συνοδικός
June 24 / June 11
2019 (7527)
HOLY APOSTLES BARTHOLOMEW AND BARNABAS (1ST C.)
2nd Week after Pentecost. The beginning of the Apostolic Fast of Sts Peter and Paul
开始圣使徒斋期 Beginning of APOSTLES' (Peter & Paul) FAST // 2019 //
The Orthodox Church has four main fasting periods. They are: the Nativity Fast before Christmas, Great Lent before Pascha, the Dormition of the Mother of God fast before the feast of the Dormition on August 15th and the Apostle's Fast from the Monday after All Saints Sunday until the feast of Ss Peter and Paul on June 29th. This fast can be longer or shorter depending on when Pascha falls. Tradition tells us that the apostles undertook this fast in order to prepare themselves to go out and preach the Gospel after Christ's Ascension into heaven and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Some people criticize the Church's fasts, saying they are man-made rules but this is not the case. In the second chapter of Saint Mark's Gospel, when the Pharisees criticize our Lord's apostles for not fasting, Jesus says: Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day (Mk 2:19-20). In other words, fasting is not appropriate when Jesus is with his apostles, but that is when our Lord returns to Heaven his disciples (including all of us) will fast. But why does Jesus want us to fast? Because it gives us spiritual strength. Once when the apostles asked our Lord why they had not been able to cast a demon out of a young boy and heal him, Jesus said: … this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting (Mt 17:21). So fasting is important and for all of us. But we must be very careful not to fast only from certain foods and think that we are virtuous because of this. Even if we fast strictly, if our hearts are filled with judgement, lack of forgiveness, self-righteousness, grudges, etc. then our fasts are not pleasing to God. So in whatever way we fast, let our fasting come out of love for God and neighbor.
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "IT IS TRULY MEET" ("Axion Estin") (982)
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ «Ἄξιόν Ἐστιν» ἐν Ἁγίῳ Ὄρει
A monk on the Holy Mountain was chanting the ancient hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos, "More honorable than the Cherubim..." (composed by St Cosmas the Hymnographer) in his cell, when the Archangel Gabriel appeared to him, disguised as a monk. The angel chanted the same hymn, but began it differently: "It is truly meet to call thee blessed, the Theotokos, the ever-blessed and most pure and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim..." Amazed at the hymn's beauty, the monk asked the stranger to write it down for him: the Angel inscribed it on a stone tablet with his finger, then vanished from sight. The tablet was brought to Constantinople and shown to the Emperor and the Patriarch as proof of the miracle. From that time, this version of the hymn began to be sung in the Divine Liturgy, as it is to this day.
• Commemoration of the Appearance of the Archangel Gabriel to a Monk on Mt Athos and the Revelation of the Hymn "It Is Truly Meet..." 纪念阿克西昂•埃斯汀圣像以及在尼科拉•克里索维杰斯担任牧首期间（公元983－996年）该圣像出现的奇迹
奇迹是这样的：有一天，潘托克拉托修道院（现在叫做阿克西昂•埃斯汀修道院，根据该圣像的名字命名）的一个修士正在圣像前诵读《圣母赞词》：“你的荣耀高于革鲁宾”。当时他的长老去了卡耶斯。正在这时，一个人出现在教堂，唱道：“称你为有福，确实是理所当然的…”，当时，这段赞词在教会中并不被人知晓。当这个修士听到这段赞词之后感到非常紧张，不仅是因为这段赞词的内容，同时也因为这来自天国的优美歌声。长老对这个修士说：“我们就是以这种方式咏唱。”这个修士希望将这段赞词写下来，并带来一块板子，这个陌生人用他的手指写下了这段赞词，仿佛在蜡上写的一般。突然这个人消失了。这个陌生人就是天使长迦百列。这块板子被带到了君士坦丁堡，而这段赞美诗在教会中一直传唱至今。
The “It is Truly Meet” Icon of the Mother of God is in the high place of the altar of the Cathedral at the Karyes Monastery on Mount Athos. During the reign of Emperors Basil and Constantine Porphyrogenitos, and the patriarchate of St Nicholas Chrysoberges in the tenth century, a certain Elder and his disciple lived near Karyes. One Saturday night, the Elder went to the Karyes Monastery for the all-night Vigil. Before leaving, he instructed his disciple to remain behind and read the service in their cell. As it grew dark, the disciple heard a knock on the door. When he opened the door, he saw an unknown monk who called himself Gabriel, and the disciple invited him to come in. They stood before the icon of the Mother of God and read the service together with reverence.
During the Ninth Ode of the Canon, the disciple began to sing “My soul magnifies the Lord…” and then recited the line, “More honorable than the Cherubim….”
The stranger began to sing the next verse, “For He has regarded the low estate of His handmaiden….,” but then began to chant something the disciple had never heard before, “It is truly meet to bless Thee, Oh Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God…” Then the stranger continued with, “More honorable than the Cherubim.…”
While the hymn was being sung, the Icon of the Theotokos shone with a heavenly light. The disciple was moved by the new version of the familiar hymn, and asked his guest to write the words down for him. When the stranger asked for paper and ink, the disciple said that they did not have any. The stranger took a tile from the roof and wrote the words of the hymn on its surface with his finger. The disciple knew then that this was no ordinary monk, but the Archangel Gabriel. The angel said, “Sing in this manner, and all the Orthodox as well.” Then he disappeared from the room, and the Icon of the Mother of God continued to radiate light for some time afterward. The Icon of the Mother of God, before which the hymn “It Is Truly Meet” was first sung, was transferred to the Monastery at Karyes. The tile, with the hymn written on it by the Archangel Gabriel, was taken to Constantinople when St Nicholas Chrysoberges was Patriarch. Numerous copies of the “It Is Truly Meet” Icon are revered in Russian churches. At Galerna Harbor in St Petersburg, a church with five cupolas was built in honor of the Merciful Mother of God, and a grace-bearing copy of the “It Is Truly Meet” icon sent from Athos was put into the church.
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of ABUL (1870)
Icon named in honour of city of Abul in Portugal where it were translated from Serbia in 16th century. Icon were glorified after 1870 when the blind girl were healed by the Holy Icon. The Day of Healing, June 24 ( June 11), became a Day of Feast of Icon.
Feast of the 222 Martyrs of China, Killed During the Boxer Rebellion on 11/24 June 1900: Hieromartyr Metrophanes, the first Chinese priest, and the Chinese New Martyrs of the Boxer Uprising, at Peking and other places
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βαρθολομαῖος καὶ Βαρνάβας οἱ Ἀπόστολοι
圣徒巴多罗买
巴多罗买是十二圣徒之一。很有可能巴多罗买与拿但业是同一个人。巴多罗买同圣徒腓力以及腓力的妹妹－童女玛利亚姆娜一起传讲福音，他也曾同神学家圣约安一起传讲福音。巴多罗买起初在亚洲传讲福音，之后在印度，最后来到了亚美尼亚，并在那里殉道而死。在耶拉颇利，这些圣徒用祷告使异教徒神殿中的大毒蛇死亡，他们将这只毒蛇放在神殿中敬拜。同是在耶拉颇利，通过祷告，圣徒们将失明40年的斯塔丘斯恢复了视力。耶拉颇利的暴民起来攻击圣徒，将腓力和巴多罗买钉在十字架上（巴多罗买被头朝下脚朝上钉死）。就在当时，发生了一场地震，邪恶的法官和许多人都被砸死。许多人认为这是上帝的审判，于是他们将圣徒的尸体从十字架上取下来，当时腓力已经死亡，而巴多罗买仍活着。在这之后，巴多罗买前往印度，在那里传讲福音，并将玛特泰福音／太／玛翻译成印度语。后来，巴多罗买来到了亚美尼亚，在那里治愈了国王患有精神病的女儿。国王的兄弟阿斯蒂亚杰斯非常嫉妒，抓住了巴多罗买，将他钉在十字架上，割刮他的皮肤，最后在亚美尼亚的阿尔巴诺波利斯（德本德）将巴多罗买斩首。基督徒们将巴多罗买的尸体放在铅做的棺柩里，将其荣耀地安葬。由于巴多罗买的圣髑曾经多次出现奇迹，一些异教徒将棺柩投入到大海中。但是海水将棺柩冲到里帕拉岛，那里的主教阿伽佗在梦中得到默示发现了这个棺柩，并将其安置在教堂中。圣巴多罗买身穿白色的衣服在教堂中向赞美诗作者－荣耀的约熙福显现，并用福音为他祝福：他可能会编写属灵赞美诗：“让天国智慧之水从你的口里流出！”巴多罗买还向皇帝阿纳斯塔西（公元491－518年）显现，对他说他将会保护新建立的城市达拉。后来，这位伟大的圣徒的圣髑被转移到贝内文托，之后又被转移到罗马。伟大的、令人敬畏的巴多罗买的圣髑经常创造奇迹。
圣徒巴拿巴
巴拿巴是七十圣徒之一。巴拿巴出生于塞浦路斯的一个富有家庭，属于利未族。他同扫罗一起学习，同属于迦玛列的学生。起初圣徒的名字是约熙福，后来叫做巴拿巴－即安慰之子，因为他能够出奇地安慰很多人的灵魂。在扫罗皈依基督教之后，巴拿巴首先将扫罗介绍给众圣徒，之后，同帕弗罗（扫罗）和玛尔克一起在安提约希亚及其他地区传讲福音。很有可能他是第一个在罗马和米兰讲道的圣徒。巴拿巴在塞浦路斯岛被犹太人杀死，玛尔克在萨拉米斯城的西门外将其安葬，在他的胸前手捧着由自己手抄下来的《玛特泰福音／太／玛》。巴拿巴的坟墓几百年不被人知晓，因为在他坟墓之地治愈了不少病人，由此该地方被称为“健康之地”。在泽诺皇帝在位期间以及在卡尔西顿大公会议召开时（公元451年），圣徒曾经连续三个晚上在梦中向塞浦路斯的总主教安特米乌斯显现，向他揭示坟墓的地点。圣徒显现的时期，当时渴望权利的安提约希亚牧首裴特若欲想使塞浦路斯教会处在安提约希亚教会的管辖之下。圣徒巴拿巴创造奇迹的圣髑被发现之后作了如下规定：作为圣徒教会的塞浦路斯教会应该是独立的。这样，塞浦路斯教会的独立由此而被确立。
• Martyrdom of St ANBA AMOUN (Ammon) and Righteous SOPHIA under Emperor Diocletian (2-3rd c.)
• Martyrdom of St SHENOUSI (Susita, Shenusi or Sanusi) of Belkim and of St MARIAM of Shoubra at Antinoe under Emperor Diocletian (2-3rd c.)
• Brothers MM FELIX and FORTUNATUS (296) born in Vicenza in Italy, who suffered under Diocletian in Aquileia
• Martyr THEOPEMPTUS and 4 others
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόπεμπτος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες
• Sainted LUKE (Valentin Voino-Yasenetsky) Bishop and Wonderworker of Simferopol and Crimea
Ὁ Ἅγιος Λουκᾶς Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κριμαίας
• BARDO (Bardon) Archbishop of Mainz (982-1053) // JUN 23 //
Born in Oppershofen in Germany, he became a monk at Fulda. In 1029 he became Abbot of Werden on the Ruhr and in 1031 Abbot of Hersfeld and also Archbishop of Mainz. He was noted for his ascetic life, his love for the poor and for animals.
• BARNABAS 瓦尔纳瓦 abbot of Vetluga (1445)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαρνάβας τῆς Βετλούγκα
• BARNABAS 瓦尔纳瓦 the Ascetic, Wonderworker of Vasa near Limasol in Cyprus (1891)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαρνάβας ὁ ἐν Βάσῃ Κοιλανίου τῆς Κύπρου
• VM BASILLA at Rome (304)
• Monk BASSIAN of Uglich, miracle worker
• BLITHARIUS (Blier) of Seganne (7th c.) born in Scotland, he went to France and settled in Seganne in Champagne
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βλιθάριος τῆς Σεζάννης
Born in Scotland and died in France in the 7th century. Saint Blitharius migrated to France with Saint Fursey, and settled at Seganne in Champagne, where he is still held in great veneration.
• Uncovering of the relics (1572) EPHRAIM 艾弗冷 abbot of New Torzhok (1053)
Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἐφραὶμ ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Hermit HEREBALD (Herband) of Brittany (8th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἐραβάλδιος ὁ Ἐρημίτης ἐκ Βρετανίας
• Repose of IVAN Kirejewski (1856) philosopher, translator of the writings of church fathers
• 3rd Translation Relics to Fère-en-Tardenois of VM MACRA (Magra) at Reims, France (297)
• Martyress MARY of Pergamum
• Hieromartyr MAXIMUS Bishop of Naples, Italy (359) spent much of his service in exile for having defended the Nicene Creed against Arian rulers
• Repose of Righteous Reclusess MELANIA of Eletz and Zadonsk (1836)
• NIPHONT patriarch of Constantinople
• REGHUIL (Ragallach, Regail, Reghuil) Abbot of Bangor, County of Down (881)
9th-century monk and then abbot of Bangor Abbey, County Down, Ireland. He led the house during a bleak period of recovery following a series of Viking raids.
• RIMBERT (Rembert) (830 –888) archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg from 865 until his death
A monk in Turholt (Torhout), he shared a missionary trip to Scandinavia with his friend Ansgar, whom he later succeeded as archbishop in Hamburg-Bremen in 865. He also wrote a biography about Ansgar; Vita Ansgari. Rimbert was unable to successfully complete the mission work to Denmark and Sweden, begun under Ansgar. He obtained market, coinage and toll rights for the city of Bremen in 888 from Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia and thus considerable improved the financial state of the archbishopric. In 884 he personally led a Frisian army against the Vikings and, after the victorious Battle of Norditi was able to drive them permanently out of East Frisia. Rimbert is revered as a saint particularly in Frisia. After Ansgar, epithetised the Apostle of the North, Rimbert is revered as the Second Apostle of the North, besides the missionary Sigfrid of Sweden.
• Saint Mac Tail of Kilcullen (5-6th c.) county of Kildare
• Virgin TOCCOMHRACHT (Tocomra, Tocomracht or Tochumra) of the diocese of Kilmore
A holy virgin venerated in Kilmore in Ireland. She was called on by women in labour.
• Virgin TOCHUMRA of Tuam
She was titular saint of the parish of Tochumracht, in the diocess of Fenabore, otherwise called Killfenora; the cathedral of which bears the name of St. Fachnan, who seems to have been the first bishop of this see, which is situated in Munster; but since the year 1660 is annexed to the archbishopric of Tuam.
• Holy New Martyr ZAFEIRIOS of Halkidiki (1821)
• Daughter of Laisren of Caillcole or Cillcule
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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