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April 19 / April 6
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ST. EUTYCHIUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE (582). ST. PLATONIDA (PLATONIS) OF NISIBIS (308). 120 MARTYRS OF PERSIA (345). MARTYRS JEREMIAH AND ARCHILIAS THE PRESBYTER. ST. METHODIUS, EQUAL-TO-THEAPOSTLES, ENLIGHTENER OF THE SLAVS (885)
Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή • GREAT 40 DAYS • Μεγάλη Νηστεία • GREAT FAST
Sixth Week of the Great Lent. DAY 40
• Martyrs JEREMIAH 耶热弥亚 and ARCHILIAS 阿尔希利亚 the presbyter (269)
• Martyrs FLORENTIUS, GEMINIANUS and SATURUS (4th c.) in Sirmium in Pannonia
• Martyrs RUFINA, MODERATA, ROMANA, SECUNDUS and 7 Companions (4th c.) in Sirmium in Pannonia
• Holy Hieromartyr Bishop SADOTH and the 120 Martyrs of Hadiab (Hadiabena) in Persia (344-347): 9 Virgins and many priests and deacons; including Commemoration of Righteous YAZDANDOCTA (Yazdandoct)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι Μάρτυρες ἐν Περσίδι
波斯的120名殉道者
当波斯皇帝萨波尔侵占了拜占庭之后，抓获了120名基督徒。在企图说服他们否认基督敬拜火神成为泡影之后，波斯皇帝将他们投入到火中活活烧死。在这些殉道者中有9名童女，他们殉道的时间是公元344年和公元347年，由此得以进入基督永生的国度。
Died at Seleucia in 345. This group includes 120 martyrs ― 9 virgins, and many priests and deacons ― who were beheaded in Persia after 6 months in prison under King Shapur II. Throughout their imprisonment, a virtuous lady of Arbela, Hadiabena (Assyria), named Yasandocht or Jazdundocta, supported them by her charity. When she heard that they were to be executed the following day, Yasandocht flew to the prison and gave each a long white robe. That evening she prepared and served a sumptuous banquet for them. As they ate, she exhorted them to triumph and read Scripture to them. On the day they were to meet their Maker, she begged their prayers and pardon, threw herself on the ground before each and kissed their feet. The evening following their beheading, Yasandocht came with undertakers to embalm the bodies, wrap them in fine linen, and buried them.
• MM TIMOTHY and DIOGENES (345) martyred in Macedonia. They were probably victims of the Arians
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος καὶ Διογένης οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs of Samothrace
• 2 Martyrs in Ascalon (Ashkelon) in Palestine; buried in a mound of earth up to their loins and thus surrendered their souls into the hands of God
Ἡ Ἁγία Πλατωνὶς ἡ Μάρτυς καὶ οἱ δύο σὺν αὐτῇ Μάρτυρες
• VMM TYRIA, MAXIMA, MACARIA and MARCIA (also Martia) together with MM Priest PELUSIUS (also Clusius) and TIMOTHEUS at Alexandria
• New Martyrs MANUEL 埃玛努伊尔, THEODORE 德奥多若, GEORGE 格奥尔吉, MICHAEL 米迦勒 and another GEORGE 格奥尔吉 of Samothrace (1835) at Makri in Thrace
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μανουήλ, Θεόδωρος, Γεώργιος, Μιχαὴλ καὶ Γεώργιος οἱ Νεομάρτυρες ἐκ Σαμοθράκης
• Day of Martyrdom of Martyrs PETR Zhukov and PROKHOR Mikhajlov (1918) cruelly tortured in selo Gnezdilovo of Vyshnevolotskij ujezd, Tver’
• Hieromartyr IOANN 约翰 Bojkov, presbiter, priest (1934) day of death in KZ at Ural; brother of Hieromartyr Iakov
• Hieromartyr IAKOV 雅各 Bojkov, presbiter, priest (1896-1943) day of death in Severouralsk (North Ural) KZ at Sverdlovsk
• Venerable SEBASTIAN 塞瓦斯提安 (Stephan Fomin) Elder of Optina and Karaganda, Schemaarchimandrite, Hosiosconfessor (1884-1966)
• Repose of Archimandrite SERAPHIM (Dmitrij Tyapochkin) of Rakitnoje (1894-1982)
• APHONIOS Bishop of Novgorod from 1635-1649 (1652)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀφώνιος Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντ
• Repose of Hieromonk ARSENIUS of Valaam Monastery (1853)
• Bishop BERTHANC (Berchan, Berthanc Fer-da-Leithe, Berchan of Kirkwall) (840) a monk at Iona in Scotland and later Bishop of Kirkwall in the Orkneys
Born in Scotland; died in Ireland, c. 840. Saint Berthanc was reputedly a monk of Iona and later bishop of Kirkwall in the Orkneys. He seems to have died in Ireland and been buried at Inishmore in Galway Bay. Sometimes he is given the surname of "Fer-da-Leithe," meaning "the man of two parts (or countries).
• BRYCHAN Prince of Brecon; a King in Wales with 24 Saintly children
• CATHUR (Cathub) Bishop of Achadhcinn, probably Aughnakeely, County of Antrim (554)
• CELESTINE (432) born in the Campagna in Italy, he succeeded Boniface I as Pope of Rome in 422. He supported St Germanus of Auxerre against Pelagianism and condemned Nestorianism
• CRONBEG (Cronan Beg) Abbot of Clonmacnoise, King's County (7th c.)
• ELSTAN Bishop of Ramsbury (981)
A monk at Abingdon in England with St Ethelwold, Saint Elstan was a model of obedience at Abingdon Abbey under the direction of its founder Saint Ethelwold, whose example he followed both as abbot and, from 970, as bishop of Winchester or Ramsbury. He became Bishop of Ramsbury and succeeded St Ethelwold as Abbot of Abingdon. Before he attained these dignities, Elstan was the community's cook, who is reputed to have plunged his hands into boiling water at the command of Ethelwold ― and removed them unscathed!
• Sainted EUTYCHIUS 艾弗提希 Patriarch of Constantinople (582)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτύχιος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
圣艾弗提希，君士坦丁堡的牧首
艾弗提希出生于弗里吉亚，父母是非常虔诚的基督徒。他的父亲是一名军官。有一次，当艾弗提希还年幼的时候，他同玩伴一同玩耍，他们的游戏是这样的：每个人都将自己的名字写在墙上，除了写下名字之外，还要在旁边写下自己所会达到的人生目标。轮到艾弗提希时，他在自己的名字旁边写下了牧首两个字。在他30岁的时候就成了阿玛塞亚修道院院长。在40岁时，艾弗提希被阿玛塞亚都主教派遣代表他参加第五次普世大公会议（君士坦丁堡，公元553年）。在这次大公会议上，艾弗提希无论是从学养和热忱方面都如同一颗耀眼的星星，闪耀在教会众神父中间。在对异端死亡后是否受到诅咒的问题进行讨论时，艾弗提希坚持《列王纪上》13：1－8，以及《列王纪下》23：16的观点。艾弗提希非常受到皇帝查士丁尼和牧首枚纳斯的爱戴。皇帝经常寻求他的指点，牧首枚纳斯也指定他为牧首继承人，并恳求皇帝的批准。果真是这样！艾弗提希在平安中管理教会长达12年之久。之后，魔鬼作恶，使他遭遇了大风暴。这场大风暴也迷惑了皇帝查士丁尼。皇帝受到了欺骗，屈服于异端基督一性论，该异端声称，在基督复活之前，他具有神性、具有不朽坏的身躯、没有感觉、没有饥饿、没有干渴、没有疼痛。艾弗提希坚决反对这个异端，由此皇帝将他流放到了他原来的修道院中。艾弗提希在那里呆了12年零8个月的时间，并通过祷告和膏油治愈了很多病人。后来皇帝查士丁尼感到懊悔，最终离世。尤斯丁即位后恢复了艾弗提希的牧首职务，由此艾弗提希平安地管理上帝的教会，直到他去世为止。公元582年，在他70岁高龄之际离开了人世，离开了他终生服侍的教会，返回了天家。
After he was appointed patriarch of Constantinople in 552, Saint Eutychius bravely opposed Emperor Justinian's interference in Church affairs. For this reason, he was exiled for twelve years.
At the very beginning of his patriarchal service, St Eutychios, Patriarch of Constantinople (April 6), convened the Fifth Ecumenical Synod (553), at which the Fathers condemned the heresies cropping up and anathematized them. Among them was Origenism. When the debate began at a local synod called by Emperor Justinian whether heretics like Origen, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Theodoret of Cyrus and Ibas of Edessa could be anathematized after their deaths, Eutychios, noted for his great knowledge of Holy Scripture, supported the opinion that they could be by calling upon the Third Book of Kings (in some translations, called the First Book of Kings 13:1-8 and the Fourth Book of Kings (in some translations, called the Second Book of Kings 23:16). In these passages King Josiah burned the bones of the pagan priests of Bethel. Recalling the example of King Josiah, he declared that one could anathematize the dead to protect the Church against the perverse influence of their doctrine. This interpretation won the favor of Justinian to procur his enthronement as Patriarch of Constantinople, and later at the Fifth Ecumenical Synod, fifteen anathemas were pronounced against Origen.
• Hosiosmartyr GENNADIUS 艮纳迪 of Dionysiou on Mount Athos (1818) who suffered at Constantinople
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεννάδιος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας
The Venerable Martyr Gennadios was a monk at the Monastery of Dionysiou on the Holy Mountain. One day he was sent by the abbot to Constantinople to accompany the monks Boniface and Eudokimos who were traveling there to become martyrs. But Boniface and Eudokimos had a change of heart, becoming fearful of the tortures that awaited them, so they denied Christ. In anger they turned to their companion, Gennadios, whom they now held responsible for their fruitless journey to Constantinople. They betrayed him to the authorities in Constantinople, saying that he had come to the city in order to become a martyr. Gennadios was then arrested and jailed. In prison Gennadios was cruelly tortured and pressured to deny his Christian faith and accept Islam. Gennadios however stood firm in his confession of Christ as the true God. As a consequence, he was sentenced to die by beheading. Thus on April 6, 1818 Saint Gennadios was beheaded for the love of Christ. A portion of his holy relics rest at Dionysiou Monastery.
• GENNARD (720) a monk at Fontenelle in France and eventually Abbot of Flay
Saint Gennard was educated at the court of Clotaire III at Rouen. Thereafter he was trained as a monk by Saint Wandrille at Fontenelle. Eventually, he became abbot of Saint-Germer-de-Flay, but he returned to Fontenelle to die.
• Venerable GREGORY 格里高利 Drimys (Gregory the Byzantine) of St Athanasius' Monastery of the Great Lavra on Mount Athos (1308) instructor of St Gregory Palamas
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Βυζάντιος
• Venerable GREGORY 格里高利 the Sinaite (1346) a great neptic father and teacher of noetic prayer to Mount Athos and the Balkan people
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Σιναΐτης
• Hieromartyr IRENAEUS Bishop of Sirmium in Hungary (304)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Εἰρηναῖος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Σιρμίου
• Martyr MARCELLINUS of Carthage (413)
Marcellinus was the imperial representative in North Africa at the time of the Donatist heresy. He and his brother the judge Agrarius (Apringius), tried to enforce the decisions of a conference in Carthage against Donatism, but the Donatists resorted to false accusation and the two brothers were martyred.
• Repose of Elder MARDARIUS of Nizhni-Novgorod Caves Monastery (1859)
• MARTYRIUS monk of Glinsk Monastery (1865)
• Equal to the Apostles METHODIUS 麦托迪 Archbishop of Moravia, and Enlightener of the Slavs (885)
• New Martyr NICHOLAS 尼科拉 of Lesbos (1463)
Saint Nicholas of Lesvos was martyred by the Turks on the island of Lesvos on 9 April 1463 AD, along with St Raphael. He was a deacon at the monastery near the village of Thermi. St Nicholas died of heart failure when he was being tortured by the Turks. The saint appeared to people in dreams and visions starting 1959 and let to the excavation. Many diseases have been reported cured by the intercession of the saint. He was a native of Thessalonica.
• Venerable NOTKER Balbulus (840-912) of St Gall; nicknamed Balbulus, i.e. the Stammerer
Born in Heiligau (Elk), Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, c. 840; died on April 6, 912. Saint Notker was placed in Saint Gall's Abbey as a child and remained there for the rest of his life as a lay brother, excelling as a musician. He held the offices of librarian, guest-master, and precentor. He excelled as a musician and was the originator of the liturgical sequences of which he composed both the words and the music. His literary works include an anthology of the writings of the Fathers of the Church and a method for learning Gregorian chant. Notker's emblem in art is a rod. He can be recognized as a Benedictine with a book in one hand and a broken rod in the other with which he strikes the devil. He is venerated at Saint Gall. Notker is the patron of musicians and invoked against stammering.
• The Ordination (432) of St PATRICK (387-461)
Patrick, etting out for Ireland from Auxerre, was met, in a place variously spelled Ebmoria, Euboria, or Incurbia, by two disciples of Palladius, who told him that their master, Ireland's first bishop, had died. The place of the encounter has been plausibly identified by Fr Sylvester Malone as Eburobriga, the modern Avrolles, 12 miles north of Auxerre. The bishop whose name appears here in the form Amathorege(m) is, in the unanimous opinion of scholars, St Amator, bishop of Auxerre. But here a chronological problem arises. St Amator died in 418; Patrick, on the other hand, was almost certainly ordained early in 432. In this case he cannot have possibly been ordained by St Amator. Most students of the subject have assumed either some in Muirchu's account (for example, that he mixed up Patrick's admission to minor orders with his consecration as bishop) or held that he was really ordained bishop by St Amator and that his connection with Amator's successor Germanus is. We may, then, conclude that Patrick, hearing about the death of Palladius, whom he went out to join, returned to Auxerre and was consecrated bishop, most probably by St Germanus, in the basilica dedicated to St Amator. This interpretation makes many wild guesses superfluous and confirms an ancient tradition.
• PAUL of Monastery of Stoudios
• Holy Martyr PAUL the Russian (1683) accepted death under the Turks at Constantinople
• Venerabless PLATONIDA (Platonis, Platonia) 普拉托尼斯 of Nisibis (308)
Deaconess, Nun and Founder of Convent at Nisibis in Mesopotamia, Syria
Ἡ Ὁσία Πλατωνὶς ἡ ἐν Νισίβει
The Nun Platonida was at first a deaconess, but afterwards withdrew into the Niziba wilderness, where she organised a women's monastery. The ustav / rule of her monastery was distinguished for its strictness. The sisters partook of food only once a day. During their free-time from prayer they spent the time in monastic works and various obediences, usually of manual labour. On Fridays, the day commemorating the sufferings of Christ the Saviour on the Cross, all work stopped, and the monastics from morning until evening were in temple, where in the intervals between services they did readings from Holy Scripture and its interpretation. The Nun Platonida was for all the sisters a living example of strict monastic ascetic deed, meekness, and love for neighbour. Having reached extreme old age, the Nun Platonida died peacefully in the year 308.
• PRUDENTIUS Galindo (also known as Prudentius of Troyes) (861) born in Spain, in his youth he fled from the Saracens to France, where he changed his baptismal name Galindo to Prudentius. He became Bishop of Troyes
• Venerable RUFUS the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves (14th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ροῦφος ὁ Ἀσκητὴς
• Martyr SERAPION
• Prince TERVILLIOS of Wales (556-660)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Τερβίλλιος ὁ πρίγκιπας
• ULCHED (Ulchad, Ylched) a holy man who gave his name to Llechulched in Anglesey in Wales
• URBAN (940) Abbot of the Monastery of Peñalba near Astorga in Spain. He helped Saint Gennadius initiate a revival within the Benedictine order
• WINEBALD (Vinebaud) (650) a Benedictine monk at Saint-Loup-de-Troyes in France where he became abbot
ST PATRICK OF IRELAND
St Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints. He was born in Roman Britain and when he was fourteen or so, he was captured by Irish pirates during a raiding party and taken to Ireland as a slave to herd and tend sheep. At the time, Ireland was a land of Druids and pagans but Patrick turned to God and wrote his memoir, The Confession. In The Confession, he wrote: "The love of God and his fear grew in me more and more, as did the faith, and my soul was rosed, so that, in a single day, I have said as many as a hundred prayers and in the night, nearly the same. I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain." Patrick's captivity lasted until he was twenty, when he escaped after having a dream from God in which he was told to leave Ireland by going to the coast. There he found some sailors who took him back to Britain and was reunited with his family. A few years after returning home, Patrick saw a vision he described in his memoir: I saw a man coming, as it were from Ireland. His name was Victoricus, and he carried many letters, and he gave me one of them. I read the heading: "The Voice of the Irish". As I began the letter, I imagined in that moment that I heard the voice of those very people who were near the wood of Foclut, which is beside the western sea-and they cried out, as with one voice: "We appeal to you, holy servant boy, to come and walk among us." The vision prompted his studies for the priesthood. He was ordained by the Bishop of Auxerre, whom he had studied under for years, and was later ordained a bishop and sent to take the Gospel to Ireland. Patrick arrived in Slane, Ireland on March 25, 433. There are several legends about what happened next, with the most prominent claiming he met the chieftan of one of the druid tribes, who tried to kill him. After an intervention from God, Patrick was able to convert the chieftain and preach the Gospel throughout Ireland. There, he converted many people - eventually thousands ― and he began building churches across the country. He often used shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity and entire kingdoms were eventually converted to Christianity after hearing Patrick's message. Patrick preached and converted all of Ireland for 40 years. He worked many miracles and wrote of his love for God in Confessions. After years of living in poverty, traveling and enduring much suffering he died March 17, 461. He died at Saul, where he had built the first Irish church. He is believed to be buried in Down Cathedral, Downpatrick. His grave was marked in 1990 with a granite stone.
In His Footsteps:
Patrick was a humble, pious, gentle man, whose love and total devotion to and trust in God should be a shining example to each of us. So complete was his trust in God, and of the importance of his mission, he feared nothing - not even death. "The Breastplate," Patrick's poem of faith and trust in God: "Christ be within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ inquired, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger."
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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