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ST. MACARIUS THE GREAT OF EGYPT (390). VIRGIN-MARTYR EUPHRASIA OF NICOMEDIA (303). VEN. MACARIUS OF ALEXANDRIA (394). ST. ARSENIUS, ARCHBISHOP OF KERKYRA (CORFU) (953). VEN. MACARIUS OF THE KYIV CAVES (12TH C.). VEN. MACARIUS, DEACON OF THE KYIV CAVES (13TH-L4TH C.)
• Martyrs PAUL, GERONTIUS, JANUARIUS, SATURNINUS, SUCCESSUS, JULIUS, CATUS, PIA and GERMANA (2nd c.) in Numidia in North Africa
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παῦλος, Γερόντιος, Ἰανουάριος, Σατουρνῖνος, Σακκέσιος, Ἰούλιος, Κάτιος, Πῖος καὶ Γερμανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες
• MM MARINUS (also Maris or Marius) a Persian nobleman beheaded; his wife MARTHA drowned; and their children AUDIFAX and ABBACUM (also Abachum or Habakkuk) beheaded in 270 at Saint Ninfa, 13 miles from Rome, Italy; and those with them at Rome (260/270)
A rich Persian family - husband, wife, and two children - who were converted to the faith and distributed their possessions to the poor. They decided to visit Rome to venerate the tombs of the martyrs even though the Emperor Claudius was persecuting Christians. Claudius ordered his legions to gather Christians in the amphitheater, where they were killed and their bodies burned. The Persian family gathered together the ashes and buried them. For this, the governor Marcian apprehended and tortured the whole family before putting them to death. The three men were beheaded and Martha was drowned 13 miles from Rome at a place now called Santa Ninfa (Nympha). Reverent Christians honored the bodies of these martyrs with respect: They were buried on the Via Cornelia. Thirteen centuries later (1590) their bones were discovered and now lie honored in churches as far apart as Rome, Cremona, and Seligenstaedt in Germany. In art this group generally is represented as a Persian noble family visiting prisoners. Sometimes they may be shown burying Christian martyrs in Rome or being executed with an axe.
• MM GEORGE and Deaconess MERCURIA
• Martyresses PIA and PICARIA together with 38 Christian Martyrs (300) in Karthago
• Hieromartyr BLAITHMAIC (also known as Blaithmac, Blathmac, Blaithmale) of Iona, son of an Irish king, and abbot in the isle of Hij, in Scotland (823) an Irish abbot, who, desiring martyrdom, crossed over to England, which was then prey to the heathen Danes; hacked to pieces by the Danish pirates on the altar steps of the abbey church, to whom he refused to betray the treasures of the church; and Other Monks Martyred with Him by the Danes
• Hieromartyr PETR 彼得 Skipetrov, presbiter, archpriest (1863-1918) day of martyrdom, cruelly murdered by Bolsheviks, at St Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Petrograd
• Hieromartyr NICHOLAS Vostorgov, presbiter, priest (1875-1930) day of death in central hospital of prison in Solovki KZ of Archangelsk
• Martyr THEODOR Gusev, member of church council of St Nicholas church in Sidorovskoje of Zvenigorod of Moskow (1874-1940) day of death in Jugvostoklag KZ in Blagoveshchensk of Amur
• Repose of Blessed Schemamun ANATOLIA of Diveyevo (1949)
• Venerable Hieroconfessor Abbot EUTHYMIUS Kereselidze (20th c.) Georgia
• ALBERT archbishop of Cashel (7th c.) Ireland; by race an Angle, in speech an angel
A 12th-century vita describes Saint Albert with the pun: "by race an Angle, in speech an angel' (natione Anglus, conversatione angelus). According to rather unreliable accounts, Saint Albert was an Englishman who labored in or was archbishop of Cashel, Ireland, and afterwards evangelized Bavaria with Saint Erhard. He made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and died shortly after his return to Ratisbon (Regensburg, Germany). Unfortunately, the diocese of Cashel did not exist then, so even his existence is doubted.
• Venerable Monk ANTHONY 安托尼 the Stylite of Martkop, of the Thirteen Syrian Fathers, Hermit, monastery founder (6th c.) Georgia
• Martyr ANTHONY 安托尼 Rawah the Qpraisite (799) Damask • Hieromartyr APPIANO of Sagona an early bishop of Sagona, Corsica (part of modern France)
• Hieromartyr Bishop ARCONTIUS of Viviers (8-9th c.) killed by a mob for having upheld the rights of the Church
• Sainted Archbishop ARSENIUS 阿尔塞尼 of Kerkyra, Corfu (953) a Jewish convert who became the first bishop of the church of Corfu; augmented and structured the Rite of the Sacrament of Holy Unction (Anointing with Oil) to its present form
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κερκύρας
圣阿尔塞尼，科孚的主教
阿尔塞尼扩充并确立傅油圣事仪轨的规程至今日的形式。阿尔塞尼于公元959年去世，他的圣髑被安放在科孚大教堂内。
He led a strict ascetic life, and was an highly educated man and reknown spiritual writer. He was glorified by wisdom and by the constant defending of his flock from the unrighteous wrath of the emperor Constantine Porphyrigenitos (780-797). He composed: the Kanon on Anointing with Oil, a Panegyric on the Apostle Andrew, and a Discourse on the Suffering of the Great Martyress Barbara.
• BASSIAN of Lodi (413) born in Sicily, he became Bishop of Lodi in Lombardy in Italy
He was much esteemed by St Ambrose of Milan, with whom he attended the Council of Aquilia (381) and at whose repose he was present (390).
• BLATH (also Bláthnait or Flora) of Kildare (5th c.)
• Translation (935) of the Relics of Bishop BRANWALADER (Boladre, Bralatr, Brangualadrus, Branwalader, Branwalator, Branwalatr, Branwalatre, Branwallanus, Branwallator, Brelade, Brevala, Brevalaer, Brevalaire, Brevalan, Brevalazr, Brevaler, Brevara, Brewalan, Brewalatr, Breward, Brolade, Broladre) 布兰瓦拉德尔 in Jersey and of Cornwall and the Channel Islands (6th c.) to Milton Abbey in Dorset, England
King Athelstan, who founded the monastery of Milton in Dorset in England translated relics of the saint there in 935.
• CATELLUS (9th c.) Bishop of Castellamare to the south of Naples in Italy. He is venerated as the main patron-saint of the town
• Martyr CLAUDIUS
• CONTESTUS (510) Bishop of Bayeux in France
Bishop of Bayeux, Normandy, France, from 480 until his death. He was so zealous in his preaching the proper way to live that he angered many powerful local people, and occasionally had to withdraw to live as a hermit for his own safety.
• Venerable COSMAS of the Monastery of St John Chrysostom, at Koutsovendis, Cyprus
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κοσμᾶς ὁ Χρυσοστόματος
• Holy anchorite DUNCHADH Ua Brain of Clonmacnoise (10th c.)
• VM EUPHRASIA (Evphrasia) 艾弗福拉西亚 of Nicomedia in Bithynia, Asia Minor (303)
Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐφρασία ἡ Μάρτυς
She was a christian and noted for her beauty. During the time of the Maximian persecution against christians, the governor of the city tried to compel Euphrasia to offer sacrifice to idols; when she refused, he gave orders for her to be beaten, and then given over to a soldier for desecration. The saint prayed tearfully to the Lord that He would preserve her virginity, and God heard her prayer. Saint Euphrasia suggested to the soldier that he help her find an herb, which would protect him from enemy weapons and death. But this herb, she explained, held its power only when received from a virgin and not from a woman. The soldier believed Saint Euphrasia and went with her into the garden. The holy virgin gathered the herb, which lay underfoot, and suggested to the soldier that he try its power on her. She placed the herb to her neck and ordered the soldier to strike forcefully with his sword. Thus her prayer was answered, and the wise virgin offered her soul to God, having preserved her pure virginity.
• Abbot FILLAN (also known as Foelan, Foellan, Foilan, Foillan, Fulan) of Strathfillan (8th c.) son of Saint Kentigerna Hermitess of Loch Lomond // JAN 8 //
Legends and large tales naturally grew up around Fillan. For example, a wolf is reported to have killed the ox Fillan employed to work at the church construction site at Glendochart; when the wolf realized whose ox it was, it took the ox's place. For centuries after his death, the mentally ill were reported miraculously cured by being dipped in a fountain in the church, tied up, and left overnight near Fillan's relics; those whose bonds were loosed in the night were cured of their disorders. The victory of Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn was attributed to the presence of Fillan's relics at the battlefield.
• FIRMINUS the 3rd Bishop of Gabales (Gévaudan) in France • Martyr GERMANICUS of Smyrna (156) a mere youth when he was thrown to the wild beasts in the amphitheater at Smyrna during the public games
Spiritual student of Saint Polycarp of Smyrna. Martyr. The manner of with which he met his death gained the admiration of the locals, and the story of his bravery was recorded by Saint Polycarp.
• GODONE di Novalesa (8th c.) monk. First abbot of the San Novalesa Abbey of Susa Valley, France
• Translation of the relics (950) of St GREGORY 格里高利 the Theologian (389)
Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Γρηγορίου Θεολόγου
• Martyr HYPATIUS
• Martyr JANUARIUS
• JOHN of Ravenna (595) Bishop of Ravenna, Italy during a period when the area of devastated by war with the Lombards
• LIBERATA of Como (580)
Born to the wealthy, Italian nobility; sister of Saint Faustina of Como. Their mother died when the girls were very small, and they were raised by a guardian. Their father tried to arrange marriages for them, but both girls were drawn to religious life and fled their homes for Como, Italy, where they became Benedictine nuns. They founded the Santa Margarita convent in Como; it lasted over 1 000 years. In Como the sisters came across a woman dying on a cross, having been crucified by her husband for unknown reasons; Liberata took her down from the cross and miraculously healed her wounds by praying over her.
• Abbot LOMER (Launomarus, Laudomarus) (593) a shepherd boy near Chartres in France and then priest, he became a hermit. Disciples came and he founded the monastery of Corbion near Chartres. He lived to be over a hundred
• Our Blessed Venerable Father presbiter MACARIUS 玛喀里 the Great (390) an Egyptian and one of the younger contemporaries of Anthony the Great
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Αἰγύπτιος ὁ Ἀναχωρητὴς
成德者大圣玛喀里
圣玛喀里是埃及人，也是大圣安托尼的同代人，只是比他年轻。玛喀里的父亲是一名司祭。玛喀里曾奉父母之命娶妻。然而妻子不久就去世了，他便引退到了旷野之中，在那里，为了追求天国，修行了六十年，进行内在和外在的劳作和争战。有人曾问他：“你为什么进食不进食都这样消瘦呢？”他回答说：“因为对上帝的敬畏。”玛喀里洗净了自己的思想，将邪念彻底除去；洁净了自己的心，将恶意彻底清除。因此，上帝赐予他丰厚的施行奇迹的恩典，甚至可以使坟墓中的死人复活。他的谦卑使民众和魔鬼都为之惊叹。有一次魔鬼对他说：“我只有一件事不能战胜你。既不是斋戒——因为我从不吃喝；也不是守夜——因为我从不睡觉。”“那究竟是什么？”玛喀里问道。“是你的谦卑，”魔鬼回答说。玛喀里经常对他的门徒帕弗努提说：“不要论断别人就能得救。”玛喀里居世九十七年。他离世前九天，圣安托尼和圣帕霍弥从另一个世界向他显现，告诉他，他将在9天后离世。去世前，他还在神视中看见，赫儒文天使向他展示蒙福的天界，赞誉他的功德，并对他说，自己被派遣来将他的灵魂接到天国。圣玛喀里于公元390年进入基督永恒的国度。
He lived ninety years, of which he spent sixty in the desert of Skete, where he retired when thirty years old. He commanded the attention of all to such an extent that he was called 'the young old man.' He progressed so rapidly in perfection that at the age of forty he received the grace of expelling demons and of predicting the future. He was also judged worthy of the priesthood.
• Venerable hieromonk MACARIUS 玛喀里 the New, of Alexandria (393/395) together with Macarius the Great, was a disciple of St Anthony
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς
成德者亚历山大里亚的圣玛喀里
圣玛喀里出生于亚历山大里亚，起初，他是一个水果商。40岁时，玛喀里接受了浸礼，并随即隐退修行。起初，他同大圣玛喀里同是圣安托尼的门徒。后来，他成了塞尔斯修道院院长。这座修道院位于尼特里亚和斯基特之间。他比大玛喀里年轻，也比他长寿，住世逾百岁。魔鬼诱惑他，这使他感到非常苦恼，尤其苦于虚荣的诱惑。为此，玛喀里用最艰苦的劳作和不间断的祈祷来使自己谦卑，使己心恒常朝拜于上帝前。有一次，一名修士看见他往篮子里装满沙子，将其运到山上，然后将沙子倒空。这位修士感到十分惊异，问道：“您在做什么？”他回答说：“我在折磨折磨我的家伙（即魔鬼）。”玛喀里于公元393年安息主怀。
He wrote a Discourse on the Origin of the Soul included in the text of the Annotated Psalter.
• Venerable Bishop MACARIUS of Ierissos, on the Chalkidiki peninsula (395-408)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἱερισσοῦ
• Venerable MACARIUS 玛喀里 the Faster of Kiev Caves, from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (1179) Ukraine. The Relics are kept at St Anthony Near Caves of the Lavra
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Νηστευτὴς ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Venerable MACARIUS 玛喀里 the Deacon of Kiev Caves, from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (13-14th c.) Ukraine. The Relics are kept at St Theodosy Far Caves of the Lavra
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Διάκονος ἐκ Ρωσίας
He was distinguished by his lack of covetousness, that he possessed great fervour for the temple of God and he continuously exerted himself in the reading of Holy Scripture and in fasting. According to tradition, he was frequently ill in childhood, and his parents gave a vow to God to offer their son to the Pechersk monastery, if he were made healthy. By his mildness and humility he earned the love of the brethren, who taught him to read and to write. For his piety of life he was raised to the dignity of deacon, and during his life he possessed a gift of wonderworking.
• Venerable MACARIUS 玛喀里 the Roman of Novgorod (1550) // AUG 15 //v Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Ρωμαῖος
• Hierodeacon MAKARIOS 玛喀里 of Kalogeras, of Patmos (1737) the Teacher of the Nation
• Sainted Archbishop MARK 马可 Eugenikos, Metropolitan of Ephesus and Confessor of the Orthodox Faith (1444)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μᾶρκος ὁ Εὐγενικὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Ἐφέσου
艾弗所总主教圣玛尔克
在佛罗伦萨举行的伪公会议上（公元1439年），玛尔克因其捍卫正教信仰的勇气而闻名遐迩，他无畏于皇帝和教皇的权势，勇敢宣认正信。圣玛尔克于公元1452年安息主怀。在临终的床榻前，玛尔克嘱咐他的门徒格里高利，也就是后来的艮纳迪牧首，要小心西方教派的陷阱，并要坚持捍卫正教信仰。
• Venerable monk MELETIUS 麦勒提 the Gallesiote, the Confessor of Mt Galesion (1286)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μελέτιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Γαλησιώτης
• VM MESSALINA at Foligno in Italy, Protomartyress of Foligno (251)
A holy virgin in Foligno in Italy. She visited Bishop Felician of Foligno in prison, was denounced as a Christian and clubbed to death.
• NATHALAN of Aberdeen (678) born of a wealthy family in Scotland, he became a hermit and was praised for earning his living by tilling the soil, which comes closest to divine contemplation. He became a bishop and lived in Tullicht, Scotland
• PETER the Wonderworker of Argos (925)
• Martyr PONTIAN (169) in Spoleto in Italy under Marcus Aurelius
Beaten and executed in the persecutions of Emperor Marcus Aurelius: stabbed with a sword or beheaded (sources vary) in 169 - 175 (sources vary) at Spoleto, Italy; legend says that a healing spring emerged where his head landed.
• REMIGIUS (772) archbishop of Rouen in France from 755 on, worked successfully for the introduction of the Roman rite and chant into Gaul
Son of Charles Martel. Bishop of Rouen, France in 755. Worked for the use of the Roman rite in the Gallic Church.
• Opening (1652) of the relics of Venerable Abbot SABBAS 萨瓦 of Storozhev or Zvenigorod (1407)
• Blessed THEODORE 德奥多若 Fool for Christ from Novgorod (1392)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός τοῦ Νόβγκοροντ
蒙福的德奥多若，诺夫哥罗德的“圣愚”
临终前，圣德奥多若在大街来回行走，向路人喊道：“后会有期，我要远行了！”他于公元1392年去世。
• THEODOTUS Bishop of Cyrene (307-323)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδοτος Ἐπίσκοπος Κυρήνειας
Μνήμη Θαύματος Μεγάλου Βασιλείου
While the wicked Emperor Valens was in Nicaea, prominent Arians approached him requesting that he drive the Orthodox from the cathedral and give it to them. The ruler, himself a heretic, forcibly removed the faithful and allowed the dissenters to occupy the building, after which he left for the Imperial City. The entire community of the Orthodox, which was of considerable size, was griefstricken. While matters were in this state, the great helper and protector of all the churches, Saint Basil, arrived in Nicaea. Weeping and lamenting, the flock of true believers informed him of what the Emperor had done. The blessed one comforted them and hurried to Constantinople, where he presented himself to Valens and said, "It is written, 'The King's honour loveth judgment', and Wisdom tells us that 'the King's judgment is righteous'. Why, then, O Emperor, have you pronounced an unjust sentence, expelling the Orthodox from their holy church and giving it to misbelievers?"
The Emperor replied, "Have you come to insult me, Basil? It does not behoove you to speak thus."
"It would certainly behoove me to die for the truth," retorted Basil.
The chief cook of the palace, whose name was Demosthenes, was standing nearby, and wishing to abet the Arian cause, interjected and crudely reviled the saint. "Behold," laughed Basil, "a new Demosthenes, this one an illiterate!" The humiliated cook muttered something, to which the blessed one responded, "Your business is pots and pans, not the dogmas of the Church."
Furious with Basil, but knowing that he had acted wrongly, the Emperor commanded, "Return to Nicaea and judge between the factions, but do not show favoritism to your party."
"If I judge wrongly, send me to prison, expel my co-believers, and give the church to the Arians," said the man of God.
Basil went back to Nicaea with an imperial decree, assembled the Arians, and announced, "The Emperor has given me authority to decide whether you or the Orthodox should have the church you took by force."
The Arians replied, "Judge, then, but as the Emperor would." "Come, Arians and Orthodox," exclaimed Basil; "we will lock the church! Both sides will affix their seals and set strong guards of men they trust. Then pray for three days and nights, you Arians, and return. If you can open the doors by your supplications, the church will be yours in perpetuity. If you cannot, we shall pray for a single night and go to the church, chanting a Litia. We shall have permanent control of the building if the doors open for us; otherwise, it will be yours again." This proposal pleased the Arians, but the Orthodox were vexed with the saint, protesting that he gave the heretics an unfair advantage out of fear of the Emperor. Nevertheless, both sides agreed, locked the church, sealed it, and set guards. The Arians prayed for three days and nights, but their prayers achieved nothing; so they continued to entreat God's mercy until noon of the fourth day, crying, "Lord have mercy!" When the doors failed to open, they dispersed, hanging their heads in shame. Meanwhile, the great Basil assembled the Orthodox men, women, and children, and led them to the Church of the Holy Martyr Diomedes, outside the city. He celebrated an All-Night Vigil there, then proceeded with the crowd to the cathedral, chanting, "Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us." Halting before the portals, he commanded the people, "Raise your hands to heaven and cry with heartfelt ardor, 'Lord have mercy!'" After they had prayed, the saint ordered that there be silence. He made the sign of the Cross over the doors thrice and shouted, "Blessed is the God of the Christians, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages." The people answered, "Amen." Suddenly the earth quaked, the locks broke apart, the bars fell to the floor, the seals split, and the doors flew open, slamming against the wall as though a mighty wind were blowing or a fierce tempest raging. Chanting, "Lift up your gates, 0 ye princes; and be lifted up, ye everlasting gates, and the King of Glory shall enter", Basil hurried into the building with the whole congregation of the Orthodox. After celebrating the divine service, he joyfully dismissed the faithful. Many Arians (who had returned in great numbers to see how matters would end) renounced impiety and joined themselves to the true believers. When the Emperor learned of Basil's judicious handling of affairs and the glorious miracle, he marveled greatly and denounced vile Arianism; nevertheless, blinded by malice, he did not turn to Orthodoxy. Later, he perished miserably. Defeated and wounded in a battle in Thrace, he fled and cowered in a barn full of straw. His pursuers surrounded the building and set it on fire. The Emperor was burned alive, and his soul departed to everlasting flames. The tyrant's demise took place after the death of our holy father Basil, but in the same year.
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.
