• συνοδικός • January 23 / January 10 •

συνοδικός

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January 23 / January 10
2018 （7526）
Afterfeast of the Theophany

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• JUSTINA and THECLA of Lentini, Matr. (3rd c.)
• Venerables monks MAXIMUS and DOMETIUS of Scete (382)
• Martyred Elder EPHRAIM 艾弗冷 and 6 incorrupt monks of Obnora (1538)
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• New Hieromartyr ZINOVIJ (Zenobius) Sutormin, presbiter, priest (1920)
• New Hieromartyr PETR Uspenskij, presbiter, Archpriest of Radushino (Zaraisk) (1863-1930) day of death in prison hospital in Kolomna of Moskow
• Hosiosmartyr ANATOLIJ 阿纳托利 (Andrew Grisük) metropolitain of Odessa (1880-1938) day of death in prison hospital in Ukhpechlag KZ of Komi
• Hosiosmartyress Abbess ARSENIJA 阿尔赛尼亚 (Anna Dobronravova, Schemaabbess Foma) of the Holy Resurrection and St Theodore Convent in Shuisk (1879-1939) day of death in prison hospital in Ivanovo
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• AGATHO (681) Pope of Rome from 678 to 681. A Sicilian from Palermo, he called for the holding of the Sixth Oecumenical Council in Constantinople in 680 against Monothelitism
• Venerable monk AMMON 阿蒙 of Nitria, Egyptian Ascetic (403)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀμμώνιος
• Venerable Hieroschemamonk ANTIPAS 安提帕 of Calapodeşti, Romania and Valaam Monastery (1816-1882) blessed with the gift of clairvoyance
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντίπας ὁ Ἀθωνίτης
Saint Antipas came to Valaam Monastery from Mt Athos on November 6, 1865. He spent the rest of his life in the skete at Valaam, living like a hermit.
• Venerable Abbot and Bishop DERMOT (Diarmis, Diarmaid) the Just (the Holy) of Inis-Clothrann, in Loch-Ribh (542) the spiritual father of St Kieran of Clonmacnois and later founder of a monastery on Innis-Clotran Island in Ireland // JAN 10 // JAN 18 //
• DIMAN (Diomman) of Inishkeen
• Venerable DOMETIAN 多玫提安 bishop of Melitene (601)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Δομετιανὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Μελιτηνῆς
• FLORIDA, Nun, at Dijon (near Clermont, France)
• Sainted GREGORY 格里高利 Bishop of Nyssa, called the Father of Fathers (394) the brother of Basil the Great
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος Ἐπίσκοπος Νύσσης
In the year 381 Saint Gregory was one of the chief figures of the Second Ecumenical Council, convened at Constantinople against the heresy of Macedonius, who incorrectly taught about the Holy Spirit. At this Council, on the initiative of Saint Gregory, the Nicean Symbol of Faith (the Creed) was completed.
• JOHN Camillus the Good (660) Bishop of Milan in Italy. He worked against Arianism and Monothelitism
• Venerable MACARIUS of the Kiev Caves
• Venerable MACARIUS 玛喀里 abbot of Pis’ma Monastery (1425) disciple of Paul of Obnora
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίας
The Monk Makarios of Pisemsk and Kostroma – was a co-ascetic of the Monk Paul of Obnorsk. He was the founder, in the second half of the 14th century, of the Makar'jev Transfiguration wilderness monastery at the River Pis'ma in the Kostroma outskirts.
• Venerable presbiter MARCIAN 玛尔基安 of Constantinople (473) Priest and Econome of the Great Church
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαρκιανὸς Πρεσβύτερος καὶ Οἰκονόμος τῆς Μεγάλης Ἐκκλησίας
• Venerable PAUL 保罗 abbot of Obnora, Vologda (1429) , a famed disciple of the Monk Sergei of Radonezh
Ὁ Ὅσιος Παῦλος ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίας
• PETER Urseolus (928-987) born in Venice in Italy, at the age of twenty Peter became Admiral of the Venetian fleet. In 976 he became Doge of Venice. After two years, he disappeared from Venice to become a monk at the monastery of Cuxa in Spain, where he later lived as a hermit
• PETRONIUS (463) born in Avignon, he became a monk at Lérins and Bishop of Die in France from c 456 to 463
• SETHRYDA (also Sethrida, Sethrid, Sæthryth, Sæthryd, Sæthrith or Sæthryda), Abs. of Faremoutier-en-Brie (660)
Stepdaughter of Anna, King of East Anglia. She became a nun at Faremoutiers-en-Brie in France under St Fara, whom she succeeded as abbess. She was the half-sister of Sts Etheldred (Audrey) and Ethelburgh.
• Sainted THEOPHAN 德奥梵 the Recluse, of Vyschen, bishop of Tambov (1815-1894)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοφάνης ὁ Ἐρημίτης
All of his time not taken up by inner prayer was devoted to translating the works of the Fathers into Russian and, increasingly, to writings of his own. Most importantly, he prepared a Russian-language edition of the Philokalia which had a deep impact upon Russian spiritual life. In addition to the Philokalia, St Theophan produced (among other works): a Spiritual Psalter of selections from St Ephraim the Syrian; The Path to Salvation, an exposition of Orthodox Spirituality written in clear, plain language for those living in the world; collections of his letters to spiritual children; and Unseen Warfare, a treatise on prayer and the ascetical life. This last has an unusual history. In its original form it was written by Lorenzo Scupoli, an Italian Roman Catholic priest. St Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain, recognizing the book's merit, produced a Greek edition in which he corrected various deviations from Orthodoxy in the original. St Theophan in turn revised the Greek edition extensively, removing some material and adding passages of his own; so that the Italian, Greek and Russian versions are in fact three substantially different books. Many of St Theophan's works (including Unseen Warfare) are available in good English translations. They are almost unique in presenting the undiluted hesychastic spirituality of the Orthodox Church in plain, straightforward language accessible to most people. Saint Theophan’s gift was the ability to present the wisdom of the Fathers in terms which modern people can understand. Since he lived close to our own time, many readers find his books “more approachable” than the earlier patristic literature. He treats the life of the soul and the life of the body as a unified whole, not as two separate elements, and reveals to people the Path of Salvation.
• Blessed THEOSEVIA (also Theosebeia or Theosebia) 德奥塞维亚, Dcn. (385) sister of Sts Macrina, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa and Peter of Sebasteia
Ἡ Ἁγία Θεοσεβία ἡ Διακόνισσα
She was a virgin and served Holy Church as a deaconess, caring for the sick, distributing food to vagrants, raising orphans and preparing women for holy Baptism.
There is strong evidence that Saint Theosevia the Deaconess was the wife of Saint Gregory of Nyssa, but this is not generally accepted for lack of complete evidence. An ambiguous expression in the Letter of Condolence written by Gregory the Theologian to Gregory of Nyssa upon the death of Theosevia the Deaconess, expressly calls her his "sister" and "consort". The latter word "consort" in Greek is syzigon, which also means "spouse". This and other language certainly indicates a close relationship which scholars generally agree either mean she was Gregory of Nyssa's wife or sister.
• THOMIAN (Tómméne, Thomas, Toimen) (660) Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland 623-660
• TUILLELAITH (also Tuilelaith), Abs. of Kildare (9th c.)

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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.