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March 13 / February 28
2019 (7527)
ST. BASIL THE CONFESSOR (747). HIEROMARTYR NESTOR, BISHOP OF MAGYDOS (250). STS. MARANA, CYANNA (CA. 450). HIEROMARTYR PROTERIUS, PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA, AND SIX COMPANIONS (457)
Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή • GREAT 40 DAYS • Μεγάλη Νηστεία • GREAT FAST
DAY 3
THE GREAT CANON OF ST ANDREW OF CRETE
• The "DEVPETERUV" (1392) Icon of the Mother of God // FEB 29 //
• The "DEVPETERUV" Icon of the Mother of God of Tambov // FEB 29 //
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μακάριος, Ρουφῖνος, Ἰοῦστος καὶ Θεόφιλος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs in the Plague of Alexandria (249-263)
From 249-263, pestilence and disease ravaged the Roman empire. At its worst, plague killed 5 000 people in Rome in one day. Alexandria, the great city in Egypt, was not safe from the crisis. The city had already suffered from famine, and desperate people turned to violence. On top of all of this, the plague struck — nearly every single family in the city suffered at least one death. The city was in chaos — corpses lay in the streets and homes, unburied, and the smell of sickness and death was everywhere. All of this inspired fear in Alexandrians — as soon as anyone fell ill, they were abandoned by their family and closest friends. Up to this point, Christians in Alexandria had suffered under Roman persecution, and they were forced to gather in secret to worship. Sometimes they came together at a hidden location, other times they all went to sea in a boat to be safe. When the city fell apart from fear, sickness, and death, Christians stood tall — they disregarded the danger from the persecution, and from their own exposure to the plague, and cared for the suffering. They tended sick and dying people, carrying the dead on their own shoulders for a proper burial. The bishop of Alexandria, St Dionysius, described their service: "Many who had healed others became victims themselves. The best of our brethren have been taken from us in this manner: some were priests, others deacons and some laity of great worth." Because these Christians willingly gave their life in the course of living their faith with heroic virtue, they are recognized as martyrs.
• Martyrs CAERELLIUS, PUBLIUS, GAIUS, and SERAPION in Alexandria Οἱ Ἅγιοι Καιράλιος, Πουπούλιος, Γάϊος καὶ Σεραπίων οἱ Μάρτυρες
• VM FIRMIANA (Firmana) together with VM SECUNDA and M ANTONINUS probably at Rome (4th c.)
• Venerablesses Holy Ascetics sisters MARANA (Marina) 玛拉纳 and CYRA (Kyra or Cyanna) 基雅纳 of Beroea (or Beræa (Aleppo)) in Asia Minor (450) and DOMNICA (Domnina) 多穆尼卡 a Syrian nun and a companion of Saints Marana and Kyra Οἱ Ὁσίες Κύρα καὶ Μαράνα
• Hieromartyr PROTERIUS 普若特里 patriarch of Alexandria (457) and 6 Companions suffered in Egypt
Ὁ Ἅγιος Προτέριος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀλεξανδρείας
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕξι Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου
司祭殉道者普若特里
当异端邪说的拥护者狄奥斯科鲁斯为亚历山大里亚牧首时，普若特里是亚历山大里亚的一名司祭。狄奥斯科鲁斯是基督一性论派的领导之一，基督一性论派认为，基督只有一性（人性），不具有两性（人性和神性）。玛尔基安和普鲁谢里亚是当时的皇帝和皇后。这位虔诚的圣人普若特里站起来反对狄奥斯科鲁斯，由此他也遭受了不少磨难。后来，第四次普世大公会议（公元451年，卡尔西顿）召开了，会上基督一性论遭到了谴责，狄奥斯科鲁斯被免去牧首职务，并被流放。普若特里这位真正的信仰上帝的圣人被选为牧首。他用热情和爱管理教会，成为基督真正的追随者。不管怎样，狄奥斯科鲁斯的追随者并不想在亚历山大里亚停止制造混乱。在发生了一次血腥事件的时候，普若特里离开了亚历山大里亚，打算暂时避一避。先知伊撒依亚在路上向他显现，对他说：“返回亚历山大里亚，我正在等着你，将你带走。”普若特里返回了亚历山大里亚，走进了教堂。获悉此事，异端暴徒们立即闯入教堂，抓住了普若特里，并用刀子在他身上乱戳。一同遭难的还有其他六名基督徒。由此，基督徒的好牧人普若特里为维护正教信仰于公元457年以殉道换取了那永恒的冠冕。
• Holy 40 000 Martyrs under the Mamluk Turks, by burning (1268) // FEB 29 //
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τεσσαράκοντα Χιλιάδες Μάρτυρε
• Hieromartyr Priest SERGIUS Uvitskij (1932)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος Μητροπολίτης Ροστὼβ
• Martyr ABERCIUS (Abricius) by the sword
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀβίρκιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Martyr AURICIAN
• Martyr BARBAROS // FEB 29 //
• Sainted BARSUS (Bar Jesus) 瓦尔索 bishop of Damascus
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βάρσος Ἐπίσκοπος Δαμασκοῦ
• BASIL 瓦西里 the Confessor (750) a companion and co-suffer with St Procopius Decapolit
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ὁμολογητής
宣信者，圣瓦西尔
瓦西尔是德卡颇利的圣普若科彼的同伴，他们一同遭受了磨难。瓦西尔在和平的年代以及在迫害的年代都忠诚地跟随着他的老师普若科彼。反对圣像者对他进行了残酷的迫害，而在反对圣像者被击败之后，瓦西尔根据上帝的旨意同普若科彼一起返回了他的修道院，在那里过着斋戒和祷告的生活。圣瓦西尔于公元747年高龄之际才离世。
He suffered many hardships from the iconoclasts and when the iconoclasts were defeated, Basil according to God's Providence, returned together with Procopius to his monastery where in fasting and prayer he lived a long life of asceticism.
• Martyr BENJAMIN
• Martyr CAERELLIUS (Cerulus, Celerius) (251) of Rome
Imperial Roman soldier. Married to Saint Sallustia. Convert to Christianity, instructed in the faith by Pope Saint Cornelius. Martyred in the persecutions of Decius.
• Venerable CASSIAN of Cyprus // FEB 29 //
• Venerable CASSIAN the Recluse and Faster of Kiev Caves, from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (12th c.) Ukraine. The Relics are kept at St Theodosy Far Caves of the Lavra // FEB 29 //
• CASSIAN of Mu Lake Hermitage, disciple of St Alexander of Svir (16th c.) // FEB 29 //
• CYPRIAN of Crete
• CYPRIAN of Cyprus
• DICHUILL of Airiudh-muilt, Lough Erne
• Discreet Irish virgin ERNIN (Eirnín)
• Apostle EUBULUS 弗佛洛 of Seventy Apostles (79) disciple of the Apostle Paul
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νυμφᾶς καὶ Εὔβουλος οἱ Ἀπόστολοι
Eubulus is mentioned in the Second Epistle to Timothy (4:21): "Eubulus greets you." He was one of the members of the Church in Rome at the time of Paul's second imprisonment in that city. The Apostle mentions how, at his first answer to the charges brought against him at the emperor's tribunal, the Roman Christians as a whole proved disloyal to him "no one took my part, but all forsook me" (2 Timothy 4:16). In these circumstances when the desertion of Paul by the Christians in Rome was so disheartening, it is pleasing to find that there were some among them who were true, and Eubulus was one of these. Paul therefore in writing the last of all his epistles sends to Timothy a greeting from Eubulus. Nothing more is known in regard to Eubulus. As his name is Greek, which means "prudent" or "good counselor", he was probably a Gentile by birth.
• Martyress EULALIA of Rome
• EVAGRIUS // FEB 29 //
• GEORGE the Confessor, Bishop of Defeltos (7th c.) // FEB 29 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Δεφέλτου
• GERMANUS of monasteries Dacia Pontica in Dobrogea, Romania (415) the Spiritual Father, friend, and teacher of Saint John Cassian, instructing him in monastic perfection // FEB 29 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γερμανὸς ἐκ Ρουμανίας
• HILARY (Hilarus) (468) born in Sardinia, he became Pope of Rome in 461 and worked energetically against Nestorianism and Eutychianism and also consolidated the Church
Deacon. Trusted aide to Pope Saint Leo the Great. Papal legate. Sent to “Robber Synod” at Ephesus in 449 to report on the Monophysitism heresies of Eutyches, which denied the humanity of Christ and claimed that He had only a divine nature, a teaching condemned in 451 by the Council of Chalcedon. Eutyches' followers attacked the legate party, and forced them to return to Rome. Arch-deacon c.455. Worked on an updated method of calculating the date of Easter. Chosen 46th pope in 461. As pope, Hilary confirmed the work of several general councils, rebuilt and remodeled many churches, fought Nestorianism and Arianism, and held several Councils at Rome. Renowned for defending the rights of his bishops while exhorting them to curb their excesses and devote themselves more completely to God. Helped define the Church‘s role in the empire, and affirmed the position of the pope, and not the emperor, as leader in spiritual matters. He continued Leo I‘s vigorous policy, strengthening ecclesiastical government in Gaul and Spain. Erected churches, convents, libraries, and two public baths, and his synod of 465 is the earliest Roman synod whose records are extant.
• Venerable JOHN Cassian the Roman (435) Abbot of Monastery of St Victor, Marseille // FEB 29 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κασσιανὸς ὁ Ρωμαῖος
• Venerable JOHN Barsanuphius (Barsus) of Nitria in Egypt (5th c.) // FEB 29 //
• NM KYRANNA (Kirana, Anna of Cyr) 基拉纳 of Thessalonica (Thessalonike) (1751)
Ἡ Ἁγία Κυράννα ἡ Νεομάρτυς
This pious and beautiful maiden lived in a village near Thessalonica. One day a Janissary, come to collect taxes, laid eyes on her and was struck by lust. When she refused his advances, the wicked official brought her before the judge in Thessalonica and, using other soldiers as false witnesses, said that she had agreed to marry him and to convert to Islam. To all these claims Kyranna replied, "I am a Christian, and I have no bridegroom but Christ, to whom I have offered my maidenhood as a dowry. Him I love and for Him I am ready to shed my blood! That is my answer; expect no other from me." Having said this, she enclosed herself in silence and would testify no more. She was cast into prison, where she was tormented and finally beaten to death by her jailer. When she died, a divine Light surrounded her and illumined the entire prison. When news of the miracle spread, the shamed Turkish officials handed over her body to Christians, who laid it to rest outside the city.
• Venerable monk LEO of Cappadocia under the reign of Tiberius // FEB 29 //
• LLIBIO (6th c.) the Patron Saint of Llanlibio in Anglesey in Wales
• Abbot LUPICINUS (480) brother of St Romanus of Condat
• Bishop MAIDOC (Madoc) (6th c.)
There are several Welsh and Irish saints with this name and many variations of the name. Their histories are somewhat difficult to untangle. Today's Maidoc may be the abbot-bishop after whom Llanmadog in Glamorganshire in Wales is named.
• Martyress MELANIA // FEB 29 //
• Sainted MELETIUS (in the world Michael Leontovich) Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr (1784-1840) // FEB 29 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μελέτιος Ἐπίσκοπος Χαρκώβ
From the first days after his death, believing people firmly trusted in the intercession of Saint Meletius before God, and they received help: healing in sicknesses, comfort in sorrows and deliverance from difficult circumstances. Believers in Kharkov put special trust in Saint Meletius during the terrible days of the "Great War for the Fatherland" (World War II). The saint predicted the impending deliverance of the city from the enemy.
• Hieromartyr NESTOR 奈斯托尔 bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia (250)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νέστωρας ὁ Μάρτυρας
司祭殉道者奈斯托尔
奈斯托尔是庞菲利亚的玛吉多的主教。他因其伟大的顺从而为人所共知。在德西乌斯在位期间，奈斯托尔因为基督的缘故被带到法庭受审，并遭受了严刑拷打。在临死之前，他看到了异象：他看到了一只牺牲的羊，他认为这是他将要殉道的一个信号。当时的执政官普弗利对奈斯托尔进行了残酷的折磨，最终将他钉在十字架上，受刑的地点是在省首府佩尔加，受刑时间为公元250年。
Before his death, he was informed about the suffering awaiting him by a peculiar revelation – the sight of a sacrificial lamb, which he interpreted as a sign of his impending sacrifice, readied for killing.
• Blessed NICHOLAS 尼科拉 Salos, Fool for Christ from Pskov (1576)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός τοῦ Πσκὼφ
来自普斯科夫的圣愚，尼科拉
在沙皇暴君伊万在位期间，尼科拉生活在普斯科夫镇，成为基督的圣愚。圣尼科拉于公元1576年2月28日去世。
A rare fearlessness is a characteristic of fools for Christ. Blessed Nicholas ran through the streets of Pskov, pretending madness, rebuking people for their secret sins and foretelling what would happen to them. When Tsar Ivan the Terrible entered Pskov, the whole town was in fear and dread of the terrible Tsar... The Tsar, learning about this blessed man, who and what he was, visited him in his tiny room. Ivan was a great lover of external piety. It was the first week of the Great Fast. Hearing that the Tsar was coming to visit him, Nicholas found a piece of raw meat and, when the Tsar entered his cell, Nicholas bowed and offered the meat to the Tsar. "Eat, little Ivan, eat!" The terrible Tsar answered him furiously: "I am a Christian, and do not eat meat in the Fast." Then the man of God retorted, "You do that and worse; you feed on men's flesh and blood, forgetting not only the Fast but God as well." This lecture entered deeply into the heart of Tsar Ivan, and he immediately left Pskov in shame, having intended to wreak great slaughter there.
• Apostle NYMPHAS (Nymphan) 宁法 of Laodicea, of Seventy Apostles (73) disciple of the Apostle Paul
Nymphas is mentioned by Paul in his epistle to the Colossians (4:15): "Greet Nymphas and the church that meets in his house." He was a Christian resident in Laodicea, to whom Paul sends salutations in the epistle which he wrote from Rome to the Church in Colosse, the latter city being only a very few miles distant from Laodicea. Indeed, so near were they, that Paul directs that the Epistle to the Colossians be read also in Laodicea. Nymphas was a person of outstanding worth and importance in the Church of Laodicea, for he had granted the use of his dwelling-house for the ordinary weekly meetings of the Church. The Apostle's salutation is a 3-fold one to the brethren that are in Laodicea, that is to the whole of the Christian community in that city, and to Nymphas, and to the church in his house. This fact, that the church met there, also shows that Nymphas was a person of some means, for a very small house could not have accommodated the Christian men and women who gathered together on the first day of every week for the purposes of Christian worship. This fact proves him to be a person both of Christian character and of generous feeling.
• NYMPHONTOS
• NIPHON // FEB 29 //
• OSWALD (992) of Worcester, Archbishop of York
Oswald’s parents came from Denmark to England before his birth. The boy was educated by his uncle, Saint Odo the Good. Priest in the diocese of Winchester, England. Benedictine monk at Fleury-sur-Loire, France. Bishop of Worcester, England in 962. Worked with Saint Dunstan and Saint Ethelwold to revive monastic and ecclesiastical discipline in England. Founded the abbey at Ramsey, and the monastery at Winchester. Archbishop of York in 972. Wrote theological treatises, and worked for the improved theological training of his clergy. Daily washed the feet of poor people.
• Monk PAISIOS the Desert Dweller // FEB 29 //
• ROMANUS 罗玛诺 the desert-dweller of Condat in the Jura Mountains (460) Gaul
A Gallo-Roman who at the age of 35 went to live as a hermit in the Jura mountains, where he was followed by his brother St Lupicinus. Many disciples soon gathered round the two brothers, who then founded the monasteries of Condat (later known as Saint-Oyend) and Leuconne, over which they ruled together, and the convent of La Beaume (later called St-Romain-de-la-Roche) where their sister was abbess.
• RUELLINUS (Ruellin) (6th c.) successor of St Tudwal as Bishop of Tréguier in Brittany
• SHIO of Georgia, monk
• Abbot SILLAN (Sillian, Silvanus) of Bangor (610) a disciple of St Comgall in Bangor in County Down in Ireland and his second successor as abbot there
• Hieromartyr Bishop SILOUAN (Silvanus)
• Righteous THEODULF of Trier, hermit (511)
• Hosiosmartyr THEOCTYRIST (Theostyrictus) Abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa (8th c.) // FEB 29 //
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοστήρικτος
The Holy Martyr Theokteristus, Igumen of the Pelekete monastery, suffered for the holy icons under the impious emperor Constantine Copronymos (741-775). Also subjected to tortures were Saint Stephen the New (November 28), and other pious monks. Saint Theokteristus was burned with boiling tar. The holy martyr was a spiritual writer, and composed a Canon to the Mother of God "Sustainer in Many Misfortunes."
• YAROSLAV the Wise, thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev (1054)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰαροσλάβος ὁ Σοφός
Μνήμη Μεγάλου Σεισμοῦ
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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