συνοδικός
February 16 / February 3
2019 (7527)
Afterfeast of the Meeting
HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS SYMEON THE GOD-RECEIVER AND ANNA THE PROPHETESS (1ST C.). PROPHET AZARIAS (10THC. B.C.). MARTYRS PAPIAS, DIODORUS, AND CLAUDIANUS (250). MARTYRS ADRIAN AND EUBULUS (310). MARTYR BLAISE (3RD C.)
• Wonderworking Icon of the Theotokos known as "THE SOFTENING OF EVIL HEARTS" or "Simeon's Prophecy" It depicts the Virgin Mary at the moment that Simeon the Righteous says, "Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also...." (Luke 2:35). She stands with her hands upraised in prayer, and seven swords pierce her heart, indicative of the seven sorrows. This is one of the few Orthodox icons of the Theotokos which do not depict the infant Jesus. The refrain "Rejoice, much-sorrowing Mother of God, turn our sorrows into joy and soften the hearts of evil men!" is also used.
These Seven Sorrows:
The Prophecy of Simeon. (Luke 2:34–35)
The escape and Flight into Egypt. (Matthew 2:13)
The Loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple of Jerusalem. (Luke 2:43–45)
The Meeting of Mary and Jesus on the Via Dolorosa.
The Crucifixion of Jesus on Mount Calvary. (John 19:25)
The Piercing of the Side of Jesus with a spear, and His Descent from the Cross. (Matthew 27:57–59)
The Burial of Jesus by Joseph of Arimathea. (John 19:40–42)
Our Lady of Sorrows, depicted as "Mater Dolorosa" (Mother of Sorrows) is one of the three common artistic representations of a sorrowful Virgin Mary, the other two being Stabat Mater and Pietà. In this iconography, Our Lady of Seven Sorrows is at times simply represented in a sad and anguished mode by herself, her expression being that of tears and sadness. In other representations the Virgin Mary is depicted with seven swords in her heart, a reference to the prophecy of Simeon at the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
The Seven Joys of the Virgin (or of Mary, the Mother of Jesus) is a popular devotion to events of the life of the Virgin Mary, arising from a trope of medieval devotional literature and art.
The Seven Joys were frequently depicted in medieval devotional literature and art. The seven joys are usually listed as:
The Annunciation
The Nativity of Jesus
The Adoration of the Magi
The Resurrection of Christ
The Ascension of Christ to Heaven
The Pentecost or Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and Mary
The Coronation of the Virgin in Heaven
Martyrs in North Africa. Sts Laurentinus and Ignatius were uncles and St Celerina was an aunt of the deacon St Celerinus.
• Martyrs PAPIAS 帕彼亚, DIODORUS 迪奥多若, and CLAUDIANUS 克劳迪安 at Perge in Pamphylia (250)
• Holy Martyrs ADRIAN 阿德里 and EUBULUS 和艾弗佛洛 of Baneas in Caesarea of Cappadocia (308-309)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀδριανὸς καὶ Εὔβουλος οἱ Μάρτυρες
圣殉道者阿德里安和艾弗佛洛
这两位圣人从他们的家乡卡帕多西亚省恺撒里亚的巴尼亚萨来探望囚禁在地牢中的基督徒，给他们提供安慰和鼓励。但是，他们二人也同遭逮捕，并被判处死刑。阿德里安被斩首，而艾弗佛洛被投掷到野兽面前，当时为公元309年。这二位圣人对此生并不感到悲痛，就这样，他们荣耀而喜乐地进入了永生。
• MM PAUL the Syrian, together with his friend ISA (also Isaias, Isi or Esi Paisi), and his wife THECLA (also Teckla) (3-4th c.)
• Martyrs PAUL 保罗 and SYMEON 西面, and Martyr PAUL 保罗 the Syrian, who suffered under Diocletian (4th c.)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παῦλος καὶ Σίμων οἱ Μάρτυρες
• LUPICINUS and FELIX (5th c.) Bishops of Lyons in France
• TIGIDES (Teridio, Teridius) and REMEDIUS (6th c.) bishops who succeeded one another in Gap in France
• Greek New Martyrs brothers STAMATIUS 斯塔玛提 and JOHN 约翰, and their companion NICHOLAS 尼科拉, in Chios (1822)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σταμάτιος καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ Νεομάρτυρες οἱ αὐτάδελφοι καὶ ὁ συνοδίτης αὐτῶν Νικόλαος
• Princes SVIATOSLAV 斯维亚托斯拉夫 Gabriel 加百列 and his son St DIMITRY 迪弥特里 of Yuriev (1253)
• MM FELIX, SYMPHRONIUS (Sempronius), HIPPOLYTUS and Companions in North Africa
• Repose of Hieromonk ISIDORE of Gethsemane Skete in Moscow (1908)
• Our Father among the Saints Equal to the Apostles, Archbishop NICHOLAS 尼古拉 Enlightener of Japan (1836-1912)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Ἰσαπόστολος
日本的圣尼古拉，原名伊凡•德米特里耶维奇•卡萨德金（1836年8月13日－1912年2月16日）是一位俄罗斯正教会传教士，将东正教传入日本。1861年，尼古拉抵达日本函馆，建立日本第一座东正教堂函館复活圣堂。1901年，曾派遣東正教神父在台北建立台北基督救世主正教堂。
Born in Russia in 1836, he became one of the great Orthodox missionaries of modern times. As a boy, he resolved to become a missionary in the far East. With the counsel and blessing of Bishop Innocent of Siberia and Alaska, he went to Japan in 1861 and joined a small Russian mission there. Though the mission's official purpose was to minister to the Russian consular community, the consul-general who invited Hieromonk Nikolai hoped to bring the light of the Orthodox Faith to the Japanese people as well. Realizing that he could only hope to convert the Japanese people if they understood one another well, Fr Nikolai immersed himself in the study of Japanese thought, culture and language. Over the course of his life he translated most of the Bible and most of the Orthodox services into Japanese, and became a fluent speaker of the language. He encountered much resistance: Preaching of Christian doctrine was officially banned in Japan, and a Samurai once approached him with the words "Foreigners must die!" It was this same Samurai who later became his first Japanese priest. In 1880 he was elevated to Bishop of Japan. During the Russo-Japanese war he remained in Japan and labored successfully to overcome nationalist strife that might have harmed or destroyed the Church in Japan. He encouraged all his Japanese faithful to pray for the Japanese armed forces, though he explained that as a Russian he could not do so, and excluded himself from all public services for the duration of the war. He sent Russian-speaking Japanese priests to the prison camps to minister to Russian prisoners of war. At the time of his repose in 1912, after forty-eight years in Japan, St Nikolai left a Cathedral, eight churches, more than 400 chapels and meeting houses, 34 priests, 8 deacons, 115 lay catechists, and 34 110 Orthodox faithful. The Church of Japan is now an autonomous Orthodox Church under the care of the Moscow Patriarchate.
• Hieromartyr IOANN 约翰 Tomilov, presbiter, priest (1938)
• Hieromartyr TIMOFEJ 提摩太 Izotov, presbiter, priest (1875-1938) shoted at Crimea
• Hieromartyr ADRIAN Troitskij, presbiter, archpriest (1938)
• Hieromartyr BASIL Zalesskij, presbiter, archpriest (1938)
• Hosiosmartyr VLADIMIR 沃拉蒂米尔 Zagreba, Hieromonk of Borisoglebsk Monastery, Novotorzhok (1938)
• Martyr MICHAEL Agajev (1938)
• Martyress THEOCTISTA Chentsova (1880-1942) day of death in Karaganda KZ, Kazakhstan
• ANATOLIUS bishop of Adana in Cilicien (5th c.) and bishop in Scotland, he went to Rome on pilgrimage and settled as a hermit in Salins in the Jura in France, where at a later date a church was dedicated to him; friend of John Chrysostome
Bishop in Scotland. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy. He abandoned his see to live as a hermit at Salins, France.
• Righteous ANNA (Hannah, Anne or Ann) 安纳 the Prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel (5)
Ἡ Προφήτιδα Ἄννα
According to Saint Luke’s Gospel, "And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Aser. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband for seven years from her virginity; and she was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not leave the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And coming at that very hour, also gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption at Jerusalem" (Luke 2:36-38). Thus she merited to see the Lord carried into the Temple on the fortieth day by His Most Holy Mother and Saint Joseph. She praised God and spoke openly to all those who happened to be in the Temple, saying: this Child is the very Lord who made heaven and earth firm, He is the Christ that all the prophets have announced.
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Jewish, the daughter of Phanuel, tribe of Aser. Married at age fourteen; widowed at twenty-one. At age 72 she was charged with the care of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Temple from her presentation there at age three until her betrothal to Saint Joseph. She was in attendance at the Temple when Jesus was presented. Having all her life believed in the prophecies of the Old Testament, she was the only woman in the Temple to greet Jesus.
• Sainted ANSGAR (also known as Anskar, Anschar, Anscharius, Scharies) 安斯卡尔 bishop of Hamburg, enlightener of Denmark and Sweden (865) Apostle of the North If I were worthy of such a favor from my God, I would ask that he grant me this one miracle: that by His grace He would make of me a good man. - Saint Ansgar to a parishioner who was praising him for being a miracle worker
Born to the French nobility. Benedictine monk at Old Corbie Abbey in Picardy (in modern France) and New Corbie in Westphalia (in modern Germany). Studied under Saint Adelard of Corbie and Saint Paschasius Radbert. Accompanied the converted King Harold to Denmark when the exiled king returned home. Missionary to Denmark and Sweden. Founded first Christian church in Sweden c.832. Abbot of New Corbie c.834. Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany, ordained by Pope Gregory IV. Papal legate to the Scandanavian countries. Established the first Christian school in Denmark, but was run out by pagans, and the school was burned to the ground. Campaigned against slavery. Archbishop of Bremen, Germany. Converted Erik, King of Jutland. Great preacher, a miracle worker, and greatly devoted to the poor and sick. Sadly, after his death most of his gains for the Church in the north were lost to resurgent paganism.
• Holy Prophet AZARIAS 阿匝里雅 (869 B.C.)
Ὁ Προφήτης Ἀζαρίας
The name Azariah means "whom God helps". The holy prophet lived during King Asa’s reign (2 Chron. 15:1).
• BERLINDA (also Berlindis or Bellaude) Hermitess at Meerbeeke, Diocese of Ghent, Belgium (698) niece of St Amandus, she became a nun at Moorsel near Alost in Belgium and later an anchoress in Meerbeke
Born to the nobility, the daughter of Odolard, Duke of Lothringia and Nona, and the niece of Saint Amand of Maastricht. Odolard developed leprosy; when Berlindis would not drink from the same glass as her father, the duke disowned her. Benedictine nun at Saint Mary's convent, Moorsel, Belgium. Anchoress at Meerbeke, Belgium.
• Hieromartyr BLASIUS Bishop of Oreto, Spain (68) martyred in the persecutions of Nero in Cisuentes, Spain
• Holy Martyr BLAISE 弗来西 the Herdsman (Bukolos) of Caesarea in Cappadocia (3rd c.)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βλάσιος ὁ βουκόλος
Saint Blaise of Caesarea – Bukolos – third century shepherd (in Greek "bukolos")in the area of Armentarius, Cappadocia (an area of modern Turkey) whose reputation for piety led to his arrest and extensive torture during a persecution of Christians in the area. He survived it, and died years later, his example having brought many to the faith. Legend says that at his death, his shepherd's staff put out roots, branched out, and later bloomed.
• Hieromartyr Bishop BLAISE (also known as Blase, Blasien, Blasius, Biagio) of Sebaste in Armenia (316) the patron of wild animals, physicians, sick cattle, wax-chandlers, and woolcombers. He is invoked against afflictions of the throat
Physician. Bishop of Sebaste, Armenia. Lived in a cave on Mount Argeus. Healer of men and animals; according to legend, sick animals would come to him on their own for help, but would never disturb him at prayer. Agricola, governor of Cappadocia, came to Sebaste to persecute Christians. His huntsmen went into the forests of Argeus to find wild animals for the arena games, and found many waiting outside Blaise's cave. Discovered in prayer, Blaise was arrested, and Agricola tried to get him to recant his faith. While in prison, Blaise ministered to and healed fellow prisoners, including saving a child who was choking on a fish bone; this led to the blessing of throats on Blaise's feast day. Thrown into a lake to drown, Blaise stood on the surface and invited his persecutors to walk out and prove the power of their gods; they drowned. When he returned to land, he was martyred by being beaten, his flesh torn with wool combs (which led to his association with and patronage of those involved in the wool trade), and then beheading.
• Virgin CAOILFIONN (Caellainn, Caelfind, Kealin, Coilfhionn or Caoilfhionn) of Donegal (6th c.)
• Hieromartyr CELERINUS (250) born in North Africa, he earned the title of martyr, without shedding his blood, on account of the sufferings he endured under Decius during a visit to Rome. Freed, he returned to Carthage, where he was ordained deacon and later a church was dedicated to him
Ὁ Ἅγιος Κελερίνος ὁ Μάρτυρας
Nephew of Saint Laurentinus, Saint Laurentius, and Saint Clerina. Imprisoned and tortured during the persecutions of Decius in Rome, Italy. He was eventually freed and returned home to Carthage. Ordained as a deacon by Saint Cyprian. Because he suffered so much, and because he was willing to die for the faith, he has always been listed as a martyr.
• Venerable CLAUDIUS
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κλαύδιος
• COLMÁN Mac Duach, Bishop of Connaught, Ireland
• Bishop COLMAN of Kilmacduagh (550-632)
• CUANNA (Cuana or Cúanna) of Kilcooney or Lismore (651)
• CUANAN (Cuanna) surnamed Glinn (Glinne) Abbot of Moville, County of Down (8th c.)
• DEODATUS (8th c.) a monk at Lagny in the archdiocese of Paris in France
• Righteous HERIDAG presbiter in Hamburg (834)
• Abbot HADELIN (Adelin) of Dinant 690) born in Gascony in France, he followed St Remaclus to Solignac, Maastricht and Stavelot and founded the monastery of Chelles, also in Belgium. He lived as a hermit near Dinant on the Meuse
Born to the nobility. Benedictine monk. Spiritual student of Saint Remaclus. Worked with Remaclus at Solignac, at Maastricht, Netherlands, and at Stavelot, Belgium. Priest, ordained at by Saint Remaclus. With the assistance of Remaclus and Pepin of Heristal, he founded the Chelles Abbey, diocese of Liege, Belgium. Spent his later years as a hermit near Dinant on the Meuse.
• VM IA (Hia, Iia, Hija, Ive, Ives or Hya) Hermitess of Cornwall (5-6th c.)
Spiritual student of Saint Baricus. Born in Ireland and the sister of St Ercus, she went to Cornwall with Sts Fingar, Piala and 777 others and was martyred at the mouth of the River Hayle. The town of St Ives is called after her. Legend says that to reach Cornwall, she sailed across the Irish Sea on a leaf.
Do not confuse her with Saint Ives (April 24) of Saint Ives, Huntingdonshire. • Martyr IGNATIUS of Africa (3rd c.) uncle of St Celerinus
Saint Cyprian wrote about him.
• Sainted IGNATIUS 伊格纳提 of Mariupol in Crimea, metropolitan of Gothia and Kafa (1786)
• Sainted JAMES 雅各 archbishop of Serbia (1292)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σερβίας
• LAURENCE the Illuminator (576) of Spoleto
Fled from Syria with 300 Catholic companions to Italy due to Monophysite persecution of Severus in 514. Ordained in Rome, Italy. Preacher in Umbria, Italy. Founded a monastery at Spoleto, Italy. Bishop of Spoleto for 20 years. When he arrived to assume his see, the people rejected him as a foreigner, but the city gates miraculously opened on their own to let him in, and the people realized that God wanted him there. He later resigned to found the abbey of Farfa in the Sabine hills near Rome. A renowned peacemaker, Lawrence had the gift of healing blindness, both physical and spiritual, which led to the title Illuminator.
• Archbishop LAURENCE 劳伦提 of Canterbury (619)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Λαυρέντιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Καντουαρίας
• LEONIUS (Leonio) of Poitiers (4th c.) Priest. Spiritual student of Saint Hilary
• Hieromartyr LIAFDAG (980) Bishop in Jutland in Denmark and met the needs of the growing number of Orthodox there but was martyred by pagans
• OLIVER (Oliverius, Liberius) of Portonuovo (1050) a Benedictine monk of Santa Maria di Portonuovo at Ancona, Italy
• Martyr PAUL the Syrian (4th c.) under Diocletian
• Repose of Schemamonk PAUL of Simonov Monastery (1825), disciple of St Paisius Velichkovsky
Ὁ Ὅσιος Παῦλος ἐκ Ρωσίας
• PHILIP of Vienne (578) Bishop of Vienne in France c 560-578
• REMEDIUS Bishop of Gap in France
• Rightbelieving ROMANUS 罗马诺 prince of Uglich (1285)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρωμανὸς ὁ Πρίγκιπας
• RUMEL the hermit in northern Brittany (6th c.)
• Venerable SABBAS 萨瓦 of the Sacred Monastery of the Honorable Forerunner on the island of Ioannina (1505) the spiritual father of Saints Nektarios and Theophanes, the founders of the Monastery of Barlaam at Meteora (May 17)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ὁ Πνευματικὸς
• Righteous SIMEON 西面 the Receiver of God (Theodochos) (1) considered to be the Protector of young children
Ὁ Ἅγιος Συμεὼν ὁ Δίκαιος ὁ Θεοδόχος
迎主者，圣西麦翁
在埃及国王托勒密斯•费拉德尔夫斯在位期间，西麦翁被选为著名的“七十士”之一，这“七十士”被委以重任将希伯来文的《圣经》翻译成希腊文。西麦翁工作非常认真、负责，但是，在他翻译《伊撒依亚书》的时候读到以下的预言：“必有童女怀孕生子” （伊撒依亚书／赛／依7：14），他对这句话感到非常困惑，于是拿刀要将“童女”刮掉，用“年轻女子”取而代之并据此翻译成希腊文。然而，这时，一位上帝的天使向西麦翁显现，并制止他这样作，告诉他这预言是真实的，原文并没有错误，这是正确的。天使还告诉他说，他本人将确知此事，因为根据上帝的意旨，在未见童女生育弥赛亚之前他不会去世。听到来自天国的声音，西麦翁非常喜悦，他没有改动预言，并感谢上帝赐给他这样的福分，配得活着亲眼目睹被预言的这位。当童女玛利亚将圣婴带到耶路撒冷圣殿的时候，年迈且“如天鹅般雪白”的西麦翁受到了圣灵的启示，他疾速进入圣殿之中，在那里，凭着如同光环般笼罩在母子二人头上的光，西麦翁认出了他们。喜乐的西麦翁用手接过圣婴，祈祷上帝释放他离开此世说：“主啊！如今可以照你的话，释放仆人安然去世。因为我的眼睛已经看见你的救恩”（路喀福音／路加2：29－30）。法内力的女儿，女先知安纳也在圣殿中。她也认出了弥赛亚，并向众人宣告他的临到。那时候，安纳84岁，西麦翁在不久后离世。这位正义的长老西麦翁被视为儿童的保护者。
Forewarned by Holy Spirit that he would not die before having seen the Messiah, Saint Simeon, whose life was miraculously prolonged, received the Child Jesus into his arms. Inspired from on high, he predicted what would happen to Him. He then committed his soul to God according to his own wish.
• Sainted SYMEON 西面 1st bishop of Tver and Polotsk (1289)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Συμεὼν ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Bishop THEODORE of Marseilles (594) exiled three times from his bishopric in Marseilles because of local persecutions
• WERBURGA (Werburg, Wereburga, Werburge, Werburgh, Werburh or Werbyrgh) 威尔博伽 of Chester, Fndr. of convents, Abs. of Hanbury, Pat. of Chester (700)
Born a princess, the daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia and his queen, Saint Ermenilda. She became a nun at Ely under St Etheldred (Audrey) and later founded three convents. Worked for reform in female religious houses throughout England. She reposed at Trentham but her body was transferred to Chester, of which she is the patron saint. Reported to read minds.
• WERBURGA (Werburg, Wereburga, Werburgh, Werburge, Werburh or Werbyrgh), Matr. (785)
When Ceolred of Mercia died, his widow Werburg retired to a convent (probably at Bardney in England) of which she became abbess.
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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