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January 14 / January 1
2018（7526）
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主耶稣基督受割礼日 The CIRCUMCISION of Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ
Περιτομὴ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
The Mosaic Law prescribed that when a woman brought a male child into the world, he had to be circumcised on the eighth day after his birth. Our Lord submitted to the circumcision prescribed by the Law on this day, which is the eighth day after His birth, and received, according to the announcement of the angel, the name which is above all names, "Jesus" (Yeshua, a form of Joshua) meaning God saves, or Savior, as the seal of His service – the deed of the Salvation of the world (Mt. 1: 21; Mk. 9: 38-39, 16: 17; Lk. 10: 17; Acts 3: 6, 16; Phil. 2: 9-10). These two events, the Circumcision and Naming, remind Christians that they have entered into a New Covenant (Testament) with God and "are circumcised with a circumcision not done by hand, in putting off the sinful body of the flesh, by the Circumcision of Christ" (Col. 2: 11). The very name "Christian" witnesses to an entrance of mankind into a New Covenant with God. In celebrating the Name Day of the Lord today, we begin the new year at the same time under the sign of the Incarnation. The Old Testament circumcision was the proto-type of the New Testament baptism. The circumcision of our Lord shows that He received upon Himself the true body of man and not just seemingly, as was later taught of Him by heretics. Our Lord was also circumcised because He wanted to fulfill the entire Law which He Himself gave through the prophets and forefathers. In fulfilling the written Law, He replaced it with Baptism in His Holy Church as was proclaimed by the Apostle Paul: "For neither does circumcision mean anything, nor does uncircumcision, but only a new creation" (Galatians 6:15).
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• ELVAN and MYDWYN (2nd c.) Britons sent by King Saint Lucius to Pope Saint Eleutherius to petition for missionaries to be sent to Britain
• 30 Soldier Martyrs of Rome (304) under Diocletian
• Commemoration of presbiter BASIL the Elder a lawyer and renowned rhetorician, and Venerabless EMILIA (also Emmelia or Aemelia) 艾麦利亚 (375) of Cappadocia, the Parents of St Basil 瓦西里 the Great, Macrina 玛克利纳, Gregory 格里高利 of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Theosevia a deaconess
• Sainted GREGORY 格里高利 the Elder, Bishop of Nazianzus (374) and his wife NONNA, Dcn. (4th cent.), parents of Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople (390); Gorgonia (Feb 23) was outlived by her parents by only a year, and was lauded in the eulogy given by her brother Gregory as a model Christian wife; younger son Caesarius of Nazianzus (Mar 9) studied in Caesarea Mazaca and at Alexandria and became a physician
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος
• Martyr ARTSCHIL II King of Georgia, and DAVID III the Restorer, King of Georgia
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• Hosiosmartyr JEREMIAH 耶热弥亚 Leonov (1918)
• Day of martyrdom, guilty shoted in Yuriev (Tartu) of Estonia: New Hieromartyrs PLATON 普拉同 (Pavel Kul’bush) Bishop of Tallinn (Reval) (1869-1919) buried in Cathedral of The Transfiguration of Jesus in Tallin; MICHAEL 米迦勒 Blejve, presbiter, archpriest (1873-1919) buried in the left side of Cathedral of The Dormition in Tartu; NICHOLAS 尼科拉 Bezhanitskij, presbiter, archpriest (1859-1919) buried in the right side of Cathedral of The Dormition in Tartu
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλάτων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ
• Day of martyrdom of New Hieromartyr ALEXANDER 亚力山大 Trapitsyn, Archbishop of Samara (1862-1938) shoted in Kujbyshev (Samara) together with New Hieromartyrs ALEXANDER 亚力山大 Ivanov, presbiter, priest (1866-1938), presbiter NIKIFOR M’achin (1881-1938), ALEXANDER 亚力山大 Organov, presbiter, priest (1873-1938), IOANN 约翰 Smirnov, presbiter, priest (1873-1938), IOANN 约翰 Sul’din, presbiter, priest (1880-1938), presbiter TROFIM 特罗非摩 M’achin (1888-1938), VJACHESLAV 维亚谢斯拉夫 Infantov, presbiter, priest (1938), BASIL 瓦西里 Vitevskij, presbiter, priest (1938), JAKOV 雅各 Alferov, presbiter, priest (1938)
• New Hieromartyr hierodeacon THEOPHIL (Theodor Jusvük) of the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (1876-1938) Ukraine; day of martyrdom, shoted in Cherkassy prison
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk CASSIAN (Clement Kuzyk) of the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves), Golosejevo and Demejevo in Kiev (1882-1938) Ukraine; day of martyrdom, shoted in Cherkassy
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk IPPOLIT (Ivan Semenov) of the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) and Golosejevo in Kiev (1884-1938) Ukraine; day of martyrdom, shoted in Cherkassy
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk INNOKENTIJ (Ignatij Logvinov) of the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (1888-1938) Ukraine; day of martyrdom, shoted in Cherkassy
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk IUSTIN (Iacov Tatsenko) of the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (1888-1938) Ukraine; day of martyrdom, shoted in Cherkassy
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• AIRMEDACH (Hermetius, or Ermedhach) Abbot of Craibhi-Laisre, probably Creevagh, near Clonmacnoise, King's County (7th c.)
• Martyr ALMACHIUS (Telemachus) (391) a hermit who came to Rome from the East and publicly protested against the gladiatorial combats in the Roman amphitheatre
Honorius, who inherited the empire of Europe, put a stop to the gladiatorial combats which had long been held at Rome. The occasion of his doing so arose from the following circumstance. A certain man by the name of Telemachus had embraced the ascetic life. He had set out from the East and for this reason had repaired to Rome. There, when the abominable spectacle was being exhibited, he went himself into the stadium, and, stepping down into the arena, endeavored to stop the men who were wielding their weapons against one another. The spectators of the slaughter were indignant, and inspired by the mad fury of the demon who delights in those bloody deeds, stoned the peacemaker to death. When the admirable emperor was informed of this he numbered Telemachus in the array of victorious martyrs, and put an end to that impious spectacle.
• ATHANASIUS Volkhovsky, Bishop of Mohyliv, Wonderworker of Poltava (1801)
• Martyr BASIL of Ancyra (362) a layman
Βασίλειος ὁ Ἀγκύρας
This saint, a layman, should not be confused with the other Saint Basil of Ancyra, who was a priest (March 22).
He was tortured in Ancyra, then sent to Constantinople, where he was suspended from a tree, stretched on a rack, beaten, then stabbed with red-hot needles. He was also thrown into a fiery furnace, but was not harmed. He was sent to Caesarea and was torn to pieces by lions in the arena.
• Sainted BASIL 瓦西里 the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea (379)
Μέγας Βασίλειος
Βασίλειος Καισαρείας
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας ὁ Καππαδόκης
The wisdom and the learning which fill his works, his Philokalia, his Treatise on the Holy Spirit, his theological work against the Arian Eunomius, his ascetical writings, his monastic rules, his commentaries on Sacred Scripture, the panegyrics which he made of many saints, his correspondence, and finally the splendor and the force of his words, have won for him rightly the epitaphs of "Revealer of Heaven," and of the "Great".
• BASIL of Aix (475) a priest from Arles who became second Bishop of Aix en Provence in France
• Abbot BEOC (Beanus, Dabeoc, Daibheog, Mobeoc) (5-6th c.) a Cambro-Briton, who crossed over from Wales to Ireland and founded a monastery on an island in Lough Derg, Donegal
• CLARUS of Vienne (660) a monk at the monastery of St Ferreol, he was chosen abbot of the monastery of St Marcellus in Vienne in France
• Venerable Hermit monk CLARUS of Seligenstadt (1043)
• Hieromartyr CONCORDIUS (175) a subdeacon martyred in Spoleto in central Italy under Marcus Aurelius
• COLMAN Muilinn, of Derrykeighan, County of Antrim (5-6th c.)
• CONNAT (Comnatan) Abbess of Saint Brigid's convent in (590) in Ireland
• CROINE Galma (also Croine)
• CUAN (Mochua, Moncan) (6th c.) the founder of many churches and monasteries in Ireland, he lived to nearly 100
• ELVAN 2nd Bishop of London
• EOCHAID of Uisneach (Usneagh) County of Westmeath
• EUGENDUS (Oyend) 4th abbot of Condatin the Jura Mountains (450-510) in France, called Saint-Oyend after him and later Saint-Claude. He became a monk at the age of seven and lived there until his repose
• EUPHROSYNE (also Evphrosyne, Euphrosia or Euphrasia) of Alexandria, Nun (445)
• Virgin FANCHEA Garbh (also Fain, Faina, Fainne or Fainche), Fndr. and Abs. at Rossory (also Ross Oirthir) and Killeany (Killaine) (510-585)
Born in Clogher in Ireland, she was the sister of St Enda. She founded a convent at Rossory in Fermanagh and was buried in Killane.
• FELIX of Bourges (580) Bishop of Bourges in France. He took part in the Council of Paris in 573
• FINTAN son of Eochach, of Bealach (6-7th c.) passed to a blessed life, promised to faithful servants, in the household of the Lord
• FULGENTIUS bishop of Ruspe in North Africa (533)
• JUSTIN of Chieti (540) venerated from time immemorial in Chieti in Italy, he was bishop of that city
• MAELRHYS Confessor (6th c.) of the Isle of Bardsey in Wales, probably born in Brittany. He is venerated in northern Wales
• VM MARTINA at Rome (228)
• MOCHUA (Moncain) alias Claunus, Abbot in Ireland
• MOCHUA alias Cronan, of Bella, Abbot in Ireland; contemporary to St Congal, and founded the monastery (now a town) named Balla, in Connaught. He departed to our Lord in the 56th year of his age
• OSSENE (Oissein) son to Ceallach, of Clonmore, County of Louth (6th c.)
• Sainted PETER Mogila, Metropolitan of Kyiv, Halych and all Rus’, Archimandrite of the Kyivan Caves Lavra (1646)
• New Martyr PETER 裴特若 of Tripolis in the Peloponnesus (1776) hanged at Temisi in Asia Minor
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Πελοποννήσιος
• Virgin SCÍATH (also Scethe, Sheea, Scéithe or Siach) Patroness of Feart-Sceithe (also Firt or Fert Scéithe, now Ardskeagh) in Muskerry (Muscraige), County Cork
• SOPHIA, W. of Constantinople, Nun at Jerusalem (5th c.)
• Venerable abbot THEODOSIUS 德奥多西 of Tryglia, near Constantinople
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος
• Martyr THEODOTOS 德奥多特 by sword (301)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδοτος
• WILLIAM of Dijon (962-1031) born near Novara in Italy and became a monk near Vercelli, from where he went to France. Here he was sent to restore the monastery of St Benignus in Dijon, Gentle with the poor, he showed great firmness in his dealings with the great. Towards the end of his life he founded the monastery of Fruttuaria in Piedmont and rebuilt that of Fécamp
• Martyr of Syracus (67)

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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.