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DAY 11
• Synaxis of the CYPRIOS Icon of the Theotokos
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Κύπρῳ
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πάμφιλος, Δανιήλ, Ἠλίας, Ἡσαΐας, Θεόδουλος, Ἱερεμίας, Ἰουλιανός, Οὐάλης, Παῦλος, Πορφύριος, Σαμουὴλ καὶ Σέλευκος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Venerable MARUTHA bishop of Sophene and Martyropolis (422) and Persian Martyrs whose relics rest in Martyropolis in Mesopotamia (370)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαρουθᾶς ὁ Ἐπίσκοπος καὶ οἱ Ἅγιοι Μάρτυρες ἐν Περσίᾳ
Maruthas mitigated the anger of the Persian Emperor Yezdegeherd toward Christians, begged from him the relics of the four-hundred martyrs in Persia and founded a town called Martyropolis, where he reposed these holy relics.
• MM JULIAN of Egypt and Companions
It is said that this Saint Julian was the leader of 5 000 Martyrs who suffered in Egypt. One text substitutes militibus for millibus, i.e., 5 soldiers for 5 000 persons.
• Sainted NICHOLAS Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan (1936-1912) // FEB 3 //
• Sainted MACARIUS (Michael Nevskij) metropolitan of Moscow and Apostle to the Altai (1835-1926) an outstanding missionary and enlightener of the masses in the Altai region, Siberian pillar of Orthodoxy
• New Hieromartyr Priest ELIAS Chetverukhin (1934) of Moscow
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἠλίας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
• New Hieromartyr Priest PETER Lagov (1931)
• New Hieromartyr priest PAUL Smirnov (1877-1938) day of death in KZ at Novosibirsk
• Righteous BASIL Gryaznov, of Pavlovskij Posad (1869)
After repenting his sins Basil strived to live a sacred life, his plight became known, and many people came to him for advice on the scriptures. In his home town there were many Old Believers. Upon listening to his sermons up to seven thousand of them joined the official Orthodoxy. In 1840 Jacob Labzin, a well known businessman and owner of head scarf factories in Pavlovsky Posad, came to Gryaznov for help. Basil helped him to see how to live a sacred life, and the two became comrades, Labzin marrying Basil's sister Akilina and incorporating Basil as a business partner. Even with his wealth Gryaznov continued to conduct a life of the sacred devotee, donating his money to the poor and, together with his sister and brother in law, built schools and almshouses, he dreamed to construct a monastery in Pavlovsky Posad, but this was not to be, marred by his death in 1869.
• VM EUGENIA at Sora, Italy
• Sainted FAUSTINUS Bishop of Brescia in Italy (381) invoked against plague
The successor of St Ursicinus about the year 360, as Bishop of Brescia in Italy. He was a descendant of Sts Faustinus and Jovita and compiled their Acts.
• Venerable FLAVIAN the Hermit, monastic and Wonderworker (364-378)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Φλαβιανός
• Venerable FLAVIAN Archbishop of Antioch (404) a contemporary of Saint John Chrysostom. He attempted to obtain from the emperor Theodosius (379-395) a pardon for the citizens of Antioch, who had angered the emperor by destroying his statue // FEB 16 // SEP 27 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Φλαβιανὸς Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
• FLAVIAN the Confessor, Archbishop of Constantinople (449)
• GUEVROC (Guivrok, Guirec, Kirecq) of Saint-Pol-de-Leon
• Hieromartyr HONESTUS of Pamplona (270)
Saint Honestus, an ordained priest, left his hometown of Nîmes in France under the sign of Jesus with Saint Saturninus to preach the Good News in Spain. After a fruitful ministry, he appears to have been martyred at Pamplona, Spain.
• Translation of the relics of VM JULIANA of Nicomedia (305) died at Cumae or Naples
After many torments, she was beheaded at Nicomedia, under Galerius Maximianus. St Gregory the Great mentions that her bones were translated to Rome. This saint is much honoured in the Low Countries.
• Blessed MARY the Younger (the New) of Byzia (Vizye) in Thrace (903)
Μαρία ή Νέα
Saint Mary the Younger (875 – 16 February 902) is a Byzantine saint of Armenian origin, the daughter of an Armenian noble.
Her family originated from Greater Armenia, where her father was among the local grandees. They had settled in Constantinople, probably at the start of the reign of Basil I the Macedonian (867–886), who called her father along with other Armenian grandees to enter his service. Maria was born in 875, probably in Constantinople, shortly after the death of her father. She had four older siblings, two brothers and two sisters; the latter were already married, indicating that Maria was a late child of her parents. She was raised by her mother, and as soon as she was of age (888), she married the droungarios Nikephoros, an acquaintance of her brother-in-law Bardas Bratzes. Nikephoros distinguished himself in the 894–896 war against the Bulgarians, and was rewarded with a posting (probably as commander) to the division (tourma) of Bizye. The couple had four sons: Orestes, born c. 889/890, who died at the age of five; Bardanes, born after Orestes' death, who himself died in c. 895/896; and the twins Baanes and Stephen, born between 897 and 900, of whom Baaners became a soldier and Stephen a monk, under the monastic name Symeon. Around 900 she was accused by the siblings of her husband, Helena and Alexios, of being profligate with money and of a liaison with their servant Demetrios. Mary vehemently denied these allegations, but Nikephoros posted a guard at her room and tortured her maidservant, Agathe, for interrogation. He furthermore removed the supervision of the household finances from Mary and gave it to the steward Drosos and a female servant, with express instructions not to give Mary any money. The latter was so distressed by her husband's treatment of her, that she developed a stomach ailment. In 902, according to her hagiography, she expressed her disapproval that her husband, along with his siblings and servants, did not observe the fasting of Lent. Her disapproval was transmitted to Nikephoros in much exaggerated form, according to which she claimed that he was no real Christian, but a devil. Enraged, he manhandled Mary, who hit her head trying to escape. She died ten days later, on 16 February. Her funeral was led by the Bishop of Bizye, and was attended by almost the entire population of the town, who accompanied the funeral procession to the local cathedral, where she was buried. In 927, her son Stephen had her corpse, which had been miraculously preserved until that time, removed from her wooden coffin and placed in the marble sarcophagus of his father, whose corpse on the other hand had rotted away and was reburied outside the church.
Mary the Younger was a symbol of female virtue. She is described as being merciful, having a pattern of divine love, and having high self-control, which was a stereotypical male quality. She also had duties as a wife and mother, while having a strong sense of loyalty to God. One of Mary the Younger’s defining characteristics was that she was highly charitable. She would send money to a tax collector who eased punishment for those imprisoned for not being able to pay the diokete- which was a public tribute tax for housekeeping. In addition, she sought gold to help individuals who were suffering, and protected widows and orphans. From a strictly religious perspective, Mary the Younger was steadfast in her faith to God, even through times of struggle. For example, after her son Orestes died, she praised the Lord in a sincere manner for having let her experience this. From a perspective of gender, the fact that she had a "Married" status was not a significant issue to those who admired her. At the same time, Mary the Younger was looked down upon and underestimated, particularly by males in high places of authority. One of the men who underestimated her was the Bishop of Bizye, who did not believe that a woman who died in a married state could perform miracles the way that a man could.
• NIKON
• Hieromartyr Apostle ONESIMUS of Seventy (90) the slave who ran away from his master Philemon, was converted by St Paul in Rome and was the occasion of the Apostle's letter to Philemon // FEB 15 //
• New Hosiosmartyr ROMANUS of Carpenision and Kapsokalyvia, Mount Athos, who suffered at Constantinople (1694)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρωμανὸς ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας
• TANCO (Tanchon, Tatta) of Verden (815)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Τάνκο Ἐπίσκοπος Βέρντεν
• Martyr VALES
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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