συνοδικός
September 26 / September 13
2018 (7527)
Forefeast of the Exaltation of the Cross
Προεόρτια Ὑψώσεως τοῦ Τιμίου καὶ Ζωοποιοῦ Σταυροῦ
• Commemoration of the FOUNDING/Restoration of THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION (also known as The Holy Sepulchre 圣墓大教堂) at Jerusalem (335)
Ἐγκαίνια Ἱεροῦ Ναοῦ Ἁγίας Ἀναστάσεως
• Icon of the Theotokos of DUBOVICHI (1561) at Chernigov
Ὁ Ἅγιος Κορνήλιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
• Martyrs CRONIDES 科若尼迪, LEONTIUS 莱翁提, and SERAPION塞拉彼雍 of Alexandria (237) drowned in the sea during the reign of Maximian
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κρονίδης, Λεόντιος, Σεραπίων, Γορδιανός, Σέλευκος, Μακρόβιος, Οὐαλέριος (ἢ Οὐαλεριανός), Λουκιανός, Ζωτικὸς καὶ Ἡλεῖ οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs ELIAS 伊利亚, ZOTICUS 佐提科, LUCIAN 路基安 beheaded in the city of Tomis (Constantia), MACROBIUS 玛克若维 a Cappadocian, and GORDIAN 格尔迪安 a Paphlagonian suffered in Novidunie (New Danube) and VALERIAN瓦莱里安 died, weeping at the graves of the holy martyrs (320) Romania (Skythia)
• Venerable CORNELIUS 科尔奈利 of Padan-Olonets (1583) disciple of St Alexander of Svir, and with him Venerable DIONYSIUS 迪奥尼西 the Abbot, and MISAIL 弥塞尔 (16-17th c.)
The martyrs are commemorated together on September 13, although a number of them are also commemorated separately, as the dates of their martyrdom are known. This is a particularly poignant icon, because we have still among us survivors of the Ustasha terror of World War II, and many whose loved ones found martyrdom. Moreover, it is an important icon inasmuch as it will witness not only to the faith of these martyrs, but also to the genocide of Serbs itself, which many ignore, forget or deny having occurred. A vast sea of haloed martyrs stands before a background showing the Jasenovac concentration camp in the upper left corner, with ominous grey walls, barbed wire and watchtowers. The Churches of Jasenovac (destroyed, sadly, twice now by Croats) and Glina (burnt to the ground with 500 Serbs in it) are shown centrally, while the upper right corner shows one of the many caves of Lika, Dalmatia, Bosnia or Hercegovina that became the graves of numerous innocents. In the lower foreground is a river perhaps the Sava, the Una, the Vrbas, or the Drina, all of which carried the tortured bodies. They bear crosses and appear peaceful, as they have accepted their martyrdom. The standing figures in the foreground are identified individually with an inscription in their halo. What touches many of us when we contemplate this fresco is that these Holy New Martyrs are every man: a peasant, a student, a teacher with her pupils, a nun, an old woman, a priest, a bishop, a child. All of them were killed for the simple fact that they were baptized in and lived by the Orthodox faith. For this, they are crowned with martyrdom; Christ blesses them, while on either side St. John the Baptist (patron of the Jasenovac Church) and St. Sava (patron of the Serbian people) intercede on their people’s behalf.
April 22 - Anniversary day of the prisoner breakout from Jasenovac Concentration Camp. For us Orthodox Christians, this is not 'the City of the Dead,' but the City of Alives, as for the Lord all the martyrs - victims of Jasenovac - are alive. The innocent victims of the Great-martyrdom of Jasenovac live in our hearts, as well as in our souls, in the memorial prayer of recollection. All of them, together with us, await for the resurrection of the dead and life of an age to come.
• Hieromartyr STEPHAN Kostogryz, presbiter, priest (1887-1937)
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER Aksenov, presbiter, priest (1886-1937)
• Hieromartyr NICOLOS Vasükovich, deacon (1882-1937)
• Blessed ELIZABETH Sidorova of Nizhny-Novgorod (Lyskov Region) (1937)
Benedictine monk at Fleury, France. He led a party of monks sent to retrieve the relics of Saint Bernard from the Lombards. Abbot at the monastery in Lerins, France c.670, taking over a house badly in need of reform. Aigulf worked to restore order and discipline to the house, and many of the brothers supported him, but some resisted, and following a riot by the they conspired to have Aigulf and four of his supporters kidnapped, taken to the island of Capri, Italy, blinded, tortured and murdered. Though not a martyr in the standard sense, he died due to his defense of monastic life.
• Sainted AMATUS a Bishop of Sion (Sitten) (690)
Monk. Abbot at Agaunum, Switzerland. Bishop of Sion, Switzerland. Due to a false accusation, he was exiled from his see, first to Péronne, France, and then Breuil, France; in both places he lived as a model, prayerful monk.
• AMATUS (Amat, Amé, Aimé, Amado) (567-630) abbot
Born to the nobility. Entered the abbey of Saint Maurice of Agaune in Switzerland while still very young. Spent thirty years there as a schoolboy, Benedictine monk, and hermit. Accompanied Saint Eustace to Luxeuil Abbey in 614, and became a monk there. Brought the Merovingian nobleman Saint Romaric to the faith. Among his other charities, Romaric founded a Benedictine double monastery of Remiremont Abbey at Habendum in 620, and Amatus served as its first abbot.
• Martyr ARISTEIDES Eupatrides from Athens, philosopher (120)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀριστείδης ὁ Μάρτυρας
• BARSENORIUS (7th c.) Successor of St Leutfrid (Leufroy) as Abbot of La-Croix-Saint-Leuffroi in France. His relics are in Fécamp
• Venerable BASIL monk of Iveron Monastery
• COLUMBINUS (680) Successor of St Deicola as Abbot of Lure in France
• Martyr CORNELIUS (253) Pope under Emperors Gallus and Volusian. He had the bodies of the apostles Peter and Paul transferred from the catacombs, and buried in the places of their martyrdom
• Repose of DOROTHEUS the last hermit in the forests of Roslavl (1865/1866)
• EULOGIUS I, Patriarch of Alexandria, Confessor (608)
• HEDWIG the Abs. of Herford in Westphalia in Germany (887)
Niece of Blessed Warinus of Corvey. Benedictine nun. Abbess of Hreford in Westphalia (part of modern Germany).
• Venerable HIEROTHEUS 耶若德奥 of Kalamata, monk of Iveron Monastery, Mt Athos (1745)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰερόθεος ὁ Νέος
• JOHN Chrysostom (344-407) Bishop of Constantinople; Greatest of the Greek Fathers
• Venerable JOHN 约安 of Prislop Monastery in southwestern Romania (15-16th c.) shot and killed by a hunter on the other side of the creek, who mistook him for a wild animal
• Hieromartyr JULIAN of Galatia, presbiter (4th c.)
• Great Martyress KETEVAN (Ketevana) 剀特梵 Queen of Kakhetia, Georgia, martyred at Shyraz (1624)
• Sainted LIDORIUS (Litorius, Lidoire, Lictor) Bishop of Tours (370)
Bishop of Tours, Tertia Lugdunensis, Gaul (in modern France) who built the first church within the walls of the city.
• MAELTOLAIGH of Drumbeg Parish, County of Down
• Sainted MAURILIUS Bishop of Angers (453) disciple of St Martin of Tours
• MELETIUS I Pighas, Patriarch of Alexandria, Confessor (1601)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μελέτιος Πηγᾶς
• NECTARIUS (550) Bishop of Autun in France and a friend of St Germanus of Paris
• NEMAN (Naemhan Mac Ua Duibh) (7th c.)
• Venerable PETER at Atroe (773-837)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Πέτρος ὁ ἐν τῷ Ἀτρώᾳ (κατ’ ἄλλους "ὁ ἐν τῇ Ἀγρέᾳ")
• PHILIP (3rd c.) the father of St Eugenia of Rome, in whose home Sts Protus and Hyacinth were employed
• Sainted RADULPH (Radolt) Bishop of Verona, founder of the monastery (847)
• Martyr SELEUCUS 塞莱弗科 in Scythia (320) suffered in Galatia, where after many tortures he was thrown together with his wife for devouring by wild beasts
• Martyr STRATON 斯特拉同 (Stratonikes) of Nicomedia (3rd c.) after torture by order of the Bythinan governor was bound to two drawn tree trunks. His body was split into two parts
Ὁ Ἅγιος Στράτων ὁ Μάρτυρας
• THENEVA (Thenu, Enoch, Denw) of Glasgow, mother of St Kentigern Mungo
• Uncovering (1091) of Relics of Sainted THEODORE of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (690)
• VENERIUS (7th c.) a hermit, and then abbot on the Island of Tino in the Gulf of Genoa in Italy
• WILFRIDA (Wulfhilda, Wilfreda, Wulfruda, Walftrudis, Wulftrude, Wulfthryth, Wulfritha, Wulfhildis, Wulftruda, Wulfhild or Wulfrida), Abs. at Wilton (988-1000) Who Repented of a Sinful Youth and Was Tonsured by St Ethelwold of Winchester
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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