συνοδικός
March 15 / March 2
2019 (7527)
HIEROMARTYR THEODOTUS, BISHOP OF CYRENIA (326). VIRGIN-MARTYR EUTHALIA (257). MARTYR TROADIUS OF NEO-CAESAREA (3RD C.). ST. AGATHO OF EGYPT, MONK (5TH C.). 440 MARTYRS SLAIN BY THE LOMBARDS (579)
Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή • GREAT 40 DAYS • Μεγάλη Νηστεία • GREAT FAST
DAY 5
• Appearance at the Kolomenskoye of "REIGNING" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1917)
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Ἐνθρόνου
The "Enthroned" or "Reigning" Icon, which belongs to the Panachranta type, shows the Theotokos seated on a throne with Her Son. The Icon of the Mother of God, named "The Powerful", appeared on 2 March 1917 in the village of Kolomensk near Moscow. A service and akathist to it were composed with the assistance of His Holiness Sainted Patriarch Tikhon (1925) (25 March, 26 September, Sunday following 25 January; glorified 1989).
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνδρόνικος καὶ Ἀθανασία
Saint Andronicus and his wife Athanasia of Egypt lived in Antioch in the fifth century. Saint Andronicus was a craftsman who divided his earnings into three portions. One part he gave to the Church, the second to the poor, and the third he used for his family. When the Lord took the son and daughter of Andronicus and Athanasia, the pious couple decided to devote themselves fully to the service of God, helping the poor and the sick. Soon the saintly spouses set out for Alexandria, where Andronicus entered a skete monastery, and Athanasia entered the women’s Tabennisiota monastery. After twelve years of ascetic life Saint Andronicus went to Jerusalem to pray at the holy places. He met a co-pilgrim, Saint Athanasia, who, foreseeing the difficulties of the journey, had donned men’s attire. They did not recognize each other, since long ascetic effort had altered their appearance. When they returned from Jerusalem, both monks settled into a single cell and for many years lived the ascetic life in silence. Saint Athanasia wrote a note to be read after her death, revealing her secret.. Saint Andronicus died soon after Saint Athanasia.
• A large number of Martyrs slain under Emperor Alexander Severus and the prefect Ulpian at Rome (219)
• Hieromartyrs NESTOR 奈斯托 the bishop and TRIBIMIUS 特里维弥辅祭 the deacon of Perga in Pamphylia (250)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νέστωρ καὶ Τριβιμίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs JOVINUS and BASILEUS (258) suffered in Rome under Gallienus and Valerian and were buried on the Latin Way
• MM PAUL, HERACLIUS, SECUNDOLIA (Secundilla), JANUARIA and LUCIOSA (Lucilia) (305) suffered under Diocletian at Porto Romano at the mouth of the Tiber in Italy
• 40 Nun Martyrs killed by the Ethiopians at Assiut
• Martyrs of Campania slain by the Lombards in Italy (6th c.)
Approximately 400 northern Italian Christians martyred for their faith by pagan Lombards. Their story was recorded by Pope Saint Gregory the Great, who reports that they people spent their final days supporting each other with prayer.
• 440 Martyrs of Italy (579) slain by the Lombards; among those that perished, there are known by name the presbyter SANCTULUS and the hermit HOSPICIUS
440位殉道者
这些殉道者于公元579年在意大利被伦巴第人杀死。《对话录》作者圣格里哥利书写了他们的故事。其中的40人在同一个地点被砍头。其他的400人在另一个地点被砍头，他们被砍头的原因就是他们拒绝食用拜祭过偶像的食品；另一个原因就是，他们拒绝围绕着山羊头跳舞，这个羊头是异教徒为魔鬼所献的祭品。这种献祭的方式在伦巴第是一个习俗。
They were killed by the Lombards in Italy about the year 579 A.D. St Gregory Dialogues writes about them. In one place, 40 of them were beheaded. At another place, 400 of them were also beheaded, all because they refused to eat of the sacrifices of the idols. Additionally, these 400 refused to dance around the heads of the goats offered to the demons as a sacrifice by the pagans, as was the custom of the Lombards.
• 80 Martyrs under the Lombards (579) in Campania in Italy
• Venerables monk SABBATIUS 萨瓦提 of Tver (1434) and his disciple St EUPHROSYNUS 艾弗福若西诺 (1460)
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Σαββάτιος καὶ Εὐφρόσυνος ἐκ Ρωσίας
Saint Sabbatius of Tver pursued asceticism with the blessing of Saint Arsenius, Bishop of Tver, at a distance 15 versts from Tver. Saint Sabbatius established a monastery there, known for the strictness and holiness of its rule. Such ascetics as Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk (September 9) and Saint Cornelius of Komel (May 19) went there to be instructed in monasticism. The chains found in the cave where Saint Sabbatius practiced silence testify to his ascetic deeds. He died no later than the year 1434.
• Venerables abbots BARSANUPHIUS 瓦尔萨努斐 (1459) and SABBAS 萨瓦 (1467) of Tver
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βαρσανούφιος καὶ Σάββας ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Day of martyrdom of parishioners MM SERGIUS Mefodijev, NICHOLAS Malkov, AVKSENTY Kalashnikov and Martyress ANASTASIA (1922) killed during the dispersal of believers who protested against the expropriation of church values, in Shuja at Vladimir (today of Ivanovo)
• Holy Archpriest AMBROSE (born as Besarion Khelaia) the Confessor, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1861-1927)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀμβρόσιος Πατριάρχης Γεωργίας
• Righteous Papa NICHOLAS 尼科拉 Planas, priest in Athens (1851-1932) // FEB 17 // MAR 2 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Πλανᾶς
St Nicholas was a simple parish priest in Athens, humble, poor, and barely literate. He was born on Naxos in 1851 to moderately prosperous parents; but when his father died, his mother was reduced to near-poverty, and moved the family to Athens. St Nicholas married at the age of seventeen, but his wife died after a short time, leaving him with one son. He served the Divine Liturgy daily, never missing a day for fifty years, despite illness, storms, and war. His liturgies unfailingly lasted for several hours, mostly due to the hundreds of commemorations that he included. The faithful would give him sheets of paper containing names to be commemorated; he would carry all the sheets with him in bulging satchels. A few of his spiritual children made it their task to go through the papers secretly and discard the oldest and most worn, so that the commemorations would not increase without limit. In his conversation, the Saint had a simple and childlike (his detractors would say childish) manner, and he was widely despised by more sophisticated laymen, priests and hierarchs, never being appointed to any but the smallest and poorest parishes. Many, however, discerned his holiness, and a large synodia of spiritual children slowly gathered around him. Once, a very young altar boy ran out from the altar while Fr Nicholas was serving and, trembling with fear, cried to his mother, "Mama, Father Nicholas is floating in the air!" His mother, trying to comfort him, said "Don't be afraid, all priests do that when they serve the Liturgy." St. Nicholas was often in difficulties with the hierarchy because he continued to keep the feasts according to the Old Calendar after the Church in Greece had adopted the New Calendar. Nonetheless, he never broke commumnion with the national church (nor they with him): his humility left no room for Church politics. Like St John Maximovich, his holiness has transcended the canonical disputes that bedevil the Church. He reposed in peace in 1932.
• Martyr NICHOLAS Kopninskij, secretary of the church's audit council (1876-1938) day of death in Taganka prison, Moskow
• Repose of Abbess PHILARETA of Ufa (1890)
May the Lord be merciful to the ever-memorable servant of God, blessed Philareta, and give him rest in Abraham's bosom, and number him among the just.
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀβράμιος ἐκ Ρωσίας
• Venerable AGATHON 阿伽佗 of skete monastery, a great Egyptian ascetic (435)
圣阿伽佗
阿伽佗是公元5世纪埃及伟大的修行者。他是圣罗得（埃及的修行者）的弟子，同圣玛喀里是同代人。他努力劳作，并尽力完成我们的主的指令。有一次他用刀子切割藤枝以编织篮子，一个兄弟看见了表示赞叹，他听后欣然将刀子作为礼物赠送给这位兄弟。圣阿伽佗曾说过这番话：“我非常愿意同麻风病人掉换身体。”这不就是完美的爱吗？（＊）
（＊）在希腊的圣人传记中于1月8日纪念圣阿伽佗。
• Venerable ARETHA the Recluse of Kiev Caves (1409)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρέθας ὁ Ἔγκλειστος
• Sainted ARSENIUS 阿尔塞尼 bishop of Tver (1409)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ἐκ Ρωσίας
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος Ἐπίσκοπος Τβὲρ τῆς Ρωσίας
• Hieromartyr bishop ATHENODOROS
• CHAD (Ceadda) 察德 bishop of Lichtfield, England (672)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Τσὰντ ἐκ Σκωτίας
Brother of St Cedd bishop of London, he was a monk at Lindisfarne with St Aidan and in Ireland. On returning to England, he became Abbot of Lastingham. He became Bishop of York, but then out of humility agreed to go to Mercia as bishop. He lived in Lichfield and reposed there. His relics are preserved in the Cathedral dedicated to him in Birmingham.
• CYNIBIL (Cynibild) (7th c.) brother of Sts Chad and Cedd who helped enlighten England
Born to the nobility, the brother of Saint Chad and Saint Cedd. Educated at Lindisfarne by Saint Aidan and Saint Finan, and then in Ireland. Priest. Evangelized the Anglo-Saxons in Northumbria. Founded a monastery in Laestingaeu in north Yorkshire (modern Lastingham), England in 658, and became a monk there.
• Martyress EUTHALIA 艾弗塔利亚 at Lentini (Leontini) near Syracuse in Sicily (257)
Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐθαλία ἡ Παρθενομάρτυς
殉道女艾弗塔利亚
艾弗塔利亚是来自西西里的童女。她的母亲与她同名，她的兄弟名叫塞尔米利亚努斯。他们都是未经浸礼的异教徒。艾弗塔利亚的母亲患有血漏病。圣殉道者阿尔菲乌斯、斐拉德尔弗和塞里努斯（5月10日）在梦中向艾弗塔利亚的母亲显现，并告诉她，只要以主耶稣基督的名接受浸礼，她就可以痊愈。她接受了基督信仰，接受了浸礼，果真，她真的痊愈了。后来，塞尔米利亚努斯开始嘲笑她的母亲和妹妹，因为她们母女二人接受了浸礼，皈依了基督。塞尔米利亚努斯开始对她们进行恐吓，母亲非常害怕并从家里逃跑了。之后，塞尔米利亚努斯开始对妹妹进行迫害。但是他的妹妹并没有畏惧，因为她认为基督比自己的兄弟更为密切。艾弗塔利亚对塞尔米利亚努斯说：“我是基督徒，我不害怕死亡。”可恶的兄弟竟然让一个仆人侮辱其妹妹。当这个仆人袭击未成时，双目失明了。这个可恶的兄弟看到了这个奇迹，但是他的心仍然坚硬如石。如同该隐追杀亚伯一样，塞尔米利亚努斯对其妹妹仍追杀不放，他抓住了艾弗塔利亚，并将她斩首。由此，这位神圣的童女戴上了永恒荣耀的冠冕。通过这个例子，主基督的言语实现了：他使人与人之间大动干戈，互有血缘的人会互相冲突，但却不会发生在具有相同信仰的人的身上：“你们不要想我来，是叫地上太平。我来，并不是叫地上太平，乃是叫地上动刀兵。因为我来，是叫人与父亲生疏、女儿与母亲生疏、媳妇与婆婆生疏”（玛特泰福音／太／玛10：34－35）。
• Bishop FELIX of Treves (4th c.)
Bishop of Treves, France in the late 4th-century. Zealous opponent of the Priscillianist heresy. Late in life he retired to live as a monk. Most early records of his diocese were destroyed in the 9th century, and no other information about him has survived.
• FERGNA the White (Fergna Britt) (637) a relative and disciple of St Columba of Ireland and was his successor as Abbot of Iona (Ia, Hy) in Scotland
Relative and spiritual student of Saint Columba. Abbot at the monastery of Iona.
• Confessor GISTILIAN (Gistlian) (5-6th c.) the uncle of St David and a monk at Menevia, or St Davids, in Wales
• Martyr HESYCHIUS 伊息赫 the Palatine of Antioch (304)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἡσύχιος ὁ Συγκλητικὸς
A palatine or palatinus (in Latin; plural palatini; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times.
• Martyr HILARIUS
• Repose of Venerable JOACHIM 约雅敬 Papoulakis (born Ioannis Patrikios) of Vatopedi, Mt Athos and Ithaca (1786-1868) // MAR 2 // MAY 23 //
Άγιος Ιωακείμ εξ Ιθάκης
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωακεὶμ ὁ Ἰθακήσιος
• Bishop JOAVAN (Jaoua, Joevin, Joévin, Jouva, Jaouen, Yaouen) of Leon (570)
This Romano-Briton saint was a fervent disciple of St Paul of Leon, in Great Britain, his own country, accompanied him into Armorica, led an anchoretical life near him in the country of Ack, and afterwards in the isle of Baz. That great saint chose him coadjutor in his bishopric, when he retired a little before his death. St Joavan survived him only one year. He is titular saint of two parish churches in the diocess of St Paul of Leon.
• JOHN Maron the Sarumite (707) died at Kefer-Hay, Lebanon
• JOSEPH
• LUKE Casali (808) of Nicosia, Sicily, Italy; died at the monastery of Saint Philip in Agira, Sicily, Italy
Educated by the abbot of the monastery of Saint Philip at Agira, Sicily, Italy. Monk at Agira. Priest. Reluctant abbot of his house. Lucas eventually, for unknown reasons, went blind. One day while they were travelling to Nicosia, one his monks tried to play a trick on the blind abbot by telling him that some towns-people were following them in hope of hearing him preach. Lucas stopped, turned to where he was told the people were standing, and began to preach to the empty field. When he finished, the stones along the road all shouted "Amen", confounding the practical joker. A church dedicated to Lucas was later built on the spot.
• Finding of and First Tr. Rel. of VM MACRA (Magra) at Reims, France (297)
• Bishop and Confessor MARNAN (620)
To his holy prayers Aidan, king of the Scots, ascribed a wonderful victory which he gained over Ethelfrid, the pagan king of the Northumbrian English; and by his councils Eugenius IV who succeeded his father Aidan in the kingdom soon after this battle, treated all the prisoners with the utmost humanity and generosity, by which they were gained to the Christian faith. The Northumbrian princes, Oswald and Oswi, were instructed in our holy religion, and grounded in its spirit by St Marnan, who died in Annandale, in the year 620. His head was kept with singular devotion at Moravia, and was carried in processions attended by the whole clan of the Innis’s, which from the earliest times was much devoted to this saint.
• Hieromartyr Apostle PARMENAS of Seven Deacons (98) // JUL 28 //
• Repose of Blessed PHILARETA of Ufa, Abbesss of Convent of Feast of the Annunication (1890)
• QUINTUS (Cointus) 库因特 of Phrygia, Confessor and Wonderworker (283)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοΐντος ὁ Μάρτυρας Ὁμολογητὴς καὶ Θαυματουργὸς
Raised a Christian. Immigrated to Aeolis in Asia Minor, and developed a ministry of serving the poor. Arrested and tortured for refusing to made sacrifice to pagan idols during the persecutions of Marcus Aurelius; his ability to work miracles had drawn the attention of the anti-Christian authorities. When he was released, his wounds were instantly healed and he immediately returned to caring for the local poor.
• Pope and Confessor SIMPLICIUS (5th c.)
• SLEBHENE (Slebhine) (767) a monk from Ireland, he became Abbot of Iona in Scotland from 752 to 767
• New Martyr THEODORE 德奥多若 Sladich of Komogovina (1788) a Serbian Orthodox saint (holy martyr), who served as a monk in the monasteries of Komogovina and Mostanica. When the Ottomans burned Moštanica, they killed many monks, including Teodor whom they burnt alive after he refused to renounce his Christian faith, as well as a large number of Serbs from surrounding villages
• Hieromartyr THEODOTUS 德奥多特 Bishop of Kyrenia on the island of Cyprus, hieroconfessor (326)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδοτος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Κυρηνείας Κύπρου
殉道司教德奥多特，塞浦路斯基瑞尼亚的主教
德奥多特充满智慧和爱心，由此他被选为主教，并用爱和热情管理上帝的教会。在李锡尼皇帝在位期间开始对基督徒进行迫害，这位虔诚的圣人被带到法庭受审，并遭受了多次严刑拷打。当施刑者萨维纳劝说他否认基督时，德奥多特回答说：“你若是知道我所信仰的上帝的美善，以及这短暂的痛苦能够为我带来的永生时，你也会宁愿与我一同受苦。”施刑者开始用铁钉击打他的身体，德奥多特却依然向上帝祷告感谢。当德奥多特想到自己临终已经不远时，他对围聚在他身边的基督徒进行教诲。出于上帝的天意，当时君士坦丁大帝宣布基督徒获得自由，并下令将所有被判刑的基督徒都释放。由此，德奥多特获得了释放，返回了基瑞尼亚重新作主教。德奥多特又在世生活了多年才离世，于公元302年荣耀归主。
• Holy Martyr TROADIUS 特若亚迪 of Neocaesarea (250)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Τρωάδιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
圣殉道者特若亚迪
作为一个年轻人，特若亚迪为了基督的缘故遭受了许多磨难。新恺撒里亚的格里哥利在异象中看到了特若亚迪为了基督的缘故勇敢地忍受着痛苦，直到被杀死为止。他看到了特若亚迪的灵魂从身体中分离，快乐地升向天国。圣特若亚迪于公元3世纪的时候为基督的缘故遭受磨难，并荣耀殉道。
• Abbot WILLEIC of Kaiserwerth in Germany (726)
A disciple of St Swithbert (March 1) who made him prior of the abbey at Kaiserwerth near Duesseldorf, Germany. Willeic held this position until his death.
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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