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συνοδικός

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February 7 / January 25
2018 （7526）

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• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "ASSUAGE MY SORROW" 平息我的痛苦
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Παραμυθίας ἐν Ρωσίᾳ
The icon was brought to Moscow by Cossacks in 1640 during the reign Mikhail Feodorovich (1613-1645) and placed in a temple of Sainted Nicholas at Pupyshakh and Sadovnikakh. The celebration of the wonderworking icon, made annually on 25 January, was established in the year 1760 in memory of the healing of a sick woman, who had been granted a vision of the holy image, and was healed after a molieben service before it on 25 January in the church of Saint Nicholas at Pupyshakh street in Moscow. To this period are attributed the compilation to it of services and an akathist.
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "UNEXPECTED JOY" 意外之喜乐 // JAN 25 // MAY 1 //
The sinful youth, who was nevertheless devoted to the Theotokos, was praying one day before the icon of the All Pure Virgin before going out to commit a sin. Suddenly, he saw that wounds appeared on the Lord’s hands, feet, and side, and blood flowed from them. In horror he exclaimed, "O Lady, who has done this?" The Mother of God replied, "You and other sinners, because of your sins, crucify My Son anew." Only then did he realize how great was the depth of his sinfulness. For a long time he prayed with tears to the All Pure Mother of God and the Savior for mercy. Finally, he received the unexpected joy of the forgiveness of his sins.
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• Holy Martyress FELICITAS 斐利基塔 and her Seven Sons: JANUARIUS 雅努阿利, FELIX 斐利克斯, PHILIP (also Philippus) 腓力, scourged to death; SILVANUS 西尔瓦诺 thrown over a precipice; ALEXANDER 亚历山大, VITALIS 维塔利 and MARTIAL (also Martialis) 玛尔提亚尔, beheaded (164) of Rome
Saint Felicita, seeing the suffering of her sons, besought God, that they would stand firm and enter the Heavenly Kingdom before her. All the sons died as martyrs before the eyes of their mother. After them, Saint Felicita herself underwent a martyr's death.
• Martyress MEDULA (also Medoule) and her entourage Companions martyred in Greece by fire (302)
Ἡ Ἁγία Μεδούλη καὶ ἡ συνοδεία της
• MM JUVENTINUS and MAXIMINUS (363) at Antioch, Syria
• MAURUS and PLACID an early disciples of St Benedict, details of whose lives are related in the second book of The Dialogues of St Gregory the Great
• Venerables PETER and FEVRONIA of Murom (16th c.) the patrons of marriage and family, as well as the symbols of love and fidelity
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• 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 //
Ἡ Ἁγία Ἐλισάβετ ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυς
• New Hieromartyr VLADIMIR 弗拉迪弥尔 (Basil Bogojavlenskij) metropolitain of Kiev and Galicya; protomartyr of the communist yoke (1848-1918) day of death, murdered in Pecherskaja Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) of Kiev, Ukraine. The Relics are kept at St Theodosy Far Caves of the Lavra in a Cave Church of Annunciation
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βλαδίμηρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Μητροπολίτης Κιέβου
• Hosiosmartyress Abbess MARGARET 玛尔伽里塔 (Maria Gunaronulo) of Menzelino (1918) // AUG 22 DAY OF MARTYRDOM //
Ἡ Ἁγία Μαργαρίτα ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυς
• Hieroschemamonk NEKTARIUS Tikhonov, Elder of Optina (1928)
• New Hieromartyr PETR 彼得 (Basil Zverev) archbishop of Voronezh (1876-1929) day of death, by typhus at Golgopha hospital on the Anzer Island, Solovki KZ
• New Hieromartyr BASIL Zelentsov, bishop of Priluky (1870-1930) day of martyrdom, shoted in Moskow
• Hosiosmartyress ATHANASIA 阿塔纳西亚 (Alexandra Lepeshkina) of Zosima Hermitage, Abbess of the Smolensk Hodigitria Convent, near Moscow (1885-1931)
• New Hieromartyr presbiter ALEXANDER Khotovitskij (1937)
• New Hieromartyr STEPHAN Grachov, presbiter, priest (1886-1938) day of death
• Martyr BORIS Zavarin, psalmer (1910-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted in Vologda
• Repose of Archpriest SERGIUS Orlov of Akulovo (1975)
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• ADWEN (also Athwenna or Advent)
• AEDH (anglicized Hugh) of Lisgoole, on Lough Erne, County Fermanagh
• Martyr ALEXANDER of Rome (150)
• Hieromartyr AMARINUS (676) Abbot of a monastery in the Vosges in France and companion in martyrdom of St Praejectus (St Priest), Bishop of Clermont. The valley of Saint Amarian in Alsace is named after him
• Martyr ANANIAS of Damascus (1st c.)
Ananias was the follower of The Way who was commanded by the Lord to seek out Saul. By laying his hands upon the Pharisee, Ananias restored Saul's eyesight and then he baptized him (Acts 9:10-19). Thus, one act of trust in God brought to Christianity one of its greatest missionaries, Paul. According to tradition, Ananias worked as a missionary in Damascus and Eleutheropolis, and ultimately suffered martyrdom.
• Venerable ANATOLE I (Alexis Zertsalov) the Elder, of Optina (1894)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνατόλιος τῆς Ὄπτινα
• Venerable Egyptian hermit APOLLO 阿颇罗 of the Thebaid, Abbot of Heliopolis (395)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀπολλώ
• Child Martyr ARTEMAS at Pozzuoli (Puteoli) Italy
• New Martyr AUXENTIUS 阿弗克塞提 of Bellas in Ioannina and of Constantinople (1720)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὐξέντιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας
• Sainted BASIAN II Archbishop of Rostov (1516)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασιανὸς Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ροστὼβ Ρωσίας
• Sainted BRETANION (Vetranion) 博瑞塔尼翁 bishop of Tomis (380) in Scythia on the Black Sea
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βρετάννιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής
• Sainted CASTINUS (Kastinos, Constantine) 卡斯庭 of Constantinople, bishop of Byzantium (240)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Καστίνος
• CYRILLIAN Bishop of Argyropolis (3rd c.)
• Venerable DIMITRIUS 迪弥特里 Skevophylax (Keeper of the Sacred Vessels) 圣器保管员 of Constantinople (8th c.) member of the 7th Ecumenical Council
Ὁ Ὅσιος Δημήτριος ὁ Σκευοφύλαξ
• Hieromartyr metropolitain DOSITHEUS of Tbilisi (1795) // SEP 12 //
• DWYNWEN (also Donwen, Donwenna, Dwyn or Dunwen) of Anglesey (Llan-Dwyn, Llanddwyn or Ludgvan and Porthd-Dwyn) (460) Patroness of Love and Marriage; through her, God look after all true lovers. She is also the patron saint of sick animals
Dwynwen coined the maxim, "nothing wins hearts like cheerfulness".
Born in Wales, churches dedicated to her are to be found in Wales and Cornwall. Her holy well and shrine at Llanddwyn in Anglesey were once centres of pilgrimage.
Dwynwen is believed to have been a daughter of King Brychan Brycheiniog, who lived in the 5th century. Her mother may have been Rigrawst. Dwynwen lived in Anglesey, and her name is still recalled in place names such as Llanddwyn and Porthddwyn in Wales and the church of Sen Adhwynn in Advent, Cornwall. In the tale told of her, Dwynwen falls in love with a young man named Maelon, but rejects his advances. Stories differ substantially on the events that follow but the outcome remains the same. Either she is raped by Maelon and prays for assistance, or she is unable to marry him due to her father's refusal and prays to forget her love for him. An Angel provides her with a potion. Maelon drinks it and turns into ice. Dwynwen then prays for three requests (either given as a result of drinking the potion, or prayed for when she sees what happens to Maelon). These three requests are that Maelon be released; that, through her, God look after all true lovers; and that she remain unmarried. She then retreats to the solitude of Ynys Llanddwyn off the west coast of Anglesey to become a hermit until she dies, in about AD 460.
• EOCHOD (597) of St Columba's 12 companions, he was chosen to enlighten the Picts in Scotland. He is called the Apostle of the Picts of Galloway
• FINCHEALL (also Finche or Finia) of Sliabh-Guaire (Slieve-Gory), County Cavan
• Translation of the Relics of FURSEY of Ireland, Abbot of Burgh Castle and Peronne Monastery, France
• Sainted GABRIEL (Gerasime Kikodze) Bishop of Imereti (1825-1896)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ ἐκ Γεωργίας
• Sainted GREGORY 格里高利 the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople (389) born in Nazianzus
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Θεολόγος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
• GREGORY 格里高利 of Golutvin (15th c.)
• Venerable MARES 玛瑞斯 the Singer of Omir at Syria (430) distinguished by external beauty and a sweet-sounding, delicate and pleasing voice Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάρης
• MOCHONNA (also Mocenna or Moconna) of Earnaidhe (Urney)
• Sainted MOSES 摩西 archbishop of Novgorod (1362)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μωϋσῆς ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντ
• Conversion of Apostle PAUL on the Way to Damascus
When God wants to have a soul, he has it.
The accounts by Luke (Acts 9 and 26) and Paul himself (Acts 22) bear witness that it is in thunder and lightning that God takes possession of Saul on his hatred-march to Damascus. He knocks him over, blinds him, and in a heart-rending voice says: "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" The reply: "But who are you?" And the mysterious voice which instills both fear and love: "It is I, Jesus, whom you pursue. And you cannot resist my spurs." Saul is hurt. In fact, he cannot resist. Saul says: "Lord, what do you want me to do?" And Jesus replies: "Arise, go into the city and there you will be told what to do."
Paul's conversion was remarkable considering he had been Christianity's bitterest critic and most formidable opponent.
"You have heard of my manner of life," he says, "how that beyond measure I persecuted the Church of God, and made havoc of it." Through all his life he must have been haunted by the look in the eyes of the dying Stephen for whose death he had been primarily responsible. Paul gave the infant Church leadership and direction, planned its strategy, dispatched its missionaries across the frontiers, and consolidated the work of our Lord. Confronted with growing numbers and widely scattered and unorganized groups, he gave it shape and coherence, without which its work and witness might never have survived.
• Venerable Abbot POPPO of Stavelot in Belgium (978-1048)
Born in Flanders, after a military career he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and Rome. On his return he became a monk at St Thierry in Rheims in 1006. Two years later he moved to Saint Vannes and then to Vaast in Arras. In 1021 he became Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium and the monastic revival soon spread to other monasteries, among others to Hautmont, Marchiennes, St Maximinus of Trier in Germany and St Vaast in Arras in France.
• Hieromartyr PRAEJECTUS (Priest, Prest, Preils, Prix) of Clermont (676) Bishop of Clermont in Auvergne in France. He encouraged monasticism but was murdered by evildoers at Volvic in the Vosges
• Venerable ascetic PUBLIUS (Poplios) 普博利 of Zeugma, on the Euphrates of Syria (380)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Πούπλιος
• RACHO (Ragnobert) (660) the 1st Frankish bishop of Autun in France
• Hosiosmartyr SIGEBERT (634) The 1st Christian King of East Anglia in England. He introduced Orthodoxy into his kingdom, later himself becoming a monk. He was killed by the pagan King Penda of Mercia and was venerated as a martyr
• THENEVA (Thenu, Enoch, Denw) Virgin of Glasgow, Mother of Saint Kentigern (Mungo)
• Venerable THEODOTOS an Abbot of the Monastery of St Publius
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδοτος
• Virgin THORGYTH (Tortgith, Theoritgitha) (700) Nun at the convent of Barking in England with St Ethelburgh. She is described as a miracle of patience under suffering

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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.