συνοδικός
May 6 / April 23
2018 (7526)
5th Sunday of Pascha: THE SAMARITAN WOMAN (2018)
Κυριακὴ τῆς Σαμαρείτιδος (Ἁγίας Φωτεινής)
On this day, the fifth Sunday of Pascha, we commemorate the conversation of the Lord with the Samaritan woman (Matt. 4:12; Mark 1:14; John 4:1-42).
• The 2nd Discovering (2012) of the Wonderworking copy of the Iveron Mother of God Icon of Panagia PORTAITISSA (1004)
Παναγία Πορταΐτισσα
In October we celebrate the memory of the Iveron icon of the Mother of God, or more exactly, the memory of the triumphal translation from the Holy Mount of Athos to Moscow in 1648 of a copy of the Iveron icon. In 1648, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, while he was still Archimandrite of Novospassky Monastery, commissioned an exact copy of the Iviron icon to be made and sent to Russia. Almost immediately upon its arrival on October 13, the icon was "glorified" with numerous miracles attributed to it by the faithful. The Iverskaya Chapel was built in 1669 to enshrine the icon next to the Kremlin walls in Moscow. The chapel was the main entrance to Red Square and traditionally everyone, from the Tsar down to the lowest peasant would stop there to venerate the icon before entering the square. After the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the chapel was destroyed by the Communists. In May 2012, the ancient Iveron Icon was handed over to local patriarchs to return it to the walls of the Novodevichy Convent.
The icon belongs to the iconographic type known as Hodegetria. The Mother of God is represented waist-length; her head is slightly inclined towards the Child Christ, her right hand is raised in a blessing gesture at the level of her breast. The Child Christ sits high and upright on the Mother of God’s right arm, His head is slightly turned to the Theotokos and slightly thrown back. The right hand of the Child is stretched forward to the Virgin’s hand with a blessing gesture, in his left he holds a scroll vertically resting on his ankle. An important iconographic detail is a depiction of a blood-streaming wound on the Mother of God’s face.
The feast of the Synaxis of All Saints of Demetriados was established in 1970 by the late Metropolitan Elias of Demetriados, and its celebration was renewed once more in 1994 with the blessing of the late Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and All Greece. From that time the Saints who lived, taught, strived and were martyred in the region of Demetriados are annually honored on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. Among these Saints are the following:
• BESSARION 1st Bishop of Demetriados // SEP 15 //
• DAMIANOS of Kissavos // FEB 14 //
• GEDEON the New of Kapournis // DEC 30 //
• SYMEON the Barefoot // APR 19 //
• GERASIMOS Founder of the Monastery of Sourvia // SEP 14 //
• LAURENTIOS // MAY 10 //
• DIONYSIOS of Olympus // JAN 23 //
• APOSTOLOS the New // AUG 16 //
• TRANTAPHYLLOS of Zagora // AUG 8 //
• STAMATIOS of Volos // AUG 16 //
• ZINAIDA and PHILONILLA the Sisters // OCT 11 //
• MM FORTUNATUS, CANDIDUS, FELICIAN and FIRMUS of Rome (212)
• Martyrs DONATOS and THERINUS 特里诺 of Bothrotus in Epirus (250) during the persecution of Emperor Decius
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δονάτος καὶ Θερινὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες
• MM TIMOTHY (also Timotheus) the Reader, and his wife MAURA (also Mavra) of Antinoe (the Thebaid) in Egypt (286)
• Martyrs of Africa: CATULINUS, CHORUS, FAUSTINUS, FELICIS, FELIX, NABORS, PLENUS, SALUNUS, SATURNINUS, SILVIUS, SOLUTUS, THEODORA, THEODORUS, THEON, URSUS, VALERIUS, VENUSTUS, VICTORINUS, VICTURUS, VITALIS and others murdered for their faith in northern Africa
• Martyrs ANATOLIUS 阿纳托利 and PROTOLEON 普若托莱翁 soldiers converted by witnessing the martyrdom of St George
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνατόλιος καὶ Πρωτολέων οἱ στρατηλάτες
• Martyrs GLYCERIUS 格利凯里 the Farmer, ATHANASIUS 阿塔纳西 the former Magician, VALERIUS 瓦莱里 and DONATUS 多纳图 at Nicomedia
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ ἀπὸ μάγων
Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐαλέριος ὁ Μάρτυρας
When Saint George was locked up in prison, the fame of his miracles had reached across the city and its surroundings. Many people filled the prison every night, giving large gifts to the guards to see the Saint and to receive the spirit of strength, the spirit of joy, the spirit of faith and of love. Among them was the poor Glykerios. He only had one ox, which died while plowing his field. He thus fell on his knees before Saint George and begged him to help him. Upon his sincere confession that he believed in God, the Saint received him and told him that his ox was alive. When Glykerios confirmed this, he returned to the Saint to thank him, and he cried out: "Great is the God of George!" For this reason he was arrested and subjected to death by the sword.
O Holy George, you have the cross of Jesus Christ the Son of God, who came into the world to save sinners; have mercy upon my soul, and give me the seal of Christ.
• GERONTIOS and Martyress POLYCHRONIA (303) Parents of Great Martyr St George, a Greek native of Lydda (Diospolis)
Ἡ Ἁγία Πολυχρονία ἡ Μάρτυς
• Martyrs ETHELBERT and ETHEIRED (670) great grandsons of King Ethelbert of Kent, England (616) at Eastery near Sandwich. Their shrine is at Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire
• Martyrs BASILIUS and others
• New Hieromartyr Priest EGOR (George) 埃格尔 of Spas Chekriak village, Russia (1918)
• New Hieromartyr JOHN 约翰 Anserov, priest (1867-1940) day of death in Karlag KZ, Kazakhstan
• New Hieromartyr Priest SERGIUS 塞尔吉 Zakharczuk of Nabroz (1943) Chelm and Podlasie, Poland
• Commemoration of Protopresbyter JOHN Labunsky of Prilutsk (1945)
• Repose of Bishop BARNABAS Belyaev, of Nizhni-Novgorod (1963)
• Blessed Eldress SOPHIA (Myrtidiotissa in schema) Ascetic of Monastery of Panagia in Kleisoura, Kastoria; Fool for Christ (1883-1974)
Born to the Bohemian nobility in Czechia. He took the name of Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg, the archbishop who healed, educated and converted him. Bishop of Prague (in the modern Czech Republic on 10 February 982. Friend of Emperor Otto III. Adalbert encouraged the evangelization of the Magyars, and worked on it with Saint Astricus. Opposed by the nobility in Prague and unpopular in the area, he withdrew to Rome, Italy and became a Benedictine monk, making his vows on 17 April 990; Pope John XV sent him back to Prague. Founded the monastery of Brevnov. Met more opposition from the nobility, and returned to Rome. There being no hope of his working in Prague, he was allowed to evangelize in Pomerania, Poland, Prussia, Hungary, and Russia. He and his fellow missionaries were martyred by Prussians near Koenigsberg or Danzig at the instigation of a pagan priest. Not long before his death, Adalbert met and was a great inspiration to Saint Boniface of Querfurt.
• Martyress ALEXANDRA 亚历山德拉 the Empress, wife of Diocletian (303)
• Patriarch DIONYSIUS the Wise
• ETHELBERT King of Wessex (835-866)
• ETHELBERT of Kent (616)
King of Kent, England, converted by St Augustine. He married Bertha, a Christian daughter of King Charibert of Paris, and in 568 fought the West Saxons. When years later the missionary Saint Augustine of Canterbury arrived in England from Rome in 597 to undertake the evangelization of the country, Ethelbert came to hear him speak. Although he was not yet willing to become a Christian himself, Ethelbert gave Augustine permission to catechize his people. Eventually the king did embrace Christianity. In 601, Pope Saint Gregory the Great wrote to encourage him in his new faith: "Zealously foster the grace that God has given you, and press on with the task of extending the Christian faith among the people committed to your charge. Make their conversion your first concern...God will most surely grant you his rewards in heaven if you faithfully proclaim his name and truth upon earth." Ethelbert was baptized in 597, bringing a large part of his population into the faith. He did not enforce conversions, but he brought the king of the East Saxons and the king of the East Angles into the Church. Ethelbert ruled for 56 years, founding the abbeys of Christ Church, Sts Peter and Paul in Canterbury, and St Andrew's in Rochester. St Bede lists him asAedilbert.
• ETHELRED King of England (704) King of Mercia who resigned his throne to become a Benedictine monk at Bardney, England. He became the abbot at Bardney • FELICITAS Patroness of Monte Fiascone
• Martyress FELICITAS (also Felicity) of Rome, W. (2nd c.)
• Martyr GEORGE of San Giorio, Italy (286)
• Repose of Holy Glorious Great Martyr Victory Bearer and Wonderworker GEORGE 格奥尔吉 (303)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας ὁ Τροπαιοφόρος
这位伟大且荣耀的圣人出生于卡帕多西亚的一个富有家庭中。格奥尔吉的父亲为基督而遭受了磨难，之后他的母亲移居到了巴勒斯坦。格奥尔吉长大成人后从军，20岁时就成为戴克里先皇帝的法官。当皇帝戴克里先开始对基督徒进行残酷的迫害时，格奥尔吉来到皇帝面前勇敢地表白了自己是一名基督徒。皇帝将格奥尔吉投入到监狱中，并下令将他的双脚带上枷锁并放在木栅栏上，然后将巨石压在他的胸上。之后，皇帝下令将格奥尔吉捆绑在巨轮上，然后沿着钉满长钉的木板上不停地滚动，直到他的身躯成为一团血肉模糊的东西为止。格奥尔吉又被笔直地埋入土中，只让他的脸露出地面，这样呆了三天三夜的时间。一些巫师泡制了毒药给他喝。在所有这些磨难中，格奥尔吉一直向上帝祷告，上帝立即医治好了他、拯救了他脱离死亡，这震惊了所有人。格奥尔吉通过祷告使死人复活，由此，很多人都接受了基督信仰。其中包括皇帝阿塔纳西的妻子亚里山德拉、异教主祭司和农民，包括格里切里乌斯、瓦雷里乌斯、多纳图斯和特里努斯。最后，皇帝下令将格奥尔吉和皇帝的妻子亚里山德拉斩首。有福的亚里山德拉在斩首之前就离世了。圣格奥尔吉于公元303年被斩首。圣格奥尔吉的坟墓创造了不少奇迹。圣格奥尔吉经常向那些求告他的人在梦中或亲身显现，直至今日也是如此。为了对主基督的爱，圣格奥尔吉离开了一切，包括地位、财富、皇室的荣誉、朋友以及整个世界。为了这爱，主基督用天国及地上不朽的荣耀，以及天国永生生命来回报他。同时，主赋予格奥尔吉权柄和能力帮助那些荣耀他并求告他的名的、身处困境的人。
"George, this truly great and glorious Martyr of Christ, was born of a father from Cappadocia and a mother from Palestine. Being a military tribune, or chiliarch (that is, a commander of a thousand troops), he was illustrious in battle and highly honored for his courage. When he learned that the Emperor Diocletian was preparing a persecution of the Christians, Saint George presented himself publicly before the Emperor and denounced him. When threats and promises could not move him from his steadfast confession, he was put to unheard-of tortures, which he endured with great bravery, overcoming them by his faith and love towards Christ. By the wondrous signs that took place in his contest, he guided many to the knowledge of the truth, including Queen Alexandra, wife of Diocletion, and was finally beheaded in 296 in Nicomedia." (Great Horologion) The Empress Alexandra, along with a pagan priest who confessed Christ due to George's witness, were executed together with the Great Martyr. St Alexandra is commemorated on April 21/May 4. Neither the Great Horologion nor the Prologue, nor the Church's services to St George, mention the most popular story of St George, his slaying of a dragon. Though many icons of the Saint show him mounted on horseback, slaying a dragon with a spear, the story is thought by many to be legendary, and the dragon in the icon symbolic.
• Blessed GEORGE 格奥尔吉 of Shenkursk, Fool for Christ (1462)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίας
Blessed Georgii of Shenkursk was a contemporary of the Monk Varlaam of Vazhsk and Shenkursk (+ 1462, Comm. 19 June). According to the sacral manuscripts, he died on the day of his saint's-name-in-common (tezoimenstvo), 23 April. Blessed Georgii is depicted in tattered clothing, barefoot, and with prayerfully placed hands. In the praises, compiled during the XVI Century for Righteous Prokopii, Fool-for-Christ, Ustiug Wonderworker (+ 1303, Comm. 8 July), it says: "The River Vaga, on which is Shenkursk city, the Fool Georgii doth bless".
• New Martyr GEORGE 拉匝若 of Ptolomais (1752)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Κύπριος
• Sainted GERARD (Gerald, Geraud) Bishop of Toul (994) born in Cologne in Germany, he became Bishop of Toul in France in 963. He rebuilt the Cathedral and established monasteries with both Greek and Irish monks for the furtherance of the Orthodox Faith
• HILLION (Elijah) hermit, founder of the parish Hillion (6-7th c.)
• IBAR (Iberius, Ivor, Ibhar of Beg-Eri) Bishop in Ireland (5th c.) of those who like Sts Kiaran, Ailbe and Declan enlightened Ireland. He mainly preached in Leinster and Meath
The Acts of St Ibar, and some other monuments say, that he was ordained bishop at Rome, and preached in Ireland with St Kiaran, St Ailbeus, and St Declan, a little before St Patrick arrived there; but others, quoted by Usher, tell us that St Ibar was consecrated bishop by St Patrick. He preached in Meath and Leinster, and built a monastery at Beg-erin, or Little Ireland, a small island on the coast of Kenselach, (which was anciently a considerable province of Leinster). In this monastery he trained up with many others St. Abban, his nephew, by his sister Mella, married to Cormac, king of Leinster. St Abban was afterwards abbot of the monastery of Magarnoide, in Kenselach. St Ibar divided his time between the labours of his apostolic mission in the country, and the sweet repose of contemplation in his monastery, where he died about the year 500, according to the Ulster annals. His relics were kept with singular veneration in this monastery of Beg-erin.
• New Martyr LAZARUS 拉匝若 the Shepherd of Bulgaria, who suffered at Pergamus (1802) Ὁ Ἅγιος Λάζαρος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας
拉匝若出生于保加利亚的加布罗沃。年轻时，他离开了自己的家乡，来到了安娜托利亚。拉匝若在索马村以牧羊为生。作为一名基督徒，拉匝若激怒了当地的穆斯林人，由此被土耳其的军官投入到监狱中。在经过长期惨无人道的折磨之后，这位为基督的爱而忍受一切的拉匝若于公元1802年4月23日被杀死，当时他年仅28岁。主在他永生的院落内接收了拉匝若，并在天国和地上赞美他。拉匝若的圣髑曾创造过无数的奇迹。
This neomartyr Lazarus was a Bulgarian by birth from Gabrovo. As a young man he left the place of his birth and went to Anatolia. Lazarus tended sheep in the village of Soma. As a Christian, Lazarus provoked the wrath of the Turks against himself and was cast into prison by a certain Aga. After prolonged tortures from inhuman tormentors, which Lazarus heroically endured out of love for Christ, this young martyr was killed on April 23, 1802, in his 28 year. The Lord received him into His eternal courts and glorified him in heaven and on earth. Countless miracles have occurred over the relics of St Lazarus.
• VM LUCRETIA (also Lucrecia) at Merida, Spain (306)
• MAROLUS of Milan (423) a Syrian by origin, he became Bishop of Milan in Italy in 408
• MEITHCEARN
• Holy Venerabless Virgin PUSINNA of Gegend in Vitry-en-Perthois (511) in Champagne in France who had 6 sisters, all widely honoured as saints: Emma, Houe, Francula, Lindrua (Liutrud), Meineholda (Menechildis)
• PHOTINI the Samaritan Woman // FEB 26 //
St Photini, following Jesus' example, brings together the two aspects of being a living witness — proclamation and good works — the illuminating light and preserving salt of which Christ speaks (Matthew 5:12–16). The light of their life, their proclamation and good works, shines into the darkness of a broken world and causes others to glorify God. Saint Paul confirms this by teaching all believers that their lives should be characterized by moral excellence and good works, and that their speech should be a proclamation of the truth marked by “grace and seasoned with salt” — as a witness to those seeking the truth (Colossians 4:5–6). Let us pray to the Samaritan woman, Saint Photini, the holy martyr of the Church, to guide us, to bring us to Christ in the ways in which she came, and to serve Him in the way in which she served Him, being the salvation of all who were around her. And may the blessing of God be upon you, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and world without end! Amen.
• RACHILDIS (also Richildis) Anchoress of St Gall, Switzerland (930-946)
Benedictine anchoress who lived walled up in a cell near Saint Wiborada, under obedience to the abbot of Saint Gall in Switzerland. Rachildis, a niece of St. Notker Balbulus. She was brought to St Wiborada suffering from a disease which the doctors had pronounced incurable. Having apparently been cured by the ministrations of the recluse, she could never be induced to leave her benefactress. But after the death of the latter the malady returned with so many complications that she seemed a second Job, owing to the multiplicity of her diseases and the patience with which she bore them. St Wiborada foretold her own death at the hands of the invading Hungarians, adding that Rachildis would be left unmolested. Her warnings enabled the clergy of St Magnus and the monks of St Gall to escape in time, but she herself refused to leave her cell. The barbarians burnt the church and, having made an opening in the roof of the hermitage, entered it as she knelt in prayer. They struck her on the head with a hatchet and left her dying; Rachildis, however, remained unharmed and survived her friend for 21 years.
• SUAIRLEACH Abbot of Magheralin, County of Down
• Martyr VALERIUS by the sword
• WILFETRUDIS (Vulfetrude, Wulfetrudis, Wilfetrud or Wolftrud) 2nd Abbess of the abbey in Nivelles (Nijvel) in Brabant, Belgium (670) Niece of St Gertrude of Nivelles
Vulfetrude, or Wulfetrude (died 669), was an Abbess of Nivelles from 659-669AD. She was a daughter of Grimoald I, therefore, a grand daughter Pepin the Elder, mayor of the palace of Austrasia and Itte Idoberge of the Carolingian dynasty. She entered the monastery of Nivelles, and she succeeded her aunt Saint Gertrude of Nivelles as abbess in 659AD. The fall of her father Grimoald I and her brother Childebert the Adopted left her exposed to the hostility of former opponents of the family.
SUNDAY of THE SAMARITAN WOMAN Synaxarion
Since on this Sunday Christ openly confesses Himself to be the Messiah, which means “Christ” or “the anointed one” (for messa is the Hebrew word for oil), for this reason, the present feast is placed in the week of Mid-Pentecost; and also because, on the previous Sunday, Christ wrought a miracle at the Sheep’s Pool. On this Sunday, He works a miracle at Jacob’s well, which Jacob himself dug and bestowed upon his son Joseph. This was a special place, for here, in the vicinity of Mount Somor, the Samaritans inhabited many cities. Christ came to Sichar, where Jacob once lived with his daughter Dinah and his sons. Sychem, the son of Emmor the Chorræan, lusted after Dinah and raped her; thereupon, her brothers, provoked to zeal, suddenly entered their city and slew everyone, including Sychem and his father Emmor. Jacob lived in that place and dug the present well.
The Hebrews who originally lived on this mountain were not called Samaritans, but Israelites. During the reign of King Pekah, they offended God by falling into idolatry and other iniquities. During the reign of King Hoshea, who became a vassal of the Assyrians and paid tribute to them, the Assyrians came and deported the inhabitants of Samaria, together with their women and children, to their own country. Subsequently, the King of the Assyrians, in order that the land should not remain uncultivated, dispatched men from Babylon and the neighboring regions to settle in the territory of the Israelites; but God sent lions against the heathen, and by His permission, the lions devoured them. On learning of this, the King of the Assyrians wanted to know the reason why. The Israelites held captive in Assyria replied that it was because the settlers did not know the ways of the God of that place. Hence, the King sent them a priest from the Jews to instruct them in the Law of God. They accepted only the five books of Moses, rejecting the Prophets and the rest of Scripture, and continuing to worship their own idols. They were called Samaritans after Mount Somor. They were hated by the Hebrews who returned from captivity, because they were only semi-Jewish; the Jews did not eat with them, regarding them as worthy of abomination. For this reason, they frequently called Christ a Samaritan, on the ground that, like the Samaritans, He supposedly violated certain provisions of the Law.
Jesus, therefore, came to Sichar, and being weary from His journey, sat down at about the sixth hour of the day. A certain woman came from the city to draw water, the Disciples having gone to purchase food. Jesus asked her for water, but she excused herself by saying that the Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans (St. John 4:9); for she knew who He was, both by His accent and by His apparel. Jesus raised their conversation to a higher level by introducing the idea of spiritual water, which connotes abundance and cleansing power, since the Spirit is always likened to water and fire. The woman was sure, from the fact that He had not brought a bucket, that He did not have such water, and added that the well was deep. She then went on to talk about their forefather Jacob, saying that he had dug the well and that he and his children had drunk from it, commending the rich resources of the well, and also its usefulness and the coolness of its water. Christ, however, did not say that He was greater than Jacob, so as not to frighten the woman, but again He spoke about the water, thus proving His superiority; for one who drank from that water, He said, would in no wise be thirsty.
The woman asked for this water, but He told her to call her husband, since His words needed to be more firmly understood. She denied that she had a husband. Jesus, knowing all things, replied: “Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands,” which the Law forbiddeth, and the sixth whom thou now hast, since thou livest with him unlawfully, “is not thy husband” (St. John 4:17-18). Some interpreters consider the five husbands to be the five books of Moses, which the Samaritans accepted, and the sixth to be the very words of Christ, which were not yet hers, since Grace had not yet been poured out upon her. Other interpreters suppose that they are the five laws given by God—in Paradise, after the banishment of Adam and Eve from Paradise, in the time of Noah, in the time of Abraham, and in the time of Moses—and the sixth to be the Gospel, which she did not yet have. There are still others who say that they are the five senses.
The woman replied to Him, calling Him a Prophet, and then asked Him about the mountain where one should worship: should it be in Somor or in Jerusalem? For the Samaritans, being imperfect in their understanding, did not believe that God existed everywhere, but abode only in that place where they worshipped, that is, on Mount Gerizim, on account of the blessings given by God in that place, or because it was there that Abraham first set up an altar to God. The Jews, likewise, also said that one must worship God only in Jerusalem, and for this reason Jews from everywhere gathered there for feasts. Christ replied that the salvation of the world was of the Jews, but that God is non-material and that those who would be vouchsafed to worship Him would do so, not with sacrifices, as they had thitherto, but in Spirit and truth, and in this way they would not only know God, but would also know Him in the Holy Spirit and in the Son; for the Son is the Truth. The woman then said: “We have heard from the Scriptures that the Messiah cometh Who is the Christ” (St. John 4:25). Jesus, foreknowing the woman’s gratitude, said: “I am He.” The Samaritans, too, knew about the Messiah from the books of Moses, especially from the verse, “The Lord God shall raise up a Prophet for you” (Deuteronomy 18:15), and many others.
At the conclusion of this conversation, the Disciples returned and were amazed at Christ’s extreme condescension in talking with a woman. In the meantime, they besought Him to eat, both because of His weariness and on account of the heat of the day. But He spoke to them about eternal food, namely, the salvation of mankind and how they needed to harvest the labors of the Prophets. When the woman reached the city and recounted what had happened to her, all the inhabitants were aroused and went to Christ, convinced that the woman would not have reproached herself unless she had come to know something of importance. They implored Him to stay with them and persuaded Him to remain for two days. He worked very many miracles during His sojourn there, which, on account of their multitude, are not recorded by the Evangelists. The woman in question was the Samaritan woman, who was subsequently named Photine by Christ, and who, along with her seven sons, received the crown of martyrdom in the reign of Nero, after much hardship, in the course of which her flesh was scraped, her breasts were cut off, her hands were crushed, fine reeds were inserted under her fingernails, she was forced to swallow molten lead, and suffered countless other torments.
It should be known that the Emperor Justinian transferred from there with honor to the palace of God the Word, that is, the Great Church of Hagia Sophia, not only the mouth of that well, which he placed on a well outside the narthex, but also the stone on which Christ sat and conversed with the Samaritan woman. To this day, they remain there, healing every kind of disease, and providing remedies especially for those suffering from fevers and chills.
By the intercessions of Thy Martyr Photine, O Christ God, have mercy on us. Amen.
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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