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February 24 / February 11
2018 （7526）
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DAY 6
• Our Lady of Lourdes
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of PARGA in Nikopolis (1603)
• Hieromartyr Presbyter SATURNINUS of Abitine, and his 4 children: Nun VM MARIA (also Mary), Lectors MM SATURNINUS and FELIX, and the younger son HILARION (also Hilarianus); together with approximately 46 Christians: Martyresses THELICA, EVA, VICTORIA, REGIOLA (Regula), POMPONIA, SECUNDA, JANUARIA, SATURNINA, MARGARITA, HONORATA, MATRONA, CAECILIA, RESTITUTA, BEREDINA, PRIMA (Primäva); MM DATIVA (also Dativus), ROGATIAN, Lector AMPELIUS, Lector EMERITUS, FELIX, ROGATIANUS, ROGATUS, JANUARIUS, CASSIANUS, VICTORIANUS, VINCENTIUS, CAECILIANUS, ROGATIANUS, JULIUS, ROGATUS, MARTINUS, DANTUS, FELIX, MAIOR, VICTORINUS, PELUSIUS, FAUSTUS, DACIANUS, QUINT, MAXIMIAN, GIVALIUS, CLAVT, FELIX and others; at Carthage (Albitina, Abitina or Abitine) in Africa (304)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πρίμα, Ἀμπλίας, Δάτιβος, Πλωτίνος, Σατορνίνος, Φάβιος, Φῆλιξ οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς
A group of 46 martyrs in Albitina in North Africa. They were arrested at the liturgy and sent to Carthage for examination. Saturninus was a priest, and with him suffered his 4 children, Saturninus and Felix, readers, Mary, a virgin, and Hilarion, a young child. Dativus and another Felix were senators. Other names from this group which have come down to us are: Thelica, Ampelius, Emeritus, Rogatian and Victoria, a holy virgin of undaunted courage. The child Hilarion, when threatened by the magistrates while his companions were being tortured, replied: "Yes, torture me too; anyhow, I am a Christian". They all died in prison.
• Hieromartyr Bishop BLAISE (also known as Blase, Blasien, Blasius, Biagio) 瓦莱西 of Sebaste in Armenia (316); Languished in prison with Hieromartyr Bishop Blaise: 7 Holy Women and 2 Children beheaded at Sebaste (316)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βλάσιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σεβαστείας
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δύο παῖδες καὶ Ἑπτὰ γυναῖκες οἱ συναθλητὲς τοῦ Ἁγίου Βλασίου
Saint Blaise, the Patron of wild animals, physicians, sick cattle, wax-chandlers, and woolcombers, invoked for diseases of the throat, the Bishop of Sebastea, Armenia, lived under Emperor Licinius. He had retired to a grotto on a mountain side where he lived peacefully amidst savage beasts tamed by his blessing. Very skilled in medicine, he performed numerous healings. He received the gift of miracles from God. He was captured and brought before President Agricola. He confessed Christ's name and for this was cruelly struck with rods, then suspended and thrashed... Seven women went along behind and gathered up the drops of blood. These they arrested and tried to compel them to worship the idols. The women in pretending to consent to this said, that they needed cleansing beforehand in the waters of a lake. They took along the idols and submerged them in a very deep portion of the lake, and after this the Christians were fiercely tortured. The saints stoically endured the torments, strengthened by the grace of God, their bodies were transformed and became white like snow, and together with the blood there flowed what seemed like milk. One of the women had two young sons, who implored their mother that she help them attain the Kingdom of Heaven and she entrusted them into the care of Saint Blaise. The seven holy women were then beheaded.
Cast to the bottom of a pond, Blaise was brought back to shore and beheaded at the same time as two children who were in prison with him.
• Hieromartyr LUCIUS Bishop of Adrianople, and Companions (350)
Lucius, who succeeded Eutropius as bishop of Adrianople, was driven from his see to Gaul for having opposed Arianism. He played a leading role in the Council of Sardica in 347. Under the protection of Pope Saint Julius I, he returned to Adrianople, but refused to be in communion with the Arian bishops condemned at Sardica. On this account he was arrested and died in prison. A group of his faithful Christians, who had been siezed with him, were beheaded by order of the Emperor Constantius.
• MM PRISCUS a bishop of Capua in North Africa, his priests CASTRENSIS, TAMMARUS, ROSIUS, HERACLIUS, SECUNDINUS, ADJUTOR, MARK, AUGUSTUS, ELPIDIUS, CANION and VINDONIUS (5th c.)
Priscus, a bishop in North Africa, and his priests were cast adrift in a boat by the Arian Vandals. They reached the south of Italy, where eventually Priscus became Bishop of Capua.
• Venerabless MARIA (also Maria, Mary, Mariam, Marinus, Marinos, Marius or Maryana) 玛利亚 of Bithynia, who dressed in men’s attire as monk Marinos 玛利诺 (527); and her father EUGENE (also Eugenius or Evgenios) 艾弗革尼 Monk of Alexandria (502)
• Hieromartyr Abbot BLAISE of Kiafa-Sklavena in Acarnania (1006) together with 2 Hieromonks and 3 Monks and others
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βλάσιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐξ Ἀκαρνανίας
• Repose of Archbishop SIMON Vinogradov, of Shanghai and Peking (1933)
May the Lord be merciful to the ever-memorable servant of God, blessed Simon, and give him rest in Abraham's bosom, and number him among the just.
Persecutors seized that marvelous aged virgin Apollonia, broke out all her teeth with blows on her jaws, and piling up a bonfire before the city, threatened to burn her alive if she refused to recite with them their blasphemous sayings. But she asked for a brief delay. . . . Because of the nature of her torments, Saint Apollonia is pictured holding a tooth (sometimes gold) with a pair of pincers or with a golden tooth hanging from a necklace. She may be shown after her teeth were pulled out or simply with a book and pincers. She is invoked by those suffering from toothache. If she does not have the pincers, she usually wears a necklace made of her own teeth. She is the patron of dentists.
• Venerable Abbot BENEDICT 文奈迪克特 of Aniane (750-821)
A Visigoth, by name Witiza, he was born in Languedoc in France. In 773 he became a monk at Saint-Seine near Dijon and in 779 founded a monastery in Languedoc by a stream called Aniane. The Emperor asked him to oversee monasteries in Languedoc, Provence and Gascony and eventually all those in French and Germany.
• BRIGID
• Monk CAEDMON 凯德蒙 of Whitby, Father of English Poetry (680) a Northumbrian, who worked at the monastery of Whitby in England as a farm-labourer. He was the first Englishman to write Orthodox hymns. Disciple of Saint Hilda
• CALOCERUS (130) a disciple of St Apollinaris, whom he succeeded as Bishop of Ravenna in Italy
• Venerable CASSIAN the Barefoot (in the world Kosmas) ascetic of the Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery (1532)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κασσιανὸς ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Bishop CASTRENSIS of Capua (5th c.)
Saint Castrensis has a second feast day on September 1 together with Priscus, an African bishop, and his priests (Tamarus, Rosius, Heraclius, Secundinus, Adjutor, Mark, Augustus, Elpidius, Canion, and Vindonius) who were cast adrift in a rudderless boat by the Arian Vandals. They reached southern Italy, where eventually Priscus became bishop of Capua and several of the others were promoted to other sees. The Acta, however, are untrustworthy. It seems that the companions of Saint Priscus are Campanian (Italian) saints unconnected with the story in the Roman Martyrology. One opinion interprets Priscus Castrensis as meaning "Priscus formerly bishop of Castra in northern Africa".
• COGHNAT (also Cognat) of Earnaidhe (Urney) in Tyrone, Cavan, King’s County
• DESIDERATUS (Désiré) (6th c.) successor of St Avitus as Bishop of Clermont in Auvergne in France
• DESIDERIUS (608) born in Autun he became Bishop of Vienne in France. He defended Orthodox values and was murdered for this at the place now called Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne
• Venerable DEMETRIUS 迪弥特里 monk of Priluki, Vologda (1392) // FEB 11 // JUN 3 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Δημήτριος ἐκ Ρωσίας
• ETCHEN (Etchenius, Ecian or Echen) of Clonfad, bishop and patron of Clonfad, County Westmeath, Ireland
• Translation (879) of relics of Hieromartyr EUGENE 1st Bishop of Toledo (646)
• GEORGE Abbot in Serbia
• Holy Martyr GEORGE 格奥尔吉 of Kratovo (1515) burned at the stake, suffered in Sofia, Bulgaria
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Σερβίας
• GOBNAIT 格博奈特 (also Gobnat, Gobnata, Gopnat, Gobnet or Deborah) of Münster, Abs. of Ballyvourney (Burneagh), Co. Cork; Fndr. of Kilgobnet (Gobnait’s Church), as well as a monastery in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford; Pat. of Bees (5–6th c.) Patron Saint of beekeepers
Abbess of a convent in Ballyvourney in Co. Cork in Ireland. A holy well named after her still exists there.
St Abigail is an Irish saint from the 5th century. St Abigail gailic name is Gobnait, and in England she was known as St Deborah, denoting honeybee.
St Gobnata was born in County Clare, Ireland at the end of the fifth, or beginning of the sixth, century. An angel appeared to her one day and told her to leave and to keep walking until she found nine white deer. Eventually, she saw three white deer at Clondrohid, County Cork, and decided to follow them. Then, at Ballymakeera, she saw six white deer. Finally, at Ballyvourney, she came upon nine white deer grazing in a wood. There, she was given land for a women’s monastery by her spiritual Father, St Abban of Kilabban, and he installed her as abbess. St Gobnata was renowned for her gift of healing, and there is a story of how she kept the plague from Ballyvourney. She is also famous for her skill as a bee-keeper. One day, St Gobnata was watching from a hill overlooking a valley as an invading chieftain and his army came through, destroying crops and driving off cattle. She sent the bees to attack them, and the army was thrown into such confusion that they left without their plunder. The holy virgin St Gobnata fell asleep in the Lord on February 11. The exact year of her death is not known, but it probably occurred in the sixth century. Although she is regarded as the patron saint of Ballyvourney, she is venerated throughout southern Ireland. There are churches dedicated to her in Waterford and Kerry, and she is also revered in Scotland.
• GREGORY II Pope of Rome (669-731)
Born in Rome, he was librarian and archivist of the Roman Church, when he was chosen Pope in 715. He is famous for encouraging the spreading of the Gospel among the Germanic peoples, to whom he sent St Boniface and St Corbinian. He restored several Italian monasteries, notably Montecassino. He also opposed Iconoclasm and checked the advancing Lombards.
• Venerable GREGORY of Sinai (1346) a great neptic father and teacher of noetic prayer to Mount Athos and the Balkan people // NOV 27 // FEB 11 // APR 6 //
• Hermit JONAS the Gardener of Demeskenyanos (4th c.)
Saint Jonas was an Egyptian monk of Demeskenyanos under Saint Pachomius. He was the gardener for the community for 85 years, working in this capacity during the day, and at night plaiting ropes and singing Psalms.
• LAZARUS of Milan (450) Archbishop of Milan in Italy, he defended his flock from the Ostrogoths
• Hieromartyr LUCIUS 路基 of Adrianopolis in Thrace (348)
• PASCHAL I Pope of Rome (824) supported missionary activities in Denmark
Paschal loved religious art even though he lived at a time when many people in the Eastern churches were breaking up sacred pictures in the belief that these were idolatrous images. Fanatics would even murder those who supported the use of fine art to decorate Christian churches and foster the spirit of worship. Though he was unsuccessful in ending the iconoclast heresy of Emperor Leo V, Pascal did his best to help Eastern Christians who were fighting to stop this destruction of great religious art. He sent his aides to try to secure the release of Abbot Theodore the Studite, who had been imprisoned for defending sacred icons, and encouraged Saint Nicephorus. And Paschal gave shelter to many Greek monks who had fled from the east in fear of those who were destroying what they held to be precious aids to the Christian life. While Pascal did not succeed in ending this strife, the influence of Eastern artists can be seen in the work done between 817 and 824 (while he was pope) to embellish Rome. Pascal, for instance, rebuilt the Roman church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, and made it into a fitting shrine for the bones of Saint Cecilia. This church has been considerably rebuilt since then, but another church in Rome, Santa Maria in Domnica, remains substantially as it was after Pascal had restored it and shows his deeply held beliefs.
• Monk PORPHYRIOS Fool for Christ
• Great Martyr THEODORE Tyro (306) // MOVABLE HOLIDAY ON SATURDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK OF THE GREAT LENT //
50 years after the martyr's death of Saint Theodore, the emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363), wanting to commit an outrage upon the christians, commanded the city-commander of Constantinople during the first week of Great Lent to sprinkle all the food provisions in the market-places with the blood of idol-sacrifices. Saint Theodore, having appeared in a dream to archbishop Eudoxios, ordered him to inform all the christians, ― that no one should buy anything at the market-places, but rather to eat cooked wheat with honey ― kolivo ( kut'ya or sochivo). In memory of this occurrence the Orthodox Church annually makes celebration of the holy Great Martyr Theodore of Tyre on Saturday of the first week of Great Lent.
• Righteous THEODORA 妇德奥多拉 a Greek Empress of Constantinople (867) Restored the Veneration of Icons
Ἡ Ἁγία Θεοδώρα ἡ Βασίλισσα
Theodora, a Greek empress, was the wife of the nefarious Emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast. After the death of Theophilus, Theodora became the ruling empress and reigned together with her son Michael III. At the Council in Constantinople (842 A.D.), she immediately restored the veneration of icons. This holy and meritorious woman of the Church gave up her soul to God on February 11, 867 A.D. It was at that time, by the divine and wonderful Providence of God, at the solemn triumph of Orthodoxy over all heresies, that St Cyril and St Methodius were sent as Christian missionaries to the Slavs. Together with Saint Methodius, Theodora instituted the Feast of Orthodoxy on the first Sunday in Lent, which celebrates the restoration of holy images for veneration.
There is a much-debated story that, when Theophilus was dying, the Empress, moved by compassion for him, brought an icon of the Mother of God out of hiding and laid it on his face; and that Theophilus, coming to himself, kissed the holy icon and confessed the true Faith before giving up his soul. Other accounts say that the Emperor died in heresy. It seems possible that the holy Empress circulated the story to ensure that her departed husband would be remembered in the Church's prayers.
• SEVERINUS of Agaunum (507) a Burgundian who became the Abbot of Agaunum in Switzerland
• Holy Nobleborn VSEVOLOD 维塞佛洛德 (in holy baptism Gabriel 为加百列) Prince and Wonderworker of Pskov (1138) // FEB 11 // APR 22 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ ὁ βασιλέας
• Uncovering (415) of the relics of Righteous Prophet ZECHARIAH (3) the father of St John the Baptist
Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ζαχαρίου Πατρὸς Ἰωάννου Προδρόμου
• A Mother martyred in Sebaste (4th c.)
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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