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ST. CYRIL, ARCHBISHOP OF JERUSALEM (386). MARTYRS TROPHIMUS AND EUCARPUS OF NICOMEDIA (300). ST. ANANIAS (ANINAS), PRESBYTER AND MONK, OF THE EUPHRATES
Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή • GREAT 40 DAYS • Μεγάλη Νηστεία • GREAT FAST
DAY 21. 3rd Sunday of the Great Lent. ADORATION OF CROSS
Γ' Κυριακὴ τῶν Νηστειῶν (Σταυροπροσκυνήσεως)
The Third Sunday of Lent is that of the Veneration of the Cross. The cross stands in the midst of the church in the middle of the lenten season not merely to remind men of Christ’s redemption and to keep before them the goal of their efforts, but also to be venerated as that reality by which man must live to be saved. "He who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me" (Mt.10:38). For in the Cross of Christ Crucified lies both "the power of God and the wisdom of God" for those being saved (1 Cor.1:24). For the catechumens of the early church, and the faithful preparing for Pascha today, the spiritual theme starts to change from personal faith, and personal effort, to Christ. The Church teaches that it is Christ's cross that saves. One cannot take up his own cross and follow Christ unless one has Christ's cross which he took up to save mankind. Partaking of this tree, one will no longer die, but will be kept alive. This is done to refresh, reassure and to encourage those participating in Great Lent. The Church equates the appearance of the cross at this time to the banners and symbols that precede the return of a victorious king. The Epistle reading is from Hebrews 4:14-5:6 and explains Christ's priesthood, and the Gospel lesson from Mark 8:34-9:1 ends with And He said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you that there are some standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God present with power."
• Martyrs TROPHIMUS 特若斐默 and EUCARPUS 艾弗卡尔普 soldiers of Nicomedia (300)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εὐκαρπίων καὶ Τρόφιμος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς Μαρτυρήσαντες
• Martyrdom of Sts ABRIANUS; his wife AMRATA; EUSEBIUS; ARMANIUS; and 40 Martyrs
• MM MARY, APRILIS, SERVULUS and 23 Companions at Nicomedia
• 1 000 MM at Nicomedia (302) beheaded after false denunciations against Christians were made at the instigation of the court
• 10 000 Martyrs of Nicomedia (Myriads of Holy Martyrs) by the sword
Οἱ Ἅγιοι μύριοι Μάρτυρες
• Hieromartyrs bishop NARCISSUS and his deacon FELIX (307) honoured as martyrs in Gerona in Catalonia in Spain
Born to he nobility. Priest, preacher and bishop of Gerona, Spain in the early 4th century. During the persecutions of Diocletian he fled to modern Augsburg, Germany with his deacon, Saint Felix of Gerona. There they befriended Saint Afra of Augsburg. Returning to Gerona, he and Felix were arrested and martyred. Legend associates him with the miracle of the flies which led to some of his patronage topics and iconography. In 1286 the army of Philip II of Burgundy laid siege to the city of Gerona. When the troops tried to desecrate the tomb of Saint Narcissus, it broke open, a cloud of stinging flies emerged, chased the soldiers and caused to much havoc that the French troops fled, leaving the city in peace.
• Repose of Abbot MARK of Optina Monastery (1909)
• Hieromartyr DIMITRY 迪弥特里 Rozov, presbiter, priest (1889-1938) day of death in Bamlag KZ, Izvestkovaja station of Birsk at Amur
• Martyress NATALIA 纳塔利亚 Baklanova, novice of Novodevichy convent of Smolensk Hodegitria in Moskow (1890-1938) day of death in KZ in Mariinsk of Kemerovo
• Hosiosmartyress Righteous nun Mother MARIA 玛利亚 (Elisabeth Pilenko and Kuzmina-Karavajeva, Mary Skobtsova) of Paris, who suffered at Ravensbrück concentration camp, Germany (1891-1945) noblewoman, poet, nun, and member of the French Resistance during World War II // JUL 20 //
She encouraged hospitality and love of one's neighbor, often in the most uncompromising of terms. She considered this to be the foundation of the Christian gospel, and she embodied it in her life. On March 30, 1945 — Great, Holy and Good Friday that year — Mother Maria was selected for the gas chambers, in which she perished the following day, on Great and Holy Saturday. Accounts are at odds about what happened. According to one, she was one of the many selected for death that day. According to another, she took the place of another prisoner, a Jew, who had been chosen. Although perishing in the gas chamber, she did not perish in the Church's memory. Survivors of the war who had known her would again and again draw attention to the ideas, insights and activities of the unusual nun who had spent so many years coming to the aid of people in desperate straights. She was glorified by the Church of Constantinople on January 16, 2004, along with her companions, Priest Dmitri Klepinin, her son George (Yuri) Skobtsov, and Elie Fondaminsky. They are commemorated on July 20 as Martyrs of Paris.
• Sainted NIKOLAJ Velimirović, Bishop of Ochrid and Zica, Serbia (1956) The New Chrysostom reposed at Libertyville, Illinois
Studied in Alexandria, Egypt. Fellow student with Origen. Bishop of Cappadocia. Imprisoned from 204 to 211 for his faith during the persecutions of Severus. Pilgrim to Jerusalem upon his release. Coadjutor bishop of Jerusalem with Saint Narcissus in 212. Censured for encouraging Origen to teach in churches while still a laymen. Developed a large theological library. Imprisoned again during the persecutions of Decius. When given a chance to save himself by denouncing Christianity, he made a public pronouncement of his faith. He was thrown to wild animals, but they refused to attack him. Re-imprisoned, Alexander died in chains from general maltreatment.
• Venerable ANINUS (Ananias, Aninas) 阿纳尼亚 the Wonderworker (982) of Chalcedon, presbyter and hieromonk, of the Euphrates
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνανίας ὁ Θαυματουργός
奇迹的创造者阿尼纳
阿尼纳出生于卡尔斯顿，他身材矮小，但他却如同旧时的撒该一样，大有灵性和信仰。阿尼纳15岁就从这个世界中隐退，在幼发拉底河的一个小屋居住下来。在那里，他恒切地祷告上帝，以求赦免自己的罪过，起初是同他的恩师马尤姆在一起，自从恩师去世后，他就独自一人潜心修行。他的祷告大有能力，能使枯井重新蓄水、能治愈各种疾病，并能驯服野兽。一个驯服的狮子一直都陪伴着他，并随时为他服务。他还能预见未来。当柱头修士彼奥尼在远离阿尼纳的地方遭受了盗贼的攻击和毒打时，他决定从柱子上下来，并准备上告到法官。圣阿尼纳看出了这位柱头修士的心思意念。于是阿尼纳给彼奥尼写了一封信，由他的那头狮子带给彼奥尼，劝说他放弃这个念头，宽恕毒打他的人，并继续潜心修行。阿尼纳非常的慈善。有一次，新凯撒利亚的主教送给了他一只驴，以便减轻他到河里打水的辛苦，但是他却将这只驴送给了一个穷人，这个穷人向他诉苦他的贫穷；主教又送给了他一只驴，而他又将这只驴送给了别人。最后，主教送给他第三只驴时说，这只驴不仅要用于运水，而且要精心照料，并要将其归还。在阿尼纳临终前，他看见了摩伊息斯、亚伦和埃及的一名修士奥尔向他走来，对他说：“阿尼纳，主正在召唤你，起来同我们一起走吧！”他将此事告诉了他的门徒，而后将灵魂交给他一直服侍的上帝的手中，享年110岁。
• Sainted BRAULIO Bishop of Saragossa (651)
Son of Gregory of Osma, a Hispano-Roman bishop. Monk at Saint Engratia's monastery, Zaragoza, Spain. Studied in Seville, Spain under Saint Isidore. Ordained in 624 by his brother John, archbhishop of Zaragoza. Archdeacon to John. Bishop in 631, and archbishop of Zaragoza. Noted scholar, writer, correspondent, and exceptional hagiographer. Advisor to kings of Spain. Fought Arianism, and converted the Visigoths from the heresy. Attended councils in Toledo in 633, 636 and 638. Collaborated with Saint Isidore to create his encyclopedic work, the Etymologies, which partially led Isidore to be proferred as the patron of computers and the Internet. His eyesight became extremely poor as he aged; we have letters in which he complained bitterly of the loss, as it put a stop to his studies.
• Holy CAEMHÁN
• COMMANETH of Kilcomenty Parish, County of Tipperary
• Sainted CYRIL 基里尔 Archbishop of Jerusalem (386)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων
圣基里尔，耶路撒冷的总主教
基里尔出生于君士坦丁大帝在位期间，并于德奥多西大帝在位期间（公元315－386）去世。基里尔于公元346年被任命为司祭，并于公元350年接任有福的玛克西默的职务，成为耶路撒冷的牧首。他曾经三次被废黜，并遭到流放；直到德奥多西执政时才得以恢复其原职，在平安中渡过了最后8年，而后安息主怀。基里尔曾经历了两次大的挑战：第一次就是对抗阿里乌斯异教徒，在君士坦丁的儿子康斯坦蒂乌斯在位时，阿里乌斯异教徒逐渐变得有势力；第二次就是对抗叛教者犹利安统治期间的犹太人。在阿里乌斯异端占据优势的时候，在圣灵降临节那天，天空中出现了一个十字架，比太阳更明亮，它覆盖的范围遍及整个耶路撒冷和橄榄山，从早晨9点开始，一直持续了几个小时。耶路撒冷的所有民众都看到了这个场面。大力支持东正教，并抵抗异端的皇帝康斯坦蒂乌斯也得到了有关这个现象的报告。在叛教者犹利安统治期间，也出现了同样的景观。为了羞辱基督徒，犹利安说服犹太人着手重建所罗门殿。基里尔向上帝祷告，不要成全此事。之后，一场可怕的地震摧毁了新建立的殿。犹太人接着再次修建，而后，又发生了一场地震，这次地震不仅摧毁了修建的部分，而且将原有的石头都翻到地基之下了。因此，这就应验了主的话：“将来在这里，没有一块石头留在石头上不被拆毁了（玛特泰福音／太／玛24：2－路喀福音／路加21：6）”。在基里尔的众多著作中，《讲道问答》是一部保存至今的作品，这部作品肯定了正教信仰及其仪式。这位圣人既是一位出众的主教，也是一位伟大的修行者。他温和、谦卑，由于戒斋致使其身体感到疲惫和虚弱。他为东正教信仰而勤劳工作，并进行了崇高的斗争，之后安然离世，得以进入上帝永生的国度。
Raised a Christian in Jerusalem. Well educated, especially in religion. Priest, ordained by Saint Maximus. A great teacher of catechumens, Cyril's instructions are still source documents for the Church's early teachings. Bishop of Jerusalem in 348. Exiled three times by the Arians, usually on some trumped up charge like selling church furniture, but actually on theological grounds. Attended the Council of Seleucia in 359. Attended the Council of Constantinople in 381. Greek Father of the Church.
• Venerable archmandrite CYRIL 基里尔 of Astrakhan (1576)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κύριλλος τοῦ Ἀστραχάν
• Venerable monk DANIEL 达尼伊尔 of Egypt (576)
The Monk Daniel asceticised in Egypt in the 6th c. At the instigation of the devil they accused him of profligacy, and he endured without complaint all the unjust abuse, taking comfort in the words of the Lord: "Blessed are ye, when men shalt revile you... and shalt say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake" (Mt. 5: 11). The saint was the teacher of the Monk Anastasias the Patrician (10 March).
• EDWARD 爱德华 the Martyr (978) the son of Edgar the Peaceful, he became King of England at the age of 13, in 978 he was murdered by plotters at Corfe and buried in Wareham in Dorset. He was at once acclaimed as a martyr. His relics are venerated in an Orthodox church in Surrey to this day // MAR 18 // FEB 13 UNCOV REL // JUN 20 ELEVATION REL // TR REL SEP 3 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐδουάρδος βασιλέας τῆς Ἀγγλίας
Son of King Edgar the Peaceful, and ÆthelflÆd. On Edgar's death in 975, there was a disputed succession between Edward and his younger half-brother, Æthelred, Edgar's son by Ælfthryth, but Edward was chosen King of England at age 13; he reigned less than three years. Killed at the behest of his step-mother Elfrida so her son could take the throne, and popularly proclaimed a martyr.
• EGBERT (720) a monk at Ripon in England, where his relics were venerated
• Martyr FELIX of Gerona, Catalonia, Spain (720) Deacon
• FINAN of Aberdeen (595) Disciple of Saint Kentigern (Mungo)
• FREDIANO (Frigidanus, Frigdianus) Bishop of Lucca (588)
Sometimes confused with Saint Finnian of Moville. Son of King Ultach of Ulster, Ireland. Educated in Irish monasteries. Priest. After a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy he settled as a hermit on Mount Pisano. Bishop of Lucca in 566, though he often left the city to spend days in prayer and solitude. Formed the clergy of his see into a community of canons regular. Rebuilt the cathedral in Lucca after it was burned by the Lombards. The River Serchio frequently flooded the town of Lucca. Legend says that when the citizens called on Frigidian for aid, he asked for a rake or hoe, prayed over it, ordered the river to follow him, then dug new, safe course for the river by dragging the tool through the dirt.
• LEOBARD (Leopardo, Leobardo, Leobardus, Liberd) of Tours (593) spiritual student of St Gregory of Tours. Hermit for over 20 years near Marmoutier, France
• Sainted TETRICUS 泰特里科 bishop of Langres in Gaul (572) the uncle of St Gregory of Tours and the son of St Gregory, bishop of Langres. Tetricus succeeded to the see upon his father's passing, a custom in that era
Tetricus came from a noble Gallo-Roman senatorial family, his father was Gregor of Langres. Tetricus was one of his three sons and the only one known by name. He succeeded his father 539/540 as Bishop of Langres and is said to have held this office for 33 years. Like his father, he resided chiefly in Dijon. Tetricus participated in the Fifth Council of Orleans (549) and The Council of Paris (552). According to Gregory of Tours, who was a later relative of Tetricus, the Merovingian king Chilperic I had a dream in which Tetricus with Agroecula of Chalon and Nicetus of Lyon appeared to the king.
(Mark. 8, 34 – 9, 1)
The Cross is not plain.
It has something sweet, joy
Sunday of the Adoration of the Holy CrossToday, the third Sunday of Great Lent, the Church dedicates its adoration to the Holy Cross. We worship the Cross, but with the Cross there are also always flowers. There, the place where Christ was crucified, there was a garden with basil and flowers. For this reason, wherever the Cross is, there is also the basil and usually flowers. The Cross isn’t plain, and drab, but it also has something sweet, something very joyful. This is not accidental. Christ felt pain, was afflicted, poured out his blood, but within all of this pain came the salvation of man, came joy. And all of this came from God for the salvation, for the joy, of man.
Man, however, must pick up his cross. And man’s Cross isn’t simply life’s difficulties, though these help you to grieve for sin. The more someone is crucified, is in pain, and grieves for his sin, the more grace comes: he is set free, is liberated. These go together. It is necessary, however, for man to take the right stance. To accept whatever cross God allows, and to take refuge in Christ, in order to help him lift his Cross with the hope of salvation. However much man doesn’t want to suffer, to hurt, or to be crucified together with Christ, this much is he also unhappy.
On this day, we venerate the Cross. We become one with Christ, and in this way we gain strength to continue on, in order to traverse the remaining weeks of Great Lent.
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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