συνοδικός
May 19 / May 6
2019 (7527)
RIGHTEOUS JOB THE LONG-SUFFERING. MARTYRS BARBARUS THE SOLDIER, BACCHUS, CALLIMACHUS, AND DIONYSIUS, IN MOREA (362). MARTYR BARBARUS THE FORMER ROBBER IN EPIRUS (9TH C.). VEN. JOB, ABBOT AND WONDERWORKER OF POCHAIV (1651)
4th Sunday of Pascha: THE PARALYZED MAN // 2019 //
Κυριακή του Παραλύτου
On this day the Church remembers the man who lay by the Sheep's Pool in Jerusalem for thirty-eight years, waiting for someone to put him into the pool. The first one to enter the pool after an angel troubled the water would be healed of his infirmities, but someone always entered the pool before him. Seeing the man, the Lord felt compassion for him and healed him. The Kontakion for this Fourth Sunday of Pascha asks Christ to raise up our souls, "paralyzed by sins and thoughtless acts."
(John 5:1-15)
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 这事以后，到了犹太人的一个节期。耶稣就上耶路撒冷去。 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda,having five porches. 在耶路撒冷，靠近羊门，有一个池子，希伯来话叫作毕士大，旁边有五个廊子。 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. 里面躺着瞎眼的，瘸腿的，血气枯干的，许多病人。（有古卷在此有等候水动 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. 因为有天使按时下池子搅动那水，水动之后，谁先下去，无论害什么病，就痊愈了）。 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. 在那里有一个人，病了三十八年。 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” 耶稣看见他躺着，知道他病了许久，就问他说，你要痊愈吗？ The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” 病人回答说，先生，水动的时候，没有人把我放在池子里。我正去的时候，就有别人比我先下去。 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” 耶稣对他说，起来，拿你的褥子走吧。 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath. 那人立刻痊愈，就拿起褥子来走了。 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.” 那天是安息日，所以犹太人对那医好的人说，今天是安息日，你拿褥子是不可的。 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’” 他却回答说，那使我痊愈的，对我说，拿你的褥子走吧。 Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 他们问他说，对你说拿褥子走的，是什么人？ But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. 那医好的人不知道是谁。因为那里的人多，耶稣已经躲开了。 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.” 后来耶稣在殿里遇见他，对他说，你已经痊愈了。不要再犯罪。恐怕你遭遇的更加利害。 The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. 那人就去告诉犹太人，使他痊愈的是耶稣。
RIGHTEOUS TABITHA (1ST C.); TRANSLATION OF THE RELICS OF MARTYR ABRAMIUS OF BULGARIA (1230)
Day of Remembrance for THE VICTIMS OF POLITICAL REPRESSIONS by the Soviet regime; Ukraine // 3RD SUNDAY OF MAY //
Day of Remembrance for those repressed (i.e. arrested, exiled, sent to the camps or shot) during the collectivisation of agriculture (1927-1933), in the forced-labour camps of the Gulag, and shot in their tens of thousands during the Great Terror of 1937-1938. Restoring the Names is our common cause. We also pray for the repose of the souls of the departed servants of God: innocently murdered in the hard times days, endured suffering and torment, who bitterly died in exile and imprisonment, of those their names You, O Lord, weigh themselves. God of spirits and of all humankind, as You trampled down death, overthrowing the evil one and granting life to Your world, will You, Lord, grant rest to Your servant now asleep in death, in a place of light, a place of renewed life, a joyous place, shunned alike by pain and sorrow and sighing. By Thine own Blood, O Savior, Thou hast ransomed mortal men, and by Thy death Thou hast delivered us from bitter death, granting us eternal life by Thy Resurrection. Give rest, then, O Lord, to all those who have fallen asleep in godliness, whether in wilderness or city, on the sea or land, in every place, both princes, priests and bishops, monks and married people, of every age and line, and count them worthy of Thy heavenly Kingdom. Have mercy, O Lord, if it, be possible, on the souls of Thy servants, departed to eternal life in separation from Thy Holy Orthodox Church. O Lord, Seek out the Lost Souls and if it be Possible, Have Mercy upon them, Unsearcheable and Unfathomable are Thy Judgements, O Master, Hold not this my prayer to be a sin, but let thy will be done, unto the ages of ages, Amen.
Here is the special prayer to Saint Varus (Uar) Patron Saint of Reposed Souls outside of The Orthodox Church:
O Holy, wondrous Martyr Varus, who, burning with zeal for the Heavenly King, didst confess Him before thy torturers and didst greatly suffer for Him! Now the Church doth venerate thee, as one glorified with the glory of heaven by Christ the Lord, Who granted thee the abundant grace to approach Him boldly. And now, standing before Him together with the Angels, rejoicing on high, beholding the Most Holy Trinity clearly, and enjoying the Uncreated Light, remember the suffering of our relatives who have died outside the Orthodox Faith, and accept our pleas, and as thou didst intercede for the unbelieving ancestors of Cleopatra and didst free them from eternal suffering, remember those who have died unbaptized and have been buried in an ungodly and UnOrthodox manner, and pray earnestly that they may be delivered from eternal darkness, that we may all, with one mouth and one heart, praise the Most Merciful Creator unto the ages of ages.
Prayer to Archangel Uriel for Repentence of Unbelieving Relatives (Heterodox Christians or Athiests who are still alive):
Archangel of God, Uriel! Beseech our Lord Jesus Christ that He may soften the hearts of my relatives who are sick with unbelief, enlightening their souls with the light of saving knowledge of the Orthodox Christian Church! Through thy all-powerful prayers, may they come to repentance, to belief in the Son of God, Who redeemed all mankind by His Blood. Amen.
• Hieromartyr Deacon JAMES of Numidia and Martyr MARIANUS of Lambesa, Lector (259) beheaded at Lambesa, North Africa
Deacon James in the same church as Saint Marianus, and imprisoned with him at Cirta (modern Constantine, Algeria) in the persecutions of Valerian. Tortured over several days to force him from his faith. During this torment he had a dream that showed him final triumph. Martyred with hundreds of others. His story was recorded by a fellow prisoner who was not killed.
• HELIODORUS, VENUSTUS and COMPANIONS (3rd c.) of 77 Martyrs who suffered under Diocletian. Heliodorus and 7 others were martyred in North Africa, the others in Milan
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἡλιόδωρος καὶ Βενοῦστος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντες
• Venerable Sinaites of Serbia: ROMIL 罗弥洛 of Ravanica, ROMANOS 罗玛诺 of Ravanica, SISOJE 西索耶 of Sinai and Sisojevac, MARTIRIJE 玛尔提里 of Rukumije, GRIGORIJE 格里高利 of Gornjak, ZOSIM 佐西玛 of Tuman and GREGORY 格里高利 of Sinai
Ravanica is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Kučaj mountains near Ćuprija in Central Serbia. It was built in 1375–1377 as an endowment of prince Lazar of Serbia, who is buried there. The Ravanica church is called the birthplace of the new artistic movement "Morava school" because of architectural and artistic features. It is original blend of the Mount Athos and the cross-in-square five-domed model that became standard in the time of King Milutin.
• Martyresses CYRIA, CALERIA (Valeria), MARCIA in Cäsarea in Palästina (304)
• Martyrs BARBARUS瓦尔瓦若 the Soldier, BACCHUS 瓦霍, CALLIMACHUS卡利玛霍 and DIONYSIUS 迪奥尼西 in Morea (362)
殉道者，圣巴巴鲁斯
判教者犹利安在位期间巴巴鲁斯是一名士兵。当皇帝的指挥官巴楚斯带领罗马军队同法兰克人作战时，暗地里是基督徒的巴巴鲁斯随同军队作战。在战场上，法兰克军队一方出现了巨人歌利亚式的英雄人物，他向罗马军队进行挑战，要求对方派遣大将前来战场。指挥官巴楚斯建议巴巴鲁斯前去战场。巴巴鲁斯在心中暗暗祷告上帝，来到了战场，击败了那个巨人。结果，法兰克人都不敢应战，仓惶逃走了。由此，指挥官举行了盛大的庆功仪式，并命令向诸神献祭。在向诸神献祭期间，指挥官发现了巴巴鲁斯站在一旁，当指挥官向他询问时，巴巴鲁斯说出了自己是基督徒的身份。指挥官将这个消息报告给皇帝，由此，巴巴鲁斯遭受了残酷的折磨。但是巴巴鲁斯勇敢地忍受了一切。在巴巴鲁斯受刑期间出现了许多奇迹，看到这之后，许多士兵都接受了基督信仰，其中也包括指挥官巴楚斯，以及卡里马楚斯和迪奥尼西等人。他们三人都因基督之名而遭到了斩首，巴巴鲁斯于公元362年被斩首。他们的灵魂由此得以进入基督永恒的天国。
• Martyrs DANAX, MESIRUS (Mesiurs) and THERIN
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δάναξ, Μέσιρος καὶ Θερίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs DEMETRIUS and DONATUS
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημητρίων ὁ Μάρτυρας
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δονάτος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Monks MAMAS, PACHOMIUS and HILARION
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἱλαρίων, Μάμας καὶ Παχώμιος
• Birthday of Royal Martyr Tsar NICHOLAS II (1868-1918)
• Martyr VUKAŠIN 邬卡辛 Mandrapa, of Klepci, modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina (1943) martyred by fascists during World War II for refusing to acknowledge the local nazi leader Ante Pavelic
He is seen as a testament to the Serbs' strong faith. Mandrapa was a farmer and merchant, born in Klepci (at the time the Ottoman Empire, modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). He and his family lived in Sarajevo and then returned to Klepci, but were arrested and sent to the Independent State of Croatia Jasenovac death camp, for both their Serbian ethnicity and for refusing to convert from Orthodox Christianity to Roman Catholicism. At least two of his nephews are said to have died at Jasenovac before he did. In January 1943, Mandrapa was singled out by a Croatian Ustaše, surnamed Friganović (first name Josip or Mile), who had observed his stoic behavior during the forced labor days and the slaughter of prisoners at night. He was mutilated by Friganović, after his repeated refusals to praise Ustaše leader Ante Pavelić. For as long as Mandrapa could speak, he told Friganović "radi ti, dijete, svoj posao." ("Do your job, child" in Serbian): as a result his ears, tongue and nose were cut, then his eyes and heart were gouged out, and his throat was slit.
• Blessed SOPHIA (Myrtidiotissa in Schema) the ascetic of Kleisoura, Fool for Christ
This holy ascetic, newly glorified in 1911, was born as Sophia Saoulidi in 1883 in Trebizond, Turkey. In 1907 she married, but her husband disappeared seven years later, leaving her with a newborn son. Not long afterward her beloved only son also died. Turning from the world, she placed all her trust in God, spending her time in solitary prayer on a mountain near her town. In 1919 she arrived in Greece as part of the “exchange of populations” between Turkey and Greece. Not long after her arrival the Most Holy Theotokos appeared to her in a vision and said “Come to my house.” When Sophia asked her where to find her house, the Virgin replied “I am in Kleisoura.” Heeding these holy instructions, Sophia moved to the Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Kleisoura in northern Greece, where she remained for the rest of her life. She never took monastic tonsure, but lived in the monastery kitchen. She slept only two hours a night, giving over the rest of the night to prayer. She dressed in old, tattered clothes, but if anyone tried to give her better clothing she would give it away to the poor. Similarly, if anyone gave her money, she would hide it until she could give it to someone in need. She ate very little and showed no interest in food. Worldly people called her “Crazy Sophia”, but those with discernment saw her as a living saint. She was endowed with gifts of healing and prophecy: when visitors would come to her she would greet them by name even if she had never met them before, and would describe their family problems, offering counsel. In 1967 she was healed of a painful, life-threatening illness through a vision of the Holy Theotokos, the Archangel Gabriel and St George. She fell asleep in the Lord on May 6 (New Calendar) 1974, after a long life given over to prayer, asceticism and utter poverty. Her relics are enshrined in the monastery where she spent most of her life.
• Hieromartyr JOHN Karastamatis, Priest in Santa Cruz (1937-1985) martyred by the Satanists
Father John was a sensitive and beautiful soul. At the instruction of Elder Dorotheos, he wrote poems and religious hymns. He was deeply touched by the miracles of the Virgin and the lives of the saints. As a small child, he loved to go to St Nicholas monastery on theislandofAndros, saint whom he loved dearly. An icon of the Virgin from this monastery began to shed blood and myrrh and Father John began to talk about the miracles of Our Lady with greater divine zeal and many people of different faiths become Orthodox. His preaching has angered some who began to threaten him by phone and letters, to cease preaching. But Father John became even more passionate about his ministry saying: “As long as my eyes have tears, I will preach Christ and Orthodoxy.” He advised the faithful to guard themselves against the pitfalls of the Antichrist and not to take the mark. Then the telephone threats on his life become even more intense, but Father John did not worry for anything. In the evening of May 17, 1985 he telephoned the Abbot Dorotheos and asked him about the miracles of the myrrh streaming icon of Blessed Virgin – Myrrhovlytissa, because he wanted to preach a sermon on her for the following Sunday. The next day on May 18, Father John was at home alone with her son Photius. The presbytera (his wife) and their daughter Mary were away from home. The boy went out with his friends, and Father John left to the church to finish his sermon. The boy returned home later that evening and seeing that his father was missing anxiously went to look for him at the Church. There, the boy was faced with a terrible sight: his father was found on the floor slaughtered and unrecognizable… he had been hit in the head with a hammer and his whole body was butchered with knifes. As the police had later discovered, because father John didn’t die right away, the criminals took the cross he was wearing around the neck and hanged him with its chain. The blood poured from his wounds and flooded the floor of the Holy Shrine. The Satanists used his blood to write their slogans and the mark 666 on the walls of the Church. The blessed father John suffered martyrdom in the very place where he was photographed with the cross in his hand, almost prophesizing of what would follow.
• Martyress ANTONIA of Nikomedia
• VM AVIA (Aveze, Aurea, Avoie or Avoye) near Cologne (4-5th c.)
• Martyr BARBARUS 瓦尔瓦若 the former robber in Epirus (9th c.)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βάρβαρος ὁ Μάρτυρας
强盗巴巴鲁斯
巴巴鲁斯犯下了很多罪过，他进行了悔罪，并命令自己用四肢走路以悔罪，这样经过了三年的时间，吃的是狗吃的东西。而后他又在森林中衣不蔽体地露天生活了12年的时间，期间只食青草和树叶。巴巴鲁斯从天使那里得到信息：他的罪过已经获得了宽恕。一些经过森林的商人从远处看到了熟睡的巴巴鲁斯，以为他是一个动物，不是人，他们拉开弓箭向他射去。垂死之际，巴巴鲁斯要求他们将此事通报给附近的司祭。司祭赶到之后，将其荣耀地埋葬。从他的遗体中流出了圣油，治愈了无数患有各种疾病的人们。
• Martyr BASIL
• BENEDICTA (Benetta, Benita, Benedetta, Eulogia or Bettina) Nun (6th c.) of the convent founded in Rome by St Galla, whose repose was foretold to her by the Apostle Peter in a vision
Ἡ Ὁσία Βενεδίκτη ἡ Ρωμαία
Benedicta was a nun of the convent founded in Rome by Saint Galla, of whom Saint Gregory the Great narrates that her death was foretold to her by Saint Peter in a vision.
• CASSIAN Bishop of Narnium (6-7th c.)
• COLMAN of Loch Echin
• COLMAN Mac Ui Cluasigh of Cork (6th c.) professor and prayerful poet in Cork, Ireland. Led his students on a pilgrimage to a small island to save them from plague that ravaged Ireland in 664
This Saint Colman was a professor at Cork. About 664, he wrote a prayer in verse (or 'lorica') seeking protection for the yellow plague that killed one-third of Ireland's population. He took his students to an island in the ocean to escape the pestilence. En route they chanted the prayer, which is believed to be the only extant writing from Finbarr's (f.d. July 4) school at Cork. The prayer was included in Kathleen Hoagland's 1 000 Years of Irish Poetry published November 1999.
• DIMAS
• EDBERT (Eadbert, Eadbeorht) 埃德贝尔特 bishop of Lindisfarne (698)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐαντβέρτος ἐκ Σκωτίας
Monk of Lindisfarne Abbey. Noted for his personal sanctity, his extensive Bible knowledge, and his charity to the poor; he annually gave away a tenth of his goods and property. Bishop of Lindisfarne, England for eleven years; successor to Saint Cuthbert. Even as bishop he would make two 40-day retreats each year to live as a hermit in meditation. Built several churches in the region, and improved the structures at Lindisfarne. Bede wrote about him
• Hieromartyr EVODIUS Bishop of Antioch (64-67)
Evodius is traditionally conceived as one of the 72 disciples commissioned by Jesus. Tradition has him ordained and consecrated bishop of Antioch by one of the Apostles, probably Peter, who it is said he succeeded. It is believed that Evodius coined the word: Christian.
• Great Martyr GEORGE
• GUNDULA of Mailand in Italy (286)
• Venerable HATTA (699) Abbot od St Vaan d’Arras
• Virgin INNEEN of Dromtariff Old Church, County of Cork
According to popular tradition, she was the sister of St. Lateerin, who is likewise popularly known, at Cullin, in that part of the country, and to an older sister, who lived at Kilmeen. It it stated, according to a local tradition, that the angels of Heaven made a road, one night, from Kilmeen through Dromtariff and on to Cullin, so that the three sisters might the more conveniently visit each other once every week. Much obscurity hangs over their history, as their celebrity appears to be merely local; although, the people, in their part of the country, have a great veneration for those sisters.
• Hieromartyr Deacon JAMES of Numidia (259) tortured and beheaded 6 May 259 at Lambesa, Numidia (Algeria)
• Righteous JOB 约弗 the Long-suffering (1900 BC)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰὼβ ὁ Προφήτης ὁ Δίκαιος
受尽苦难的正义之人约伯
约伯是亚伯拉罕的孙子以扫的后代，约伯公元前两千年生活在阿拉伯地区。约伯的全名为约伯巴，父亲是泽雷特，母亲是伯索拉。约伯虽然富有，但是他非常敬畏上帝。在他79岁的时候，上帝通过撒旦使他遭遇种种艰苦的磨难，这些事迹在《约伯记》中有记载。有一天，约伯丧失了他的全部财产、儿子和女儿。之后，一个可怕的疾病临身，他的全身从头到脚长满了脓疮，约伯不得不在市外的垃圾堆上栖身，并用瓦片刮掉身上的脓疮。但是约伯从来没有埋怨过上帝，而是耐心地将痛苦忍受到底。由此，上帝又使他恢复了健康，给予了他比原来更多的财富，又重新赐给他七个儿子、三个女儿。约伯活了248岁才去世，期间不断地赞美上帝、向上帝祷告。基督徒在世要忍受各种磨难，而约伯的遭遇也正是我们学习的榜样，约伯也是主耶稣受难的一个缩影。
This icon of patient endurance in the face of all that God sends us lived near Arabia about 2 000 years before Christ. He was a descendant of Abraham through Esau. His prosperity, his calamitous sufferings, his patient endurance, and his restoration to health and riches are told in detail in the Old Testament book that bears his name. Some say that Job endured his sufferings for seven years before being restored to health and prosperity. Others say that all his sufferings occupied one year. The holy Fathers agree that Job for lived many years after his restoration, and died when he was more than 200 years old.
• Venerable JOB (John Zhelezo) 约弗 abbot and wonderworker of Pochaev (1651) Ukraine
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰὼβ τοῦ Ποτσάεφ
Saint Job of Pochaev was born about 1551 in southwest Galicia of a pious Orthodox family. In his tenth year the Saint departed for the Ugornitsky Monastery of our Savior in the Carpathian Mountains. Tonsured after two years, he was ordained hieromonk about 1580. Renowned for his meekness and humility, Job was invited by the great zealot for Holy Orthodoxy in Carpatho-Russia, Prince Constantine Ostrozhky, to be Abbot of the Monastery of the Cross in Dubno. In his zeal for the preservation and propagation of the Orthodox Faith, and to counteract the propaganda of the Uniates, he printed and widely disseminated Orthodox spiritual and liturgical books. About 1600 he removed to the Mountain of Pochaev where at the insistence of the brethren, he became Abbot of the Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, which he enlarged and made to flourish. Through his labours, a large printing works was founded at Pochaev and greatly assisted in the nurture of the Orthodox faithful in that region. His monastery became the center of the Orthodox Church in western Ukraine. The Saint reposed, having taken the schema with the name of John, in 1651, at the advanced age of one hundred.
In these times when many call for a false union with the enemies of Orthodoxy, let us call upon St Job the Wonderworker of Pochaev to pray for us to Christ God, who is glorified with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen!
• JOHN Damascen, Father of the Church (780)
• JOHN before the Latin Gate (95)
The apostles John and James, the sons of Zebedee, had said to Jesus that they were willing to drink the cup of His passion so that they might share through him the joy of His resurrection. Our Lord responded to them, saying that they would indeed "drink of my cup." (Matt. 20:23). Subsequently James and John did share in Our Lord's passion by being martyred for their faith. Pious tradition has it that Saint John, under Emperor Domitian, was thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil "before the Latin Gate." Hence, this particular feast day. Through a miracle, this torture had no effect on him, and a church in honour of St John was built near the Latin Gate of Rome's Aurelian Wall, at the spot of the miracle's occurrence. Commemorates the attempted martyrdom of Saint John the Apostle in 95. John stepped out of the cauldron without injury, and instead was exiled to Patmos.
• LUCIUS of Cyrene (1st c.)
Saint Lucius was one of the prophets in the church at Antioch when Paul and Barnabas were consecrated for their apostolate (Acts 13:1). It is said that he was from Cyrene, which is the source of the tradition that he was the first bishop of the city in the Ptolemais in Africa.
• Martyr MARIANUS of Lambesa, Lector (259) beheaded in 259 at Lambesa, North Africa
• Venerable monk MICAH (Micheas) 弥卡 (1385) disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh
• Translation (1675) of the relics of St PACHOMIUS 帕霍弥 of Nerekhta (1384)
• PARTHENIUS the Great Martyr, patron saint of Halychyna (Galicia) (3rd c.) relics enshrined at Zhovkva and he is invoked together with his brother St Caloherus
• PETRONAX (747) born in Brescia in Italy, he restored monastic life at Montecassino with only a few hermits who chose him as abbot. He is called "the second founder of Montecassino"
Benedictine monk at Brescia, Italy. Abbot. On assignment from Pope Gregory II in 717, he re-built, re-staffed and re-invigorated the monastery at Monte Cassino, Italy following the Lombard invasions that had left the place damaged and deserted. He served as abbot there, and by the time of his death, the abandoned structure was a center for learning and holiness again. Spiritual teacher of Saint Willibald and Saint Sturmius of Fulda.
• Bishop PROTOGENES of Syria (4th c.) a priest, was banished by the Arian Emperor Valens. He was recalled under Theodosius and consecrated bishop of Carrhae, Syria
• Translation (1238) of the relics of St 萨瓦 SAVA I of Serbia (1235)
• SENNARA (Azenor or Azenora) Matr., Pat. of Zennor, West Cornwall (6th c.)
• SERAPHIM 塞拉芬 of Mt Domvu (Dobou) in Lebadeia in central Greece (1602)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Σεραφείμ
• Righteous TABITHA of Joppa (1st c.) considered the patron saint of tailors and seamstresses, since she was known for sewing coats and other garments (Acts 9:39) // 4TH SUNDAY OF PASCHA //
Saint Tabitha, the widow raised from the dead by the Apostle Peter, was a virtuous and kindly woman, belonged to the Christian community in Joppa. Being grievously ill, she suddenly died. At the time, the Apostle Peter was preaching at Lydda, not far from Joppa. Messengers were sent to him with an urgent request for help. When the Apostle arrived at Joppa, Tabitha was already dead. On bended knee, Saint Peter made a fervent prayer to the Lord. Then he went to the bed and called out, "Tabitha, get up!" She arose, completely healed (Acts 9:36).
• Bishop THEODOTUS of Cyrenia, Cyprus (325) suffered a long term of imprisonment under Lucinius
• Blessed THEOPHYLACT Lopatinsky, Archbishop of Tver, Defender of Orthodoxy (1741)
• VENERIUS of Milan (409) friend of St Paulinus of Nola, St Delphinus of Bordeaux, and St Chromatius of Aquileia. Ordained as a deacon by St Ambrose of Milan. Second bishop of Milan c.400. Supported the Council of Carthage in 401 Supported Saint John Chrysostom in his disputes
• VLADIMIR II Monomakh (Volodymyr Monomakh) Sovereign of Kievan Rus' (1125)
A great Christian ruler, Monomakh’s Crown or "Cap" epitomized the ruling tradition of Kyivan-Rus’ and was later captured and taken to Moscow where it was used to crown the dukes of Muscovy, who were later known as "tsars". He taught his children to pray the Jesus Prayer as the "very best of prayers as it invokes the Name of Christ. " The time of his rule is regarded as Kyiv's Golden Age. He was enshrined, together with St Yaroslav the Wise, in St Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv.
Ἐγκαίνια τοῦ ναοῦ τῶν Ἁγίων Ἀναργύρων ἐν τῇ μονῇ τοῦ Ψαμαθία
SYNAXARION on Sunday of the Paralytic
4th Sunday of Pascha
On this day, the fourth Sunday after Pascha, we commemorate the paralytic who was healed by the Lord, and we celebrate this as a miracle of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
The commemoration of this event is made on this particular day because it occurred during the celebration of the Hebrew fifty days ( between Passover and Pentecost ) .
Christ entered Jerusalem during this time of the Jewish festival, and He went to a place north of the Temple near the Sheep Gate called the Sheep's Pool. Built by King Solomon, this pool was covered by a dome that was supported by five sets of pillars, thus creating five porches. It was called the Sheep's Pool because the sacrificial lambs were washed there before they were offered in the Temple. An angel of the Lord came down at a certain time and stirred the water, and the first person to step into the water after it had been stirred was healed of whatever disease he possessed. Thus, the five porches were crowded with a multitude of sick folk as they awaited the moving of the water.
There Christ found a man who had been a paralytic for thirty-eight years and who, since he was so ill, did not have anyone to help him into the water. From this fact, we can learn how great a virtue it is to wait patiently. Since God was to grant baptism, the cleanser of all sins, He willed in His economy, according to the Old Law, to work this particular miracle through the use of water so that it would be that much easier to accept the mystery of Baptism.
Thus, Christ came to this paralytic, named Jairus, and questioned him, yet we should note that the paralytic did not ask for help. But Christ knew that He would be cured of his disease and said to him, "Pick up your bed and walk!" (John 5:8). Immediately, the ill man was made well and he picked up his bed and carried it on his shoulder to show that his deed was not just a fantasy in his mind, but a reality, and he went home.
Because it was a Sabbath (Saturday), the Jews did not allow him to carry his bed due to rabbinical regulations. But the paralytic brought the Lord Who had healed him before the Jews, saying it was the same One who told him to pick up his bed and walk, though it be a Sabbath, for he did not know who He was. During this time, a great number of people had gathered, and Christ had stepped aside and hidden himself.
However, Christ later found the man in the Temple and said to him, "Behold, you have been made well. Sin no more lest a worse thing come upon you" (John 5:14). Many incorrectly say that Christ said this because this man was going to strike Jesus when He was brought to stand before Caiaphas the High Priest. The striking of Jesus was a worse temptation, and yielding to that temptation would have resulted in the inheritance of the eternal fire of torment, as compared to only thirty-eight years of paralysis.
The Lord particularly showed through these words that the illness of paralysis that had befallen the man was due to his sins. However, not all sicknesses are due to sin, but to the weakness of our nature, gluttony and our trifling deeds.
When the paralytic understood that Jesus had made him well, he reported it to all the Jews. They were infuriated by this and sought to kill Christ, for He had broken the Sabbath. Then Jesus spoke many things and showed that it is right to do good on the Sabbath and that He is the One who stated that the Sabbath should be honored and that He is equal with the Father and that even as the Father works, so does He.
It should be noted that this paralytic is not the same one whose account is related in the Holy Gospel of St Matthew, for that miracle was done in a house, and men who were serving also heard, "Your sins are forgiven"; while this miracle was worked at the pool and the man had no one with him, as the Holy Gospel says. The five porticoes full of infirm men symbolize that the Hebrew race was infirm in its five senses: sight, touch, taste, hearing, and smell. These were the illnesses of the sons of Israel: they were not pure in their sight, for they beheld the miracles and yet disregarded them; they had no taste for being thankful, for they ate manna and desired meat; they did not have a whole sense of smell, for instead of the fragrance of the Master, they longed for the stench of the devil; their hearing was tainted, for they listened to the whistlings of the serpents and disregarded the teachings of the prophets; their sense of touch was useless, for they called their idols gods and rejected the living God.
This miracle is celebrated now because it happened during the fifty days, like the miracle of the Samaritan woman and the blind man. The preceding Sundays, celebrating St. Thomas and the Myrrhbearing Women, were in honor of the fact that they led many to belief in the Resurrection of Christ from among the dead; while these other Sunday commemorations until the Ascension are made because they occurred during the Jewish celebration of those distinguished fifty days. This, in short, is what we have learned from St John the Theologian.
In Thy indescribable compassion, O Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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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