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April 21 / April 8
2019 (7527)
HOLY APOSTLES OF THE SEVENTY: HERODION, AGABUS, ASYNCRITUS, RUFUS, PHLEGON, HERMES, AND THOSE WITH THEM (1ST C.). MARTYR PAUSILIPPUS OF HERACLEA IN THRACE (117-138). ST. CELESTINE, POPE OF ROME (432). VEN. RUFUS THE OBEDIENT OF THE KYIV CAVES (14TH C.)
Sixth Sunday of the Great Lent: PALM SUNDAY 棕枝主日. THE ENTRY OF THE LORD INTO JERUSALEM
Κυριακή των Βαΐων
棕枝主日，聖枝主日，亦称棕树主日或基督苦難主日（因主耶穌基督在本週被出賣、審判，最後被處十字架死刑），是主复活日前的主日。据《福音书》记载，主耶稣基督于此日骑驴入耶路撒冷，受到民众手持棕櫚树枝、欢呼和散那，如迎君王般的礼遇。因此，各派教会对此日的庆祝，往往以主耶稣基督的荣耀为主题，多以棕枝装饰教堂。
The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels.
On Sunday, five days before the Passover of the Law, the Lord came from Bethany to Jerusalem. Sending two of His disciples to bring Him a foal of an ass, He sat thereon and entered into the city. When the multitude there heard that Jesus was coming, they straightway took up the branches of palm trees in their hands, and went forth to meet Him. Others spread their garments on the ground, and yet others cut branches from the trees and strewed them in the way that Jesus was to pass; and all of them together, especially the children, went before and after Him, crying out: "Hosanna: Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord, the King of Israel" (John 12:13). This is the radiant and glorious festival of our Lord's entry into Jerusalem that we celebrate today.
The branches of the palm trees symbolize Christ's victory over the devil and death. The word Hosanna means "Save, I pray," or "Save, now." The foal of an ass, and Jesus' sitting thereon, and the fact that this animal was untamed and considered unclean according to the Law, signified the former uncleanness and wildness of the nations, and their subjection thereafter to the holy Law of the Gospel.
• IBERIAN ("Spanish") Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
The Spanish Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, which is one of the Panachranta type, depicts the Mother of God seated upon a throne.
• Our Lady of Shuya HODEGETRIA 示道 Icon
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄγαβος, Ἀσύγκριτος, Ἑρμῆς, Ἡρωδίων Ἐπίσκοπος, Ροῦφος καὶ Φλέγων οἱ Ἀπόστολοι ἐκ τῶν Ἑβδομήντα
圣徒希罗天、亚迦布、鲁孚、亚逊其土、弗勒干和黑米
他们是70圣徒之一。帕弗罗在他的《使徒书》中提到了他们。希罗天是帕弗罗的亲属帕弗罗在写给罗马人的信中说：抻治饰仪资粝Ｂ尢彀厕（罗马书16：11）。作为新巴底亚的主教，希罗天遭受了犹太人的迫害。他们用棍子抽打他的头，用石头击打他的嘴，并用刀子刺他。他们离开了奄奄一息的希罗天之后，希罗天竟然站起来，继续返回到使徒身边工作。在罗马，希罗天帮助圣徒裴特若的工作，并在圣裴特若被钉在十字架这一天同其他众基督徒同遭斩首。
圣亚迦布拥有预言的恩典。他所作的两个预言在《徒／宗》中曾有记载。他首先预言了在全地将会出现大饥荒，在革老丢在位期间，这个预言应验了：“内中有一位，名叫亚迦布，站起来，借着圣灵指明天下将有大饥荒；这事到革老丢年间果然有了。”（使徒行实／徒／宗11：28）。另一个预言就是，他在该撒利亚遇见帕弗罗，当时帕弗罗正前往耶路撒冷，途径该撒利亚，亚迦布拿帕弗罗的腰带捆上自己的手脚说：“圣灵说：犹太人在耶路撒冷，要如此捆绑这腰带的主人，把他交在外邦人手里”（使徒行实／徒／宗21：11）。
圣鲁孚是希腊底比斯的主教，圣帕弗罗在书信中也提到过他：“又问在主蒙拣选的鲁孚和他母亲安”（罗马书16：13）。
亚逊其土是亚洲海卡尼亚的主教，在《罗马书》16：14中有记载，同时，弗勒干也在同一章节中被提到：“又问亚逊其土、弗勒干、黑米、八罗巴、黑马，并与他们在一处的弟兄们安。”（罗马书16：14）。弗勒干是色雷斯的马拉顿城的主教。
圣黑马也同其他人被提到，他是达尔马蒂亚的主教。
所有这些圣徒如同蜜蜂一样为基督服务，他们将福音的甜蜜带到了不同的地区，为了基督的爱忍受了艰难困苦。所有这些圣徒都进入了基督永生的国度。
Saint Herodion was a relative of Saint Paul the Apostle who greeted him near the end of his epistle to the Romans (Romans 16:11). A native of Jerusalem, Agabos was a prophet. When Paul and Barnabus were in Antioch, Agabos predicted under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit that a great famine would come upon the whole land of Judea. This great famine took place under Claudius about 45-48. In Caesarea, Agabos predicted to the Apostle Paul that captivity and prisoner's chains awaited him in Jerusalem. Rufus was the son of Simon the Cyrenian, whom the Apostle greets, as well as Asyncritos, Phlegon, and Hermes, toward the end of his epistle to the Romans (Romans 16:13-14).
• MM JANUARIUS, MAXIMA, MACARIA and CONCESSA at Carthage in North Africa
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰανουάριος, Μαξίμη καὶ Μακαρία οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Hosiosmartyrs JOSIAS 约西亚 and JOSEPH 约熙福 of Mt Kharasam, Persia (341) • JAKOB and LUKAS
• Repose of Righteous HELEN Voronova (1916) disciple of Elder Barsanuphius of Optina
• New Hieromartyr SERGIUS 塞尔吉 Rodakovskij, presbiter, archpriest (1882-1933) day of martyrdom, shoted at Minsk
• AEDHAN Mac Ua Duibhne
• AGABUS (Agabos) the Prophet (1st c.) of the 72 disciples
At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch, and one of them named Agabus stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine all over the world, and it happened under Claudius. So the disciples determined that, according to ability, each should send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea. - Acts 28:27-29
Jewish convert. One of the 72 disciples sent out by Jesus to preach. Had the gift of prophecy, and predicted an empire-wide famine that occurred in 49. Probably the one who predicted Paul's imprisonment in Jerusalem in Acts 21:10.
• Sainted AMANTIUS Bishop of Como (440) successor of St Provinus in Como in Italy
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀμάνδος
Member of the imperial Roman court. Third bishop of Como, Italy. Built the Basilica of Sant'Abbondio in Como.
• CENNFAOLADH Abbot of Bangor, County of Down (8-9th c.)
• CELESTINE 凯乐斯廷 Pope of Rome (432)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Κελεστίνος πάπας Ρώμης
圣切雷斯丁，罗马教宗
切雷斯丁在东正教信仰方面取得了很大的成就。在第三次普世大公会议（艾弗所，公元431年）举行期间，切雷斯丁写了一封信驳斥聂斯脱利的异端邪说。切雷斯丁于公元432年平安离世。
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.
• M CONCESSA venerated from early times in Carthage in North Africa
• Bishop DIONYSIUS of Corinth (180)
• New Martyr JOHN 约翰 Naukliros 纳弗克利若 ("the Skipper", Voyager, Navigator) in Thessaly (1669) burned alive on Kos
Ιωάννης ο Ναύκληρος
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ ναύκληρος
An Orthodox Christian during the seventeenth century who was martyred by Muslim Turks after he rejected their subjecting him to Islamic conversion rites while he was unconscious. His feast day is April 8. The martyr John suffered a psychological sickness. One time, when he was found in an unconscious state, some Turks performed over him the rite of conversion to their religion. After he came to his senses he saw the seal of circumcision and a white turban on his head. He agonized over the evil that had befallen him and angrily tore the symbol of Islam from his head. He repented with tears before God, bitterly bewailing the indignity that had occurred, and continued to live as a Christian. Once the Turks observed how he had recanted and again resumed his life as a Christian, they furiously rushed at John and savagely beat him, then threw him into prison as being an apostate. Neither lectures, beatings, nor threats bent his will, as John repeatedly asserted: "I believe with all my soul and heart in my Lord Jesus Christ and I confess him as true God Who will judge all the world, both the living and the dead. I despise that religion of yours, and am prepared to endure whatever tortures you subject me to for the love of Christ." When they heard these words and perceived the staunchness of his opinion, they angrily seized John, buffeting and shoving him about on the way to the judge. Once there, they testified how John had become a Moslem and now had changed his mind. The judge gave the order and they beat him unmercifully. As they realized that even with a flogging he was not in the least dispirited, he passed down the final sentence - burning at the stake. Therefore, after suffering many torments they burned the martyr alive on the island of Kôs on April 8, 1669. Thus he completed his life, receiving joyfully the martyr's crown and being made worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven.
• New Martyr JOHN 约翰 Koulikas (1564)
• Sainted NIPHON 尼丰特 Bishop of Novgorod; of Kiev Caves, from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (1156) Ukraine. The Relics are kept at St Anthony Near Caves of the Lavra
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νήφων ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντ
圣尼芬，诺夫哥罗德的主教
尼芬的与众不同在于他对建立和复兴上帝的教会所表现出的伟大热情，以及在抵抗暴政所表现出的大无畏精神。在他临终前30天，圣德奥多西向他显现，并向他宣告了他离世的日期近在咫尺。圣尼芬于公元1156年去世。
• Martyr PAUSILIPPUS 帕弗西利普 of Heraclea in Thrace (117-138)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Παυσίλυπος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• PERPETUUS (490) Bishop of Tours in France (c 460-490)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Περπέτουος
Saint Perpetuus was the eighth Bishop of Tours, who governed that see for more than thirty years, from 461 to 494. During all that time he labored by zealous sermons, many synods and wholesome regulations, to lead souls to virtue. Saint Perpetuus had great veneration for the Saints and respect for their relics; he adorned their shrines and enriched their churches. As there was a continual succession of miracles at the tomb of Saint Martin, Perpetuus, finding the church built by Saint Bricius too small for the concourse of people coming there, directed its enlargement. When the building was finished, the good bishop solemnized the dedication of this large new church, which a writer of that time said was one of the marvels of the world and worthy to be compared with the temple of Solomon. The translation of the body of Saint Martin was carried out on the 4th of July in 491. It is believed that either Saint Martin or his Angel assisted on this occasion, for the coffin was so heavy that no means were found to move it, until an unknown elderly gentleman came forward and offered his aid, immediately efficacious. Saint Perpetuus had made and signed his last will, which is still extant, on the 1st of March, 475, a number of years before his death. In this testament of love, he remited all debts owing to him; and having bequeathed to his church his library and several farms, and establishing a fund for the maintenance of lamps and the purchase of sacred vessels, he declared the poor his heirs for all the rest. He added exhortations to concord and piety, and begged a remembrance in prayer. His ancient epitaph equals him to the great Saint Martin. He died on the 8th of April, 494.
• PHILARET of Seminara (Filarete of Calabria), Calabria (1070)
• REDEMPTUS (586) Bishop of Ferentini in Italy
Bishop Redemptus of Ferentino (Hernicis), a town south of Rome, was a friend of Saint Gregory the Great, who bears witness to his sanctity.
• Venerable RUFUS 路弗 the Recluse (Rufus the Obedient) of Kiev Caves, from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev (1330) Ukraine. The Relics are kept at St Theodosy Far Caves of the Lavra
Saint Rufus the Obedient, Hermit of the Caves, lived at the Kiev Caves monastery during the fourteenth century. He was distinguished for his obedience and glorified as a lover of labor and fasting. He was buried in the Far Caves. He is celebrated a second time on August 28, the Synaxis of the Fathers of the Far Caves.
SYNAXARION FOR PALM SUNDAY
By Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos
On this day, the Sunday of Palms, we celebrate the radiant and glorious Feast of the Entry of our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem.
After Lazarus had been raised from the dead, many, on beholding this event, came to believe in Christ. And indeed, a resolution was passed by the Jewish synagogue that Christ, and Lazarus himself, should be killed. Jesus, therefore, departed, letting evil run its course, and the Jews meditated how they might kill Him on the Feast of Passover. Some time after His flight, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, and there, after a supper had been made, Lazarus ate with Him; his sister Mary poured out ointment on Christ’s feet. On the following day, He sent His Disciples to fetch the ass and the foal. He Who has Heaven for His throne entered Jerusalem, riding on the foal of an ass. The children of the Hebrews themselves spread their garments under Him and, cutting down palm branches, threw some of them in the way and carried others in their arms, and they cried out as they escorted Him: “Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel.”
This took place because the All-Holy Spirit moved their tongues to praise and laud Christ. Through the palms (the name given by the Hebrews to the tender branches) they signified Christ’s victory over death. For it was customary for the victors of athletic contests and wars to be honored and borne about with branches of evergreen trees. The foal signified us, the people of the Gentiles, sitting and resting on whom Christ is proclaimed victor, conqueror, and King of all the earth. About this Feast the Prophet Zacharias said: “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion; for behold, thy King is coming to thee, meek and riding on an ass and the foal of an ass.” And again, about the children, David says: “Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast Thou perfected praise.” When Christ entered the city, the whole of Jerusalem quaked and, goaded on by the High Priests to defend it, the crowds sought to do away with Him. He eluded them by hiding, and when He did appear, He spoke to them through parables.
By Thine ineffable compassion, O Christ our God, make us victors over irrational passions, and vouchsafe us to behold Thy clear victory over death, Thy radiant and life-bearing Resurrection, and have mercy on us. Amen.
PALM SUNDAY[1]
Synaxarion of the Lenten Triodion and Pentecostarion
On this day, Palm Sunday, we celebrate the bright and glorious feast of the Entrance of our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem.
After the raising of Lazarus from the dead, many people who witnessed this event believed in Christ. Moreover, a decree was passed by the council of the Jews to have both Christ and Lazarus killed. Therefore, giving place to their wickedness, Jesus withdrew. The Jews, for their part, made plans to kill Him during the Feast of the Passover. Having stayed away for a long time in the wilderness near Ephraim, six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany to the house of Lazarus, who had been dead. There at supper, Lazarus ate with Him, and his sister Mary poured ointment on Christ's feet. Since Lazarus had been raised from the dead, numerous Jews had forsaken the lifeless synagogue and believed in Jesus. In the future, these would be recognized as the first Christians. At this time, the Jews were divided between those who wished Christ dead and were planning His death and those who acknowledged Him as the Messiah.
The next day, Jesus sent his Disciples to bring an ass and a colt. And He, who has heaven as a throne, entered Jerusalem seated on a colt. Meanwhile, the children of the Jews spread their garments and branches of trees on the road before Him. Others cut branches and others held them in their hands, going before Him shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!" (John 12:13). This took place because the All-Holy Spirit moved their tongues in praise and exaltation of Christ.
By using palms (in Hebrew, the tender branch is called vaion, a palm branch), they were signifying Christ's imminent victory over death. For it was the custom to honor the victors of contests or battles with triumphal processions and to lead them around with branches from evergreens. The meaning of Hosanna is "Save now, we pray" or "Therefore, save." The colt prefigured us, the Gentiles. The ass's colt was still an untamed animal and impure according to the Jewish law. Christ's sitting and resting on the "Gentiles" showed our taming and obedience to the "law" of the Holy Gospel and Christ as Champion, Victor, and King of all the earth.
Today we not only welcome the Lord riding on a colt into the | city of Jerusalem, but Christ who comes in power and glory as King of the age to come. Yet this King comes in meekness and, humility, much different from the triumphal entry of earthly| rulers. The multitudes beheld a man riding an ass's colt into the earthly city of Jerusalem to be proclaimed "King of the Jews" -| Liberator from the Roman yoke. The Church sees the Son of God, the Prince of Peace, entering the heavenly Jerusalem to establish His eternal reign, after His self-emptying Crucifixion and soul-saving Resurrection.
The Prophet Zechariah was speaking about this feast when he said, "Fear not, О daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, sitting on an ass's colt" (Zech. 9:9). And the Holy Prophet David spoke about the children, saying, "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings. You have perfected praise" (Ps. 8:2).
When Christ entered Jerusalem, all the city was in an uproar. In retaliation, the wicked Jewish High Priests instigated the crowds to kill Him. But Jesus evaded them, both hiding and then appearing, speaking to them in parables.
By Your ineffable compassion, О Christ our God, make us
victorious over the irrational passions, and count us worthy to
see Your manifest victory over death and
Your joyous and Life-bearing Resurrection,
and have mercy on us and save us.
Amen.
Notes:
[1]Translated from Greek
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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