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ST SPYRIDON THE WONDERWORKER OF TREMITHON (348). HIEROMARTYR ALEXANDER, BISHOP OF JERUSALEM (251). MARTYR SYNESIUS OF ROME (3RD C.)
Nativity (St Philip's) Fast
• Our Lady of GUADALUPE (1531) Patroness of Latin America
• Martyrs MAXENTIUS, CONSTANTIUS, CRESCENTIUS, JUSTIN and companions (287) in Trier in Germany in the reign of Diocletian
• VMM DIONYSIA; AMMONATHA (Ammonarion, Ammonarium or Ammonaria), Matr.; AMMONARIA; and MERCURIA and others; at Alexandria (3rd c.)
• EUPHEMIANE and PHOEBE
Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐφημιανή
• Hieromartyr presbiter LEONID Serebrennikov (1919)
• Venerable MARDARIJE Uskokovic, of Libertyville, 1st Serbian Bishop of America and Canada (1935)
• Holy Roman Empress ADELAIDE of Italy (931-999) also called Adelaide of Burgundy
Η Αδελαΐδα της Ιταλίας ή Αδελαΐδα της Βουργουνδίας
• AGATHA a Nun at Wimborne in Dorset in England (790) and a disciple of St Lioba (f.d. September 28), she went to Germany to help St Boniface (f.d. June 5) in his missionary work
• Martyr AITHERIUS (Aetherius), under Maximian, tortured and beheaded for refusing to sacrifice to idols (286 - 305)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Αἰθέριος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Holy Hieromartyr ALEXANDER 亚历山大 Patriarch of Jerusalem (251)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Venerable monk and desertdweller Holy Abba AMONATHUS of Pelusium, Egypt (4th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀμωναθᾶς
• Venerable hermit ANTHUS of Palestine, disciple of St Savva Sanctified (6th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνθός
• BERTOARA (Berthoaria) Nun and Fndr. of Our Lady of Sales Abbey, Diocese of Bourges (689)
• COLMAN 科尔曼 of Glendalough, Abbot of Glendalough in Ireland (659)
• COLMAN (Colman moccu Thelduib, Colmanus) of Clonard (654)
Related to Saint Finnian of Clonard. Monk. Abbot of Clonard Abbey.
• COLUMBA (Colm) of Tyrdaglas (548) born in Leinster in Ireland, he was a disciple of St Finian and Abbot of Tyrdaglas in Munster. Son of Crimthain
Son of Crinthainn. Disciple of Saint Finnian of Clonard; administered Last Rites to Saint Finnian on his death-bed. Spiritual director of Saint Caemban, Saint Fintan, and Saint Mocumin. Founded the monastery of Tirdaglas (Terryglass) in 548, and served as its abbot. Visited Tours, France, and brought back relics of Saint Martin of Tours. One of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.
• CORENTINUS (490) the 1st Bishop of Quimper in Brittany. He had lived as a hermit at Plomodiern
Son of a British chieftain. Hermit at Plomodiern in Brittany. First bishop of Cornouaille, (modern Quimper), France, consecrated by Saint Martin. Signed the decrees of the Council of Angers in 453.
They may be two people or one; however, in 1890, a fresco was discovered at Breage (the mother-church of Lizard), which depicts Saint Corentin/Cury in a cope and mitre with the pastoral staff of a bishop. Beside him is a fish, from which he was reputed to have cut and eaten one slice each day, without any diminution in the size of the fish.
• CORENTINUS (Cury) a hermit at the foot of Mount Menehent (401) honoured in Denvonshire and Cornwall
• The Eminently Holy CORMAC (6th c.) an ancient abbot in Ireland and friend of St Columba (f.d. June 9)
• Abbess & Virgin EDBURGA (also Eadburh, Eadburga or Bugga) of Minster, Abs. of Minster- in-Thanet, Fndr. of monasteries and churches (751)
Only daughter of King Centwine and Queen Engyth of Wessex, the 8th century royal family of Kent, England. Benedictine nun. Friend and spiritual student of Saint Mildred of Thanet. Abbess of Minster-on-Thanet Abbey in 716. She secured several royal charters for the abbey, and built a new church there. Skilled scribe and calligrapher. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy where she met Saint Boniface with whom she established a lengthy correspondence; her letters have not survived. She supported Saint Boniface in his missionary work, and copied manuscripts for his use.
• Bishop FINIAN (Finian, Finden, Vennianus, Vinnianus) 斐尼安 the Teacher of the Irish Saints, founder of Clonard and Skellig Michael in Ireland (470-549/564)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Finian of Clonard
He is often called the "Teacher of Irish Saints." At one time his pupils at Clonard included the so-called Twelve Apostles of Ireland:
Brendan of Birr (f.d. November 29)
Brendan the Voyager (f.d. May 16)
Cainnech (f.d. October 11)
Ciaran of Clommacnois (f.d. September 9)
Columba of Iona (f.d. June 9)
Columba of Terryglass (f.d. today)
Comgall of Bangor (f.d. May 11)
Finian of Moville (f.d. September 10)
Kieran of Saigher (f.d. March 5)
Mobhi (f.d. October 12)
Molaise (Laserian) of Devendish (f.d. August 12)
Ninidh of Inismacsaint (f.d. January 18)
Ruadhan of Lothra (f.d. April 15)
Sinell of Cleenish (f.d. October 12).
(You might note that this is more than 12; this is a very elastic twelve with different saints added at different times)
• Repose of FLEGONT Ostrovsky, Stylite of Kimlyai, Mordovia (1870)
• GREGORY of Terracina (570) a disciple of St Benedict and with his brother St Speciosus, a monk at Terracina in Italy
Brother of Saint Speciosus. Spiritual student of Saint Benedict of Nursia. Benedictine monk at Terracina, Italy. Pope Saint Gregory the Great wrote of him in his Dialogues.
• HERMAN 革尔曼 Wonderworker of Alaska (1836) the Patron of North America // DEC 13 REPOSE // AUG 9 //
• IRENE daughter of St Spyridon
• JOACHIM Metropolitan of Zichna (1333)
• Martyr JOHN 约安 Abbot of Zedazeni Monastery, Georgia (9th c.) murdered at Zedazeni by Muslims
• Sainted JOHN 约安 metropolitan of Zichon, founder of the monastery of the Forerunner on Mt Menikion (1333)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης (ἢ Ἰωακείμ) Ἐπίσκοπος Ζιχνῶν
• Holy Martyr SYNESIUS 辛奈息 a Reader (275) in Rome
Ὁ Ἅγιος Συνετὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας
Cynecius is derived from the Greek word "synetos", – meaning "man of reason". As a young reader in Rome, he boldly preached the truth of Christ and denounced idolaters. For this, he was tortured and beheaded during the reign of Emperor Aurelian.
• Sainted SPYRIDON 斯彼里顿 the Wonderworker, Bishop of Tremithus (348)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Σπυρίδων ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Τριμυθοῦντος Κύπρου
Saint Spyridon displayed a proof in evidence of the Oneness within the Holy Trinity. He took in his hand a brick and he grasped it – for an instant fire emerged from it upwards, water flowed downwards, and there remained clay in the hands of the wonderworker. "There are these three elements, but one tile (brick), – and Saint Spyridon then said, – suchlike also the Holy Trinity: Three Persons, but One God. "
• Venerable THERAPONTES 德拉庞提 abbot of Monza (1597)
• Abbot VALERY from Auvergne (622) France
He often repeated to others: "The more cheerfully we give to those who are in distress, the more readily will God give us what we ask of him. "
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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