• συνοδικός • January 18 / January 5 •

συνοδικός

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January 18 / January 5
2018 （7526）
Eve of Theophany
Sochelnik. Fast Day

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• Hieromartyr Bishop THEOPEMPOS 德奥般普特 and Martyr THEONAS 德奥纳 former sorcerer who was baptised with the name Synesios (which means "fulfillment of understanding") of Nicomedia (303)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεόπεμπτος καὶ Θεωνᾶς
• Martyrs of the Thebaid (also Thebais) under Emperor Diocletian, including men, women, children and monastics (303)
• Bishop LUCIAN and THOMAS
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• Day of Martyrdom of Martyr JOSEPH 约瑟夫 Bespalov, elder of the St Nicholas church of Talgar at Semirechensk (1921) shoted together with other 37 martyrs in Talgar
• New Hieromartyr STEPHAN 斯特梵 Ponomarev, presbiter, archpriest (1880-1933) day of death, died in prison in Alma-Ata from typhus
• Martyress EVGENIA 犹金尼娅 Domozhirova (1871-1933) day of death in Kazakhstan prison
• New Hieromartyr SERGIUS 塞尔吉 Lavrov, presbiter, archpriest (1934)
• Martyr MATTHEW Gusev (1868-1938)
• Venerable hieroschemamonk SYMEON Zhelnin, of the Pskov Caves (1960)
• Venerable Schemaarchimandrite THEOPHAN Rikhlovsky of Nizhyn (1977)
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• AEMILIANA (also Emiliana), Matr. (550) a Roman lady and the paternal aunt of St Gregory the Great, from whom we know of her saintly life, visions and repose
• Repose of Monk ALEXANDER of Valaam Monastery (1810)
• Venerabless APOLLINARIA 阿颇利纳里斯 (also Apollinaria, Apolinaria, Dorotheus, Syncletica, Syncletike or Synkletike) the Syncletike presented herself as a eunuch named Dorotheos (470)
Ἡ Ὁσία Ἀπολλιναρία ἡ Συγκλητική
An angel appeared to her in a dream and told her to go to the monastery of Sketis, which was under the spiritual direction of Saint Macarius of Egypt (January 19), and to call herself Dorotheus. Saint Macarius accepted her as one of the brethren, and she quickly distinguished herself by her ascetical life. Only after the death of Dorotheus was it revealed that "he" was actually a woman.
• CAESARIA the Patrician
• Virgin CIAR (also Cíar, Cior, Cura, Chier, Kiara, Cyra, Cera or Ceara), Fndr. of monasteries of Tehelly (Tech Telle) in Co. Offaly, Ely, O’Carroll, Kilkeare (also Kilkeary), and Munster; Pat. of Kilkeary Parish, near Nenagh, Co. Tipperary (680)
Born in Tipperary in Ireland, she was abbess of two convents, one at Kilkeary and the other at Tech Telle, now Tehelly.
• Abbot CONVOYON (Conwoion) of Redon (868) born in Brittany, he became a monk and founded the monastery of St Saviour near Redon. He was driven out of his monastery by the Vikings and reposed in exile
• Venerabless DOMNINA of Syria (455)
Ἡ Ὁσία Δομνίνα
• Venerable DOROTHEOS the Younger, restorer of the ancient Monastery of the Holy Trinity at Chiliokomon in Amaseia, Pontus
Ὁ Ὅσιος Δωρόθεος
• GAUDENTIUS of Gnesen (1004) Younger brother of St Adalbert of Prague and also a monk at the monastery of Sant' Alessio on the Aventine in Rome. He escaped the massacre in which his brother was martyred by the pagan Prussians and in 1000 became 1st Archbishop of Gnesen in Poland
• Venerable monk GREGORY 格里高利 of Acretia (820) great ascetic settled in a monastery on the Cape of Akrita (Sea of Marmora)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ ἐν Ἀκρίτᾳ
• KIARA (also Chier) of Nenagh, Co. Tipperary (680) a spiritual daughter of St Fintan Munnu. She lived in Ireland near Nenagh in Co. Tipperary, at a place now called Kilkeary after her
• Venerable MENAS 弥纳 of Sinai (6th c.) pursued asceticism for 50 years in a Sinai monastery
• Venerable PHOSTERIUS 佛斯特里 the Hermit (592) the Wanderer pursued asceticism on an high mountain. By his powerful working of miracles and saintly life, he restored many from heresy of Iconoclasm
Ὁ Ὅσιος Φωστήριος
• Hosiosmartyr ROMANUS 罗玛诺 of Karpenisi and of Skete of Kavsokalyvia at Mt Athos (1694) suffered at Constantinople // JAN 5 // FEB 16 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρωμανὸς ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας
• New Hieromartyr ROMANUS of Lacedaemonia (1695)
• Translation of Relics of RUMON (Rhufon, Romanus, Ronan) 鲁曼 of Tavistock, Bishop and Confessor of Devon (6th c.) England to Tavistock// JAN 4 //
• Martyr SAIS 塞斯 (307) drowned in a sea
Ὁ Ἅγιος Σάϊς ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Venerable Mother SYNCLETICA (also Sinklitikia, Syncletike or Synkletike) 辛克利提卡 of Alexandria, Fndr. of Community of Nuns and the directress of a large number of virgins in monastic life (350)
Ἡ Ἁγία Συγκλητική
She was for women what Saint Anthony was for men, a model of mortification of the flesh and of resignation in trials.
• Abbess TALIS (also Talida) of Antinoe (5th c.)
• Nun TAOR of Antinoe (5th c.)
• Venerabless TATIANA 塔迪安娜 venerated in Greece
Ἡ Ὁσία Τατιανή
• Hieromartyr Pope TELESPHORUS (136) a Greek who was Pope of Rome for 10 years and was martyred under Hadrian // JAN 5 // FEB 22 //
• Martyr THEOIDUS 特奥伊杜 trampled by executioners
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόειδος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• THEONA (also Theonas)
• Bishop THEOFÁN (1815-1894)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοφάνης ὁ Ἔγκλειστος
• Hieromartyr THEOPOMPUS Bishop of Nikomedia (285)

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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.