συνοδικός
November 15 / November 2
2018 (7527)
MARTYRS ACINDYNUS, PEGASIUS, APHTHONIUS, ELPIDEPHORUS, AND ANEMPODISTUS OF PERSIA (341). ST MARCIAN OF CYRRHUS (388)
Commemoration of the Faithful Departed
By Thine own Blood, O Savior, Thou hast ransomed mortal men, and by Thy death Thou hast delivered us from bitter death, granting us eternal life by Thy Resurrection. Give rest, then, O Lord, to all those who have fallen asleep in godliness, whether in wilderness or city, on the sea or land, in every place, both princes, priests and bishops, monks and married people, of every age and line, and count them worthy of Thy heavenly Kingdom.
Should we pray for the non-Orthodox who have died? We certainly should pray for those departed outside the Church, especially our relatives, friends, teachers, and benefactors! The only qualification is that we normally only offer private prayer for the non-Orthodox, while we offer both private and public prayer for the Orthodox. If we will stop and think about this for a minute, it makes sense: The non-Orthodox are those who, in this life, never publicly declared or accepted the fulness of our Faith. We cannot do violence to their religious choices in this life by pretending after their death that they shared our faith. But they may have, in private, been pleasing to God in a way we do not understand, for it has not been revealed to us. Therefore, we pray for them in private.
• The SHUISK-SMOLENSK Wonderworking HODEGETRIA Icon of the Mother of God (1655) // NOV 2 // BRIGHT TUESDAY // JUL 11 // JUL 28 //
From the Icon of the Mother of God many miracles of healing took place, especially of eye diseases.
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀκίνδυνος, Ἀφθόνιος, Πηγάσιος, Ἐλπιδοφόρος (ἢ Ἐλπιδηφόρος) καὶ Ἀνεμπόδιστος
Our fatherland and our life is the Most-holy Trinity, one in Essence and undivided, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God.
When King Sapor harshly tortured Acyndinus, Pegasius and others with them, he suddenly went mad, became dumb and unable to speak, and began to claw his face with great fury. Seeing his tormentor in such despair, St. Acyndinus wept and prayed to God for the king and said, ``In the name of Jesus Christ the Lord, speak!'' and the king's tongue was loosed and he began to speak. Here is an example of true love for one's enemies!
• Martyresses CYRIACA (Kyriake), DOMNINA and DOMNA in Greece (303) by the sword
Οἱ Ἁγίες Κυριακή, Δομνίνα καὶ Δόμνα οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs EUDOXIOS, AGAPIOS, ATTICUS, MARINUS, OCEANUS, EUSTRATIUS, CARTERIUS, NICOPOLITIANUS, STYRACIUS and TOBIAS, and 2 others with them (315) soldiers from Sebasteia, martyred under Licinius
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εὐδόξιος, Ἀγάπιος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῶν ὀκτὼ Μάρτυρες
Ἀττικός, Μαρίνος, Ὠκεανός, Εὐστράτιος, Καρτέριος, Νικοπολιτιανός, Στύραξ καὶ Τωβίας
• The Holy Senators of Sebasteia, martyrs of senatorial rank, martyred under Licinius, by fire (315)
• MM CARTERIUS, STYRIACUS, TOBIAS, EUDOXIUS, AGAPIUS & Companions (315) soldiers in the army of the emperor Licinius, burnt at the stake at Sebaste in Armenia
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Συγκλητικοί
• BAYA (Veg, Beya, Begha or Baye) Solitary of Little Cumbrae and Anchoresses in Scotland, guided MAURA (Maur) Solitary of Kilmaur in Ayrshire and later Abs. in Scotland (9-10th c.)
• Martyrs PUBLIUS, VICTOR, HERMES and PAPIAS in North Africa
• Holy New Martyrs LAMBROS, THEODORE and other martyr (someone else who we have not come to know by name came from the Peloponnese and were merchants in their profession), who were martyred in Vrachori (1786) by muslims
• Hieromartyr CONSTANTINE Yourganov, presbiter, priest (1918) at Perm
• Hieromartyr ANANIA Aristov, presbiter, priest (1918) at Perm
• Hieromartyr Bishop VICTORIN (1918)
• Hieromartyr Priest BASIL 瓦西里 Luzgin of Glazomicha (1918)
• Hieromartyr PHILIPP (Filimon Bezuglyi) hieromonk of Kiev Caves, from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (1873-1937) martyred at Cherkassy
• Archimandrite GABRIEL Urgebadze, Confessor and Fool for Christ (1929-1995)
• AMBROSE (582) abbot of the monastery of St Moritz in Agaunum in Switzerland • AMICUS of Rambone (10th c.)
Born a prince, the son of a local Italian ruler. Benedictine monk in the Rambone abbey, Pollenza, Italy. Abbot there in 891.
• AMICUS (1045) born near Camerino in Italy, he became a priest, then a hermit and finally a monk at St Peter's in Fonteavellana
Born to the Italy, but gave it up for a call to religious life. Priest. Hermit. Benedictine monk at Saint Peter's in Fonte Avellana, Italy. From a legend that says a wolf killed Amicus's donkey, so Amicus made the wolf help collect wood for the monastery.
• ANTHONY 安托尼 the Confessor, Archbishop of Thessaloniki (844)
• CAOIMHE (Caeva)
• CUMGAR of Devonshire
• Blessed Venerable CYPRIAN 基普里安 of Storozhev, former outlaw (16th c.) monk of Olonets
• Martyr DASIUS
• Martyr DIONYSIUS of Athos, Ascetic
• Tr.Rel. of St EBBA the Elder (Tabbs, Abb, Ebbe or Aebbe), First Abs. of Coldingham (Berwickshire, England) (683)
• Sainted ERC 埃尔克 of Slane, called The Sweet Spoken Judge (512) 1st bishop of the ancient diocese of Slane in Ireland, and abbot of the monastery which was erected there by St Patrick
It was for him Patrick composed this quatrain:
“Bishop Erk,
Everything he judged was just;
Every one that passes a just judgment
Shall receive the blessing of Bishop Erk.”
• VM EUSTOCHIUM (Eustochia) at Tarsus in Cilicia (362)
• Translation (1184) of Relics of Martyr FLORIAN of Lauriacum (today Lorch on the Enns in Austria), a soldier (304)
• GEORGE of Vienne (699) Bishop of Vienne in France
• HERCUS of Slane
• Martyr JAKOB the Ascetic (1520)
• JOSA of Arimathea (1st c.)
• Martyr JUSTUS of Trieste (303) a citizen of Trieste in Italy martyred under Diocletian by being thrown into the sea
• Venerable MARCIAN 玛尔基安 of Cyrus in Syria, a great miracle-worker both during his life and after death, left all for the sake of Christ and withdrew into the wilderness of Halkis to live as a hermit (388)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαρκιανός
Born to the nobility. Soldier, commander and member of the imperial court. He abandoned the worldly life to become a desert hermit at Chalcis near Antioch. His reputation for holiness attracted so many students that he founded a monastery for them. Miracle worker; when he wished to read at night, a light from heaven would shine down on him.
• Martyr PHILOGONIAS Patriarch of Antioch (318-322)
• Venerable RATHOLD of Aibling, hermit, priest (954)
• THEODOTUS bishop of Laodicea (334)
Bishop of Laodicea (in modern Turkey). Part of the Council of Nicaea in 325. Supported orthodox Christianity against Arianism.
• Hieromartyr VICTORINUS Bishop of Patav (Pettau) (303) in Styria in Austria and the earliest exegete in the West
Wrote a number of well-known and scholarly commentaries on the Old and New Testament; only scraps of the writings about Genesis and Revelations have survived. His works were greatly admired by Saint Jerome, and are believed to be the first writings in Latin by a Christian on the Old Testament. Noted preacher. Bishop of Pettau, Upper Pannonia (in modern Styria Austria). Fought several of the heresies of the day. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian. Like many in his day, Victorinus was a Millenarian - he believed that Christ would return to the earth to rule for a thousand years. This thinking was later condemned as heresy, and many of his writings were suppressed and subsequently lost.
• VULGAN of Ireland, Confessor (8th c.)
• WINIFRED (Guinevere, Guinevra, Gwenffrewi, Gwenfrewi, Wenefrida, Winefred, Winefride, Winfred) of Wales (600-655)
Daughter to Trevith, a member of the Welsh landed class and advisor to the king. Spiritual student of her maternal uncle Saint Beuno Gasulsych. Physically beautiful, she made a private vow of chastity, becoming a bride of Christ. Murdered when she rejected the amorous advances of a chieftain named Caradog of Hawarden; she had escaped from him, and was seeking shelter in a church when he caught and killed her. Legend says that where her head fell, a well sprang up which became a place of pilgrimage, and whose waters were reported to heal leprosy, skin diseases, and other ailments. Saint Beuno raised her back to life; he cursed Caradog who was promptly swallowed by the earth. Winifred became a nun, and later abbess at Cwytherin, Deubighshire, Wales.
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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