συνοδικός
December 4 / November 21
2018 (7527)
Nativity (St Philip's) Fast ● 至圣诞神女进殿节 The ENTRY into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos in Jerusalem
Τὰ Εἰσόδια τῆς Θεοτόκου
Wherefore the Church rejoices and exhorts all the friends of God for their part to enter into the temple of their heart, there to make ready for the coming of the Lord by silence and prayer, withdrawing from the pleasures and cares of this world. The feast of the Entry into the Temple of the MostHoly Mother of God – foretells the blessing of God for the human race, the preaching of salvation, the promise of the coming of Christ. If a tree be known of by its fruit, and a good tree beareth good fruit (Mt. 7: 17; Lk. 6: 44), then is not the Mother of Goodness Itself and the Birth-Giver of Eternal Beauty incomparably more excellent than any good, situated within the world of the natural or the supernatural? Wherefore the Co-Eternal and Immutable Image of the goodness of the Transcendent Father – the Word Praeternal, Praexistent and Beyond-All-Goodness, through His unutterable love for mankind and compassion for us, aspiring to take our image upon Himself, so as from uttermost hades to draw up our nature unto Himself, and so as to renew this corrupted nature and take it to the heights of Heaven, – for all this to find that most-good Servant, and Ever-Virgin, Whom we glorify, and Whose miraculous Entrance into the Temple – into the Holy of Holies, we now celebrate. God predestined Her before the ages to the salvation and uplifting of our kind: She was chosen from amidst the ranks of the chosen of the ages and the glorified both through verymost piety and prudence, and through God-pleasing word and deed.
上帝之母進聖殿節
節日歷史 : 上帝之母進聖殿節的設立晚於其它教會重大節日。首次提到這個關於來自童貞女瑪利亞人生中的事件的節日禮儀出現於八世紀。在九世紀這個節日得以在各地普及。節日的狀態慢慢的改變了，其最終成為了十二個最主要的節日是在十四世紀之後。
節日的意義 : 上帝之母進聖殿節將我們帶到的是童貞女瑪利亞人生最初的年份，當她虔誠的父母約雅敬和安娜帶著他們三歲的女兒來到耶路撒冷時，為的是使她一生與聖殿相連接和侍奉上帝。在聖殿有十五級高高的臺階。嬰孩瑪利亞被放在了第一級臺階上，但她很快就登到了頂端。接受她的大祭司在聖靈的引導下將童貞女瑪利亞帶進了聖殿最重要的被稱為至聖所的部分，根據摩西的律法，大祭司自己一年也只能進入一次。大吃一驚的群眾不明白為甚麼她得到了如此高的禮遇。通過這個事件，上帝顯明了童貞女瑪利亞的使命是成為上帝的殿，即上帝嬰孩基督的母親。這個節日提醒著每一個基督徒明白教堂對於靈魂拯救的意義，及需要對孩子進行基督宗教的教育。正教基督徒從出生到死亡的一生都與上帝的教堂連接在一起。
小贊詞（第四調） : 今日乃是上帝祝福的先訊，眾人救恩的預言：童貞女出現於上帝的聖殿，並向所有人預告了基督；我們也高聲向她呼喊：慶哉，妳履行了創造者對於我們的聖意。
副贊詞（第四調） : 救主至潔的聖殿，寶貴的宮闕和童貞女，上帝榮耀的寶庫，如今進入了上帝的屋宇，將上帝聖靈的恩典一起帶下；上帝的天使歌頌她：此乃屬天的居所。
• The Icon of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos of SERPUKHOV (1377)
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "EVERLASTING HOPE" 永恒之希望
• Synaxis of churches that are dedicated to the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos
• Carved cedar statue OUR LADY OF QUINCHE (La Pequeñita, Virgen de Monte del Sol, Virgin of the Rock), Ecuador
• Martyrs DEMETRIUS and HONORIUS in Ostia in Italy
• Martyrs HONORIUS, EUTYCHIUS and STEPHEN (300) in Asta in Andalusia in Spain under Diocletian
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER 亚历山大 Hotovitskij of New York, Priest (1872-1937)
Hieromartyr of the Bolshevik yoke, Missionary of America, was a Ukrainian who came to the United States in the 1890s as a lay missionary and was ordained to the priesthood while there. He was active as a missionary among the emigrated Uniates in the northeastern United States before being ordered back to Europe 1914. He was to become vicar of the congregation of the Russian Embassy in Berlin. Because of the outbreak of the First World War he was instead made vicar of the Orthodox congregation in Helsinki, Finland, then a part of imperial Russia. In 1917 he was assigned to Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow. After the Bolshevik coup he was subjected to many cruelties by the revolutionaries as he defended the Orthodox faith, his people, and church property. Subjected to many arrests and exile Father Alexander serviced his beloved Church as best he could through these tumultuous times until after a final arrest he was executed during the Great Purge on August 19, 1937.
• Hieromartyr archpriest ALEXIS 阿莱克西 Benemanskij, of Tver (1937)
• Hieromartyr archpriest ELIAH Gromoglasov (1869-1937) day of martyrdom at Tver
• Hieromartyr presbiter VLADIMIR R’asenskij (1891-1932) day of martyrdom, died after all tortures in Mariinskij KZ, Tver
• Hieromartyr presbiter PAVEL Jevdokimov (1877-1937) day of martyrdom at Tver
• Hieromartyr presbiter IOANN Baranov (1874-1937) day of martyrdom at East Kazakhstan
• Hieromartyr presbiter BASIL Bova (1877-1937) day of martyrdom in Petropavlovsk of Akmolin, North Kazakhstan
• Hieromartyr presbiter IOANN Smirnov (1872-1937) day of martyrdom at North Kazakhstan
• Repose of Hieroconfessor Nun PARASKEVA Mateishyna (1890-1952)
• Hieromartyr presbiter THEODOR Gus’ev (1875-1937) day of martyrdom at Taganka prison in Moscow, graved at Butovo
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk GERASIM (Gregory Mochalov) (1870-1937) day of martyrdom, graved at Butovo
• Hieromartyr presbiter IAKOV Sokolov (1874-1937) day of martyrdom, graved at Butovo
• Hieromartyr deacon BASIL Kashin (1918) martyred at Tver together with 10 members of Church
• Hieromartyr IOASAF (duke Vladimir Zhevakhov or Dzavakhishvili) of Kiev, refounder of Zverinets Cave Monastery, bishop of Mogilev, also of Russia and Minsk (1874-1937) day of martyrdom in Kursk
• Sainted CHRISTODULOS Patriarch of Alexandria (932)
• Venerable Abbot COLUMBAN 科伦巴诺 of Luxeuil and Bobbio (530/543-615) founder of Luxeuil
• Hosiosmartyr COLUMBANUS the Younger (616) a disciple of St Columbanus and a monk at Luxeuil in France
• DIGAIN of Cornwall (5th c.) a son of Constantine, a lord in Cornwall. Llangernw in Clwyd in Wales is named after him
• GELASIUS I (496) born in Africa, he became Pope of Rome in 492. He was one of the most energetic bishops of his time
Son of an African immigrant named Valerius. Priest. Pope. Known for his learning, charity, and sense of justice. Opposed the Acacian and Manichaean heresies. Came into conflict with the Patriarch of Constantinople over supremacy in Alexandria, Egypt and Antioch. Suppressed many of the Roman pagan festivals, and ordered the reception of the Eucharist under both species, settling the argument of the proper form for Communion. Wrote for liturgical sacramentaries, and some of his work appears in the Leonine Sacramentary.
• HILARY (1045) born in Matera in the south of Italy, he became Abbot of San Vincenzo in Volturno (1011-1045) and revived monastic life there
• MAURUS (600) 12th Bishop of Verona in Italy. Towards the end of his life he became a hermit
• Repose of PASHA of Birsk, Fool-for-Christ (1891)
• PASSARION of Palestine
• PROKOPIUS of Viatka, Fool fool Christ (1578-1627)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Προκόπιος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός τῆς Βιάτκα (Ρῶσος)
• RUFUS of Rome (1891) the disciple whom St Paul greets in Romans 16:13
• Venerable SOZOMENOS Bishop of Karpaseia in Cyprus, and Wonderworker (12th c.) of Potamia in Nicosia
Ὁ Ὅσιος Σωζόμενος
There are two hermit saints who lived in Cyprus with the name Sozomenos. One lived in the Karpas peninsula and is celebrated on November 20th, and the other lived in the village of Potamia in Nicosia and is celebrated on November 21st.
• Holy Nobleborn Martyr YAROPOLK 雅若颇尔克– Peter 裴特若 Prince of Vladimir in Volhynia (11th c.)
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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