συνοδικός
February 17 / February 4
2019 (7527)
Afterfeast of the Meeting
VEN. ISIDORE OF PELUSIUM, MONK (436-440). MARTYRS JADORUS AND ISIDORE (249-251). HIEROMARTYR ABRAMIUS, BISHOP OF ARBELA IN ASSYRIA (CA. 344-347). VEN. NICHOLAS THE CONFESSOR, ABBOT OF THE STUDION (868)
Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
Synaxis of Mothers of the Three Hierarchs: Saints EMMELIA (375) the mother of Basil the Great, NONNA the mother of Gregory the Theologian, and ANTHOUSA (347-407) the mother of John Chrysostom // SUNDAY AFTER FEB 2 THE FEAST OF THE RECEPTION OF THE LORD //
The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has determined, that the memory of the three holy mothers of the Three Hierarchs be honored. They are Saint Emmelia, the mother of Basil the Great (379), Macrina the Younger (330–379) and Gregory of Nyssa (334-394), Naukratios of Mount Nitria (332-358), and Peter of Sebaste (347-392), Emmelia is also commemorated on May 30th; Saint Nonna of Nazianzus, the mother of Gregory the Theologian, Gorgonia (February 23) and Caesarius of Nazianzus (March 9), Nonna is also commemorated on August 5th; and Saint Anthousa, the mother of John Chrysostom, for whom this is her primary feast.
One of the things are beneficial to the struggle as an Orthodox mom is reading the lives of holy Orthodox mothers. Their faith and example give the strength we need to continue moving forward in attempt to raise good Orthodox Christian children and to keep fighting our own spiritual battles. So many times when reading the lives of the saints we hear of their pious parents, most commonly their mothers. The stories that particularly strengthen are those of real Orthodox moms. Mothers who have run their race and finished successfully. Mothers who have not only secured sainthood for themselves but for their children.
Gregory championed Nonna as a model of Christian motherhood. He wrote of her: "My mother was a worthy companion for such a man (as my father) and her qualities were as great as his. She came from a pious family, but was even more pious than they. Though in her body she was but a woman, in her spirit she was above all men... Her mouth knew nothing but the truth, but in her modesty she was silent about those deeds which brought her glory. She was guided by the fear of God."
And speaking further of his parents as models of Christian parentage, he wrote: "Our mother, from the beginning and by virtue of descent, consecrated to God and receiving piety as a necessary heritage not for herself alone, but also for her children, was truly a holy lump from the holy first fruits of the dough. She so far increased and augmented it that some have expressed their belief the assertion is bold, but I will make it that not even her husband's perfection was any other's work than hers. And how wonderful it is that a greater and more perfect piety was bestowed as the reward of piety! Both were lovers of their children and of Christ. Yet it is a striking paradox that they were more devoted lovers of Christ than of their children. Their sole enjoyment in their children was that they be known as Christ's and called His. Their single definition of good children comprised virtue and kinship with the Chief Good. Compassionate and sympathetic, they rescued much treasure from moths and brigands and from the prince of this world, transferring it from their place of exile to their homeland, and storing up the glory of heaven for their children as their greatest inheritance."
Commemoration of 105 Saints, among them 7 ancient saints and 98 New Martyrs and Confessors:
• Sainted IONA 约纳 the Bishop of Great Perm (1470) // JUN 6 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωνᾶς
• Sainted PITIRIM 彼提林 the Bishop of Great Perm (1455/1456) //AUG 19 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πιτιρὶμ ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Sainted GERASIM 革拉息默 the Bishop of Great Perm (1441/1443) // JAN 24 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεράσιμος
• Sainted Bishop STEPHAN of Perm, Enlightener of the Zyryan people (1396) // APR 26 //
• New Hieromartyrs Archbishop ANDRONIC Nikolskij and bishop THEOPHAN
Il’menskij
• Hosiosmartyrs archmandrite BARLAAM and brethren of Belogorsk Monastery
• Hieromartyr presbiter ALEXIS Budrin
• Hieromartyr LEV Jershov
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER Malinovskij
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER Il’jenkov
• Hieromartyr IAKOV Shestakov
Saint Jadorus suffered martyrdom with Saint Isidore (not Isidore of Pelusium) in the reign of Decius (249-251).
• Martyrs AQUILINUS, GEMINUS, GELASIUS, MAGNUS and DONATUS (3rd c.) in Forum Sempronii, which has been interpreted as Fossombrone in central Italy
• Hieromartyr PHILEAS 斐莱雅 bishop of Thmuis and martyr PHILOROMUS 斐洛若默 the Magistrate and Companions (303/307) of the Thebaid, Egypt
• Venerables monks ABRAHAM 亚伯拉罕 (1495) and COPRIUS 科普里 (1492) of Pechenga, Vologda
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Κόπρις
The Monks Avraamii (Abraham) and Koprii of Pechengsk in 1492 founded the Saviour wilderness monastery at the River Pechenga, in Gryazovetsk district, 21 versts from Vologda. There was much work and need also to transport in the necessities to the wilderness spot, which was lacking in means, so as to build the monastery and set everything in proper order. The blessed toilers did not spare themselves, zealously asceticising right up to their very end.
• COTA and CORC of Druim-Lomain
• Hieromartyr DIONISIUS (Pavel Sosnovskij) bishop of Izmail (1859-1918)
• Hieromartyr METHODIUS 麦托迪 (Michael Krasnoperov) bishop of Petropavlovsk (1868-1921) day of martyrdom, murdered in Petropavlovsk, Primorsk
On the ploshchad’ in front of St Nicholas (Zenkovo) church, where Metropolitan Mefody served that day, the clash between the peasants and the Red Army soldiers occurred, blood was spilled. When the bishop went out to make peace with the people at the end of the prayer service, there were shouts: "Pope on forks!" After this he was stabbed with Red Army bayonets. When martyr was already dead (and according to some information, still alive), there were stuck by the holy cross in one of his injuries.
• Hieromartyr EVSTAFIY 奥斯塔菲乌 Sokol’skij, presbiter, priest (1874-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr IOANN 约翰 Artobolevskij, presbiter, archpriest (1872-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER 亚历山大 Minervin, presbiter, priest (1888-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr SERGIUS 塞尔吉 Solov’jov, presbiter, priest (1883-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr IOANN 约翰 Aleshkovskij, presbiter, priest (1888-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER 亚历克桑德 Sokolov, presbiter, archpriest (1881-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr NICHOLAS 尼科罗斯 Kandaurov, presbiter, archpriest (1886-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr ALEXIY 阿莱克西 Kn’azheskij, presbiter, priest (1884-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr NICHOLAS 尼科罗斯 Golyshev, presbiter, priest (1882-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr ALEXIY 阿莱克西 Sharov, presbiter, priest (1882-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER 亚历山大 Pokrovskij, presbiter, priest (1889-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr ARCADIUS 阿尔卡迪 Lobtsov, presbiter, priest (1895-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr BORIS 博里斯 Nazarov, presbiter, archpriest (1884-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr MICHAEL 米迦勒 Rybin, presbiter, priest (1877-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr NICHOLAS 尼科罗斯 Pospelov, presbiter, archpriest (1885-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr ALEXIY 阿莱克西 Lebedev, presbiter, priest (1876-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr ANDREW 安德列 Bednov, presbiter, priest (1885-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr DIMITRIY 迪弥特里 Kedrolivanskij, presbiter, priest (1890-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr IOANN 约翰 Tikhomirov, presbiter, archpriest (1876-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr PETR Sokolov, presbiter, archpriest (1873-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hieromartyr presbiter and regent THEODOR 德奥多拉 Bobkov (1874-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hosiosmartyr archdeacon SERAPHIM 塞拉芬 (Vladimir Vavilov) (1899-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hosiosmartyress schemanun RAPHAILA 拉菲拉 (Marina Vishn’akova) (1887-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hosiosmartyress nun ANNA 亚纳 Efremova (1882-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hosiosmartyress novice MARIA Vinogradova (1886-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Hosiosmartyress nun EKATERINE Dekalina, of Simbirsk (1938) day of martyrdom, shoted in Ul’janovsk
Late night from 17 to 18 February 1938. In the basement of the building of the Ulyanovsk NKVD, 78 people were shot, among them there were 3 bishops and more than 50 clergymen and nuns. On that terrible night, with a quiet prayer on her lips, the Sacred Martyr nun Catherine, and her spiritual sister Anastasia, betrayed soul to the hands of her Heavenly Bridegroom. The burial place of Mother Catherine and other Martyrs is not exactly defined.
• Martyr IOANN 约翰 Shuvalov, psalmer and church singer (1884-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Martyr BASIL 瓦西里 Ivanov, blacksmith and elder of church council (1869-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Martyr DIMITRIY 迪弥特里 Il’jinskij, psalmer (1938) day of death in KZ after Taganka prison, Moskow
• Martyr THEODOR 德奥多若 Palyshkov, psalmer (1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
• Martyr DIMITRIY 迪弥特里 Kazamatskij, psalmer (1871-1938) day of martyrdom, shoted and graved at Butovo, Moskow
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀβράμιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀρβὴλ Περσίδος
• Hieromartyr ALDATE 阿尔达特 of Gloucester, England (6th c.)
Famed for his resistance to the heathen invaders of Britain, in some accounts he is called Bishop of Gloucester, now in England.
• Hosiosmartyr monk ANTHONY (in baptism: Onuphrios) of Karyes, the Penitent, martyred in Thessaloniki (1516)
• AVENTINUS of Chartres (520) Bishop of Chartres in France, he succeeded his brother St Solemnis
• AVENTINUS of Troyes (538) born in central France, he acted as almoner to St Lupus, Bishop of Troyes, until he left to live as a hermit. The place where he lived is now called Saint-Aventin
Almoner for Saint Lupus of Troyes and Saint Camelianus of Troyes; legend says that his wine barrel never ran dry. Hermit in a place now known as Saint-Aventin, France in his honour. People and animals sought refuge with him - animals hiding from hunters, people from their temptations.
• CORC of Druim-Lomain
• Venerable CYRIL 基里尔 the White, abbot and wonderworker of New Lake (Novojezezrsk), Novgorod (1532)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κύριλλος ὁ Θαυματουργός
• DILWAR of Wales
• Repose of Royal Recluse DOSITHEA of Moscow (1810)
Ἡ Ἁγία Δοσιθέα Βασίλισσα τῆς Ρωσίας
• Martyr EUTYCHIUS (4th c.) in Rome under Diocletian
Pope Saint Damasus's inscription on his tomb says that Eutychius was left for 12 days in prison without food before being thrown into a well at Rome.
• EVAGRIUS 艾瓦格里 the fellow-ascetic and disciple of St Shio of Mgvime, Georgia (6th c.)
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Εὐάγριος καὶ Σίος
• Holy Nobleborn GEORGE (Georgii, diminutive Yurii) 格奥尔吉 prince of Vladimir (1238)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Πρίγκηπας
• Venerable IASIMOS (Jasim) the Wonderworker, monk and healer
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάσιμος ὁ Θαυματουργός
• Venerable monk ISIDORE 伊息多若 of Pelusium (436-440)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰσίδωρος ο Πηλουσιώτης
佩路西翁可敬的伊息多若
伊息多若出生于埃及显赫的家庭，是亚历山大里亚牧首德奥斐洛和基里尔的亲属。在读完世俗科学之后，伊息多若放弃了世间的荣华富贵，为了基督，他全身心地将自己投入到灵性生活之中。他是正教伟大的热心捍卫者，同时，在解释正教信仰方面卓有成就。根据史学家尼基佛尔的记述，圣伊息多若曾给各种各样的人写了一万多封书信。他在这些信中，有的责备、有的忠告、有的安慰、有的给予指引。圣伊息多若在一封信中写道：“身教胜于言教”；在另一封信中写道：“要想使美德显大，就要自己视其为小，这样它们就必显为伟大。”圣伊息多若首要和基本的原则是：“根据主耶稣的榜样，首先要力行，然后才能教导别人。”在圣金口约安遭受迫害的时候，整个国家的民众一分为二，一些人持反对态度；一些人持支持态度。而圣伊息多若这位正教的石柱站在了圣金口约安一边。他写信给牧首德奥斐洛说，圣金口约安是教会的一盏明灯，并乞求他不要对圣金口约安持仇恨的态度。伊息多若在世时间长寿，且颇有建树，他以自己的生活和著书来荣耀主基督。伊息多若约于公元436 年得以进入基督永恒的国度。
He was an ardent defender of Saint John Chrysostom against Theophilos of Alexandria, and was Saint Cyril the Great's cousellor against the heretic Nestorius. Thanks to his life of prayer, he instructed and illumined the entire world by his numerous letters, converting sinners, supporting the just, and clearly explaining passages from Holy Scripture to those who asked him. We have still extant two thousand and twelve of his letters, abounding with excellent instructions of piety, and with theological and critical learning. They are concise, and the style natural, very elegant, agreeable, full of fire and penetration. Possevin laments that they are not in use as a classic author for the Greek language. His prudence, undaunted zeal, profound humility, ardent love of God, and other virtues, shine admirably in them. The Church historian Evagrius (6th c.) writes of Saint Isidore, "his life seemed to everyone the life of an angel upon the earth." Another historian, Nicephorus Callistus (ninth century), praises Saint Isidore thus: "He was a vital and inspired pillar of monastic rules and divine vision, and as such he presented a very lofty image of most fervent example and spiritual teaching."
• JASMINE (Jasmin, Jessamy or Jesamine) the Righteous
• Sainted JOHN 约翰 bishop of Irenopolis, Cilicia (325) one of the 318 God-bearing Fathers of the First Ecumenical Synod gathered in Nicaea in the year 325
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ ἐν Εἰρηνουπόλει
Bishop of Irenopolis, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey). Attended the Council of Nicaea in 325. Worked against Arianism.
• Holy New Martyr JOSEPH 约熙福 of Aleppo (1686)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας τοῦ Χαλεπλῆ
新殉道者，圣约熙福
约熙福出生于阿勒颇。土耳其人强迫他信奉伊斯兰教。约熙福不但没有依从他们，而且还开始拆穿伊斯兰教的谬误，赞美基督信仰。由此，约熙福遭受了酷刑，于公元1686 年遭斩首。
• Hieromartyr LIEPHARD (690) born in England and was a bishop and companion of King Cadwalla during the latter's pilgrimage to Rome. While returning to England, Liephard was murdered near Cambrai in France
• LOMMAN of Lough Gill, County of Sligo (6th c.)
• MODAN Abbot of Stirling, Falkirk, and Maelros (Melrose), Scotland (6th c.) born in Ireland, he preached at Stirling and along the Forth in Scotland and later lived as a hermit near Dumbarton
Son of a chieftain. Monk at Dryburgh Abbey in 522 where he gave himself over to prayer 7 to 8 hours a day. Preacher at Stirling, Falkirk, and along the Forth in Scotland. Reluctant abbot at Dryburgh Abbey. In his later years he retired to become a hermit at Dumbarton, Scotland. Legend says that he would be requested during dry seasons; he would stick his staff in the ground and a spring of water would emerge; he would then go straight back to his hermitage.
• Venerable NICETAS of Pythiae (modern Kouri) (716)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ ἐν τοῖς Πυθίοις
• Venerable NICHOLAS 尼科拉 Studites, Hosiosconfessor, abbot of the Studite Monastery (868)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικόλαος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Στουδίτης
宣信者，可敬的尼科拉
这位圣人出生于克里特岛。他来到君士坦丁堡看望他的亲属－斯都迪修道院院长德奥多若，并留在那里也成为一名修士。为了使自己的灵魂获得拯救，尼科拉力践修道苦行。在亚美尼亚人皇帝莱翁迫害教会期间，德奥多若和尼科拉都遭受了残酷的迫害，他们受尽了羞辱、鞭打，最后被投入到监狱中长达3年之久。圣德奥多若去世后，尼科拉成为斯都迪修道院院长。出于上帝的恩典和大能，尼科拉尚在世期间就施行了很多奇迹。尼科拉治愈了皇帝瓦西里的皇后艾弗多基雅和贵族马诺尔的妻子海伦。一个非常显赫的贵族德奥斐洛•梅里赛努斯的所有孩子都在出生后即夭折，尼科拉为他的新生女儿进行祝福，并预言说，这个女孩儿将会存活下来，并将会多生育子女。令这对父母喜悦的是，这个预言应验了。在临终当天，尼科拉召集修道院内的所有兄弟，问他们缺少什么。兄弟们说：“缺少小麦。”这位临终的圣人说：“在旷野中为以色列人提供食物的那位将会在三天之内送给你们足够的小麦。”真是这样，第三天，瓦西里皇帝所遣的一艘载满小麦的船抵达了修道院。尼科拉于公元868 年2 月4 日75 岁之际得以进入天国之家。
As a young man Nicholas studied at the Studius monastery in Constantinople, and became a monk at age 18. He was exiled during the years of the iconoclast persecutions. Abbot of his house upon his return. When emperor Michael replaced Saint Ignatius of Constantinople with Photius as patriarch of Constantinople, Nicholas openly opposed him, and was sent again into exile. When emperor Basil restored Ignatius as patriach in 858, Nicholas returned to his monastery. However, by this point he was feeling the weight of his years, and spent his remaining days as a simple monk.
• NICHOLAS of Corinth
• Hosiosmartyr NITHARD (845) a monk at Corbie in Saxony in Germany and a companion of St Ansgar whom he followed to Sweden as a missionary. He was martyred there by pagan Swedes
Benedictine monk at New Corbie Abbey, Saxony (in modern Germany). Worked with Saint Ansgar, preaching to pagans in Scandinavia. Martyred by pagan Swedes.
• Blessed Sainted RABANUS Maurus, archbishop of Mainz (856)
He grew up in the abbey in Fulda, Germany. Spiritual student of Saint Alcuin of Tours and Saint Eigil. Benedictine monk. Headmaster of the abbey school. Deacon. Priest. Abbot. Bishop of Mainz, Germany. Noted for his charity, feeding up to 300 poor people at his house each day. Promoted the education of the clergy. Wrote bible commentaries, homilies, poetry, including one that praised and preserved the memory of Saint Frederick of Utrecht.
• REMBERT (888) born in Flanders, he became a monk at Turholt in Belgium He worked in Denmark with St Anschar and succeeded him as Bishop of Hamburg-Bremen in 865
• Martyr THALALEOS
• Martyr THEOCTISTUS, by the sword
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόκτιστος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• THEODOSIOS the Righteous
• THEOPHILUS the Penitent (538)
Likely to be a legendary figure. A 10th c. Latin play by Hrosvitha of Gandesheim depicts Theophilus as administrator (or archdeacon) of Adana, Cilicia, who declined a bishopric because of his humility. He was deposed of his office in the Church by the man who became bishop and was so furious that he made a pact with Satan, who had him restored to his position. He later repented, appealed to Our Lady, found the pact he had signed with satan on his chest when he awoke on morning, did penance for his deed, made a public confession of his sin, and had the bishop burn the pact before the congregation. This story, of course, is the basis of Goethe's Faust.
In art Saint Theophilus is an archdeacon making a pact with the devil from which he is rescued by the Virgin; sometimes she is shown handing him back the contract. There is an interesting representation of this on the Romanesque portal at Souillac, Languedoc, France.
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Archdeacon and treasurer of the church in Adana, Cilicia (in modern Turkey). Offered the bishopric of Adana, he declined, saying he was not adequate to the task. Due to slander accusing him of theft of church funds, the new bishop removed him from his position. In anger, Theophilus signed a pact with a demon to avenge himself on the bishop and regain his position. When he came to his senses, he begged for the help of Our Lady who intervened, recovered the pact, and tore it up. The pact was burned in the public square, and this legend has figured in many dramas since, including Goethe's Faust.
• VINCENT of Troyes (546) Bishop of Troyes in France c 536-546
• VULGIS (760) regionary Bishop (chorepiscopus) and abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Lobbes in Hainault, Belgium
Benedictine monk. Abbot of Lobbes Abbey, Belgium. Bishop in the Hainault region of Belgium.
• Holy God-bearing Desert Dweller
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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