• συνοδικός • January 25 / January 12 •

συνοδικός

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January 25 / January 12 2018 （7526） Afterfeast of the Theophany

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• The Feast of GALAKTOTROPHOUSA (The Milk-Feeder) 哺乳者 Icon of Our Lady Nursing The Christ Child (499) of Hilandar on Mount Athos, on the right side of the iconostasis in the church of Saint Sava at the kellion of Karyes; originally located at the Lavra of Saint Sava the Sanctified near Jerusalem
Γαλακτοτροφούσα
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Γαλακτοτροφούσης
The Nursing Madonna, Virgo Lactans, or Madonna Lactans, is an iconography of the Madonna and Child in which the Virgin Mary is shown breastfeeding the infant Jesus. The icon was later named Typikonissa (Paterica), since the Rule (Typikon) of Saint Sava was preserved there. Saint Ephraim the Syrian says (in the Hymns on the Nativity of Christ): "From the Virgin womb came forth a Newborn, and He was fed by milk, and grew among children — the Son of the Lord of all. The holy Virgin Mother gave milk to Christ, and as a man He was nourished by her milk. As the Lord was nourished by the milk of Mary, life was poured out to the whole world."
• Icon of the Mother of God OF THE AKATHIST (1195) of iconostasis of the Hilandar monastery’s katholikon
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Ἀκαθίστου
It is known as the "Akathist" Icon because, during a fire at the katholikon in 1837 an Akathist was being read before the icon, and it remained unharmed, to the joy of the monks.
This icon should not be confused with the Zographou Icon “Of the Akathist” (October 10).
• Icon of the Mother of God the "POPADIKI" (Priestly , "of the Priest") (1628) of Hilandar monastery
A certain heretical priest, having declared himself Orthodox, acted at the Hilandar monastery with evil purpose, but he was punished. During the procession for the blessing of water he took this icon but stumbled, fell into the sea and drowned. Since that time the cross procession is always done with this icon, and invariably a priest carries it, so it was called “Priestly” by the Serbs.
• Synaxis of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "MESOPANTITISSIS" (Mediator of All) in Crete, painted by Luke the Evangelist; brought to Crete from Constantinople during the years of iconoclasm, to be saved from the wicked fury of the iconoclasts
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Μεσοπαντητίσσης ἐν Κρήτῃ
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• MM NAIMUS (Bainius), JACOBINUS and ANSELM (117-138) of Brescia in Italy
• Holy Martyress TATIANA (also Tanya, Tania, Tatianas, Tatiannas, Tatiane or Tatiani) 塔提亚纳 of Rome, Deaconess; her Father a wealthy Roman consul, and those who suffered with her (226/235)
Ἡ Ἁγία Τατιανὴ ἡ Μάρτυς
Brought before the Emperor for Christ's faith, she entered a pagan temple with him and by her prayers overturned all the idols which were found there. She was cruelly struck on the forehead, her eyes were torn out with hooks, she was tied to a stake and the skin of her head was flayed. They cut off her hair, thinking, according to their pagan reasoning, that some sorcery or some magical power was concealed in her hair. Finally, after having been exposed in vain to fire and beasts, she was beheaded.
• MM SATYRUS (Saturninus), CYRIACUS and MOSCENTIUS (257) in Achaia in Greece, or in Antiochia, today Antakya / Hatay in Türkei
• Martyrs Soldiers ZOTICUS, ROGATUS, MODESTUS, CASTULUS, and 40 Soldiers: QUINCTUS, BICCIANUS (Ebicianus), CAROTICUS, CASTULINUS, and others martyred in North Africa (257)
• 8 Martyrs of Nicaea of Bithynia (304) beheaded by the sword for confessing their faith in Christ
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ὀκτὼ Μάρτυρες
• 38 Monks cruelly martyred in Iona (750) Ireland
• 38 Hieromartyrs at Ephesus (762)
• Hieromartyr TYGRIUS the Presbiter, who was scourged, tormented with the disjointing of his bones, stripped of all his goods, and sent into banishment; and EUTROPIUS the Lector and precentor of the church of Constantinople, who died in prison of his torments, having been scourged, his cheeks torn with iron hooks, and his sides burnt with torches (395/408) at Constantinople
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τίγριος καὶ Εὐτρόπιος
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• New Hieromartyr VLADIMIR (Basil Bogojavlenskij) metropolitain of Kiev and Galicia (1848-1918) murdered in the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev on February 7, graved at St Theodosy Far Caves of the Lavra
• Hieromartyr presbiter BASIL Solovskij and Martyr STEPHAN Grigonov (1919) in Saatse in Estonia
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
• Hieromartyr PETER archbishop of Voronezh (1928)
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• King ALAN ab Erbin, Confessor in Cornwall
• Venerabless ANGILBURGA (also Engilburg), Empress, Fndr. of Convent of the Resurrection at Placentia, Abs. at Convent of St Julia at Brescia (915)
• Martyr ARCADIUS (302/304) a prominent citizen of Caesarea near Algiers in North Africa, who under Maximianus Herculeus was slowly and barbarously mutilated until he died under torture
• Venerable BENEDICT 文奈迪克特 Biscop (Benet Biscop, Biscop Baducing) abbot of Wearmouth (628-690) who introduced glass windows to England and raised Saint Bede
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βενέδικτος
Patron of painters and musicians.
Born in Northumbria, Biscop Baducing made two pilgrimages to Rome early in life and after the second became a monk at Lérins. After a third journey to Rome, bringing back books and icons, he returned to England and founded the monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow (628-690). He visited Rome twice more after that. He was the first to introduce glass into England, which he brought from France along with stone and other materials. His foreign masons, glaziers, and carpenters taught their skill to the Anglo-Saxons. He spared no trouble or effort in seeking far and wide for all that would richly embellish his Romanesque church.
• Venerabless CAESARIA the Elder, 1st Abs. of Convent at Arles, France (524/530) The gifted sister of St Caesarius of Arles and abbess of the convent founded there by her brother
• CUMMEIN (Cuimmine) Son of Dubh, of Drum-Druith
• EILIAN (Eilian of Anglesey) of Rome (6th c.)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐϊλιανὸς ἐκ Ρώμης
• Venerable ELIAS 伊利亚 the Wonderworker, dweller of the Paradise desert (398) // NOV 3 // JAN 12 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἠλιοὺ ὁ Θαυματουργός
• Martyr ERNESTUS (Ernst) the Soldier of Rome (216)
• EULOGIA Mother of St Theodosios the Cenobiarch
• Venerabless EUPRAXIA (Euphrasia) 艾弗普拉克西亚 the Elder of Tabenna (Tabennesi) in Egypt, W. (393) the mother of the Nun Eupraxia, maiden of Tabenyssa (25 July)
Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐπραξία
Learning of her imminent death, Eupraxia gave thanks to the Lord for His great mercy towards her. She bid farewell to the sisters of the convent and to her daughter. She left her with these parting words: "Love the Lord Jesus Christ, and respect the sisters. Never dare to think that they are below you and should serve you. Be poor in your thoughts in order to profit by spiritual treasures. Also remember your father and me, and pray for the salvation of our souls."
• Virgin Martyress EUTHASIA (also Tasia or Tessie) 欧塔西亚 by the sword
Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐθασία
• Hieromartyr FERGEOLUS Bishop of Grenoble (664)
• Venerable GALACTEON 伽拉克特翁 of White Lake (1506) disciple of St Martinian at Ferapontov monastery
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γαλακτίων ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός
• Sainted JOHN (Giovanni I Angelopte) of Ravenna (495) Bishop of Ravenna in Italy from 452 to 494. He saved his flock from the fury of Attila the Hun and mitigated its lot when the city was taken by Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths
• Sainted JOHN II Mercurios, Pope of Rome (535)
• Sainted JOHN III Catelinus, Pope of Rome (574)
• Hieromartyr JOHN IV Pope of Rome (642)
• Blessed JOHN Kotel’nikov, of Tula, Fool for Christ (1850)
• LAIDGEN (Laidcenn) a monastic associated with the foundation of St Lua or Molua at what is now the parish of Kyle or Clonfertmulloe, County Laois (660)
• LAIGHNE (Laigne) Son of Garbain
• MACARIUS
• Venerable MARTINIAN 玛尔提尼安 of White Lake, abbot (1483) // JAN 12 // OCT 7 UNCOV REL //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαρτινιανός
• Sainted MAXIMUS Bishop of Taorminia (101)
• Martyr MERTIUS 麦尔提 a soldier of Mauretania (284/305) suffered fierce torments, not making a sound. He was thrown into prison, where he died from hunger and his wounds
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μέρτιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Venerable monk NAZARIUS of St-Michel-de-Cuxa, of Perpignan in France (745)
• Holy Martyr PETER 彼得 Apselamus (Abessalomites, Aneiakos) of Aneia in Palestine (310) // OCT 14 // JAN 12 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Ἀβεσαλαμίτης
• Martyr PHILOTHEUS 斐洛德奥 of Antioch (305)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλόθεος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Sainted PROBUS (59/236) Bishop of Verona in Italy
• SALVIUS (Salve, Sauve) (625) Bishop of Amiens in the north of France. His relics were enshrined in Montreuil in Picardy
• Sainted 萨瓦 SAVA I the 1st archbishop of Serbia (1169-1236)
• SILOUAN
• Venerable Archimandrite THEODOSIUS of Tisman and Sophroniev Monasteries (1802) fellow-struggler of St Paisius Velichkovsky
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Venerabless Mother THEODORA 德奥多拉 (5th c.) a glorious nun and teacher of the nuns from Alexandria
Just as trees require winter and snow in order to bear fruit, so trials and temptations are needed for our life.
• Venerable Abbot VICTORIAN of Asan (566/560) born in Italy, he went to France and founded Asan (called San Victorian after him) in the Pyrenees in Spain
• VITALIS 维塔里 of the monastery of Abba Serid (Seridos) at Gaza (609/620)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βιτάλιος
• Righteous VOLKHOLD the Deacon of Sonnenburg (972-1041)
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• Commemoration of the Church of St Alexander, near the Church of the Holy Apostles, in Constantinople
Μνήμη Ναοῦ Ἁγίου Ἀλεξάνδρου πλησίον τῶν Ἁγίων Ἀποστόλων
• The Holy Monastery of Abba Theodosios the Cenobiarch is located east of Bethlehem, at the entrance to the desert on the ancient central road, which leads from the desert of Jordan to the Dead Sea, on a high plateau. One could see Bethlehem from the Holy Monastery, as well as Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives, the Jordan River, the Dead Sea and Sarantario Mountain.
This Holy Monastery is built over the Cave of the Magi, which is of great interest, because according to tradition, the Three Magi spent the night there on their return from Bethlehem. It is a natural cave, with some points carved, and centuries ago was used first as a church and later as a cemetery.
Within the marble tombs along the walls of the cave are buried the founder of the Monastery St THEODOSIOS, the Patriarch of Jerusalem St SOPHRONIOS who was a monk there, St EULOGIA the mother of St Theodosios, St KOPRES, St SOPHIA the mother of St Savvas the Sanctified, St THEODOTI the mother of the Holy Unmercenaries, St EUBOULA the mother of St Panteleimon, St MARIA the mother of Sts Arcadius and John and husband of St Xenophontos, St JOHN Moschos who was a monk there and was the renowned author of the Leimanarion, together with other important figures of monasticism in Palestine. All in all the cave contains 35 tombs of Saints.

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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.