συνοδικός
February 5 / January 23
2018 （7526）
• Synaxis of Panagia DAKRIROOUSA (i.o. tearing) in Kefallonia
THE SIXTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL in Constantinople (681)
The Monothelite Controversy
Held in Constantinople in 680. Under Emperor Constantine IV Pogonatos. 170 Bishops were present. Defender of Orthodoxy: St Maximus the Confessor (580-662); St Andrew of Crete (740) participated in the deliberations of the Council; author of the famous "Canon" which is read during Great Lent.
Council concerned the last attempt to compromise with the Monophysites. Although Christ did have two natures (divine and human) He nevertheless, acted as God only. In other words, His divine nature made all the decisions and His human nature only carried and acted them out. Hence, the name: "Monothelitism" ("mono" one and "thelesis" will).
The Council's Pronouncement: "Christ had two natures with two activities: as God working miracles, rising from the dead and ascending into heaven; as Man, performing the ordinary acts of daily life. Each nature exercises its own free will. Christ's divine nature had a specific task to perform and so did His human nature. Each nature performed those tasks set forth without being confused, subjected to any change or working against each other. The two distinct natures and related to them activities were mystically united in the one Divine Person of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
Synaxis of All Saints of KOSTROMA including:
Σύναξις πάντων τῶν ἐν Καστρόμᾳ τῆς Ρωσίας διαλαμψάντων Ἁγίων
• Venerable Abbot ABRAMIUS of Galich, or Chukhloma Lake (1375) // JUL 20 //
Ἀβραὰμ τοῦ Κουκχλόμα
• Venerable PACHOMIUS abbot of Nerekhta (1384) // MAR 21 // MAY 15 //
Παχώμιος τοῦ Νερέχτσκιϋ
• Sainted DIONYSIUS Archbishop of Suzdal (1385) // JUN 26 // OCT 15 //
Διονύσιος τοῦ Σουζντάλ
• Holy Nobleborn Great Prince DMITRY of the Don (1389) // MAY 19 //
• Venerable MACARIUS of Pisma Monastery (14th c.) // JAN 10 //
Μακάριος του Πισέμσκιϋ
• Venerable Abbot CYRIL of White Lake (1427) // JUN 9 //
Κύριλλος τοῦ Μπελοζέρο
• Venerable PAUL of Obnora (1429) disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh // JAN 10 // OCT 7 //
Παῦλος τοῦ Ὀμπνόρσκιϋ
• Rightbelieving Prince DMITRY Krasny (i.o. the red) of Galich (1441) // SEP 23 //
• Venerable JAMES the Abbot of Zheleznoborov (1442) disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh // APR 11 // MAY 5 //
Ἰακὼβ τοῦ Ζελεζνομπορόφσκιϋ
• Venerable GREGORY abbot of Pelshme, wonderworker of Vologda (1442) // SEP 30 //
Γρηγόριος τοῦ Πελσέμσκιϋ
• Venerable MACARIUS abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha (1444) // JUL 25 //
Μακάριος του Οὐνζένσκιϋ
• Venerable BARNABAS abbot of Verluga (1445) // JUN 11 //
Βαρνάβας τοῦ ποταμοῦ Βετολούγκα
• Venerable archmandrite PAISIUS abbot of Galich (1460) // MAY 23 //
Παΐσιος τοῦ Γκαλίτς
• Sainted JONAH Metropolitan of Moscow (1461) // MAR 31 // MAY 27 // JUN 15 //
Ἰωνᾶς τῆς Μόσχας
• Venerable JAMES of Brileev (15th c.) // APR 11 // DAY OF HOLY SPIRIT //
Ἰακὼβ τοῦ Μπρυλίνσκιϋ
• Venerable NIKITA of Kostroma (15th c.) // SEP 15 //
• JAMES of Old Torzhok in Galich Monastery (15-16th c.) // APR 4 // MAY 30 //
• Venerable TIKHON of Lukhov, wonderworker of Kostroma (1503) // JUN 16 // JUN 26 //
• Venerable CYRIL of New Lake (1532) // FEB 4 // NOV 7 //
Κύριλλος τοῦ Νοβοεζέρσκιϋ
• Venerable ALEXANDER of Galich, abbot of Voche (16th c.) // MAR 27 // AUG 30 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀλέξανδρος ἐκ Ρωσίας
Ἀλέξανδρος τοῦ Βόσκιϋ
• Venerable monk GENNADIUS 艮纳迪 of Kostroma and Liubimograd (1565) received from the Lord the gift of perspicacity and wonderworking // JAN 23 // AUG 19 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεννάδιος ἐκ Λιθουανίας
Γεννάδιος τῆς Κοστρόμα καὶ Λγιουμπίμογκραντ
• Blessed SIMON of Jur’evets, Fool for Christ (1583/1586) // NOV 4 // MAY 10 //
• Venerable THERAPON of Monza (1597) // MAY 27 // DEC 12 //
Θεράπων τοῦ Μονζέσκιϋ
• Venerable GERASIM of Lukhov (16th c.) // JUN 7 //
• Venerable THADDEUS of Lukhov (16th c.) // JUN 7 //
• Venerable THEODOSY of Monza (1602)
• Venerable ADRIAN of Monza (1610) // MAY 5 //
Ἀδριανὸς τοῦ Μονζέσκιϋ
• Sainted THEODORITE of R’azan’ (1617) // SEP 10 //
• Sainted METROPHANES bishop of Voronezh (1703) // AUG 7 // SEP 4 // NOV 23 //
Μητροφάνης τοῦ Βορονέζ
• Venerable monk and desert-dweller Elder TIMON of Nadeyev and Kostroma (1840) // JAN 10 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Τίμων ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Venerable archmandrite MAKARIOS Glukharev, missionary of Altai, Siberia (1847) // MAY 18 //
• Sainted IGNATIUS Brianchaninov (1807-1867) Bishop of the Church of Russia and Ascetical Writer // APR 30 //
A refined adornment of Orthodox monasticism, Bishop Ignatius taught about the monastic life not only in his ascetical-theological writings, but by his very life which presented a wondrous picture of self-denial and struggle with sins, sorrows, and sicknesses. His numerous written works include "Experiences from the Ascetic Life" (5 Volumes) "Patericon", "A Word an Death" and others. The best known English translation of a work by Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov is that on the Jesus Prayer: “On the Prayer of Jesus”. This has gone through and remains available in many editions. The hierarch himself acknowledged: "The source of my writings is to be found in the Fathers; they belong to the Fathers of the Orthodox Church…"
• New Hieromartyrs presbiters JOSEPH Smirnov and VLADIMIR Il’jinskij, deacon IOANN Kastorskij and Martyr IOANN Perebaskin (1918) // FEB 22 //
• Holy Passion Bearers Tsar NICHOLAS II of Russia with the last Imperial Family of Russia of the Romanovs: his wife Tsarina ALEXANDRA, and their 5 children OLGA, TATIANA, MARIA, ANASTASIA, and ALEXEI (1918) // JUL 4 //
• Hosiosmartyress Grand Duchess ELIZABETH Fyodorovna of the Romanovs Family, Princess of Hesse and by Rhine (1864-1918) executed by the Bolsheviks in Alapaevsk // JUL 5 //
• New Hieromartyr priest VASILIJ Razumov (1937) // SEP 9 // • New Hieromartyr DMITRIJ Dobroserdov, archbishop of Mozhajsk (1937) // OCT 8 //
• New Hieromartyr MACARIOS Karmazin, bishop of Dnepropetrovsk (1937) // NOV 20 //
• New Hieromartyr archbishop NIKODIM Krotkov (1938) // AUG 8 //
Νικόδημος τῆς Καστρόμα
• Confessor BASIL (Benjamin Preobrazhenskij) bishop of Kineshma (1876-1945) // JUL 31 //
• Great Hieromartyr CLEMENT 克利密斯 Bishop of Ancyra, and hid disciple Martyr AGATHANGELUS 阿伽昙颉罗 the Roman (296/312) and 2 deacons CHRISTOPHER and CHARITON beheaded with Agathangelus
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κλήμης καὶ Ἀγαθάγγελος οἱ Μάρτυρες
After Saint Clement miraculously survived torture, he was taken to Rome. While in prison there he met, converted, and baptized Saint Agathangelus, then ordained him deacon. He followed the bishop to the East, and both were martyred at Ancyra under Diocletian. After 28 years of suffering, Agathangelus was beheaded; but Clement was briefly paroled and allowed to celebrate the services of Theophany and to give the holy Communion to his fellow-Christians. A few days later, as he was again celebrating the Divine Liturgy, some pagan soldiers burst into the church and beheaded him at the altar.
• Sainted PAULINUS 帕弗利诺 the Merciful (also St Paulinus of Bordeaux or Paulino), a bishop in Nola (431) and his wife Blessed THERASIA (also Tharasia, Tarsicia or Theresia) (5th c.)
St Paulinus deserved to be called the Merciful, for in truth, he was compassionate in the full Christian sense of that word. Once, when the Vandals looted Nola, they seized many men into slavery. A certain widow whose only son the Vandal Prince Rig had taken into slavery, came to her bishop and, weeping, sought money from him to pay the ransom for her son. Not possessing anything, Bishop Paulinus dressed in the clothes of a simple man and asked the widow to take him before the prince and to exchange him for her son. The prince released the widow's son and took Paulinus with him to Africa where Paulinus served as the prince's gardener until, by God's Providence, he was freed and returned to Nola with the other slaves.
Among his many virtues, his love for mankind and his compassion for the poor and needy deserve special mention. Saint Paulinus is known both as a builder of churches and as a Christian poet. There remains from him several hymns and writings, containing various moral discourses imbued with deep piety. As bishop of Nola, Paulinus is traditionally credited with the introduction of the use of bells in church services. One form of medieval handbell was known as the nola and medieval steeple bells were known as campanas from this supposed origin.
• MM SEVERIANUS (also Severian) and his wife AQUILA, at Neocaesarea (i.e. Julia Caesarea in Mauretania), Northwestern Africa
NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century • New Hieromartyr ANATOLIUS Grisjuk, Bishop of Odessa (1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνατόλιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ὀδησσοῦ
• Hosiosmartyr SERAPHIM (Nicholas Bulashov) Abbot of Holy Transfiguration Guslitsky Monastery in Moskow (1872-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo of Moskow
• Hosiosmartyress nun EVDOKIA Kuz’minova (1884-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo of Moskow
• Hosiosmartyress novice EKATERINE Cherksova (1892-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo of Moskow
• Martyress MILITSA Kuvshynova (1891-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo of Moskow
• Glorification (2012) of Anti-Nazi Martyr Passion bearer ALEXANDER 亞歷山大 Schmorell 許墨瑞 (1917-1943) of Munich // JUL 13 // SEP 16 BIRTHDAY // FEB 4/5 GLORIFICATION //
• Repose of Archimandrite JOHN Krestiankin of the Pskov-Caves Monastery (1910-2006)
• ACHOLIOS (Ascholios) Bishop of Thessaloniki (383)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀχόλιος Ἐπίσκοπος Θεσσαλονίκης
• Bishop AMASIUS of Teano (356) a Greek, driven from the East by the Arians, he became 1nd Bishop of Teano in central Italy in 346
• ANDREAS
• Martyr ASCLAS of Antinoe (287)
Legend says that Saint Asclas was born in the Thebaid. After his arrest, he is said to have miraculously stranded the governor, Arrian, in the Nile until he would profess the Christian faith. The governor claimed he did and returned to land. Almost immediately he had Asclas martyred by being thrown into the Nile at Antinoe, Egypt.
• BERNARD (Barnard) archbishop of Vienne (778-841)
• BOISIL (Boswell) Abbot of Maelros (Melrose), Scotland
• COLMAN of Lismore (702) Abbot of Lismore in Ireland and also a bishop, succeeded Saint Hierlug (Zailug) as abbot-bishop of Lismore in 698. During his rule the fame of Lismore reached its peak
• Repose of Abbot DAMASCENE of Valaam Monastery (1881)
• DIONYSIUS 迪奥尼西 of Olympus and Mt Athos (1541)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Διονύσιος ὁ ἐν Ὀλύμπῳ
• VM EMERENTIANA of Rome, Patroness of Teruel, Spain (305) foster-sister of St Agnes was found by pagans praying at the tomb of the recently martyred Agnes and was stoned to death; invoked against colic and stomach ache
A martyress in Rome. Still only a catechumen, this foster-sister of St Agnes was found by pagans praying at the tomb of the recently martyred Agnes and was stoned to death.
• EUSEBIUS 艾弗塞维 the recluse of Mt Coryphe, of Teleda Monastery in Syria, Abbot between Antioch and Berœa (4th c.) Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐσέβιος
Eusebius, a Syrian hermit, lived on Mount Coryphe near Antioch, where he ruled a community. He was a very eloquent homilist, and his life preached just as well. He himself ate only once every four days, but he would not allow his monks to fast for more than two days at a time. Although he advocated the benefits of penitential mortification of the senses, he more highly recommended perpetual prayer. He was harsh with himself. His mind wondered as he was listening to his abbatial predecessor read the Scriptures aloud. To punish himself for his inattention to the Word of God, he locked a heavy iron collar around his neck, which was connected by a stiff chain to an iron girdle around his wait. For the rest of his life (more than 40 years) he wore this contraption which prevented him from looking at his feet. Thereafter, he left his cell only to visit the chapel.
• Blessed GREGORIA of Spoleto (6-7th cent.)
• Bishop ILDEPHONSUS (also known as Alphonso, Ildefonsus, Ildephonse) of Toledo (607-667) Nephew of St Eugene of Toledo in Spain. He knew St Isidore of Seville and became a monk and Abbot of Agli on the Tagus near Toledo. He became Archbishop there in 657. He excelled as a writer, especially on the Mother of God
Virgin Mother of God: may I bind myself to God and to you, serve your own Lord and serve you too, obey your own Son and so obey you. May I worship Him as my Maker and you as the mother of my Maker. May I venerate Him as the Lord of Hosts and you as the handmaid of the Lord. May I adore Him as my God and you as the mother of my God.
• Bishop JOHN the Almsgiver (550-619) Patriarch of Alexandria
He recounted a vision he had in his youth of a beautiful woman, brighter than the sun, with an olive garland on her head, whom he understood to be Charity or compassion for the miserable; who said to him: "I am the eldest daughter of the great king. If you enjoy my favour, I will introduce you to the great monarch of the universe. No one has so great an interest with him as myself, who was the occasion of his coming down from heaven to become man for the redemption of mankind."
• LUCÁN (Lucain) of Tamhnach (Tawny)
• Venerabless LUFTHILDIS (also Leuchteldis, Lufthild, Liuthild, Lufthold, Lifthild, Lifthildis, Liuthildis or Leuchtildis) of Bonn, Anchoress at Cologne, Germany (850) persecuted by her stepmother for persistently giving their possessions to the poor
• MAIMBOD (880) born in Ireland, he was martyred by pagans while preaching to peasants near Kaltenbrunn in Alsace, now in France
• MARTYRIUS (Martory) of Valeria (6th c.) a hermit in the Abruzzi in Italy, whom Saint Gregory the Great extols in his Dialogues
• Venerable monk priest MAUSIMAS 玛弗息玛 the Syrian (393)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαϋσιμᾶς ὁ Σύρος
Saint Mausimas the Syrian lived in Syria, near the city of Cyrrhus. He voluntarily embraced poverty and devoted his life to the service of his neighbor. The doors of his hut were always open to anyone who had need of him. In his hut there were two vessels: one with bread, and the other with oil. Anyone in need came to him and received the food from his hand. These vessels never became empty.
• VM MESSALINA at Foligno in Italy, Protomartyress of Foligno (251)
• MOCELLOC of Telach Olainn
• Abbot ORMOND (Armand) (6th c.) Monk of the monastery of Saint Mairé in France, where he became abbot
• Hieromartyr PARMENAS (98) of the seven original deacons selected by the Holy Spirit at the request of the Apostles, Saint Parmenas ministered to the needs of the Hellenic Jewish converts to Christianity in Jerusalem (Acts 6:5). According to tradition, he preached for many years in Asia Minor before being martyred at Philippi, Macedonia, during the persecution of the Christians under Emperor Trajan
• Venerable monk SALAMANES 撒拉玛尼斯 the Silent of the Euphrates (400)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Σαλαμάνης ὁ Ἡσυχαστής
The ascetic also in other instances of life did not cease his effort of silence, conversing only with the Lord alone. The Orthodox Church venerates him as the first saint to have taken upon himself the deed of silence, which he continued to his very end.
• THEODOR the Stephanite
• Translation (1786) of the relics of Sainted THEOCTISTUS 德奥克提斯特 archbishop of Novgorod (1310)
• Virgin WENDREDA of March, England
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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