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DAY 23
Commemorations for February 29 are moved to February 28 in non-leap years.
• The "DEVPETERUV" (1392) Icon of the Mother of God // FEB 29 //
• The "DEVPETERUV" Icon of the Mother of God of Tambov // FEB 29 //
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μακάριος, Ρουφῖνος, Ἰοῦστος καὶ Θεόφιλος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs in the Plague of Alexandria (249-263)
From 249-263, pestilence and disease ravaged the Roman empire. At its worst, plague killed 5 000 people in Rome in one day. Alexandria, the great city in Egypt, was not safe from the crisis. The city had already suffered from famine, and desperate people turned to violence. On top of all of this, the plague struck — nearly every single family in the city suffered at least one death. The city was in chaos — corpses lay in the streets and homes, unburied, and the smell of sickness and death was everywhere. All of this inspired fear in Alexandrians — as soon as anyone fell ill, they were abandoned by their family and closest friends. Up to this point, Christians in Alexandria had suffered under Roman persecution, and they were forced to gather in secret to worship. Sometimes they came together at a hidden location, other times they all went to sea in a boat to be safe. When the city fell apart from fear, sickness, and death, Christians stood tall — they disregarded the danger from the persecution, and from their own exposure to the plague, and cared for the suffering. They tended sick and dying people, carrying the dead on their own shoulders for a proper burial. The bishop of Alexandria, St Dionysius, described their service: "Many who had healed others became victims themselves. The best of our brethren have been taken from us in this manner: some were priests, others deacons and some laity of great worth." Because these Christians willingly gave their life in the course of living their faith with heroic virtue, they are recognized as martyrs.
• Martyrs CAERELLIUS, PUBLIUS, GAIUS, and SERAPION in Alexandria
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Καιράλιος, Πουπούλιος, Γάϊος καὶ Σεραπίων οἱ Μάρτυρες
• VM FIRMIANA (also Firmana) together with VM SECUNDA and M ANTONINUS probably at Rome (4th c.)
• Venerablesses Holy Ascetics sisters MARANA (also Marina) 玛拉纳 and CYRA (also Kyra or Cyanna) 基雅纳 of Beroea (or Beræa (Aleppo)) in Asia Minor (450) and DOMNICA (Domnina) 多穆尼卡 a Syrian nun and a companion of Saints Marana and Kyra
Οἱ Ὁσίες Κύρα καὶ Μαράνα
• Hieromartyr PROTERIUS 普若特里 patriarch of Alexandria (457) and 6 Companions suffered in Egypt
Ὁ Ἅγιος Προτέριος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀλεξανδρείας
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕξι Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου
• Holy 40 000 Martyrs under the Mamluk Turks, by burning (1268) // FEB 29 //
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τεσσαράκοντα Χιλιάδες Μάρτυρε
• New Hieromartyr Priest SERGIUS Uvitskij (1932)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος Μητροπολίτης Ροστὼβ
• Martyr ABERCIUS (Abricius) by the sword
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀβίρκιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Martyr AURICIAN
• Martyr BARBAROS // FEB 29 //
• Sainted BARSUS (Bar Jesus) 瓦尔索 bishop of Damascus
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βάρσος Ἐπίσκοπος Δαμασκοῦ
• BASIL 瓦西里 the Confessor (750) a companion and co-suffer with St Procopius Decapolit
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ὁμολογητής
He suffered many hardships from the iconoclasts and when the iconoclasts were defeated, Basil according to God's Providence, returned together with Procopius to his monastery where in fasting and prayer he lived a long life of asceticism.
• Martyr BENJAMIN
• Venerable CASSIAN of Cyprus // FEB 29 //
• Venerable CASSIAN the Recluse and Faster of Kiev Caves, from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (12th c.) Ukraine. The Relics are kept at St Theodosy Far Caves of the Lavra // FEB 29 //
• CASSIAN of Mu Lake Hermitage, disciple of St Alexander of Svir (16th c.) // FEB 29 //
• CYPRIAN of Crete
• CYPRIAN of Cyprus
• DICHUILL of Airiudh-muilt, Lough Erne
• Discreet Irish virgin ERNIN (also Eirnín)
• Apostle EUBULUS 弗佛洛 of Seventy Apostles (79) disciple of the Apostle Paul
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νυμφᾶς καὶ Εὔβουλος οἱ Ἀπόστολοι
Eubulus is mentioned in the Second Epistle to Timothy (4:21): "Eubulus greets you." He was one of the members of the Church in Rome at the time of Paul's second imprisonment in that city. The Apostle mentions how, at his first answer to the charges brought against him at the emperor's tribunal, the Roman Christians as a whole proved disloyal to him "no one took my part, but all forsook me" (2 Timothy 4:16). In these circumstances when the desertion of Paul by the Christians in Rome was so disheartening, it is pleasing to find that there were some among them who were true, and Eubulus was one of these. Paul therefore in writing the last of all his epistles sends to Timothy a greeting from Eubulus. Nothing more is known in regard to Eubulus. As his name is Greek, which means "prudent" or "good counselor", he was probably a Gentile by birth.
• Martyress EULALIA of Rome
• EVAGRIUS // FEB 29 //
• GEORGE the Confessor, Bishop of Defeltos (7th c.) // FEB 29 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Δεφέλτου
• GERMANUS of monasteries Dacia Pontica in Dobrogea, Romania (415) the Spiritual Father, friend, and teacher of Saint John Cassian, instructing him in monastic perfection // FEB 29 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γερμανὸς ἐκ Ρουμανίας
• HILARY (Hilarus) (468) born in Sardinia, he became Pope of Rome in 461 and worked energetically against Nestorianism and Eutychianism and also consolidated the Church
• Venerable JOHN Cassian the Roman (435) Abbot of Monastery of St Victor, Marseille // FEB 29 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κασσιανὸς ὁ Ρωμαῖος
• Venerable JOHN Barsanuphius (Barsus) of Nitria in Egypt (5th c.) // FEB 29 //
• NM KYRANNA (Kirana, Anna of Cyr) 基拉纳 of Thessalonica (Thessalonike) (1751)
Ἡ Ἁγία Κυράννα ἡ Νεομάρτυς
This pious and beautiful maiden lived in a village near Thessalonica. One day a Janissary, come to collect taxes, laid eyes on her and was struck by lust. When she refused his advances, the wicked official brought her before the judge in Thessalonica and, using other soldiers as false witnesses, said that she had agreed to marry him and to convert to Islam. To all these claims Kyranna replied, "I am a Christian, and I have no bridegroom but Christ, to whom I have offered my maidenhood as a dowry. Him I love and for Him I am ready to shed my blood! That is my answer; expect no other from me." Having said this, she enclosed herself in silence and would testify no more. She was cast into prison, where she was tormented and finally beaten to death by her jailer. When she died, a divine Light surrounded her and illumined the entire prison. When news of the miracle spread, the shamed Turkish officials handed over her body to Christians, who laid it to rest outside the city.
• Venerable monk LEO of Cappadocia under the reign of Tiberius // FEB 29 //
• LLIBIO (6th c.) the Patron Saint of Llanlibio in Anglesey in Wales
• Abbot LUPICINUS (480) brother of St Romanus of Condat
• Bishop MAIDOC (Madoc) (6th c.)
There are several Welsh and Irish saints with this name and many variations of the name. Their histories are somewhat difficult to untangle. Today's Maidoc may be the abbot-bishop after whom Llanmadog in Glamorganshire in Wales is named.
• Martyress MELANIA // FEB 29 //
• Sainted MELETIUS (in the world Michael Leontovich) Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr (1784-1840) // FEB 29 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μελέτιος Ἐπίσκοπος Χαρκώβ
From the first days after his death, believing people firmly trusted in the intercession of Saint Meletius before God, and they received help: healing in sicknesses, comfort in sorrows and deliverance from difficult circumstances. Believers in Kharkov put special trust in Saint Meletius during the terrible days of the "Great War for the Fatherland" (World War II). The saint predicted the impending deliverance of the city from the enemy.
• Hieromartyr NESTOR 奈斯托尔 bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia (250)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νέστωρας ὁ Μάρτυρας
Before his death, he was informed about the suffering awaiting him by a peculiar revelation – the sight of a sacrificial lamb, which he interpreted as a sign of his impending sacrifice, readied for killing.
• Blessed NICHOLAS 尼科拉 Salos, Fool for Christ from Pskov (1576)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός τοῦ Πσκὼφ
A rare fearlessness is a characteristic of fools for Christ. Blessed Nicholas ran through the streets of Pskov, pretending madness, rebuking people for their secret sins and foretelling what would happen to them. When Tsar Ivan the Terrible entered Pskov, the whole town was in fear and dread of the terrible Tsar... The Tsar, learning about this blessed man, who and what he was, visited him in his tiny room. Ivan was a great lover of external piety. It was the first week of the Great Fast. Hearing that the Tsar was coming to visit him, Nicholas found a piece of raw meat and, when the Tsar entered his cell, Nicholas bowed and offered the meat to the Tsar. "Eat, little Ivan, eat!" The terrible Tsar answered him furiously: "I am a Christian, and do not eat meat in the Fast." Then the man of God retorted, "You do that and worse; you feed on men's flesh and blood, forgetting not only the Fast but God as well." This lecture entered deeply into the heart of Tsar Ivan, and he immediately left Pskov in shame, having intended to wreak great slaughter there.
• Apostle NYMPHAS (also Nymphan) 宁法 of Laodicea, of Seventy Apostles (73) disciple of the Apostle Paul
Nymphas is mentioned by Paul in his epistle to the Colossians (4:15): "Greet Nymphas and the church that meets in his house." He was a Christian resident in Laodicea, to whom Paul sends salutations in the epistle which he wrote from Rome to the Church in Colosse, the latter city being only a very few miles distant from Laodicea. Indeed, so near were they, that Paul directs that the Epistle to the Colossians be read also in Laodicea. Nymphas was a person of outstanding worth and importance in the Church of Laodicea, for he had granted the use of his dwelling-house for the ordinary weekly meetings of the Church. The Apostle's salutation is a 3-fold one to the brethren that are in Laodicea, that is to the whole of the Christian community in that city, and to Nymphas, and to the church in his house. This fact, that the church met there, also shows that Nymphas was a person of some means, for a very small house could not have accommodated the Christian men and women who gathered together on the first day of every week for the purposes of Christian worship. This fact proves him to be a person both of Christian character and of generous feeling.
• NYMPHONTOS
• NIPHON // FEB 29 //
• OSWALD (992) of Worcester, Archbishop of York
Born in England of a noble Danish family, he was the nephew of St Oda of Canterbury. He went to Fleury in France to learn from monastic life and later became Bishop of Worcester (961), identifying himself with St Dunstan and St Ethelwold in their efforts to revive monastic life in England. St Oswald founded monasteries at Ramsey and at Worcester. In 972 he became Archbishop of York. He repose on his knees after washing the feet of twelve poor people, as was his daily practice.
• Monk PAISIOS the Desert Dweller // FEB 29 //
• ROMANUS 罗玛诺 the desert-dweller of Condat in the Jura Mountains (460) Gaul
A Gallo-Roman who at the age of 35 went to live as a hermit in the Jura mountains, where he was followed by his brother St Lupicinus. Many disciples soon gathered round the two brothers, who then founded the monasteries of Condat (later known as Saint-Oyend) and Leuconne, over which they ruled together, and the convent of La Beaume (later called St-Romain-de-la-Roche) where their sister was abbess.
• RUELLINUS (Ruellin) (6th c.) successor of St Tudwal as Bishop of Tréguier in Brittany
• SHIO of Georgia, monk
• Abbot SILLAN (Sillian, Silvanus) of Bangor (610) a disciple of St Comgall in Bangor in County Down in Ireland and his second successor as abbot there
• Hieromartyr Bishop SILOUAN (Silvanus)
• Righteous THEODULF of Trier, hermit (511)
• Hosiosmartyr THEOCTYRIST (Theostyrictus) Abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa (8th c.) // FEB 29 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοστήρικτος
The Holy Martyr Theokteristus, Igumen of the Pelekete monastery, suffered for the holy icons under the impious emperor Constantine Copronymos (741-775). Also subjected to tortures were Saint Stephen the New (November 28), and other pious monks. Saint Theokteristus was burned with boiling tar. The holy martyr was a spiritual writer, and composed a Canon to the Mother of God "Sustainer in Many Misfortunes."
• YAROSLAV the Wise, thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev (1054)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰαροσλάβος ὁ Σοφός
Μνήμη Μεγάλου Σεισμοῦ
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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