συνοδικός
March 8 / February 23
2019 (7527)
Cheesefare Week. Ἑβδομάς τῆς Τυρινῆς
HIEROMARTYR POLYCARP, BISHOP OF SMYRNA (167). STS. JOHN, ANTIOCH, ANTONINUS, MOSES, ZEBINAS, POLYCHRONIUS, MOSES, AND DAMIAN, ASCETICS OF THE SYRIAN DESERT (5TH C.). ST. ALEXANDER, FOUNDER OF THE ORDER OF THE UNSLEEPING ONES (430)
• The Icon of The Most Holy Theotokos of SOKOLKI (1172) in holy Transfiguration Monastery on the Mount of Sprit (Dukhova Gora) neare Vorskla river, Sokolki of Poltava in Ukraine
• Martyrs of Sirmium (303)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἑβδομήντα Τρεῖς Μάρτυρες
One of two anonymous groups of martyrs at Sirmium (now Mitrovica in the Balkans) included in the Roman Martyrology. This group included a band of 72.
• Martyrs SYNCROTAS, ANTIGONUS, RUTILUS, LIBIUS, SENEROTAS and ROGATIANUS (4th c.) at Syrmium in Pannonia
• Venerables ascetics of the Syrian desert Monks JOHN 约翰 (444) disciple of St Limnios; MOSES 摩西 settled on an high mountain near the village of Rama (5th c.); ANTIOCHOS 安提奥赫 (449) and ANTONINOS 安托尼诺 (5th c.) likewise pursued asceticism with him. Until extreme old age they continued with their ascetic deed, offering an example of spiritual strength, and having surmounted every obstacle
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἰωάννης, Ἀντίοχος, Ἀντωνίνος καὶ Μωϋσῆς
• Venerables Hermit ZEBINUS (Zevinos) 则维纳 of Syria (392) trained monks MARO, KLEMENS, POLYCHRONIUS 颇利赫若尼 (5th c.), MOSES 摩西, DAMIAN 达弥安 and others in the monastic life (5th c.)
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ζεβινᾶς, Πολυχρόνιος, Δαμιανὸς καὶ Μωϋσῆς
• Hieromartyr PROTERIOS Archbishop of Alexandria, and other 6 Martyrs (457)
• Martyrs CLEMENCE and ANTONIUS by sword
Ὁ Ἅγιος Κλήμης ὁ Μάρτυρας
• MANNAN and TIAAN of Aredh-suird (Airiudh h-Uird)
• Hieromartyr presbiter DIMITRIJ Nerovetskij (1887-1919) day of martyrdom, cruelly murdered near derevnya Bajkan, Jenisej
• Hieromartyr ALEXIS 阿莱克西 Nikol’skij, presbiter, priest (1877-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted
• Hieromartyr NICHOLAS 尼科拉 Dmitrov, presbiter, archpriest (1878-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted in prison in Perm
• Hieromartyr MICHAEL 米迦勒 Razhkin, presbiter, priest (1871-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted in Astrakhan’
• Martyr SERGIUS 塞尔吉 Borodavkin, elder (starosta) of church and merchant in Krasnij Kholm, Tver’ (1878-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted
• Uncovering (1998) of Relics of Blessed Elderess MATRONA the Blind of Moscow (1885-1952) who had the gift of spiritual vision and the gift of healing from early childhood and led an ascetic life on her bed of pain // MAY 2 //
Ἡ Ὁσία Ματρώνα ἐκ Ρωσίας
The Blessed Matrona, just like any true Christian zealot, taught people Christianity not so much by words, as by the deeds of her whole life. Physically blind, she taught and continues to teach people true spiritual vision. On March 8, 1998 the appropriation of the holy relics of the Blessed Matrona took place. A year later on May 2, 1999, she was canonized as a Saint of the Church of Russia with Patriarch Alexei II (Ridiger) presiding. At the request of the nuns of the Moscow Pokrovsky (Convent of the Holy Intercession of the Mother of God), who cared for her grave, the relics were transferred to that Convent. From then on the Convent has become a site of pilgrimage for people not only all across Russia, but from all over the world. The nuns carefully collect and write down all testimonies of miraculous help received by people from the Blessed Matrona. Blessed Matrona was an Orthodox Christian in the very deep and traditional meaning of the word. Compassion to people that came from the bottom of her loving heart, her prayer, the sign of the cross, her unfailing faithfulness to the holy statutes of the Orthodox Church were the core of her ardent spiritual life. The nature of her ministry originates in the centuries of godliness and piety. That is why her assistance to people bears spiritual fruit: people become firm in the Orthodox faith, they become attached to the Church outwardly and in their inner self, they actively participate in the daily life of prayer. Matrona is known by tens of thousands of Orthodox people. They call her affectionately "Matronushka". She helps people as in the days when she lived. Those who ask her for intercession soon feel it, and she prays for them to God with great boldness. The life of St Matrona reminds us that all of us are called to a life of holiness and that this is possible for all of us. She was not a nun, never attended a seminary, in fact was an illiterate, peasant woman yet was so filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit that she was able to see people's needs and sins, predict the future, and perform countless miracles even after her death. Blessed Matrona said: "After my death few people will come to my grave, only my closest. When they die, my grave will be abandoned, and will bevisited only occasionally… But many years later people will learn about me and will come in crowds to ask for help in their troubles. They will ask me to pray for them to the Lord, and I will hear and help everybody." Before her death she said: "Come, come to me, all. Tell me about your troubles, as if I were alive, and I will see you and hear you, and help you." Matushka also said that those who would seek her intercession before God would be saved. "All those who ask me for help I will meet after their death, everyone."
Blessed Matrona, you who have great boldness before God, pray for us sinners!
Her parents, Dimitry and Natalia, were devout, honest and hardworking people. They were poor. They had four children: two brothers, Ivan and Mikhail, and two sisters, Maria and Matrona.
• Sainted SERAPHIM (Zenobius) Schemametropolitan of Tetritskaro, Georgia, monk of Glinsk Monastery (1985)
• Repose of Archimandrite AGAPIT Belovidov, of Optina Monastery (1922)
May the Lord be merciful to the ever-memorable servant of God, blessed Agapit, and give him rest in Abraham's bosom, and number him among the just.
• Abbot ALEXANDER 亚历山大 Akimetes, of Constaninople, founder of the order of the "Unceasing Vigilance" (Unsleeping Ones) Monastery (430) // FEB 23 // JUL 3 //
Born to the nobility. Studied in Constantinople. Soldier and officer in the imperial army for four years. Adult convert to Christianity who read himself into the faith, and took his example from the words of Christ to the young rich man - he sold all his goods and became a hermit in Syria for several years. At one point he came back to the city; there he burned a pagan temple, and was imprisoned; he spent his time there bringing his jailers to Christianity. Released, he returned to the life of a hermit for several years, but felt called missionary work, and worked in Antioch, but with no success. Founded monasteries in Mesopotamia, Constantinople and Gomon, and at one point led 400 monks. Converted Rabulas, bishop of Edessa. Alexander began the liturgical service in which his monks sang the Divine Office continuously day and night.
• Martyr ANTIGONUS
• BOSWELL (Boisil) (661) Abbot of Melrose in Scotland. Sts Cuthbert and Egbert were among his monks. Both admired him greatly, as did St Bede. His favourite reading was the Gospel of St John
Spiritual student of Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne. Monk. Abbot at the abbey of Melrose, Scotland. Teacher and spiritual director of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne and Saint Eghert. Bible scholar. Had the gift of prophecy. Noted preacher.
• Widow CALLISTA (2nd c.)
• Uncovering (980) of relics of Sainted CELSUS Bishop of Trier (142/150)
• Venerable COSMAS 科斯玛 of Zographou, Mt Athos (1281)
• CRUIMTHER Connrach (Conry or Conrius)
Tradition identifies this saint as a nephew of the great Saint Columcille whose third sister, Sinecha, was mother to Saint Cruimther Connrach. Indeed, she was mother to a number of holy men, one of her sons, Aidan, was a monk, another was Cucuimne, Abbot of Iona, while the other was our saint, Conrius Mocukein. Saint Cruimther/Conrius was also a disciple of his famous uncle at the Columban monastery of Durrow.
• Venerable DAMIAN 达弥安 the Myrrhgusher, a monk of the Monastery of Esphigmenou on Mt Athos (1281) a contemporary and companion of the great Cosmas of Zographou
Ὁ Ὅσιος Δαμιανὸς ὁ Ἐσφιγμενίτης
可敬的达弥安
达弥安是阿托斯圣山埃斯斐格麦努修道院的一名修士，他同佐格拉夫的大科斯摩斯是同代人，也是他的伙伴。他在位于埃斯斐格麦努修道院和希兰达尔修道院之间的萨马雷亚山潜心修行。达弥安于公元1280年安祥地离世。当他离世时，从他的遗体中散发出芳香的气味，持续了40天之久。
Saint Damian lived in the thirteenth century. He was a hesychast on Mt Athos, and struggled in the skete of Esphigmenou monastery, on a mountain called Samareia, between the monasteries of Hilandar and Esphigmenou, and also in one of the caves where the Father of Russian Monasticism, Saint Anthony of the Caves (July 10), had lived in asceticism. Having been a true obedient and having kept firmly the injunctions of the fathers, the monk was glorified upon his death by a sweet-smelling miraculous aroma fragrance emitted from his body, which issued from his grave during the course of 40 days. His Life was written by his friend Saint Cosmas of Zographou Monastery (September 22).
• Hosiosmartyr monk DAMIAN 达弥安 the New of Philotheou, who suffered at Larissa (1568)
Saint Damian of Philotheou was a disciple of Saint Dometius (August 7). He was from the village of Richovon (Merichovon) near Agrapha. He went to Mt. Athos when he was quite young, and received the monastic tonsure at Philotheou Monastery. After spending some time there, he withdrew to a hermitage under the guidance of an Elder named Dometius. After three years, he heard a voice telling him to go forth and teach. He obeyed these instructions, preaching in many areas of Greece. He urged his fellow Christians to repent of their sins, to abstain from all vices, to obey God’s commandments, and to devote themselves to God-pleasing works. As he was on his way to a village, Saint Damian was arrested by the Turks and thrown into prison. After fifteen days of torture, he was hanged and then thrown into a fire. Saint Damian received the crown of martyrdom on February 23, 1568.
• Venerable DOSITHEUS 多西德奥 of Palestine (622) a disciple of the glorious Abba Dorotheus who lived in the cenobitic monastic community of the Venerables Serdius, John and Barsanuphius the Great // FEB 19 //
• Departure of St ELIZABETH the Mother of St John the Baptist (1st c.)
• ERCONGATHA (also Earcongotha, Earcengota, Erkengota, Eorcingota, Ercongota or Ercongotha), Abs. at Farmoutier-en-Brie in Meaux, Gaul (Normandy, France) (660)
• FELIX of Brescia (650) the 20th Bishop of Brescia in Italy. He was bishop for over 40 years during which time he was occupied in fighting Arianism and other heresies
Bishop of Brescia, Italy for 40 years. Fierce opponent of Arianism.
• FLORENTIUS of Seville (485) venerated in Seville in Spain
• GORGONIA 高尔高尼亚 of Iconium in Cappadocia, Matr. at Nazianzen, Dcn. (370/372) sister of St Gregory the Theologian
Ἡ Ἁγία Γοργονία ἀδελφὴ τοῦ Ἁγίου Γρηγορίου τοῦ Θεολόγου
She was distinguished for her great virtue, piety, meekness, sagacity and toil. Her house was ever an haven for the poor. She died at age 39 in about the year 372 with the words of the psalm: "In peace I do both fall asleep and expire".
• Italian Byzantine monk JOHN 约翰 the Theristes ("the Harvester") 收割者 of Stylos in Calabria (1049–1129)
He was of Calabrian lineage, born in Sicily. John's Calabrian mother had been captured by the Saracens and brought to Sicily, he contrived to escape to Calabria while still a child, and there he became a Greek monk. He helped to miraculously harvest a large crop ahead of destructive weather, saving the locals from starvation, and gaining the title attributed to him. There he remained until his death of natural causes, in 1129. The monastery of San Giovanni Theristis is entitled to him.
• JURMIN (653) an East Anglian prince, son or nephew of King Anna (634-654). His relics were enshrined at Bury St Edmunds in England
• Venerable LAZARUS 拉匝若 Zographos (the Painter) (867)
Saint Lazarus was a monk of Constantinople, and a skilled painter, who in the time of Theophilus (829-842), one of the iconoclast emperors, busied himself in restoring the sacred images defaced by the heretics. For this he was cruelly tormented by the emperor. Later he was restored to honor and sent as ambassador to Rome. In art, Saint Lazarus is shown with his hands burned but still painting for churches and/or restoring damaged paintings.
• Hieromartyr LAZARUS 拉匝若 of the Peloponnese (1618)
• VM MARTHA at Astorga, Northwestern Spain, Pat. of Astorga (251)
Beautiful Spanish virgin and a true Christian, Saint Martha was beheaded for the faith in Astorga under Decius. Her relics are enshrined in the old Benedictine abbey of Ribas de Sil and at Ters, diocese of Astorga.
• MILDBURGA (Mildburg, Milburgh, Milburg, Milburh, Mildburh or Milburga), Fnder. and Second Abs. of Wenlock Abbey (also Much Wenlock) in Shropshire (720)
• MEDRALD (Mérald, Méraut) (850) monk at Saint-Evroult (Ebrulfus) of Ouche in France. Later he became Abbot of Vendôme
Benedictine monk at Saint-Evroult, Ouche, France. Abbot of Vendome, France.
• MILBURGH (715) the elder sister of St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet in England and the second Abbess of Wenlock
Daughter of Merewalh, King of Mercia, and Saint Ermenburga. Sister of Saint Mildred and Saint Mildgytha. Took the veil from archbishop Saint Theodore. Benedictine nun. Founded Much Wenlock abbey in Shropshire, England, and was abbess there. Miracle worker. Had a mysterious power over birds; they would avoid damaging the local crops when she asked them to.
• Abbess MILDGYTHA (676)
Saint Mildgytha was the granddaughter of the pagan king Penda, youngest daughter of the chieftain Merewald of the Angles and Saint Ermenburga of Kent, and sister to Saints Mildred and Milburga. One tradition holds that she became a nun in Northumbria and that she was buried there. The tradition of the Isle of Thanet maintains that the Mercian princess entered the Minster of Eastry, and succeeded the abbess Mildred; or that the monastery was founded and governed by her mother, whom she succeeded as abbess. The story continues that when the Danes destroyed Thanet, the bones of both abbesses were hidden at Lyming until Blessed Lanfranc translated in 1085 them to his hospital of Saint Gregory at Canterbury.
• Sainted MONTANUS Archbishop of Toledo (531)
• Venerable monk MOSES 摩西 of St Trinity monastery of Belozersk (i.o. White Lake) (1480)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μωϋσῆς ἐκ Ρωσίας
• NAZARIUS Abbot of Valaam Monastery (1809)
• Holy Hieromartyr POLYCARP 颇利卡尔普 Bishop of Smyrna (155) a disciple of Saint John the Theologian
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πολύκαρπος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Σμύρνης
殉道司祭圣颇利卡尔普，斯密尔纳城的主教
颇利卡尔普这位伟大的圣徒出身于异教家庭。神学家圣约安将他皈依成基督徒，并为他施浸礼。早在幼年时颇利卡尔普成了孤儿，贵族出身的寡妇卡莉斯塔在梦中受到启示，将颇利卡尔普收为自己的养子，将他抚养、教育成人。颇利卡尔普从幼年时起就是一位虔诚、富有同情心的基督徒。他努力效仿斯密尔纳城的主教弗科洛以及他早前就知晓的圣徒约安和帕弗罗为榜样。圣弗科洛按立颇利卡尔普为司祭，并在他去世之前任命颇利卡尔普为他的接任者。众主教们在弗科洛的灵柩前按立了颇利卡尔普为斯密尔纳城的主教。从一开始，颇利卡尔普就有施行奇迹的能力。他从一个王子的仆人身上驱走了恶魔，并通过祷告阻止了斯密尔纳城的一场可怕的大火。看到这些奇迹之后，许多异教徒都将颇利卡尔普看成是一个神。他在干旱时期带来雨水、医治疾病，并能够未卜先知、预言等。在皇帝马尔库斯•奥雷里乌斯在位期间，颇利卡尔普遭受了巨大的折磨。圣颇利卡尔普曾经预言道：“在三天之内，我因主耶稣基督的缘故将会被火焚烧！”第三天，士兵逮捕了圣颇利卡尔普，并将他带到法庭受审，颇利卡尔普道：“让这成为我主的意愿。”当法官劝说他否认基督并承认罗马帝国的神祗时，颇利卡尔普说：“我不能以丑陋的代替美好的。”犹太人尤其憎恨颇利卡尔普，并教唆将颇利卡尔普活烧。当颇利卡尔普被绑在木桩上时，他向上帝作了长时间的祷告。颇利卡尔普已经非常年迈，头发花白，但是他却如同天使一般发出耀眼的光芒。人们目睹了颇利卡尔普被火苗焚烧但却安然无恙的情景。异教法官被这种情景吓坏了，他命令刽子手向大火中投掷茅枪刺穿颇利卡尔普。颇利卡尔普被刺后，身上流出了很多血，将火苗熄灭了，但是他的身体仍然是完好无损，没有烧伤的痕迹。在犹太人的怂恿下，法官下令将颇利卡尔普的尸体火化，以符合古希腊人的风俗。这些罪恶滔天的人们不能烧死活人，只能焚烧没有生命的尸体。圣颇利卡尔普于公元167年的圣大星期日那天荣耀殉道。
Associate of, converted by, and disciple of Saint John the Apostle. Friend of Saint Ignatius of Antioch and Saint Papias; spiritual teacher of Saint Irenaeus of Lyon. Fought Gnosticism. Bishop of Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey). Revered Christian leader during the first half of the second century. The Asia Minor churches recognized Polycarp's leadership and chose him representative to Pope Anicetus on the question the date of the Easter celebration. Only one of the many letters written by Polycarp has survived, the one he wrote to the Church of Philippi, Macedonia. At 86, Polycarp was to be burned alive in a stadium in Smyrna; the flames did not harm him and he was finally killed by a dagger, and his body burned. The Acts of Polycarp's martyrdom are the earliest preserved reliable account of a Christian martyr's death. Apostolic Father.
• Hieromartyr POLYCARP of Rome (300) a Roman priest mentioned in the acta of the martyrs for his zeal in ministering to those detained in prison for their faith
• Venerable Abbot POLYCARP 颇利卡尔普 of Briansk (1620-1621)
• Hieromartyr POLYCHRONIUS Bishop of Babylon (Han-al-Mahawil in Irak) (250)
• ROMANA of the Tiber, Anchoress (324)
Daughter of an imperial Roman official, Romana was drawn to Christianity. Around age 16, to avoid marriage, she fled her family home. With the help of an angel, she made it to the cave on Mount Soracte where Pope Saint Sylvester was hiding from the persecutions of Diocletian. She explained to him her desire for Christian religious life; he baptized her and left, leaving her the cave as a home. Her reputation for holiness soon spread, and she attracted so many students that they founded a community around her cave. While such a saint may well have lived in the cave, and such people certainly attracted would-be students and followers, the tales that grew up around her are likely pious fiction that was later mistaken for history.
• Martyr SERENUS (also known as Cerneuf, Sirenus of Billom) the Gardener (303)
It has pleased God to reserve me for this present time. It seemed awhile ago as if he rejected me as a stone unfit to enter his building, but he has the goodness to take me now to be placed in it; I am ready to suffer all things for his name, that I may have a part in his kingdom with his saints. - Serenus at his trial
Serenus abandoned his home and people to live as a hermit in Sirmiun, Pannonia (modern Hungary) where he directed his thought to prayer, his labour to working a garden of fruit and herbs. One day he found a woman and her daughters walking in the garden around noon. He recommended they withdraw, and return in the cool of the evening, but the way he said it led her to believe he was simply chasing them out. The woman's husband was an imperial guard, and he convinced Emperor Maximian to avenge this imagined insult. Serenus was arrested and brought to trial, but simply repeated what he had said, and was immediately acquitted. However, his demeanor led the judge to suspect that Serenus was a Christian, which was illegal. When questioned about it, Serenus admitted his faith. He was ordered to sacrifice to pagan gods; he refused, and was sentenced to death. His story was very popular in times past due to his being a simple man brought to ruin not through any fault of his own, but as a result of the arrogance of the ruling class, a theme which has resonated in many an age, and because many writers and preachers liked to use the metaphor of the garden as an example of a proper Christian life.
• Martyr SYNCROTAS
• Martyress THEA (Thee) by sword
Ἡ Ἁγία Θεὴ ἡ Μάρτυς
• Sainted WILLIGIS Archbishop of Mainz (1011)
Son of a wheelwright. Well educated. Priest. Canon at Hildesheim, Germany. Noted speaker. Chaplain to Emperor Otto II. Chancellor of Germany in 971. Archbishop of Mainz, Germany in 973. Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire in 975. Vicar apostolic to Germany in 975, ordained by Pope Benedict VII. He crowned the infant Otto III as Holy Roman Emperor in 983, and served in the regencies of Empress Theophano and Empress Adelaide. Assisted at the consecration of Pope Gregory V in 996. Participated in the synod in 996, and spoke for the return of Saint Adalbert of Prague, whom he had consecrated as bishop, to his diocese. Worked to insure the choice of Emperor Henry II in 1002, and consecrated the the emperor. Presided at the Synod of Frankfort in 1007. He sent missionaries to Scandinavia, founded churches, built roads and bridges, supported artists and monasteries, and rebuilt the cathedral of Mainz. Though he was known as a brilliant statesman and politician, he was a Church man first, and was also known for the care he took in educating priests, and choosing them for their assignments.
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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