συνοδικός
November 29 / November 16
2018 (7527)
HOLY APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST MATTHEW (60). ST FULVIANUS, PRINCE OF ETHIOPIA, IN HOLY BAPTISM MATTHEW (1ST C.)
Nativity (St Philip's) Fast
• MM AUGUSTIN (Augustinus), MARCUS, HARUSPICUS, SILVANUS, JUSTA, AURICA, PONTIA, FRUCTUOSA, MATRONA, VINCENTIA, MARIA, PISTIS, FORTUNATA and FELICITAS, FRUCTA at Antioch
• Martyrs RUFINUS, MARK, VALERIUS and companions in North Africa
• The sons of Caelan, of Mucurt-mór
• ELPIDIUS, MARCELLUS, EUSTOCHIUS and companions (362) dragged tied to the tails of wild horses. Finally they were all burnt at the stake
• EUCHERIUS and GALLA of Lyons (5th c.)
• BENEDICTA (Benetta, Benita, Benedetta, Eulogia or Bettina) and CECILIA Abs. at Susteren in Rhenenia, and RELINDIS Recluse near Liége (9th c.)
• Hieromartyr THEODORE Korolev, presbiter, archpriest (1882-1929) together with Martyrs ANANIUS Bojkov (1877-1929) and MICHAEL Boldakov (1929) of Tver
• Hieromartyr JOHN Tsvetkov, presbiter, priest (1878-1937) of Tver
• Hieromartyr NICHOLAS Troitskiy, presbiter, priest ( (1887-1937)
• Hieromartyr VICTOR Voronov, presbiter, priest ( (1889-1937)
• Hieromartyr BASIL Sokolov, presbiter, priest ( (1880-1937)
• Hieromartyr MAKARIUS Solovjov, presbiter, priest ( (1876-1937)
• Hieromartyr MICHAEL Abramov, presbiter, archpriest (1885-1937)
• Hosiosmartyr PANTELEIMON (Pavel Arzhanykh), archmandrite of Jelets of Lipetsk (1868-1937)
• Martyr DIMITRIUS Spiridonov (1871-1938) of Crimea
• Hieromartyr Archimandrite PHILOUMENOS (Sophocles Hasapis) of Jacob's Well (1913-1979) the Igumen of the Greek Orthodox monastery of Jacob's Well, near the city of Samaria, now called Nablus (Neapolis), in the West Bank
Φιλούμενος Χασάπης
Φιλούμενος ο Κύπριος
Φιλούμενος Ορουντιώτης
• AFRICUS (7th c.) Bishop of Comminges in France, celebrated for his zeal for Orthodoxy
• ALFRIC (Aelfric) of Canterbury (1005) a monk and Abbot of Abingdon and later Bishop of Wilton and 29th Archbishop of Canterbury in 995. He governed the Church ably in the critical times of the Danish invasion of Kent
• Ordination of ALPHEGE the Martyr, Archbishop of Canterbury, England (1022) // APR 17 //
St Alphege who was born about 953 was hermit before being made abbot of Bath. In 984 he became the 1st English Bishop of Winchester. He was a great supporter of monastic reforms and was made Archbishop of Canterbury. He refused to allow a ransom to be paid for his freedom when taken captive by the Danes was buried first at St Paul’s London which became a place of pilgrimage and miracles.
NB. Not to be confused with the earlier Saint Alphege who reposed 951.
• ANIANUS of Asti (5th c.) bishop of Asti, Italy
• EPHIGENIA (Iphigneia) of Ethiopia (1st c.)
Ἡ Ἁγία Ἰφιγένεια
• EUCHERIUS 艾弗赫里 Bishop of Lyon (449) became a monk at Lérins in France in 422 and his wife Galla became a nun. Two of their sons became bishops. In 434 he became Bishop of Lyons and in 441 he presided the Council of Orange with St Hilary and several of his ascetic works still exist
• FIDENTIUS (2nd c.) an early saint in Padua in Italy
• Righteous FULVIANUS 弗尔维安 prince of Ethiopia, in Holy Baptism Matthew 马太, bishop (73)
He handed over the Holy Apostle Matthew to fire, but seeing the miracles leading to the death of the Holy Apostle, believed in Christ and zealously preached the Christian faith. Later for his saintly life he became worthy of the rank of bishop. He died in peace.
• GOBRAIN (725) a monk who became Bishop of Vannes in Brittany and at the age of 87 went to live as a hermit
• Hieromartyr HYPATIUS Bishop of Gangra (360)
When Saint Hypatius was returning in 326 from Constantinople to Gangra, followers of the schismatics Novatus and Felicissimus fell upon him in a desolate place. The heretics ran him through with swords and spears, and threw him into a swamp. Like the Protomartyr Stephen, Saint Hypatius prayed for his murderers. An Arian woman struck the saint on the head with a stone, killing him. The murderers hid his body in a cave, where a Christian who kept straw there found his body. Recognizing the bishop’s body, he hastened to the city to report this, and the inhabitants of Gangra piously buried their beloved archpastor.
• Martyress IPHIGENIA of Pontus (68)
• Repose of Schemamonk JOHN the Fingerless (1843), disciple of St. Paisius Velichkovsky
• LUBUINUS 路布伊诺 missionary to Friesland (773)
• 圣使徒及著福音者马太 Holy Apostle MATTHEW 马太 the Evangelist (the son of Alphaeus, otherwise known as Levi), of 12 Disciples, former tax collector (60)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ματθαῖος ὁ Ἀπόστολος καὶ Εὐαγγελιστής
He is represented in iconography as having the figure of a man at his side, the first of the symbolic animals of Ezechiel (Ezechiel 1:10), because his Gospel begins by the genealogy, according to the flesh, of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
When the holy apostle was fervently entreating God for the conversion of the Ethiopians the Lord Himself appeared to him in the form of a youth. He gave him a staff, and commanded him to plant it at the doors of the church. The Lord said that a tree would grow from this staff and it would bear fruit, and from its roots would flow a stream of water. When the Ethiopians washed themselves in the water and ate the fruit, they lost their wild ways and became gentle and good. When the holy apostle carried the staff towards the church, he was met by the wife and son of the ruler of the land, Fulvian, who were afflicted by unclean spirits. In the Name of Christ the holy apostle healed them. This miracle converted a number of the pagans to the Lord. But the ruler did not want his subjects to become Christians and cease worshiping the pagan gods. He accused the apostle of sorcery and gave orders to execute him. They put Saint Matthew head downwards, piled up brushwood and ignited it. When the fire flared up, everyone then saw that the fire did not harm Saint Matthew. Then Fulvian gave orders to add more wood to the fire, and frenzied with boldness, he commanded to set up twelve idols around the fire. But the flames melted the idols and flared up toward Fulvian. The frightened Ethiopian turned to the saint with an entreaty for mercy, and by the prayer of the martyr the flame went out. The body of the holy apostle remained unharmed, and he departed to the Lord.
The ruler Fulvian deeply repented of his deed, but still he had doubts. By his command, they put the body of Saint Matthew into an iron coffin and threw it into the sea. In doing this Fulvian said that if the God of Matthew would preserve the body of the apostle in the water as He preserved him in the fire, then this would be proper reason to worship this One True God.
That night the Apostle Matthew appeared to Bishop Platon in a dream, and commanded him to go with clergy to the shore of the sea and to find his body there. The righteous Fulvian and his retinue went with the bishop to the shore of the sea. The coffin carried by the waves was taken to the church built by the apostle. Then Fulvian begged forgiveness of the holy Apostle Matthew, after which Bishop Platon baptized him, giving him the name Matthew in obedience to a command of God. Soon Saint Fulvian-Matthew abdicated his rule and became a presbyter. Upon the death of Bishop Platon, the Apostle Matthew appeared to him and exhorted him to head the Ethiopian Church. Having become a bishop, Saint Fulvian-Matthew toiled at preaching the Word of God, continuing the work of his heavenly patron.
• Venerable OTHMAR (Otmar, Audemar) Abbot of St Gall in Switzerland (759) persecuted by 2 lords, unjustly slandered and condemned. He bore his sufferings with great patience, reposing in prison
• Venerable hieromonk SERGIUS 塞尔吉 of Malopinega (1585) Vologda
• Sainted TITUS Bishop of Bostra (363-378) confessor under Julian Apostata
• THOMAS II 托玛斯 of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (665-668)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θωμὰς Β’ ὁ νέος
Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
• Righteous WALTGER (Walter) (825) monastery founder in Müdehorst
• Cousin (VM) of St George the Alexandrian, martyred at Alexandria
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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