συνοδικός
February 16 / February 3
2018 （7526）
Afterfeast of the Meeting of Our Lord
In celebrating the Memory of the Holy and Just Simeon who received God and Anna the Prophetess today, we proclaim the formidable and ineffable condescension of God in our behalf.
• Wonderworking Icon of the Theotokos known as "THE SOFTENING OF EVIL HEARTS" or "Simeon's Prophecy"
It depicts the Virgin Mary at the moment that Simeon the Righteous says, "Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also...." (Luke 2:35). She stands with her hands upraised in prayer, and seven swords pierce her heart, indicative of the seven sorrows. This is one of the few Orthodox icons of the Theotokos which do not depict the infant Jesus. The refrain "Rejoice, much-sorrowing Mother of God, turn our sorrows into joy and soften the hearts of evil men!" is also used.
These Seven Sorrows:
The Prophecy of Simeon (Luke 2:34–35)
The escape and Flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13)
The Loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple of Jerusalem (Luke 2:43–45)
The Meeting of Mary and Jesus on the Via Dolorosa
The Crucifixion of Jesus on Mount Calvary (John 19:25)
The Piercing of the Side of Jesus with a spear, and His Descent from the Cross (Matthew 27:57–59)
The Burial of Jesus by Joseph of Arimathea (John 19:40–42)
Our Lady of Sorrows, depicted as "Mater Dolorosa" (Mother of Sorrows) is one of the three common artistic representations of a sorrowful Virgin Mary, the other two being Stabat Mater and Pietà. In this iconography, Our Lady of Seven Sorrows is at times simply represented in a sad and anguished mode by herself, her expression being that of tears and sadness. In other representations the Virgin Mary is depicted with seven swords in her heart, a reference to the prophecy of Simeon at the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
The Seven Joys of the Virgin (or of Mary, the Mother of Jesus) is a popular devotion to events of the life of the Virgin Mary, arising from a trope of medieval devotional literature and art.
The Seven Joys were frequently depicted in medieval devotional literature and art. The seven joys are usually listed as:
The Annunciation
The Nativity of Jesus
The Adoration of the Magi
The Resurrection of Christ
The Ascension of Christ to Heaven
The Pentecost or Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and Mary
The Coronation of the Virgin in Heaven
Martyrs in North Africa. Sts Laurentinus and Ignatius were uncles and St Celerina was an aunt of the deacon St Celerinus.
• Martyrs PAPIAS 帕彼亚, DIODORUS 迪奥多若, and CLAUDIANUS 克劳迪安 at Perge in Pamphylia (250)
• Holy Martyrs ADRIAN 阿德里 and EUBULUS 和艾弗佛洛 of Baneas in Caesarea of Cappadocia (308-309)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀδριανὸς καὶ Εὔβουλος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• MM PAUL the Syrian, together with his friend ISA (also Isaias, Isi or Esi Paisi), and his wife THECLA (also Teckla) (3-4th c.)
• Martyrs PAUL 保罗 and SYMEON 西面, and Martyr PAUL 保罗 the Syrian, who suffered under Diocletian (4th c.)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παῦλος καὶ Σίμων οἱ Μάρτυρες
• LUPICINUS and FELIX (5th c.) Bishops of Lyons in France
• TIGIDES and REMEDIUS (6th c.) bishops who succeeded one another in Gap in France
• Princes SVIATOSLAV 斯维亚托斯拉夫 Gabriel 加百列 and his son St DIMITRY 迪弥特里 of Yuriev (1253)
• Greek New Martyrs brothers STAMATIUS 斯塔玛提 and JOHN 约翰, and their companion NICHOLAS 尼科拉, in Chios (1822)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σταμάτιος καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ Νεομάρτυρες οἱ αὐτάδελφοι καὶ ὁ συνοδίτης αὐτῶν Νικόλαος
• MM FELIX, SYMPHRONIUS (Sempronius), HIPPOLYTUS and Companions in North Africa
• Repose of Hieromonk ISIDORE of Gethsemane Skete in Moscow (1908)
May the Lord be merciful to the ever-memorable servant of God, blessed Isidore, and give him rest in Abraham's bosom, and number him among the just.
• Our Father among the Saints Equal to the Apostles, Archbishop NICHOLAS 尼古拉 Enlightener of Japan (1836-1912)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Ἰσαπόστολος
日本的圣尼古拉，原名伊凡•德米特里耶维奇•卡萨德金（1836年8月13日－1912年2月16日）是一位俄罗斯正教会传教士，将东正教传入日本。1861年，尼古拉抵达日本函馆，建立日本第一座东正教堂函館复活圣堂。1901年，曾派遣東正教神父在台北建立台北基督救世主正教堂。
Born in Russia in 1836, he became one of the great Orthodox missionaries of modern times. As a boy, he resolved to become a missionary in the far East. With the counsel and blessing of Bishop Innocent of Siberia and Alaska, he went to Japan in 1861 and joined a small Russian mission there. Though the mission's official purpose was to minister to the Russian consular community, the consul-general who invited Hieromonk Nikolai hoped to bring the light of the Orthodox Faith to the Japanese people as well. Realizing that he could only hope to convert the Japanese people if they understood one another well, Fr Nikolai immersed himself in the study of Japanese thought, culture and language. Over the course of his life he translated most of the Bible and most of the Orthodox services into Japanese, and became a fluent speaker of the language. He encountered much resistance: Preaching of Christian doctrine was officially banned in Japan, and a Samurai once approached him with the words "Foreigners must die!" It was this same Samurai who later became his first Japanese priest. In 1880 he was elevated to Bishop of Japan. During the Russo-Japanese war he remained in Japan and labored successfully to overcome nationalist strife that might have harmed or destroyed the Church in Japan. He encouraged all his Japanese faithful to pray for the Japanese armed forces, though he explained that as a Russian he could not do so, and excluded himself from all public services for the duration of the war. He sent Russian-speaking Japanese priests to the prison camps to minister to Russian prisoners of war. At the time of his repose in 1912, after forty-eight years in Japan, St Nikolai left a Cathedral, eight churches, more than 400 chapels and meeting houses, 34 priests, 8 deacons, 115 lay catechists, and 34 110 Orthodox faithful. The Church of Japan is now an autonomous Orthodox Church under the care of the Moscow Patriarchate.
• New Hieromartyr IOANN 约翰 Tomilov, presbiter, priest (1938)
• New Hieromartyr TIMOFEJ 提摩太 Izotov, presbiter, priest (1875-1938) shoted at Crimea
• New Hieromartyr ADRIAN Troitskij, presbiter, archpriest (1938)
• New Hieromartyr BASIL Zalesskij, presbiter, archpriest (1938)
• Hosiosmartyr VLADIMIR 沃拉蒂米尔 Zagreba, Hieromonk of Borisoglebsk Monastery, Novotorzhok (1938)
• Martyr MICHAEL Agajev (1938)
• Martyress THEOCTISTA Chentsova (1880-1942) day of death in Karaganda KZ, Kazakhstan
• ANATOLIUS bishop of Adana in Cilicien (5th c.) and bishop in Scotland, he went to Rome on pilgrimage and settled as a hermit in Salins in the Jura in France, where at a later date a church was dedicated to him; friend of John Chrysostome
• Righteous ANNA (also Hannah, Anne or Ann) 安纳 the Prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel (5)
Ἡ Προφήτιδα Ἄννα
According to Saint Luke’s Gospel, "And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Aser. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband for seven years from her virginity; and she was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not leave the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And coming at that very hour, also gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption at Jerusalem" (Luke 2:36-38). Thus she merited to see the Lord carried into the Temple on the fortieth day by His Most Holy Mother and Saint Joseph. She praised God and spoke openly to all those who happened to be in the Temple, saying: this Child is the very Lord who made heaven and earth firm, He is the Christ that all the prophets have announced.
• Sainted ANSGAR (also known as Anskar, Anschar, Anscharius, Scharies) 安斯卡尔 bishop of Hamburg, enlightener of Denmark and Sweden (865) Apostle of the North
Born near Amiens in France, as a child he became a monk at Old Corbie in Picardy. He then went to New Corbie in Saxony, from where he was taken by King Harold of Denmark to enlighten the heathen Danes. He toiled there as Archbishop of Hamburg for thirteen years and his mission extended to Sweden, Norway and the north of Germany.
• Holy Prophet AZARIAS 阿匝里雅 (869 B.C.)
Ὁ Προφήτης Ἀζαρίας
The name Azariah means "whom God helps". The holy prophet lived during King Asa’s reign (2 Chron. 15:1).
• BERLINDA (also Berlindis or Bellaude) Hermitess at Meerbeeke, Diocese of Ghent, Belgium (698)
A niece of St Amandus, she became a nun at Moorsel near Alost in Belgium and later an anchoress in Meerbeke.
• Holy Martyr BLAISE 弗来西 the Herdsman (Bukolos) of Caesarea in Cappadocia (3rd c.)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βλάσιος ὁ βουκόλος
Saint Blaise of Caesarea – Bukolos – lived in the III Century. He hailed from Caesarea Cappadocia (Asia Minor) and was a shepherd (in Greek "bukolos").
• Hieromartyr Bishop BLAISE (also known as Blase, Blasien, Blasius, Biagio) of Sebaste in Armenia (316) the patron of wild animals, physicians, sick cattle, wax-chandlers, and woolcombers. He is invoked against afflictions of the throat
• Virgin CAOILFIONN (also Caellainn, Caelfind, Kealin, Coilfhionn or Caoilfhionn) of Donegal (6th c.)
• Hieromartyr CELERINUS (250) born in North Africa, he earned the title of martyr, without shedding his blood, on account of the sufferings he endured under Decius during a visit to Rome. Freed, he returned to Carthage, where he was ordained deacon and later a church was dedicated to him
Ὁ Ἅγιος Κελερίνος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Venerable CLAUDIUS
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κλαύδιος
• COLMÁN Mac Duach, Bishop of Connaught, Ireland
• Bishop COLMAN of Kilmacduagh (550-632)
• CUANNA (also Cuana or Cúanna) of Kilcooney or Lismore (651)
• CUANAN (Cuanna) surnamed Glinn (Glinne) Abbot of Moville, County of Down (8th c.)
• DEODATUS (8th c.) a monk at Lagny in the archdiocese of Paris in France
• Righteous HERIDAG presbiter in Hamburg (834)
• Abbot HADELIN (Adelin) of Dinant 690) born in Gascony in France, he followed St Remaclus to Solignac, Maastricht and Stavelot and founded the monastery of Chelles, also in Belgium. He lived as a hermit near Dinant on the Meuse
• VM IA (also Hia, Iia, Hija, Ive, Ives or Hya) Hermitess of Cornwall (5-6th c.)
Born in Ireland and the sister of St Ercus, she went to Cornwall with Sts Fingar, Piala and others and was martyred at the mouth of the River Hayle. The town of St Ives is called after her. Do not confuse her with Saint Ives (April 24) of Saint Ives, Huntingdonshire.
• Sainted IGNATIUS 伊格纳提 of Mariupol in Crimea, metropolitan of Gothia and Kafa (1786)
• Sainted JAMES 雅各 archbishop of Serbia (1292)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σερβίας
• LAURENCE the Illuminator (576)
A Syrian driven by the Monophysite persecution to Italy, there he was ordained and founded a monastery near Spoleto. He was bishop for twenty years, but then founded the monastery of Farfa in the Sabine hills near Rome. St Laurence was renowned as a peacemaker. His title derives from his gift of healing blindness, both spiritual and physical.
• Archbishop LAURENCE 劳伦提 of Canterbury (619)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Λαυρέντιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Καντουαρίας
• Hieromartyr LIAFDAG (980) Bishop in Jutland in Denmark and met the needs of the growing number of Orthodox there but was martyred by pagans
• Martyr PAUL the Syrian (4th c.) under Diocletian
• Repose of Schemamonk PAUL of Simonov Monastery (1825), disciple of St Paisius Velichkovsky
Ὁ Ὅσιος Παῦλος ἐκ Ρωσίας
• PHILIP of Vienne (578) Bishop of Vienne in France c 560-578
• REMEDIUS Bishop of Gap in France
• Rightbelieving ROMANUS 罗马诺 prince of Uglich (1285)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρωμανὸς ὁ Πρίγκιπας
• RUMEL the hermit in northern Brittany (6th c.)
• Venerable SABBAS 萨瓦 of the Sacred Monastery of the Honorable Forerunner on the island of Ioannina (1505) the spiritual father of Saints Nektarios and Theophanes, the founders of the Monastery of Barlaam at Meteora (May 17)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ὁ Πνευματικὸς
• Righteous SIMEON 西面 the Receiver of God (Theodochos) (1) considered to be the Protector of young children
Ὁ Ἅγιος Συμεὼν ὁ Δίκαιος ὁ Θεοδόχος
Forewarned by Holy Spirit that he would not die before having seen the Messiah, Saint Simeon, whose life was miraculously prolonged, received the Child Jesus into his arms. Inspired from on high, he predicted what would happen to Him. He then committed his soul to God according to his own wish.
• Sainted SYMEON 西面 1st bishop of Tver and Polotsk (1289)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Συμεὼν ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Bishop THEODORE of Marseilles (594) exiled three times from his bishopric in Marseilles because of local persecutions
• WERBURGA (also Werburg, Wereburga, Werburge, Werburgh, Werburh or Werbyrgh) 威尔博伽 of Chester, Fndr. of convents, Abs. of Hanbury, Pat. of Chester (700)
Daughter of St Ermenhild and King Wulfhere of Mercia. She became a nun at Ely under St Etheldred (Audrey) and later founded three convents. She reposed at Trentham but her body was transferred to Chester, of which she is the patron saint.
• WERBURGA (also Werburg, Wereburga, Werburgh, Werburge, Werburh or Werbyrgh), Matr. (785)
When Ceolred of Mercia died, his widow Werburg retired to a convent (probably at Bardney in England) of which she became abbess.
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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