συνοδικός
December 24 / December 11
2018 (7527)
VEN DANIEL THE STYLITE OF CONSTANTINOPOLE (490). MARTYR MIRAX OF EGIPT (640). MARTYR ACEPSIUS AND AEITHALAS AT ARBELA IN ASSYRIA (VII). VEN LUKE THE NEW STYLITE OF CHALCEDON (979). VEN NICON THE DRY OF KYIV CAVES (1101)
Nativity (St Philip's) Fast
Synaxis of the Saints of GEORGIA including:
• Holy Martyr SUKIA and His 16 Companions (100–130) // APR 15/28 //
• Saint NINO Equal to the Apostles and Enlightener of Georgia (335 AD) // JAN 14/27 //
• Venerable ZABULON and SOSANA, Parents of the Equal to the Apostles Nino (4th c.) // MAY 20/JUN 2 //
• Equals to the Apostles King MIRIAN and Queen NANA, and Saints SIDONIA and ABIATAR (4th c.) // OCT 1/14 //
• SALOME of Ujarma and PEROZHAVRA of Sivnia (4th c.) // JAN 15/28 //
• Holy Royal Martyr MIRDAT King of Kartli (410) // JUL 8/21 //
• RAZHDEN Protomartyr of the Georgian Church (457) // AUG 3/16 //
"Your flattery and bribes are insulting to me. With joy I am prepared to endure every suffering for the sake of Christ!" Razhden replied to his appeals.
"Into Thy hands, O Lord, I commit my spirit!" were the last words of St Razhden.
O radiant star and Great Martyr Razhden, thou who didst turn from godlessness to walk in the way of the righteous, suffer trials for Christ, and stand out among the saints, we believers glorify thee with divine praise. Through thine intercessions deliver us from every temptation!
• Holy Royal Martyress Queen SHUSHANIK (475) // AUG 28/SEP 10 //
• Holy Catholicos PETRE and Holy Catholicos SAMOEL (5–6th c.) // NOV 30/DEC 13 //
• Holy King VAKHTANG Gorgasali (502) // NOV 30/DEC 13 //
• Holy Martyr EVSTATI of Mtskheta (589)
• Venerable Holy Martyr IOANE of Zedazeni (6th c.) and His 12 Disciples: Holy Hieromartyr ABIBOS of Nekresi, ANTON the Stylite of Martqopi, DAVIT of Gareji, ZENON of Iqalto, TADEOS of Stepantsminda, ISE of Tsilkani, IOSEB of Alaverdi (570), ISIDORE of Samtavisi, MIKAEL of Ulumbo, PIROS of Breti, STEPANE of Khirsa, and SHIO of Mgvime
• Holy Martyrs the Brothers DAVIT and TARICHAN (693) // MAY 18/31 //
• Holy Hieromartyr NEOPITE of Urbnisi (7th c.) // OCT 28/NOV 10 //
• Great Martyrs DAVIT and CONSTANTINE (740) // OCT 2/15 //
• Holy Royal Martyr ARCHIL (744) // JUN 21/4 JUL //
The Life-giving God and Creator of heaven and earth came down from heaven to save mankind and by His death to slay our slayers, granting us immortality. He, the Almighty and Victorious, toppled and crushed them long before my own time.
• Holy Catholicos MAMAI (744) // MAY 3/16 //
• Holy Catholicos SARMEAN (774) // AUG 21/SEP 3 //
• Venerable MIKAEL of Parekhi (8–9th c.) // MAY 27/JUN 9 //
• Venerable Fathers and Mothers of the Klarjeti Wilderness (8–10th c.) // OCT 5/18 //
• Holy Martyrs, the Brothers ISAAK and IOSEB the Georgians (808) // SEP 16/29 //
• Great Martyr CONSTANTINE Kakhi (852) // NOV 10/23 //
He was the descendant of Kakhetian princes, hence his title "Kakhi".
• Venerable GRIGOL of Khandzta (861) // OCT 5/18 //
• Venerable ILARION the Georgian (875) // NOV 19/DEC 2 //
• Holy Catholicos ARSEN the Great (887) // SEP 25/OCT 8 //
• Saint EPREM the Great of Atsquri (9th c.) // APR 15/28 //
• Venerable Fathers MIKAEL and ARSEN the Georgians (9th c.) // MAY 3/16 //
• Saint GIORGI of Atsquri (9–10th c.) // APR 2/15 //
• Venerable SERAPION of Zarzma (900) // OCT 29/NOV 11 //
• Great Martyr Prince MIKAEL Gobron and His 133 Soldiers (914) // NOV 17/30 //
Prince Gobron traced a cross on his brow with blood and said, "I thank Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, that Thou hast accounted me, the most contemptible and chief among sinners, worthy to lay down my life for Thy sake!" Again they brought St Gobron before the emir. For the last time Abu al Qasim tried to entice him to apostatize, but the saint, dripping with blood, declared, "Do as you wish. I am a Christian and will never retreat from the name of my Christ!"
Like a gift of healing flowing from a spring of grace, clad in the robe of martyrdom, the victorious prince Mikael and his fellow soldiers were united to God. Let us crown with hymns of praise him who shone forth upon his nation as the majesty of the Georgian Church!
• Holy and Pious Queen DINAR (10th c.) // JUN 30/JUL 13 //
• Venerable IOANE (Tornike Eristavi) of Mt Athos (10th c.) // JUN 12/25 //
• Venerable Fathers IOANE and GABRIEL of Mt Athos (10th c.) // JUL 8/21 //
• Holy Hierarch IOANE of Khakhuli, also called Chrysostom (10–11th c.) // MAR 10/23 //
• IOANE IV Chrysostom the Catholicos (1001) a disciple of Holy Catholicos-Patriarch Melchizedek // MAR 3/16 //
• Most Wise Venerable EKVTIME of Mt Athos, the Translator, abbot of the Iveron Monastery (1028) // MAY 13/26 //
Son of St Ioane of Mt Athos, a military commander during the reign of King Davit Kuropalates, who abandoned the world to enter the monastic life had founded the Iveron Monastery with St Ioane Tornike.
• Venerable GIORGI of Mt Athos, the Builder (1029) // JUL 28/AUG 10 //
The venerable Giorgi the Builder was the 3rd abbot of the Iveron Monastery on Mt Athos. According to some sources, he was a nephew of St Ioane, the founder and first abbot of the Iveron Monastery. Giorgi was elevated to the rank of abbot after St Ekvtime left the monastery to travel to Jerusalem. Under his leadership, the main church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos was constructed. An inscription on the wall of the church reads: "I established these columns and they will not be shaken unto the ages. Monk Giorgi the Georgian, Builder." For most of his life Abbot Giorgi was highly respected and even revered in the imperial court of Byzantium, but he was eventually slandered, accused of treason, and exiled to the island of Monovatia, where he reposed in the year 1029.
• Saint ILARION of Tvali (1041) // JUL 24/AUG 6 //
• Venerable Father GIORGI of the Holy Mountain(1065) // JUN 27/JUL 10 //
• Venerable GIORGI the God Bearer and Recluse (1068) labored in the Black Mountains near Antioch // JUL 3/16 //
A heavenly man and an earthly angel, O Venerable Father Giorgi the God Bearer, we pray thee to direct our lives on the path of peace!
• ARSEN Bishop of Ninotsminda (1082) // JUL 31/AUG 13 //
• Venerable BASIL Son of King Bagrat (11th c.) // MAY 27 // JUN 9 //
• MELCHIZEDEK Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (11th c.)
• Venerable GIORGI the Scribe and His Brother SABA (11th c.) of Khakhuli // DEC 19/JAN 1 //
• Venerable EPREM the Lesser, the Philosopher (1101) // JAN 18/31 //
• Venerable DAMIANE (in the world King Demetre I) (1157) the son of Holy King Davit the Restorer // MAY 23/JUN 5 //
• Holy Queen TAMAR (1213) // MAY 1/14 //
At the beginning of her reign, Tamar convened a Church council and addressed the clergy with wisdom and humility: "Judge according to righteousness, affirming good and condemning evil," she advised. "Begin with me — if I sin I should be censured, for the royal crown is sent down from above as a sign of divine service. Allow neither the wealth of the nobles nor the poverty of the masses to hinder your work. You by word and I by deed, you by preaching and I by the law, you by upbringing and I by education will care for those souls whom God has entrusted to us, and together we will abide by the law of God, in order to escape eternal condemnation.… You as priests and I as ruler, you as stewards of good and I as the watchman of that good."
Exalted among the saints, O Holy and Righteous Queen Tamar, thou didst erect churches atop the highest peaks, strengthen the armies of the Christ-fearing Georgian nation by thy prayers, and defeat the Muslim armies with thy right hand. Intercede with Christ God to save our souls!
• Holy Martyr SHALVA of Akhaltsikhe (1227) // JUN 17/30 //
• The 100 000 Martyrs of Tbilisi (1227) // OCT 31/NOV 13 //
• Holy King DEMETRE the Devoted (1289) GRANDSON OF Queen Tamar // MAR 16/29 //
• Venerable Father PIMEN Fool for Christ and Enlightener of Dagestan, and His Companion ANTON Meskhi, the Censurer of Kings (13th c.) // Mar 16/29 // • Venerable IOANE of Shavta, Bishop of Gaenati, and EVLOGI the Prophet and Fool for Christ (13th c.) // APR 1/14 //
• Venerable BASIL Ratishvili (13th c.) // APR 18/MAY 1 //
• Holy Martyrs Killed by the Latins at the Iveron Monastery on Mt Athos (13th c.) // MAY 13/26 //
• Holy Martyr SALOME the Georgian (13th c.) // JUL 20/AUG 2 //
• TSOTNE Dadiani the Confessor (13th c.) a virtuous military leader and the prince of Egris // JUL 30/AUG 12 //
• TBELI Abuseridze (13th c.) filled with the virtue of theological wisdom, thou didst enlighten the world with knowledge divine // AUG 17/30 //
St Tbeli’s collection of hymns to St John the Baptist, St John the Theologian, and St John Chrysostom reveals his true piety and talent as a writer of the Church. The profound theological ideas, the symbolic and mystical comprehension of phenomena, the "knowledge of the visible" and "comprehension of the invisible" evident in this work paint St Tbeli as one equally endowed as both a scholar and a theologian. St Tbeli was fascinated by the science of chronology, and he compiled a work called Chronicles: Complete Commentaries and Rules to address some of the problems related to chronology. Combining a solid understanding of astronomy and history, this work conveys the cosmic meaning of the Julian calendar and Christian eschatology. St Tbeli’s famous hagiographical work The New Miracle of Great Martyr George contains valuable historical information about the Abuseridze family’s efforts to revive Georgian culture during the ancient feudal epoch. While pursuing his literary and scholarly interests, St Tbeli also labored as a holy and God-fearing pastor.
• Venerable NIKOLOZ Radiant Star of the Georgians (1308) // NOV 3/16 //
• Holy Martyr NIKOLOZ Dvali (1314) beheaded by the Muslims, the unbelievers burned the holymartyr’s body // OCT 16/NOV 1 // FEB 12 //
The last words he spoke were: “Glory toThee, O Lord, Who hast accounted me worthy to die for Thy sake! ”
• Holy Martyrs of Kvabtakhevi Monastery (1386) // APR 10/23 //
Having been driven like beasts into the church, the martyrs raised up a final prayer to God: "In the multitude of Thy mercy shall I go into Thy house; I shall worship toward Thy holy temple in fear of Thee. O Lord, guide me in the way of Thy righteousness; because of mine enemies, make straight my way before Thee (Ps. 5:6–7) that with a pure mind I may glorify Thee forever…."
• Right-believing and divinely crowned Martyr IOTAM Zedgenidze (1465) // OCT 30/NOV 12 //
• Holy Hierarch ZOSIME of Kumurdo (16th c.) good shepherd and beautifier of churches // MAY 1/14 //
• Holy Hieromartyr TEVDORE (1609) // JUN 8/21 //
• Saint KAIKHOSRO the Georgian (1612) tortured to death by Shah Abbas I for pious veneration of the Holy Icons // JUN 16/29 //
Protector of all good things and guide of those who pray unto thee, O Holy Martyr Kaikhosro, pray to God for us!
• Holy Royal Martyr LUARSAB (1622) strangled to death with a bowstring // JUN 21/4 JUL //
• Holy Great Martyress Queen KETEVAN (1624) // SEP 13/26 //
• The 9 Kherkheulidze Brothers with Their Mother and Sister and 9 000 Martyrs of Marabda (1625) // AUG 3/16 //
Today we will fight a Battle for Faith and for Christ; therefore my blood must be spilled before yours!
• Holy Hieromartyr hieromonk KOZMAN (1630) a learned and righteous ascetic, well-versed in the canons of the Orthodox Church composed a set of "Hymns to the Great-Martyr Queen Ketevan" // JUL 18/31 //
• Holy Hieromartyr EVDEMOZ Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia (1642) // OCT 4/17 //
• Holy Allpraised Martyrs BIDZINA, SHALVA, and ELIZBAR (1661) // SEP 18/OCT 1 //
"There is nothing sweeter than death for Christ’s sake!" Bidzina proclaimed.
• Holy Martyrs of Lazeti (17–18th c.) // APR 29/MAY 12 //
• Holy Monkmartyrs SHIO the New, DAVIT, GABRIEL, and PAVLE of Gareji (1696–1700) // JUN 1/14 //
• Holy Hierarch ANTIMOS of Iberia, Metropolitan of Wallachia (1716) // JUN 13/26 //
• Venerable hieromonk Holy Hierarch IOANE Saakadze, consecrated bishop of Manglisi (1751) // MAR 28/APR 5 //
• Venerable IOSEB of Khevi in northern Georgia, Elder and Wonderworker (1763) // OCT 7/20 //
• Holy Hierarch Catholicos-Patriarch IOSEB Jandierishvili, the Wonderworker (1770) // OCT 17/30 //
Through St Ioseb’s prayers, the sick were healed and the blind received sight. Those who dwelt near him loved him deeply and put their hope in him.
• Blessed Father KRISTESIA tonsured a monk with name Kristepore (1771) // MAY 11/24 //
"My children!" he would say, "If you do not heed my words, I will leave in sorrow, and the devil, who is always resistant to peace, will rejoice and send more tribulations upon you. I came to you hungry, and I will depart hungry!"
• Venerable SVIMEON the Wonderworker (1773) raised at Davit-Gareji Monastery // SEP 1/14 //
• Venerable SERAPION the Wonderworker of St John the Baptist Monastery (1774) endowed with divine sanctity and humility // AUG 24/SEP 6 //
• Holy Hieromartyr DOSITEOS of Tbilisi (1795) // SEP 12/25 //
• Venerable ONOPRE of Gareji, the Wonderworker (18th c.)
• Holy Hierarch ANTON of Chqondidi and His Disciple Hieromonk IAKOB the Elder (18–19th c.)
• Venerable Hieromartyr GABRIEL the Lesser (1802)
• Venerable EKVTIME Abbot of the Monastery of St John the Baptist (1804)
• Venerable Martyrs of the Davit-Gareji Monastery: Hierodeacon OTAR stabbed to death; beheaded Hieromonk GERONTI; battered to death with swords Hieromonk SERAPION; stabbed in the stomach and beheaded Monk GERMAN; beheaded Monk BESARION; shoted with bows and arrows, then caught and beheaded 18year-old SVIMEON; subjected to the harshest tortures Monk MIKAEL; by the Dagestanis bandits (1851) // AUG 12/25 //
The martyrdom of the holy fathers of the Davit-Gareji Monastery was described in 1853 by Hieromonk Isaak of Gaenati, who witnessed the tragedy. Hieromonk Isaak himself was captured and led away to Dagestan by the merciless bandits. He was later freed through the mediation of Tsar Nicholas I (1825–1855).
• Holy Martyr KRISTEPORE Guruli // AUG 16/29 //
Thou didst receive the Cross of Christ with great zeal and suffer for His sake. O Holy Martyr Kristepore, pray to God for us!
• Holy Martyr KOZMAN // OCT 17/30 //
O divinely blossoming flower radiant with the red of thy blood, Holy Kozman the Martyr for Christ, we glorify thy virtue and pray thee to intercede for us!
• Holy and Righteous IOANE, STEPANE, and ISAIAH the Georgians // NOV 4/17 //
• Holy Hierarch ALEXANDRE (Alexi Okropiridze in the world) Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo (1824-1907) // OCT 27/ NOV 9 //
• Most Glorious ILIA the Righteous (1837-1907) called the "Uncrowned King of Georgia", the "Father of the Nation", great philosopher, writer, and historian // JUL 20/ AUG 2 //
Ilia the Righteous was often heard declaring, "We, the Georgian people, have inherited three divine gifts from our ancestors: our motherland, our language and our faith. If we fail to protect these gifts, what merit will we have as men? "
• Holy Hieromartyr KIRION (Giorgi Sadzaglishvili) Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1855-1918) murdered in the patriarchal residence at Martqopi Monastery // JUN 27/ JUL 10 //
• Venerable Hieromonk ALEXI Shushania (1852-1923) // JAN 18/31 //
• Holy Martyrs Metropolitan NAZAR of Kutaisi-Gaenati (1872-1924), Priests GERMAN Jajanidze, IEROTEOS Nikoladze and SIMON Mchedlidze, Archdeacon BESARION Kukhianidze, shot to death in the Sapichkhia Forest; and All the New Martyrs of the Totalitarian Regime (1924) // AUG 14/27 //
O Holy New Martyrs tortured by the godless enemy, intercede for us with the Holy Trinity and ask of Christ God great mercy for our souls!
• God-fearing Hierarch AMBROSI (Besarion Khelaia) the Confessor, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1927) // MAR 16/29 //
St Ambrosi spoke these remarkable last words to his persecutors: "My soul belongs to God, my heart to my motherland, and with my flesh you may do whatever you wish. "
• Holy Hieromartyr Archimandrite GRIGOL Peradze (1899-1942) like Christ Himself, died for having taken upon himself the sin of another // NOV 23/DEC 6 //
• EKVTIME Kereselidze the Confessor (1865-1944)
• Holy Confessors IOANE Maisuradze (1957) and GIORGI-IOANE Mkheidze (1960) // SEP 8/21 //
• Martyrs TRASON, PONTIAN and PRAETEXTATUS (302) in Rome under Diocletian, put to death for ministering to Christian prisoners awaiting martyrdom
• Martyrs ACEPSIUS 阿凯普西 and AEITHALAS 阿伊塔拉 deacon of the Arbel Church, at Arbela in Assyria (354) hailed from Persia
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀειθαλᾶς καὶ Ἀκεψέης οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Hosiosmartyr Abbot BARSABAS 瓦尔萨瓦 of Ishtar, of Persia, beheaded; and 10 Hosiosmartyrs of Persepolis (342) and the former executioners Persian Magi drenched the ground with their blood, and received from Christ the crown of martyrdom
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βαρσαβάς ὁ Μάρτυρας
• The 2 EMERS (5th c.) sisters of St Guasacht of Granard (f.d. January 24) and daughters of Miluic who was Saint Patrick's former master. Patrick himself gave the Emers the veil of consecrated virgins and installed them in the 1st convent in Ireland
• MM TERENCE, VINCENT, EMILIANUS and BEBAIA who were slain by the sword
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τερέντιος, Βικέντιος, Αἰμιλιανὸς καὶ Βεβαία οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs PETER the Acsetic, and ACEPSIMAS of Persia
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πέτρος καὶ Ἀκεψιμάς οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Venerables monks BECHIANUS (Vechianus) Ascetic, and NOMON the Wonderworker, of Cyprus
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νόμων ὁ Θαυματουργός
• Hieromartyr THEOPHAN 德奥梵 (Sergius Il’menskij) Bishop of Solikamsk (1867-1918) day of martyrdom, drowned in Kama river at Perm
Vladyka was led ashore by the frozen river Kama, undressed; cutters weaved his hair and, passing through them a pole, slowly began to lower it into the hole, after a half-minute again to lift it over the hole and again lower it. After 15-20 minutes, succeeding each other, the executioners satisfied their satanic lust. The body of Bishop Feofan was covered with 2fingers-thick ice, but he was still alive. Numerous witnesses saw all this horror.
• 2 Hieromartyrs presbiters of Perm (1918)
• 5 Martyrs of Perm (1918)
• Hieromartyr NICHOLAS Vinogradov, presbiter, archpriest (1876-1937) day of death, in KZ of NKVD, Ust-Koin of Komi
• Hieromartyr IOANN Bogojavlenskij, presbiter, priest (1892-1941) day of death, by starvation in Sevzheldorlag KZ, Kn’azh-Pogost, Komi
• Hieromartyr presbiter NICHOLAS Krylov (1937)
• Blessed Repose of Venerable hieroschemamonk KUKSHA 库克莎 (Kosma Velichko) the New (1875-1964) of Odessa, Ukraine
• Venerable DAMASKINOS
Ὁ Ὅσιος Δαμασκηνός
• DAMASUS Pope and Confessor (304-384)
He who walking on the sea could calm the bitter waves, who gives life to the dying seeds of the earth; he who was able to loose the mortal chains of death, and after three days' darkness could bring again to the upper world the brother for his sister Martha: he, I believe, will make Damasus rise again from the dust. - epitaph Damasus wrote for himself
• Venerable DANIEL 但以理 the Stylite (493)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Δανιὴλ ὁ Στυλίτης
• Martyr EUTYCHIUS (4th c.) called San Oye either in Mérida or else in Cádiz in Spain
• FIDWETEN (Fivetein, Fidivitanus) (888) a monk and disciple of St Convoyon in Redon in Brittany
Benedictine monk at Saint Saviour Abbey in Redon, Brittany (in modern France). Spiritual student of Saint Convoyon of Redon.
• Irish woman saint FUINCHE of Abbeylara, County Longford
• Venerable LEONTIUS 莱翁提 monk of Monemvasia in the Peloponnese (1450)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Λεόντιος
• Venerable hieromonk LUKE 路加 the Stylite, scorned the vanity of the world and withdrew to a pillar near Chalcedon lived there a life of asceticism for 45 years, cleansing his soul of all sinful desires and thoughts (970/980)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Λουκᾶς ὁ Νέος Στυλίτης
• Holy Martyr MIRAX (Meirax) 弥拉克斯 an Egyptian (640) tortured and beheaded
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μείραξ
Deceived by a Moslem Emir, he embraced Islam. He later repented and entered a mosque with a cross. There he declared himself a Christian, calling upon the Moslems to forsake their falsehood and to accept the Truth.
• Venerable NICON 尼孔 the Lean (the Dry) of Kiev Caves, from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (1101) Ukraine. The Relics are kept at St Antony Near Caves of the Lavra
Ὁ Ὅσιος Νίκων ὁ Ξηρὸς ὁ ἐν τῷ Σπηλαίῳ
• NIKEPHOROS II Phokas, Emperor of Byzantium (912-969)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικηφόρος Φωκᾶς αὐτοκράτορας τοῦ Βυζαντίου
Νικηφόρος Β΄ Φωκᾶς
• PERIS the Patron Saint of Llanberis in Wales
• PHILEMON
• SABINUS (420) Bishop of Piacenza in Italy and a close friend of St Ambrose, who used to send him his writings for revision and approval
• Righteous duke TASSILO III of Bayern (730-797) in Lorsch in Hessen
• Young Martyr of Egypt under Muslim
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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