• συνοδικός • February 9 / January 27 •

συνοδικός

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February 9 / January 27
2018 （7526）

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• MM MISSURIANUS, PUBLIA, VENERIA, MARINA, FORTUNATA, TECUSSA (also Tecusa or Tekusa), SECUNDA, PERPETUA and companions in Africa
• Discovery (1248) of the Relics of M ABAHOR (also Apa Hor or Pihour) and M BISOURA (also Pisoura), and their mother M AMPIRA (also Asra), of Shabas near Desouk in Egypt (3-4th c.)
• MM DATIUS, REATRUS (Restius) and Companions in North Africa; and DATIUS (Dativus), JULIAN, VINCENT and 27 Companions suffered under the Arian Vandals (427-531)
• MM POLYCHRONIOS, BARDANES and HERMOGENES
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• New Hieromartyrs presbiters ALEXANDER Sidorov and VLADIMIR Sergiev (1918)
• Hosiosmartyr hierodeacon EVFIMIJ (Vladimir Korotkov) (1882-1918) day of martyrdom, cruelly tortured together with his brother novice Alexis Korotkov on the bank of river Kama in Perm by bolsheviks
• New Hieromartyr PETER Zverev, of Voronezh (1929)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Ζβέρεφ
• New Hieromartyr PETER Metropolitain of Kruticy (1937)
• New Hieromartyr IGNATIJ (Sergij Sadkovskij) bishop of Skopino (1887-1938) day of death in Kulojlag KZ at Archangelsk
• Martyr ALEXIS Pozdn’akov (1895-1938) day of death in KZ
• New Hieromartyr PAUL Dobromislov, Protopresbyter of Alma-Ata (1940)
• New Hieromartyr priest DIMITRIJ 迪弥特里 Klepinin, of Paris (1904-1944) day of death in fashist's KZ Dora in Germany
• ANNA Ivashkina, the Confessoress of Ryazan (1894-1948) day of death in prison hospital in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Hosiosconfessor archmandrite LEONTIJ 莱翁提 (Lev Stasevich) of Ivanovo (1884-1972) day of death
• New Hieromartyr LEONTIUS 莱翁提 the Mystic, of Tarnopol and Jablechna monastery (1972) Poland
• Repose of Schemanun MARGARITA Lakhtionova, of Diveyevo Monastery (1997)
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• Venerabless ALRUNA of Cham, the Recluse (1005-1045) of Niederaltaich in Bayern
• ANTHUSA, Matr. of Antioch (4th c.)
• Martyr ASHOT Kurapalates, of Iberia, 1st Bagrationi King of Georgia, murdered (830)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἄσκιοτ ὁ Βασιλέας
• AVITUS is venerated in the Canary Islands as their Apostle and 1st Bishop
• CANDIDA, Matr., Widow, Anchoress near Monastery of St Stephen of Bañoles near Gerona, Spain (798)
Mother of St Emerius, who founded the monastery of St Stephen of Bañoles in Spain. She reposed as an anchoress near the monastery.
• Venerable monastic CLAUDINUS
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κλαυδίνος
• Venerable CLEMENT 克利孟 the Stylite of Mt Sagmation (1111) // JAN 26 // MAY 1 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κλήμης
• VM CREWENNA (also Crewennus, Crewyn, Cronia, Croine, Cruana or Crowan) of Kilcrony, in the County of Wicklow (500) or at Inishcrone, County of Sligo
• VM DEVOTA (also Deivota) at Macinaggio, Corsica, Pat. of Corsica and Monaco (303)
A virgin-martyr in Corsica who expired on the rack in the persecution of Diocletian. Her relics are in Monaco. She is the Patron Saint of both Corsica and Monaco.
• DIMITRIANOS the Wonderworker, Bishop of Tamassos, Cyprus
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημητριανὸς ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Ταμασσοῦ Κύπρου
• New Martyr DIMITRIUS 迪弥特里 the Bartender, of Constantinople (1784)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας
• ELIAS II Patriarch of Jerusalem
• EMERIUS of Bañoles (8th c.) born in France, he founded and was the 1st Abbot of St Stephen of Bañoles in Catalonia in Spain
• GAMELBERT of Michaelsbuch (720-800) The son of rich parents in Bavaria, Gamelbert went to Rome on pilgrimage, was ordained priest and was parish priest of Michaelsbuch in Germany for over 50 years
• Translation of the relics (437) Sainted JOHN 约翰 Chrysostom, The Golden Trumpet of Orthodoxy, archbishop of Constantinople (407) from the Armenian village of Comana, where he died in exile, to Constantinople
Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου Χρυσοστόμου Ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
33 years after his death, the relics of Saint John Chrysostom were brought back from Comana, Armenia, in 438, under Theodosius the Younger and Patriarch Proclos. Again the Christian people went to encounter him in boats, so numerous that the sea appeared as a vast continent, and countless torches covered the Bosphorus Strait.
Letter of Emperor Theodosius: To the ecumenical Patriarch and Teacher and Spiritual Father John Chrysostom, I the emperor Theodosius offer my veneration. We, honorable Father, considering your body dead, as are all the other bodies of those who have died, wanted to simply transfer it to us. For this reason we were justly unable to fulfill our desire. But you, most-honorable Father, do so forgive us, in that we do repent. For you taught everyone to repent. And give yourself, as a father who loves his children, to us your sons who love their father, and who desire to be gladdened by your presence.
• Martyr JULIAN of Sora (150) born in Dalmatia, he was arrested, tortured and beheaded in Sora in Campania in Italy under Antoninus Pius (138-161)
• JULIAN of Le Mans (3rd c.) the 1st Bishop of Le Mans in France
• LUPUS of Châlons (610) Bishop of Châlons-sur-Saône in France, famous for his charity to the afflicted
• Monk and Deacon MACARIUS of Patmos
• Blessed Empress MARKIANE 马尔前娜 (Marciana, Euphemia) (523) the Queen of the Romans, wife of Emperor Justin I (518-527), interred in the Church of the Holy Apostles
Ἡ Ἁγία Μαρκιανὴ ἡ Βασίλισσα
• Abbot MAURUS (Marius, May, Mary, Maire, Mere) (555) Founder of a monastery in Bodon in France
• MUIRGHEN (also Morina, Muirgein, Muirgin, Morigena or Liban) (580) The Mermaid Saint
Muirghein i.e., a woman who was in the sea, whom the Books call Liban, daughter of Eochaidh, son of Muireadh; she was about three hundred years under the sea, till the time of the saints, when Beoan the Saint took her in a net, so that she was baptized, after having told her history and her adventures. The legend of Muirgen is found in the Lebor na h-Uidri or Book of the Dun Cow. It tells the story of how the woman Liban was transformed into the saint Muirgen and establishes the setting as the north-eastern part of Ireland around what is now Larne, County Antrim: This Liban was the daughter of Eochaidh, from whom Loch Eathach, or Lough Neagh, was named, and who was drowned in its eruption (A. D. 90), together with all his children, except his daughter Liban, and his sons Conaing and Curnan. Liban, was preserved from the waters of Lough n-Eachach for a full year, in her grianan, palace under the lake. After this, at her own desire, she was changed into a salmon, and continued to traverse the seas till the time of St Comhgall of Bangor. It happened that St Comhgall dispatched Beoan, son of Innli, of Teach-Dabeoc, to Rome, on a message to Pope Gregory (599-604), to receive order and rule. When the crew of Beoan's currach were at sea, they heard the celebration of angels beneath the boat. Liban, thereupon, addressed them, and stated that she had been 300 years under the sea, adding that she would proceed westward and meet Beoan, that day twelvemonths, at Inbher-Ollarbha (Larne), whither the saints of Dalaradia, with Comhgall, were to resort. Beoan, on his return, related what had occurred, and, at the stated time, the nets were set, and Liban was caught in the net of Fergus of Miliuc; upon which she was brought to land, and crowds came to witness the sight, among whom was the Chief of Ui Conaing. The right to her being disputed by Comhgall, in whose territory,-and Fergus, in whose net, ― and Beoan, in promise to whom, ― she was taken, they prayed for a heavenly decision; and the next day two wild oxen came down from Carn-Airend; and on their being yoked to the chariot, on which she was placed, they bore her to Teach-Dabeoc, where she was baptized by Comhgall, with the name Muirgen i.e. Born of the sea, or Muirgeilt i.e. traverser of the sea. Another name for her was Fuinchi.
The romantic tale of her adventures concludes with a statement, that after her capture, the clerics gave her a choice to be baptized and go to heaven within an hour, or to wait three hundred years on earth, on condition of her afterwards attaining happiness. She chose to die that very hour. She seems to have been buried at Teach Dabeoc, on Lough Derg, in the county of Donegal. Miracles and wonders were there wrought through her. There, too, as God ordained for her in heaven, like every holy virgin, she was held in honour and reverence. So, thus ends the curious tale of Muirgen, the mermaid who became a saint. Perhaps stories like this demonstrate a wish to literally baptize elements of Ireland's pagan culture. It certainly is not the only example. O'Hanlon draws a parallel between Liban swimming the seas for 300 years until Saint Comghall arrives on the scene and the legend of Fionnuala, the daughter of Lir, who spent centuries in the form of a swan until the coming of Christianity set her free. Yet perhaps there was also a real holy woman called Muirgeilt, as the Drummond Kalendar says, whose story somehow became entwined with this legendary daughter of Lough Neagh.
• NATALIS 纳塔利斯 (6th c.) a monastic founder in the north of Ireland, he worked with St Columba. He was Abbot of Cill, Naile and Daunhinis. His holy well still exists
• Repose of Blessed NEONILLA, Nun of the Farther Davidic Convent (1875)
• Venerable PETER 彼得 of Egypt (400)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Πέτρος ὁ Αἰγύπτιος
• THEODORIC II of Orleans (1022) a monk at Saint-Pierre-le-Vif in Sens in France, he became Bishop of Orleans
• Venerable TITUS 蒂图斯 the former soldier, monk of Kiev Caves, from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev, Ukraine (11th c.) the Relics are kept at St Theodosy Far Caves of the Lavra
Ὁ Ὅσιος Τίτος ἐκ Κιέβου
• Sainted UNWAN Archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg (1029)
• VITALIAN (672) Pope of Rome from 657 to 672. He was much troubled by Monothelitism. He consecrated Theodore of Tarsus as Archbishop of Canterbury in 668

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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.