συνοδικός
January 6 / December 24
2019 (7527)
NUN-MARTYR EUGENIA, AND WITH MARTYRS PROTUS, HYACINTH, BASILLA, AND CLAUDIA (262). VEN. NICHOLAS THE MONK (9TH C.)
Nativity (St Philip's) Fast
Sunday before Nativity: COMMEMORATION OF THE GENEALOGY OF OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST
Eve of the Nativity of Christ (Sochelnik)
Παραμονὴ τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ Γεννήσεως
Commemoration of the GENEALOGY of our Saviour Jesus Christ: of all the Saints of the Old Testament, from Abraham to Joseph, the spouse of the Most Holy Theotokos, all the Righteous and the Prophets, who, by their words or deeds, announced the coming in the flesh of the Son of God
This feast is a prolongation of that of the Holy Ancestors of Our Lord Jesus Christ (on December 11 or the following Sunday). The Church honors at this time all those who, before Christ, "were agreeable to God". This feast also directly prepares us for the Nativity according to the Flesh of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. On the Sunday before the Nativity (which falls between the 18th and 24th of December), the Holy Fathers have instituted the Commemoration of the Genealogy of our Saviour Jesus Christ, in which we include not only His ancestors according to the flesh from Adam to Joseph the Betrothed of the Mother of God, but all the Righteous and the Prophets, who, by their words or deeds, announced the coming in the flesh of the Son of God. As baptized Christians, we ourselves are by adoption children of the Father and brethren of Christ, as the Apostle says, and are therefore a continuation of this spiritual lineage. May we be made worthy!
Since the Jews did not trace genealogies in the mother's line, the Scriptures do not give us the lineage of Christ according to the flesh, which was through his mother MARY; but instead list the forebears of JOSEPH the Betrothed, who served according to the Law as husband of Mary and father of Jesus. According to the Fathers, the blessed Virgin was the daughter of JOACHIM, son of Bar-Panther, son of Panther, son of Levi, son of Nathan, son of King David. Thus as prophesied, the Messiah was of the house and lineage of David.
• The First Mother EVE Wife of ADAM, Mother of Cain and Abel and others (Gen. 2-3; 4:1)
• SARAH (also Sarai), Mother of Nations, Wife of Patriarch ABRAHAM, Mother of Isaac (Gen. 12-49; Isa. 51:2)
• REBECCA (also Rebekah) Wife of Patriarch Isaac, Mother of Patriarch Jacob and Esau (Gen. 22:20-23; 24:15-67; 25:21-28; 27:1-29, 42-49)
• LEAH (with Maid Zilpah who bore Gad and Asher) Daughter of Laban, 1st Wife of Patriarch Jacob, Mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun (Gen. 29-30, 35:23, 26; Ruth 4:11)
• RACHEL (with Maid Bilhah who bore Dan and Naphtali) Daughter of Laban, 2nd Wife of Patriarch Jacob, Mother of Joseph and Benjamin (Gen. 29-31, 35:24-25; Ruth 4:11; I Sam. 10:2; Jer. 31:15)
• TAMAR Daughter-in-law of Judah and childless widow of two brothers, Er and Onan; Mother of Phares (also Pharez) by her father-in-law, Judah; Ancestor of King David (Gen. 28:20-30; 38:6,11,13,24; Ruth 4:12; I Chron. 2:4)
• ABIAH Wife of Hezron (also Esrom), who was a grandson of Judah and Tamar and founder of the family of Hezronites; Christ descended from the Judah- Tamar line (I Chron. 2:24)
• ASENATH the Egyptian, Daughter of Potipherah (Priest of On), Wife of Joseph, Mother of Manasseh and Ephraim (Gen. 41:45,50; 46:20)
• ZIPPORAH, One of the 7 Shepherdess Daughters of the Midian Priest, Jethro; Wife of Moses; Mother of Gershom and Eliezer (Ex. 2:21; 4:25; 18:2)
• Prophetess MIRIAM Sister of Moses and Song Leader of Israel (Ex. 15:20,21; Num. 12:1-16; 20:1; 26:59; Deut. 24:9; I Chron. 6:3; Mic. 6:4)
• RAHAB (also Rachab) – Harlot – Possibly Wife of Salmon and Mother of Boaz (also Booz) (Joshua 2:1-24, 6:17-25)
• R. DEBORAH Wife of Lapidoth; Proph.; Keeper of the Tabernacle Lamps; Counsellor and Judge of Israel; Deliverer of her People (Judges 4-5)
• JAEL Wife of Heber the Kenite; Kills Sisera; Praised by R. Deborah (Judges 4:9,17-22, 5:24-27)
• R. RUTH the Moabitess Woman, Daughter-in-law of Naomi, Wife of Boaz (also Booz), Mother of Obed, the grandfather of King David (Book of Ruth)
• R. HANNAH (also Anna) Wife of Elkanah, Mother of Prophet Samuel (I Sam. 1-2)
• ABIGAIL – Wife of Nabal, a drunkard; Later, Wife of King David; Mother of Chileab (I Sam. 25:1-42; 27:3; 30:5; II Sam. 2:2; 3:3; I Chron 3:1)
• BATH-SHEBA (also Beersheba or Bersabee) – Wife of Uriah, whom King David had killed; Wife of King David, Mother of King Solomon and three other sons (II Sam. 11-12; I Kings 1: 11, 15-16, 28, 31; 2:13, 18-19; I Chron. 3:5)
• Widow of Zarephath (also Sarepta) to whom the Prophet Elijah was sent (I Kings 17:8-24)
• Shunammite Woman who offered hospitality to The Prophet Elisha (II Kings 4:8-37; 8:1-6)
• NAAMAH an Ammonitess, Wife of King Solomon, Mother of King Rehoboam (also Roboam) (I Kings 14:21, 31; II Chron. 12:13)
• MESHULLEMETH – Wife of Manasseh and mother of Amon, Both Kings of Judah (II King 21:19)
• R. HULDAH (also Hulda or Olda) – Wife of Sellum, Hebrew Proph. in time of King Josiah (II Kings 22:14; II Chron. 34:22)
• R. ESTHER Wife of King Ahasuerus of Persia; Saves her people from massacre (Book of Esther)
• R. JUDITH Saves her people (Apocryphal Book of Judith)
• R. SUSANNA (also Susannah) Daughter of Chelcias; Wife of Joacim (Daniel 13 LXX)
• R. ELIZABETH Wife of Prophet Zachariah and Mother of the Forerunner, St John the Baptist
• R. ANNA Mother of the Theotokos
• R. ANNA (also Hannah) Proph., Daughter of Phanuel
• The Most Holy Mother of God MARY the Theotokos
• Venerable Martyress Nun EUGENIA 艾弗格尼亚 of Rome who dressed in men’s attire as the monk Eugene; her father 父 Hieromartyr Bishop PHILIP 腓力 the Eparch of all Egypt; together with MM PROTUS (Protas) 普若托; POMPEIUS; HYACINTH (Hyacinthus or Jacinth) 雅金托; BASILLA (Vasilla, Vassila or Basila) 瓦西拉; and CLAUDIA 克劳迪亚; at Alexandria (262)
Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐγενία ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυς
Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίλιππος ὁ Μάρτυρας
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πρώτα καὶ Ὑάκινθος οἱ Μάρτυρες
Ἡ Ἁγία Βασίλα ἡ Μάρτυς
• MM SOSSIUS and THEOKLEIOS under Maximian (305-311)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σόσσιος καὶ Θεόκλειος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs LUCIAN, METROBIUS, PAUL, ZENOBIUS, THEOTIMUS and DRUSUS in Tripoli in North Africa
• EUSUZIAS and AGATHA
• Virgins THRASILLA and EMILIANA aunts of Dt Gregory the Great, sisters to his father Gordian
Precious in the sight of God is the death of his saints.
Thrasilla and Emiliana, renouncing the vanities of the world on the same day, started together in the glorious course to perfection, and were still more united by the fervour of their hearts and the bands of holy charity, than by blood. They lived in their father’s house as retired as in a monastery, far removed from the conversation of men; and, exciting one another to virtue by discourse and example, soon made a considerable progress in a spiritual life. They were so disengaged from the world, so careful in mortifying their senses, and maintaining a strict union of their souls with God, that they seemed to have forgotten their bodies, and arose above all considerations of earthly things. The two happy sisters, who persevered in the paths of eternal life, enjoyed the sweetness of divine peace and love, and the comfort and joy of fervour and devotion; and were called to receive the recompence of their fidelity before the fall of Gordiana. St Gregory tells us that Thrasilla was favoured one night with a vision of her uncle St Felix, pope, who showed her a seat prepared for her in heaven, saying, "Come; I will receive you into this habitation of light." She fell sick of a fever the next day. When in her agony, with her eyes fixed on heaven, she cried out to those who were present: "Depart! make room! Jesus is coming!" Soon after these words she breathed out her pious soul into the hands of God on the 24th of December. The skin of her knees was found to be hardened, like the hide of a camel, by her continual prayer. A few days after, she appeared to her sister Emiliana, and invited her to celebrate with her the epiphany in eternal bliss. Emiliana fell sick, and died on the 8th of January.
• Hosiosmartyr INNOKENTIJ Beda of Poltava, archmandrite of Voronezh (1881-1928) day of death in Solovki KZ of special assignments, graved at monastery cemetery near Church of St Onuphry the Great
• Hieromartyr SERGIUS Mechev, presbiter, archpriest of Moscow (1892-1941/1942) shoted in Jaroslavl’, in prison of Jaroslavl’ UNKVD 6.1.1942 or 6.11.1941. Funeral service on December 29, 1950 celebrated in the Cross Church of the Bishop's House in Tashkent by Archimandrite fr. Boris Holchev. The Resolution Prayer was read by Vladika Gury Egorov
• Martyrs Protopresbyter MICHAEL Shafaniv, and Presbytera SOFIA (1918)
It is appropriate that the first parents of the human race should be honored the day before the birth of Our Lord to dramatically highlight the cause of our fall and our reason to rejoice. According to Sacred Scripture, Adam died at the age of 936. Other dates are given in some martyrologies, but this one is the most common. In art, Adam and Eve are often shown at the Fall or during the expulsion from Paradise.
• Venerabless ADELA (Addula, Adula, Adola or Addula) (735) Princess, W., daughter of Dagobert II, King of the Franks. In her widowhood she founded and became the 1st Abbess of Ladyminster at Palatiolum (now Pfalzel) near Diocese of Trèves (or Trier) in Germany
• New Martyr ACHMED (Ahmet) 阿赫麦德 the Calligrapher (or Architect) (1682) at Constantinople // MAY 3 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀχμὲδ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας
• Venerable AGAPIOS the Younger (1812)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀγάπιος ὁ νεώτερος
• Venerable ALBERIC (Albert) (989) a monk at Gladbach in Germany
Tenth century soldier. Knight. Falsely accused of a crime, he was blinded as punishment. Pilgrim. Benedictine monk at Gladbach, Germany.
• Martyr ANTHONY of Qoraishite (Quraishit, an Arab tribe) in Raqqa, relative of Harun-al-Rashid (799)
• Venerable ANTIOCHUS (Antiochus Strategos, Antiochos Sabbaitis) 安提奥赫 Pandektos, disciple of St Sava the Sanctified (635) monk in Palestine
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντίοχος
The Abbot Eustathios asked his friend Antiochus to compile an abridgment of Holy Scripture for their use, and also a short account of the martyrdom of the forty-four monks of the Lavra of Saint Savvas. In compliance with this request he wrote a work known as Pandects of the Holy Scriptures in 130 chapters. It is a collection of moral sentences, drawn from Scripture and from early ecclesiastical writers. He also wrote an "Exomologesis" or Confession prayer, in which he relates the miseries that had befallen Jerusalem since the Persian invasion, and begs for divine mercy to heal the Holy City's many ills. It is from the name of book that he became known as "Pandektos;" the word "pandects" being translated as "digest." This work was translated into modern Greek by Saint Nektarios of Aegina.
PRAYER TO OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST By Monk Antiochus Pandektos
And grant to us, Master, as we depart for sleep, rest of body and soul, and preserve us from the gloomy slumber of sin, and from every dark and nocturnal pleasure. Arrest the drives of passion, extinguish the burning arrows of the Evil One which insidiously fly in our direction; suppress the rebellions of our flesh, and calm our every earthly and material thought. And grant to us, O God, an alert mind, prudent thinking, a sober heart, light sleep free of any satanic fantasy. Awaken us at the time of prayer rooted in Your commandments and having unbroken within us the remembrance of Your ordinances. Grant that we may sing Your glory through the night by praising and blessing and glorifying Your Most Honorable and Majestic Name, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
• Venerable APHRODISIUS 阿弗若迪西 monk of Palestine (6th century)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀφροδίσιος
• Venerable BITEMION (Bitimionus, Vitimionus, Vitimios) 维提弥奥诺 monk in the Scetish desert of Egypt (4-5th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βιτιμίων
• BRUNO (1050) a holy man at the monastery of Ottobeuren in Bavaria in Germany
Benedictine lay-brother at Ottobeuren Abbey, Bavaria (modern Germany).
• CARANUS (Caran) (7th c.) of the east of Scotland
Missionary bishop in the east of Scotland. Commemorated in the Aberdeen Breviary.
• Martyr CASTULUS beheaded under Lycinius (307-323)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Καστοῦλος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• CUMMÉIN the Death-Pale distinguished for his ascetic piety, of Ireland
• DELPHINUS (404) Bishop of Bordeaux in France. He is helped convert St Paulinus of Nola and was an untiring opponent of Priscillianism
Friend of Saint Ambrose of Milan and Saint Venerius of Milan. Instrumental in converting Saint Paulinus of Nola. Bishop of Bordeaux, France. Ordained Saint Amandus. Assisted at the Council of Saragossa in 380, and fought the Priscillianist heresy.
• Martyr EUTHYMIUS (303) of the 20 000 Martyrs of Nicomedia, Asia Minor
During the persecutions of Diocletian, Euthymius encouraged Christians to hold onto their faith, and gave Christian burial to martyrs. For this he was executed.
• EVE the Matriarch ― First woman. Married to Adam. Mother of Cain, Abel and Seth
The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of the air, and all the wild animals; but none proved to be the suitable partner for the man. So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. The LORD God then built up into a woman the rib that he had taken from the man. When he brought her to the man, the man said: "This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; This one shall be called 'woman,' for out of 'her man' this one has been taken." That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body. The man and his wife were both naked, yet they felt no shame. Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals that the LORD God had made. The serpent asked the woman, "Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?" The woman answered the serpent: "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; it is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, 'You shall not eat it or even touch it, lest you die.'" But the serpent said to the woman: "You certainly will not die! No, God knows well that the moment you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods who know what is good and what is bad." The woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasing to the eyes, and desirable for gaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves. When they heard the sound of the LORD God moving about in the garden at the breezy time of the day, the man and his wife hid themselves from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. The LORD God then called to the man and asked him, "Where are you?" He answered, "I heard you in the garden; but I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself." Then he asked, "Who told you that you were naked? You have eaten, then, from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat!" The man replied, "The woman whom you put here with me-she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it." The LORD God then asked the woman, "Why did you do such a thing?" The woman answered, "The serpent tricked me into it, so I ate it." Then the LORD God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, you shall be banned from all the animals and from all the wild creatures; On your belly shall you crawl, and dirt shall you eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel." To the woman he said: "I will intensify the pangs of your childbearing; in pain shall you bring forth children. Yet your urge shall be for your husband, and he shall be your master." To the man he said: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat, "Cursed be the ground because of you! In toil shall you eat its yield all the days of your life. Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to you, as you eat of the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face shall you get bread to eat, Until you return to the ground, from which you were taken; For you are dirt, and to dirt you shall return." The man called his wife Eve, because she became the mother of all the living. - Genesis 2:20-3:20
• Sainted HANNO Bishop of Worms (978)
Benedictine monk in the monastery of Saint Maximin in Trier, Germany. First abbot of the monastery of Saint Mauritius of Magdeburg, Saxony, (in modern Germany) in 937. Bishop of Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate (in modern Germany) in 950. Attended the provincial synod in Mainz, Germany in c.954.
• Hieromartyr GREGORY of Spoleto priest martyred in Spoleto in Italy under Maximinian Herculeus
• Venerabless Abbess IRMINA of Trier (710) Princess, Abs. at Monastery of Oehren, Diocese of Trèves (or Trier) in Germany
Given in marriage at the age of 15. Her betrothed died on her wedding day. She then persuaded her father, Dagobert II, to build for her the convent of Oehren near Trier in Germany. She also built the monastery of Echternach for St Willibrord (698). She reposed at the monastery of Weissenburg.
• MOCHUA of Timahoe (654-657) son of Lonan
• Venerable NICHOLAS 尼科拉 the Commander, a Slav of Balkan ancestry, schemamonk (809) lived a long life of asceticism and became so perfect that he became a great clairvoyant and God-pleaser
Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικόλαος «ὁ ἀπὸ στρατιωτῶν»
• Righteous TARSILA (Tharsilla, Tarsila or Thrasilla) Matr., Nun at Rome (581) an aunt of St Gregory the Great, sister of St Emiliana and niece of Pope Felix. She led a life of seclusion and asceticism in her paternal home
• VENERANDUS (423) born of a senatorial family in Clermont in Auvergne in France, he became bishop there (385-423)
Member of a senatorial family. Bishop of Clermont, France from 385 until his death 38 years later. Supported evangelists throughout the region.
• Venerable Father disciple of St Sava the Sanctified
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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