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συνοδικός

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October 22 / October 9
2018 (7527)
HOLY APOSTLE JAMES, SON OF ALPHAEUS (1ST C.). ST ANDRONICUS AND HIS WIFE ST ATHANASIA OF EGYPT (500). RIGHTEOUS FOREFATHER ABRAHAM (2000 B.C.) AND HIS NEPHEW RIGHTEOUS LOT. MARTYRS JUVENTIUS AND MAXIMUS AT ANTIOCH (4TH C.). ST PUBLIA THE CONFESSOR OF ANTIOCH (360). ST PETER OF GALATIA (9TH C.)

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• Icon of the Mother of God of KORSUN (988)
• KORSUN Icon of the Mother of God of Shpilevka (1859)
• Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God "ASSUAGE MY SORROW" ("Calm my mournings") 安慰我哀痛者 // JAN 25 // SEP 25 // OCT 9 //
● • Hieromartyr DENIS (Dionysius) 迪奥尼西 the first Bishop of Paris, RUSTICUS and ELEUTHERIUS (272) were beheaded under Decius and the monastery of St Denis was built over their tomb
Missionary to Paris, France. First Bishop of Paris. His success roused the ire of local pagans, and he was imprisoned by Roman governor. Martyred in the persecutions of Valerius with Saint Rusticus and Saint Eleutherius. Legends have grown up around his torture and death, including one that has his body carrying his severed head some distance from his execution site. Saint Genevieve built a basilica over his grave.
• Martyrdom of ARBSIMA the Virgin and her Virgin sisters, including St AGATHA (3rd c.)
• MM Soldiers JUVENTIUS 犹文提 and MAXIMUS 玛克息默 in Antioch (361)
• Venerabless ANDRONICUS 安德若尼科 at Scetis and his wife ATHANASIA 妇阿塔纳西亚 in the convent in Tabennisi (404) of Egypt
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀνδρόνικος καὶ Ἀθανασία ἡ συμβία του
᾽Ανδρονίκου
᾽Αθανασίας καὶ Ποπλίας τῶν ὁσίων
• LAMBERT and VALERIUS (Bellère, Beriher) (680) disciples of St Gislenus in Belgium and the north of France
• M STRATONICUS and his wife M SELEUCIA of Antioch
● NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• Hieromartyr CONSTANTINE Sukhov, presbiter, priest (1867-1918)
• Hieromartyr PETR V’atkin, presbiter, priest (1918)
• Hieromartyr CONSTANTINE Aksenov, presbiter, priest (1888-1937)
• Hosiosmartyr PIONIJ (Prokhor Martynenko) hieromonk (1888-1937)
• Uncovering (1997) of Relics of Hieroconfessor SEVASTIAN (Stephan Fomin) Elder of Karaganda, schemaarchmandrite (1884-1966) Kazakhstan
• Uncovering (2007) of Relics of Venerable IOV (Ioann Kundr’a) of Malaja (i.o. small) Ugolka, archmandrite of Carpatorussia (1902-1985) Ukraine
● • Righteous Forefather ABRAHAM 亚伯拉罕 Patriarch of the people of Old Testament of Israel (1865 B.C.) Genesis: 12-25 // SUNDAY OF THE HOLY FOREFATHERS DEC 11-17 //
Μνήμη Δικαίων Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Λὼτ τοῦ ἀνεψιοῦ του
᾽Αβραὰµ τοῦ δικαίου
God told Abraham that all the nations of the earth would be blessed in his seed (Genesis 22:18), and ordered him to leave his home and his relatives and go to Canaan, the country between the Mediterranean and Jordan. Because God gave this land to Abraham and his posterity (Genesis 12:7), it became known as “the Promised Land.”
Old Testament patriarch. Married to Sarah. Founder of the Hebrew nation. Father of all believers in the true God. At God's command he moved from his native Chaldea to Canaan. Nomadic shepherd. Reported to have lived to age 175.
• Sainted ARNOALD (Arnual) Bishop of Metz (611)
• Sainted DEMETRIUS 迪弥特里 Patriarch of Alexandria (231)
Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt in 188; he served for 43 years. Supported the catechetical school of Alexandria, appointing Origen as director of the school in 203; he later exiled Origen for being ordained without permission.
• Martyr DEUSDEDIT (836) Abbot of Montecassino died in prison of hunger and misery
Benedictine monk in the abbey of Monte Cassino, Italy. Abbot of Monte Cassino in 828. Noted for his generosity and almsgiving. Imprisoned by the Prince of Benevento, Italy, who tried to extort money from him but killed him in the process.
• Martyr DIOCLETIAN (1-2nd c.)
• Martyr DOMNINUS (Donnino) (304) Born in Parma in Italy, while fleeing his persecutors, he was overtaken and beheaded on the Via Claudia or Aemilia. This was a few miles outside Parma at a place now called Borgo San Donnino after him, where his relics are venerated
Soldier. Personal attendant to Roman emperor Maximian Herculeus in Milan, Italy. Convert. When the anti-Christian persecutions began, Domninus fled, was captured, and immediately executed.
• Venerable DONNINO of Città di Castello (610)
Late 6th-century layman hermit who assisted Church authorities, including Saint Florido and Saint Amanzio, re-bulid Città di Castello, Italy and revitalize the faith there following the Greek-Gothic war. Following the death of Saint Amanzio, Donnino retired to spend the rest of his days as a hermit near Rubbiano. He later moved to a hermitage in modern Villa San Donino to be closer to Città di Castello.
• DOROTHEUS the Ascetic (373) of Alexandria, Egypt
Ὁ Ὅσιος Δωρόθεος
Confessor of the faith, abused by Arian heretics for remaining loyal to orthodox Christianity.
• GEMINUS (231) a monk at Sanpaterniano de Fano in Umbria in Italy. He is the patron-saint of San Gemini
Monk at Sanpaterniano de Fano, Narni, Umbria, Italy. Claimed by both the Basilians and Benedictines.
• Abbot GISLENUS (Ghislain, Guislain) (680) A hermit who lived in the forest in Hainault in Belgium where several disciples gathered around him. He built the monastery of Sts Peter and Paul, now Saint-Ghislain near Mons, where he was abbot for thirty years
Frankish hermit. Lived in a forest in Hainault, Belgium. His reputation for holiness attracted many disciples for whom he built and governed an abbey, now known as Saint-Ghislain, near Mons, Belgium. Spiritual teacher of Saint Waltrude, Saint Lambert, and Saint Valerius.
• Venerable GUNTHER of Bohemia a monk at Niederaltaich in Bavaria and a hermit in the mountains of Bakory in Hungary (955-1045) A cousin of St Stephen of Hungary
Cousin of Saint Stephen of Hungary. After a worldly youth, he was brought to the faith by Saint Godehard of Hildesheim. Benedictine monk at Niederaltaich, Bavaria, Germany. Falling back on his old ways, he actually campaigned to be abbot of Gollingen, and won the position; he was a complete failure in the position. Learning from the experience, he resigned the position and lived his last 28 years as a hermit in the mountains of Sumava, modern Czech Republic.
• Holy Apostle JAMES 雅科弗 the son of Alphaeus, of the Twelve Apostles (62) the blood-brother of the Apostle and Evangelist Matthew
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος ὁ Ἀπόστολος τοῦ Ἀλφαίου
᾽Ιακώβου ἀποστόλου
• Translation of Relics of IOANN of Rila (846-896) monk, hermit, monastery founder and abbot in Rila in Bulgary
In 980 his relics were transferred to Sofia and in 1470 from Vɛˈliko Tɤ̞rnovo to Rila. • Martyr JOHN of Prusa (13-14th c.) in Bithynia
• Righteous LOT 罗特 nephew of Patriarch Abraam (2000 B.C.)
• Venerable PETER 裴特若 of Galatia, soldier, monk at the Bithynian Olympus (829-867)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Πέτρος ὁ «ἀπὸ στρατιωτῶν»
This Saint Peter should not be confused with the other Saint Peter of Galatia // FEB 1 //
• Martyress PUBLIA (Poplia or Pouplia) 普弗利亚 the Confessor and Deaconess of Antioch (361-370) Fndr. of monastery
Ἡ Ὁσία Ποπλία ἡ Ὁμολογήτρια
• SABINUS (Savin) (820) venerated as one of the Apostles of the Lavedan in the Pyrenees in France
Educated in Poitiers, France. Benedictine monk at Liguge. Evangelist to the Lavedan in Pyrenees in France. Hermit.
• Righteous STEPHAN 斯特梵 the Blind 瞽者, King of Serbia (1468-1477) Brancovich, despot of Serbia
• STEPHEN 斯特梵 the New of Serbia (1427)
• VM VICTORIA of Rome

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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.