συνοδικός
March 9 / February 24
2019 (7527)
Cheesefare Week. Ἑβδομάς τῆς Τυρινῆς
ALL OF THE VENERABLE FATHERS, LIT UP WITH GREAT DEEDS // SATURDAY OF THE CHEESE-FARE WEEK // FIRST (4TH C.) AND SECOND (452) FINDINGS OF THE PRECIOUS HEAD OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. ST. ERASMUS OF THE KYIV CAVES (1160)
ALL OF THE VENERABLE FATHERS who lit up with great deeds // MOVABLE HOLIDAY ON SATURDAY OF THE CHEESE-FARE WEEK //
In the Orthodox Church the term "Venerable" is commonly used as the English-language translation of the title given to monastic saints (Greek: Hosios, Church Slavonic: Prepodobni; both Greek and Church Slavonic forms are masculinum). A monastic saint who was martyred for the Orthodox faith is referred to as "Venerable Martyr". In the 20th century, some English-language Orthodox sources began to use the term "Venerable" to refer to a righteous person who was a candidate for glorification (canonization), most famously in the case of Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco; however, this has not altered the original usage of this term in reference to monastic saints.
• MM HERULUS, LUCIUS, SERGIUS, GEORG (Lorgius), ABSOLON in Caesaria of Cappadocia under Deoclitian
• King ETHELBERT (Aethelberht, Albert or Edilbertus) (560-616) and Blessed BERTHA Queen of Kent (7th c.)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐθελμπέρτος βασιλιὰς τῆς Ἀγγλίας
King of Kent and High King of England, he protected St Augustine's mission and may have been baptised by him as early as Pentecost 597. Though he never tried to force his subjects into Christianity, thousands followed his apostolic example.
• BETTO bishop of Auxerre (918)
The Benedictine monk Betto of Sainte Colombe in Sens in France. He became bishop of Auxerre in 889.
• Monk BOISIL of Melrose Abbey (664)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μποϊζὶλ ἐκ Σκωτίας
• Venerable CUMINE 昆曼 Ailbe 埃尔博 (Cuimine the White, Cuimine the Fair) (669) born in Ireland, he became Abbot of Iona and wrote a life of St Columba
Brother of St Comman of Iona. Monk. Abbot of Iona, Scotland. Wrote a biography of St Columba of Iona.
• DEMETRIAS of Carthage (450)
• Venerable ERASMUS 埃拉斯默 of Kiev Caves, from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (1160) Ukraine. The Relics are kept at St Anthony Near Caves of the Lavra
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἔρασμος
可敬的埃拉斯默
埃拉斯默是基辅洞窟修道院的一名修士。他从父母那里继承了一大笔财产，但是他却将全部财产都用在了教堂上，尤其是用在圣像镀制金银方面。当他一无所有的时候他遭到了别人的轻蔑。魔鬼曾偷偷地对他说，他这样挥霍他的财产是徒然的；他没有将财产分给穷人，而是将其用在了教堂上。埃拉斯默屈服于这个诱惑了，他开始自暴自弃，陷入了绝望之中，并开始混日子、无法无天。当他临终前的时刻，兄弟们聚集到他的周围，开始数算起他的罪，而他本人并没有察觉到这些罪过。这时候，埃拉斯默突然从床上坐了起来，说：“神父们、兄弟们，正如你们所说的，我的确满身罪孽，不知悔改，但是圣安托尼和圣德奥多西刚才向我显现，之后，圣母告诉我说，上帝给了我更多的时间进行忏悔。”圣母还对他说了这些鼓舞性的话语：“穷人到处都有，但是我的教堂却不然。”埃拉斯默又活了三天的时间，期间进行了忏悔，而后将灵魂交在了上帝之手。这个故事告诉我们，热衷于教堂、装饰教堂是上帝所喜悦的。圣埃拉斯默于公元1160年荣耀归主。
He acquired a legacy of fame in that everything he possessed he used for the adornment of the Pechersk church: he mounted many an icon, which even now are over the altar. But with him there occurred suchlike a temptation, that when he came to be impoverished, he then came to be disdainful. The spirit of evil then began to suggest to him: "It gaineth thee naught, that thou squandered possessions upon the church, yea better were it that thou used it on the poor". Not having made proper sense about such thoughts, Erasm went into despondency and began to live carelessly. Because of his virtue the Gracious and Merciful God saved him. He brought upon him a grievous illness. In this sickness Erasm lay numb with closed eyes for seven days, hardly breathing. On the eighth day the brethren came to him and, seeing his terrible gasping, said: "Woe, woe to the soul of this brother, squandered in idleness. It beholds thee something and rebels, not leaving the body". And here Erasm suddenly stood up, as though healthy, and said: "Fathers and brethren! I am exactly a sinner, and a sinner not having repented, as ye said, but here not have appeared to me our monastic fathers Antonii and Theodosii, and said: "We have prayed for thee, and the Lord hath given thee time for repentance. Then beheld I the All-Pure Mother of God with Christ Son of God on Her arms, and She saith to me: "Erasm, since thou did adorn My Church with icons, I likewise adorn thee in the Kingdom of my Son! Arise, repent, put on the angelic form, and on the third day I shalt take thee to Myself as one having loved the magnificence of My home". Having said this, Erasm began to confess his sins before all without shame, then went to church and was envested in the schema, and on the third day he died.
• ETHELBERT (Ædilberct, Æthelberht, Aedilberct, Aethelberht, Aibert, Albert, Edilbertus) of Kent (552-616)
Son of Eormenric; great-grandson of Hengist, Saxon conqueror of Britain. Raised as a pagan worshipper of Odin. King of Kent in 560. Defeated by Ceawlin of Wessex at the battle of Wimbledon in 568, ending his attempt to rule all of Britain. Married the Christian Bertha, daughter of Charibert, King of the Franks; they had three children, including Saint Ethelburgh of Kent. Convert to Christianity, baptized by Saint Augustine of Canterbury in 597; his example led to the baptism of 10,000 of his countrymen within a few months, and he supported Augustine in his missionary work with land, finances and influence. Issued the first written laws to the English people in 604.
• Martyr EVETIUS (Euhetis, Evezio) of Nicomedia (303)
When a copy of Diocletian's edict against Christianity was posted in public, Evetius vandalized it.
• HEISE (Hassea) of Airidh-Fota (Aredfod)
• ILARION Bishop of Kizich
• First (324) and Second (452) Findings of The Precious Head of Saint JOHN 约翰 the Baptist (29)
Εὕρεσις Τιμίας κεφαλῆς τοῦ Ἁγίου Προφήτου, προδρόμου καὶ βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννη
寻获施浸者前驱圣约安之圣首
由于伊若德王的妻子希罗底心生恶念，想杀害伟大且荣耀的施浸者约安，于是指使女儿向伊若德王索取施浸者约安的头颅，正因为如此施浸者约安遭到斩首。希罗底下令不要将施浸者约安的头和身体一同埋葬，因为她害怕约安会复活，于是，她将约安的头颅埋在了一个又深又远的地方。她有一个女仆名叫约亚拿，是伊若德王朝臣苦撒的妻子。善良、虔诚的约亚拿不忍心将上帝圣人的头颅遭受到这样不敬的处理，于是她偷偷地将约安的头颅取了出来，然后带到耶路撒冷的橄榄山上重新进行了埋葬。伊若德并不知情，所以当他听说耶稣其人与他所行的奇迹之后，就非常惊慌，说“是我所斩的约安，他复活了”（玛尔克福音／可／谷6：16）。过了一段时间之后，一位显赫的地主也相信了基督，他放弃了世间的虚荣，决定作一名修士，取名为伊诺森特。作为一名修士，他来到了橄榄山上进行修行，而此地正是约安头颅被埋葬的地方。他打算为自己修建一个小房子，于是开始进行挖掘。他挖掘出了一个用土烧制的罐子，里面就装有约安的头颅，这正是天意所在，让伊诺森特知道约安头颅的下落。他向这颗头颅敬礼，并将头颅原封不动进行了安葬。后来，根据上帝的天意，约安的圣髑广行奇迹，从一个地方到另一个地方，一次次被人遗忘，而后又再次被人重新发现。后来，在虔诚的皇后德奥多拉（迈克尔之母，德奥斐洛之妻）在位时期，以及伊格纳提作为牧首时，约安的圣髑被运送到君士坦丁堡。圣施浸者约安的圣髑行了不少奇迹，医治了很多病人。非常重要的、值得一提的就是，圣施浸者约安在世时“一件神迹都没有行过”（约安福音／约／若10：41），但是上帝却赋予了他的圣髑施行无数奇迹的能力。
After an apparition by the Precursor himself, the Precursor's venerable head was discovered in Herod's house by two pilgrim monks in Jerusalem. A potter took it from the two monks' hands and in appreciating its worth set about to honor it with a special veneration. Feeling himself close to death, he left the relic to his sister, recommending her not to move it or reveal it but only to honor it. After the woman's death, many people successively came into possession of this relic. The last one to have it was a heretical priest-monk named Eustathios. He was expelled by the orthodox from the grotto where he lived (because he indignantly exploited the cures worked through the relic for a lucrative end and attributed the cures to his Arian heresy). In accordance with Providence's designs, the Precursor's venerable head was left in his grotto. It remained hidden and unknown there until the time of Archimandrite Marcellus, under Emperors Valentinian and Marcian (450-457) and Uranius, the Bishop of Emesa. At this time, after several celestial manifestations took place concerning this relic, it was rediscovered in an urn and carried into the church by Bishop Uranius where it worked many miracles and healings.
• Italian Byzantine monk JOHN 约翰 the Theristes ("the Harvester") 收割者 of Stylos in Calabria (1049–1129) // FEB 23 //
Of Calabrian parentage, he was born in Sicily, where his mother had been taken as a slave by the Saracens. He managed to escape to Calabria while still a child and there became a monk. Theristos, meaning harvester, refers to a miraculous harvest reaped by the saint.
• Sainted LIUDHARD bishop of Senlis (596/600) Chaplain and bishop of Queen Bertha of Kent. He may have an important part in the conversion of King Ethelbert, preparing for the conversion of Kent
Chaplain of Queen Bertha of Kent. Bishop. Helped convert King Ethelbert of Kent, which led to the conversion of all of Kent, England.
• Holy Apostle MATTHIAS (63)
St Peter having, in a general assembly of the faithful held soon after, declared from holy scripture, the necessity of choosing a twelfth apostle, in the room of Judas; two were unanimously pitched upon by the assembly, as most worthy of the dignity Joseph, called Barsabas, and, on account of his extraordinary piety, surnamed the Just, and Matthias. After devout prayer to God, that he would direct them in their choice, they proceeded in it by way of lot, which falling by divine direction on Matthias, he was accordingly associated with the eleven, and ranked among the apostles.
• Sainted MODESTUS of Trèves (486) Bishop of Trier in Germany from 486 to 489 during the difficult period when the city came under Frankish rule. Saint Modestus's relics are venerated in the church of Saint Matthias in Trier
Bishop of Trier, Germany in 486 during a period of great political turmoil when the city came under the rule of the Franks.
• PAULIAN (Paolino, Pauliano, Paulien) of Le Puy (6th c.) bishop of the Le Puy area of Gaul (modern Le Puy-en-Velay, France) based in the city of Ruessium (modern Saint-Paulien)
• Martyr PETER the Librarian (Peter Palatine) (303) burned alive in Nicomedia, Bithynia
• Hieromartyr PRAETEXTATUS (Prix) Archbishop of Rouen in France (586)
Bishop of Rouen, France from 549, a position he held for 35 years. Because of his involvement in political intrigue, the French king had him brought before a court of bishops on a charge of fomenting rebellion. Praetextatus denied the charges, but agreed to exile for several years instead of execution. He was formally reinstalled as bishop by the Council of Macon. Praetextatus continued correcting the queen and preaching against the evil practices of her regime, encouraging the monarch to set a holy example. Instead, she had him assassinated.
• Martyr PRIMITIVA (Primitivus)
An early martyr, probably in Rome.
• Uncovering (1486) of the relics of Rightbelieving ROMANUS 罗玛诺之 Prince of Uglich (1285)
• Hosiosmartyr SERGIUS of Cappadocia (304)
Monk in Caesarea, Cappadocia. May have been a priest; records are unclear. He was one of a group of Christians assembled and ordered to make a sacrifice to idols during the persecutions of Diocletian; when the sacrificial fire went out, Sergius immediately claimed it was the work of the true God. He was immediately "tried" and executed by order of the local governor.
• Presbiter SOPHRONIOS
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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