συνοδικός
January 17 / January 4
2019 (7527)
Forefeast of the Theophany
SYNAXIS OF THE SEVENTY APOSTLES
VEN. THEOCTISTUS, ABBOT AT CUCOMO IN SICILY (800). MARTYR ZOSIMAS THE HERMIT AND MARTYR ATHANASIUS THE COMMENTARISIUS, ANCHORITES OF CILICIA (3RD-4TH C.). VEN. AQUILA, DEACON OF THE KYIV CAVES (14TH C.)
from 7 January 7th till January 18th is a Fast-free period
The Synaxsis of THE SEVENTY HOLY APOSTLES
Σύναξις τῶν Ἁγίων Ἑβδομήκοντα Ἀποστόλων
七十圣使徒
除了十二位伟大的使徒之外，主耶稣基督又挑选了七十个次一阶的使徒，差遣他们出去传福音：“这事以后，主又设立了70个人，差遣他们两个两个的，在他前面往自己所要到的各城各地方去。就对他们说，要收的庄稼多，做工的人少，所以你们当求庄稼的主，打发工人出去收他们的庄稼。你们去吧，我差你们出去，如同羊羔进入狼群。不要带钱囊，不要带口袋，不要穿鞋，在路上也不要问人安。无论进哪一家，先要说，愿这一家平安”（路喀福音／路喀10：1－5）但正如12使徒中的犹达斯背弃了耶稣一样，这70个人当中，也有离弃主的，但他们并不是存心背叛，只因人的软弱以及怯懦：“从此他门徒中多有退去的，不再和他同行”（约安福音／约／若6：66）犹达斯的空缺由另一个人补上：“于是选举两个人，就是那叫做瓦尔萨瓦又称呼犹斯托的约熙福和玛特提亚。众人就祷告说，主啊！你知道万人的心，求你从这两个人中指明你所拣选的是谁，叫他得这使徒的位分。这位分犹达斯已经丢弃，往自己的地方去了。于是众人为他们摇签，摇出了马提亚来。他就和11个使徒同列”（使徒行实／徒／宗1：23－26）。同样，这70亚使徒当中的空缺也由被选的人补足了。这70亚使徒同12圣使徒肩负了同样的使命，在这个世界上扩展和建立教会的过程中，他们相互合作。他们忍受了无数苦难和来自人及魔鬼的恶意攻击。然而，他们对复活之主的坚强信念和挚热的爱使他们战胜了这个世界，且领受了天国的福分。
In addition to the Twelve Apostles, our Lord appointed seventy disciples to go forth and bring the Good News to the world (see Luke ch. 10). Others were later added to this company by the Holy Apostles, so that their number in fact exceeds seventy, though all are still referred to as "of the Seventy." On this day we also commemorate the company of those who have been sent forth by the Holy Spirit through the centuries to proclaim the joyous Gospel of Christ.
Holy apostles of the Seventy, entreat the merciful God to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
• ACHAICUS 阿亥科// JUN 15 //
Ἀχαϊκός
• Hieromartyr AGABUS 阿伽博 the Prophet (58) // APR 8 //
Ἄγαβος
• Hieromartyr AQUILA 阿桂拉 Bishop of Heraclea (1st c.) preached the word of God in Asia Minor and Achaia, and was killed by unbelievers // JUL 14 //
Ἀκύλας
Aquila and Priscilla were a first century Christian missionary married couple described in the New Testament and traditionally listed among the Seventy Disciples. They lived, worked, and traveled with the Apostle Paul, who described them as his "fellow workers in Christ Jesus" (Romans 16:3).
• Hieromartyr AMPLIAS 安普利亚 bishop of Diospolis (Lydda of Odyssopolis) (56) put to death in Odessos by the pagans // OCT 31 //
Ἀμπλίας
• Hieromartyr ANANIAS 阿纳尼亚 who baptized Apostle Paul, and was bishop of Damascus (40) // OCT 1 //
Ἀνανίας
Lucian, Governor of Eleutheropolis, had him put to death by stoning outside that city.
• Sainted ANDRONICUS 安德若尼科 bishop of Pannonia (58) // MAY 17 // JUL 30 //
Ἀνδρόνικος
• Sainted APELLES 阿佩勒 Bishop of Heracleia (1st c.) // OCT 31 //
Ἀπελλῆς
• Sainted APELLES Bishop of Smirnum // SEP 10 //
• Sainted APOLLOS 阿颇罗 Bishop of Corinth (67) // DEC 8 // MAR 30 //
Ἀπολλώ(ς)
• Hieromartyr ARISTARCHUS bishop of Apamea in Syria (67) // APR 15 // SEP 27 //
Ἀρίσταρχος
• Sainted ARISTOBULUS 阿里斯托弗洛 bishop of Britain (72) // MAR 16 // OCT 31 //
Ἀριστόβουλος
• Sainted ARTEMAS 阿尔特玛斯 bishop of Lystra (1st c.) // OCT 30 //
Ἀρτεμᾶς
• Hieromartyr ARCHIPPUS 阿尔赫普 Bishop of Colossae (68) // FEB 19 // NOV 22 //
Ἄρχιππος
• Hieromartyr ASYNCRITUS 阿辛克里特 bishop of Hyrcania in Asia (89) // APR 8 //
Ἀσύγκριτος
• Hieromartyr BARNABAS (also known as Joses) 瓦尔纳瓦 bishop of Milan (62) // JUN 11 //
Βαρνάβας ἢ Ιωσῆς
According to the fourth chapter of the Book of Acts, this saint was surnamed Barnabas by the Apostles. He is also mentioned in the second chapter of the Epistle to the Galatians, wherein Saint Paul writes, I went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas. Laboring in the ministry of the word, he was first (with Saint Paul) to preach Christ in Rome. He became Bishop of Milan and met his end on Cyprus, his homeland, being stoned by Greeks and Jews. Saint Barnabas was buried with a copy of Saint Matthew's Gospel which he had written with his own hand.
• CEPHAS bishop of Iconium or Colophon, Pamphylia
Κηφᾶς
• CÆSAR bishop of Dyrrachium
Καῖσαρ
• Hieromartyr CARPUS 卡尔普 bishop of Berytus (Beroea) in Macedonia (64) // MAY 26 //
Κάρπος
• CLEMENT 克利密斯 Bishop of Sardis // APR 22 // SEPT 10 //
Κλήμης
Not to be confused with Clement of Rome.
• Hieromartyr CLEMENT (87) One of the Seventy Apostles, he was the 3rd Pope of Rome. Consecrated by the Apostle Peter, he is mentioned in Philippians 4:3 and wrote a letter to the Church of Corinth which still exists. He is venerated as a martyr and he is remembered in Rome by the church of San Clemente, which may have been built on the site of his home // NOV 23 // JAN 4 // APR 22 // SEPT 10 // NOV 25 //
• Hieromartyr CLEOPAS 克莱奥帕 the Brother of Joseph the Betrothed (83) bishop of Jerusalem // OCT 30 //
Younger Brother of Joseph the Betrothed. In his Gospel, Saint Luke writes that Cleopas was one of the two disciples to whom the Lord appeared on the road to Emmaus after His Resurrection. Luke was the other, although he does not mention his own name. Cleopas was subsequently slain by the Jews for preaching Christ, the murder taking place in the very house where the risen Lord was known by him in the breaking of bread.
• Hieromartyr CRESCENS 克瑞森 Bishop of Galatia and of Carchedon in Gaul (1st c.) // JUL 30 //
Κρήσκης
After serving as bishop in Galatia, he proclaimed Christ in Gaul and appointed his disciple Zacharias Bishop of Vienne. Returning to Galatia, he was martyred during Trajan's reign.
• Sainted CRISPUS 克里斯普 bishop of Aegina, an island near the Peloponnesus (1-2nd c.)
• Hieromartyr DIONYSIUS Areopagite, Bishop of Athens (96)
• Sainted EPENETUS bishop of Carthage (1st c.) // JUL 30 //
Ἐπαινετός
• Sainted EPAPHRAS Bishop of Colossae and of Andriaca, and also of the churches of Laodicea and Hierapolis; co-worker of Apostle Paul (1-2nd c.)
• Sainted EPAPHRODITUS 埃帕弗若迪特 Bishop of Hadriacus, co-worker of Apostle Paul (69) // DEC 8 // MAR 30 //
Ἐπαφρόδιτος
• Sainted ERASTUS 埃拉斯特 bishop of Paneas in Palestine (74) // NOV 10 //
Ἔραστος
• ÉVVOULOS disciple of Apostle Paul // FEB 28 //
Εὔβουλος
• Hieromartyr EUODIAS (also Euodios of Antioch) 埃佛迪亚 Bishop of Antioch (66) // SEP 7 //
Εὔοδος
• Hieromartyr FORTUNATUS 佛尔图纳特, co-worker of Apostle Paul // JUN 15 //
Φουρτουνᾶτος
• Sainted GAIUS 盖奥 bishop of Ephesus (1st c.) // NOV 5 //
Γάϊος
• Sainted HERMAS 埃尔玛斯 bishop of Philippopolis (75) // MAY 31 // NOV 5 //
Ἑρμᾶς
• Hieromartyr HERMES 埃尔弥斯 bishop of Dalmatia (75) // APR 8 //
Ἑρμῆς
• HERMOGENES
• Hieromartyr HERODION (Rodion) 伊若狄翁 bishop of Patras (67) // APR 8 // NOV 10 //
Ἡρωδίων καὶ Ροδίων ἢ Ρόδιος
• Hieromartyr JAMES 雅各 the Brother of the Lord bishop of Jerusalem (63) // OCT 23 //
Ἰάκωβος ὁ Ἀδελφόθεος
The holy Apostle Paul refers to James in the Epistle to the Galatians, saying, I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, but other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother. Saint James was appointed Bishop of Jerusalem by the Lord Himself. The Jews hurled him from the pinnacle of the Temple for preaching Christ. He was injured, but not killed, when he struck the pavement below, so one of the Pharisees shattered his skull with a club, finishing him.
• JAMES // OCT 9 // MAY 26 //
Ἰάκωβος ὁ Ἀλφαίου ἢ Ἀλφαῖος
• Sainted JASON 雅颂 bishop of Tarsus (77) // APR 28 // APR 29 //
Ἰάσων
Born in Tarsus, he was appointed Bishop of Tarsus by the Apostle Paul. With the Apostle Sosipater he traveled to the island of Corfu where they built a church in honor of the Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr and converted many pagans to the Christian faith.
• Hieromartyr JUSTUS (also known as Joses or Joseph; or Barsabas Justus) 犹思图 bishop of Eleutheropolis (76) // OCT 30 //
Ιοῦστος ἢ Ἰωσὴφ ἢ Βαρσαββᾶς ἢ Ἰησοῦς ἢ Ἰωσῆς
Joses was one of the two candidates chosen as possible replacements for the fallen Judas (the other was Matthias). Saint Paul refers to him in the Epistle to the Colossians as Jesus, which is called Justus. The teachers of the Church say that Joses was a son of Joseph the Betrothed, like James, Simon, and Judas (not Iscariot). He became Bishop of Eleutheropolis and died a martyr.
• Hieromartyr LINUS 理诺 Bishop of Rome (79) The 1st Pope of Rome. A disciple of the Apostle Paul, he was one of the Seventy and is mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:21. He was Pope for 12 years (67-79) and is venerated as a martyr // SEP 23 // JAN 4 // NOV 5 //
Λίνος
• Sainted LUCIUS (Lucius of Cyrene) 路基 bishop of Laodicea in Syria (1st c.) one of the founders of the Christian Church in Antioch, then part of Roman Syria // SEP 10 //
Λουκᾶς ἢ Λούκιος
• Hieromartyr LUKE 路加 the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke, and Acts, iconographer and physician (84) // OCT 18 //
Luke wrote his Gospel under the guidance of the holy Apostle Paul, who mentions him in the Epistle to the Colossians, saying, Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. Saint Luke also wrote the Acts of the Apostles. After toiling greatly in Christ's service, Luke completed his labors in Thebes, a city of Boetia, where he was martyred.
• Sainted MARK (John, commonly considered identical to Mark the Evangelist) 马可 bishop of Bibloupolis (69) // SEP 27 //
Μᾶρκος, ὁ καὶ Ἰωάννης
This Apostle, whose shadow healed the sick, was Bishop of Byblos in Phoenicia.
• Sainted MARK 马可 called John, bishop of Apollonia (69) nephew of Barnabas // OCT 30 //
It was in his mother's house that the disciples sheltered after the Ascension of Jesus.
• Hieromartyr MARK 马可 the Evangelist (63) bishop of Alexandria, author of the Gospel of Mark // APR 25 // SEP 27 // OCT 30 //
Mark wrote his Gospel under the direction of Saint Peter and is mentioned by that Apostle in his First General Epistle. Peter writes, The church that is at Babylon saluteth you; and so doth Mark my son. Peter ordained Mark Bishop of Alexandria. The idolaters of that city bound him, dragged him over jagged rocks, and beat him; whereupon, the Lord appeared, summoned him to heavenly glory, and received his spirit.
• MATTHÍAS // AUG 9 //
Ματθίας
• Sainted NARCISSUS 纳尔基稣 bishop of Athens (57) // OCT 31 //
Νάρκισσος
• Hieromartyr NICANOR 尼喀诺尔, of the 7 deacons (34) died when Stephen was martyred // DEC 28 // JUL 28 //
Νικάνωρ
Saint Nicanor, with two thousand other Christians, was slain for Christ on the same day as the holy protomartyr Stephen, as related in the Acts of the Apostles, which states, At that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem. (Acts 8:1)
• NIMPHA // FEB 28 //
Νυμφᾶς
• Hieromartyr OLYMPAS 奥林帕斯 (67) // NOV 10 //
Ὀλυμπᾶς
Olympas was present at the holy Apostle Peter's crucifixion and was subsequently executed with the Apostle Herodion by Nero, as Symeon Metaphrastes writes in his account for June 29, the day on which Saints Peter and Paul are commemorated.
• Hieromartyr ONESIMUS 阿尼西母 Bishop of Byzantium (109) tortured by Tertillus, Prefect of Rome, and died in Puteoli // FEB 15 //
Ὀνήσιμος
• Hieromartyr ONESIPHORUS 奥尼息佛尔 Bishop of Colophon and Cyrene, co-worker of Apostle Paul (67) // SEP 7 // DEC 8 //
Ὀνησιφόρος
• PARMENAS 帕尔麦那 of the 7 deacons (98/117) bishop of Soli // JUL 28 //
Παρμενᾶς
After preaching for many years in Asia Minor, he settled down in Macedonia. Hippolytus says that Parmenas was the Bishop of Soli. He is thought to have died a martyr in Philippi, Macedonia, in the year 98 AD, during the persecution of the Christians under the Roman Emperor Trajan. Parmenas was slain before the eyes of the other apostles while preaching the gospel.
• Sainted PATROBUS 帕特若瓦 bishop of Neapolis (Naples) and Puteoli (71) // NOV 5 //
Πατρόβας
• Hieromartyr PHILEMON 斐利蒙 bishop of Gaza (68) the recipient of one of Saint Paul's letters // NOV 22 //
Φιλήμων
• PHILIP 腓力 of the 7 deacons (79) Bishop of Tralles in Asia Minor, who baptized the eunuch // OCT 11 //
Φίλιππος
One of the Seven Deacons. Philip baptized Simon Magus (in Samaria) and Candace's eunuch. He became Bishop of Tralles in Asia Minor, enlightened many in the faith, and departed unto eternal life in great old age.
• Sainted PHILOLOGUS 斐洛罗格 bishop of Sinope (1st c.) // NOV 5 //
Φιλόλογος
• Hieromartyr PHLEGON 弗莱艮 bishop of Marathon, a town in Thrace (89) // APR 8 //
Φλέγων
• PHYGELLUS bishop of Ephesus
• Hieromartyr PUDENS 普邓司 (67) // APR 15 //
Πούδης
• Hieromartyr PROCHORUS 普若霍尔 of the 7 deacons (105) bishop of Nicomedia in Bithynia // JUL 28 //
Πρόχορος
Prochorus was Saint John the Theologian's companion and fellow-laborer. He became the first Bishop of Nicomedia in Bithynia and suffered martyrdom while preaching Christ in Antioch.
• Hieromartyr QUADRATUS 科德拉特 bishop of Athens. He was author of the Apologia. He was stoned, but survived. Soon-after, he died of starvation in prison (130) // SEP 21 //
Κοδρᾶτος
Άγιος Κοδράτος
• Sainted QUARTUS 夸尔特 bishop of Berytus (73) // NOV 10 //
Κουᾶρτος
• Hieromartyr RUFUS 路弗 bishop of Thebes (67) // APR 8 //
Ροῦφος
• Sainted SILAS 息拉 bishop of Corinth, co-worker of Apostle Paul (67) // JUL 30 //
Σίλας
With Saint Paul, the holy Silas preached the word of God, was flogged, and imprisoned. The Acts of the Apostles relates that Paul chose Silas and departed, confirming the churches. Silas became Bishop of Corinth and greatly labored proclaiming the gospel. After working numerous miracles, he departed to the Lord.
• Hieromartyr SILVANUS 息庐安 bishop of Thessalonica (60) suffered much for the faith, then departed to Christ, the Ruler of the contest // JUL 30 //
Σιλουανὸς
• SIMEON Niger
• Hieromartyr SYMEON 子西面 bishop of Jerusalem, the son of Cleopas, Kinsman of the Lord (107) // APR 27 //
Σίμων ἢ Συμεὼν ἢ Κλεόπας
Saint Symeon was the second Bishop of Jerusalem, James' successor. He was crucified for the crucified Christ.
• Sainted STACHYS 斯塔赫斯 bishop of Byzantium (54) appointed first Bishop of Byzantium by the Apostle Andrew the First-called. His church was located in Argyropolis // OCT 31 //
Στάχυς
• STEPHAN // JUN 15 //
Στεφανᾶς
• Protomartyr STEPHEN 斯特梵 the Archdeacon (34) // DEC 27 //
Στέφανος
The holy, glorious, all-laudable Apostle and Archdeacon Stephen the Protomartyr was an early Christian convert from among the Hellenistic Jews, one of the original seven deacons ordained by the Apostles, and the first martyr of the Orthodox Church. Saint Stephen was stoned by the Jews for preaching the Lord Jesus Christ, Whom he beheld standing in The Heavens.
• Sainted SOSTHENES 索斯特尼 bishop of Colophon (64) // DEC 8 // MAR 30 //
Σωσθένης
• Sainted SOSIPATER 索悉帕提 bishop of Iconium (63) // APR 28 // APR 29 //
Σωσίπατρος
• Hieromartyr TERTIUS 特尔提 bishop of Iconium (80) // OCT 30 // NOV 10 //
Τέρτιος
• THADDEUS (also called Addai; or Thaddeus of Edessa) 塔德 (44) who conveyed the epistle to Augarus (Abgar V) // AUG 21 //
Ἰούδας ὁ Ἰακώβου ἢ Θαδδαῖος καὶ Λεββαῖος
Thaddaeus was first a disciple of Saint John the Forerunner, then of Christ. He is not to be confused with the holy Apostle Jude (Judas Thaddaeus, also known as Lebbaeus). Thaddaeus baptized Abgar, Prince of Edessa, and cleansed him of leprosy. After laboring much in proclaiming the gospel of Christ, he reposed in the Lord in the Phoenician city of Beirut.
• Hieromartyr TIMOTHY 提摩太 Bishop of Ephesus (96) helped Saint Paul spread the gospel; he is addressed as the recipient of the Epistles to Timothy // JAN 22 //
Τιμόθεος
• Hieromartyr TIMON 提孟 of the 7 deacons (59) bishop of Bostra in Arabia. He suffered greatly at the hands of the Jews for preaching Christ. Cast into a fiery furnace, he emerged unharmed, then departed unto the Lord // DEC 30 // JUL 28 //
Τίμων
• Sainted TITUS 提托 Bishop of Crete (96) // AUG 25 //
Τίτος
Titus, the Bishop of Gortyna in Crete, also labored with Saint Paul in proclaiming the gospel; he is addressed as the recipient of the Epistle of Paul to Titus. His relics, now consisting of only his skull, are venerated in the Church of St. Titus, Heraklion, Crete to which it was returned in 1966 after being removed to Venice during the Turkish occupation.
• Hieromartyr TROPHIMUS 特若斐默, co-worker of Apostle Paul (67) // APR 15 //
Τρόφιμος
Pudens, Aristarchus, and Trophimus followed Paul and witnessed his sufferings. Then, following the great Apostle's execution, they too were beheaded by Nero in Rome.
• Sainted TYCHICUS 提赫科 bishop of Colophon, co-worker of Apostle Paul (71) // DEC 8 //
Τυχικός
• Hieromartyr URBAN 邬尔班 bishop of Macedonia (58) // OCT 31 //
Οὐρβανός
• ZACCHAEUS // APR 20 //
Ζακχαῖος
• Sainted ZENAS 齐纳斯 the Lawyer, bishop of Diospolis (76) // SEP 27 //
Ζηνᾶς ἢ Ζήνων
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ζώσιμος καὶ Ἀθανάσιος
The Monkmartyr Zosima came from Cilicia and was an inhabitant of the wilderness. During a time of persecution against christians under the emperor Diocletian (284-305) Saint Zosima was seized and subjected to fierce torture for the faith, but by the power of God he was preserved unharmed. Having beheld such a miracle of God, the prison head by the name of Athanasias believed in Christ and was baptised. The Monk Zosima together with Athanasias was released and went off into the wilderness where, pursuing asceticism, they lived in a crevice in a mountain until their death.
• MM HERMAS (Hermes), AGGAEUS & CAIUS (300) at Bologna
• MM Presbyter PRISCUS; Clerk PRISCILLIANUS; and pious woman BENEDICTA; at Rome (362) buried by their father, Flavian
• MM AQUILINUS, GEMINUS, EUGENE, MARCIAN, QUINTUS, THEODOTUS and TRYPHON (484) in North Africa under the Arian Hunneric, King of the Vandals
• A Holy Mother martyred with her 2 children by fire
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μητέρα καὶ τὰ δύο τέκνα της οἱ Μάρτυρες
• The Holy 6 Martyrs
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕξι Μάρτυρες
• Hosiosmartyrs Abbot EUTHYMIUS 艾弗提弥 and 12 Monks of Vatopedi Monastery, Mt Athos (1285) suffered martyrdom for denouncing the Latinizing Patriarchs Michael Paleologos (1261-1281) and John Bekkos (1275-1282) as heretics. Saint Euthymius was drowned in the sea, and the monks were hanged // OCT 10 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐθύμιος Ἡγούμενος Μονῆς Βατοπαιδίου και οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες 12 Μοναχοί
• MM CHRYSANTHUS and EUPHEMIA (Euthymia) at Constantinople
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Χρύσανθος καὶ Εὐφημία
• EVAGRIUS 艾瓦格里 of Tsikhedidi the fellow-ascetic of St Shio Mgvime; ELIJAH 伊利亚 the Deacon, and and other Disciples of the Thirteen Syrian Fathers, of the Shio-Mgvime Monastery in Georgia (6th. c.)
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Εὐάγριος καὶ Σίος ἐκ Γεωργίας
• Hieromartyr presbiter ALEXANDER Juzephovich (1921) day of martyrdom, shoted in Kara-Bolta of Semirechensk
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER 亚历山大 Skal’skij, presbiter, archpriest (1933)
• Hieromartyr STEPHAN 斯特梵 Ponomarev, presbiter, archpriest (1933)
• Hieromartyr PHILIPP 腓力 Grigor’jev, presbiter, archpriest (1870-1933) day of death, died in prison in Alma-Ata from typhus
• Hieromartyr NICHOLAS Maslov, presbiter, priest (1874-1939) day of death, died in prison in Lykoshino of Kalinin (Tver)
• Hieromartyr PAVEL 保罗 Felitsyn, presbiter, priest (1894-1941) day of death, died in KZ after Taganka prison of Moskow
• Venerable and God-bearing Father NIKIPHOROS the Leper (1890-1964) who in Chios these latter days persevered in contest and was prominent in asceticism
Άγιος Νικηφόρος ο Λεπρός
Bishop of Langres, France in the latter 5th century, he operated from the city of Dijon, France. Exiled from the diocese by the Arian Burgundian king Gundobald, he became bishop of Clermont-Ferrand, France as the previous bishop, a friend and frequent correspondent of Abruncolo, had recently died. Friend of Saint Ruricius.
• Venerable ACACIUS 阿卡基奥斯 the Wonderworker, of Mount Latros (Latmos), at the Megisti Lavra of the Theotokos of Myrsinon (10th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀκάκιος ὁ Θαυματουργός
• AIDUS (Aed, Aedh Dubh) Bishop of Kildare (639)
King of Leinster, Ireland. He abdicated in 592 to become a monk at Kildare, Ireland. Bishop of Kildare in 630.
• Hieromartyr Bishop ALEXANDER
• Martyr AMMA
• Venerabless APOLLINARIA 阿颇利纳里斯 the Syncletike presented herself as a eunuch named Dorotheos (5th c.)
Ἡ Ὁσία Ἀπολλιναρία ἡ Συγκλητική
• Venerable AQUILA 阿桂拉 the Deacon of Kiev Caves, from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (14th c.) Ukraine. The Relics are kept at St Theodosy Far Caves of the Lavra
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀχίλλιος ὁ Διάκονος
To the intercession of Saint Akhila flee those thirsting of soul to be delivered from "the enslavement of stomach passions" and those wishing to learn temperance.
• Martyr AQUILLINUS (81/96)
• Martyrdom of St ANASTASIA of Rome (4th c.)
• Sainted CELSUS Bishop of Trier (142/150)
Born to the nobility. Bishop of Trier, Germany, serving for 14 years, converting many in his diocese. Relics re-discovered in 980.
• CHROMAN (Ghronan) (641) lived in the Cunningham district of Ayrshire, Scotland where he was noted for his great personal piety
• M DAFROSA (Affrosa) at Rome, W. (361) the mother of St Bibiana, was martyred in Rome under Julian the Apostate
Married to Saint Flavian; mother of Saint Bibiana and Saint Demetria. Martyred in the persecutions of Julian the Apostate. Her story is included in the Acts of Bibiana.
• Martyr DJAN DARADA the Ethiopian Eunuch of Queen Candace (Acts of the Apostles 8: 26-40) baptised by the Holy Apostle Philip
• Martyr ERMET of Rome (115)
• Monk EUTHYMIUS (Euthymius the Younger) the New of Thessalonica
Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Νέος
• Repose of Sainted 艾弗斯塔提 EUSTATHIUS I (Eustace) Archbishop of the Serbs (1279)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐστάθιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σερβίας
塞尔维亚的总主教艾弗斯塔提
艾弗斯塔提出生于布迪姆，双亲都是敬畏上帝的人。少年之时，他就在扎塔接受剪发礼出家为修士。而后，他到了阿托斯圣山的希兰达尔修道院精进修行。最后，他成为希兰达尔修道院院长。他以修道院院长的身份被选为扎塔的主教。一段时间后，他又被选为塞尔维亚的总主教。艾弗斯塔提具有伟大的博爱之心，并用热情和爱牧养了基督的信众。艾弗斯塔提于1279年安息主怀。临死前，已是年纪老迈的艾弗斯塔提向主呼求说：“主啊！我将我的灵魂交在你手里。”艾弗斯塔提的圣髑被奉安于佩奇牧首区教堂的地下。
• FERREOLUS (581) born in Narbonne in France, he became Bishop of Uzès. He devoted himself in particular to converting Jews and was exiled by King Childebert on that account. He also founded a monastery
Brother of Saint Tarsicia of Rodez. Sixth century bishop of Uzès, France. Devoted to converting Jews to Christianity. Exiled for three years by King Childebert I of Paris over a political dispute. Founded a monastery in his see, and wrote its Rule.
• Virgin FIADHNAT (Fianait, Fidnatan or Fianat) female
• Holy Martyr FLAVIAN Former Prefect of Rome (363) // DEC 22 //
Flavian was married to a woman named Dafrosa (Jan 4), and he had two daughters named Bibiana (Dec 2) and Demetria (Jun 21).
• Venerabless Virgin GENEVIÈVE (Genoveva or Genovefa) of Paris (512) Patroness of the city of Paris, and invoked against disasters, drought and excessive rain, and fever. In the Middle Ages, Saint Genevieve was regarded as the patron saint of wine makers
Ἡ Ὁσία Γενεβιέβη ἐκ Παρισίων
上帝聆听义人的祷告。从摩伊息斯、伊利亚、旧约时代的义人和先知，以及使徒和圣人的生活中可以清楚地看到这一点。当圣革奈维艾弗作为一名修女在巴黎过着克修生活的时候，适逢蛮王阿提拉同他野蛮的匈奴军队包围了巴黎。害怕和恐怖笼罩了巴黎，城市随时都有可能遭到敌人的占领。当时，圣革奈维艾弗号召人民守斋，并向上帝祈祷，以避免灾难。许多善男信女纷纷响应这位圣女的号召，开始守斋，并向上帝热切祈祷。圣革奈维艾弗守斋最严格，同时向上帝祈祷也极其热切。不久后，敌人没有任何明显原因地从巴黎撤军，前往另一个地方。许多罪人的刀剑所不能做的事情，正义人的祷告却可以做到。
God hears the prayers of the just. This is clearly seen from the lives of Moses, Elijah, and the other Old Testament righteous ones and prophets as well as from the lives of the apostles and saints. While St Genevieve, as a nun, lived a life of asceticism in Paris, it so happened that Attila with his savage Huns surrounded Paris. Fear and terror overcame the entire population of Paris who, at any moment, awaited the capture of the city by the enemy. Then, St Genevieve called upon the people to fast and to pray to God and then the calamity will be averted. Many men and women responded to the call of this saint and began to fast and pray to God. Genevieve herself fasted the most and prayed most ardently to God. After a short while the enemy turned away from Paris without any visible reason and departed for another place. That which the sword of many sinners cannot do, the prayer of the righteous person can.
• GREGORY 格里高利 of Langres (539/540) a governor of Autun in France. Later in life he lost his wife, was ordained priest and became Bishop of Langres, gaining a reputation for gentleness and understanding. He was the father of St Tetricus and the great-uncle of St Gregory of Tours
Governor and leading citizen in the area of Autun, France. Married, and the father of Saint Tertricus of Langres. Great-uncle of Saint Gregory of Tours. Widower; after his wife's death, he devoted himself to God. Priest. Reluctant bishop of Langres, France at age 57. Though he was known as a strict and severe civil authority, he was a gentle, understanding and charitable minister.
• Hegumenos JOHN 约翰 Scholarios, disciple of Sabas of Mar Saba
• Finding (1974) of the Holy Relics of New Martyr JOHN of Ioannina the former Hagarene Muslim of Konitsa (1814), in the Holy Monastery of Prousou in Evrytania, Greece // SEP 23 //
Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Νεομάρτυρος ἐκ Κονίτσης
• Comm. of St JULIANA the Martyress (4th c.)
• Sainted LIBENTIUS (Liäwizo) (938-1013) born in Swabia in Germany, he became Bishop of Hamburg
Benedictine monk. Exiled to Hamburg, Germany with Pope Benedict V. Developed a ministery to the poor and sick of Bremen, Germany. Chamberlain to Archbishop Adaldago of Hamburg. Archbishop of Hamburg in 988.
• Martyr MAVILUS (Majulus) (212) in Hadrumetum in North Africa, thrown to wild beasts at the time of Caracalla
• M NEOPHYTOS (7th c.)
One of a group of nine young women who were seized, ordered to renounce Christianity, offered bribes to do it, and were executed when they refused; Neophytos is the only name that has come down to us. Relics later translated to Limburg monastery.
• Hosiosmartyr schemamonk ONUPHRIUS 奥努弗利 Manassias 玛纳西亚 of Gabrovo and of Hilendar Monastery, Mount Athos (1818) on Chios
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὀνούφριος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ὁ Νέος ὁ ἐν Χίῳ
阿托斯圣山希兰达尔修道院可敬的殉道者奥努弗利
年青的时候，奥努弗利曾跟父母斗气，并在土耳其人面前扬言要皈依伊斯兰教。但他随即因出口狂言而懊悔不已，并进入了阿托斯圣山的悉蓝达尔修道院，剪发出家成为克修者。由于受到良心上谴责，他一心要以身殉道。他作出了决定，并领受了他神师的祝福，奥努弗利离开修道院前往保加利亚的特尔诺夫，并在那里向土耳其人表示自己是基督徒，并在他们面前嘲笑穆罕默德。因此，年仅32岁的奥努弗利被斩首，时为1818年1月4日，但是这位精神勇士的圣髑并没有被保存下来，因为土耳其人将其投入了大海。
• PHARAÏLDIS (Verelde, Vareide, Veerle, Verylde or Varelde) of Ghent, Matr., Pat. of Ghent (745) probably born in Ghent in Belgium, she was married against her will. Maltreated by her husband, she became one of the patron-saints of Ghent
Sister of Saint Gudule. Niece of Saint Gertrude of Nivelles. After making a private vow of virginity, Pharaildis was forced into marriage with a wealthy nobleman. Her husband insisted that she was married to him, and her sexual fidelity was owed to him, not God. Physically abused for her refusal to submit to him, and for her late night visits to churches. When widowed, she was still a virgin. Legend says that Pharaildis caused a well to spring up whose waters cured sick children.
Representation: loaves of bread (refers to a legend where a rich woman, who would not share her bread with a beggar, said in front of PHaraildis that if there was any bread in the house, she hoped it would turn to stone; from then on, all the bread brought into that house turned to stones).
• RIGOBERT (745) Monk and Abbot of Orbais in France, in 721 he became Archbishop of Rheims but some years later was banished by the Frank Charles Martel. He returned to Orbais and resumed monastic life. On being recalled to Rheims, he came to terms with the intruded bishop and himself became a hermit • RIGOMERO of Meaux (6th c.) bishop at Meaux, France
A man noted for his simplicity of life wound up exiled by Charles Martel more for political reasons than anything spiritual.
• RUMON (Rumon of Audierne, Druman, Drumé, Raimundus, Raymond, Ruman, Ruvon, Rhufon, Romanus, Ronan) of Tavistock, Bishop and Confessor of Devon (6th c.) England
May have been the son of Saint Thumette. Hermit in the region of Audierne, France. Born at late 5th century in Penmarch, Cornwall, England.
• SYMEON 西面 metropolitan of Smolensk (1699)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Venerable THEOCTISTUS 德奥克提斯特 hegumen of the monastery of Saint Nicholas in Cucume, in the vicinity of Thermae, today Caccamo, in Palermo of Sicily (800)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόκτιστος
• Venerable THEOPROBUS of Karpasia, Bishop of Karpasia in Cyprus (4th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόπροβος Ἐπίσκοπος Καρπασίας Κύπρου
• Venerable TIMOTHY the Stylite (872)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Τιμόθεος ὁ Στυλίτης
• Martyr UVELICIUS
• The eunuch of Queen Candace
堪达基女王的太监
The Apostle Philip baptized this black man, a eunuch. Following his baptism the eunuch returned to his home and began to preach Christ. He was the first Apostle of Faith among the blacks in Ethiopia.
使徒斐利普给一个黑人太监施行了洗礼，之后，这名太监回到了自己的家乡，并开始传讲基督。他是埃塞俄比亚第一个黑人使徒：“有主的一个使者对斐利普说：‘起来，向南走，往那耶路撒冷下迦萨的路上去’。那路是旷野。斐利普就起身去了。不料，有一个埃塞俄比亚人，是个有大权的太监，在埃塞俄比亚女王的手下总管银库，他上耶路撒冷礼拜去了。现在回来，在车上坐着，念先知伊撒依亚的书。圣灵对斐利普说：‘你去！贴近那车走’。就跑到太监那里，听见他念先知的书，便问他说：‘你念的你明白吗？’他说：‘没有人指教我，我怎能明白呢？’于是请斐利普上车，与他同坐。他所念的那段经，说：‘他象羊被牵到宰杀之地，又象羊羔在剪毛的人下无声，他也是这样不开口。他卑微的时候，人不按公义审判他（原文作：他的审判被夺去），谁能述说他的世代？因为他的生命从地上夺去。’太监对说：‘请问，先知说这话是指着谁，是指着自己呢？是指着别人呢？’斐利普就开口从这经上起，对他传讲耶稣。二人正往前行，到了有水的地方。太监说：‘看哪！这里有水，我受浸有什么妨碍呢？’（有古卷在此有腓利说：“你若是一心相信，就可以。”他回答说：“我信耶稣基督是上帝的儿子。”）。于是吩咐车站住，斐利普和太监二人同下水里去，斐利普就给他施浸。从水里上来，主的灵把斐利普提了去，太监也不再见他了，就欢欢喜喜地走路。后来有人在阿佐托遇见斐利普，他走遍那地方，在各城宣传福音，直到恺撒里亚”（使徒行实／徒／宗8：26－40）。太监后来成为殉道者，成了天国中可敬的一位。
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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