συνοδικός
February 18 / February 5
2018 （7526）
Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple
• The Icon of the Mother of God "THE RESCUER OF THE DROWNING"
• 西西里 "SICILIAN" or "Divnogorsk" 低位诺戈尔斯基 (1092) Icon of the Mother of God
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Σικελιωτίσσης ἐν Ντιβνογκὸρκ
• 切尔尼戈夫的云杉树 "ELETSK-Chernigov" (Chernigov Spruce Tree) Icon of the Mother of God (1060)
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Ἐλεούσης ἐν Τσέρνιγκωφ
• "IN SEARCH OF THE PERISHING" 寻找失落者 (17th c.) Icon of the Mother of God
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς ἀναζητήσεως τῶν ἀπολωλότων
Seek us who are perishing, O Most Holy Virgin, chasten us not according to our sins, but as you are merciful in your love for mankind, have pity, deliver us from hell, sickness and necessity, and save us.
Icon of the Mother of God From time immemorial the Russian people, with faith in the all-powerful help of the Most Holy Theotokos, considered the title “Seeker of the Perishing” to refer not only to those who are dying, but to those whose souls are in danger of spiritual death.
The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has determined, that the memory of the three holy mothers of the Three Hierarchs be honored. They are Saint Emmelia, the mother of Basil the Great (379), Macrina the Younger (330–379) and Gregory of Nyssa (334-394), Naukratios of Mount Nitria (332-358), and Peter of Sebaste (347-392), Emmelia is also commemorated on May 30th; Saint Nonna of Nazianzus, the mother of Gregory the Theologian, Gorgonia (February 23) and Caesarius of Nazianzus (March 9), Nonna is also commemorated on August 5th; and Saint Anthousa, the mother of John Chrysostom, for whom this is her primary feast.
One of the things are beneficial to the struggle as an Orthodox mom is reading the lives of holy Orthodox mothers. Their faith and example give the strength we need to continue moving forward in attempt to raise good Orthodox Christian children and to keep fighting our own spiritual battles. So many times when reading the lives of the saints we hear of their pious parents, most commonly their mothers. The stories that particularly strengthen are those of real Orthodox moms. Mothers who have run their race and finished successfully. Mothers who have not only secured sainthood for themselves but for their children.
Gregory championed Nonna as a model of Christian motherhood. He wrote of her: "My mother was a worthy companion for such a man (as my father) and her qualities were as great as his. She came from a pious family, but was even more pious than they. Though in her body she was but a woman, in her spirit she was above all men... Her mouth knew nothing but the truth, but in her modesty she was silent about those deeds which brought her glory. She was guided by the fear of God."
And speaking further of his parents as models of Christian parentage, he wrote: "Our mother, from the beginning and by virtue of descent, consecrated to God and receiving piety as a necessary heritage not for herself alone, but also for her children, was truly a holy lump from the holy first fruits of the dough. She so far increased and augmented it that some have expressed their belief the assertion is bold, but I will make it that not even her husband's perfection was any other's work than hers. And how wonderful it is that a greater and more perfect piety was bestowed as the reward of piety! Both were lovers of their children and of Christ. Yet it is a striking paradox that they were more devoted lovers of Christ than of their children. Their sole enjoyment in their children was that they be known as Christ's and called His. Their single definition of good children comprised virtue and kinship with the Chief Good. Compassionate and sympathetic, they rescued much treasure from moths and brigands and from the prince of this world, transferring it from their place of exile to their homeland, and storing up the glory of heaven for their children as their greatest inheritance."
• Martyrs of Pontus, under Dioclesian
Some were tortured with melted lead poured upon them, others with sharp reeds thrust under their nails, and such like inventions, several times repeated: at length they various ways completed their martyrdom.
• GENUINUS (Ingenuinus) Bishop of Sabion near Brixen in the Tyrol in Austria (7th c.), and ALBINUS Bishop of Brixen (11th c.)
• VM DOMINICA (also Domnach, Dominae or Drusa); her brother Hosiosmartyr INDREACHTACH (also Indract, Indracht or Indractus) abbot of Iona; and 9 companions; at Shapwick near Glastonbury (708-710)
Born in Ireland, Indract was the son of an Irish king who visited Glastonbury in the early 8th century with nine companions, while journeying home from a pilgrimage to Rome. On leaving the abbey, they were murdered at a place called Hywise (probably Huish Episcopi, Somerset) with his sister St Dominica (Drusa) and others near Glastonbury in England, by heathen: by one of the nobles of King Ine of Wessex named Huna and his men, out of greed for the wealth they were thought to be carrying. The bodies were buried in a cave, but a persistent light shone over their grave which caused the king who was staying nearby to discover the murder and order their re-burial at the abbey: Indract by the altar, the others under the floor. Their relics were enshrined there. Miracles subsequently took place.
• NM Eldress Matushka AGATHA 阿伽塔 of Belorussia (1938) and with her Schemamonk EUGENE 艾弗革尼 (1939) and Righteous PARAMON 帕拉蒙 (1941) of Belorussia
• Hosiosmartyress novice ALEXANDRA Kasparova (1882-1942)
• Martyr MICHAEL Amelüshkin (1893-1942)
• Repose of Blessed AGNIA (Anna Philippovna Mytikova), Confessoress of Nizhni-Novgorod, Abs. of Vasilsursk (1953)
May the Lord be merciful to the ever-memorable servant of God, blessed Agnia, and give him rest in Abraham's bosom, and number him among the just.
• Repose of Martyr and Confessor VALERIU Gafencu of Bessarabia, Romania (1924-1952) The Saint of the Prison
(Abraamios)
Bishop of Arbela, Assyria (now Iraq). He was put to death in the village of Telman under Shapur II of Persia. Saint Abraham is always pictured as a bishop with a sword.
• Venerabless ADELHEIDIS (also Adelaide, Alice or Alen), Abbess of Willich (also Villich) near Bonn and of Our Lady of the Capitol (St Maria in Capitolio) in Cologne, Germany (1015)
Abbess of Willich near Bonn in Germany and of Our Lady of the Capitol in Cologne. Both convents were founded by her father.
• Holy Virgin Martyress AGATHA (also Agathe or Agathi) 阿伽塔 of the Sicilian town of Palermo (251) martyred in Catania
Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀγάθη ἡ Μάρτυς
Agatha is the patroness of Catania, where she preserves Mt Etna from erupting. She is also patroness of breast cancer patients, of bell-founders (shaped like her breasts, or possibly because bells are used to warn of fire), martyrs, firefighters, girdlers, jewellers, maltsters, nurses, wet nurses, weavers, bakers and shepherdesses. Agatha is the patron saint of bell-founders because of the shape of her severed breasts, and also of bakers, whose loaves were blessed at her feast day. Minne di Sant'Agata, a typical Sicilian sweet shaped as a breast, representing the cut breasts of Saint Agatha.
Agatha is invoked against earthquake, fire, lightning, storm, sterility, wolves, and diseases of the breast. Born in Catania in Sicily, where she was martyred. She was handed over to a prostitute and her breasts were cut off. The Apostle Peter healed her of this mutilation while she was in prison, where she subsequently reposed. At Agatha's burial, attended by many, her Guardian Angel appeared and placed a marble slab on her tomb, inscribed with the words: A righteous mind, self- determining, honor from God, the deliverance of her fatherland.
• AGATHA (also Hildegardis) of Austria, Matr. (1024) highly venerated in Carinthia
Wife of Paul the local Count of Carinthia in Austria, she was a model of devotion to her domestic duties and patience under the brutal ill-treatment of her jealous husband whom she converted before his death.
• AGRICOLA (420) The 11th Bishop of Tongres in Belgium
• New Martyr ANTHONY 安托尼 of Athens (1774)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Ἀθηναῖος
• Sainted AVITUS 阿维图 bishop of Vienne (525)
Born in Auvergne in France, he was the brother of St Apollinaris, Bishop of Valence. Their father St Isychius, a Roman senator, had also been Bishop of Vienne. Avitus succeeded him. As a bishop he commanded the respect of his flock, both of the pagan Franks and the Arian Burgundians. He converted the Burgundian King, Sigismund. St Avitus was also an eloquent writer.
• Martyress BASILISSA (300) in Nicomedia, today Ízmit in Turkey
• BERTULF (705) born in Pannonia, he moved to Flanders in Belgium where he became Orthodox and a priest and founded a monastery
• BUO of Ireland (900)
In the 7th and 8th century, Irish missionaries were working in Iceland and the Faroe Islands, before the discovery of the islands by the Norwegians in 860. When they arrived they found Irish bells, books, and staffs. The Irish geographer Dicuil in De mensura orbis terrae notes that "certain clerics remained on the Iceland Island from February 1 until August 1". Saint Buo was one of the distinguished missionaries who evangelized the province around Esinberg, while he was still a very young man.
• CALAMANDA (5th c.) in Catalonia, Spain
• Virgin CERA of Raith Moentich
• EACHDACH (also Eachtach) (6th c.)
• VM FELICIA at Cagliari, Sardinia
• Abbot FINGEN of Metz (1005)
• Bishop GENUINUS (Ingenuinus) of Brixen (7th c.)
• GREGORY (Grigorie) Roşca, Metropolitan of Moldavia (1570)
• Patriarch JACOB the Father of the 12 tribes of Israel
• Blessed JOHN Morosini, Abbot (1012)
Born in Venice, Italy; died 1012. John became a Benedictine at Cuxá in the Catalonian Pyrenees. In 982, he returned to Venice, where he founded and ruled the abbey of San Giorgio Maggiore.
• Repose of MICHAEL Jovanović, Metropolitan of Serbia (1897)
• MODESTUS (722) monk in Salzburg, he became Bishop of Carinthia in Austria and was largely responsible for its enlightenment
• Sainted POLYEUCTUS 颇利艾弗克特 Patriarch of Constantinople (970)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πολύευκτος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
• Venerable SABAS the Younger, ascetic in Sicily (990/995)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ἐκ Σικελίας
In Italy Saint Savvas is known as San Saba il Giovane or San Saba di Collesano. In english his name is usually translated as Sabas or Sabbas.
• THEODOSIUS 德奥多西 of Skopelos in Cilicia (421) the Ascetic of Antioch
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος ὁ ἐξ Ἀντιοχείας
• Sainted THEODOSIUS 德奥多西 archbishop of Chernigov (1696)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοδόσιος ἐκ Ρωσίας
• VODOALDUS (Voel, Vodalus, Vodalis) (725) born in Ireland, he went to France and reposed as a hermit near Soissons
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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