συνοδικός
March 3 / February 18
2019 (7527)
Meatfare Sunday, of the Last Judgment
ST. LEO THE GREAT, POPE OF ROME (461). ST. AGAPITUS, BISHOP OF SYNNADA IN PHRYGIA (4TH C.). ST. FLAVIAN THE CONFESSOR, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE (449). ST. COSMAS, MONK, OF YAKHROMSK (1492)
On this day we commemorate the inexorable Second Coming of Christ. The holy fathers have ordained that it be observed after the second parable of the Prodigal Son, so that no one who has learned from it of God's love of for mankind will live in laziness, saying, "God loves mankind, and when I am separated from Him by sin, I will nevertheless be restored." This terrible Day of Judgment is now commemorated, so that through fear of death and the expectation of future torment, those who live in laziness may be encouraged to strive for the virtues, not only trusting in the love of God, but also realizing that He is the righteous Judge, who will judge all men according to their deeds. In other words, those souls who have passed over to the next life must undergo judgment.
• The YAKHROMSK Icon of the Mother of God // OCT 14 //
The Yakhrom Icon of the Mother of God appeared to the holy youth Cosmas (February 18), while he was accompanying his master, a sick landowner. Cosmas had stopped at the bank of the Yakhrom River, not far from Vladimir, and the sick man fell asleep. Cosmas suddenly saw a bright light coming from a nearby tree, and heard a voice, "Attend and understand the words of life. Live a God-pleasing life and seek the joy of the righteous, and then you will delight in eternal blessings." The light had come from an icon of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos. Saint Cosmas (February 18) took the icon and placed it on his master, who was immediately healed. After this, Cosmas’s term of servitude expired, so he went to the Kiev Caves monastery. After he was tonsured, he amazed even the experienced monks by his own spiritual efforts. Years later, Saint Cosmas was told by an angel to return to the place where he had found the icon. He took the wonderworking icon with him to the bank of the Yakhrom River where he had found the icon. At once, the place was again filled with light. Saint Cosmas built a monastery in honor of the Dormition of the Mother of God, and placed the Yakhrom Icon within it.
• Martyrs LEO 莱翁 and PARIGORIUS 帕瑞格里 of Patara of Lycia (258) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Λέων καὶ Παρηγόριος οἱ Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Πατάροις τῆς Λυκίας Ἀθλήσαντες
• MM MAXIMUS and his brother CLAUDIUS with wife PRAEPEDIGNA; and their sons ALEXANDER and CUTIAS; at Ostia Tiberina (295) who suffered under Diocletian
• Martyrs LUCIUS, SILVANUS, RUTULUS, CLASSICUS, SECUNDINUS, FRUCTULUS (Fructuosus) and MAXIMUS in North Africa
• MM TIMOTHY Bishop of Gaza, AGAPIUS and THECLA (also Thekla) and others of Palestine (304)
• Martyrs VICTORINUS 维克托尔, DOROTHEUS 多若德奥, THEODULUS 德奥杜洛 and AGRIPPA 阿格里帕 (320) who suffered under Licinius
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀγρίππας, Βικτωρίνος, Δωρόθεος καὶ Θεόδουλος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Virgins CONSTANTIA Augusta (Constantina), ATTICA and ARTEMIA (354) of Rome
Constance was engaged to be married to Saint Gallican, the brother of Attica and Artemia.
• Commemoration of the New Martyrs who suffered during "Holy Night" 神圣之夜 in St Petersburg of Russia (1932)
A bloody wave of repressions drenched the entire Petersburg Diocese. During the night of 18 February 1932 the Bolsheviks arrested more than five hundred monks. Monasteries were completely devastated. It often has happened in Church history that during the most vicious times of persecution for the Orthodox Faith, God sends special men of God who are keepers of the purity of Orthodoxy. In the 30-40's the Venerable Father Seraphim of Vyritsa became one of them. At that time he was writing poems as prophesies about the future of Russia. These poems were memorized by very many people, and reached prisons and camps.
• Hosiosconfessor VLADIMIR 弗拉迪弥尔 (Basil Terent’jev) Abbot in Sergiev Posad (1872-1933) day of death in exile in Kazakhstan
• Hieromartyr priest ALEXANDER 亚历山大 Medvedsky (1932)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk BENJAMIN 本亚民 (1938)
• Martyres ANNA 安纳 Chetverikova (1873-1940)
• Repose of Schemamonk CONSTANTINE Cavarnos, spiritual writer and lecturer (1918-2011)
May the Lord be merciful to the ever-memorable servant of God, Schemamonk Constantine, and give him rest in Abraham's bosom, and number him among the just.
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀγαπητὸς ὁ Ὁμολογητής καὶ Θαυματουργὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Σινάου
• ANGILBERT of Centula (740-814) Abbot of St Riquier in the north of France where there were some 300 monks
Raised at the court of Charlemagne, and became his friend and confidante. Studied under Alcuin. Nicknamed "Homer" because of his Latin poetry. Married to Charlemagne's daughter Bertha. With her permission he turned to religious life when prayers for a successful resistance to a Danish invasion were answered and a storm scattered the Danish fleet; Bertha became a nun. Benedictine monk. Court chaplain, privy councilor, and diplomat. As a reward for his help in court, Charlemagne gave Angilbert the abbey of Saint Riquier in Centula where he served as abbot. He established a library at Centula, and introduced continuous chanting in the abbey using 300 monks and 100 boys in relays. Executor of the emperor's will.
• BLAISE 弗莱西 of Amorion, monk of Mt Athos (9th c.)
Saint Blaise of Amorion (Amorium) was a medieval monk from the Byzantine Empire. He was born in the middle 9th century in Amorion, Anatolic Theme, he studied in Constantinople and was ordained a deacon at Hagia Sophia. On a pilgrimage to Rome, he was taken captive and sold to "Scythians" (i.e. Bulgarians) by his travel companion. According to his "Vita", his buyer was a Bulgar nobleman, who released him in the hope that Blaise would stay and provide guidance in how to life a Christian life, he made his way to Rome, where he became a monk for 18 years, during which he became famous for his piety. He went back to Constantinople to escape his growing reputation of holiness and was welcomed in the Stoudios Monastery, and he later moved to Athos, he died in 908 on a visit to Constantinople.
• COLMAN 科尔曼 bishop of Lindisfarne & Mayo (676) Last Columban Abbot of Lindisfarne, Founder of Inishbofin and Mayo
Spiritual student and disciple of Saint Columba. Monk at Iona. Bishop of Lindisfarne, England in 661. Friend of king Oswy of Northumbria. Defended Celtic church practices against Saint Eilfrid and Saint Agilbert at the Synod of Whitby, and when King Oswy insisted on the use of Latin rites, Colman refused, resigned his see, and in 664 led a group of dissident Irish and English monks first to Scotland, then to the Isle of Innishboffin, and then to Mayo, Ireland. Founded the abbey and diocese of Mayo. One of the great heroes of the faith about whom the Venerable Bede wrote.
• COLMAN of Ardboe, County Tyrone; a monastic founder in the north of Ireland
There are no less than one hundred and thirty saints, named Colman, enumerated in Irish Martyrologies and Histories. Therefore, that much confusion must exist, in distinguishing their festivals. The task of individual identification must be difficult, especially as only the simple name occurs, in many instances.
• Venerable monk COSMAS 科斯玛 of Yakhromsk (1492)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κοσμᾶς ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίας
• DACUALENUS (Culanus) Bishop of Killcuilawn, County of Tipperary (7th c.)
• Commemoration of the translation of his relics of Passion-Bearer EDWARD the King Reception at Shaftesbury
• ETHELINA (also Eudelme) of Northumbria, patroness of Little Sodbury (now Gloucestershire)in England
• Hieroconfessor FLAVIAN 弗拉维安 the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople (449-450) a Faithful Soldier of Christ, courageous defender and confessor of the Orthodox Faith
圣弗拉维安
弗拉维安在圣普若克洛之后被任命为君士坦丁堡的牧首。他同教宗圣莱翁属同代人。弗拉维安坚决抵抗优迪克和狄奥斯科鲁斯异端邪说，但是他在第四次普世大公会议（公元451年，卡尔西顿）正教获得胜利之前就离世了，因为此前的一次讨论异端的会议上（公元431年，艾弗所），他被残忍地殴打和践踏，在那里去世。弗拉维安是基督忠诚的战士，是正教信仰勇敢的捍卫者和宣信者。弗拉维安于公元449年去世。
• HELLADIUS of Toledo (632) born in Toledo in Spain, he served at the court of the Visigothic Kings. He loved to visit the monastery of Agali (Agallia) near Toledo on the banks of the Tagus. Eventually he became a monk there and then abbot (605). In 615 he became Archbishop of Toledo
Minister in the court of Visigoth kings in Toledo, Spain, his heart was in the nearby abbey of Agali. He eventually resigned his position and became a monk there. Abbot in 605. Archbishop of Toledo in 615.
• Finding (1961) of the Relics of the NM IRENE 伊里尼 of Lesbos (1463)
The Newly Appeared Martyrs of Lesbos, Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene were martyred by the Turks on Bright Tuesday (April 9, 1463) ten years after the Fall of Constantinople. They began appearing to various inhabitants of Lesbos in 1959 and revealed the details of their lives and martyrdom. Saint Irene was the 12year-old daughter of the village mayor, Basil. In the spring of 1463, the Turks raided the monastery at Thermi and captured the monks. She and her family had come to the monastery to warn the monks of the invasion. The cruel Hagarenes cut off one of her arms and threw it down in front of her parents. Then the pure virgin was placed in a large earthen cask and a fire was lit under it, suffocating her within. These torments took place before the eyes of her parents, who were also put to death. Her grave and the earthen cask were found on May 12, 1961 after Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene had appeared to people and told them where to look. Others who also received the crown of martyrdom on that day were Saint Irene's parents Basil and Maria; Theodore, the village teacher; and Eleni, the 15year-old cousin of Saint Irene. Saint Irene usually appears with a long yellow dress reaching to her feet. Her blonde hair is divided into two braids which rest on either side of her chest.
Saints Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene (and those with them) are also commemorated on Bright Tuesday.
• LASAIR (also Lassar, Lassair, Laisre or Lasera) of Lasara, Ghlionn-Meadhoin (Glennan), Co. Antrim
• Sainted 莱翁 LEO I the Great, Pope of Rome (461)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Λέων πάπας Ρώμης
罗马教宗，大圣莱翁一世
莱翁出生于意大利一个虔诚的基督家庭。起初，他是教宗西克斯图斯三世的大辅祭。在教宗西克斯图斯去世之后，莱翁被任命为罗马教宗，但是这并非出自他的意愿。当匈奴王阿提拉兵临罗马城下，准备攻破罗马并放火烧城的时候，莱翁身披教宗的衣装出来，平息了匈奴王的敌意，从而使罗马城免遭一劫。阿提拉愿意听从教宗莱翁，同时也因为他畏惧站在莱翁身边的圣徒斐特若和帕弗罗手持喷火的利剑的幻象。圣人莱翁不仅拯救了罗马，同时还捍卫了正教信仰免遭异端优迪克和狄奥斯科鲁斯的侵蚀。这个异端主张基督的神性和人性合二为一，由此否认救世主作为人子的两个旨意。第四次普世大公会议（公元451年，卡尔西顿）为此而召开，在会议上也宣读了教宗莱翁的书信。莱翁将这封书信放在了圣徒斐特若的陵墓前，让圣徒斐特若来纠正。在去世之前，莱翁在圣徒斐特若的陵墓前斋戒40天祷告，恳求圣徒斐特若告诉他，他的罪是否已经被宽恕。圣徒斐特若出现在他的面前对他说，除了在任命神职人员方面，他所有的罪已经得到了原谅，因为任命不称职的神职人员的罪过的严重性是显而易见的。圣莱翁继续进行祷告，直到他得知了这个罪也已经被赦免为止。圣莱翁于公元461年平安地将灵魂交在了上帝的手中。
Probably born in Tuscany in Italy, he became Bishop of Rome in 440. He fought against many heresies. His celebrated Tomos defined the Orthodox belief in the Two Natures and One Person of Christ. It was acclaimed as the teaching of the Orthodox Church at the Council of Chalcedon in 451. His literary and theological legacy is comprised of 96 sermons and 143 letters – of which the best known is his missive to Saint Flavian. St Leo is remembered for saving Rome from conquest by Attila the Hun. When Attila drew near to Rome, preparing to pillage the city, St Leo went out to him in his episcopal vestments and enjoined him to turn back. For reasons unknown to worldly historians, the pitiless Attila with all his troops abandoned their attack and returned the way they had come.
• NICHOLAS 尼科拉 Batonishvili, Catholicos of Georgia (1591)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος Πατριάρχης Γεωργίας
Nicholas Batonishvili was the son of Levan I, King of Kakheti (1520-1574). He lived during the grievous period of the Persian invasion of eastern Georgia. The young prince chose the path of monastic life and bravely helped his elder brother, King Alexandre II (1574-1605). Despite his royal blood, he preferred the monk’s habit and the sweet, light yoke of Christ to the glamour and opulence of his inheritance.
• Martyr PIULIUS (Publius) by the sword
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πιούλιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Hieromartyr SADOTH (Sadosh, Sadot, Sadota, Sahdost, Schadost, Schiadustes, Shahdost, Zadok) of Seleucia (342) beheaded outside the walls of Seleucia, Mesopotamia
Deacon in service to Saint Barbasymas in the diocese of Seleucia-Ctesiphon. Attended the Council of Nicaea in 325. After Saint Barbasymas was martyred, Sadoth was chosen the new bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon. He and his priests went into hiding, covertly ministering to his flock. The forces of King Shapur returned to Seleucia, and Sadoth was arrested along with 128 of his priests, deacons and nuns. Most were immediately executed, but Sadoth and some companions were imprisoned, repeatedly tortured, and offered relief if they would obey the king and worship the sun; they refused.
• Hieromartyr Bishop SIMEON (Simon) of Jerusalem (107) the son of Cleophas (Alpheus, brother to Saint Joseph) and Mary (sister-in-law of the Blessed Virgin)
A relative of Jesus, possibly a first cousin. He is mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew, and was one of the 72 disciples. He was present at the Ascension, and is one of the brethren of Christ mentioned in Acts who was present at the birth of the Church on the first Pentecost. Reported to have been at the martyrdom of Saint James the Lesser, he was chosen to succeed James as bishop of Jerusalem where he served for over 40 years. In 66, before the city fell to the Romans, the Christians received a divine warning, and evacuated to nearby Pella with Simon as their leader. In the aftermath of the destruction of Jerusalem, Simon led the Christians back to the city where they flourished, performed miracles, and converted many. Simon was eventually arrested, tortured and martyred for the twin crimes of being Jewish and Christian during the persecutions of Trajan.
• TARASIUS (Tarasio, Tarasios) of Constantinople (750-806)
Born to the Byzantine nobility. Consul and then Secretary of State to Emperor Constantine IV and Empress Irene. Though a courtier in the most political of empires, he led the life of a monk. Unanimously chosen Patriarch of Constantinople; Tarasius said that he could not accept such a trust when his see was cut off from full commuion with Rome, which had happened under his predecessor. He convoked a Council on 1 August 786 to settle the dispute of the use of holy images, but Iconoclasts rioted, and the Council was reconvened in 787 in Nicea; the Council determined that the Church was in favour of images, and the Pope approved. Tarasius lived an ascetic life, eating simply and little, sleeping little, reading, praying, working for the Church. When the emperor put away his wife and got a priest to “marry” him to a servant, Tarasius condemned the action and was briefly imprisoned for his defiance.
• THEODORE Komogovin of Serbia
• THOMA I Patriarch of Constantinople (7th c.)
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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