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March 6 / February 21
2018 （7526）
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DAY 16

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• The "KOZELSHCHANSKAYA" 科则尔示昌斯卡亚 (1881) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Κοζελσλὰνκ
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• Martyrs SEVERUS and 62 Companions in Syrmium in Pannonia (3-4th c.)
• VM VARDA (also Rose) and M DANIEL a priest of Persia (344)
Daniel was a priest; Verda a woman. The two were arrested and tortured in Persia during the persecution of King Shapur II. They are highly venerated in the East.
• Venerables ANDREAS of Metilene (496) and ANATOLIOS the Sinait (5th c.) monastics of the Church of Jerusalem and first disciples of Venerable Euthymius the Great // APR 26 // JUN 7 //
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀνδρέας καὶ Ἀνατόλιος
• Hosiosmartyrs GERMANUS Abbot of Granfield in the Val Moutier in Switzerland, and monk RANDOALD (344) Germanus Born in Trier in Germany, he became a monk at Remiremont in the east of France. From there he went to Luxeuil and later he became Abbot of Granfield in the Val Moutier in Switzerland. Together with another monk, Randoald, he was martyred by the local magnate while interceding on behalf of the poor.
• 26 Martyrs in North Africa including VERULUS, SECUNDINUS, SIRICIUS, FELIX, SERVULUS, SATURNINUS, FORTUNATUS and Companions (434) probably under the Vandals
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βερούλιος, Σεκουνδίνος, Σιρίκιος, Φελίσιος, Σέρβουλος, Σατουρνίνος, Φουρτουνάτος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς
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NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• Day of martyrdom of New Hieromartyrs ALEXANDER 亚历山大 Visl’anskij, presbiter, priest (1870-1930) and DANIIL 丹尼尔 Alferov (1870-1930) shoted near Voronezh; graved at Voronezh
• New Hieromartyr GREGORY 格里哥利 Khlebunov, presbiter, priest (1873-1930) day of martyrdom, shoted at Astrakhan’
• New Hieromartyr CONSTANTINE 君士坦丁 P’atikrestovskij, presbiter, archpriest (1877-1938) day of death in prison in Mariinsk, Kemerovo
• New Hieromartyr deacon PAVEL 保罗 Shyrokogorov (1878-1938) day of death in KZ
• Martyress OLGA 奥尔伽 Kosheleva (1874-1939) day of death in Taganka prison, Moskow
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• M ALEXANDER of Adrumetum (434) martyred with others in North Africa
• CRONAN of Cill Beg (Kilbeg)
• Venerabless nun ERCONGOTHA (660) Daughter of King Erconbert of Kent and St Saxburgh. She became a nun at Faremoutiers-en-Brie under her aunt, St Ethelburgh, but reposed when very young
• Hieroconfessor Patriarch EUSTATHIUS 艾弗斯塔提 Archbishop of Antioch (337)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐστάθιος Πατριάρχης Ἀντιοχείας
As such, he was especially prominent at the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea 325 A.D., where he intellectually and systematically refuted the teaching of Arius. With the other Holy Fathers, Eustathius confessed correctly that Jesus Christ, as the Son of God, is equal to the Father and the Holy Spirit according to divine Hypostasis (i.o. natures).
• FELIX of Metz (2nd c.) the 3rd Bishop of Metz in France for over 40 years
• FINTAN Corach Bishop of Cluain-ferta-Brenainn and at t Cluain-eidhnech (6th c.)
The title "Corach" has a variety of meanings depending on context, it may mean the "volatile", the "giver of a promise", or the "melodious".
• Sainted GEORGE 格奥尔吉 bishop of Amastris on the Black Sea (802-811/825)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀμάστριδος
Born at Kromna near Amastris on the Black Sea. Saint George was a hermit on Mount Sirik, then a monk of Bonyssa, and finally bishop of Amastris. He successfully defended his episcopal city during the Saracen attacks.
• GUNDEBERT (Gombert, Gumbert, Gondelbert) of Senones (676) Bishop of Sens in France, he left and went to the Vosges, where he founded the monastery of Senones c 660
• IRENE of Spain (79) Sister of Pope Saint Damasus
• Venerable JACOB the Hermit // NOV 26 //
• Sainted JOHN 约翰 III Scholasticus, Patriarch of Constantinople (577)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ ἀπὸ Σχολαστικῶν Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
As an advocate, John was ordained a priest and after that became patriarch in the year 565 A.D. He complied canons, which were included in the Nomo-Canon. During his time, the divine hymn, The Cherubic Hymn, as well as the prayer before Holy Communion of Thy Mystical Supper were included in the Holy and Divine Liturgy.
• Hieroschemamonk MACARIUS of Glinsk Hermitage (1864)
• PATERIUS Bishop of Brescia (606) a monk, disciple and friend of St Gregory the Great. He became Bishop of Brescia in Lombardy in Italy and was a prolific writer
Paterius, a Roman monk, was a disciple and friend of Pope Saint Gregory the Great. He was a notary in the Roman Church, who was raised to the see of Brescia, Lombardy. Paterius was a prolific writer on Biblical subjects.
• Righteous PEPIN of Landen (640) Duke of Brabant, he was the husband of St Ida and the father of St Gertrude of Nivelles and St Begga. He was described as a lover of peace and the constant defender of truth and justice
Mayor of the Palace to the Kings Clotaire II, Dagobert, and Sigebert.
• Martyr PETER (Peter Mavimenus) the Scribe (743)
Saint Peter was a scribe (chartularius) in Majuma, Palestine, where he was executed for his faith by the Arab sheik of Damascus.
• Hieromartyr SEVERIAN 塞维里安 bishop of Scythopolis (452)
• Repose of Blessed SIMON Todorsky, bishop of Pskov (1754) of the Kiev Caves Lavra, Professor of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy // FEB 22 //
• Venerable TIMOTHY 提摩太 of monastery Symboleia in Bithynia (795) a recluse in a place called Symbola on the Asiatic side of Mount Olympus, the Wilderness-Dweller
Ὁ Ὅσιος Τιμόθεος ὁ ἐν Συμβόλοις
• VALERIUS (695) born in Astorga in Spain, he became a monk and Abbot of San Pedro de Montes. He left several ascetic writings
• VITALIANA (also Vitalina) Reclusess at Artonne, between Riome and Gannat, in Auvergne, Pat. of Artonne (Puy-le-Dome) (390)
• Sainted ZACHARIAS 匝哈利亚 the Skevophylax, Patriarch of Jerusalem (629)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζαχαρίας Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων
He was the Skevophylax, keeper of the sacred vessels in the Church of Constantinople, then was made Patriarch of Jerusalem in 609. When the Persians took Jerusalem in 614 and took the Precious Cross of our Lord as a trophy, Zachariah went to Persia with the Cross, clasping it in his arms. In 631 the Emperor Heraclius conquered the Persians and recovered the Cross, bringing it to Constantinople. According to one account, Zachariah returned with the Cross, then returned to governing the Church in Jerusalem until his repose in 632 when Modestus (who had been acting in his absence) succeeded him. According to another account, Saint Zachariah died in exile, and Modestus was made Patriarch when the Holy Cross returned to Jerusalem.

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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.