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συνοδικός

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November 7 / October 25
2018 (7527)
MARTYRS MARCIAN AND MARTYRIUS (355). ST TABITHA (1ST C.). MARTYR ANASTASIUS (3RD C.). VEN MARTYRIUS THE DEACON (13TH C.) AND ST MARTYRIUS THE RECLUSE OF THE KYIV CAVES

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THE HOLY WEEK SERVICES OF ST DEMETRIOS THE MYRRH-STREAMER
Thus, they begin on October 19th ("Palm Sunday") and proceed to the feast of St Demetrios on October 26th ("Pascha")

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• The Great Miracle of Panagia PROUSIOTISSA on October 25 (1918) when a plague of influenza had broken out in the city and spread to the surrounding area at Greece
● • Martyrs VALERIUS and CHRYSANPHOS by the sword
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Οὐαλέριος (ἢ Οὐαλερῖνος) καὶ Χρυσάφιος (ἢ Χρύσαφος) οἱ Μάρτυρες • MM brothers CRISPIN and CRISPINIAN of Rome (287) shoemakers by trade, who were beheaded in Soissons in France under Diocletian
• Sainted FRONTO 弗荣特 Bishop of Périgueux (126) and GEORGE Confessor 1st bishop of Le Puy (2nd c.) Apostles in France
• MM CHRYSANTHUS (Chrysanthos) and DARIA (Dareia, Dari or Darice) stoned to death (283) in a sandpit off the Salarian Way, Rome, Italy; together with MM DIODORUS (Diodoros) the Presbyter; MARIANUS the Deacon; CLAUDIUS the Tribune; his wife HILARIA and their sons JASON (Iason) and MAURUS (Maris or Mauros) at Rome (3rd c.)
• Martyrs of Rome included: THEODOSIUS, LUCIUS, MARK and PETER among 46 soldiers, and 121 civilians (269) under Claudius II
• MM PROTUS a priest, and JANUARIUS, a deacon worked in Sardinia (303) beheaded in Porto Torres, not far from Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, in the persecution of Diocletian
• MM MARCELLINUS, CLAUDIUS, CYRINUS (Quirinus) & ANTONINUS (304) having been beheaded together with Pope Saint Marcellinus
• Holy Martyrs MARCIAN 玛尔基安 a reader, and MARTYRIUS 玛尔提里 a subdeacon at the cathedral church of Hagia Sophia, the Notaries of Constantinople (355) placed their necks beneath the sword and were beheaded
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μαρκιανὸς καὶ Μαρτύριος οἱ νοτάριοι
• FRUTO (Frutos, Fructus or Fructos) reposed as a hermit; his brother Martyr VALENTÍN (Valentine); and his sister VM ENGRACIA (Engratia, Encratia or Encratis) martyred by the Moors; of Segovia in Old Castile in Northern Spain, Pat. of Segovia (715)
• Martyrs PAPPIAS, DIODORUS, CONON, and CLAUDIANUS, martyrs who preceded Nestor of Magydos in martyrdom, of Attaleia in Pamphylia, by beheading (249-251)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παππίας , Διόδωρος καὶ Κλαυδιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs FAUSTUS, BASIL and LUCIANUS, of Darion in Constantinople, by the sword
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φαῦστος, Βασίλειος καὶ Λουκιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs NICEPHORUS and STEPHEN by flogging
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νικηφόρος καὶ Στέφανος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• PHILADELPHUS and POLYCARP
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φιλάδελφος καὶ Πολύκαρπος
• 2 martyrs of Thrace, crushed between two large rocks
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δύο Μάρτυρες ἀπὸ τὴν Θράκη
• CANNA, SAUDREN and CRALLO Confessors in Wales
● NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• MATRONA 玛特若纳 Vlasova, nun, the Confessoress of Diveyevo (1889-1963) at Puzo
● • Holy Martyr ANASTASIUS 阿纳斯塔西 the Fuller of Aquileia at Salona in Dalmatia (304) a cloth-maker and a zealous Christian inhumanly tortured and slain, and his body was thrown into the sea but was later found and honorably buried // OCT 25 // DEC 5 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• BONIFACE I Pope and Confessor (422)
• Abbot CAIDIN (Caoide) Confessor in Ireland, of Domhnach-Caoide, in Tir Eoghain, diocese of Derry
• CANNA Matr., Pat. of Llangan, Caermarthen (6th c.)
• CONAC
• CHRYSANPHIA
Ἡ Ἁγία Χρυσάνθη
• Martyr CYRINUS (Quirinus) (3rd c.) in Rome under Diocletian
• DULCARDUS (584) a monk at Micy (Saint-Mesmin) in Orleans in France and then a hermit near Bourges, where the village of Saint-Doulchard still exists
• Sainted GAUDENTIUS of Brescia, bishop consecrated by St Ambrose was sent to defend St John Chrysostom and was imprisoned near Thrace. He reposed shortly afterwards (406) a theologian and author of many letters and sermons
• Venerable GEORGE 格奥尔吉 Bishop of Amastrida and canon-writer reposed in peace
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀμάστριδος
• GOEZNOVEUS (675) Brother of St Maughan, he left Cornwall for Brittany and became Bishop of Léon
• GUESNOVEUS (Gouernou) of Brittany (675) Bishop of Quimper in Brittany and founder of a monastery near Brest where he reposed
• HILARY Bishop of of Mende (535) France
• HILDEMARCA Abs. of Fécamp in Northern France (670)
Benedictine nun at the Saint Eulalia convent in Bordeaux, France. Invited by Saint Wandrille to govern the monastery he founded at Fécamp. Abbess.
• Venerabless IMMINA (Emma) abbess in Würzburg and Karlburg (750)
• Translation (1037) of Relics of JOHN of Beverley (721) Bishop of York to York // MAY 20 //
• LAISREN the Great, son of Nasca (7th c.) of Ard-mac-Nasca, on the shore of Lough Laoigh. Lough Laoigh, the 'lake of the calf', is the ancient name of Belfast Lough and Ard Mac Nasca, 'the height of the son of Nasca' is the village of Holywood, County Down
• Translation of Relics of Sainted LIBORIUS Bishop of Le Mans (397)
• LUPUS of Bayeux (5th c.) Bishop of Bayeux in France
• Venerable Sainted MACARIUS 玛喀里 Bishop of Paphos on Cyprus (1688) Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Πάφου τῆς Κύπρου
• MARKIAN (1045) Ihumen of the Kyiv Zverynetsky Caves
• MARNOCK (Ernin, Ernene) Bishop of Kilmarnock in Scotland
• Venerable MARTYRIUS 玛尔提里 the Deacon of Kiev Caves, from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (1304) Ukraine. The Relics are kept at St Theodosy Far Caves of the Lavra
• Venerable MARTYRIUS 玛尔提里 the Recluse of Kiev Caves, from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (1321) Ukraine. The Relics are kept at St Theodosy Far Caves of the Lavra
• Martyr MINIAS (Miniatus, Miniato) 弥尼亚特 venerated as the 1st Christian martyr of Florence (251) a soldier in Florence in Italy, where he spread the Faith among his comrades and was martyred under Decius. A monastery in Florence was dedicated to him
• Translation of Relics of SABAS of Mar Saba (439-532) at Jerusalem in Palestine
• Martyr SABINUS by fire
Ὁ Ἅγιος Σαβῖνος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Righteous TABITHA 妇塔维塔 (Tabetha, Dorca, Dorcas Dorcy, Dorcia or Dorcea) of Joppa, "The Almsgiver" or "The Merciful", Dcn. (38) a disciple of the apostles (Acts 9:36) the widow raised from the dead by the Apostle Peter (Acts 9:39-40), and afterwards died in peace. Tabitha is considered the patron saint of tailors and seamstresses
Ἡ Ἁγία Ταβιθᾶ
• Holy Martyr VARUS of Egypt, by sword
Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὔαρος ὁ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ
• Martyr VALERINUS by the sword
Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐαλερῖνος ὁ Μάρτυρας

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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.