM Gushchin, Hieromonk of Optina Monastery (1872-1937)
• Commemoration of the Hieromartyr PAKHOMY Kedriv, Archbishop of Chernihiv (1937)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἄβιβος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Γεωργίας
• Martyr ATHENODORUS of Mesopotamia (304)
The Roman Martyrology relates that the martyr Saint Athenodorus "was tormented with fire and tried with other punishments . . . at length he was condemned to capital punishment, but when the executioner fell to the ground and none other dared smite him with the sword, he fell asleep in the Lord in prayer".
• Venerable BERTUIN (698)
Raised in an English monastery. Monk at Othelle. Missionary bishop in Belgium. Founded the monastery of Malonne near Namur, Belgium.
• Bishop COIRPRE of Cuil-Raithin, son of Decill, son of Nadsluagh, of the race of Irial, son of Conall Cearnach (6th c.)
• CYNFRAN of Wales (5th c.) the founder of a church in Gwynedd in Wales where there is also a holy well. Son of Saint Brychan of Brecknock
• Martyr DRAKONAS 德拉科纳 of Arauraka in Armenia (4th c.) by beheading
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δράκωνας ὁ Μάρτυρας
• VM EULALIA of Zaragoza, Spain (304)
• Virgin GAUDENTIA of Marseilles in France
• Righteous Duckess HADEMUNDA from Ebersberg, pilgrim (1029)
• VM IATIA of Egypt
• JOHN the Almoner (Eleemosynarius, Misericors, the Almsgiver, the Merciful, the Chaplain) (550-616) of Alexandria
If we are able to enter the church day and night and implore God to hear our prayers, how careful we should be to hear and grant the petitions of our neighbor in need. - Saint John the Almoner
Born to the Cypriot nobility; his father as the governor of Cyprus. Married briefly, and father of one child. Entered the religious life when his wife and child died of disease. Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt in 608. Archbishop. Known as the Almoner because of his generosity to the poor. Helped refugees from Persian assults on the Holy Lands. Forced to leave Alexandria when the Persians threatened to overrun it, he returned to his home on Cyprus. Predicted the date of his own death.
• MARTIN 玛尔提诺 the Merciful 仁慈者, bishop of Tours (316-397)
One winter while on duty in Amiens, France, as a 4th century Roman soldier, Martin, yet a catechumen, came across a beggar barely dressed in rags and freezing in the cold. Moved with compassion, Martin drew his sword and skillfully slashed his own military cloak, giving half to the poorly clad beggar. Later that night in a dream, Christ appeared wearing the same torn cloak Martin had given to the beggar. Thereafter, Martin was fully received into the Faith, was released from military duty, settled in France, founded the area’s first monastic community, and went on to become Bishop of Tours. Having endured scourging and exile, Martin courageously and continually refuted the Arian heresy and defended the fullness of the Gospel. Upon his death in 397, Martin became the patron saint of France. His military cloak became a relic often carried into battle by France’s army. Whenever in the field, a tent was set up to enshrine the relic of St Martin’s cloak, or “cappa” in Latin, and the priests who were entrusted to care for it were called “cappellani”. Eventually, all those who tended to the spiritual well-being of military personnel became known as “cappellani”, “chapelains” in French, “chaplains” in English. St Martin of Tours is the patron saint of soldiers.
• Venerable MARTYRIUS 玛尔提里 (in the world Mina) a monk in the Veliki Luki (Great Meadows) Monastery and Abbot of Zelenets (1603) Novgorod and Pskov
• Repose of Blessed MAXIMUS 玛克息默 of Moscow, Fool for Christ (1434)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός καὶ Θαυματουργὸς ἀπὸ τὴν Μόσχα
• Holy Great Martyr MENAS 弥纳 of Egypt and of Cotyaeus (304)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μηνᾶς ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας «ὁ ἐν τῷ Κοτυαείῳ»
The saint received grace from God to work miracles, and to help those in need. Saint Menas is noted for healing various illnesses, delivering people from possession by demons, and as a protector, especially during times of war. We also ask his help in finding lost objects.
• Martyr MENNAS in Lybia, under Maximian
• MENNAS (6th c.) a Greek from Asia Minor who became a hermit in the Abruzzi in Italy, probably in Santomena
• Martyr MERCURIUS the Soldier (224-250) beheaded in 250 in Caesarea, Cappadocia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey)
Son of a Scythian officer in the imperial Roman army. Soldier in the same army, he distinguished himself in the defense of the city of Rome. During the persecutions of Decius, Mercurius was ordered to sacrifice to an idol; he refused. Reported to appeared and fought with the Christian forces in the First Crusade.
• NICODEMUS 尼科迪默 the Younger 幼者 of Beroea in Macedonia (1305)
• Repose of PLATON Levshin, Metropolitan of Moscow (1812)
• RHEDIW (Rhedius) a saint recalled by the dedication of a church in Llanllyfni in North Wales
• RICTRYTH W., Abs. of Northumbria (786)
• Righteous Father Venerable THEODORE the Studite the Confessor suffered even unto blood for the holy icons (826) the famous abbot of the Studite monastery (the Studium). He suffered greatly for the holy icons, and was a wise organizer of the monastic life, a divinely inspired teacher of Orthodoxy and a wonderful ascetic. He entered into rest in Constantinople at the age of 68
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ἡγούμενος Μονῆς Στουδίου
Those with stomach ailments entreat the help of Saint Theodore.
• TURIBIUS of Palencia, Spain (528)
Founder of the Saint Martin of Tours monastery in Liébana, Asturias, Spain, and served as it's first abbot, a house that became a noted Benedictine stronghold.
• VERANUS (5th c.) Bishop in Lyons in France
Son of Galla, who became a nun in later life, and Saint Eucherius of Lyon; brother of Saint Salonius of Geneva. Educated at Lérins Abbey where he became a monk. Bishop of Vence, France.
• Repose of VICTOR Sadkovsky, Archbishop of Chernigov (1803)
• VIKENTIOS
• Holy Martyr VINCENT 维肯提 the Deacon, the archdeacon of Valerius, the Bishop of Caesaraugusta in Spain (304) from the diocese of Saragossa in Spain. He was cruelly tortured for the Lord Jesus Christ, then burned on an iron grid
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βικέντιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
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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