συνοδικός
May 18 / May 5
2018 (7526)
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "INEXHAUSTIBLE CHALICE" (1878) 不竭之杯
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Σιέρπουχωφ Ρωσίας
The “Inexhaustible Chalice” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos was revealed in Russia in 1878. A retired soldier from Tula had spent his pension on alcohol, ruining his health. Though he was no longer able to walk, he continued to drink. One night a holy Elder appeared to him in a dream and told him to go to the Serpukhov monastery of the Mother of God. “Have a Molieben served before her Icon “The Inexhaustible Chalice.” Since he had no money and could not walk, the man paid no attention to the dream. Then the Elder appeared a second and third time, speaking to him with increasing severity. Crawling on all fours, the man reached the next village and stayed in the home of an old woman. She rubbed his legs, and he began to feel better. The next day, he resumed his journey with two canes, then with one, until he arrived at the monastery. He described his dreams to the monks, but none of them had ever heard of “The Inexhaustible Chalice” Icon. Finally, one of them remembered an icon on which a chalice was depicted. On the back of the icon was an inscription, “The Inexhaustible Chaice.” After the Molieben, the peasant returned home restored to health, and cured of his alcoholism. News of the miracle spread, and many alcoholics and their families came to pray before the Icon. Many of them came back to thank the Mother of God for answering their prayers. Every Sunday in the Serpukhov-Vyotsk monastery a Molieben with an Akathist is served before the Icon for those who are addicted to alcohol.
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εἰρηναῖος, Περεγρίνος καὶ Εἰρήνη οἱ Μάρτυρες ἐκ Θεσσαλονίκης
• VM PHERBUTHA (Tarbula, Tarbo, Ferfourthe, Pherbuda, and Perphoutha) of Persia; MEKADOSHTA her widowed Sister; and Servants (343)
• MARTIN 玛尔提诺 and HERACLIUS 伊拉克利 of Illyria (4th c.)
马丁和希拉克略都是斯拉夫人。他们在伊利里亚遭到异端阿里乌斯的迫害。这两位东正教的卫士遭到了流放，并于公元四世纪离开尘世，返回了天家。
• Martyrs NEOPHYTUS 奈奥斐特, GAIUS 盖奥 and GAIANUS 盖雅诺
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γαϊανός, Γάιος καὶ Νεόφυτος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs THEODOR, JULIAN, EUBULUS, MALCAMON, MOCIMUS, SALAMANES in Petra under Kaiser Diokletian
• Venerables BARLAAM 瓦尔拉穆 (1377) and his disciple GIDEON of Serpukhov
St Barlaam and his holy icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of the “Inexhaustible Cup” are venerated in Ukraine by those afflicted with the inclination to drinking and also their friends and relatives invoke these on their behalf.
• New Hieromartyr priest NICHOLAS (1919)
• New Hieromartyr PLATON of Banja Luka (1941) the 3rd Serbian Orthodox bishop of Banja Luka
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλάτων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀχρίδος
The territory of his diocese became part of so-called Independent State of Croatia. Since he was a Serb born in Serbia, not in Bosnia, he was told to leave Banja Luka. He wrote back: "The authorities appointed me Bishop of Banja Luka lawfully, according to canon law; having such a position I took the obligation before God, Church, and people, that inseparably binding my life and my destiny with the life and destiny of my spiritual flock, to take care of my spiritual flock permanently and firmly, regardless of any events, and to stay on its spiritual path all the time of my life given to me by God, persevering in my staying with the flock as a good shepherd who gives his soul for his sheep…" He asked a Roman Catholic bishop, Dr Jozo Garić (who was a Croat like Ustašas) to intervene with the authorized military officer and let him stay for two or three days more so that he could prepare for the departure. This Bishop told him to be calm and peaceful. However, the Ustaše arrested Bishop Platon the very next night, May 5, 1941, and took him, together with priest Dušan Subotić, who was hierarchal administrator from Bosanska Gradiska, somewhere out of Banja Luka. The two of them were killed there and their corpses were cast into the Vrbanja River. Ustasa Asim Celic committed this repulsive deed. The bishop's corpse, which was scarred and disfigured, was found in the village of Kumsale, on May 23, 1941. He was buried in a military graveyard in Banja Luka. Then in 1973, his remains were transported to the Banja Luka Cathedral for reburial.
• Venerable ADRIAN 阿德里安 abbot of Monza Monastery (1619)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀδριανὸς ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Conversion of St AUGUSTINE of Hippo (354-430)
Son of a pagan father who converted on his death bed, and of Saint Monica, a devout Christian. Raised a Christian, he lost his faith in youth and led a wild life. Lived with a Carthaginian woman from the age of 15 through 30. Fathered a son whom he named Adeotadus, which means the gift of God. Taught rhetoric at Carthage and Milan, Italy. After investigating and experimenting with several philosophies, he became a Manichaean for several years; it taught of a great struggle between good and evil, and featured a lax moral code. A summation of his thinking at the time comes from his Confessions: "God, give me chastity and continence - but not just now." Augustine finally broke with the Manichaeans and was converted by the prayers of his mother and the help of Saint Ambrose of Milan, who baptized him. On the death of his mother he returned to Africa, sold his property, gave the proceeds to the poor, and founded a monastery. Monk. Priest. Preacher. Bishop of Hippo in 396. Founded religious communities. Fought Manichaeism, Donatism, Pelagianism and other heresies. Oversaw his church and his see during the fall of the Roman Empire to the Vandals. Doctor of the Church. His later thinking can also be summed up in a line from his writings: Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you.
• VM BASILIA under Galienus
• BRITO (Britonius) (386) Bishop of Trier in Germany. A firm opponent of the Priscillianists, he also refused to hand them over for punishment by the State
Bishop of Trier, Belgic Gaul (modern Germany) in 374, and a leader of the Church in Gaul. Attended the 382 synod of bishops called by Pope Saint Damasus I. Friend of co-worker with Saint Ambrose of Milan and Saint Martin of Tours. When a group of pagans sought sanctuary with the Church; Britto tried to convert them, failed, but still refused to surrender them since he believed that the State has no authority over Church affairs.
• VM CRESCENTIANA at Rome (5th c.)
• DIUMA Bishop (7th c.)
Saint Diuma, a Scottish priest, was sent with Saint Cedd to convert Mercia and became its first bishop. His monastery, Saint Peter's, grew into the modern town of Peterborough.
• ECHA (Etha) (767) an Anglo-Saxon priest and monk-hermit at Crayk, near York, England
• Martyr EPHRAIM the Prophet, in Damaskus under Muslim
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐφραὶμ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Προφητικὸς
• Hosiosmartyr Monk EPHRAIM 艾弗冷 of Nea Makri (1426) Newly Revealed; heavenly intercessor for drug addicts, suicidals, and despairing youth
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐφραὶμ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ ἐν Νέᾳ Μάκρῃ Ἀττικῆς
Άγιος Εφραίμ Νέας Μάκρης / του Όρους των Αμωμών
St Ephraim is portrayed in iconography as a slim, ascetic figure with black hair and beard, clad in the black robes of a monk, his feast days are 3 January (the anniversary of the discovery of his body), and 5 May (the anniversary of his martyrdom). He was held captive and tormented for more than eight months, until he was finally tortured to death on 5 May 1426. A mulberry tree, believed to be that on which the saint was hanged, is today shown as an object of veneration inside the re-erected monastery.
• EULOGIUS 艾弗洛吉 the Confessor, bishop of Edessa (386)
Priest in Edessa, Syria. When a Arian bishop was imposed on the area by Emperor Valens, Eulogius refused to renouce orthodox Christianity and was exiled to Thebaid, Egypt where he worked for the conversion of local pagans. When Valens died in 375 Eulogius returned to Edessa to serve as their bishop. Attended the Council of Constantinople in 381.
• EUTHYMIUS 艾弗提弥 the Wonderworker, bishop of Maditos on the Hellespont in Thrace (990)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Μυροβλύτης Ἐπίσκοπος Μαδύτου
• HM EUTHYMIUS a deacon of Alexandria
• FAELAN Finn of Kilcolumb, County of Kilkenny
• GERUNTIUS of Milan (470) Successor of St Eusebius as Bishop of Milan in Italy c 465-470
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γερόντιος Ἐπίσκοπος Μιλάνου
• GIBRIAN a Hermit in Ireland
• Sainted GOTTHARD (Godehard) Bishop of Hildesheim (960 – 4 May 1038)
Raised around Churchman, Godehard's father worked for the canons of Niederaltaich. Godehard joined the canons, and became their provost. Helped reintroduce the Benedictine Rule at Niederaltaich, which then sent abbots to Tegernsee, Hersfeld and Kremsmunster to revive the Benedictine Rule. Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany in 1022.
• HERINA of Lecce at Apulia
• Monk HIERAX of Egypt
• HILARY 伊拉里 Archbishop of Arles (400-449)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱλάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀρελάτης
Born and raised a pagan; relative of Saint Honoratus of Arles. Highly placed civil authority. Honoratus invited Hilary to the recently completed abbey of Lerins, and brought him to the faith; Hilary was baptised at Lerins, and joined the community as a monk. When Honoratus became bishop of Arles (in modern France) Hilary served as his secretary. Bishop of Arles. Hilary was an exuberant bishop, working so hard to spread the faith that he caused problems with the people and the civil authorities, and twice had to be reproved by the Vatican - his zealousness was causing more trouble than converts. But though some questioned his methods, none questions his sanctity or his true belief.
• HYDROC (Hydoc) hermit of Lanhydroc (5th c.) Cornwall
Hydroc, the patron saint of Lanhydroc, Cornwall, England, may have been a hermit. It is implausible that he is identical to the Irish Huydhran or Odran.
• Great Martyress IRENE (Irina, Irena, Erine, Eireen, Eirene or Irena of Magedon) 伊里尼 of Thessalonica (104)
Ἡ Ἁγία Εἰρήνη ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς
The king's daughter, Saint Irene, was converted to the faith by Saint Timothy, Saint Paul's disciple. Emperor Justinian had a splendid basilica built in her honor in Constantinople.
伊莲娜生活在使徒的年代，当时她居住在巴尔干的马格顿。伊莲娜的父亲李锡尼是皇室的远亲。有人认为她是斯拉夫人。伊莲娜出生在异教家庭，佩内罗普是她在接受浸礼之前的名字。伊莲娜从她的老师阿佩里亚努斯那里知道了基督信仰。圣徒帕弗罗的门徒提摩泰为她极其仆人施浸，并将圣徒帕弗罗的书信给她读。因为伊莲娜不想结婚，由此激怒了她的父亲。其父预想对他施加刑罚，但是她却奇迹般地将父亲也皈依了基督。后来，伊莲娜曾遭到四位国王的折磨，上帝派遣天使向她显现。国王塞得基亚斯将她埋入一个深坑中，只剩下颈部露在外面，并放了毒蛇和蝎子，但是天使却使这些令人讨厌的怪物不能伤害她，从而拯救了她免遭伤害。于是国王又下令将她锯成两截，但是她的身体坚硬如石，使锯子反弹回来。国王又将她绑在水车上，打算由此杀死她，但是水车不再动，水不再流，伊莲娜安然无恙。塞得基亚斯的儿子萨波尔在伊莲娜的脚上钉铁钉，在她的肩上放沙袋，将她套上缰绳，如同牲口一样被牵出城外。伊莲娜一边被刽子手牵着，一边喃喃道：“主啊！在你面前我确实是牲畜！”上帝派遣天使，大地摇动并被震开，吞噬了残害伊莲娜的刽子手们。经历了种种磨难，伊莲娜安然无恙，由此，许多异教徒都皈依了基督。伊莲娜来到了卡利波利斯城，在那里传讲基督的福音。当地的国王努梅里安想用如下的方法杀害她：将伊莲娜先后投入到三个被烧得通红的金属牛中，但是伊莲娜仍然毫无损伤。许多目击者看到这个奇迹后都皈依了基督。地方长官沃丹带伊莲娜来到康斯坦蒂纳城，预想用以下的方法杀死伊莲娜：他将伊莲娜放在烧红的铁架上，但是伊莲娜没有受到任何伤害，由此，她皈依了很多人信奉基督。最后，伊莲娜来到了梅塞布里亚城，在那里伊莲娜遭到萨波尔王的杀害，但是上帝使她起死回生。国王和许多百姓看到这个奇迹之后都皈依了基督，接受了浸礼。这样，圣伊莲娜通过其遭受的种种磨难以及在她身上所发生的奇迹皈依了十万多异教徒信奉基督。最后，她躺在一个坟墓中，让阿佩里亚努斯将坟墓关闭。四天之后，当他们打开墓穴时发现伊莲娜并没有在那里。由此，伊莲娜得到了上帝永远的荣耀，她牺牲了很多、忍受了很多，以便能够成为受主荣耀的圣人之一。
（*）总主教费拉雷特在他的《圣人生活》一书中认为，圣伊莲娜是塞尔维亚人。
• Uncovering (1613) of the relics of Venerable JAMES 雅各 abbot of Zhelezny Bor (1442)
Saint James of Zhelezny Bor. Today we celebrate the Uncovering of the Relics of the Kostroma Wonderworker. See his Life under April 11, the day of his repose.
• M JOVINIAN (300) companion of St Peregrine of Auxerre in France, whom he served as a reader. By tradition he was martyred
• MARTHA of Monemvasia, Abbess of the Most Holy Theotokos Monastery
The life of Saint Martha, Abbess of the Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos in Monemvasia, situated below the Church of the Hodegetria, was written for us by Bishop Paul of Monemvasia in the 10th century. She was a very virtuous woman who suffered from a hemorrhage. For this reason she lived in the upper gallery of the church of the monastery. One day a certain elder monk came to see her at the monastery. He was sent up to Martha in the upper gallery and asked her for one of her garments. She told him that she had only two garments due to her hemorrhage, one that she she wore while the other was in the laundry needing to be washed from the flow of blood. Nonetheless, due to her good nature, Martha gave the old man her washed garment. With this, the old man gratefully departed. However, as soon as the old man left, Martha noticed that her hemorrhage had ceased. Recognizing this to be a miracle, she sent a few nuns to go and get the old monk, but he was nowhere to be found. On the very day and at the very hour in which the old monk had visited Martha in Monemvasia, suddenly he appeared in Thessaloniki at the home of natives of Monemvasia. When the old monk asked them if they knew Martha the abbess from the lower Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos in Monemvasia, they responded that indeed they knew her, and in fact they were related to her. He showed and gave them her garment and sent a message with them for her when they were to return to Monemvasia, saying: "Many things await you." Having said this, he disappeared, to their astonishment. The natives of Monemvasia then noted the day and time of this meeting, and when they returned to Monemvasia they relayed the message of the old monk to Martha. When Martha learned from her relatives of their wondrous meeting with the old monk at the very day and hour she had met him and was healed of her hemorrhage, they were all amazed and glorified God. They also surmised that the old monk was none other than Saint John the Theologian and Evangelist. Martha also once saw the Mother of God from the gallery of the church while the nuns were chanting Matins for the Dormition of the Theotokos. She was sitting enthroned in the sanctuary, while Martha wept continuous tears. This vision lasted until the doxology at the end of Matins, when the sisters began to sing too loudly, for which the Theotokos disappeared. At this, Martha cried out: "What have you done?" When the nuns asked her why she screamed, Martha told them of the vision she had, and from that time forth ordered the nuns to chant the doxology more quietly and with a contrite heart.
• Finding of the Relics of St MARY Magdalene (Magdalen) at Marseilles
• MAURONTUS (Mauront) Abbot (634-701) founded monastery at Breuil-sur-lys near Douai
Eldest son of Saint Adalbald of Ostrevant and Saint Rictrudis of Marchiennes; brother of Saint Clotsindis of Marchiennes, Saint Eusebia of Hamage, and Saint Adalsindis. Monk at Marchiennes, France. Founded a monastery at Breuil-sur-lys near Douai, France.
• MAXIMUS Bishop of Jerusalem (350) for publicly declaring his Christianity, he was branded on the foot, blinded in one eye, and sentenced to forced labour in the mines during the persecutions. He was crippled, but survived and succeeded St Macarius as bishop of Jerusalem. The Arians used his simplicity against him and St Athanasius, but later he made ample amends
• Venerable MICAH (Micheas) disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh (1385)
• NECTARIUS (445) Bishop of Vienne in France
• NICETUS (449) The 15th bishop of Vienne in France
• PLAUTILLA (also Plantilla) Matr. of Rome (66)
• SACERDOS of Saguntum (560) venerated in Murviedro in Spain and said to have been Bishop there
• SENAN
• Martyr SILVANUS in Rome
• THEODORE of Bologna (550) Bishop of Bologna in Italy c 530-c 550
• WALDRADA (also Valdrée) Abs. of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnais (Nonnains) in Metz, France (563-620)
St Waldrada was the first Abbess of Saint-Pierre aux Nonnais in Metz, France. It was built by her kinsman, Elontherins, the leader of the Franks. Today it is a Basilica and is considered the oldest church in France. St Waldrada fell asleep in the Lord on May 5, 620.
• 15 Year Old Virgyn Martyress at Alexandria (3-4th c.)
Saint Romanos the Melodist was appointed as a deacon in this church of the Kyrou district, though he was initially completely unrefined and unpleasant in his voice and in the singing of hymns. For this he was mocked by many, despite being esteemed for his virtues. Distressed by this, Romanos, after a Christmas Eve vigil at Blachernae, went to the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos in Kyrou, and begged the Theotokos before her miraculous icon to grant him the gift of melody. Falling asleep near the ambon, at around midnight he beheld the Theotokos holding a scroll, which she gave to him to eat. Having consumed it, he received his desired gift, and ascending the ambon, sang the kontakion "Today the Virgin". Later he went on and became the composer of over a thousand kontakia. This district in Constantinople, where the Church of the Theotokos was built, was called "Kyrou" stems from one of Byzantium's most noted philanthropists and builders, Cyrus of Panapolis (Kyros is Cyrus in Greek), who was a Roman official during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II (408–450). Before the church was built, a pious person hid an icon of the Theotokos in a cypress tree. Later, in a miraculous manner, the light of a lamp would shine from this cypress. Cyrus reposed in 457, a century before Romanos the Melodist who reposed in 556; it is believed this church also contained relics of Saint Romanos. In other sources we find that the icon of the Theotokos in Kyrou, which was also known as Panagia Kyriotissa, was the source of many miracles and was one of the few shrines in Constantinople, renowned for its relics, that pilgrims flocked to especially to venerate a miraculous icon. And among the miracles of Saint Artemios there is the incident of an ailing child who was cured in the Church of the Theotokos in Kyrou, and when Saint Artemios appeared to the mother he said: "Christ our God, born of the Theotokos, this very One heals you."
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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