συνοδικός
June 4 / May 22
2018 (7526)
开始圣使徒斋期 Beginning of Apostles' (Peter & Paul) Fast // 2018 //
The Orthodox Church has four main fasting periods. They are: the Nativity Fast before Christmas, Great Lent before Pascha, the Dormition of the Mother of God fast before the feast of the Dormition on August 15th and the Apostle's Fast from the Monday after All Saints Sunday until the feast of Ss Peter and Paul on June 29th. This fast can be longer or shorter depending on when Pascha falls. Tradition tells us that the apostles undertook this fast in order to prepare themselves to go out and preach the Gospel after Christ's Ascension into heaven and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Some people criticize the Church's fasts, saying they are man-made rules but this is not the case. In the second chapter of Saint Mark's Gospel, when the Pharisees criticize our Lord's apostles for not fasting, Jesus says: Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day (Mk 2:19-20). In other words, fasting is not appropriate when Jesus is with his apostles, but that is when our Lord returns to Heaven his disciples (including all of us) will fast. But why does Jesus want us to fast? Because it gives us spiritual strength. Once when the apostles asked our Lord why they had not been able to cast a demon out of a young boy and heal him, Jesus said: … this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting (Mt 17:21). So fasting is important and for all of us. But we must be very careful not to fast only from certain foods and think that we are virtuous because of this. Even if we fast strictly, if our hearts are filled with judgement, lack of forgiveness, self-righteousness, grudges, etc. then our fasts are not pleasing to God. So in whatever way we fast, let our fasting come out of love for God and neighbor.
• The Most Holy Theotokos in commemoration of The Synaxis of the CYPRUS Icon ("Sophianois" Icon) and Honour list of Icon of the Mother of God The "HAWK", The "CLEANSING", The "STROMYN" Cyprus Icon
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Σοφιανοῖς
• The Most Holy Theotokos in commemoration of The Icon of the Mother of God of "TENDERNESS"
Μνήμη Β’Οἰκουμενικῆς Συνόδου
德奥多西大帝在位期间于公元381年在君士坦丁堡召开了第二次普世大公会议。这次会议的目的是确定东正教信仰有关对圣灵的解释，因为君士坦丁堡牧首马其顿尼乌斯对此解释有误。马其顿尼乌斯说，圣灵是上帝的创造物，不能同父与子相提并论，因此三位一体的说法也就不能成立了。在这次大公会议上对马其顿尼乌斯进行了谴责，有关圣灵的正确解释也被加入到《尼西亚信经》中。
The second of the seven Ecumenical Councils dealt with the following:
The heresies of Macedonianism and Apollinarianism, off-shoots of the Arian heresy;
Expanding and adapting the Nicene Creed, in particular, developing the teaching upon the Holy Spirit;
Altering the provisions of the Canon VI of the First Council in Nicea.
Regarding the teaching of the Holy Spirit, the Council affirmed him to be God "even as the Father and Son are God: who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and together glorified." After about 381, Arianism ceased to be a relevant issue, save for a few remote parts of the empire. The controversial aspect of this Council was Canon III, which gave Constantinople second place in honor among the sees. They called it the New Rome. Rome and Alexandria both resented this, and feared that a power play might come into effect by Constantinople. In fact, Rome ignored this canon entirely until AD 1215, after the Great Schism, and even then there were political reasons for Rome's 'granting' of Constantinople second place in honor. Alexandria, formally second in honor among the sees, was first in honor in the Eastern sees. With the third canon, it became third in honor among the sees, and second in honor in the Eastern sees. Alexandria played a part in this sharp conflict between it and Constantinople, and while there was political maneuvering on both sides that saw the deposition of two bishops of Constantinople, there was more at stake as we approach the Third Council.
• Martyrs CASTUS and EMILIUS by fire in Carthage (250)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Αἰμίλιος καὶ Κάστος οἱ Μάρτυρες
Castus and Aemilius suffered martyrdom in Africa under Decius. The first time they were captured, they gave way under torture. Upon their release they repented of their failure to remain steadfast in their faith. On being seized a second time, the were burned to death. Their contemporary Saint Cyprian in De lapsis, and later Saint Augustine in Serm. 285, were loud in their praise of these two martyrs.
• New Hosiosmartyrs Monks PAUL and DEMETRIUS of Tripoli near Kalavryta (1818)
• Martyrs TIMOTHY, FAUSTINUS and VENUSTUS in Rome under Julian the Apostate (362)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος, Φαυστίνος καὶ Βενοῦστος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs THEODOR and THADDÄUS
• HMM DONATUS Bishop of Thmuis, Priest MACARIUS and Deacon THEODOR
• King MIRIAN III and his wife Queen NANA of Georgia
• Repose of Matushka ELIZABETH Sergiev (1909) Wife of St John of Kronstadt
• New Hieromartyr MAXIM Zhizhilenko, bishop of Serpukhov (1885-1931)
• New Hieromartyr MICHAEL 米迦勒 Borisov, archpriest (1876-1942) day of death in KZ
• Repose of Eldress MACRINA of Volos (1995)
Well educated, Aigulf became a hermit upon the death of his parents, and soon developed a reputation for great personal sanctity. Reluctant bishop of Bourges, France in 811. Attended the Council of Toulouse in 829. Sat in judgement of Archbishop Ebbo of Rheims who had joined a revolt against King Louis the Debonair.
• AGHNA (508)
• AUSONIUS 1st Bishop of Angoulême (1/3rd c.) a disciple of St Martial of Limoges
Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὐσόνιος ὁ Ἐπίσκοπος
• BAOITHIN of Ennisboyne, County of Wicklow (7th c.)
• Hieromartyr BASILISCUS 瓦西利斯科 Bishop of Comana in Pontius (312) a nephew of the Holy Martyr Theodore of Tyre (Comm. 17 February), and he suffered together with his brothers Eutropios and Kleonikos during the time of persecution against Christians under the emperor Maximian Galerius
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασιλίσκος ὁ Μάρτυρας
瓦西利斯科是圣德奥多若•蒂罗的亲属。瓦西利斯科一起遭受磨难的还有艾弗特若彼和克日雷奥尼库斯。当艾弗特若彼和克日雷奥尼库斯被钉死在十字架上并由此殉道之后（3月3日），他们又将瓦西利斯科押送回监狱中。当时皇室人马有所更换，因此，瓦西利斯科在监狱中呆了很长一段时间。瓦西利斯科含泪向上帝祷告，希望他能够为基督殉道。经过长时间的祷告之后，主耶稣向他显现，许诺将会成全他的愿望，并将他带回到他的村庄，以同母亲和兄弟告别。当时，新上任的执政官阿格里帕要求将瓦西利斯科从村庄中捉拿归案。在从村庄前往阿玛塞亚镇的道路上，主通过他的殉道者施行了一个伟大的奇迹，由此，很多人相信了基督。阿格里帕命令瓦西利斯科向地狱魔王献祭。瓦西利斯科回答说：“地狱魔王是杀手、是毁灭者！”，瓦西利斯科用热切的祷告将魔王偶像击毁成尘土，并用来自天国的火焰将庙宇焚烧。阿格里帕感到非常恐惧，他将这个奇迹归结于瓦西利斯科所施展的把戏，并下令将他斩首。就在那时，阿格里帕突然疯颠起来，他来到断头台前找到了溅入到土中的殉道者的少许鲜血放在他的腰带中，突然间他的疯颠病就治愈了。恢复了正常之后，阿格里帕接受了浸礼。后来，科马纳市的一个名叫玛利诺的市民在该市瓦西利斯科曾遭斩首的地方建立了一座教堂，这位殉道者的圣髑就被安放在这里，许多患有疾病的人都得到了治愈。
• BOBO (Beuvon) Confessor, hermit (985)
Bobo, a knight of Provence, bravely fought the invading Saracens from Spain and Africa. Afterwards he retired to lead a life of a penitential hermit for many years. He died at Voghera near Pavia, Lombardy, Italy, while on a pilgrimage to Rome. He is held in veneration in Provence and in Lombardy.
• Hosiosmartyr BOETHIAN of Pierrepont near Laon, Irish, Benedictine monk, martyred in France (7th c.)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βοηθιανὸς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
Born in Ireland, 7th century. A disciple of Saint Fursey, Boethian built the monastery of Pierrepont near Laon, France. He was murdered by those whom he had felt bound to rebuke. His shrine is still a place of pilgrimage.
• Repose of CLEOPAS of Valaam (1816) disciple of Saint Paisius Velichkovsky
• Martyr CODRATUS (Quadratus) by being dragged by horses
Ὁ Ἅγιος Κόδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Abbot CONALL (Conald, Coel) of Inniskeel (Inniscoel, Innis-coel) County Donegal (7th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κονάλδος
Abbot Conall ruled the monastery of Inniscoel in Donegal, where there is a holy well named after him. He is the most celebrated patron of that region.
• Monk DANIEL the Stylite in Resslawl
• New Martyr DEMETRIOS of Peloponnesos (1803)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Πελοποννήσιος
• Hieromartyr Bishop DONATUS of Thmuis (316)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δονάτος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
• FULGENCIO of Otricoli (6yh c.) bishop of Otricoli, Italy. Pope St Gregory the Great wrote about him in Dialogues
When his city was being approached by the Ostrogoth army of King Totila, Fulgencio went out to meet him, first to plead for his city, then to bribe him into passing by. The Ostrogoths seized him and while Totila considered his next move, they drew a circle in the dirt, put the bishop in it and told the guards to kill him if he left it. Fulgencio began to suffer from being left in the sun, and prayed for relief; the sky clouded up and it rained heavily – except in the circle where Fulgencio was imprisoned.
• FULK (600) pilgrim to Rome who gave his life for the plague-stricken at Santo-Padre or Castrofuli near Arpino in the south of Italy
• Princess HELEN (Aileen, Elena, Eibhilin, Eileen, Elene, Elinor, Eleanor, Eleanora, Alene or Elen Luyddog) of Carnarvon (Caernarvon or Caernarfon) a late 4th-century founder of churches in Wales (383-388) wife of Emperor Magnus Clemens Maximus
Ἡ Ἁγία Ἑλένη ἡ Πριγκίπισσα
She is remembered for having Macsen build roads across her country so that the soldiers could more easily defend it from attackers, thus earning her the name Elen Luyddog (Elen of the Hosts). She is said to have ordered the making of Sarn Helen, the great Roman road running from Caernarfon to south Wales via Dolgellau, Pennal and Bremia (Llanddewi Brefi). Though this road bears her name it is considerably older than Elen's accepted time period. Many other Roman roads in Wales bear her name (e.g. Llwybr Elen) and she is thus acknowledged as the patron saint of British roadbuilders and the protectress of travellers. The Welsh translation of Legion is Leng, therefore the Roman road called Sarn Elen could also be a mutation of Sarn y leng (The Legions Road).
• HELEN (Helena) at Auxerre (418)
Ἡ Ἁγία Ἑλένη τῆς Ὡξέρρης
St Helen is mentioned as a maiden in the Acta of St Amator of Auxerre as assisting him on his deathbed.
• Blessed Youth JAMES 雅各 of Borovichi at Novgorod, Wonderworker (1540) Fool for Christ // OCT 23 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος ὁ Δίκαιος
• Greatmartyr and Wonderworker JOHN 约翰 – VLADIMIR 弗拉迪弥尔 King of Serbia the Prince of Bulgaria (1015)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Θαυματουργός τοῦ Βλαδιμήρου
约安•沃拉蒂米尔的皇室血统可以追溯到扎姆尔耶。他的祖父是哈瓦里米尔，父亲是佩特里斯拉夫。作为一位君王，约安不但英明，而且还极具同情心、谦卑、洁净自爱和勇敢。约安热切地祷告上帝，建立了许多教堂，并支持教会的工作。不管怎样，约安在内外都经历了艰苦的斗争：在内同异端邪说与伯格米尔斯异端进行斗争；在外则同沙皇撒穆伊尔和沙皇瓦西里作斗争，他们想征服他。沙皇撒穆伊尔设下圈套将约安抓获，并将他投入到监狱。当约安在监狱中憔悴度日时，天使向他显现，告诉他不久他将会获得释放，但是将会殉道而死。后来撒穆伊尔逐渐喜欢约安，并将他的女儿克萨拉嫁给他为妻。撒穆伊尔死后，他的儿子拉多米尔继承王位。但是他的孪生兄弟沃拉蒂斯拉夫杀死了拉多米尔，之后又设下圈套召见沃拉蒂米尔，并于公元1015年将他斩首。这位圣君王的圣髑一直没有朽坏，被安放在靠近埃尔巴三附近他所建立的一座修道院中。多少个世纪以来，时至今日，圣约安的圣髑发生过无数奇迹。1925年，在靠近圣纳胡姆修道院建立了一座教堂，以纪念这位君王殉道者，这座修道院也是约安出资兴建的。
• JOHN of Parma, abbot of Saint John's at Parma from 973 to c. 982, then under Cluniac observance (982)
John was born in Parma, Italy, and early in life was made a canon of the cathedral there. He is said to have made six pilgrimages to Jerusalem and to have taken the Benedictine habit in the Holy Land. He was abbot of Saint John's at Parma from 973 to c. 982, which was then under Cluniac observance.
• VM JULIA of Carthage, at Corsica, Pat. of Corsica and Leghorn, who was crucified (440)
Ἡ Ἁγία Ἰουλία ἡ Μάρτυς
Saint Julia was a noble virgin of Carthage, who, when the city was taken by Genseric in 439, was sold for a slave to a pagan merchant of Syria. In the most mortifying employments of her station, by cheerfulness and patience she found a happiness and comfort which the world could not give. Whenever she was not employed in household affairs, her time was devoted to prayer and reading books of piety. Her master, who was charmed with her fidelity and other virtues, thought proper to take her with him on one of his voyages to Gaul. When he reached the northern part of Corsica, he cast anchor and went ashore to join the pagans of the place in an idolatrous festival. Julia was left at some distance, because she would not be defiled by the superstitious ceremonies, which she openly spurned. The governor of the island, Felix, a bigoted pagan, asked who this woman was who dared to insult the gods. The merchant informed him that she was a Christian, and that all his authority over her was too weak to prevail upon her to renounce her religion; nonetheless, he found her so diligent and faithful he could not part with her. The governor offered him four of his best slaves in exchange for her. But the merchant replied, No; all you are worth will not purchase her; for I would lose the most valuable thing I have in the world rather than be deprived of her. Nonetheless Felix, while the inebriated merchant was asleep, attempted to compel her to sacrifice to his gods. He offered to procure her liberty if she would comply. The Saint made answer that she was as free as she desired to be, as long as she was allowed to serve Jesus Christ. The pagan, offended by her undaunted and resolute air, in a transport of rage caused her to be struck on the face, and the hair of her head to be torn off. Finally he ordered her to be hanged on a cross until she expired. Certain monks from the isle of Gorgon transported her relics there, but in 763 the king of Lombardy transferred them to Brescia, where her memory is celebrated with great devotion.
• Venerabless KALI the Philanthropist, of Asia Minor (14th c.)
Ἡ Ὁσία Καλή
She was rich and disposed of her property to philanthropic causes. She was not likely a nun in a monastery, since nowhere in her Service does it indicate that she was, but she did live like a monastic. Rather, she housed the homeless and the needy in her home, because she was dedicated to ministering to the suffering of those less fortunate. Kali was a virgin who lived wisely with asceticism, fasting and unceasing prayer. Her characteristic virtue was her philanthropy. Her chief motive was her desire to keep the commandments of Christ, and to imitate divine mercy and love for mankind. In her Service many miracles are also attributed to her. At one time she made bread to distribute to the poor, and God made it so that as the bread was distributed it never diminished in order for all to be fed. Even after death are miracles attributed to Saint Kali. So many are her miracles, that the hymnographer refers it to being a "sea of miracles" and he calls her "miracle-gusher". She is known to have healed both soul and body, but especially painful and chronic diseases, rheumatism, arthritis, paralysis and deformities of the joints of body parts.
• Martyress KONITERIA
Ἡ Ἁγία Κουϊτερία ἡ Μάρτυς
• Martyr MARCELLUS by being placed in molten lead
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάρκελλος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Saint MARCIAN of Ravenna, Bishop and Confessor (127)
4th Bishop of Ravenna in Italy, where he is known as San Mariano
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαρκιανὸς ὁ Ἐπίσκοπος
• Righteous MELCHIZEDEK 麦尔希塞德克 King of Salem (ancient Jerusalem) (2000 BC)
麦基洗德与亚伯拉罕是同一时代的人，根据圣徒帕弗罗所讲，麦基洗德不仅是一位国王，同时还是祭司和主耶稣基督的原型（希伯来书7）。
• Monk PAISIUS the Faster
• Hosiosmartyr Monk PAUL 保罗 of Lavra of Mt Athos, at Tripolis, Peloponnesus (1818)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Παῦλος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας
• Uncovering of the Relics (1999) of Blessed starets St PAUL of Taganrog (1792-1879)
• VM QUITERIA at Aire in Gascony, Spain (2/5th c.)
According to legend, Quiteria was the daughter of a Spanish Galician prince who fled to escape his demand that she marry and give up her Christianity. His followers found her at Aire, Gascony, and on his orders, beheaded her there. Quiteria is greatly venerated along the borders of France and Spain, especially in Spanish and French Navarre.
• ROMANUS of Subiaco (Romanus of Auxerre) (560) ascetic who ministered to St Benedict of Nursia
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ρωμανὸς ὁ Ἀσκητής
Romanus, a monk at a monastery near Monte Subiaco, discovered the young Saint Benedict when he had first fled from the world and encouraged him. He took Benedict to the cave where the founder lived as a hermit for three years, and supplied him with food during that time. According to legend, Romanus left Italy during the invasion of the Vandals, went to France, and founded Fontrouge Abbey near Auxerre, where he died, but there is no historical evidence of his having been an abbot.
• Martyress SOPHIA 索斐亚 "Medica" (the Healer or "Doctor") died by the sword
Ἡ Ἁγία Σοφία ἡ Μάρτυς ἡ Ἰατρός
Sophia, being first a physician of bodies, being beheaded, shows herself also a healer of spirits.
• New Hieromartyr ZACHARIAH of Prusa (1802)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζαχαρίας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ὁ Νέος
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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