συνοδικός
February 20 / February 7
2018 （7526）
Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple
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DAY 2
• Martyrdom of PISTIS (also Vera, Fidelia, Fides or Faith), HELPIS (also Hope, Nadezhda, Spes or Elpis) and AGAPE (also Charitas, Lubov or Love), and their mother St SOPHIA (also Sofia, Sophie, Sophey, Sonja, Sonia, Sonya, Sapientia or Wisdom) at Rome (137)
• Hieromartyr Bishop CHRYSOLIUS the Armenian (300) and other Martyrs with him in Flanders
An armenian who enlightened the northeastern Gaul (France), where he became bishop and was martyred. Having left Armenia during the persecution of Diocletian, he won martyrdom in Flanders. His relics were venerated in Bruges in Belgium.
• 1 003 Martyrs of Nicomedia, including men, women and children (303)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Χίλιοι Μάρτυρες τρεῖς Οἰκέτες, τέσσερις Προτίκτορες οἱ ἐν Νικομήδειᾳ Μαρτυρήσαντες
The Holy Martyrs, Suffering at Nikomedia, were servants of the four dignitaries Bassos, Eusebios, Eutykhios and Basilides, who together with their wives suffered for Christ (5 January) in the year 303 during the reign of the emperor Diocletian (284-305). After the death by martyrdom of their masters, the servants decided to follow their example and they too confessed themselves Christians before Diocletian. Unswayed neither by persuasion nor promises nor rewards, they all – 1003 men, with women and small children, were cut down by soldiers surrounding them in a tight circle, such that none of them remained alive.
• Martyr ADAUCUS (also known as Adauctus) (304) an Italian finance minister at the imperial court of Diocletian in Phrygia. The emperor had him killed when he discovered that Adaucus was a Christian. Many Phrygian Christians were martyred with him as their town, Antandro, was burned over their heads
Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὔδατος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Martyr THEOPEMPTUS and 6 Martyrs of Phrygia (305)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόπεμπτος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ ἡ συνοδεία αὐτοῦ
Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἕξι Μάρτυρες ἐκ Φρυγίας
• Venerable TRESSAN (Trésain) (515/550) a Missionary from Ireland, he was ordained priest by St Remigius and preached in Mareuil on the Marne in France; his sisters Sts FRACLA (also Franca), PROMTIA (also Promptia) and POSENNA (also Possenna); and his brothers Sts HELAN, GIBRIAN (also Abran), GERMAN (also Germanus), VERAN, ALERAN and PETRAN; of Mareuil on the Marne (6th c.)
Saint Tressan is said to be one of five or six brothers, including Saint Gibrian (May 8), and three sisters, who travelled from Ireland to France to evangelize for the glory of God in the diocese of Rheims, France. The names of the others are given as Helan, Germanus, Abran (who may be Gibrian), Petran, Franca, Promptia, and Possenna (variations on these names are used). Tressan worked there as a swineherd, but he was ordained to the priesthood by Saint Remigius (October 1), who provided the siblings with suitable retreats from which they could spread the faith. Tressan preached with great zeal in France and became curate of Mareuil-sur-Marne (Mareuil upon the Marne), and the patron saint of Avenay in Champagne. His relics are held in great veneration at Avenay in Champagne and has been continuous in the area of Rheims.
• Repose of Archimandrite GENNADIUS an ascetic of the Roslavl Forests (1826), and commemoration of his disciple ABRAMIUS the desert-dweller of Whitehoof Convent (1868), and the latter’s spiritual daughter Abbess ALEXANDRA (1883)
• Hosiosmrtyress MARGARET (Mary Gunaronulo) Abbess of St Eliah the Prophet women convent in Menzelinsk (1918) shoted in Menzelinsk of Ufa
• New Hieromartyr presbiter VJATSCHESLAV (1924)
• New Hieromartyr BARLAAM 瓦尔拉穆 Ryashentsev, archbishop of Perm (1878-1937) day of death in prison in Vologda
• New Hieromartyr ALEXANDER 亚历山大 Talyzin, presbiter, priest at Tver (1869-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted
• New Hieromartyr ALEXIS 阿莱克西 Troitskij, presbiter, priest (1875-1942) day of death in Kulojlag KZ, Archangelsk
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀγαθάγγελος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Abbess ALEXANDRA of Whitehoof Convent (1883)
• Sainted AMAND 阿曼德 bishop of Maastricht (676-684)
• AMULWINUS (750) Bishop of Lobbes in Belgium and the successor of St Erminus (737) as abbot-bishop (chorepiscopus) of Lobbes
• ANATOLIUS Bishop of Cahors in France
• Sainted APRIONUS 阿普里奥诺 bishop of Cyprus
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀπρίων Ἐπίσκοπος Κύπρου
• Hieromartyr AVGUL (Augulus, Augurius, Aule) 阿弗古尔 Bishop and Martyr of London of Brittany (305) who suffered under Diocletian
An early martyr and bishop, probably in France, though some have suggested London in England. Saint Jerome's martyrology lists Augulus as a bishop. Others describe him as a martyr put to death in London under Diocletian. French writers normally identify him with Saint Aule of Normandy.
• Venerable abbot BONIFATY (Damian Vinogradskij) of Theophania Scete in Kiev (1785-1871) Ukraine
• BRIGID a Daughter of Doma (Doma, Dioma, Domma, Droma or Drona)
• Venerable EUTHYMIUS Lübimchenko, schemamonk of Glinsk Hermitage (1866) Ukraine
• Sainted FIDELIS bishop of Mérida (571)
Eastern by origin, he travelled to Spain with some merchants and settled in Mérida, where he became a disciple of St Paul, bishop of the city, whom he later succeeded.
• New Martyr GEORGE 格奥尔吉 Divoles of Alikianes of Crete (1867)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐξ Ἁλικιανοῦ τῆς Κυδωνίας Κρήτης
• Righteous JULIANA (also Julia) of Bologna, W. (435)
A matron in Bologna in Italy whose piety and charity were praised by St Ambrose of Milan. Her husband left her to become a priest with her consent and she devoted herself to bringing up her four children and to the service of the Church and the poor.
• Sainted LAURENCE Majoranus Bishop of Siponto (545)
Laurence Majoranus was bishop of Siponto from 492 until his death more than 50 years later. He is said to have built the sanctuary of Saint Michael on Mount Gargano.
• Sainted LAURENCE the Illuminator (576) bishop of Spoleto
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.
• LOMMAN of Portloman, County of Westmeath (6th c.)
• Venerable Hermit LUKE 路加 of Hellas (946) of Mt Steirion; Luke the Younger also known as Luke Thaumaturgus or the Wonderworker
Ὁ Ὅσιος Λουκᾶς ὁ ἐν Στειρίῳ τῆς Ἑλλάδος
• Venerabless MASTRIDIA 玛斯特里迪亚 of Jerusalem, Ascetic of the Desert (580)
• Blessed MATILDA Abbess of Quedlinburg (999)
• MELDON (Medon) (6th c.) from Ireland, he became a hermit in France and reposed at Péronne
• Sainted MOSES bishop and hermit (372/390)
Saint Moses was an Arab who retired in the desert around Mount Sinai. He served as bishop of the roving nomadic flock until a peace treaty between the Saracens and Romans made him bishop of Egypt.
• Sainted PARTHENIUS 帕尔特尼 Bishop of Lampsacus on the Hellespont (318)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Παρθένιος Ἐπίσκοπος Λαμψάκου
• Venerable PETER of Monombateia
Ὁ Ὅσιος Πέτρος ὁ ἐν Μονοβάτοις ἀγωνισάμενος
• Righteous RICHARD the King of Wessex (the kingdom of the West Saxons) (720) an noble from the west of England and father of Sts Willibald, Winebald and Walburga. He reposed at Lucca on a pilgrimage to Rome
• Bishop RONAN (also known as Ruadan, Ruadhan) of Kilmaronen, Scotland
Saint Ronan, a Scottish bishop of Kilmaronen, has erroneously bee identified as the Irish monk mentioned by the Venerable Bede as the defender of the Roman calculation for the date of Easter at the Synod of Whitby. St Ronan's Well at Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, was popularized by one of Sir Walter Scott's novels. According to tradition, Ronan came into the valley and drove out the devil. This event is remembered annually at the end of "Saint Ronan's Games" in July when a schoolboy, given a pastoral staff, is chosen to represent the saint as he "cleeks the devil".
• SABBA of Kalymnos
• Venerable Sainted SARAPION of Cyprus (356) bishop
Ὁ Ὅσιος Σαραπίων
• Righteous SOLOMON II the King of Georgia (1815)
• Holy Martyr THEODORE Stratelates of Heraclea (319)
• Sainted VEDAST (Vaast, Vaat, Gaston, Foster) 维达斯特 bishop of Arras (540)
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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