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DAY 27
Parents' Saturday. Remembrance of the dead
Saturday is the day which the Church has set aside for the commemoration of faithful Orthodox Christians departed this life in the hope of resurrection to eternal life. Since the Divine Liturgy cannot be served on weekdays during Great Lent, the second, third, and fourth Saturdays of the Fast are appointed as Soul Saturdays when the departed are remembered at Liturgy. In addition to the Liturgy, kollyva (wheat or rice cooked with honey and mixed with raisins, figs, nuts, sesame, etc.) is blessed in church on these Saturdays. The kollyva reminds us of the Lord's words, "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit" (John 12:24).The kollyva symbolizes the future resurrection of all the dead. As Saint Simeon of Thessalonica (September 15) says, man is also a seed which is planted in the ground after death, and will be raised up again by God's power. Saint Paul also speaks of this (I Cor. 15:35-49). It is customary to give alms in memory of the dead in addition to the prayers we offer for their souls. The angel who spoke to Cornelius testifies to the efficacy of almsgiving, "Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God" (Acts 10:4). Memorial services for the dead may be traced back to ancient times. Chapter 8 of the Apostolic Constitutions recommends memorial services with Psalms for the dead. It also contains a beautiful prayer for the departed, asking that their voluntary and involuntary sins be pardoned, that they be given rest with the Patriarchs, Prophets, and Apostles in a place where sorrow, suffering, and sighing have fled away (Isaiah 35:10). Saint John Chrysostom mentions the service for the dead in one of his homilies on Philippians, and says that it was established by the Apostles. Saint Cyprian of Carthage (Letter 37) also speaks of our duty to remember the martyrs. The holy Fathers also testify to the benefit of offering prayers, memorial services, Liturgies, and alms for the dead (Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Saint John of Damascus, etc.). Although both the righteous and those who have not repented and corrected themselves may receive benefit and consolation from the Church's prayer, it has not been revealed to what extent the unrighteous can receive this solace. It is not possible, however, for the Church's prayer to transfer a soul from a state of evil and condemnation to a state of holiness and blessedness. Saint Basil the Great points out that the time for repentance and forgiveness of sins is during the present life, while the future life is a time for righteous judgment and retribution (Moralia 1). Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Gregory the Theologian, and other patristic writers concur with Saint Basil's statement. By praying for others, we bring benefit to them, and also to ourselves, because "God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love which you showed for His sake in serving the saints..." (Heb. 6:10).
• 900 MM at Rome on the Appian Way (260) buried in the catacombs of Callistus on the Appian Way in Rome
The Appian Way (Latin and Italian: Via Appia) was one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic. It connected Rome to Brindisi, in southeast Italy. The Catacomb(s) of Callixtus (also known as the Cemetery of Callixtus) is one of the Catacombs of Rome on the Appian Way, most notable for containing the Crypt of the Popes (Italian: Cappella dei Papi), which once contained the tombs of several popes from the 2nd to 4th centuries.
• Holy Martyrs PAUL 保罗 and his sister JULIANA 犹利亚纳 of Ptolemais; and QUADRATUS 卦德拉特, ACACIUS 阿喀基 and STRATONICUS 斯特拉托尼科; at Ptolemaïs of Syria (273) // MAR 4 // AUG 17 //
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παῦλος καὶ Ἰουλιανὴ οἱ Μάρτυρες
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀκάκιος, Κοδράτος καὶ Στρατόνικος οἱ Μάρτυρες
Paul and Juliana were brother and sister from Ptolemais in Phoenicia. They were brutally tortured for the sake of Christ by the Emperor Aurelius and were finally beheaded. Before their martyrdom many of their miracles were manifested, and were witnessed by many pagans. Through these miracles, many of the pagans were converted to the Faith. Several of these were beheaded and received their wreaths in the year 273 A.D.
• Hieromartyr ADRIAN (Magirdle) Bishop of Saint Andrew's, bishop on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth in Scotland (875) martyred together with other monks: also bishop STALBRAND, GEODIANUS, CAIUS, CLODIAN and perhaps 6 600 Companions by the Danes on the Isle of May, Scotland
When the Danes, in the 9th century, made frequent descents upon the coast of Scotland, plundered several provinces, and massacred great part of the inhabitants, this holy pastor often softened their fury, and converted several among them to Christ. In a most cruel invasion of these pirates, he withdrew into the isle of May, in the bay of the river Forth; but the barbarians plundering also that island, discovered him there, and slew him with another bishop named Stalbrand, and a great number of others: the Aberdeen Breviary says 6 600. This massacre happened in the reign of Constantine II. in the year 874. A great monastery was built of polished stone in honour of St Adrian, in the isle of May, the church of which, enriched with his relics, was a place of great devotion.
• Saints of Pskov martyred by the Latins: Hosiosmartyrs IOASAPH 约阿萨法 of Snetogorsk Monastery, and BASIL 瓦西里 of Mirozh Monastery (1299)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βασίλειος καὶ Ἰωάσαφ οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρες
• Commemoration of Elder THEODOSIUS of Pochaev (1906)
• New Hieromartyr MICHAEL Kargopolov, Priest of Krasnoyarsk (1919)
• New Hieromartyr Archpriest DIMITRY 迪弥特里 Ivanov, of Kiev (1933)
• New Hieromartyr Priest VYACHESLAV 维雅切斯拉夫 Leontiev, of Nizhegorod (1937)
• New Martyr JOHN of Al-Sindiyana, Palestine (1937)
• New Hieromartyr ALEXANDER 亚历山大 Likharev, presbiter, priest (1876-1938) day of death in KZ, Suslovo station of Krasnojarsk railway, Siblag NKVD, Kemerovo
• Repose of Schemanun AGNIA (Alexandra Starodubtseva) Eldress of Karaganda, iconograher and painter (1884-1976)
• APPIAN (800) born in Liguria in Italy, he became a monk at the monastery of St Peter of Ciel d'Oro in Pavia in Italy. Eventually he became a hermit in Commacchio on the shores of the Adriatic and brought Christ to that region
• Blessed Rightbelieving Martyr BASIL (Basilko 瓦西尔科) 瓦西里 prince of Rostov (1238)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος βασιλεὺς Ροστὼβ τῆς Ρωσίας
• Sainted BASINUS bishop of Trier (705)
Monk and Abbot of St Maximin in Trier in Germany, he succeeded St Numerian as bishop of the city.
• Rightbelieving DANIEL 但以理 prince of Moscow (1303) the fourth son of Saint Alexander Nevsky (30 August and 23 November) and Righteous Vassa
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δανιὴλ ὁ Πρίγκιπας
• FELIX of Rhuys (1038) born near Quimper in Brittany, he became a hermit on Ouessant and afterwards a monk at Fleury (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire) in France. He restored the monastery of Rhuys, founded by St Gildas, which had been destroyed by the Vikings
• Venerable GERASIMUS 革拉息默 of the Jordan (475)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεράσιμος ὁ Ἰορδανίτης
• Venerable monk GERASIMUS 革拉息默 of Vologda (1178)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεράσιμος ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Confessor GISTILIAN (Gistlian) (5-6th c.) the uncle of St David and a monk at Menevia, or St Davids, in Wales // MAR 2 //
• Sainted GREGORY 格里高利 bishop of Constantia in Cyprus (759)
• GREGORY 格里高利 bishop of Assos near Ephesus (1150)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἄσσου
• Venerable JAMES 雅各 the Faster, hermit, of Phoenicia in Syria (537)
• JULIAN 犹利安 patriarch of Alexandria (189)
• Bishop LEONARD of Avranches (614)
In his early years he lived badly, but once converted, largely by the prayers of his mother, he was elected Bishop of Avranches.
• Hieromartyr LUCIUS I (254) succeeded St Cornelius as Pope of Rome in 253 and was at once sent into exile
• Repose of Schemamonk MARK of Glinsk Hermitage (1893)
• MUKNA (Muicin, Mukinus) Bishop of Maighin (Moyne), County of Mayo (5-6th c.)
• Hermit OWEN (Owin, Ouini) of Lichfield (680) // MAR 3 //
After working as a steward in the household of St Audrey (Etheldred), he became a monk at Lastingham in England with St Chad. When the latter became Bishop of Mercia, he settled St Owen with other monks at a monastery near Lichfield.
• Holy Hierarch PATRICK the Bishop of Armagh Enlightener of the Irish Lands; Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland (493) known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary Patron Saint of Ireland, along with saints Brigit of Kildare and Columba
Ο Άγιος Πατρίκιος
St Patrick was born somewhere on (N) W coast of Britain. He had a Roman name; his father was a deacon, his grandfather a priest in the British church. They lived in a city, had some wealth, even a villa. At the age of 16 Patrick was taken captive by pagan raiders and sold into slavery in Ireland; he escaped, got on a boat, and eventually got back to Britain. He returned to Ireland many years later, with companions, as a missionary. He preached, baptised and ordained extensively. He wrote a "Confession" of faith and also a Letter "to Coroticus". His "Confession" provides perhaps the most original and vigorous testimony to apostolic labours since St Paul. St Patrick does not tell us where he went overseas. A "Saying" of his, apparently preserved, runs: "The fear of God I had as my guide through Gaul and Italy and the islands of the Tyrrhene Sea". But where we do not know. Perhaps his travels in Gaul, which he mentions in his Confession, made him familiar with monastic life. St Patrick's two "Lives" by Muirchu and Tirechan written possibly between 661-668 and 665-680 claim to be using oral tradition from known people; the "Tripartite" Life ("3 parts", for public reading) is dated c 895-901. By this time Patrick attains a fame which eclipses that of all others. People now regarded him as intercessor and patron of all Ireland. He also became an extensive role model for the evangelisation of Europe. At first Patrick may have had a small wooden church in Armagh and made it his centre at least for a time; later a stone one was built where the present Church of Ireland Cathedral stands. Places mentioned so far are mainly in the North East. Places from Donegal to Tipperary lay claim to visits from St Patrick. Some 60 churches lay claim to have had bishops ordained by him. Legend has it that St Patrick was responsible for ridding the Emerald Isle of snakes; but more importantly, it is said that Patrick used the shamrock as a symbol to explain the Trinity to Unbelievers, i.e., how God is One God in Three Persons. "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" (Matthew 28:19). Patrick would hold up a shamrock and challenge his hearers, "Is it one leaf or three?" "It is both one leaf and three," was their reply. "And so it is with God," he would conclude. St Patrick used a shamrock to visualize the mystery of the Trinity, how a single plant with three leaves is analogous to the one Triune God with three separate and distinct Persons.
St Patrick is said to have landed somewhere in the North. At Downpatrick Co Down a stone in the graveyard of the Church of Ireland Cathedral marks the spot where, it is said, relics of Patrick, Bridget and Columba, were buried. This may be a result of the gathering up of relics by Normans who wanted to show they were legitimate holders of authority. Traditions about his burial place however are late. St Patrick worked for 30 years and is said to have founded many churches, bishoprics and monasteries.
"I journeyed among you, and everywhere, for your sake, often in danger, even to the outermost parts beyond which there is nothing, places where no one had ever arrived to baptise or ordain clergy or confirm the people" (Confessio, 51).
St Patrick's Day is a holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador and Montserrat.
• PETER 彼得 Michurin (Peter of Tomsk) youth of Tobolsk, Siberia (1820)
• Bishop PHILIP of Cluain Bainbh
• Venerabless WALBURGA Nun at Herswerde and Abbess of Neuenheerse, Netherland (891)
• Translation (938) of relics of Rightbelieving Martyr WENCESLAUS 文凯斯劳 prince of the Czechs (935) a grandson of the holy Martyress and Princess Liudmila (16 September) // MAR 4 // SEP 28 //
Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Βιασεσλάβου Πρίγκιπα τῆς Ρωσίας
On September 28, 935, when Saint Wenceslaus went to Matins, he was wickedly murdered at the doors of the church by his own brother and his brother’s servants. His body was stabbed and discarded without burial. The mother, hearing of the murder of her son, found and placed his body in a recently consecrated church at the princely court. They were not able to wash off the blood splashed on the church doors, but after three days it disappeared by itself. After repenting of his sin, the murderer transferred the relics of Saint Wenceslaus to Prague, where they were placed in the church of Saint Vitus, which the martyr himself had constructed. The memory of Prince Wenceslaus is honored from of old in the Russian Orthodox Church.
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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