συνοδικός
May 13 / April 30
2018 (7526)
6th Sunday of Pascha: The Blind Man
Κυριακή του Τυφλοῦ
After the Midfeast (John 7:14), the Lord Jesus Christ came to the Temple again and taught the people who came to Him (John 8:2). After leaving the Temple, He opened the eyes of a man “who was blind from his birth (John 9:1). The miracle described in today’s Gospel (John 9:1-38) is even more remarkable than it might seem at first. Saint Basil and other Fathers tell us that this was not just a case of giving sight to a blind man born with eyes that did not function, but to someone who had no eyes at all! The second Exapostilarion for this Sunday says, “Along the way, our Savior found a man who lacked both sight and eyes...”. The Gospel says, “Since the world began, it was not heard that any man opened the eyes of one who was born blind” (John 9:32). There are examples in the Old (Tobit 2:17) and New (Mark 8:22-26) Testaments of blind people receiving sight, but this is something completely unprecedented. The Savior placed clay in the man’s empty sockets and told him to wash in the pool of Siloam. When he obeyed these instructions, the eyes of clay became living eyes! In his MENAION, Saint Demetrius of Rostov calls the blind man Saint Celidonius (see his account of Saint Lazarus in the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles on January 4).
• The Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "OF THE PASSION" (1641) 痛苦圣母像纪念日
The Theotokos of the Passion is one of the most recognized icons of the Mother of God (Theotokos). Traditionally, it is said to be one of the icons painted by St Luke the Evangelist, and it is known in the Western Churches (primarily the Roman Catholic Church) as Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The Icon of the Mother of God “Of the Passion” The icon received its name because on either side of the Mother of God are two angels with the implements of the Lord’s suffering: the Cross, the lance, and the sponge.
There was a certain pious woman, Katherine, who began to suffer seizures and madness after her marriage. She ran off into the forest and attempted suicide more than once. In a moment of clarity she prayed to the Mother of God and vowed that if she were healed, she would enter a monastery. After recovering her health, she only remembered her vow after a long time. Afraid and mentally afflicted, she took to her bed. Three times the Most Holy Theotokos appeared to her, commanding the sick woman to go to Nizhni-Novgorod and to buy Her icon from the iconographer Gregory. After she had done this, Katherine received healing. From that time on, miracles have occurred from this icon. The Feast day of this icon is on August 13, commemorating its transfer from the village of Palitsa to Moscow in 1641. A church was built at the place where it was met at the Tver gates, and in 1654, the Strastna monastery was built. The icon is also commemorated on April 30, and on the sixth Sunday after Pascha (the Sunday of the Blind Man) in memory of the miracles which occurred on this day. Other “Passion” icons of the Mother of God have been glorified in the Moscow church of the Conception of Saint Anna, and also in the village of Enkaeva in Tambov diocese.
• Miraculous Icon of the Mother of God of SAMBIR, Ukraine
Eutropius (250) One of the companions of St Dionysius of Paris. He is honoured as the first Bishop of Saintes, in southwest France. He was sent by Pope Saint Clement to evangelized the inhabitants. The aides of he Roman governor split his head open with an axe. He was buried by Eustella, the governor's daughter.
• Martyrs MARIANUS a reader, JAMES a deacon and Companions (259) in Lambesa, an ancient town in Numidia in North Africa
Died in Africa, May 6, 259. Marian, a lector, and James, a deacon, were thrown into prison at Cirta (Constantine in Algeria) during the persecution of Valerian. They were savagely tortured to persuade them to apostatize, but each was strengthened by a dream of his triumphant martyrdom to come. They were put to death at the military town of Lambaesis (Lambesa) in Numidia, with others victims so numerous that they were drawn up in rows and the executioner passed down the ranks striking off heads, 'in a rush of fury.' Marian and James are known from an authentic, touching account written by a man who shared their imprisonment but was later released. In art, Marian is shown hung up by his thumbs with weights on this feet.
• Hieromartyr APHRODISIUS and 30 Martyrs at Alexandria
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀφροδίσιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ τριάντα Μάρτυρες
• MM LAURENCE of Novara and Companions (397)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Λαυρέντιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες
Laurence came from the west, either from Spain or France. He helped St Gaudentius, Bishop of Novara, in Piedmont in Italy. He was martyred with a group of children whom he was instructing.
• MM AMATOR, monk PETER and LOUIS (855) of Córdoba, Spain (855) murdered by Saracens for publicly proclaiming his faith
Amator was born in Martos near Cordoba in Spain, where he was ordained priest. Together with a monk, Peter by name, and a layman called Louis, he was martyred by the Saracens for publicly confessing Christ.
• Martyrs ISIDORE, ELIAS and PAUL of Cordoba, Spain, by the Moors (856)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰσίδωρος, Ἠλίας καὶ Παῦλος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• QUINTIAN and ATTICUS
• New Hieromartyr priest PAVEL Br’antsev (1889-1938) day of death in prison, Blagoveshchensk of Khabarovsk
Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίας Ἀργυρῆς τῆς Νεομάρτυρος
近代殉道者阿尔吉拉出生于布鲁萨，父母是虔诚的基督徒。阿尔吉拉与同是基督徒的丈夫结婚之后，邻居的一个土耳其人看上了她，并打算与她同居。但是虔诚的阿尔吉拉拒绝了这个土耳其人的厚颜无耻。这个土耳其非常生气，并在法官面前指控阿尔吉拉起初打算成为伊斯兰教徒后来却皈依了基督。阿尔吉拉为了基督遭受了15年的磨难，经过了多次法官的审判，从一个监狱辗转到另一个监狱。阿尔吉拉爱基督胜于这世间的一切。最后，阿尔吉拉于公元1725年在君士坦丁堡的监狱中死亡。
• Martyr ADAUCTUS
• Uncovering of the relics of Hieromartyr BASIL 瓦西里 bishop of Amasea (322)
Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Βασιλέως τοῦ Ἱερομάρτυρος
• Venerable CLEMENT 克利弥斯 the Hymnographer, Abbot of the Studion Monastery (9th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κλήμης ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Ὑμνογράφος
The Monk Clement the Writer of Churchly Song was hegumen of the Studite monastery after Saint Nicholas (+ 868, Comm. 4 February). Known as a zealous defender of Christianity, the confessor of icon-veneration also composed Canons of the Mother of God and to certain of the Saints, -- in particular troparia to the Mother of God, Canons of the Seven Youths of Ephesus (4 August), the Prophet and God-Seer Moses (4 September), the Archangels (8 November), and the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ.
• CYNWL (6th c.) brother of St Deiniol, first Bishop of Bangor. He lived an ascetic life in the north of Wales and several churches were dedicated to him
• DESIDERATUS of Gourdon (569) a hermit who lived in Gourdon near Châlon-sur-Saône in France
• DONATUS 多纳特 bishop of Euroea in Epirus (387)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δονάτος Ἐπίσκοπος Εὐροίας
多纳图斯是阿尔巴尼亚埃维拉的主教。上帝赋予了他施行奇迹的恩典，由此，行了很多奇迹，使民众得益。多纳图斯曾经将苦水变成甜水；在干旱的季节中使雨水普降；医治了患有精神病的国王的女儿；并使死人复活。这个死人已经向债主支付了欠债，但是无耻的债主却欲想再次讨债，于是他找到了这个死人的妻子，让他立即支付欠债。这个寡妇哭泣着向主教讲述了事情的经过。圣多纳图斯要求债主再等待几时，至少应该在死人被安葬之后再进行讨论。但是债主不依不饶。于是圣多纳图斯来到这个死人身边，抚摸他的尸体，向他喊道：“兄弟，起来吧！看，你的债主临门了！”这个死人站了起来，并用严厉的眼光看着这个债主，并讲述了他在什么时间、什么地点将欠债还给了他。这个死人还要债主将书写的收据拿出来。惊恐万分的债主马上将这些证件拿出来，这个死人万分高兴，将其撕碎，之后又躺下死去了。圣多纳图斯于年迈之际方离世，当时为公元387年。他的圣髑被安放在阿尔巴尼亚的埃维拉，时至今日，依然创造无数奇迹。
• EPHRAIM
• ERCONWALD 埃尔孔瓦尔德 1st bishop of London (693)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐρκονγουάλδος Ἐπίσκοπος Λονδίνου
Of noble origin in the east of England, he founded a monastery in Chertsey and a convent in Barking. He became abbot of the former and his sister St Ethelburgh the abbess of the latter. In 675 he became Bishop of London. His shrine at St Paul's became a centre of veneration and he was called The Light of London.
• FORANNAN Abbot of Waulsort Abbey in Belgium (982)
Born in Ireland. Died 982. A bishop, Saint Forannan left Ireland to join a community at the abbey of Waulsort on the Meuse and in 962 became its abbot. He spent some times at Gorze studying the monastic observance established by Saint John in order to introduce it at Waulsort, which he did most successfully.
• Blessed Empress HILDEGARD, Matr. (783)
Died in Thionville (Diedenhofen), France, in 783. Said to have been the daughter of the duke of Swabia, Hildegard was known for her aid to religious and was much venerated at the time of her death. She was just 17 when Charlemagne put Hermengard aside and made her his second wife in 771. She had nine children during their 12year marriage. Friend and supporter of many monks and nuns she is said to have had a special fondness for Saint Lioba. Her tomb is at Kempten Abbey, of which she is considered the foundress. Hildegard, who is generally shown with Charlemagne or as an empress tending the sick, is the patroness of the sick.
• HOYILDA (Hoilde, Hoildis, Hou) of Champagne, Nun (5th c.) a Virgin who was blotted out of existence and found again
• IGNATIUS 伊格纳提 Brianchaninov, Bishop of the Caucasus and Stavropol (1807-1867)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰγνάτιος Ἐπίσκοπος Σταυρουπόλεως
He was born in 1807 into Russian aristocracy — his father was a wealthy provincial gentleman. From a very early age he felt strongly called to monastic life, but at that time it was almost unheard of for a nobleman to take such a path, and Dimitri (as he was called in baptism) entered the Pioneer Military School in St Petersburg. There he distinguished himself, and even attracted the attention of Grand Duke Nicholas Pavlovich, an event which would profoundly affect his later life. Despite his excellent record at the academy, young Dimitri still longed only for the things of God. In 1827 he graduated from the school and was commissioned as an officer in the army, but soon fell critically ill, and was granted a discharge. This proved to be providential: when he recovered his health, he immediately became a novice, living at several different monasteries and coming under the spiritual care of Starets Leonid, one of the celebrated fathers of the Optina monastery. In 1821 he took his monastic vows and received the name Ignatius. Soon afterwards he was ordained to the priesthood. Soon after the newly-professed Fr Ignatius had entered the seclusion that he sought, Tsar Nicholas I — the former Grand Duke Nicholas — visited the Pioneer Military School and asked what had become of the promising cadet he had met a few years before. When the Tsar learned that the former Dimitri was now a monk, he sought him out, had him elevated to the rank of Archimandrite (at age 26!) and made him Superior of the St Sergius Monastery in St Petersburg. Tsar Nicholas instructed him to make the monastery a model for all Russian religious communities. Though he had desired only a life of solitude and prayer, the new Archimandrite devoted himself conscientiously to fulfilling the Tsar's charge. The monastery did in fact become a kind of standard for Russian monasticism, and its abbot acquired many spiritual children, not only among his monks but among the laity in the capital. After twenty-four years as superior of the monastery, St Iganatius was elevated to the episcopate in 1857, first as Bishop of Stavropol, then as Bishop of Kavkaz. Only four years later (aged 54) he resigned and spent the rest of his life in reclusion at the Nicolo-Babaevsky Monastery in the diocese of Kostromo. There he continued the large body of spiritual writings for which he is well known. His printed Works fills five volumes; of these, at least two major works have been translated into English: On the Prayer of Jesus and The Arena: an offering to contemporary monasticism. Both are gems of spiritual writing, profitable to every serious Orthodox Christian. St Ignatius reposed in peace in 1867. He was glorified in 1988 by the Moscow Patriarchate, during the millennial celebrations in that year. Saints Andrei Rublev, Xenia of Petersburg, Theophan the Recluse and others were glorified in the same observances.
• Holy Apostle 使徒 JAMES 雅各 (44) the son of Zebedee and brother of St John the Theologian
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος ὁ Ἀπόστολος
This holy Apostle was one of the Twelve Apostles, as was his brother John. The Lord surnamed them both Boanerges or "Sons of Thunder," because one day as He passed through a village of Samaria, the inhabitants not having wished to welcome Him, these two zealous brothers asked the Lord to let fire fall from heaven and burn these inhospitable people (Luke 9:54). After the Passion and Resurrection of Our Lord, Herod not being able to stand seeing blessed James speak openly about Christ and announce the Gospel of salvation, laid hands on him and made him perish by the sword around the year 42. He was the second martyr after the deacon Stephen.
雅各是西庇太的儿子、约安的兄弟，也是12门徒之一。在主耶稣呼唤雅各的时候，他立即放下了渔网，同父亲告别之后，与约安同追随主耶稣。主耶稣曾经向他的三位门徒展示了伟大的奥秘，其中就包括雅各；主耶稣在他泊山向这些门徒圣显容，并在革特西玛尼花园在他们面前忧伤难过。在收到圣灵的恩典之后，雅各在各地传讲福音，一直到西班牙。从西班牙回来之后，犹太人开始同雅各就《圣经》进行争论，没有人能够驳倒他，甚至魔术师黑摩金也是如此。黑摩金同他的门徒腓力被雅各传讲的基督真理的力量所击败，由此他们二人都接受了浸礼。之后，犹太人在伊若德王面前指控雅各，并怂恿约西对雅各进行诽谤。看到雅各无畏的行为，约西听从了基督真理的解释，进行了忏悔，皈依了基督。当雅各被判处死刑时，约西也同被判处死刑。在前往刑场的路上，约西请求雅各原谅他。雅各拥抱了约西，并亲吻了他，对他说：“愿你得平安与宽恕！”他们二人为他们钟爱和服侍的主都遭到了斩首。圣徒雅各于公元45年在耶路撒冷受刑。他的遗体被转移到了西班牙，时至今日，他的圣髑依然创造奇迹，医治病人。
• Virgin LUITH of Druim-Dairbhreach
• M MARIANO of Acerenza (303) friend of St Laviero. Deacon and courageous preacher in a time of persecution. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian in Grumentum (modern Grumento Nova, Italy)
• Blessed MARTHA (Maria Petrovna Proasieva) Schemaabbess of Alexevsky Convent in Arzamas (1813) disciple of Saint Paisius Velichkovsky
• MAXENTIA (Massenga) of Majana near Lake Toblino, Matr. (5th c.) Italy
• Martyr MAXIMUS 玛克西默 of Ephesus suffered for his faith in Christ, and was run through with a sword during the persecution of Decius (251)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος ὁ Μάρτυρας
Martyr in Rome. When the edict condemning Christians was announced by the Emperor Trajanus Decius, Maximus, a local merchant, presented himself to the local judge. Ordered to sacrifice to the goddess Diana, Maximus refused and was tortured and stoned to death. His Acta are still extant.
• MERCURIALIS of Forli (406) 1st bishop of Forli, Italy. Worked to convert pagans and suppress Arianism, which led to him being depicted in art as killing a dragon. Attended the Council of Rimini in 359
• Uncovering of the relics (1558) of Sainted NICETAS 尼基塔 bishop of Novgorod (1108) the former Recluse of the Kiev Caves // JAN 31 REPOSE // MAY 14 //
Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νικήτα Ἀρχιεπισκόπου Νόβγκοροντ
Saint Nikita the former Recluse of the Kiev Caves fell asleep in the Lord in 1109, after serving as Bishop of Novgorod for thirteen years. Bishop Nikita was glorified as a saint during the reign of Tsar Ivan Vasilievich, and his holy relics, dressed in full vestments, were uncovered on April 30, 1558. That day was marked by the healing of many people. His relics now rest in the cathedral of the holy Apostle Philip in Novgorod. Sainted Nikita of Novgorod died on 31 January 1109.
• Saint ONENN (Onenna, Onenne) of Brittany
Onenne was the daughter of King Judael of northern Armorica. She was venerated by the local people and become the local patron saint of the parish of Trehorenteuc. Living at the end of the 6th century and begining of the 7th century, she had a very humble destiny, despite her noble origin. She vowed herself to poverty, and became a goose-keeper. Thanks to those birds, one day she was saved from an aggressor, the population hearing their noise came to her rescue. Today, she is still venerated in the Morbihan, in Trehorenteuc (canton of Mauron), where the church and a well are dedicated to her name. Pilgrims still come to the church builted on the place of her burial. They ask for the healing of eye-illnesses. The well, being on private ground, is only accessible 2 days a year, during the pilgrimages. In an earlier time, there was a procession to that healing-well, with a group of geese walking first in the procession. In our days, this tradition is being revitalised.
• POMPONIUS (536) Bishop of Naples in Italy (508-536). He was a strong opponent of Arianism, then under the patronage of the Gothic king Theodoric
• Martyr QUIRIN of Neuss at Rome (115)
• Translation (1998) of the relics of SABBAS abbot of Zvenigorod Monastery • VM SOPHIA at Fermo Piceno (250)
A virgin from Fermo in central Italy martyred under Decius. She suffered for the faith in the third age, at Firmo, in Italy, where her festival is kept on the 30th of April with great devotion. Her head is shown in a rich case in the cathedral.
• SIMON (Symeon) Metropolitan of Moscow (1511)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Σίμων Μητροπολίτης Μόσχας
• Sainted SWITHBERT the Younger (807) Bishop of Werden in Westphalia
Born in England; died 807. Swithbert may have been a monk. He joined the missionaries in Germany and eventually became bishop of Werden in Westphalia.
• Translation of Relics Martyr THEODORE of Byzantium, suffered in Mytilene (1784)
After the martyrdom of Saint Theodore, the Christians buried him in the southern area of the Chrch of the Panagia Chrysomallousas. In 1798 his sacred relic was translated to a crypt in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mytilene. This is commemorated on April 30th.
• Translation of the relics of St VALENTINUS the Martyr (3rd c.) to Sambir Cathedral (St Paraskeva Pyatnycya church, Lviv)
The SYNAXARION says the following concerning the Sunday of the Blind Man:
The Lord Jesus was coming from the Temple on the Sabbath, when, while walking in the way, He saw the blind man mentioned in today's Gospel. This man had been born thus from his mother's womb, that is, he had been born without eyes (see Saint John Chrysostom, Homily LVI on Matthew; Saint Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book 5:15; and the second Exorcism of Saint Basil the Great). When the disciples saw this, they asked their Teacher, "Who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" They asked this because when the Lord had healed the paralytic at the Sheep's Pool, He had told him, "Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee" (John 5:14); so they wondered, if sickness was caused by sin, what sin could have been the cause of his being born without eyes. But the Lord answered that this was for the glory of God. Then the God-man spat on the ground and made clay with the spittle. He anointed the eyes of the blind man and said to him, "Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam." Siloam (which means "sent") was a well-known spring in Jerusalem used by the inhabitants for its waters, which flowed to the eastern side of the city and collected in a large pool called "the Pool of Siloam." Therefore, the Saviour sent the blind man to this pool that he might wash his eyes, which had been anointed with the clay-not that the pool's water had such power, but that the faith and obedience of the one sent might be made manifest, and that the miracle might become more remarkable and known to all, and leave no room for doubt. Thus, the blind man believed in Jesus' words, obeyed His command, went and washed himself, and returned, no longer blind, but having eyes and seeing. This was the greatest miracle that our Lord had yet worked; as the man healed of his blindness himself testified, "Since time began, never was it heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind," although the Lord had already healed the blind eyes of many. Because he now had eyes, some even doubted that he was the same person (John 9:8-9); and it was still lively in their remembrance when Christ came to the tomb of Lazarus, for they said, "Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have caused that even this man should not have died?" Saint John Chrysostom gives a thorough and brilliant exposition of our Lord's meeting with the woman of Samaria, the healing of the paralytic, and the miracle of the blind man in his commentaries on the Gospel of Saint John.
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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