FORGIVENESS IS BETTER THAN REVENGE
NO ONE HEALS HIMSELF BY WOUNDING ANOTHER
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• συνοδικός • August 27 / August 14 • συνοδικός •
2022 (7530)
dedicated in honor of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos .
THE DORMITION : 宿舍斋戒 : Sùshè zhāijiè FAST
Forefeast of the DORMITION
Προεόρτια (παραμονή) τῆς κοιμήσεως τῆς Θεοτόκου
These excerpts are from the church hymns for this day. "Acclaiming the Feast of Exodus in anticipation", "let us praise the honorable repose of the Mother of God": "For the Mother of God, the Golden ark, now prepares to pass over from earth to heaven", and, "For tomorrow the Queen of all, bound for the mansions of Heaven, commits her soul into the hands of the Son". Singing "the Forefeast" hymns and "celebrating the all-splendid memory of your honored Dormition", "Coming to the tomb of the Virgin let us faithful begin striving to offer up divine incense", "at Her divine burial with one mind with the heavenly hosts" "let us sing a hymn at her burial". The Troparion of the Forefeast invites us to gather on this day in gladness, for the Theotokos is about to depart from earth to heaven.
Troparion — Tone 4
Dance with joy, O peoples! / Clap your hands with gladness! / Gather today with fervor and jubilation; / sing with exultation. / The Mother of God is about to rise in glory, / ascending from earth to heaven. / We ceaselessly praise her in song as truly Theotokos.
Kontakion — Tone 4
Today the universe dances with joy at your glorious memorial, / and cries out to you, O Mother of God: / “Rejoice, O Virgin, pride of Christians!”
FEASTS and MIRACLES of OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST and HIS MOTHER VIRGIN MARY THE HOLY THEOTOKOS
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• Exhibition of the VENERABLE CROSS in the Imperial Palace of Constantinople
Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίου Σταυροῦ στὸ Παλάτι
On this day, the 14th of August, we celebrate the return of the Honorable and Life-Giving Cross, which began its procession around the city of Constantinople on August 1st, to the Imperial Palace from which it emerged.
• Icon of the Mother of God “THE CONVERSER” (1383)
The "Converser" Icon of the Mother of God is so named because it depicts the Mother of God and Saint Nicholas of Myra speaking with the sacristan George. This event occurred soon after the appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in 1383, when the Most Holy Theotokos Herself commanded sacristan George to say that they should replace the metal cross on the newly-constructed temple in Her honor at Tikhvin with a wooden one. At the place of this vision a chapel was built in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The chapel burned several times (the first time was in 1390 at the same time as the church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos). In 1515, a wooden church was built and a monastery founded in honor of this holy icon.
• Icon of the Mother of God of NARVA (1558)
The Narva Icon of the Mother of God became famous in 1558 when the Russian army attacked the city of Narva. In one of the houses where Russian merchants had once lived, drunken Germans grabbed an icon of the Mother of God that had been left behind. Mocking it, they threw the icon into a fire under a kettle, in which they were brewing beer. Flames shot out from the kettle and engulfed the roof of the house. At that moment a storm blew up, and spread the fire throughout the city. Taking advantage of the confusion, the Russian army advanced and took the city. The Wonderworking Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, and an icon of Staint Nicholas, were found in the ashes unharmed.
FEASTS of GROUPS OF SAINTS and CONFESSORS of DAY before the 20th century :
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• Martyrdom of Righteous LAZARUS; his wife SALOMI and their children: ABEEM (also Animo), ANTONIUS, HOSEA, LAZARUS, ANIANA, SEMUNA and MARCOLUS; at Antioch (Syria) during the reign of Antiochus, King of Rome (166 B.C.)
• ECHLECH, CUIMMEIN and COEMHAN 3 Sons of Daighre
• Commemoration of the disciples of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk: Monks THEOPHAN, AARON, NICANDER, COSMA and MITROFAN (18-19th c.)
NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• Hieromartyr VASILIY Bogojavlensky, archbishop of Chernigov (1867-1918)
• Hosiosmartyr MATTHEW/MATTHEY ( Mikhail Pomerantcev) archmandrite (1881-1918)
• Martyr ALEXIY Zverev, missionary (1918)
• Hieromartyr VLADIMIR Tsedrinsky, presbiter, archpriest (1918)
• Hieromartyr VLADIMIR Smirnov, presbiter, archpriest (1885-1937)
• Hieromartyr NICHOLAY Tolgsky, presbiter, archpriest (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr ELEUTHERIY of Chimkent in Kazakhstan, schemaarchimandrite (1870-1937)
• Hosiosmartyr ELEUTHERIY Pechennikov, schemaarchimandrite (1870-1937)
• Hosiosmartyress EVA (Aquilina Pavlova), Abbess(1879-1937)
• Hosiosmartyress EVDOKIA Perevoznikova, Nun (1880-1937)
• Martyr FEODOR Zaharov (1874-1937)
• Hieroconfessor ALEXANDER Urodov, archmandrite (1961)
• Venerable FEODOSIY Makkos of Bethany, Archimandrite (1991)
SYNAXIS OF THE NEW MARTYRS OF GEORGIA WHO SUFFERED UNDER THE ATHEIST YOKE (20th cent.)
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• Hosiosmartyr NAZARIUS 纳匝里 Lezhava, metropolitan of Kutaisi and Gaenati (1872-1924) and his companions Priest-martyrs monk HERMAN 革尔曼 Jadschanidse, HIEROTHEOS 耶若德奥 Nikoladze and SIMEON 西蒙 Mtschedlidse and Archdeacon BESSARION 维萨里雍 K'uchianidse (1924) and all New Martyrs of Georgia torn by the totalitarian regime
Metropolitan Nazarius of Kutaisi-Gaenati was born in 1872 in the village of Didi Jikhaishi in Imereti. His forefathers belonged to a long lineage of clergy, and the future metropolitan was nurtured in the Church from the earliest years of his youth.
Nazarius (known in the world as Joseph) received his education at Kutaisi Theological School. In 1892 he graduated with honors from Tbilisi Seminary and began to serve in the Church, first as a deacon and later (from February 9, 1893) as a priest. In 1904, after a series of personal tragedies (first his wife died, then his two daughters), Nazarius was tonsured a monk. On November 4, 1918, he was enthroned as Metropolitan of Kutaisi.
The years 1922 to 1923 marked a difficult period in the history of the Georgian Church. The Bolsheviks razed twelve hundred churches, destroyed much of the Church’s wealth, burnt many rare manuscripts, and persecuted spiritual leaders—particularly Georgian nationalists.
On February 10, 1921, following the Red Army’s invasion of Georgia, the treasures of the Sioni and Svetitskhoveli Cathedrals were carried away to Kutaisi for safekeeping. Patriarch Leonid gave his blessing for four boxes of holy objects to be buried under the porch at Metropolitan Nazarius’s residence, which was located on the grounds of the Bagrati Cathedral.
After the Bolsheviks secured their occupation of Georgia, they discovered where the treasures had been buried and arrested Metropolitan Nazarius. They accused him of agitating against the government and concealing the possessions of the Church. During the court proceedings the metropolitan was asked for whom he had hidden the treasure, and he answered, “For the Church and the Georgian people!”
The court sentenced Nazarius to the most severe punishment—execution by a firing squad—but the sentence was subsequently rescinded. In the end, the Bolsheviks imprisoned the hierarch and confiscated his personal belongings.
In April of 1924 Metropolitan Nazarius received amnesty and was released after two years in prison. He returned to his diocese, which was undergoing many trials. He was not permitted to return to his own residence, but was obliged to live with his brother, while his former home was transformed into a storage facility.
On August 14, 1924, a delegation from the village of Simoneti came to the metropolitan to request that he consecrate their local church. At the appointed time, the metropolitan arrived in Simoneti with his retinue and consecrated the church. That night, a group of Chekists (Soviet security agents) broke into the house where Metropolitan Nazarius and his entourage were staying, bound and beat them, and then dragged them to the village council. Without an investigation, the Troika (a Soviet extraordinary council of three judges) sentenced to death Metropolitan Nazarius and four other clergymen—Priest Herman Jajanidze, Priest Hierotheos Nikoladze, Priest Simon Mchedlidze, and Archdeacon Besarion Kukhianidze. A layman, Axalmotsameni, was also sentenced to death. They were shot to death in the Sapichkhia Forest.
In 1994, with the blessing of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, the full Ecclesiastical Council of the Georgian Church resolved with one accord to canonize Metropolitan Nazarius and the clergymen who were martyred with him. At the same time, the council canonized all the Orthodox Christians who, for their Faith and the independence of their homeland, became victims of the totalitarian regime. They were proclaimed the “New Martyrs of the Georgian Church.”
SYNAXIS OF THE NEW MARTYRS WHO SUFFERED UNDER THE ATHEIST YOKE (20th cent.) • 纪念无神论时期格鲁吉亚全体为正教信仰而被屠杀的新殉道者（20世纪）
MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS before the 20th century
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• ANASTASIUS (11th cent.) Abbot (996-1006) of Pannonhalma in Hungary and then 2nd Archbishop of Eszterzom and primate of Hungary
• Translation of Relics (1798) of Venerable Monk ARKADIY 阿尔喀迪 of Vyazemsk and Novotorzhsk (1077)
On August 14, 1798 the holy relics of Saint Arcadius were placed in a stone coffin, which had served as the resting place of his Elder, Saint Ephraim until 1572.
Saint Arcadius is also commemorated on December 13 (the day of his blessed repose), July 11 (the transfer of his relics in 1677), and June 11 (the discovery of his relics).
• ATHANASIA (Anastasia) the Wonderworker of Aegina (Aigina) Matrona, Widow, Founder and Abbess of Timia Monastery (860) an advisor to Empress Theodora
Married. Her first husband died fighting the Saracens. Her second husband became a monk. Athanasia turned their home into a convent, then built Timia Abbey to house a larger congregation. Her reputation for holiness spread, and she became an advisor to Empress Theodora.
• Hieromartyr CALLISTUS Bishop of Todi, Italy (528)
Zealous opponent of the heresy of Arianism. Preached against the excesses and loose lives of the local nobility - and was murdered by the servants of those nobles.
• Venerable EBERHARD of Einsiedeln, Abbot (958)
• EUSEBIUS Bishop of Emesa
• EUSEBIUS of Cremona in Italy, Abbot in Bethlehem (423)
• EUSEBIUS Priest and Confessor at Rome (361)
• Hieromartyr EUSEBIUS of Palestine, Priest (3rd cent.)
• FACHANAN 法堪南 (6th cent.) the 1st Bishop of Ross (Rosscarbery) in Ireland
• Martyr LUKE (Lucius, Lukios) the soldier
Ὁ Ἅγιος Λούκιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ στρατιώτης
• MARKELLUS 玛尔凯洛 Bishop of Apamea in Syria, martyr (389)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάρκελλος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀπαμείας
Marcellus 在富裕並且著名的父母的賽浦路斯上出生並且他是高度 -- 教育。他進入了婚姻並且有了孩子。當他的妻子死了時, Marcellus 在敘利亞撤退了到修道士生活, 把他的孩子留給上帝的普羅維登斯。他因為他的 Ampamaens 因為其作為他們的主教選了他的同情，溫柔和神的知識變得了著名。作為一個主教， Marcellus 熱心地勞動了變換異教徙到克裡斯琴‧法斯。當崇拜聖像的堂被燒時，聖像崇拜者抓住了 Marcellus , 據說作為一個引起了火，並且關於一年在火燒了他在聖 Marcellus 的生活特別有啟發性的 389 A.D. 是有福氣的水的水和使用祝福被提及在那裡。
The Hieromartyr Marcellus, Bishop of Apamea, was born of illustrious parents on the island of Cyprus. Having received a fine education, he occupied a high civil office. Everyone marveled at his purity of life, mildness, kindness and eloquence. In the year 375, the saint left his wife and children, and devoted himself to a monastic life in Syria. The people of Apamea, having him come to the city on some practical matter, elected him as bishop.
From the account of Theodoret of Cyrrhus we learn that Saint Marcellus received permission from the emperor Saint Theodosius the Great (379-395) to destroy a strongly built temple of Jupiter at Apamea, but the saint didn’t know how to accomplish this. A certain worker promised to help him. He undermined three of the huge columns, propping them up temporarily with olive wood. Then he tried to set them afire, but the wood would not burn. When Saint Marcellus learned of this, he performed the Lesser Blessing of Water, and he commanded that this water be faithfully sprinkled around the wood. After this, the wood burned quickly, the columns fell down and the whole pagan temple collapsed in upon itself.
When soldiers near Aulona in the Apamea district demolished another pagan temple, the saint, watching from a distance, was seized by pagans and thrown into a fire. The killers were found, and the saint’s sons wanted to take revenge. A local Council forbade them to do this, decreeing that it would be wrong to avenge such a death as the saint had received. Instead, they ought to give thanks to God.
• Virgin Martyris MARTINA
• The Holy Prophet MICAH 弥亥亚 of Moreseth (712 B.C.) of the 12 Minor Prophets
Ὁ Προφήτης Μιχαίας
馬拉基亞瑪拉基有猶太並且從他為其被打電話給的 Morasth 的村莊的部落“ Morasthite 。”他是先知艾賽爾，阿摩司，馬拉基亞瑪拉基和猶太的國王少量火腿， Ahaz 和 Hezekiah 的一個同輩人。馬拉基亞瑪拉基斥責了他的人的罪惡並且斥責了假的先知“酒並且強壯的飲料”預言了 ( 馬拉基亞瑪拉基 2:11 ) 。他預知了撒馬利亞的破壞。他也預知了耶路撒冷的破壞, 哪個因為他們的領導人接受，被來的愿望賄賂, 司祭為收益教並且它的先知為錢告訴財富。“當欄位和耶路撒冷將作為堆成為，因此為你的緣故的天國將被耕作” ( 馬拉基亞瑪拉基 3:12 ) 。但是, 所有的他的預言, 最重要的預言伊伊穌。斯耶穌是那, 特別他的出生的地方。他作為伊伊穌。斯耶穌的出生地提及了伯利恆，“其去向前從舊, 從永久” ( 馬拉基亞瑪拉基 5:2 ) 。是否這個先知被猶太人殺死或他是否死了，不確切被知道和平的死亡。“ Morasthite 在猶太的 Hezekiah 國王的日子預言了並且跟說的猶太的所有的人民說話了的馬拉基亞瑪拉基, 這樣說主機的主;像欄位和耶路撒冷將作為一個森林的高地方成為房子的堆和山，天國將被耕作。猶太和所有的猶太的 Hezekiah 國王根本放他至死嗎？他不害怕主並且懇求了主並且主他對他們讀了的魔鬼后悔了他嗎？這樣我們可能取得對我們的靈魂的大魔鬼“ ( 耶[列爾]密。亞耶利米 26:18-19 ) 。然而, 他在他的村莊裡被埋葬並且他的遺物被發現，這被知道, 和先知馬拉基亞瑪拉基的遺物，在皇帝 Theodosius 的朝代期間大根據神秘的展現，Eleutheropolis 的 Zevin 收到了哪個主教。
The Prophet Micah, the sixth of the Twelve Minor Prophets, was descended from the Tribe of Judah and was a native of the city of Moresheth, to the south of Jerusalem. His prophetic service began around the year 778 before Christ and continued for almost 50 years under the kings of Judah: Jotham, Ahaz, and Righteous Hezekiah (721-691 B.C., August 28).
He was a contemporary of the Prophet Isaiah. His denunciations and predictions were in regard to the separate kingdoms of Judah and Israel. He foresaw the misfortunes threatening the kingdom of Israel before its destruction, and the sufferings of Judah during the incursions under the Assyrian emperor Sennacherib.
To him belongs a prophecy about the birth of the Savior of the world: “And thou, Bethlehem, house of Ephratha, art too few in number to be reckoned with the thousands of Judah; yet out of thee shall come forth to Me, one who is to be a ruler in Israel, and His goings forth were from the beginning, even from eternity” (Mic. 5: 2). From the words of the Prophet Jeremiah (Jer. 26: 18-19), the Jews evidently were afraid to kill the Prophet Micah. His relics were discovered in the fourth century after the Birth of Christ at Baraphsatia, through a revelation to the Bishop of Eleutheropolis, Zeuinos.
• Sainted SIMPLICIANUS Bishop of Milan (401)
• Martyr SIMEON 西麦翁 the Goldsmith of Trebizond (1653)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Συμεὼν ὁ Τραπεζούντιος, ὁ χρυσοχόος
For his unwillingness to convert to Islam, after imprisonment and torture, the Turks hanged him in 1653 in Constantinople.
• Translation of the relics (1091) of Venerable THEODOSIUS 德奥多西 of the Kiev Caves (1473) from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (1473) Ukraine. The Relics are kept at Saint Theodosy Far Caves of the Lavra called in his honour
Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Θεοδοσίου ἡγουμένου τοῦ Σπηλαίου
Saint Theodosius of the Caves was the Father of monasticism in Russia. He was born at Vasilevo, not far from Kiev. From his youth he felt an irresistible attraction for the ascetic life, and led an ascetic lifestyle while still in his parental home. He disdained childish games and attractions, and constantly went to church. He asked his parents to let him study the holy books, and through his evident abilities and rare zeal, he quickly learned to read the books, so that everyone was amazed at his intellect.
When he was fourteen, he lost his father and remained under the supervision of his mother, a strict and domineering woman who loved her son very much. Many times she chastised her son for his yearning for asceticism, but he remained firmly committed to his path.
At the age of twenty-four, he secretly left his parental home and Saint Anthony at the Kiev Caves monastery blessed him to receive monastic tonsure with the name Theodosius. After four years his mother found him and with tearfully begged him to return home, but the saint persuaded her to remain in Kiev and to become a nun in the monastery of Saint Nicholas at the Askold cemetery.
Saint Theodosius toiled at the monastery more than others, and he often took upon himself some of the work of the other brethren. He carried water, chopped wood, ground up the grain, and carried the flour to each monk. On cold nights he uncovered his body and let it be food for gnats and mosquitoes. His blood flowed, but the saint occupied himself with handicrafts, and sang Psalms. In church he appeared before others and, standing in one place, he did not leave it until the end of services. He also listened to the readings with particular attention.
In 1054 Saint Theodosius was ordained a hieromonk, and in 1057 he was chosen igumen. The fame of his deeds attracted a number of monks to the monastery, at which he built a new church and cells, and he introduced the cenobitic rule of the Studion monastery, a copy of which he commissioned at Constantinople. As igumen, Saint Theodosius continued his arduous duties at the monastery. He usually ate only dry bread and cooked greens without oil. He spent his nights in prayer without sleep, and the brethren often took notice of this, although the chosen one of God tried to conceal his efforts from others.
No one saw when Saint Theodosius dozed lightly, and usually he rested while sitting. During Great Lent the saint withdrew into a cave near the monastery, where he struggled unseen by anyone. His attire was a coarse hairshirt worn next to his body. He looked so much like a beggar that it was impossible to recognize in this old man the renowned igumen, deeply respected by all who knew him.
Once, Saint Theodosius was returning from Great Prince Izyaslav. The coachman, not recognizing him, said gruffly, “You, monk, are always on holiday, but I am constantly at work. Take my place, and let me ride in the carriage.” The holy Elder meekly complied and drove the servant. Seeing how nobles along the way bowed to the monk driving the horses, the servant took fright, but the holy ascetic calmed him, and gave him a meal at the monastery. Trusting in God’s help, the saint did not keep a large supply of food at the monastery, and therefore the brethren were in want of their daily bread. Through his prayers, however, unknown benefactors appeared at the monastery and furnished the necessities for the brethren.
The Great Princes, and especially Izyaslav, loved to listen to the spiritual discourses of Saint Theodosius. The saint was not afraid to denounce the mighty of this world. Those unjustly condemned always found a defender in him, and judges would review matters at the request of the igumen. He was particularly concerned for the destitute. He built a special courtyard for them at the monastery where anyone in need could receive food and drink. Sensing the approach of death, Saint Theodosius peacefully fell asleep in the Lord in the year 1074. He was buried in a cave which he dug, where he secluded himself during fasting periods.
The relics of the ascetic were found incorrupt in the year 1091. Saint Theodosius was numbered among the saints in 1108. Of the written works of Saint Theodosius six discourses, two letters to Great Prince Izyaslav, and a prayer for all Christians have survived to our time.
The Life of Saint Theodosius was written by Saint Nestor the Chronicler (October 27), a disciple of the great Abba, only thirty years after his repose, and it was always one of the favorite readings of the Russian nation. The Life of Saint Theodosius is found under September 28.
• Martyr URSICIUS (Ursicinus) 邬尔西基 of Illyricum (304) a tribune of the imperial army from Illyrium, was beheaded under Diocletian at Nicomedia
Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐρσίκιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Righteous WERENFRID of Arnheim, presbiter, enlightener Frisians in Holland (760)
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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