συνοδικός
January 22 / January 9
2019 (7527)
Afterfeast of the Theophany
MARTYR POLYEUCTUS (259). PROPHET SHEMAIAH (10TH C. B.C.). ST. PETER, BISHOP OF SEBASTE IN ARMENIA (395). VEN. EUSTRATIUS THE WONDERWORKER OF TARSUS (821). VEN. JONAH OF KYIV
• 21 Martyrs of Africa: ARTAXES, EPICTETUS, FELICITAS, FELIX, FORTUNATUS, JUCUNDUS, PICTUS, QUIETUS, QUINCTUS, RUSTICUS, SECUNDUS, SILLUS, VINCENT and VITALIS and companions (250) murdered together for their faith in the persecutions of Decius
• Martyrs JULIAN the Hospitaler and his wife BASILISSA, priest ANTONY, neophyte ANASTASIUS, a child named CELSUS and his mother MARCIONILLA and her 7 brothers and many other Christians (304/313)
Saint Julian and Saint Basilissa, though married, lived by mutual consent in perpetual chastity. They sanctified themselves by the most perfect exercises of an ascetic life, and employed their revenues in relieving the poor and the sick. For this purpose they converted their house into a kind of hospital, in which they sheltered up to a thousand poor people. Basilissa attended those of her sex in separate lodgings, and Julian, who for his charity is known as the Hospitaler, cared for the men. Egypt, where they lived, was in those days blessed with persons who, either in the cities or in the deserts, devoted themselves to the most perfect exercises of charity, penance, and mortification. Conversions were numerous, and persecutions by furious pagans followed as the numbers of Christians increased. Basilissa, after having survived seven of those, died in peace, foretelling to her husband that he would die a martyr. Julian lived afterwards for a number of years, but eventually received the crown of a glorious martyrdom in 313. His interrogation and his tortures were accompanied by astonishing prodigies and numerous conversions. With him died thirty-one other persons, including a priest named Anthony, a new Christian named Anastasius, Celsus, the seven-year-old son of the judge who sentenced Julian, Marcianilla, the mother of Celsus, who when she came to visit her son was won over to the faith, and many other Christians. Spared by fire and wild beasts, Saint Julian finally was decapitated. His tomb became illustrious by many great miracles, including the cure of ten lepers on the same day. Basilissa may have been martyred elsewhere. Many churches and hospitals, in both the East and in the West, bear the name of one or another of these martyrs. Four churches at Rome and three in Paris are dedicated to Saint Julian. God often rewards men for works that are pleasing in His sight by giving them grace and opportunity to do other works higher still. Such was the case for Saint Julian, whose posthumous miracles attained prodigious numbers.
• Venerables BASIL and GREGORY the Wonderworkers of Monastery of Agauros, maternal uncles of Saint Eustratius (9th c.) shined forth in asceticism and virtue. Eustratios was therefore received by his uncles, and tonsured a monastic by them
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βασίλειος καὶ Γρηγόριος οἱ Θαυματουργοί
• Hieromartyrs VITALIS a bishop, and his deacons REVOCATUS and FORTUNATUS in Smyrna
• Martyrs NIKANDER and ZACHARIAH
• Repose of Venerable JONAH 约纳 (Ivan Miroshnichenko, Peter 彼得 in schema) founder of Holy Trinity Monastery in Kiev (1802-1902)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωνᾶς ὁ Γέροντας
Father John presents for the first time in English the astonishing life of a saintly Russian ascetic of the last century. Elder Jonah experienced many remarkable visions of the heavenly realm, was visited by Christ Himself, and quite frequently by other Saints, including the Theotokos, who instructed him to found the Holy Trinity Monastery in Kiev. The Holy Trinity Monastery of Kiev, founded by Elder Jonah, was reopened in the beginning of the 1990s, when the Elder was officially Glorified as a Saint by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Patriarchate of Moscow). The Elder’s Holy Relics are open for veneration in the crypt of the monastery’s Church, which survived the decades of atheist rule and is being restored by the present monastic Brotherhood.
• Hieromartyr PAVEL Nikol’skij, presbiter, priest(1896-1943) day of death in V’atlag KZ of Kirov
• Hieromartyr PAVEL Florensky
• Commemoration of Schemaarchimandrite HAVRIIL (George Starodub) of Glinska Pustyn, Native of Poltava (1939-2010) and of his spiritual Father, Schemaarchimandrite VITALY Sidorenko (1928-1992)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀδριανὸς Ἡγούμενος Καντουαρίας
• Martyress ANTONIA of Nicomedia, drowned in a sea
Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀντωνίνα ἡ Μάρτυς
• Schemanun BARSANUPHIA of Moscow (16th c.)
• BRITHWALD (Beorhtweald, Berctuald, Bertwald, Brihtwald) (731) he became a monk and the Abbot of Reculver in Kent in England. In 693 he became the 9th Archbishop of Canterbury
Educated at Canterbury, England. Benedictine monk and then abbot of Reculver Abbey, Kent, England. Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey. Archbishop of Canterbury from 692 until his death nearly 40 years later. Correspondent of with Saint Boniface, Saint Aldhelm, and Saint Wilfrid of York. Assisted at the Synod of Nidd.
• VM EMRAISA (Emrais or Irene) in Egypt
• Venerable Abbot EUSTRATIUS 艾弗斯特拉提 the Wonderworker of Tarsus (821)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐστράτιος ὁ Θαυματουργός
可敬的艾弗斯特拉提
艾弗斯特拉提出生于塔尔苏斯。他是一位伟大的克修者和祈祷者。在修道院修行的75年间，艾弗斯特拉提恒常右胁而睡，从不依左胁卧。在神圣的礼仪中，他自始至终默持“求主怜悯”经句。艾弗斯特拉提于95岁高龄离世。
One day on the road, he came across a man who, in despair over his many sins, was preparing to hang himself. Saint Eustratios took the man's hand, placed it on his own neck, and said to him: "May the weight of your sins lie on me from now on, my child. On the day of Judgment, I myself will answer for them instead of you. All you have to do is throw away this rope and hope in God."
• EPHRATHUS the Thaumaturgist (9th c.) monk. Abbot of the Abgaro monastery on Mount Olympus, Bithynia (in modern Turkey)
• FINIA (Finnia), Abs. of Kildare (8th c.)
• FELANUS of Saint Andrew (710) Hermit. Monk. Abbot of the monastery of Saint Andrew in Scotland
• FOELLAN (Foilan, Fillan) (8th c.) born in Ireland, he accompanied his mother, St Kentigerna, and his relative, St Comgan, to Scotland, where he lived as a monk. The place of repose is called Strathfillan // JAN 9/22 // AUG 26/SEP 8 //
They are water-washed stones from the river, and were used to heal different disorders by being placed on different parts of the body. Saint Fillan worked in the communities surrounding Loch Ness. One story says that he held up a cross and Nessie turned away from frighening worshippers. Saint Fillan is more famous for his healing stones which are still in use today. These stones resemble the organs they are said to heal: eyes, kidneys, liver, lungs, heart. The stones are at the Tweed Mill beside Dochart Falls near Killin. St Fillan was a follower of St Columba and came to Killin around the end of the 7th century. He taught here and as tradition demands, every Christmas Eve St Fillan's healing stones are given a fresh bed of straw and reeds from the riverbank. Still kept at the woollen mill in Killin are a set of river stones which were believed to have been given healing powers by St Fillan. A particular sequence of movements of an appropriate stone around the afflicted area was believed to result in a cure. Each stone cured a specific part of the body. St Fillan is the Patron Saint of the mentally ill. For centuries after his death, the mentally ill were miraculously cured by being dipped in a fountain in the church at Gledochart.
• Translation (903) of the relics of JUDOC the Hermit of Ponthieu and Confessor (600-668) to Winchester, England
• Martyr LAWRENCE martyred in the arena, by the pagans
Ὁ Ἅγιος Λαυρέντιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• VM MAHARATI at Antinoe in Egypt (3-4th c.)
• MARCELLINUS of Ancona (566) born in Ancona in Italy, he became bishop there in c 550
He stopped a raging fire by waving his prayer book at it; the book survived a fire with only slight damage; afterwards, people who held it while praying were often healed.
• VM MARCIANA of Mauritania (304) gored by a bull and mauled by a leopard in the amphitheater of Caesarea, Mauritania
Young Christian girl who was beaten, tortured and handed over to gladiators as a sex toy during the persecutions of Diocletian; she brought one of the gladiators to Christianity. Accused of vandalizing an idol of the goddess Diana, she was thrown to wild animals in the arena.
• MAURONTUS (Maurontius, Mauruntius) (700) Founder of the monastery of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil on the Loire in France
• Martyr NEARCHUS (3rd c.) Christian soldier in the 12th imperial Roman legion assigned to Armenia in the 3rd century. Friend of Saint Polyeucte. Ordered to offer a sacrifice of incense to the emperor as a god, Nearchus refused
• Martyr PANTELEIMON
• New Martyress PARTHENA 帕尔特纳 of Edessa in Macedonia (1375) graved alive
Ἡ Ἁγία Παρθένα ἡ Ἐδεσσαία
• VM PASCHASIA at Dijon (Clermont, France) (178)
Consecrated virgin (an early type of nun). Spiritual student of Saint Benigne and and helped in his missionary work. Martyr. Saint Gregory of Tours mentions her.
• Sainted PETER 彼得 bishop of Sebaste in Armenia (392) and brother of St Basil the Great and St Gregory of Nyssa
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος Ἐπίσκοπος Σεβαστείας
He was the tenth and youngest child of a family of Saints, the brother of St Basil the Great, St Macrina and St Gregory of Nyssa. His father died shortly after his birth in 319, and he was reared mostly by his sister St Macrina. He was ordained to the priesthood by his brother St Basil in 370, and consecrated Bishop of Sebaste at the opening of the Second Ecumenical Council (381). Saint Peter took an active part in the Council, oversaw his flock wisely, and reposed in peace.
• Hieromartyr Sainted 腓力 PHILIP II (also known as Theodore Kolyshov) Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (1507-1569)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίλιππος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
莫斯科都主教圣斐利普
斐利普生于公元1507年2月11日。当他年幼时，有一次在教堂里听到司祭读福音书：“一个人不能事奉两个主”（玛特泰福音／太／玛6：24）。听到这些经训后，他感到非常不安，仿佛这些话是专门对他而说的，同时，这些圣训使他受到了光照。之后，他隐退于索罗维茨克修道院，在那里，他经历了一段艰难且漫长的考验期，此后剪发出家，成为一名修士。后来，斐利普成了该修道院院长，他的圣德光辉如同太阳，在整个俄罗斯家喻户晓。因此，1566年沙皇伊凡雷帝请他补莫斯科都主教之缺。但是，这位圣人不能容忍沙皇的残暴作风，他毫不畏惧地劝戒甚至斥责皇帝。结果，沙皇找了一些假证人控告他，解除了他的都主教职务，并命令他穿上一套破烂的修士袍子，于公元1569年12月23日将其囚禁于特维尔监狱。沙皇的一个心腹马尔尤塔•司库拉托夫来到监牢，用枕头将圣人闷杀。圣斐利普死后不久，所有反对他的人，都惨遭横死之祸。数年之后，发现这位圣人的遗体不但完好无损，毫无朽坏，而且还散发出馥郁的芬芳。最后，这位圣人的圣髑被迁回索罗维茨克修道院供奉。
• Holy Martyr POLYEUCTUS 颇里艾弗克特 of Melitene in Armenia (259) venerated as a Patron Saint of vows and treaty agreements
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πολύευκτος ὁ Μάρτυρας
圣殉道者颇里艾弗克特
亚美尼亚是一个曾经被基督徒的鲜血浸染的国度，此国的麦利特奈城也不例外。在麦利特奈这座城市中第一个为基督献身的就是圣颇里艾弗克特，时为公元259年，瓦雷里安统治时期。在这座城市中，奈阿尔霍和颇里艾弗克特同是军官，且是好友。奈阿尔霍是接受过浸礼的基督徒，而颇里艾弗克特则没有皈依。当皇帝下令迫害基督徒时，奈阿尔霍已经作好了死亡的准备。但是，令他忧伤的是，他没有能够带领他的朋友颇里艾弗克特归信正教。当颇里艾弗克特得知了奈阿尔霍忧虑的原因之后，许诺将皈依基督。第二天，颇里艾弗克特向奈阿尔霍述说了前夜的梦境：主耶稣基督在荣光中向他显现，把他的旧衣脱去，给他穿上了光彩的新装，让他跨上一匹长有翅膀的天马。之后，颇里艾弗克特来到城中，将皇帝的有关迫害基督徒的榜文撕得粉碎，并捣毁了大量的偶像雕塑。颇里艾弗克特为此遭受了拷打，并被判处死刑。当他被押往刑场时，望着人群中的奈阿尔霍，欣喜地喊到：“我亲爱的朋友，拯救你自己吧！记住我们之间的友情誓约！”后来，圣奈阿尔霍被处以火焚之刑，为基督殉道。圣奈阿尔霍的纪念日是在凯旋月22日（公历5月5日）。
Pagan soldier in the 12th imperial Roman legion assigned to Armenia in the 3rd century. Friend of Saint Nearchus who brought him to the faith. Ordered to offer a sacrifice of incense to the emperor as a god, Polyeucte refused.
• Prophet SHEMAIAH (Samaia, Semeias) 撒麦亚 man of God (970 B.C.)
Ὁ Προφήτης Σαμέας
Furthermore, this Prophet should not be confused with Shemaiah the Nehelamite in Jeremiah 29:24, who was a false prophet. This confusion is often made when the Prophet Shemaiah is referred to as "the Elamite".
• Commemoration of STEFAN Yavorsky, Metropolitan of Ryazan and Murom (1722) defender of Orthodoxy
• SUIBSHECH (Suabseg, Siubhsech or Suibsech) of Tirhugh Barony, Co. Donegal
• WANINGUS (Vaneng) (686) born near Rouen, he became a monk and helped St Wandrille found Fontenelle. Soon after he himself founded another important monastery in Fécamp in France
Frankish nobleman, living a worldly and dissolute life in the court of King Clotaire III of Neustria. Father of Saint Desiderius of Fontenelle. One night he had a dream in which Saint Eulalia of Barcelona, to whom he had a devotion, told him of the difficulties the rich had entering Heaven. He gave up the life of a courtier to become a Benedictine monk. Abbot. Assisted Saint Wandrille in founding Fontenelle abbey. Responsible for establishing Holy Trinity Church and Convent at Fécamp, France. Sheltered Saint Leodegarius when he was on the run from Ebroin.
Μνήμη Μεγάλου Σεισμοῦ
On this day an earthquake caused some damage in the region of Constantinople, killing a number of people. The shock caused repairable damage to the west part of the dome of the Church of Hagia Sophia, and the Church of the Holy Apostles, which had been affected by the earthquake of 861, was once again damaged. The Church of the Archangel Michael and the Church of the Theotokos at the Sigma collapsed during the Divine Liturgy, killing all within, with the exception of a few people. The globes of the zodiac near the Forum fell and parts of the walls near the palace were damaged. A long series of aftershocks, some of them strong enough to cause additional damage in the city, continued for forty days. It is not known whether the earthquake caused damage elsewhere or how far away it was felt. The earthquake happened on Sunday, 9 January 869, on the Festival of Saint Polyeuktos, in the third year of Emperor Basil I the Macedonian (867-886), before the Synod of Constantinople convened on 5 October 869, that condemned Patriarch Photios and deposed him as patriarch on 23 November 869 and reinstated his predecessor Ignatios. Photios himself mentions the earthquake in a letter, where he says, "Constantinople, which was once a city, is now a tomb, and instead of psalmody, lamentation occupies not only private houses but also the churches." The event was annually commemorated by the Church. Leo the Grammarian says that the Church of the Theotokos at the Sigma collapsed, "so that all who were singing psalms there died. Leo the Philosopher happened to tell the singers to leave the church: those who were not persuaded died there. The philosopher himself was saved with two others since he was standing by a column under a structure, and five others who were sitting under the ambo." Emperor Basil I restored the churches upon which damages occurred.
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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