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• συνοδικός • September 5 / August 23 • συνοδικός •
2022 (7530)
dedicated in honor of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos .
Let God’s will abide in everything, but we shall ask for His mercy towards us who are sinful.
Apodosis of the DORMITION : 宿舍斋戒 : sùshè zhāijiè
Ἀπόδοση ἑορτῆς κοιμήσεως Θεοτόκου
FEASTS and MIRACLES of OUR VIRGIN MARY THE HOLY THEOTOKOS
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• Synaxis of PANAGIA PROUSSIOTISSA (Mother of God of Proussa) in Evrytania, Greece (829–842)
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν τῷ Πυρσῷ τῆς Εὐρυτανίας
Πρόκειται γιὰ τὴν εἰκόνα τῆς Παναγίας τῆς Προυσιώτισσας, ποὺ βρίσκεται στὸ Μοναστῆρι τοῦ Προυσοῦ. Τὴ θαυματουργὴ αὐτὴ εἰκόνα τῆς Θεοτόκου λέγεται ὅτι τὴν ζωγράφισε ὁ Εὐαγγελιστὴς Λουκᾶς καὶ ᾖλθε ἀπὸ τὴν Προῦσα τῆς Μ. Ἀσίας (σύμφωνα μὲ τὸ χειρόγραφο 3 τοῦ κώδικα τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Προυσιωτίσσης). Τὴν ἔφερε ἀπὸ τὴν Προῦσα κάποιος εὐγενὴς νέος στὰ χρόνια τῆς εἰκονομαχίας (829) ἐπὶ εἰκονομάχου βασιλέως Θεοφίλου. Στὸ δρόμο ὅμως γιὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα τὴν ἔχασε καὶ ἡ εἰκόνα ἀποκαλύφθηκε θαυματουργικὰ σὲ ἕνα τσοπανόπουλο, μὲ μιὰ στήλη φωτὸς σὰν πυρσὸς – γι’ αὐτὸ πῆρε καὶ τὴν ἐπωνυμία Πυρσὸς – στὸ μέρος ὅπου ἦταν κρυμμένη. Ὁ νέος, ποὺ εἶχε ἐγκατασταθεῖ στὴν Πάτρα, ὅταν τὸ ἔμαθε θέλησε νὰ τὴν πάρει. Ἀλλὰ ἡ εἰκόνα θαυματουργικὰ γύρισε καὶ πάλι στὸ ἄγριο μέρος τῆς Εὐρυτανίας, ὅπου ἀποκαλύφθηκε στοὺς ντόπιους βοσκούς. Τότε ὁ νέος, μαζὶ μὲ ἕναν ὑπηρέτη του, πῆγαν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐκεῖ, ὅπου ἔγιναν μοναχοὶ μετανομασθέντες Διονύσιος καὶ Τιμόθεος ἀντίστοιχα. Στὸ Μοναστῆρι λοιπὸν αὐτό, γίνεται μέχρι καὶ σήμερα μεγάλο πανηγύρι καὶ πλῆθος κόσμου συρρέει γιὰ νὰ προσκυνήσει τὴν θαυματουργὴ αὐτὴ εἰκόνα τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου.
• The Annual Miracle of Panagia of HAROU in Leipsi
Panagia tou Harou is the name of the unique icon which depicts the Virgin Mary cradling the crucified Christ, rather than the Christ child, hence its name (haros in Greek means "death"). This icon is found in the church of St. John the Theologian, Leipsoi (Greece). The annual commemoration of the icon takes place on August 23 when the island of Leipsoi fills with pilgrims from all over the Dodecanese, to witness the procession of the icon around the entire island and see the annual blossoming of the dead bouquet of lilies on the icon. In the 1940s, a lady was praying to the "Panagia tou Harou" icon. Her prayers were answered, and in gratitude placed a simple bouquet of lilies on the icon. These lilies withered but remained on the icon. In the following year, at the leavetaking of the feast of the Dormition (August 23), these lilies blossomed again and gave off a fragrance. Since then, this miracle occurs annually on the day of the feast.
• Panagia FANEROMENI of Nea Skioni in Halkidiki
Locals say that the icon weeps every time something bad is going to happen.
• Panagia NEOMONITISSA of Nea Moni in Chios
According to tradition, three monks, Nikitas, Joseph and John, who lived as hermits in a cave on Mount Provateon, kept seeing a light every night in a forest nearby. Since they could not find its source during the daylight, they decided to set fire to the forest; the fire miraculously stopped in front of a myrtle, which was not inflamed. The icon of Virgin Mary without the Christ Child was lying on its branches. Today this icon is treasured in the monastery and known as Panagia Neamonitissa.
• Synaxis of Panagia AGIOGALOUSAINA in Chios
The Church of Panagia Agiogalousaina is at the entrance of a cavern in the village of Agio Galas on the island of Chios. It is a small Byzantine-style church with a dome. In the interior there is a wood-carved icon screen and frescoes that once covered the entire church that date to 1721. According to tradition, a king (or emperor) exiled to Chios his daughter who suffered from leprosy. The sick girl reached a cave where a black-dressed woman took care of her. After three years the king had deeply regretted his decision and sent guards to bring her back. They found her totally healthy and cured from drinking the stalactite water that dripped in the cavern. Thus, the king ordered to erect a church in the interior, but every morning the workers were finding their tools outside the cave. So, the church was built outside the cave and the wider area was named Agio Galas in the 13th or 14th century, which was previously called Agios Thalelaios. Agio Galas (Holy Milk) received its name from the stalactites in the caverns of the area which drip with white milk-looking water. The church celebrates on August 15th and on August 23rd the locals organize a feast to celebrate the Apodosis of the Dormition of the Theotokos.
• Panagia MALEVI in Greece
• The Monastery of Panagia MAVRIOTISSA in Kastoria
The Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa (Greek: Παναγία Μαυριώτισσα) is a monastery that is built on the spot where troops of Roman military commander George Palaiologos encircled the attacking Normans in 1083. It is believed that the emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081-1118) built the monastery there to commemorate the event and to honor the Panagia to whom he ascribed the victory.
Surrounding the region of the lake of Kastoria there are 72 churches and chapels, Mavriotissa being one of the earliest of them. The monastery was initially named Mesonesiotissa ("in the middle of the island") and in the beginning of the 17th century it renamed itself to Krepenitissa ("of Krepeni") after the name of the nearby village Krepeni. Sometime from the middle to late 17th century it changed its name to Mavriotissa ("of Mavrovo") after the Greek village Mavrovo near Kastoria. The monastery was a significant landowner in the village of Krepeni. It was occupied at one time by many monks. It no longer functions as a monastery and up until recently was in severe disrepair. In 1998 Metropolitan Seraphim of Kastoria undertook a restoration of the monastery and began celebrating services once again. Its feast day is August 23, the Apodosis of the Dormition of the Theotokos, and is celebrated with an all-night vigil in which many faithful attend.
• Synaxis of Panagia KOUTSOURIOTISSA in Erateini of Phocis
The Panagia chose a rocky, steep hill about 800 meters above sea level, near the village of Amygdalia Doridos to have her Monastery built. Before the Monastery was built in 1670, a miracle took place leading to the discovery of her Holy Icon. A Monk of the Monastery of the Archangels in Aigio saw a light that was separate from any other light in its vividness and brilliance, and it always remained at the same spot. This made him wonder with curiosity what the light was. It seemed as if it would be a figure who was illuminated by God. Shortly thereafter his curiosity was satisfied. This Monk saw the Panagia in his dreams who basically told him: "At exactly the spot where you see the light is my icon and I want you to dwell there." These brief words were revealing, and he acted immediately. Going through Corinth into Erateini he came to the spot where he had seen the light. Having descended the steep cliff he came to a cave and at the entrance was a tree, where in its hollow trunk was the icon of the Panagia. A little further inside the cave he built a chapel that still exists today, and there he placed the Holy and Wonderworking Icon. This miracle became widely known and many pilgrims began to come. The Holy Icon became known as the Panagia Koutsouriotissa, after the hollow trunk of the tree where the icon was found. For the convenience of the faithful a church was built at the top of the hill in 1670, with cells surrounding it. It seems that it later became a Monastery which had satisfactory progress until 1825, when it was destroyed by the Turks. It was rebuilt in 1835 with the surrounding cells. This Monastery offered great service to the residents of the area, who fled to the Monastery for protection from the Albanian-Turks who chased them. The church and cells drew extensive damage from the earthquake of June 15, 1995 and with the tireless efforts of the new brotherhood and Metropolitan Athenagoras a new and beauteous church (katholikon) was built in the same place. Panagia Koutsouriotissa celebrates on February 2, Bright Tuesday, the Second Sunday of June (to celebrate the Enthronement of the Holy Icon), and August 23rd.
• Synaxis of Panagia KATHOLIKI in Rhodes
• The Feast of Panagia ENNIAMERITISA (of the Nine Days; Panagia of Naousa) on Paros
This unique festival is a classic case of reenacting of the entire episode of an infamous pirate attack on the island of Paros, which is rather skillfully represented by the enthusiastic locals. There is tons of fun and one can be assured of hilarious and chilling scenes during this unique Pirate Festival.
• The Feast of Panagia ENNIAMERITISA (of the Nine Days; Panagia of Naousa) on Paros
This unique festival is a classic case of reenacting of the entire episode of an infamous pirate attack on the island of Paros, which is rather skillfully represented by the enthusiastic locals. There is tons of fun and one can be assured of hilarious and chilling scenes during this unique Pirate Festival.
• The Hermitage of the Panagia of GRAVA in Patmos
The Hermitage of the Panagia of Grava is built on the west side of Chora in between the hill of Kalamoti and the Evangelismos Convent. It was founded around 1790 from the monk Gregory of Nisyros (April 22), the monk Niphonas and other monks, who fled Mount Athos during the Kollyvades controversy and ended up on Patmos. The small church is dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos and celebrates on the apodosis of the feast, which is the 23rd of August, every year.
• The Church of Panagia FLABOURIANI in Kythnos
Southwest on the island of Kythnos, in the Flabouria bay, there is an important ecclesiastical monument, known as Panagia Flabouriani, built on a cliff. According to tradition, the tracks from the beach to the church are tracks left by the Panagia. The church celebrates its feast on August 23rd.
• "MYKHAYLIVSKA" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos from Velyka (Big) Pisarevka
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of PODOLSK
• Podilska icon of the Mother of God at ZHITOMYR
Synaxis of SAINTS OF ZHYTOMYR
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• Hosiosmartyr MACARIY Tokrevsky, Archmandrite of Ovruch and Kanev, Abbot of Pinsk, Wonderworker of Perejaslavl (1678) // SEP 7 //
• New Hieromartyr presbiter MAXIM Sandovich (Gorlitsky)(1886-1914) protomartyr of the Lemko people // AUG24 //
• Hosiosmartyr AMBROSIY (Vasily Gudko) bishop of Sarapul and Yelabuga (1868-1918) // JUL 27 //
• Martyr NICOLAI Varzhanskiy (1881-1918) missionary preacher // AUG 23 //
• New Hieromartyr presbiter PAVEL Gordovskiy (1880-1919) // AUG 12 //
• Sainted MARDARIY (Ivan Uskokovich) Bishop of Serbian Orthodox Church in USA (1889-1935) // NOV 29 //
• New Hieromartyr presbiter VASILIY Malakhov (1873-1937) // MAR 11 //
• New Hieromartyr archpresbiter ALEXANDER Hotovitsky (1872-1937) Missionary of America // AUG 7 // DECEMBER 4 //
• New Hieromartyr presbiter MIRON Rzhepik (Řepík) (1885-1937) // AUG 31 //
• Hosiosmartyr PARFENIY (Petr Brianskih) bishop of Ananijevo (of Odessa) (1881-1937) // NOV 9 //
• Hosiosmartyr PROCOPIY (Petr Titov) Archbishop of Odessa, Kherson and Nikolaev (1877-1937) // NOV 10 //
• Hosiosmartyr ARCADIY Ostal’sky, bishop of Bezhetsk (1889-1937) // DEC 16 //
• Hosiosmartyr THADDEY (Ivan Uspenskiy) Archbishop of Tver (1872-1937) // DEC 18 //
• New Hieromartyr ARETHA Nanosov, presbiter (1888-1938) // DEC 28 //
• Martyrissa VERA Trouks (1886-1942) // DEC 18 //
• Sainted SERAPHIM (Nikolai Sobolev) Archbishop of Boguchar, Wonderworker of Sophia in Bulgary (1881-1950) // FEB 13 //
SAINT MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS before the 20th century
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• 48 Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne: Hieromartyr POTHINUS (Photinus) 颇提诺 Bishop of Lyons; Martyrs SANCTUS a Deacon of Vienne; MATURUS; ATTALUS of Pergamum; VETTIUS EPAGATHUS; ALCIBIADES; ALEXANDER a physician, of Phrygia; Virgin Martyrissa BLANDINA a slave; BIBLIS (Biblias); Martyr PONTICUS (Pontincus) a fifteen year old youth; ARISTAEUS; SILVIUS; COMELIUS and PRIMUS; JULIA; ALBINA; GRATA; AEMILIA; POMPEJA (Pompaea); POTAMIA; RHODANA; JAMNICA; QUARTA; PONTICA; DOMNA; MAMILIA; AUXENTIA; ELIPIS; MATERNA; JUSTA; TROPHIMA; ANTONIA; and others; probably at Lyons (177)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πόθεινος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Λουγδούνου
Pothinus 被聖 Polycarp 從亞洲未成年者送在高盧說教 [ 法國 ] 。他成為了蘇格蘭紋章院長官的第一個主教並且變換了許多異教徙到合[利爾]斯托。斯基督教。在在一年的合[利爾]斯托。斯基督教的迫害的時間期間 177A.D., Pothinus 被帶到試用︰更正確, 他被帶 [ 在其它的手臂 ] 因為他是 90 歲。地方總督問他︰“克裡斯琴上帝是誰？”變老的 Pothinus 答複了︰“你將知道你是否那變得值錢。”異教徙與藤條和石頭攻擊了他並且沒有仁慈打他。扔進監獄, 聖 Pothinus 2 天以後從跳動死了並且在天堂的王國收起了居住。
• Martyrs QUIRIACUS, Maximus ARCHELAUS and companions (235) Bishop, priest and deacon respectively, from Ostia in Italy, martyred with a number of Christian soldiers under Alexander Severus
• APOLLINARIS, TIMOTHY together with 50 companions in Reims, France (239)
• Martyrs Brothers CLAUDIUS (Klavdios), ASTERIUS (Asterios) and NEON (Neonos); their sister NEONILLA; DOMNINA and her child; THEONILLA and others at Aegae in Cilicia (285)
• Martyrs MINERVIUS, ELEAZAR and companions (3rd cent.) in Lyons in France, 8 children are included in their number
• Martyrs RESTITUTUS, DONATUS, VALERIANUS, FRUCTUOSA and companions at Antioch
• Martyrs SEVERUS, MEMNON of the Centurion, HORION, ANATYLIN, MOLIAS, EUDEMON, SILVANUS, SABINUS, EUSTATHIUS, STRATON, BOSBAS from Byzantium, TIMOTHY, PALMATIUS, MESTOS, NIKON, DIPHILOS, DOMETIUS, MAXIMUS, NEOPHYTOS, VICTOR, RINOS, SATURNINUS, EPAPHRODITUS, KERKAS, GAIUS, ZOTICUS, CRONION, ANTHOS, HOROS, ZOILOS, TYRANNOS, AGATHOS, PANSTHENES, ACHILLES, PANTHEROS, CHRYSANTHOS, ATHENODOROS, PANTOLEON, THEOSEBIS, GENETHLIOS from Philippopolis; the 38 Men and Women Martyrs of Thrace (303-305)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι 38 Μάρτυρες ποὺ μαρτύρησαν στὴ Θρᾴκη
• Venerable monks EUTYCHIUS 艾弗提希 of Nursia, Abbot (540) and FLORENTIUS 弗罗任提 of Nursia and of Foligno (547)
Saints Eutychius and Florentius were monks living an ascetical life in a monastery of the Valcastoria region of Nursia in Italy during the VI century. Saint Eutychius converted many to God by his teaching, and when the Igoumen of a nearby monastery died, they asked Eutychius to become its Superior. He consented, but continued to be concerned with his former monastery, where his fellow ascetic Florentius remained.
Saint Florentius performed many miracles during his lifetime. He tamed a bear, and trained it to serve him. It tended the sheep, carried water, and obeyed the Elder's commands. Jealous of the fame of Saint Florentius, four monks killed the bear. The Saint prayed that the wrath of God would fall upon the murderers. So it came to pass, just as he said. The monks were stricken with leprosy, and died shortly afterward. When he learned that the monks were dead, Saint Florentius was saddened and distressed, considering himself the murderer of those monks. He wept for them the rest of his life.
Saint Eutychius did not work any miracles during his lifetime, but after his repose his cloak began to produce miracles of healing. During a drought in 1492, the people of Nursia went to the fields with his cloak, and God sent rain. Saint Eutychius went to the Lord on May 23, 540, and Saint Florentius, on June 1, 547.
Saint Gregory Dialogus (March 12) extolled their virtues and miracles in Book III of his Dialogues.
Saints Eutychius and Florentius are commemorated on May 23 in Greek usage.
• Hosiosmartyr ALTIGIANUS and HILARINUS (731) monks killed by the Saracens at Saint-Seine in France
• Virgin Hosiosmartyrissa EBBA 埃芭 the Younger (Ebbe) Abbess of Coldingham, and her entire monastic community of Berwickshire, England) (870)
• NIKOLAOS and DIONYSIOS of Olympos
• The 7 Bishops of Aelmhagh, i.e. at Donihnachmor, probably in the County of Leitrim
The mystic number seven marked some of the most important events and regulations among the Jews. Thus, the seventh day was the Sabbath; the seventh year was the sabbath of the land, in which the people were commanded not to sow the land, nor to prune the vineyards. And again, when seven weeks of years—(i.e. forty-nine years)—were past, the people were ordered to hold the jubilee on the fiftieth year, when "remission was to be proclaimed to all the inhabitants of the land. But, it is needless to multiply examples from the Old Testament, where the word occurs nearly one hundred times, as a sacred and peculiar mode of enumeration.
NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS before the 20th century
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• Hosiosmartyr EPHRAIM 艾弗冷 (Epiphaniy Kuznetsov) bishop of Selenginsk (1875-1918)
• New Hieromartyr presbiter IOANN 约翰 Vostorgov, Archpriest of Moscow (1864-1918)
• New Hieromartyr presbiter PAUL Gajdaj, priest of Alma-Ata (1876-1937)
• Hieromartyr Saint PAUL of Odessa
• New Hieromartyr IOANN Karabanov, presbiter, priest (1885-1937)
• Repose of Abbot IOANNICIUS Moroi of Sihastria, Romania (1944)
MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS before the 20th century
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• The Festival of Saint AGATHA in Stamna of Aitolia
In recent years the preeminent French-Greek journalist and television host Nikos Aliagas has made more widely known throughout Greece and the global audience the feast of Saint Agatha in Stamna of Aitolia, which is where he is from. And after a miracle of the Saint, he baptized his daughter with the name Agatha. This festival takes place in the Chapel of Saint Agatha in Stamna on August 23rd, when the ninth day of the Dormition of the Theotokos is celebrated, and it exists as a custom since the Revolution of 1821. On 23 August 1824 when the Peloponnese suffered from the civil war, Mavrokordatos tried to prevent the spread of the phenomenon in Rumeli and above, and therefore called a secret meeting on Mount Zygos (seat of Psili Panagia, over the ruins of the old Monastery of the Panagia) with the chieftains of northwestern Greece. Finally they decided on an assembly which gathered in December that year. But because they were not in agreement and they were shouting at each other, confusion reigned. Suddenly an earthquake took place, which was considered an act of divine intervention for there to be a compromise. Thus was established the annual festival in commemoration of the event on August 23rd, but not in Psili Panagia because it had not been accessible to the people. It was decided to build a lower chapel in the name of Saint Agatha, who saved them from the earthquake. Since then there has been a traditional festival which is organized by rigged foustanella wearers, and has the participation of people from around the area as well as the surrounding counties. The procession traverses a long way and is with organ accompaniment and songs, such as: "I bid you goodnight, Saint Agatha my sweet, and we fire a shot, putting down the weapons...". When they reach the main square of Aitolia, the festival ends.
• ALBAN (Albanus) of Verulamium, Protomartyr of England (305)
Alban 是一個英語的貴族。在迫害的時間，他在他的家隱蔽了一個克裡斯琴司祭並且被他教合[利爾]斯托。斯基督的費思。Alban 把他的衣服給了司祭並且然後他作為一個司祭穿衣了並且直到 torturers 給了他自己。判了至死, 他變換了劊子手到合[利爾]斯托。斯基督的費思。
• ANTONIOS Metropolit of Sardes (912)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος Ἐπίσκοπος Σάρδης
• Venerable ANTHONY of Gerace (10th c.) at the monastery of San Felipe Argiró near Locri in lower Calabria, Italy
Basilian monk at the Greek monastery of San Felipe Argiró near Locri in lower Calabria, Italy. Friend of St Nicodemus of Mammola and St Jeiunio of Gerace. Known for his ascetic physical and deep prayer life, and as a miracle worker.
• Martyr APOLLINARIS of Rheims, France (290)
Jailer in Rheims, France. A spectator at the martyrdom of Saint Timothy, Apollinaris was so moved by the Timothy's courage and faith that he converted.
• Caius APOLLINARIS Sidonius, Bishop of Clermont, Confessor (482)
• Sainted 卡利尼科 CALLINICUS I patriarch of Constantinople (705)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Καλλίνικος
Saint Callinicus, Patriarch of Constantinople (693-705), was at first a presbyter in the temple of the Most Holy Theotokos at Blachernae, but in 693 with the death of Patriarch Paul (686-693), he was elevated to the episcopal throne of Constantinople. The cruel Justinian II (685-695) reigned at this time. He undertook the construction of a palace very near the church of the Most Holy Theotokos and decided to demolish it. The emperor ordered Patriarch Callinicus to give his blessing for tearing it down. The patriarch replied that he had prayers only for the building of churches, not their destruction. When the church was demolished, he cried out with tears, “Glory to Thee, O Lord, in enduring all things.”
Soon the wrath of God befell Justinian. He was toppled from the throne and sent for imprisonment to Cherson, where they cut off his nose (from which he received the nickname “Short-nose”). Leontius (695-698) succeeded him on the throne.
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• EUGENE (Eogainus, Eogan, Eoghan, Eugene, Euny, Owen) of Ireland (6th c.) first Bishop of Ardstraw in Tyrone
As a boy he was captured and enslaved by pirates, first to Britain, then to Brittany. Friend of St Tighernach. As an adult he escaped from the pirates, returned to Ireland, and became a monk. Abbot of Kilnamanagh Abbey, County Wicklow for 15 years. Retired to live as a hermit in the the Mourne valley, County Tyrone c.576; his piety attrached many would-be students. Spiritual teacher of St Kevin of Glendalough. First bishop of Ardstraw, Ireland c.581. He was considered its patron from the beginning; the see was moved to Derry in 1254, and Eoghan continued as a patron.
• FLAVIAN (Flavinian, Flavius) of Autun (7th c.) the 21st Bishop of Autun in France
• HARALAMBOS the Newly-Revealed of Crete, of Panagia Kalyviani convent in the Heraklio Prefecture (1788)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Χαράλαμπος ὁ Νεοφανὴς
• Hieromartyr IRENAEUS 伊里奈奥 bishop of Lyons (202)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Εἰρηναῖος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Λουγδούνου
在他的少年, Ireneaus 是 Polycarp 的門徙, 是宗徒的門徙, 送了他在高盧說教。跟隨聖 Pothinus 的殉教, Ireneaus 作為主教被安裝。在他的無數的作品, Ireneaus 有時定義了正教信仰並且, 再有時, 他從異教徒保衛了它。Ireneaus 是市場年並且在一年在皇帝 Severus 的時間為合[利爾]斯托。斯基督死了與許多幾千合[利爾]斯托。斯基督教一起的 202 A.D ( 19,000 ) 。
The Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, was born in the year 130 in the city of Smyrna (Asia Minor). He received there the finest education, studying poetics, philosophy, rhetoric, and the rest of the classical sciences considered necessary for a young man of the world.
His guide in the truths of the Christian Faith was a disciple of the Apostle John the Theologian, Saint Polycarp of Smyrna (February 23). Saint Polycarp baptized the youth, and afterwards ordained him presbyter and sent him to a city in Gaul then named Lugdunum [the present day Lyons in France] to the dying bishop Pothinus.
A commission was soon entrusted to Saint Irenaeus. He was to deliver a letter from the confessors of Lugdunum to the holy Bishop Eleutherius of Rome (177-190). While he was away, all the known Christians were thrown into prison. After the martyric death of Bishop Pothinus, Saint Irenaeus was chosen a year later (in 178) as Bishop of Lugdunum. “During this time,” Saint Gregory of Tours (November 17) writes concerning him, “by his preaching he transformed all Lugdunum into a Christian city!”
When the persecution against Christians quieted down, the saint expounded upon the Orthodox teachings of faith in one of his fundamental works under the title: Detection and Refutation of the Pretended but False Gnosis. It is usually called Five Books against Heresy (Adversus Haereses).
At that time there appeared a series of religious-philosophical gnostic teachings. The Gnostics [from the Greek word “gnosis” meaning “knowledge”] taught that God cannot be incarnate [i.e. born in human flesh], since matter is imperfect and manifests itself as the bearer of evil. They taught also that the Son of God is only an outflowing (“emanation”) of Divinity. Together with Him from the Divinity issues forth a hierarchical series of powers (“aeons”), the unity of which comprise the “Pleroma”, i.e. “Fullness.” The world is not made by God Himself, but by the aeons or the “Demiourgos,” which is below the “Pleroma.”
In refuting this heresy, championed by Valentinus, Saint Irenaeus presents the Orthodox teaching of salvation. “The Word of God, Jesus Christ, through His inexplicable blessedness caused it to be, that we also, should be made that which He is ... ,” taught Saint Irenaeus. “Jesus Christ the Son of God, through exceedingly great love for His creation, condescended to be born of a Virgin, having united mankind with God in His own Self.” Through the Incarnation of God, creation becomes co-imaged and co-bodied to the Son of God. Salvation consists in the “Sonship” and “Theosis” (“Divinization”) of mankind.
In the refutation of another heretic, Marcian, who denied the divine origin of the Old Testament, the saint affirms the same divine inspiration of the Old and the New Testaments: “It is one and the same Spirit of God Who proclaimed through the prophets the precise manner of the Lord’s coming,” wrote the saint. “Through the apostles, He preached that the fulness of time of the filiation had arrived, and that the Kingdom of Heaven was at hand.”
The successors of the Apostles have received from God the certain gift of truth, which Saint Irenaeus links to the succession of the episcopate (Adv. Haer. 4, 26, 2). “Anyone who desires to know the truth ought to turn to the Church, since through Her alone did the apostles expound the Divine Truth. She is the door to life.”
Saint Irenaeus also exerted a beneficial influence in a dispute about the celebration of Pascha. In the Church of Asia Minor, there was an old tradition of celebrating Holy Pascha on the fourteenth day of the month of Nisan, regardless of what day of the week it happened to be. The Roman bishop Victor (190-202) forcefully demanded uniformity, and his harsh demands fomented a schism. In the name of the Christians of Gaul, Saint Irenaeus wrote to Bishop Victor and others, urging them to make peace.
After this incident, Saint Irenaeus drops out of sight, and we do not even know the exact year of his death. Saint Gregory of Tours, in his Historia Francorum, suggests that Saint Irenaeus was beheaded by the sword for his confession of faith in the year 202, during the reign of Severus.
The Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, Saint Polycarp of Smyrna, and Saint Irenaeus of Lyons are three links in an unbroken chain of the grace of succession, which goes back to the Original Pastor, our Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
In his old age, Saint Irenaeus wrote to his old friend the priest Florinus: “ When I was still a boy, I knew you... in Polycarp’s house.... I remember what happened in those days more clearly than what happens now.... I can describe for you the place where blessed Polycarp usually sat and conversed, the character of his life, the appearance of his body, and the discourses which he spoke to the people, how he spoke of the conversations which he had with John and others who had seen the Lord, how he remembered their words, and what he heard from them about the Lord ... I listened eagerly to these things, by the mercy of God, and wrote them, not on paper, but in my heart. ”
• Hieromartyr IRENAEUS Bishop of Sirmium in Hungary (304)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Εἰρηναῖος ὁ Μάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Σιρμίου
• JUSTINIAN Hermit and Martyr (529) a young nobleman of Lesser Britain, in Gaul, who passing into Wales, led an eremitical life in the little island Lemeneia, now called Birdsey, near Menevia. He was murdered by servants
• Martyr LUPUS 路普 (306) servant and disciple of Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica
Ὁ Ἅγιος Λοῦππος ὁ Μάρτυρας
這神聖的人豺狼座是聖 Demetrius 的一個仆人 Thessalonica 的司令。當皇帝 Maximian 斬了時聖 Demetrius , 豺狼座蘸了他的在殉教者的血的服裝和他的戒指的縫。與這件服裝和戒指, 豺狼座工作了在 Thessalonica 的許多奇跡, 每疼痛和體弱的愈合的人。皇帝 Maximian , 然後仍然在 Thessalonica 正在住, 發現了這並且命令了那豺狼座被折磨並且殺死。然而, 對豺狼座收起了武器的戰士對對方轉彎了並且嚴重地傷害了自己。當他還沒被給某人施洗禮, 盡管他是一克裡斯琴，豺狼座向他將某種程度在他的死亡前計劃浸禮的上帝祈禱了。在那片刻，雨出人意料地在這位神聖的殉教者之上從雲掉落了並且這樣他從在上收到了浸禮高。在大痛苦以後，豺狼座在天堂的王國在居住上面被斬並且拿。
The Martyr Lupus lived at the end of the third century and beginning of the fourth century, and was a faithful servant of the holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica (October 26). Being present at the death of his master, he soaked his own clothing with his blood and took a ring from his hand. With this clothing, and with the ring and the name of the Great Martyr Demetrius, Saint Lupus worked many miracles at Thessalonica. He destroyed pagan idols, for which he was subjected to persecution by the pagans, but he was preserved unharmed by the power of God.
Saint Lupus voluntarily delivered himself into the hands of the torturers, and by order of the emperor Maximian Galerius, he was beheaded by the sword.
Γιὰ τὸν Ἅγιο αὐτὸ δὲν ἀναφέρεται πουθενὰ βιογραφικό του ὑπόμνημα στοὺς Συναξαριστές. Μόνο στὸν Παρισινὸ Κώδικα 1617 ἀναγράφεται ὅτι ὁ μάρτυρας αὐτὸς ὁμολόγησε μὲ θάρρος τὸν Χριστὸ μπροστὰ στὸν εἰδωλολάτρη ἄρχοντα, ὁ ὁποῖος μὲ διάφορες κολακεῖες προσπάθησε νὰ τὸν πείσει νὰ θυσιάσει στὰ εἴδωλα. Ἀλλὰ ἐπειδὴ δὲν τὰ κατάφερε τὸν βασάνισε μὲ τὸν πιὸ φρικιαστικὸ τρόπο καὶ στὸ τέλος τὸν ἀποκεφάλισε.
• MARCELLA of Aenona in Dalmatia (1st cent.)
• Venerable NICHOLAS 尼科拉 the Sicilian, who struggled on Mount Neotaka in Euboea, Greece (9-12th cent.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικόλαος ὁ Σικελιώτης
• SARMEAN the Catholicos of Georgia (774)
• THEONAS Bishop of Alexandria, Confessor (300)
• Virgin Mrtyrissa TYDFYL (Tydfil or Tudful) Patrom of Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan (480)
Born a princess, the daughter of Saintt Brychan of Brecknock in Wales. Killed by pagan Saxons.
• Martyr VICTOR 人維克托 of Marseilles (3rd cent.)
聖人維克托在馬賽受苦了並且死 [ 法國 ] 在第 3 個世紀。在延長以後並且痛苦的折磨, 他被扔進他變換了警衛到合[利爾]斯托。斯基督的費思的監獄。他由在十字架上釘死的刑罰死了。
• VICTOR Vitensis (Victor of Vita) the African bishop (535)
Sixth century bishop in North Africa near modern Tunis, Tunisia. Exiled to Sardinia by Arian heretics. His writings on the persecutions by the Arian Vandals has survived.
• Sainted ZACHAEUS (Zacharias) Bishop of Jerusalem (116)
PROUSIOTISSA Icon of the Mother of God High upon the fir-covered mountain peaks of southwestern Eurytania, wedged between vertical grayish rocks in savage majesty, is the Holy Monastery of Proussos. It is an historic stauropegial monastery, with magnificent three-storey buildings. There among them a cave has been carved out, inside of which is the first ancient temple of the monastery. In it is kept the wonderworking Icon of the Panagia (the All-Holy Virgin), called Prousiotissa, and her Feast Day is celebrated with grandeur and solemnity on August 23.
According to Tradition, this wonderworking Icon of the Theotokos is believed to have been painted by the Holy Evangelist Luke (October 18), and came from Prousa in Asia Minor (according to manuscript 3 of the codex of the Holy Monastery of Prousiotissa). It was taken from Prousa by a young nobleman in the reign of the last iconoclastic Emperor Theophilos (October 2, 829 – January 20, 842). Theophilos ordered all the icons to be removed from the churches and destroyed. The Orthodox people protected and hid the holy icons, even though the penalty for this "crime" was exile or death.
When the Emperor's decree was read in the city of Proussa, the son of a member of the imperial court chose to disregard it. Taking the the Holy Icon, he sought refuge on the Greek mainland, because the persecution was not quite as severe there, on the islands, or on the coast of Asia Minor. On the way to Greece, however, the young man lost the Icon at Gallipoli in Thrace, which caused him great sorrow. “Woe is me, the wretched one," he cried. “The Mother of God has abandoned me because of my sins."
The Icon had returned miraculously to a cave in a wild part of Eurytania (in the vicinity of Litza and Agrapha, where the monastery and the Icon's shrine are at present), and where it was revealed to some local shepherds on the night of August 22-23.
The young man chose not to go back, because he could not bear to live among the iconoclasts. He continued on his journey and settled in the city of New Patre, near the northwest end of the Peloponnesos. Time went by, and then one day he heard rumors about certain miraculous events in the region of Aitola. According to these reports, the son of a local shepherd was tending his father's flock in a rugged, inaccessible spot in the mountains. There were no homes or villages, but only a shelter for the shepherds. One night, as the child was sleeping, he was awakened by heavenly chanting coming from a cave behind him. With much apprehension he turned and saw a fiery pillar of light coming from the cave and reaching up to Heaven. This is why the Icon is also called Pyrsos - because of the place where it was hidden. Astonished, the boy went to inform his father what he had seen. The father thought that his son had been dreaming, and told him not to fear things that weren't real. The young man insisted, however, that what he had heard and seen was real.
The next night, the child brought his father to the same place where he had seen the pillar of light, so that he could see this phenomenon for himself. The man saw exactly what his son had described, but he did not dare to look in the cave. The next day he took other people there, and all of them saw the same vision. After searching the area they discovered the Holy Icon in the cave, radiant and luminous. Filled with joy, they venerated the Icon, and decided to keep it there. The discovery of her Holy Icon was the first miracle of Panagia Prousiotissa.
Meanwhile, the young man who had lost the Icon heard about an Icon of the Theotokos which had been revealed by a pillar of light. He and his servants left at once, and after two days they arrived at the cave where the Icon was kept. The moment he saw the Icon he knew it was the same one he had lost. After venerating the Icon, he gave gifts to the shepherds and started back to New Patre with it. The shepherds’ joy turned to sorrow when they realized they were being deprived of the Icon. They pleaded with the young man to leave the Holy Icon with them. He told them that the Icon belonged to him, and that he had given them rich gifts to compensate them for their loss. Furthermore, he said that the mountain was not a good place to build a church or to accommodate pilgrims. Then he took the Icon and left.
When he and his companion were tired and had to rest, they stopped at a certain place. They fell asleep and when they woke up, they couldn't find the Icon. Assuming that the shepherds had stolen it while they were sleeping, they retraced their steps. When they came to a narrow spot near the river, the young man heard a voice, saying, "Oh young man, be saved! Go in peace and do not labor any more. It pleases me to remain here with the shepherds and peasants, but not to be in the cities with people who preach heresy. If you wish to remain with me, then come to the place where you found me. This will be for your benefit."
Only the young man was able to hear the voice. In obedience to the Mother of God, he freed his servants, gave away all of his possessions, and went back to the cave where he had found the Icon, accompanied by one of his servants, who decided to remain with him. He was convinced that it was the will of the Panagia that she should remain there. The young man built a chapel in the cave for the Icon. He and his servant both received the monastic tonsure from Hieromonk Raphael, who came from the hermitage of Saint Demetrios. He was tonsured with the name Demetrios, and his servant received the name Timothy. Later, he built a cell opposite the chapel in a quiet place, where they repented for their sins. Father Demetrios reposed there in peace, after living a God-pleasing life. His disciple Timothy buried his body in the church he had built, and his blessed soul flew to Heaven.
This was the beginning of the Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos of Prousa (or Prousiotissa).
The Icon of the All-Holy Virgin is of the Hodēgḗtria type and has a gilded silver-plated metal cover, the gift of General George Karaiskakis, who was housed in the Monastery during the Revolution of 1821. The metal cover was made by the goldsmith George Karanikas in 1824, as is shown by the embossed inscription above the right shoulder of the Mother of God: "The Pantanassa. Through the generosity of General George Karaiskakis, made by the hand of George Karanikas, 1824."
The Monastery's records show that it had been devastated many times during the Turkish occupation. The last act of vandalism (by the Germans in 1944) reduced the buildings into piles of rubble. After the buildings fell, an officer wanted to burn down the church. He tried to do so many times, but to no avail. While he was standing outside and giving orders, he was punished by the Panagia, as an example to others. An invisible force threw him violently onto the pavement. The impact was very powerful, and the German was unable to get up. The soldiers lifted him and placed him upon an animal in order to carry him to Agrinio. Thus the temple remained unharmed, just as it has been preserved intact through the centuries.
Four years passed, and a civil war was raging in the Greek countryside. The inhabitants of Eurytania and Naupaktos left their villages, seeking safety in other parts of Greece. They brought their wonderworking Icon with them. She also shared the fate of her children, and was carried by the monks of Proussos to the acropolis of Naupaktos. The monastery remains completely deserted.
After a long time, the army's operations began. The Ninth Division launched an attack to wipe out Eurytania. Some sections passed through Proussos. Some officers and soldiers approached the dark church of the cave and went in to pray. Inside, they beheld a strange sight. In front of the iconostasis, to the left of the Beautiful Gate, was a lit candle and a nun was kneeling there. The soldiers were amazed. How could this nun be living there at a time when Eurytania was completely abandoned by its residents? How did she live, what did she eat, where did she get oil for the lamp? When they asked her, she replied modestly and with pain: "My children, I've been living here alone for two and a half years. For my own life, I don't need food and bread. It is enough for me to have my lamp lit."
The soldiers grew tired of this business, and were in a hurry to leave, so they paid no attention to her words. But the next day, when they thought about it, they realized that this was a wondrous thing. Later, when they passed through Naupaktos, they begged their commanding officer for permission to visit Metropolitan Christophoros of Naupaktos and Eurytania. The hierarch welcomed them with love, and after hearing their story, he was able to shed some light on the mystery.
"The temple that you visited," he told them, "belongs to the now abandoned Prousiotissa Monastery, whose wonderworking Icon has been kept here for more than two years, in the chapel of our metropolis, at Saint Dionysios. Go there and venerate it, and then you will understand."
They did go to venerate the Icon. Then suddenly, everyone understood the mystery. In the Icon of the Mother of God, they recognized the nun they had met in the chapel of the cave, high above Proussos!
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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