• συνοδικός • 2019 June 1 / May 19 7527 •

συνοδικός

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June 1 / May 19
2019 (7527)
HIEROMARTYR PATRICK, BISHOP OF PRUSA, AND HIS COMPANIONS: PRESBYTERS ACACIUS, MENANDER, AND POLYENUS (100). MARTYR ACOLUTHUS (284- 305). ST. JOHN, BISHOP OF THE GOTHS IN CRIMEA (787)

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All Holy NEW MARTYRS OF SLOBOZHANSCHYNA (Slobodskaya), Ukraine // MAY 19 //
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νεομάρτυρες τῆς Σλομπόντσκαγια Οὐκρανίας
The territory of historic Sloboda Ukraine corresponds to the territory of the present-day Ukrainian oblast (province) of Kharkiv (in its entirety), and parts of the Sumy, Donetsk, and Luhansk Oblasts, as well as parts of the Belgorod, Kursk, and Voronezh Oblasts of Russia.
• Hieromartyr PAVEL Krasnokutskij, presbiter (1930)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Παῦλος Μιχαήλοβιτς Κρασνοκούτσκϊυ
• Hieromartyr INNOCENT Let’ajev, Archbishop of Kharkiv (1882-1936) // MAY 19 //
• Hieromartyr INNOCENT Tikhonov, Archbishop of Vinnitsa (1937) // NOV 16 //
• Hieromartyr DIONYSIUS Chagovets, presbiter (1937)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Διονύσιος Καγκόβετς
• Hieromartyr IAKOV Martynenko, presbiter (1937)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Ἰάκωβος Ματυνένκο
• Hieromartyr IOANN Timonov, presbiter (1937)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Ἰωάννης Τίμονωφ
• Hieromartyr IOANN Fedorov, presbiter (1937)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Ἰωάννης Θεοντόρωφ
• Hieromartyr NIKOLAS Migulin, presbiter (1937)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Νικόλαος Μιγκούλιν
• Hieromartyr PAISIOS Moskot, presbiter (1937)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Παΐσιος Μόσκοτ
• Hieromartyr SIMEON Os’kin, presbiter (1937)
• Hieromartyr STEPHAN Andronov, presbiter (1937)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Στέφανος Ἀντρόνωφ
• Hieromartyr ONUPHRIUS (Anton Gagalük), Archbishop of Kursk and Oboyansk (1889-1938) // MAY 19 // JUN 1 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὀνούφριος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
• Hieromartyr COSTANTINE D’jakov, Metropolitain of Kiev, Exarch of Ukraine (1938)
• Hosiosmartyr VARSONOFY (Valentin Mamchich), archmandrite (1875-1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Βαρσανούφιος Μάμτσιτς
• Hosiosmartyr KIPRIAN (Lev Jankovskij), archmandrite (1897-1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Κυπριανός Γιανκόβσκϊυ
• Hieromartyr IAKOV Redozubov, archpriest (1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Ἰάκωβος Ρεντοζούμπωφ
• Hieromartyr PETR Doroshenko, archpriest (1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Πέτρος Ντοροσένκο
• Hieromartyr ALEXIS Tatarinov, presbiter (1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Ἀλέξιος Ταταρίνωφ
• Hieromartyr ANTHONY Gorban’, presbiter (1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Ἀντώνιος Γκόρμπαν
• Hieromartyr VIKTOR Javorskij, presbiter (1938) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Βίκτωρ Γιαβόρκσϊυ
• Hieromartyr VLADIMIR Vasilevskij, presbiter (1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Βλαδίμηρος Βασιλέφσκϊυ
• Hieromartyr GAVRIIL Protopopov, presbiter (1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ Προτόποπωφ
• Hieromartyr ILARION Zhukov, presbiter (1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Ἱλαρίων Ζούκωφ
• Hieromartyr LUKIAN Fedotov, presbiter (1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Λουκιανὸς Θεντότωφ
• Hieromartyr NIKOLAS Jefimov, presbiter (1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Νικόλαος Ἐφίμωφ
• Hieromartyr SPIRIDON Jevtushenko, deacon (1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Σπυρίδων Ἐβτουσένκο
• Martyr ANDREW Mishchenko, regent (1938) // MAY 12 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Ἀνδρέας Μισένκο
• Martyr IOANN Kononenko, regent (1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Ἰωάννης Κονονένκο
• Martyr PHILIPP Ordinets, regent (1938)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Φίλιππος Ὀρντίνετς
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER Petrovskij, Archbishop of Kharkiv (1940) // MAY 11 //
• Hieromartyr IOANN Fedorov, presbiter (1941)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Ἰωάννης Θέντοροφ
• Hieromartyr SERGIOS Shypulin, presbiter (1941)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερομάρτυς Σέργιος Ζίπουλιν
• Hosiosconfessor SERAPHIM Zagorovskij, hieromonk (1943)
• Hieromartyr NIKOLAS Zankorófskïy, Bishop of Kharkiv
● Synaxis of Hieromartyrs of KHARKOV 纪念哈尔科夫全体殉道主教及司祭
● • Martyrs brothers CALOCERUS and PARTHENIUS (250) eunuchs in the palace of Tryphonia, wife of the Emperor Decius. They were burned alive for their faith in Rome in the Decian persecution
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Καλοκέριος καὶ Παρθένιος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyress CYRIACE (Kyriake) 基里雅基 and the 6 Holy Virgin Martyresses in Nicomedia (307)
Ἡ Ἁγία Κυριακὴ ἡ Μάρτυς καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῇ
• Hieromartyrs PATRICIUS (Patrick) 帕特里克 Bishop of Prussa and with him the Presbyters ACACIUS 阿喀基, MENANDER 弥南德尔 and POLYENUS 颇利埃诺 (362) Ὁ Ἅγιος Πατρίκιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Ἀκάκιος, Μένανδρος καὶ Πολύαινος οἱ Μάρτυρες
布鲁萨的主教，司祭殉道者圣帕特里克以及三位长老：阿喀基、枚南德和波利岩努斯
在叛教者犹利安在位期间，这些圣人在亚洲的布鲁萨地区为基督信仰而遭受磨难。皇室朝臣尤尼乌斯将这些圣人带到一个热泉旁边，问帕特里克道：“如果不是我们的艾斯库累普医神和其他我们敬拜的诸神创造了这些有疗效的热泉的话，那么是谁创造的呢？”圣帕特里克回答说：“你们的神是魔鬼，同其他所有事物一样，这些热泉是我们的上帝主基督创造的。”之后这位朝臣又问道：“如果我将你投入到滚烫的水中，你们的基督会拯救你吗？”这位圣人回答说：“如果他想要的话。他可以使我完好无损、不受伤害，即使我希望通过这水将我同这个暂时的世界相分离得以进入基督永生的国度；但是让上帝圣灵的旨意成就在我身上，没有他的旨意，人的一丝头发都不会受损。”听到这之后，朝臣下令将帕特里克投入到滚烫的热水中。滚烫的热水飞溅了出来，烫伤了很多在场的人，但是不停地进行祷告的圣人却丝毫未受到损害，如同站在冷水中一样。看到这个奇迹之后，朝臣因感到羞辱而大发雷霆，下令用斧头将帕特里克和其他三名长老斩首。这些无辜的基督的追随者口中念着祷告，将自己的头放在斧头之下。当他们被斩首时，他们喜悦的灵魂升入到了基督永生的国度。
• Translation of the sacred relics of Saints JULIUS the Presbyter (401) and JULIANUS (Giuliano) the Deacon (391)
Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίων Ἰουλίου Πρεσβυτέρου καὶ Ἰουλιανοῦ Διακόνου
The memory of these two brothers were forgotten by the Orthodox Church for many centuries, although they were honored in the West. News about these Saints became known to the local Church in Aegina in 1961 when pilgrims from Gozzano, led by the priest Don Giuliano Ruga senior, visited the birthplace of the Saints in Aegina to celebrate the 600 year anniversary of the translation of their relics to a church built in their honor (1361-1961). Since then there has been open communication between Gozzano and Aegina, culminating in the installation of a plaque with relics of the Saints and fragments of their tombs in the Church of Saint Dionysios in Pahia Rahi on 21 April 1991. Relics of the Saints were presented to the Church of Saint Dionysios previously on 28 April 1968, which later moved to the Church of Aeginian Saints in Livadi and returned in 1991 to the church in Pahia Rahi.
• 13 Holy Hosiosmartyrs Monks and Confessors of the Monastery of Panagia of Kantara on Cyprus, who suffered under the Latins (1231) BARNABAS 瓦尔纳瓦, GENNADIUS 艮纳迪, GERASIMUS 革拉息默, GERMANUS (Herman) 革尔曼, THEOGNOSTUS 德奥格诺斯特, THEOCTISTUS 德奥克提斯特, JEREMIAH 耶利米, JOHN 约翰, JOSEPH 约熙福, CONON 科农, CYRIL 基里尔, MAXIMUS 玛克息默 and MARK 马可 Defenders of Leavened Bread in the Eucharist
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βαρνάβας, Γεννάδιος, Γεράσιμος, Γερμανός, Θεόγνωστος, Θεόκτιστος, Ἱερεμίας, Ἰωάννης, Ἰωσήφ, Κόνων, Κύριλλος, Μάξιμος καὶ Μάρκος οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρες
• Venerable Sinaites of Serbia from Ravanica (14th c.) ROMULUS, ROMANUS, NESTOR, SISOES, ZOSIMAS, GREGORY, NICODEMUS and CYRIL the Sinaites ― disciples of Gregory of Sinai and Mount Athos // MAY 6 //
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ρωμύλος, Ρωμανός, Νέστωρ, Σισώης, Γρηγόριος, Νικόδημος καὶ Κύριλλος οἱ Σιναΐτες
• Commemoration of the ascetics of St Anthony of Syadem Monastery: ELIAS of Valaam, THEOPHANES, and DIONYSIUS
● NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• Hieromartyr MATTHEW Voznesensky (1919) father of St Michael the psalmer // BELGOROD //
• Hieromartyr INNOCENT Let’ajev, Archbishop of Kharkiv (1882-1936)
• Hieromartyr VICTOR 维克托 Karakulin (1887-1937) // BELGOROD //
• Day of Martyrdom of Hieromartyr ONUPHRIUS 奥努弗里 (Anton Gagalük) Archbishop of Kursk and Oboyansk (1889-1938) // MAY 19 // JUN 1 // and Neomartyrs of Belgorod: Hieromartyr ANTHONY 安托尼 (Basil Pankejev) Bishop of Belgorod (1892-1938), priests HIPPOLYTUS 伊颇利特 Krasnovsky (1883-1938), MITROPHANES 弥特罗梵 Vilgelmsky (1883-1938), ALEXANDER 亚历山大 Yeroshov (1884-1938), MICHAEL 米迦勒 Deineka (1894-1938), NICHOLAS 尼科拉 Sadovsky (1894-1940), BASIL 瓦西里 Ivanov (1876-1938), NICHOLAS 尼科拉 Kulakov (1876-1938), MAXIMUS 玛克息默 Bogdanov (1893-1938), ALEXANDER 亚历山大 Saulsky (1876-1938), PAVEL 保罗 Popov (1890-1938), GREGORY 格里高 Bogoyavlensky (1883-1938), PAVEL 保罗 Bryantsev (1889-1938) and Martyr MICHAEL 米迦勒 Voznesensky, psalmer (1900-1938)
• Hosiosmartyr Hieromonk VALENTIN 瓦伦廷 (Basil Lukianov) of Romashkovo of Moscow (1875-1940)
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER Archbishop of Kharkiv (1937-1940)
• Hieromartyr JOHN Karastamatis of Santa Cruz (1985)
Father John Karastamatis of Santa Cruz (August 8, 1937 - May 19, 1985) was the first parish priest and one of the founders of the Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Santa Cruz, California. Although there is some veneration of him as a hieromartyr, he has not been canonized, and his veneration is controversial. He was a fervent preacher of the Orthodox Faith and "ministered to the unemployed, homeless and drug addicts of the city" before he was murdered in 1985. He has been credited with numerous miracles of healing since his death. His memory is celebrated on May 19, on the eve of the feast of the translation of Saint Nicholas holy relics, because as a child Fr John had great devotion to St Nicholas.
● • Martyr ACOLUTHUS 阿科路托 (Caluf the Egyptian) of the Thebaid (303)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀκόλουθος ὁ Μάρτυρας
The name "Akolouthos" in Greek means "to follow" or "comply". Koloutho, or Colutho, was a common name in Egypt. There was a certain schismatic in Egypt named Kolouthos, or Coluthus, in the time of Saint Athanasius, who often mentions him in his Apologia; and Gregory of Nyssa names the same man Akolouthos. For some reason, in the Slavic tradition, this Saint is named Caluf or Kalifa.
• ADOLPHUS (Hadulf) ascetic of the Benedictine Abbey of St Vaast in Arras, and later Bishop of Arras Cambrai in the north of France (728)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀδοῦλφος
• ANASTASO
• Martyr CALEPODIUS
• CERA (Ceir)
• CIARÁN (Kieranus) Son of Colga
• Repose of Elder CLEOPAS of Valaam (1816) disciple of St Paisius Velichkovsky
• Venerable CORNELIUS 科尔奈利 of Paleostrov and Olonets, Abbot (1420)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κορνήλιος
• Venerable CORNELIUS 科尔奈利 of Komel, Abbot and Wonderworker (1537) Vologda
Ὁ Ὅσιος Κορνήλιος ὁ Θαυματουργός
• Repose of Schemamonk CYRIACUS of Valaam (1798)
• CYRIL Bishop of Trier (5th c.) in Germany, his relics were enshrined in the church of St Matthias in Trier
Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Ἐπίσκοπος Τρεβήρων
• Blessed DMITRY 迪弥特里 of the Don, great prince of Moscow (1389) // MAY 9 // MAY 19 //
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ μεγάλος Πρίγκιπας
He was the first prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol authority in Russia, his nickname, Donskoy (i.e., "of the Don"), alludes to his great victory against the Tatars in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380), which took place on the Don River. He was married to St Eudoxia of Nizhniy Novgorod, she was a daughter of Dmitry of Suzdal and Vasilisa of Rostov. They had at least 12 children: Daniil Dmitriyevich (c. 1370 – 15 September 1379). Vasiliy I of Moscow (30 September 1371 – 27 February 1425). Sofia Dmitriyevna. Married Fyodor Olegovich, Prince of Ryazan (reigned 1402–1427). Yuriy Dmitriyevich, Duke of Zvenigorod and Galich (26 November 1374 – 5 June 1434). Claimed the throne of Moscow against his nephew Vasiliy II of Moscow. Maria Dmitriyevna (d. 15 May 1399). Married Lengvenis. Anastasia Dmitriyevna. Married Ivan Vsevolodovich, Prince of Kholm. Simeon Dmitrievich (d. 11 September 1379). Ivan Dmitriyevich (d. 1393). Andrey Dmitriyevich, Prince of Mozhaysk (14 August 1382 – 9 July 1432). Pyotr Dmitriyevich, Prince of Dmitrov (29 July 1385 – 10 August 1428). Anna Dmitriyevna (born 8 January 1387). Married Yury Patrikiyevich, her husband was a son of Patrikas, Prince of Starodub and his wife Helena. His paternal grandfather was Narimantas, the marriage solidified his role as a Boyar attached to Moscow. Konstantin Dmitriyevich, Prince of Pskov (14 May/15 May 1389 – 1433).
• DUNSTAN 邓斯坦 Archbishop of Canterbury (988) has been called the reviver of monasticism in England. He was a noted musician, played the harp, composed several hymns, notably Kyrie Rex splendens, was a skilled metal worker, and illuminated manuscripts
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δουνστάνος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Καντουαρίας
Born near Glastonbury, he became a monk and abbot there. He was called to court as a counsellor but was forced into exile. He then spent a year in Ghent, a centre of monastic revival, but then he was recalled to England by King Edgar and became his main advisor. He was consecrated Bishop of Worcester in 957 and Archbishop of Canterbury in 961. Together with Sts Ethelwold of Winchester and Oswald of York, he restored monastic life in England. He reposed peacefully at Canterbury. He is the patron saint of armorers, goldsmiths, locksmiths, jewelers, blacksmiths, musicians, and the blind.
Through the prayers of St Dunstan and of all the Saints of England, Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us.
• Venerabless EUPHROSYNE 艾弗福若西尼 (Eudocia or Evdokia 即艾弗多基亚) Grand Duchess (Princess Eudocia) of Moscow (1407) the wife of Moscow Great Prince Demetrius of the Don
Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐδοκία
Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐφροσύνη ἡ ἐν Μόσχᾳ
• HADULF (728) Bishop of Arras-Cambrai in the north of France
Hadulph simultaneously held the offices of abbot of Saint-Vaast and bishop of Arras-Cambrai. He was revered as a scholar and patron of the growing arts.
• Venerable JOHN 约翰 Bishop of the Goths in Crimea (787)
圣约安，哥特人的主教
约安是格鲁及亚的主教，当鞑靼可汗在格鲁及亚开始迫害基督徒时，约安离开了那里，同巴萨拉比亚的哥特人呆了四年的时间。哥特人教区始建于君士坦丁大帝在位期间。在得知可汗死亡的消息之后，约安又重新返回了格鲁及亚重新开始他的使命，用热心和虔诚教导那里的信众。约安在临终前说：“40日之内，我将同可汗一起接受审判。”这就是说，通过他身体的死亡，得以来到上帝的宝座面前。事情果真是这样，到了第40天，约安去世了。约安去世的时间是公元8世纪。
• JOHN 约翰 Prince of Uglich tonsured as Ignatius (1522) of Vologda and Prilutsk Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰγνάτιος
沃罗格达的王子，圣约安
约安是一个显行灵迹者，自幼畏惧上帝、品行端正。他的叔父约安•瓦西列维奇将他及其兄弟蒂米特里投入到监狱中，长达32年之久。在临终前，约安接受了剪发礼，成为一名修士，并接受了伊格纳提这个名字。
• Holy New Martyr JOHN the Dragatis, nicknamed "Arnaoutoyiannis" (1845) an Albanian soldier
The term "Arnaout" was used for the first time during the Ottoman Empire, where Albanians were known as Arnaouts, and Albania as Arnautluk. "Yiannis" is Greek for John.
• Martyr JULIAN
• KIERAN son of Tulchan, mentioned in the Life of St Fintan Abbot of Clonenagh
• MEMNON the Wonderworker
• Repose of Righteous NICHOLAS Rynin of Vologda (1837)
• Martyr PHILOTERUS of Nicomedia (303)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλότερος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Martyr PUDENS the Senator (160)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πούδης ὁ Μάρτυρας
A Roman senator baptised by the Apostles. He is identified by many with the Pudens mentioned by the Apostle Paul (2 Tim 4:21).
• Holy Virgin Martyress PUDENTIANA (Potentiana) daughter of St Pudens the senator (160) died at the age of sixteen
Ἡ Ἁγία Πουδενδιάνα ἡ Μάρτυς
A lady of Rome, the daughter of Senator Saint Pudens and sister of Saint Praxedes, Pudentiana is said to have given her wealth to the poor and helped bury martyred Christians. While tradition relates that she died at the age of 16, nothing is known about her life with certainty. The titulus Pudentis or ecclesia Pudentiana in Rome, said to have been her father's palace, is considered the most ancient in the whole world. It is likely that this name was assumed to be a dedication to Saint Pudentiana, wherein it may simply indicate the original owner, much as in the case of Saint Cecilia. In art, Saint Pudentiana is generally portrayed with Saint Praxedis. She takes up the blood of martyrs with a sponge. She is venerated in Rome.
• RICHELLA (Richeall, Richell, Richeal, Cinne or Cinnia), Matr.
• Irish Virgin RICHELLA
• RICHELLA the daughter of Attractus, and of King Leagaire's race
• RICHELLA (Richenna, Reynach, Regnacia) daughter to Fintan, and sister to St Finnian of Clonard
• RICHELLA sister of St Patrick of Ireland
It might come within the range of possibility, also, that Barbanus, or Banbanus, of Mag-slecht, and a kinsman of St. Patrick, had been her son.
• Venerable SERGIUS 塞尔吉 of Shukhtov (Shukhtom), schemamonk (1609)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Σέργιος τῆς Σουχτόμα
• Martyress THEOCLEA (Theoclia, Dioclia or Theocleia) at Sa (Salhagar, Gharbia) in Egypt (2nd c.)
• Martyress THEOTIMA 德奥提玛 of Nicomedia (311)
Ἡ Ἁγία Θεοτίμη ἡ Μάρτυς
The Holy Martyr Theotimi, whose name means "honored by God", was beheaded by the sword for her love of Christ.
• ZOSIMAS
● • Entrance (323) into Georgia of Saint NINA (Nino) 尼纳 Equal to the Apostles (335)
亚使徒圣尼纳进入格鲁吉亚纪念日
Μνήμη Εἰσόδου τῆς Ἁγίας Νίνας τῆς Ἰσαποστόλου στὴν Γεωργία
The holy Apostles Andrew the First-called and Simon the Canaanite first preached the Christian Faith in Georgia in the 1st century, but at the beginning of the 4th century most of the country was still pagan. St Nina was born in the small town of Colastri, in the Roman province of Cappadocia. She was the only child of the famous Roman general Zabulon. On her father's side, Nina was related to St George the Great Martyr and on her mother's, to the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Houbnal I. St Nina had a vision where the Virgin Mary gave her a Grapevine Cross and told her to preach in Iberia, the ancient name for Georgia. After the Theotokos revealed God’s will for her future, the Equal to the Apostles Nino set off for Georgia to enlighten the Iberian people. On her way to Iberia, passing through Anatolia into the Caucasus, Nina managed to convert some villages to Christianity in Northern Anatolia and Armenia. She arrived in Armenia with the holy martyrs and virgins Rhipsimia, Gaiana and their 50 companions. The holy virgins were martyred in Armenia and, according to God’s will, Saint Nino journeyed on alone to Lake Paravani, entering Georgia from the Javakheti Mountains. She arrived in the spring, but the weather was unseasonably cold. Saint Nina reached the borders of the ancient Georgian Kingdom of Iberia in about 323 A.D. There, she placed a Christian Cross in the small town of Akhalkalaki and started preaching the Christian faith in Urbnis and finally reaching Mtskheta (the capital of Iberia). The Iberian King Mirian III and his nation worshipped the syncretic gods of Armazi and Zaden. However, after Nina’s preaching and miracles, Queen Nana, followed by King Mirian and the whole nation were converted to Christianity. In 326 A.D. King Mirian made Christianity as the official state religion of his kingdom. The Apostolic Church of Georgia has honored the Entrance of the holy Equal to the Apostles Nino as a major feast day. The Georgian Orthodox Church marks St Nina's feastday twice a year: on June 1 (May 19) - the Entrance of St Nina to Georgia and on January 27 (June 14) – the day of her passing away.

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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.

• συνοδικός • 2019 May 31 / May 18 7527 •

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May 31 / May 18
2019 (7527)
MARTYR THEODOTUS OF ANCYRA AND SEVEN VIRGIN-MARTYRS: ALEXANDRA, TECUSA, CLAUDIA, PHAINE, EUPHRAISA, MATRONA, AND JULIA (303). MARTYRS PETER, DIONYSIUS, ANDREW, PAUL, CHRISTINA (250)

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• Synaxis of "THE HELPER OF THE SINNERS" 罪人之保 Icon of the Mother of God of Koretsk (1622) // THURSDAY 1ST WEEK AFTER PENTECOST //
• Synaxis of Icon of the Mother of God "PSKOV-PECHERSK"
● Commemoration of the HOLY FATHERS OF SEVEN ECUMENICAL COUNCILS 纪念前七次神圣普世大公会议之诸位圣教父
The FIRST ECUMENICAL COUNCIL: Nicea, 325 A.D. Condemned the teaching of Arius, who taught that the Son and Holy Spirit were created and inferior to the Father. From this council we have the words of the Nicean Creed which state: I believe in one... Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten from the Father... Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten not made, one in essence with the Father.
The SECOND ECUMENICAL COUNCIL: Constantinople, 381 A.D. Confirmed and completed the Nicean Creed, and addressed the heresy of Apollinarianism. Heresy of Apollinarianism: according to which Christ had a human body and soul but no human rational mind, the Divine Logos taking the place of this. The Nicean Creed reached its current form at this Council, the words concerning belief in the Holy Spirit were added at this point. Also, it was declared that the Bishop of Constantinople should have the primacy of honour after the Bishop of Rome, because Constantinople was known as New Rome.
The THIRD ECUMENICAL COUNCIL: Ephesus, 431 A.D. Addressed the teachings of Nestorius: he rejected the term Theotokos because he opposed the doctrine that taught that Christ was a single person, at once God and man. This teaching was anathematised. Also at this Council the title for the Virgin Mary of Theotokos (Birthgiver of God) is confirmed for use by the whole Church.
The FOURTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL: Chalcedon, 451 A.D. Addressed the teachings of Eutyches, a form of Monophysitism: Monophysitism is a doctrine teaching that Christ had a single divine nature as against the orthodox teaching of a double nature, divine and human. The teachings of the previous councils were confirmed and the teachings of Nestorius and Eutyches, and other Monophysites condemned. The Fifth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople, 553 A.D. To further condemned the Monophysite heresy: The doctrine of the Trinity was set out and also the two births (in eternity and in time) of the Divine Word and Jesus Christ, one person, God and man at the same time; it was the one same person who both wrought the miracles and suffered death.
The SIXTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL: Constantinople, 680 A.D. To address the heresy of Monothelism saying that Christ did not have a human will: This council stated that in our Lord Jesus Christ there are two natural wills, and two natural operations, indivisibly, inconvertibly, inseparably, without any fusion as the holy fathers have taught, and that these two natural wills are not contrary.
The SEVENTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL: Nicea, 787 A.D. To address the Iconoclast controversy: Hostility to the veneration of icons had led to destruction and persecution, and this was the Council which decreed their restoration. The following statement was made to express this: As with the priceless, life-giving cross, so with the venerable and holy images, they may be set up in their various forms in the churches, on the sacred vessels and vestments, on the walls, likewise in private houses, and along the wayside... The more often we look upon them, the more vividly are our minds turned to the memory of those whom they represent... to give to them, the images, an adoration of honour, but not however the true latria, which, as our faith teaches, is to be given only to the divine nature... so that, like the holy cross, the gospels, and the relics of the saints, to these images offerings of incense and lights may be made, as was the custom of our ancestors. For the honour rendered to the image passes to that which the image represents, and whosoever adores an image adores the person it depicts. For in this way, is the teaching of the holy Fathers strengthened, that is to say, the tradition of the holy catholic church, receiving the gospel, from one end of the world to the other...
We know from Acts 15 that the calling of a Council to determine controversial matters was established by the Apostles themselves. In the Council of Jerusalem in 48-49 A.D., chaired by St James, the Brother of Christ, the problems of keeping the Jewish Law were discussed, and it was established that circumcision and the dietary laws were not required of Christians. Writing to the Patriarch of Constantinople in the 6th century, St Gregory the Great refers to the significance of the Councils, and their defining of doctrine, which he equates with scripture. We believe that the decisions made by the Bishops at the Ecumenical Councils were made under divine inspiration. They stand at the centre of Tradition, along with Divine Scripture and the writings of the Fathers, to proclaim what the Church believes.
● • Martyrs PETER 彼得 of Lampsacus, ANDREW 安德列, PAUL 保罗, DIONYSIOS 迪奥尼西 and CHRISTINA 赫里斯提纳 and others under Decius, at Athens (250)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πέτρος, Διονύσιος, Ἀνδρέας, Παῦλος, Χριστίνα, Ἡράκλειος, Παυλίνος καὶ Βενέδιμος οἱ Μάρτυρες
殉道者裴特若、迪奥尼西、安德烈、帕弗罗和赫里斯提那
裴特若年轻英俊；迪奥尼西显赫；帕弗罗与安德烈从军，而赫里斯提那则是一个年仅16岁的少女。他们都为了基督的缘故遭受折磨而死。同他们一同遭受折磨的还有尼克马楚斯，但是他因在途中不能忍受折磨而否认基督，以致于后来精神失常，成了疯子；他蚕食自己的身体，后来口吐白沫致死。这事发生在公元250年。
• Martyrs HERACLIUS 伊拉克利, PAULINUS 帕弗利诺 and BENEDIMUS 文奈迪默 of Athens
殉道者希拉克略、保利努斯和本内蒂姆斯
这三位殉道者都是雅典人。在德西乌斯在位期间，他们为了信仰而遭受折磨。为了基督的名，他们都被活活烧死在火炉中。
Heraclius, Paulinus and Benedimus were Athenians, and preachers of the Gospel who turned many of the heathen from their error to the light of Christ. Brought before the governor, they confesed their Faith, and after many torments were beheaded. One Nicomachus, who was tortured with them, denied Christ under torture, and instantly lost his mind, tearing at his body with his teeth and foaming at the mouth until he breathed his last.
• Martyr THEODOTUS 德奥多特 and Seven VMM of Ancyra: TECUSA (Thecusa, Tekousa or Tekusa) 特库萨, ALEXANDRA (Alexandria) 亚历山德拉, CLAUDIA (Klaudia, Claudie, Claudine or Claudette) 克劳迪亚, FAVINA (Phaïnee, Faina, Phaine or Phaina) 法伊尼, EUPHRASIA (Evphrasia) 艾弗福莱萨, MATRONA 玛特若纳 and JULIA (Julitta) 犹利亚 at Galatia near Corinth (303)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδοτος ὁ Μάρτυρας
Οἱ Ἁγίες Ἀλεξανδρία, Εὐφρασία, Θεοδότη, Ἰουλία, Κλαυδία, Ματρώνα, Τεκοῦσα καὶ Φαεινὴ οἱ Παρθενομάρτυρες
殉道者圣德奥多特及七名殉道少女：特库萨、亚里山德拉、革老底亚、法利娜、欧弗拉西亚、玛特若纳和尤利亚
戴克里先在位期间，德奥多特在安西拉开设了一个小旅馆。尽管他已经成家，但是他一直遵循圣徒的话语：“那有妻子的，要像没有妻子”（致科林托人书一／林前／格前7：29）。德奥多特开设旅馆的目的就是为了帮助受压迫的基督徒。他的旅馆成了受迫害的基督徒的庇护所。逃往深山的基督徒，他秘密地给予帮助，收敛基督徒的尸体，并将其埋葬。当时，有七名少女因基督的缘故而被带到法庭受审，遭受了酷刑、嘲弄之后，最后被投入到湖中溺死。其中的一名少女在梦中向德奥多特显现，告诉他从湖中将她们的尸首取出，并埋葬。在一个漆黑的夜晚，德奥多特与一同伴前往湖边，以满足殉道者的遗愿；在天使的带领下，他们成功地找到了殉道者的尸首，并将其埋葬。但是后来这个同伴将德奥多特出卖，由此德奥多特被带到法官面前受审，并忍受了残酷的折磨。德奥多特忍受了各种酷刑，任人宰割的身体就如同不是他的一样，全身心仰望上帝。刽子手们将他折磨得遍体鳞伤，并用石头将他的满口牙齿全敲掉，最后下令将其斩首。当德奥多特被带到断头台前时，许多基督徒都在为他哭泣，而圣德奥多特却对他们说：“兄弟们，不要为我哭泣，要赞美我们的主耶稣基督，他帮助了我渡过了这磨难，并战胜了我的敌人。”说完这之后，他毅然将头放在断头台上。德奥多特殉道的时间为公元303年。一名司祭将这位殉道者的尸体在城边的一个小山上荣耀地进行了安葬。后来，在这个地方以圣德奥多特为名修建了一座教堂。
• MM CANTIUS, CANTIAN, CANTIANILLA and PROTUS (304)
Two brothers and their sister, martyred in Aquileia in Italy where they had gone with their tutor, Protus.
• The Holy clergy and lay Martyrs massacred under Emperor Valens (364-378)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι κληρικοὶ καὶ λαϊκοί Μάρτυρες οἱ ἀναιρεθέντες ὑπὸ τὸν αὐτοκράτορα Οὐάλη
• HM Priest URBANUS, THEODOR, MENEDEMUS and 77 Priests, clergy and lay Martyrs in Constantinople (370)
• Commemoration of All Orthodox Martyrs under the Arian Emperor Valens
• M JULIANUS and his Mother at Alexandria
• WINNOW, MANCUS and MYRBAD (6th c.) from Ireland who lived in Cornwall where churches are dedicated to them
• Martyrs SYMEON 西面, ISAAC 伊撒克 and BACHTISIUS 瓦赫提西 of Persia (339)
The Holy Martyrs Simeon, Isaac and Bakhtis were Christians and lived during the III Century in Persia under the emperor Sapor, a fierce persecutor of Christians. They tried to force the saints to recant from Christ and be converted to the grim faith of fire-worship. But they refused and answered the pagans: "We will not recant from the Creator of all and we will not worship fire nor the sun". They cruelly tortured the holy martyrs, then threw them into prison, where they were not given food for seven days. Finally, they beheaded the martyrs.
• Holy Martyrs brothers DAVID 大卫 and TARECHAN 塔瑞涵 of Georgia (693) and their Mother
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δαβὶδ καὶ Ταριχάνι οἱ Μάρτυρες
● NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• JOHN Gashkevich, Archpriest of Korma (1917)
• Righteous presbiter IOANN Korm’anskij (1837-1917) Belorus’
• Hieromartyr MICHAEL 米迦勒 Vinogradov, priest (1873-1932)
• Hieromartyr BASIL 瓦西里 Krylov, priest (1906-1942)
• Archpriest ALEXIS Lebedev (1885-1921) was shot May 31, 1921 at 2 am with the prior of the Assumption Church of the city of Tsaritsyn, Fr Jacob Gorokhov
• Archpriest PAVEL Knyazev (1868-1940)
• Nun SERAPHIMA (Ksenia Antonova) (1872-1942) died in prison in Komi ASSR
• Archpriest JACOB Gorokhov, Candidate of Theology (1880-1921)
• IVAN Plotnikov (1882-1938)
• NIKOLAY Makhajev (1883-1996) church leader, Candidate of Theology
• Hieromartyr DAMIAN (Damjan) 达弥安 Strbac, Jr., priest of Grahovo, Serbia (1941)
● • AELGYFA (Elfgiva, Aelgifu, Algyva, Aelgytha, Elfgyva, Elgifa or Elgiva) of Shaftesbury, Queen of England, Widow, Restored Monastery at Shaftesbury (Dorchester or Dorsetshire), Nun at Shaftesbury (947)
As the mother of Kings Edwy and Saint Edgar the Peaceful and wife of King Edmund of Wessex (921-46), Saint Elgiva was the adviser and ennobler of the whole kingdom. On the death of her husband, Elgiva retired to the convent of Shaftesbury, where she ended her days and which is the centre of her cultus. William of Malmesbury praised her for her generosity, wise counsel, and the gift of prophecy. He also wrote about the miracles wrought at her intercession.
• AGHNA (Anna or Eina) of Drumdart, Co. Leitrim (508)
• ANASTASO (Anastasia) 阿纳斯塔索 of Leukadion (Laucation) near the Bithinian sea-shore
Ἡ Ὁσία Ἀναστασὼ ἡ ἐν τοῖς Λευκαδίου
• ARSENIUS of Armo, monk and Priest in Italy (810-904)
• CONVAL of Strathclyde (6th c.) a disciple of the Scottish Saint Kentigern
Despite the efforts of Protestant reformers to eradicate the memory of Conval, archdeacon to Saint Kentigern, there is a church still in Glasgow dedicated to his memory. He was active throughout the region of Strathclyde, south of Glasgow, especially in Renfrewshire.
• VM CYRA (Syra) in Persia (558)
• Martyr CRESCENTIAN in Sassari in Sardinia (130) at the same time as Sts Gabinus and Crispulus under the Emperor Hadrian
* VM DIONYSIA (Dionisia or Denise) at Troas (250)
• Martyr DIOSCORUS in Cynopolis of Egypt (305)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Διόσκορος ὁ Μάρτυρας
Dioscorus was a lector of the church of Kynopolis, Egypt. He was burnt with hot irons and died under torture. In art, Dioscorus has torches applied to his sides.
• Martyress EUPHRASIA 艾弗福拉西亚 t Nicaea (2nd c.)
Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐφρασία ἡ Μάρτυς
The Holy Martyress Euphrasia was a native of the city of Nicea. She accepted death for Christ at the time of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian -- at the end of the III or beginning IV Century. Subjected to many tortures, the martyress was drowned in the sea.
• Hieromartyr FELIX Bishop of Spoleto, in Umbria (304)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Φήλικας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
Saint Felix was a bishop of either Spoleto or of the neighboring town of Spello (Hispellum) in Umbria. He was martyred under Diocletian.
• FEREDARIUS (Feradach mac Cormaic) Abbot of Iona (880)
Born in Ireland; died after 863. Saint Feredarius was chosen abbot of Iona in 863. During his abbacy the relics of Saint Columba were removed to Ireland for fear of the invading Danes.
• Martyress GALACTIA
Ἡ Ἁγία Γαλακτία ἡ Μάρτυς
• Martyr JULIAN
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Hieromartyr Pope JOHN I of Rome (526)
• Martyr LEO
• LUPICINUS (5th c.) Bishop of Verona in Italy, described as 'the most holy, the best of bishops'
• Repose of Venerable Archimandrite MACARIUS 玛喀里 (Michael Glukharev) of Altai (1847) missionary to the Altai region in Siberia
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος ὁ Ἱεραπόστολος
• MARTINIAN 玛尔提尼安 of Areovinthus (Areobindus, Areovinchus) monk of the church of the Theotokos of the Areovinthus quarter, Constantinople
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαρτινιανὸς ὁ ἐν τοῖς Ἀρεοβίνθου
• Hieromartyr Priest MERILILAUN (Merolilaun, Merolitain) of Rheims (8th c.) a pilgrim murdered near Rheims and venerated as a martyr
Irish saint who laboured in France and there met a martyr's death - Merolilan of Rheims. Merililaun was a British/Scottish pilgrim who met his death violently near Rheims on the shore of the river Aisne while he was on pilgrimage to Rome. His relics were secretly buried, and later discovered through a heavenly revelation. His relics were in the Saint-Symphorian church in Rheims.
• Translation of the relics of Saint MILDRED of Thanet (Mildthryth) Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet (8th c.)
• Hieromartyr PALAMON bishop of Heraclea (341)
• PASCHASIUS (512) a deacon in Rome who wrote theological works
• Martyr Ascetik PAULUS
• Virgin PETRONILLA in Rome (1st c.) venerated from the earliest times
• Repose of Blessed PHILIP founder of the Gethsemane Caves Skete of St Sergius Lavra (1869)
• Hieromartyr POTAMON 颇塔蒙 Bishop of Heraclea in Egypt (341) died in Alexandria, Egypt from injuries sustained from a beating with clubs
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ποταμὼν ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἡρακλείας
• STEPHEN 斯特梵 the New, patriarch of Constantinople
Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
• Hosios STEPHANOS the Chorabyte
Ὁ Ὅσιος Στέφανος ὁ Χωρηβίτης
• Venerabless TAISIA of Voronezh (1840)
• Hieromartyr Pope 德奥多若 THEODORE I of Rome (649)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ρώμης
• Martyr VENANTIUS of Camerino (250)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βενάντιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
Teenager tortured extensively and martyred with ten other Christians during the persecutions of Decius. He made a glorious confession of his faith, and after suffering many torments was beheaded in the persecution of Decius in 250, at Camerino, a city near the marquisate of Ancona in Italy; of which place he was a native. His body is kept with singular veneration in that city. Pope Clement X. who had been bishop of Camerino, had a particular devotion to this martyr, who suffered very young.

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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.

• συνοδικός • 2019 May 30 / May 17 7527 •

συνοδικός

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May 30 / May 17
2019 (7527)
APOSTLE ANDRONICUS OF THE SEVENTY AND HIS FELLOW LABORER JUNIA (1ST C.). MARTYRS SOLOCHON, PAMPHAMER, AND PAMPHALON AT CHALCEDON (298). ST. STEPHEN, ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE (893)

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• Synaxis of "THE HELPER OF THE SINNERS" Icon of the Mother of God
• "SHUYA" Icon of the Mother of God
● • MM ANDRONICUS 安德若尼科 Apostle of the Seventy and his fellow laborer wife JUNIA (Junias or Jounia) 犹尼亚 Dcn. (1st c.)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνδρόνικος καὶ Ἰουνία οἱ Ἀπόστολοι
殉道者，圣安多尼古
安多尼古是70使徒之一。他是圣帕弗罗的亲属，正如帕弗罗自己所说的那样：“又问我亲属与我一同坐监的安多尼古和犹尼亚安，他们在使徒中是有名望的，也是比我先在基督里”（罗马书16：7）。帕弗罗还提到了安多尼古的助手犹尼亚。安多尼古被委任为潘诺尼亚的主教，但是他并没有只停留在一个地方，而是走遍了整个潘诺尼亚传讲福音。同犹尼亚一起，安多尼古成功地皈依了很多人相信基督，并捣毁了许多偶像寺庙。他们二人都拥有施行奇迹的恩典，从人身上驱除魔鬼，并医治了各种疑难病症。他们二人为基督遭受了折磨，收到了双重冠冕，即：使徒冠冕和殉道冠冕。他们二人的圣髑在艾弗格尼地区被发现。
These saints are referenced by Saint Paul in Romans 16:7: "Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and fellow- prisoners, who are of not among the Apostles, who also were in Christ before me".
• MM BASILLA, VICTOR and ADRIO (Adrion) at Alexandria
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄνδριος, Βίκτωρ καὶ Βασίλλα οἱ Μάρτυρες
• VMM DOROTHEA, THEODORA and EUGENIA at Cagliari in Sardiniank
• 5 Martyrs HERADIUS, PAUL and AQUILINUS and Companions near Lake Geneva (284-305 at Nyon in Switzerland under Diocletian
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐράδιος, Παῦλος καὶ Ἀκυλίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς μαρτυρήσαντες
• Martyrs SOLOCHON 索洛宏, PAMPHAMER 庞法玫尔 and PAMPHALON 庞法隆 at Chalcedon (298)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παμφαμήρ, Παμφυλῶν καὶ Σολόχων οἱ Μάρτυρες
殉道者，圣所罗肯
所罗肯出生于埃及，在马克西米安在位期间成为罗马指挥官坎帕努斯手下的士兵。皇帝下令，要军队中的所有人必须向偶像献祭，当时，所罗肯表白了自己是基督徒。军队中的另外两名战友潘发米尔和潘菲龙也表白了自己的基督信仰。指挥官下令对他们三人进行鞭打，并施加酷刑，潘发米尔和潘菲龙被折磨致死。所罗肯仍没有被致死，因此被处以新的刑罚。指挥官命令士兵用一把剑锹开所罗肯的嘴，将献于偶像的祭品灌入到他的嘴中。所罗肯将剑咬断，使献于偶像的祭品没有进入到他的腹中。最后，他们用豪猪的刺穿透所罗肯的双耳，欲想让他死亡。基督徒带走了他的身体，将他带到了一个寡妇的家中，在精心照料之下，所罗肯逐渐地恢复了健康，一点一点强壮起来，并继续鼓励信众们在他们为信仰遭受磨难时坚守信仰。公元298年，所罗肯向上帝献上感恩，结束了他在世的生命，进入了上帝永生的天国。
• Martyrs THEODOTOS of Ankyra, THEKUSA, ALEXANDRA, CLAUDIA, THAINA (Phaina, Phœne, Polactia), EUPHRASIA (Euphrosyne), MATRONA and JULIA (Julitta, Athanasia) (303)
• Martyrs PAUL and HERACLIUS (4th c.) at Noviodunum, Mesia (in modern Romania)
• Commemoration of the Fall of Jerusalem in 614 AD to the Persians, with the loss of the True Cross to Persia, damage to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by fire, and the martyrdom of over 65 000 Christians (614)
Μνήμη ἁλώσεως τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμv • Brothers NECTARIUS 奈克塔里 (1550) and THEOPHANES 德奥梵 (1544) Holy Hieromonks the gate-keepers of Meteora; Founders of Barlaam Monastery at Meteora
Οἱ Ὅσιοι Νεκτάριος καὶ Θεοφάνης οἱ Ἀψαράδες
• The New Martyrs of Batak of Bulgarian (1876)
From the ecclesiastical Glorification of the New Martyrs of Bulgaria, by the prayerful remembrance of their sufferings and their enormous patience and humility, our souls shall always be warmed by an ineffably deep feeling: that we belong to a martyred people, who have infused into the Holy Orthodox Church, not only the life-giving streams of Slavic letters, but also rivers of the sanctifying blood of a huge host of Christian Martyrs, in whose midst — like a brilliant constellation — shine our dear New Martyrs from Batak. Through their holy prayers, Christ God, have mercy on us and save us!
● NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• Comm. of slaughter of Armenians by the Turks (early 1900’s)
• Righteous JONAH 约纳 Atamanskij, Archpriest of Odessa, Wonderworker (1924)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωνᾶς τῆς Ὀδησσοῦ
Fr Jonah, a married priest, did his all-night akathist vigils daily from midnight to daybreak. His prayers cured the blind and cast out demons from the possessed. When Moscow doctors told an Odessa mother they could do nothing for her son who was born blind, St Jonah prayed over his bed all night for nine days and on the morning of the tenth day, the boy could see with 20/20 vision. St Jonah was taken to court by the Bolsheviks but the chief opthilmologist of Moscow came to his defence. A great man of prayer, he is also highly venerated in Romania and elsewhere.
• PELAGEJA Korel’skaja (Karel’skaja) (1886-1949) elder of church
• NIKITA Kudryashov, psalmist (1888-1930) of Samara; shoted
• ANDREW Kuz’min, protodeacon (born 1888) of Samara; died in prison in ITL (Ispravitelna-troudavoï lager, concentration camp) in Syzran from acute inflammation of the kidneys. The Kuibyshev Regional Court was rehabilitated by the year of repression in 1937
• PETR Kurshyn (1883-1930) priest; shoted in Bijsk
• SAVELIY Titov (1883-1976) archpriest
• ALEXANDER Pershukov (1882-1930) ) priest; shoted in Omsk
● • Tr.Rel. of VM AGRIPPINA at Rome (3rd c.)
• Venerable ANDRONIK the Grave-Digger, of the Kyivan Zverynetsky Monastery (1096)
• Translation of the relics (1551) of Abbot ADRIAN 阿德里安 of Ondrusov (1549) Valaam
Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἀδριανοῦ
• Sainted ATHANASIUS 阿塔纳西 the New, Archbishop and wonderworker of Christianopolis (1640-1707/1735)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Χριστιανουπόλεωςv • BRUNO of Würzburg (1045) great-nephew of Saint Bruno of Querfurt, was consecrated bishop of Würzburg in 1033. He spent his private fortune on building the cathedral of Saint Kilian and other churches in the diocese. The saint was killed by the collapse of a gallery while dining with Emperor Henry III at Bosenburg on the Danube
• CATHAN (Catan, Chattan, Cadan) Bishop and Confessor (6th/7th c.) on the Isle of Bute, Scotland, a place often known as Kil-Cathan in his honor. Uncle of Saint Blane
He flourished in the sixth or seventh century. His relics in the isle of Bute were so famous in Scotland, that the island was often called Kil-cathan. A bishop in the Isle of Bute in Scotland, often called Kil-Cathan after him. His tomb is at Tamlacht in Ireland but others maintain that his relics are on Bute According to the Scots, the relics of Bishop Saint Cathan rest on the Isle of Bute, where he may have been bishop. They were so famous that the land was often called Kilcathan. His tomb is also shown at Tamlacht near Londonderry. There is the possibility that there were two saints by this name.
• Venerable DODO of the St David-Gareji Monastery, Georgia (6th c.) A companion of Saint David of Gareji, Saint Dodo belonged to the royal family Andronikashvili. He was tonsured a monk while still a youth, and was endowed with every virtue. An admirer of poverty and solitude, he labored as a hermit at Ninotsminda in Kakheti
• New Martyr ELEAZAR (Lazarus) of the town of Vasen in Russia, martyred for the faith near Olonets (18th c.)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐλεάζαρος
• Venerabless EUPHROSYNE 艾弗福若西尼 (Eudocia or Evdokia 即艾弗多基亚) Grand Duchess (Princess Eudocia) of Moscow (1407) the wife of Moscow Great Prince Demetrius of the Don
Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐδοκία
Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐφροσύνη ἡ ἐν Μόσχᾳ
• FIONNCHAN Bishop, of Druim-eanaigh and of Druim-fess (6th c.) Irish Church
• FRAMECHILDIS (Framechild, Frameuse, Frameuze or Franchildis) Matr., Abs. of Montreuil-sur-Mer (7th c.)
• GEREBERN (Gerebrand) (7th c.) A priest from Ireland, he accompanied St Dympna to Belgium and shared in her martyrdom. He is patron-saint of a village in the Rhineland in Germany, where his relics are enshrined
• Empress HELEN (Helena, Halina, Eileen, Elaine, Ellen, Eibhilin, Evelyn, Elena, Elene, Eleanor, Eleanora, Elinor, Alene or Aileen) (327)
• MADEN (Madern, Madron) (545) A hermit born in Cornwall, he later lived in Brittany
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ματρῶνος
Many churches are dedicated to him, the most noted being at St Madern's Well in Cornwall, the reputed site of his hermitage and still a place of pilgrimage. Died near Land's End, Cornwall, c. 545. Saint Madron, a hermit in Brittany of Cornish descent, is the patron of many churches, including the site of his hermitage at Saint Madern's Well in Cornwall and two parishes in Saint-Malo. Many miracles are ascribed to Saint Madron, but still little is known about the saint except for the dedications in Cornwall and Brittany. He has been identified as Saint Medran (f.d. July 7), the disciple of Saint Kieran (f.d. March 5), the Welsh Saint Padarn (f.d. April 16), or a local man who accompanied Saint Tudwal (f.d. December 1) to Brittany. Tradition says that you ask for healing from some ill, then leave a piece of cloth from your clothing at the well; as the cloth deteriorates, the illness dissipates.
• MAILDULF (Maeldubh) of Malmesbury, Abbot (673) born in Ireland, he went to England and founded the monastery of Malmesbury, where St Aldhelm was among his disciples
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαϊδοῦλφος
Died at Malmesbury Abbey, England, in 673. The Irish monk Saint Maildulf left his homeland to spread the Gospel in England. He settled in the lonely forest country that in those days lay in the northeast of Wiltshire. After living for a time as a hermit, he gathered the children of the neighbourhood for instruction. In the course of time his hermitage became a school, where he had Saint Aldhelm (f.d. May 25) among his disciples. The school and foundation flourished even after his death, acquiring fame as a community of scholars known as Malmesbury.
• MAW
Born in Ireland. Only Husenbeth mentions this saint, whose name in Cornish means "a boy." He appears to have left his homeland in search of solitude in Cornwall. In his hermitage on the sea near Falmouth, he lived a life of prayer and austere penance at Saint Mawes. A church, chair of solid stone in the churchyard, and a holy well still bear his name. Leland writes that Maw had been a teacher and later a bishop in Britain.
• Virgin MELANGELL 麦兰格尔 hermitess of Wales (6th c.)
The glory of mid-Wales is without doubt the remote church of Pennant Melangell in a valley in the Berwyn mountains in Denbighshire. Here is the shrine of St Melangell (Monacella) another royal virgin fleeing a suitor. Her ‘cell y bedd’ (the cell of the grave) can still be seen in the apse; before it now stands the truly awesome restored shrine, pieced together from the fragments reused after the Reformation for walls. Bones found under the floor of the ‘cell y bedd’ are now in the casket within the shrine. An effigy of the saints lies to one side. In the churchyard are 2 400 old yews. Words cannot describe this place. It is another of the secrets of the Living Tradition in Wales.
• NICEPHOROS Abbot in Mydiceia (814)
• Great Martyr NICHOLAS 尼科拉 of Sophia (1555)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας
• New Martyr NICOLAS Basdanis (St Nicolas the Vlach) (1617) of Metsovo, whose relics are at Meteora
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Νέος
• Martyr PETER the Aleut (1800-1815) The First American Born Martyr baptized into the Orthodox faith by the monks of St Herman's missionaries operating in the north
On another occasion he was relating how the Spanish in California had imprisoned fourteen Aleuts, and how the Jesuits (actually Franciscans) were forcing all of them to accept the Catholic Faith. But the Aleuts would not agree under any circumstances, saying, ‘We are Christians.’ The Jesuits argued, ‘That’s not true, you are heretics and schismatics. If you do not agree to accept our faith then we will torture all of you to death.’ Then the Aleuts were placed in prisons two to a cell. That evening, the Jesuits came to the prison with lanterns and lighted candles. Again they tried to persuade two Aleuts in the cell to accept the Catholic Faith. ‘We are Christians,’ the Aleuts replied, ‘and we will not change our Faith.’ Then the Jesuits began to torture them, at first the one while his companion was a witness. They cut off one of the joints of his feet, and then the other joint. Then they cut the first joint on the fingers of his hands, and then the other joint. Then they cut off his feet, and his hands. The blood flowed, but the martyr endured all and firmly repeated one thing: ‘I am a Christian.’ He died in such suffering, due to a loss of blood. The Jesuit also promised to torture his comrade to death the next day. But that night an order was received from Monterey stating that the imprisoned Aleuts were to be released immediately, and sent there under escort. Therefore, in the morning all were sent to Monterey with the exception of the dead Aleut. This was related to me by a witness, the same Aleut who had escaped torture, and who was the friend of the martyred Aleut. I reported this incident to the authorities in Saint Petersburg. When I finished my story, Father Herman asked, ‘What was the name of the martyred Aleut?’ I answered, ‘Peter. I do not remember his family name.’ The Elder stood reverently before an icon, made the Sign of the Cross and said, ‘Holy New Martyr Peter, pray to God for us!
• POSSIDIUS Bishop and Confessor (370-440)
• VM RESTITUTA at Carthage (3-4th c.) burned to death on a boat off Carthage, Tunisia in North Africa under Valerian or Diocletian. The boat grounded on the island of Ischia near Naples, Italy. Her relics are enshrined in Naples in Italy
Ἡ Ἁγία Ρεστιτούτα ἡ Μάρτυς
• RASSO (Ratho) ascetic, founder of a Benedictine abbey at Wörth, later named Grafrath after him (953)
Count Rasso of Andechs (Bavaria), a man of great stature, was a brave warrior. He led the Bavarians in several campaigns against the invading Hungarians. After a midlife pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Rome, he founded a Benedictine abbey at Wörth (now Grafrath) in Bavaria where he himself became a monk. Saint Rasso gives his name to the healing shrine of Grafrath in Bavaria.
• SIOLLAN Bishop of Daimhinis, or Devenish Island, County of Fermanagh (7th c.) • Sainted STEPHEN 斯特梵 archbishop of Constantinople (893)
圣斯特梵，君士坦丁堡的牧首
斯特梵是马其顿皇帝瓦西里的儿子，是明智的莱翁皇帝的兄弟。继牧首佛提之后，他担任君士坦丁堡牧首职务，在889－893年间管理上帝的教会。斯特梵一生爱主，最后得以平安离世，返回天家。
Saint Stephen, Patriarch of Constantinople, was the younger son of Emperor Basil the Macedonian, and was a brother of Emperor Leo the Wise. He was ordained to the priesthood under Patriarch Photius. When Saint Photius was compelled to resign the patriarchal throne in the year 886, Saint Stephen was elevated to the See of Constantinople. The saint vigilantly stood watch over his spiritual flock, he was merciful and interceded for the defenseless, he concerned himself with widows and orphans, and distinguished himself by his temperance. He died peacefully in the year 893 and was buried in the Sikellian monastery.
• Hieromartyr THEODORET of Antioch (361–363)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοδώρητος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
Saint Theodoret or Saint Theodoritus (Greek: "God given"; died October 22, 362) was a Greek-speaking Syrian Christian priest who died a martyr in Antioch during the reign of Emperor Julian the Apostate. His life is recorded only by apologetic works. His relics were later taken to Uzès in the south of France and placed in the cathedral, which is dedicated to him.
• THEOPHANES Myroblytes, Bischop of Solea in Zypern, Ascetik in Mésa Potamos (1550/1567)

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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.

• συνοδικός • 2019 May 29 / May 16 7527 •

συνοδικός

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May 29 / May 16
2019 (7527)
ST. THEODORE THE SANCTIFIED (368). ST. ALEXANDER, ARCHBISHOP OF JERUSALEM (3RD C.). MARTYRS VITUS, MODESTUS AND CRESCENTIA (303). BLESSED CHILD MUSA (5TH C.). MONK-MARTYRS OF THE COMMUNITY OF ST. SAVA THE SANCTIFIED (614). ST. GEORGE, BISHOP OF MITYLENE (842)
Leave-taking of Mid-Pentecost

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• Martyrs VITUS (Guy) 维托; MODESTUS (Modestos) 摩德斯特 his tutor; and CRESCENTIA 克瑞斯肯提亚 his attendant; at Lucania (284-305) suffered for Christ during the reign of Emperor Diocletian // JUN 15 //
• Martyrs BACHTISIUS (Dachthisoes), ISAAC and SYMEON of Persia (339)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βαχθισόης, Ἰσαάκιος καὶ Συμεὼν οἱ Μάρτυρες
• MM Bishop ABDA and ABJESUS (Abdjesus, Hebedjesus) Bishop of Laskhar, together with 38 other martyrs at Beth-Kashkar in the Persian Empire: 19 priests, 9 deacons, 6 monks, and 7 VMM/Dcns., in Persia (366/375) under Ardashir II
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Αὐδᾶς, Αὐδιησοῦς, Βενιαμὶν καὶ ἄλλοι τριάντα ὀκτὼ Μάρτυρες
• Hieromartyr Bishop ABDJESUS 阿布迪埃 and Martyrs of Persia (418) under Izdegerd
• MM FELIX and GENNADIUS venerated from ancient times in Uzalis in North Africa Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φήλικας καὶ Γεννάδιος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• MM AQUILINUS and VICTORIAN martyred in Isauria, Asia Minor
• 44 Holy Sabaite fathers Hosiosmartyrs monks of the community of St Sava the Sanctified, massacred by the Saracens (610) 成圣者萨瓦修道院之诸位殉道修士 Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἀββάδες οἱ ἐν τῇ μονῇ τοῦ Ἁγίου Σάββα ἀναιρεθέντες
神圣的萨巴斯修道院的殉道者
皇帝希拉克略在位期间的公元610年前后，位于耶路撒冷附近的神圣的萨巴斯修道院的44名修士为基督而遭受了磨难。圣安提奥楚斯〔12月24日〕见证了这些修士们的英勇行为。
44 monks of the Saint Sava Lavra received the unfading crown of martyrdom about 614, during the reign of the emperor Heraclius. The monastery was attacked by Arabs in search of plunder. When they were unable to find the treasure they expected, they became angry and murdered the defenseless Fathers. Some were beheaded, while others were hacked to pieces. Saint Antiochus (December 24) has preserved an account of the martyrs in his “107th Homily”. Dositheus also mentions them in his DODEKABIBLOS. The saints commemorated today should not be confused with other martyrs of the Saint Sava Lavra, who suffered in 796 (March 20). The two dates reflect separate attacks on the monastery at different times. History tells us that barbarians raided the Saint Sava Lavra on several occasions.
• ARCADIUS and Others
● NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• MATTHEW 马太 Hieromonk of Yaransk in Vyatka (1927)
• CORNILIY (Climent Brusenko) monk of Dormition of Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra Theotokos (Kiev Caves) (1862-1938) shoted
• MAXIM Shcherbakov (1881-1931) priest, shoted in Saratov
• VLADIMIR Sokolov (1888-1931) priest, shoted in Saratov
• MIKHAIL Pryahin (1881-1938) shoted
• ALEXANDER Tzvetkov (1885-1925) shoted
• FEODOR Shubin (1880-1939) elder of church, died in prison
• Archpriest IVAN Sirnov (1887-1938) son of a deacon, shoted at Butovo of Moscow; graved at Butovo Poligon
• Hieromonk VIKENTIY Shulenin (1881-1938) shoted at Butovo of Moscow
• Martyr VUKAŠIN 邬卡辛 of Klepci, Serbia of Serbia (1941) under the Ustashi terrorists
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βουκασίνος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας
● • Translation (991) of relics to Cologne of Martyr ALBAN of Verulamium, Protomartyr of Brittany (305)
St Alban was a Roman soldier who was martyred in one of the imperial persecutions, possibly under Diocletian in 303 in the amphitheatre outside the Roman city of Verulamium. He is said, though a pagan, to have sheltered a Christian priest and then to have become a Christian himself. When the soldiers came for the priest, whose name was Amphibalus, Alban wore Amphibalus cloak and put himself forward to them to protect the priest. St Alban was decapitated at the place where the cathedral now stands – but not before a he is said to have made the river moves back and return to let the saint cross over. Is the suggestion that the new martyr was the new Moses for Britain? He was buried in a martyrium which became the focus of the later town now called St Alban’s in Hertfordshire. St Germanus of Auxerre visited his shrine in 429 where the sick were cured. St Bede states ‘To this day sick people are healed at this place and the working of frequent miracles to bring it renown’. The medieval shrine was shattered at the Reformation but has now been recovered and restored and a relic of a shoulder blade returned. The site of the holy well has been preserved on Holywell Hill.
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER 亚历山大 archbishop of Jerusalem (3rd c.) disciple of Clement of Alexandria
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἱεροσολύμων
• ANNOBERT (Alnobert) (689) a monk at Almenèches, he was consecrated Bishop of Séez in France in about 685
• Venerable BARDAS founder of the monastery of the Forerunner in Petra, Constantinople (5-6th c.)
• BRENDAN 布仁丹 the Voyager, abbot of Clonfert (486-575/583)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βρενδανὸς ὁ Ἀναχωρητής
Saint Brendan was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in the year 484. His education was confided to Saint Ita, called the Bridget of Munster, and later to Saint Erc; the latter ordained him a priest in 512. Between the years 512 and 530 he built monastic cells at Ardfert and Shanakeel, at the foot of Brandon Hill. From the latter colony he set out on his famous voyage of seven years, accompanied by a number of monks, according to the account of Saint Aengus at the close of the eighth century. When Saint Brendan's narration of the trip was transcribed and read after his return, crowds of pilgrims and students came to Ardfert, and it was necessary to found many religious houses at various sites for those who wished to live under the Saint's direction. He established the See of Ardfert, then founded a monastery in County Clare in about 550. He journeyed afterwards to Wales and Iona. After a three years' mission in Britain, he returned to Ireland and concerned himself with charitable works in the region of Leinster. He founded another see at Annaghdown, and at least four churches in different counties of Ireland. The monastery of Clonfert was founded in 557, and there Saint Brendan died, in an advanced old age.
Through the prayers of St Brendan and of all the Saints of Ireland, Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us!
• Welsh prince CARANTAC (Carantog, Caimach, Carnath) (5th c.) born in Wales, he worked with St Patrick in the enlightenment of Ireland
Ὁ Ἅγιος Καραντόκιος ὁ πρίγκιπας
• CARANTOC (Carannog, Carantocus, Carentoc) (6th c.) an Abbot who founded the church of Llangranog in Wales. He is linked with Crantock in Cornwall and Carhampton in Somerset in England and was also venerated in Brittany
Ὁ Ὅσιος Καραντόκιος
• Venerable CASSIAN 卡西安 abbot of Komel in Vologda (1537) disciple of Saint Cornelius of Komel
Ὁ Ἅγιος Κασσιανὸς
• DOMNOLUS (581) Abbot of the monastery of St Laurence near Paris. In 543 he became Bishop of Le Mans, where he founded many monasteries, churches and hospitals
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δομνόλος
• Translation (1545) of the relics of Venerable EPHRAIM 髑纪念日 abbot of Perekop (1492)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἐφραὶμ ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίας
• EUPHEMIA 艾弗斐弥亚 near Neaorion
Μνήμη Ἁγίας Εὐφημίας πλησίον τοῦ Νεωρίου
• FIDOLUS (Phal) (540) son of an official in Auvergne in France. Taken prisoner and sold into slavery, he was ransomed by Aventinus, Abbot of Aumont near Troyes. Later Fidolus himself became abbot there, which was called Saint-Phal after him
Ὁ Ὅσιος Φιδωλός
• Bishop FIONNCHADH
• Hieromartyr FORT (Fort de Bordeaux) 1st Bishop of Bordeaux in France, venerated as a martyr (1st c.)
The first Bishop of Bordeaux in France, venerated as a martyr.
• FRANCOVEUS (Franchy) (7th c.) a monk at St Martin de la Bretonnière in France, he suffered from the jealousy of others. When the monastery was destroyed, he lived as a hermit in the Nivernais
• Sainted GEORGE 格奥尔吉 bishop of Mitylene (842) during the time of the Iconoclast disturbance
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Μυτιλήνης
• GERMERIUS (560) Bishop of Toulouse in France for fifty years
• HILARY Bishop of Pavia (376) one of the bishops in the north of Italy who fought against Arianism
• HONORATUS (Honorius, Honortus, Honoré) of Amiens (600) Bishop of Amiens, Confessor
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὀνωράτος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀμιένης
Born in Ponthieu in France, he became Bishop of Amiens. The church and Boulevard Saint-Honoré in Paris are called after him. He was a native of Ponthieu, and bishop of Amiens about the year 660. In 1204 a church was built at Paris in his honour by a private gentleman named Renold Cherins, who four years after endowed it with a foundation for several canonries, the number of which has been since augmented. This collegiate church became very famous. It is also a small parish. St Honoratus is titular saint of a chartreuse at Abbeville, which was founded in 1306. He is the patron of bakers of holy wafers and others, confectioners, candle-makers, florists, flour merchants, oil refiners, and pastry chefs.
• Venerable LAURENCE 劳伦提 abbot of Komel in Vologda (1548) a disciple of Saint Cornelius of Komel
Ὁ Ἅγιος Λαυρέντιος
• Commemoration of Saint MACARIUS (Michael Notaras) of Corinth (1731-1805) in the village of Myloi, Samos island
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μακάριος ὁ Νοταρᾶς Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κορίνθου
• MACLAISRE of Bangor (644) Ireland; The chief of all abbots
• Virgin MAXIMA of Caillon, Diocese of Fréjus in France
A holy virgin revered around Fréjus in France, where several villages are named after her.
• Blessed child Virgin Martyress MUSA 穆萨 of Rome (5th c.)
有福的童女穆萨
对话者圣格里哥利在谈到这位童女时是这样说的：穆萨在9岁那年，圣母玛利亚就向她显现过两次，当时的圣母被闪亮的童女包围着。当穆萨告诉圣母她也希望能够成为众童女中的一员伴随圣母时，圣母对她说：一个月后她就会再来接她。圣母教导了穆萨在这30天内应该如何生活。在第25天时，穆萨倒在了床上；第30天，圣母再次出现，轻声地呼唤她。穆萨回应圣母说：“我来了，圣母，我来了！”，由此将灵魂交在了圣母的手里。穆萨于公元15世纪脱离尘世得以进入永生。
• NEADIUS (Neadios) Bishop and Wonderworker
Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεάδιος
• NICHOLAS 尼科拉 Mystikos 密斯提科, patriarch of Constantinople (930)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Α’ ὁ Μυστικὸς, Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
圣尼科拉•米斯蒂库斯，君士坦丁堡的牧首
尼科拉因其不同寻常的简朴、严格而被众人所知。当明智的莱翁皇帝准备第四次结婚时，牧首拒绝让他进入教堂，并免去了为他主持婚礼的司祭的职务。由此，皇帝罢免了牧首，并将他流放到修道院中。罗马教宗塞尔吉二世派去的代表团证实了这次婚姻的合法性。当皇帝去世后，重新恢复了尼科拉的牧首职务，并于公元925年召集了大会，在这次会议上作出如下的决定：禁止基督徒第四次结婚。牧首尼科拉于公元930年去世。尼科拉经常被冠以米斯蒂库斯这个姓氏，因为他原来曾是皇帝秘密理事会的成员，米斯蒂库斯的意思就是秘密。起初，这位圣人是皇宫中的重臣，在离开这个虚荣的世界之后他剪发成为一名修士。圣尼科拉于公元930年安然离世。
He was known for the purity and austerity of his life. When the Emperor Leo VI married a fourth time (his three previous wives having died), the Patriarch barred him from the church. The Emperor sent the Patriarch into exile and had his marriage approved by delegates of the Roman Pope. When the Emperor died, Nicholas was restored to the Patriarchal throne, and called a Council in 925, at which fourth marriages were forbidded in the Church under any circumstance. He died peacefully. The title Mystikos was given to some high-ranking members of the Imperial council (perhaps because they met in secret). The Patriarch was a courtier with this title before he forsook the world and was tonsured a monk. Note: From early times, the Eastern and Latin churches have differed in their views on marriage. The Latin church held, and still holds, that marriage is dissolved by death, so in theory any number of re-marriages is permissible (a view that the Emperor Leo sought to exploit). The Eastern Church has traditionally been uncomfortable with any second marriage — some of the Fathers even call the re-marriage of widows or widowers "bigamy". Still the Eastern church tolerates re-marriage (even after divorce) as a concession for the salvation of those who cannot sustain the single state.
• New Martyr NICOLAS 尼科拉 Basdanis (St Nicolas the Vlach) (1617) of Metsovo, whose relics are at Meteora
近代殉道者圣尼科拉
尼科拉出生于埃皮拉。为了基督的缘故，他忍受了土耳其人的残酷折磨，并于公元1617年在特里卡拉被斩首。他的圣头颅被保存在特萨利地区枚特奥拉修道院中的圣箱中。这位圣人创造了不少奇迹，治愈了各种病症，尤其是以驱赶田中的蚱蜢著称。
• Martyr PAPYLINUS (Papelinos)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Παπυλίνος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Hieromartyr PEREGRINE of Auxerre, the 1st bishop of Auxerre and the builder of its first cathedral (261/304)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Περεγρίνος ὁ Μάρτυρας τῆς Ὡξέρρης
By tradition he came from Rome to become first Bishop of Auxerre in France and was martyred under Diocletian in a village called Bouhy.
• PEREGRINUS Bishop of Terni (138) in Umbria in Italy and founder of its Cathedral Ὁ Ἅγιος Περεγρίνος Ἐπίσκοπος Τέρνι
• Martyr PETER 彼得 of Blachernae (761)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας
• Sainted POSSIDIUS Bishop of Calama in Numidia in North Africa and Confessor (370-450) driven out by Arian Vandals, reposing in Apulia in Italy. He opposed both Donatism and Pelagianism
Spiritual student of Saint Augustine of Hippo. Bishop of Calama, Numidia in North Africa in 397. He preached against Arianism, Donatism and Pelagianism in his diocese. He and his priests were assaulted by followers of these heresies, and his churches damaged; Possidius was eventually driven into exile by Arian Vandals. Brought relics of Saint Stephen the Martyr to his diocese, and established Augustinians at the cathedral. Wrote a biography of Saint Augustine, and compiled a catalogue of Augustine's work.
• PRIMAEL (450) of Quimper, Hermit in Brittany
Born in Britain; died in Quimper, c. 450. Saint Primael crossed the Channel to Brittany, where he became a hermit in Quimper. There one finds churches dedicated to his memory. From Britain, he went to Brittany and became a hermit near Quimper.
• Venerable THEODORE 德奥多若 the Sanctified of Tabennisi (368) disciple of St Pachomius the Great
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Ἡγιασμένος ὁ Ταβεννησιώτης
可敬的圣德奥多若
德奥多若是圣帕科米乌斯的门徒。他出生并成长于一个异教家庭，但是在长大成人后对真正信仰有所了解，由此接受了浸礼。他听说了圣帕科米乌斯，于是悄悄地离开了父母的家，来到了帕科米乌斯所在的修道院。圣帕科米乌斯为他举行了修士剪发礼，由于德奥多若独特的热情和顺从而得到圣帕科米乌斯的赏识。当德奥多若的母亲来找他，让他回家时，他甚至都不想见到母亲，而是向上帝祷告，希望上帝能够用真理光照母亲。确实，不仅儿子没有回家，而且母亲也没有回家。这位母亲找到了附近的一座女修道院，成了一名修女，这座女修道院由圣帕科米乌斯的妹妹管理。一段时间之后，德奥多若的兄弟帕弗努提也来到了修道院，成了一名修士。不久之后，潘诺波利斯的主教召唤圣帕科米乌斯为那些打算进入修道生活的人修建一座修道院。帕科米乌斯带上了德奥多若，并将这个任务交给了他。在圣帕科米乌斯去世后，德奥多若成了圣帕科米乌斯修建的所有修道院的院长。德奥多若一生讨主喜悦指引了众多修士走向拯救之路。德奥多若得以长寿，于公元368年安息，得以进入上帝永恒的国度。
• Hieromartyr TEODOR 德奥多若 Nestorović, Bishop of Vrsac in Banat, Serbia (1595)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Βρσάκ
Teodor (1594) was the Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Vršac, who in 1594 was the leader of the Banat Uprising against Ottoman occupation amidst the Long War (1593-1606). After talks with Sigismund Báthory, Teodor organized the revolt with Sava Ban and voivode Velja Mironić. The revolt saw the liberation of the villages of Banat, with Vršac. The Serb rebels used icon depictions of Saint Sava as war flags, as it would strengthen them in battle. Sinan Pasha of Temeşvar Eyalet captured Teodor and had him flayed and burned alive. The same year, as a response to the uprising, Saint Sava's remains were burnt at the Vračar hill on the order of Sinan Pasha, who fought the rebels.
• THOMAS Patriarch of Jerusalem (820)
• Tr.Rel. of St ULPHIA (Olfe, Olphe, Wulfe or Wulfia) Hermitess of Amiens, France (8th c.) spending many years as a disciple of St Domitius at St Acheul Abbey. When disciples began to build hermitages around her, Ulphia organized them into a community. She then resumed her eremetical life alone
Ulphia (also Ulphe, Olfe, Wulfe, Wolfia, or Wulfia; d. 8th century AD) of Amiens is a Christian saint, venerated particularly at Amiens. She was said to be a young girl living on the banks of the Noye (a river in the Picardy region of northern France) in the who became a hermit at what would become Saint-Acheul, near Amiens in the Kingdom of the Franks, under the spiritual direction of Saint Domitius (Domice). At the end of her life, she formed and directed a community of religious women at Amiens. Her feast day is January 31. Legend states that Ulphe placed the frogs in the area around her hermitage (which was built in a swampy area) under interdict as a result of their loud croaking, which kept her awake at nights. Thus, in her iconography, she is depicted as a young nun seated in prayer on a rock with a frog in the pool near her. A 19th century hagiographer noted that the frogs in the area around the oratory of Saint Ulphe were, indeed, very quiet. However, if these frogs were taken elsewhere, they became boisterous once again. A statue of Ulphia stands in the portal of Amiens Cathedral and a painting of Ulphia with Saint Domitius by the 19th century painter Jean de Franqueville, hangs inside the cathedral.
● • Foundation of the church of Saint EUPHEMIA 艾弗斐弥亚near the Neorion (port facilities) by the Dolmabahce Palace of Constantinople
Μνήμη Ἁγίας Εὐφημίας πλησίον τοῦ Νεωρίου

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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.

• συνοδικός • 2019 May 28 / May 15 7527 •

συνοδικός

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May 28 / May 15
2019 (7527)
VEN. PACHOMIUS THE GREAT (346). VEN. ACHILLES, BISHOP OF LARISSA (330). ST. ISAIAH, BISHOP AND WONDERWORKER OF ROSTOV (1090).
VEN. ISAIAH OF THE KYIV CAVES (1115). VEN. PACHOMIUS, ABBOT AND SILVANUS OF NEREKHTA (1384)

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• Discovery of the revered icon of Kamoulianos "ACHEIROPOIETA" ("made without human hands")
Μνήμη ἐν τῷ περιτειχίσματι καὶ ἡ ἀνάδειξις τῆς ἀχειροποιήτου εἰκόνος ἐν Καμουλιανοῖς
The acheiropoieton or "icon not made by hands" image of Christ appeared in Kamouliana of Cappadocia and is mentioned in the early 6th century by Zacharias Rhetor of Mytilene, his account surviving in a fragmentary Syriac version. In the version recorded in Zacharias's Chronicle, which is said to have taken place during the reign of Theodosius I, a pagan lady named Hypatia was undergoing Christian instruction, and she asked her instructor "How can I worship Him, when He is not visible, and I cannot see Him?" She later found in her garden a painted image of Christ on linen cloth floating on water. When she picked it up, it was not wet. When placed inside her head-dress for safekeeping in order to bring it to her instructor to see, it then created a second image onto the cloth, and then a third was later acquired or painted by a woman from Diobulion in Pontus and installed in a church in her village. Hypatia duly converted and founded a church for the version of the image that remained in Kamouliana, while the other was housed in Caesarea. In the reign of Justinian I (527-565) the image is said to have been processed around cities in the region to protect them from barbarian attacks. One of the images probably arrived in Constantinople in 574, and is assumed to be the image of Christ used as a palladium in subsequent decades, being paraded before the troops before battles by Philippikos, Priscus and Heraclius, and in the Avar Siege of Constantinople in 626, and praised as the cause of victory in poetry by George Pisida. It was probably destroyed during Iconoclasm, after which mentions of an existing image cease, and in later centuries its place was taken by the Image of Edessa, which apparently arrived in Constantinople in 944, though is said to have originated from the time of Christ.
• Miracle of Holy Oil on Icons of Christ Jesus and the Theotokos in Cleveland, Ohio (1990)
● • The Seven Apostolic Men, Martyr Bishops, ordained in Rome by Saints Peter and Paul and sent to evangelize Spain (1st c.): Saints TORQUATUS, CTESIPHON of Verga, SECUNDUS of Avila, INDALETIUS of Urci, CAECILIUS of Granada, HESYCHIUS of Gibraltar and EUPHRASIUS
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τορκουάτος, Κτησιφῶν, Σεκοῦνδος, Ἰνδαλέτιος, Καικίλιος, Ἡσύχιος καὶ Εὐφράσιος οἱ Μάρτυρες
According to tradition, they were disciples of the Apostles sent to enlighten Spain. They worked chiefly in the South, as follows: Torquatus in Guadix near Granada; Ctesiphon in Verga; Secundus in Avila; Indaletius in Urci near Almeria; Caecilius in Granada; Hesychius in Gibraltar; Euphrasius in Andujar. Most of them suffered martyrdom. The Mozarabic liturgy had a common feast for all seven. A group of martyrs in Clermont in Auvergne in France, he suffered at the hands of Chrocas, the leader of invading Teutonic barbarians.
• MM CASSIUS, VICTORINUS, MAXIMUS and Companions in the Auvergne in France (264)
A group of martyrs in Clermont in Auvergne in France, suffered at the hands of Chrocas, the leader of invading Teutonic barbarians.
• VM DIONYSIA (Dionisia or Denise) together with MM PETER, ANDREW and PAUL at Lampsacus (modern day Chardah in Turkey) (3rd c.)
• Martyrs BOHTISO, ISAAC and SIMEON of Persia, who were tortured, mutilated, imprisoned, starved and finally executed (beheaded or burned at the stake) together for refusing to worship the sun and fire during the persecutions of Shapur II (3rd c.)
• VMM QUIRILLA (Cyrilla) and SOPHIA of Rome (3-4th c.)
• MM VITUS (also Guy); MODESTUS (Modestos) his tutor; and CRESCENTIA his attendant; at Lucania in South Italy (303)
• MM JANUARIUS and PELAGIA at Lamos (or “Samos”?) in Isauria
• Venerable RUPERT Count Palatine of the Rhine (732) and his mother St BERTHA (757) Hermits at Bingen on the Rhine and the Nahe
A hermit who lived with his mother Bertha on a hill near Bingen in Germany. The hill has been since called after him, Rupertsberg. Saint Bertha was related to the dukes of Lorraine. She owned extensive properties on the Rhein, married a pagan, and when he was killed in battle, devoted herself to raising her son Rupert as a Christian. She founded several hospices for the poor, and after a visit to Rome, they gave away their possessions and became hermits near Bingen, Germany. The hill where they lived has since been called after him Rupertsberg. He died when twenty and Bertha spent the remaining 25 years of her life there.
• Venerable Abbot PACHOMIUS 帕霍弥 of Nerekhta (1384) and St SILVANUS of Nerekhta (1384)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Παχώμιος ὁ Ἀναχωρητής
● NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• ARETHAS 阿瑞塔斯 of Valaam and Verkhoturye (1903)
• NM MARIA the Soldier (1920)
• Hieromartyrs Archbishop PACHOMIUS 帕霍弥 Kedrov of Chernigov (1938), his brother Archbishop ABERCIUS 阿维尔基 Kedrov of Zhitomir (1937), their father Priest NICHOLAS 尼科拉 Kedrov (1936), and their brother-in-law Priest VLADIMIR 弗拉迪弥尔司祭 Zagarsky (1937)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Παχώμιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Τσέρνιγκωφ
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀβέρκιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
• PROCOPIUS Shalamov, presbiter (1876-1931) shoted at Dyrnos-Dor in Syktyvkar, Komi
• Matushka LIDYA Akimova (1864-1943) death in exile in Astrakhan’
• ALEXANDER Motorin, starosta of church (1872-1938) shoted at Butovo, Moskow
• ALEXANDER Abashev, archpriest (1880-1967)
● • Venerable ACHILLES 阿希利 Bishop of Larissa (330) of the 318 God-bearing Fathers who were present at the First Ecumenical Council
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀχίλλιος Ἐπίσκοπος Λαρίσης
拉里萨的主教，圣阿基雷乌斯
这位伟大的高级司祭、显行灵迹者出生于帕多其亚。他参加了第一次普世大公会议（公元325年，尼西亚），在会议上，阿基雷乌斯用他的学识及圣洁羞辱了异端邪说，并当众施行奇迹使人震惊。阿基雷乌斯手持一块石头，对阿里乌斯异端大声喝道：“如果基督是上帝的创造物，那么，正如你们所说的：让圣油从这石头流出。”异端分子沉默了，并对圣阿基雷乌斯提出这样的问题而感到震惊。之后，圣人接着说：“如果上帝之子与上帝等同，正如我们所相信的那样，那么，让圣油从这块石头流出。”圣油果真流了出来，使所有的人都惊奇万分。圣阿基雷乌斯于公元330年在拉里萨平安离世。当马其顿国王撒穆伊尔征服了特萨利后，将圣阿基雷乌斯的圣髑转移到了普雷斯帕地区的一个湖中的小岛上，并将此岛起名为阿基雷乌斯（或是埃鲁斯），时至今日仍没有变。
Metropolitan Achilles of Larissa (Thessaly) is supposed to have attended the Council of Nicaea. His relics have been venerated at Presba (Achilli) in Bulgaria since 978.
• ADALSINDIS Abs. of monastery near Bèze in France (7th c.)
• Martyr ALVARDO (1043) Wealthy merchant, and a cousin of King Olaf of Norway. Killed when he defended a woman falsely accused of theft
• ANASTASIA
• ANDREW the Hermit, of Mt Kalana, Epirus, Wonderworker (1237-1271)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνδρέας ὁ Ἐρημίτης ὁ Θαυματουργός
• Finding (1991) of the relics of Venerable ARSENIUS abbot of Konevits (1447)
• Martyr BARBARUS 瓦尔瓦若 the Myrrh-gusher of Corfu (or Kerkyra) (820-829) the former robber
Ὁ Ὅσιος Βάρβαρος ὁ Μυροβλύτης
• BERCTHUN (Bertin, Brithun) a disciple of St John of Beverley and 1st Abbot of Beverley in England (733)
When Saint John of Beverley resigned his bishopric at York, his good friend Abbot Saint Brithwin received him into his monastery at Beverley.
• Virgin reclusess CAESAREA of Otranto, Anchoress at Francavilla near Castro in Otranto, Italy
Daughter of Louis and Lucrezia. Following the death of her mother, the teenage Caesarea left home to escape the incestuous interests of her father. She consecrated herself to God, and withdrew from the world to live as an anchoress in a cave near Otranto, Italy where she devoted herself to prayer. A holy virgin who took refuge in a cave near Otranto in the south of Italy to defend her virtue and lived there as an anchoress.
• Virgin CALA (Kali, Kalê, the Beauty) the Philanthropist, who lived wisely with asceticism, fasting and unceasing prayer // MAY 15 // MAY 22 // BRIGHT SATURDAY //
• COLMÁN of Oughaval (Colman mac Ua Laoighse, Colman Mc O'Laoighse), a disciple of St Columba and St Fintan of Clonenagh (6th c.)
Also called Columbanus, he was a disciple of St Columba and St Fintan of Clonenagh. He founded and was abbot of a monastery in Oughaval in Ireland. He is still venerated at the nearby Orthodox church at Stradbally which is dedicated to him.
• Blessed DEMETRIUS 迪弥特里 of Moscow the Wonderworker (Dmitry of Uglich and Moscow), Slain Crown Prince (1591)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ πρίγκιπας
He was murdered at the age of eight by the evil designs of Boris Godunov, in the town of Uglich. After his death he appeared to a monk and accurately foretold Boris Godunov's death. Countless miracles were worked at the grave of the Tsarevich. When his tomb was opened fifteen years after his death, his relics were found whole and incorrupt, and were solemnly buried in the Church of the Archangel Michael in Moscow. The circumstances of Boris Godunov's death are worth telling. He first tried to kill the Tsarevich using the strongest poison, but it had no effect. He then had the child publicly beheaded. Not long afterwards a 'false Dimitri' arose, claiming to be the Tsarevich, and rallied a great army against Godunov. Godunov was driven to such a desperate position that he took his own life by poison, the 'remedy' he had intended for the true Dimitri.
• DERMA (Amba) Anchoress of Egypt
• VM DIONYSIA (Dionisia or Denise) at Troas (250) beheaded in Alexandria Troas (in modern Turkey)
A Christian girl ordered to sacrifice to pagan idols during the persecutions of Decius. She refused and was given over to a house of prostitution to be raped into submission. She fought against her "customers" until exhausted at which point her guardian angel appeared and frightened the men away from her. The next morning she fled the house to the site where a mob had dragged Saint Andrew and Saint Paul of Troas, and began proclaiming her faith. The proconsul had her dragged away and executed.
• DUBHLITIR Abbot of Finglas, County of Dublin (8th c.)
• Virgin Martyress DYMPHNA (Davnet, Dymphna, Dimpna, Damnat, Damhnat or Damhnait) 迪穆弗纳 of Geel near Antwerp, Flanders (650) the patron saint of those who suffer from mental illnesses and nervous system disorders, epileptics, mental health professionals, incest victims and runaways
Born in Ireland, she was forced to flee to Belgium accompanied by a priest, St Gerebern. Their relics were discovered at Gheel near Antwerp in the 13th century. Since then numberless cases of mental illness have been healed at their shrine. The Holy Relics of St Dympna, treasured in the Saint's Church in Gheel, Belgium. Reposed 620. St Dympna was the daughter of pagan Royal and Christian mother. At the loss of his wife he desired to marry his 15 year old daughter who, on her refusal and flight to Belgium, was decapitated. She is one of the few martyrs of early Ireland. Born in Ireland, she was forced to flee to Belgium accompanied by a priest, St Gerebern. Their relics were discovered at Gheel near Antwerp in the thirteenth century. Since then numberless cases of mental illness have been healed at their shrine.
• Venerable EUPHROSYNUS 艾弗福若西诺 (Eleazar) of Pskov, Abbot and Wonderworker (1481)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐφρόσυνος ὁ Θαυματουργός
The Monk Evphrosyn, the originator of Pskov wilderness-life, schooled many famed disciples, who likewise created monasteries and carried the graced-seeds of ascetic life throughout all the Pskov lands. Among the disciples of the Monk Evphrosyn ― were the skete starets-elders ― the Monk Savva of Krypetsk (the account about him is located under 28 August); the Monk Dosiphei of Verkhneostrov (8 October); the Monk Onuphrii of Mal'sk (12 June); the Monk Joachim of Opochsk (9 September); the Monk Ilarion of Gdovsk (21 October); the Monk Khariton of Kudinsk ― founder and hegumen of a monastery at Lake Kudina alongside Toroptsa (16th c.); and the locally venerated brothers by birth from Pskov Ignatii, Kharalampii and Pamphil, buried at the Spaso-Eleazarov monastery.
• Hieromartyr presbiter GEREBERN (Gereborn, Gerebrand, Genebrard) of Ireland and Belgium (650) Irish priest who baptized St Dympna in her infancy, accompanied her when she fled to Belgium, and died at her side
As an aged Irish priest Gerebernus accompanied Saint Dympna, whom he had baptized in her infancy, to Belgium and shared in her martyrdom at Gheel. He is the patron saint of the village of Sonsbeck (Santbeck), Cleves, in the Rhineland, Germany, where his relics are enshrined, except for his head, which is in Gheel. Curiously, he was the subject of "holy robbers of Xanten" who specialized in stealing holy relics, although they were unable to remove those of Dympna. His intercession is sought against gout and fever.
• Martyr HALWARD (Hallvard, Hallward) of Oslo (1020-1043) shot with an arrow
Born to the Norwegian royalty. In 1043, as he was about to cross the Drammenfjord in a boat, a woman ran up to him, begging his help; she claimed she was falsely accused of theft, and feared for her life. Hallvard took her aboard, but the pursuers reached them before he could push off. They demanded he give her up, but he refused, saying the woman swore she was innocent. One of the pursuers shot and killed both Hallvard and the woman with a bow. The mob attached a stone to Hallvard's body and threw it into the sea; it floated, and was later enshrined at Christ Church, Oslo, Norway. Revered as a martyr because he died in defense of innocence, in the best spirit of chivalry.
• HILARY of Galeata (Hilary of Tuscany) a hermit near the River Ronco in Italy, founder of the monastery called Galeata, later known as Sant'Ilaro (Sant'Ellero di Galeata) (558)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἱλάριος
Born in Tuscany, Italy; died 558. Saint Hilary was first attracted to the religious life when only 12. Soon after, he left home, built a hermitage near the Ronco River, and was the founding abbot of Galeata Monastery, now known as Sant'Ilaro run by the Camaldolese. He persuaded the invading Theodoric the Goth not to destroy his monastery and even convince him to grant him land.
• IOANNICIUS of Devich (1349) Serbian patriarch and wonderworker
• Sainted ISAIAH 伊撒依亚 of Rostov, Bishop and Wonderworker (1090)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἡσαΐας ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Ροστώβ
Monk at the Monastery of the Caves under the direction of Saint Anthony and Saint Theodosius, founders of the house. Abbot at Saint Demtrius Abbey, Kiev in 1062. Bishop of Rostov in 1077. Evangelist to the unconverted of Rostov, teacher of the converted. Miracle worker.
• Venerable ISAIAH 伊撒依亚 of the Kiev Caves, Wonderworker (1115) from the Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) in Kiev, Ukraine. The Relics are kept at St Anthony Near Caves of the Lavra
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἡσαΐας ὁ Θαυματουργός
The Monk Isaiah was among the other Kievo-Pechersk Saints that asceticised during the 11th and beginning 12th Centuries. His basic exploit in life was his quietness and his unflagging toil, for which he is named a "lover-of-work". The holy ascetic died in the year 1115, and his relics are in the Nearer Caves of the Kievo-Pechersk Lavra. The celebration of the Monk Isaiah is made on 15 May, 28 September and on the 2nd Sunday of Great Lent.
• MACARIUS (Mikhail Glukharev) of the Altai, Archimandrite (1792-1847)
• Elder MACARIUS (Michail Ivanov) of Optina (1788-1860)
• Blessed MARIA (Mary) Abbess of Monastery at Tabennisi (Tabenna) (4th c.)
• Bisop NICHOLAS the Mystic B (925)
Patriarch Nicholas of Constantinople was deposed and exiled by Emperor Leo the Wise because he would not permit the monarch to marry a fourth time, which is forbidden in the Eastern Church. He is surnamed "the Mystic" because he was the oldest member of the mystic, or secret, council of the Byzantine court.
• Venerable PACHOMIUS 帕霍弥 the Great, founder of cenobitic monasticism (348)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Παχώμιος ὁ Μέγας
可敬的大帕科米乌斯
帕科米乌斯出生于埃及，年轻时，他曾是一个异教徒。君士坦丁大帝在位期间，帕科米乌斯在军队中服役，在战场上攻打马克森蒂乌斯。在这之后，他从基督徒那里了解到了真一上帝，并亲眼目睹了他们的虔诚生活。于是，帕科米乌斯接受了浸礼，隐退到了塔伯尼斯的旷野中，向一位德高望重的修行者帕拉盟潜心学习修行长达10年之久。上帝派来天使身着修道者圣衣在一个名叫塔本尼斯奥特的地方向他显现，送给他一块石板，上面写有修道规矩，命令他在那个地方建立一座修道院，并向他预言说，修士们将来到这座修道院中以拯救自己的灵魂。帕科米乌斯听从了天使的话，开始修建修士庵室，除了他的兄弟约安之外，没有任何人帮助他。帕科米乌斯的兄弟指责他修建的庵室不够，而帕科米乌斯向他解释说他遵循了上帝的指令，没有考虑到谁、什么时候将会来这里。但是，不久之后，出于上帝圣灵的力量，许多人来到了这个地方，根据帕科米乌斯从天使那里收到的修道规矩开始了修行生活。当这里的修士逐渐增多时，帕科米乌斯又修建了6座大的修道院。帕科米乌斯的门徒达到了七千人。圣安托尼被认为是隐士生活的创始人，而帕科米乌斯则被认为是修道生活方式的奠基人。这位圣父谦卑、勤于劳动、节俭，因而成了众修士学习的榜样。圣帕科米乌斯施行了无数奇迹，但是他也遭受过魔鬼以及世人的引诱。他待人如同父亲或兄弟。帕科米乌斯引领许多人走上了拯救和真理之路，他曾是，并将永远是教会的一盏明灯，以及基督真理和正义的见证人。帕科米乌斯于公元348年平安离世，享年74岁。在他的众门徒中包括许多圣人，如：德奥多若、约弗、帕弗努提、佩库塞乌斯、阿特诺多鲁斯、埃波尼姆斯、索鲁斯、皮索伊、迪奥尼西、皮森塔西斯等。
• PACHOMIUS of Keno Lake Monastery (1525)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Παχώμιος τοῦ Κένο
• PANEGYRIOS (Panigerios) of Cyprus, Wonderworker of Malounta
Ὁ Ὅσιος Πανηγύριος ὁ ἐκ Κύπρου
• Venerable monk PIROS (Pyrrhus) of Breti, messenger of faith (6th c.) disciple of John Sedasneli; Georgia
• RHETICUS (Rheticius, Reticius, Rhétice) of Autun (334) Bishop of Autun, France c.310. Both Saint Augustine of Hippo and Saint Jerome wrote about him and his knowledge of Scripture
• Venerable SERAPION 塞拉彼雍 of of Spaso-Eleazar Monastery in Pskov (1481) disciple of St Euphrosynus of Pskov
Ὁ Ὅσιος Σεραπίων τοῦ Πσκώφ
He was born in (what is now) Lithuania, but entered monastic life in the Pskov district. His spiritual father was St Euphrosynus (May 15), under whose care he lived for more than fifty-five years. He became known for his exceptional humility and asceticism. He tried never to be idle, giving any free moment to prayer and reading of Scripture. He emphasized the importance of the common prayer of the Church, saying that reciting the entire Twelve Psalm rule in one's cell was not worth one Kyrie Eleison chanted by the brethren assembled together in church. His knowledge of Lithuanian and Finnish allowed him to strengthen the faith among the peoples of those lands. When he died, at the age of ninety, his clothing was so threadbare that no one wanted it. Soon after his repose, a blind man recovered his sight at St Serapion's tomb, which has been the site of many miracles ever since.
• Bishop SEVERINUS of Septempeda (modern San Severino Marche, Italy) (550)
Brother of St Victorinus of Camerino. The two brothers distributed their wealth to the poor in their area, then retired to live as hermits on Monte Nero, Italy. Ordered by Pope Vigilius to become Bishop of Septempeda, an area in the Marches of Ancona, Italy. Severinus was so successful at reviving the faith in his diocese that the town is now known as San Severino Marche in his honour.
• SILVANUS of Tabennisi in the Thebaid (4th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Σιλβανὸς ὁ Ταβεννησιώτης
可敬的西拉
起初西拉时一名喜剧演员，扮演各种人物。后来，对基督充满了火热的爱，由此他成了圣帕科米乌斯的门徒。圣西拉曾这样说：“为了使我的罪获得宽恕，我已经用生命作好了准备。”
At first, Silvanus was a comedian; impersonating all and everyone. After that, inflamed with the love of Christ, he became a disciple of St Pachomius. "I am ready to give my life," St Silvanus would say "only to receive forgiveness of my sins." In art, Saint Silvanus is a hermit watering flowers. The image illustrates the virtue of sobriety.Asked by his disciple to water the gardens,Silvanus does so with his eyes covered to avoid distractions.
• Hieromartyr Bishop SIMPLICIUS in Sardinia (284-305) buried alive at the time of Diocletian
Ὁ Ἅγιος Σιμπλίκιος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• Martyress SOPHIA of Rome (304) Young woman martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian
• Uncovering of the relics (1846) of Saint TIKHON Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783)
Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Τύχωνος Ἐπισκόπου Ζαντόνκ
• Translation of the sacred relics of the Holy Apostle TITUS of Crete, from Venice (which had taken the relics in 1669), back to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Crete (1966)
Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ἀποστόλου Τίτου
• WALDALENUS founder of monastery of Bèze in France (7th c.) brother of St Adalsindis
• Translation (774) of relics of Venerable WIGBERT Abbot in Fritzlar and Ohrdruf (746)

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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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May 27 / May 14
2019 (7527)
MARTYR ISIDORE OF CHIOS (251). MARTYR MAXIMUS, UNDER DECIUS (250). VEN. SERAPION THE SINDONITE, MONK, OF EGYPT (542).
VEN. NICETAS RECLUSE OF THE KYIV CAVES (1109). ST. LEONTIUS, PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM (1175)

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• Synaxis of the YAROSLAVSK (Pechersk) Icon of the Mother of God (1823)
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Ἰαροσλάβλ
The Yaroslavl (Pechersk) Icon of the Mother of God: In the city of Yaroslavl the townswoman Alexandra Dobychkina suffered terribly for seventeen years from emotional and bodily illness. In 1823 she saw in a dream a church with an icon of the Mother of God. She decided to seek out the Yaroslavl temple and icon she had seen in the vision. This church turned out to be the temple in honor of the Procession of the Venerable Wood of the Cross of the Lord (August 1), under the belltower of the archbishop’s residence. Entering the church, the afflicted Alexandra saw on the wall the depiction of the Kiev Caves Mother of God. Suddenly she had a powerful attack of fever, after which there was some relief at first, and later a full healing from the grievous illness. From that time, miraculous healings took place when people prayed to the Most Hoy Theotokos.
• Icon of the Mother of God of PSKOV Caves and CHELNSK
• Synaxis of the TEREBENSK Icon of the Mother of God
The Terebensk icon of the Mother of God became famous in 1654. The Terebensk Hermitage of St Nicholas is located on the bank of the river Mologa (today’s village of Sloboda, Maksatikhinsky District). The monastery was founded in 1641 on the site of a wooden church that had been built in 1492 by a landowner Mikhail Obutkov in the village of Terebeni, in honor of St Nicholas. Obutkov moved to the church his most valuable icons, including the Terebensk icon of the Mother of God and a miraculous icon of St Nicholas. According to a different account, the icon appeared to a boy near the Terebensk Monastery, from which it got its name. Two kilometers away from the monastery there is a rock with a footprint thereupon. There is a legend that the icon appeared near that rock.
The original Terebensk icon of the Mother of God did not survive while its image is known from the existing copies. In this icon the Holy Mother of God is depicted at waist-length, with arms upraised in the pose of Oranta. The Infant Christ is shown at full-length standing on a globe with outspread arms. The icon became famous for its miracles, one of which was the salvation of Bezhetsk from cholera.
• Discovery of the Icon of Panagia YPAPANTI 在伯罗奔尼撒半岛的卡拉玛塔寻获至圣诞神女显灵迹的“聚会”圣像 (1823) // APODOSIS OF PASCHA //
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Kalamata is known by the name Ypapanti tou Sotiros, or Presentation of the Savior. It is one of the largest Cathedrals of Messinia and was built in 1839 and consecrated in 1873. The layout is a traditional Byzantine style and it houses within the ancient and miraculous icon of the Panagia. It celebrates annually on February 2, which is the feast of the Presentation of the Lord into the Temple. It also celebrates on the Apodosis of Pascha, which is a moveable feast day celebrated the day prior to the Holy Ascension. It was on the Apodosis of Pascha that the wonderworking icon was discovered. The Panagia Ypapanti is the Protectress of the City of Kalamata. The icon of the Theotokos, dated to 672 AD, was found in a stable of an Ottoman during the Turkish occupation, after a stable-man had a vision. Even though the back of the icon board was entirely burned, the front was perfectly intact. It bore the name "Ypapanti", and probably belonged to a Church of the Presentation of the Savior which had been in Kalamata centuries before the Turkish occupation. The church must have burned down, which is why the icon was burned in the back. The front must have been preserved by the protection of the Holy Virgin. On the land in which the icon was discovered, a small church was initially built to honor the Presentation of the Lord and to house this icon. It was figured also that the stable had been the church that had once burned, which is why they chose the same spot to rebuild the church. The Metropolitan Cathedral was not built until Greece became free of Ottoman domination, and on 19 August 1873 it was consecrated. The icon of Panagia Ypapanti is not only venerated by the residents of Kalamata, but extends throughout all of Greece, and thousands flock to this Cathedral for its feast day and receive miraculous intervention through the Theotokos and her wonderworking icon. One example of its miraculous powers dates to 1841 when the entire population of Kalamata was saved from certain annihilation. In the initial months of Autumn that year, a mysterious illness befell what seemed the entire population of Kalamata. Even the doctors sent to treat the ill caught the disease. Death became such a regular vision in the city that the bells of the churches were ringing hourly informing everyone of the death of another victim. Daily there were burials as well, and sadness permeated throughout Kalamata. When all hope was lost, the people placed their hope in the Panagia and decided to hold a litany throughout the city lead by the Panagia Ypapanti icon. It was hoped that the Panagia would lift this plague from the people and save them from certain death. Those who oversaw the governance of the city then ordered all the residents to undertake a three-day fast, after which they were to attend a Paraklisi (Supplication) Service to the Panagia as well as the litany which was to follow. To the glory of God and the Holy Virgin, during the litany itself the plague began to lift from Kalamata and the city was saved from certain annihilation. During the earthquakes of 1886 and 1986 the center dome of the church was destroyed, but reconstructed according to the original plans. Pilgrims can visit the church during the day any day. Also, every evening the bells of the Cathedral ring calling everyone to the local cemetery to light the oil-lamps over the graves of their loved ones, leaving the cemetery bright throughout the night.
● • VMM JUSTA, JUSTINA and HENEDINA at Turres (Sassari) or at Oristano (Arborea), both on the Isle of Sardinia, Pat. of Ales and Terralba, Sardinia (117-138)
• Martyr VICTOR of Damascus and his wife Martyress STEPHANIDA (Corona, Stefanida, Stephanie or Stephanis) of Spain (161-177)
In art, Victor and Corona are portrayed as they are ripped asunder between trees
• Martyress RESTITUTA and Companions (272)
Born in Rome of a noble family, she fled to Sora in Campania in Italy to escape persecution under Aurelian but was martyred there with several companions.
• VM ENGELINDA and M FLORITANUS at Cologne
• MM ALEXANDER 亚历山大, BARBARUS 瓦尔瓦若, ACOLYTHUS 阿科利托 at the Church of Holy Peace (the Church of St Irene) by the Sea in Constantinople
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀλέξανδρος, Βάρβαρος καὶ Ἀκόλουθος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Martyrs ARISTOTLE and LEANDROS
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀριστοτέλης καὶ Λέανδρος οἱ Μάρτυρες
• HERACLES Bishop of Kofinon, THELTHAS and THEODOUIS and THERAPON of the Sinai of the 300 German saints in Cyprus (7th c.)
• Commemoration of the martyrdom by the Poles (1609) of Abbot ANTHONY with 40 monks and 1 000 laymen of the St Paisius of Uglich Monaster
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Μάρτυρες μοναχοὶ καὶ λαϊκοί
• Commemoration of the martyrdom by the Poles (1609) of Abbot DANIEL with 30 monks and 200 laymen of the St Nicholas Monastery in Kostroma
Ὁ Ἅγιος Δανιὴλ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ Μάρτυρες μοναχοὶ καὶ λαϊκοί
• ISIDORE and TYKHON
• Bishops JACOB and MAKARIOS
● NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS in the 20th century
• Deacon CYRUS Malanyin (1918) killed by checkers and bayonets
• Hosiosconfessor MATTHEW of Jaransk, Hieromonk (1927) V’atka
• PETER Dryagin, Priest (1872-1930) shoted in Vyatka region
• MIKHAIL Zubarev, Priest (1894-1930)
• TATYANA Sannikova, nun, an icon painter (1872-1931) died in prison before the verdict
• ARSENY Chistyakov, Priest (1872-1930) shoted
• MIKHAIL Vereshchagin, Priest (1889-1933), died in custody
• Hieromartyr ANTONY Kotovich, Priest (1938)
• Hieromartyr PETER 彼得 Rozhdestvin, Priest (1879-1939) died in Siberian KZ, Baim department. Buried in an unknown grave
● • ABIA EGZIE, ascetic (1302) in Ethiopia
Abia Egzie (name mean Great with God), ascetic 13-14th century, who worked in the North Ethiopia in the cloisters of the Keliot statute. The life of the saint (published by K. Conti Rossini) was written half a century after his death, and, like his life, does not abound in external events, but is rich in the exploits of piety. Even at a young age, Abia Egzie was so God-fearing, that he gave heartlessly everything that he would not be asked in the name of God. After finishing his studies, he was ordained a priest, but his soul did not lie either in peace or in community monasticism. Saying "it is better to die in the desert than to live in monasteries," he dreamed of settling in empty. Valdebba is the famous center of Ethiopian Asceticism. This desire of Abia Egzie was reflected in his life, the saint, who was brought there by a huge beast of terrible form, wanted to stay there forever, but was transferred back to his native land by Archangel Gabriel. The scarcity of external events in the life path of Abia Egzie led to the fact that his life, in the words: "is not so much a coherent and consistent biography as a number of separate stories about the miracles of a saint." Nevertheless, it shows how, while the South Ethiopian. Monasticism led to active monastic colonization of pagan lands, in the long-Christianized north, local monasticism laid the foundations of national ethiopians. Traditions of asceticism.
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER 亚历山大 of Tiverias
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ ἀπὸ Τιβεριανῶν
• AMPELIO the Blacksmith (410) of Upper Egypt
Blacksmith who gave up his work and worldly life to live as a hermit in Thebaid in Egypt. There his chastity was tempted by the devil in the form of a woman, but Ampelio heated an iron bar till it glowed, and used it to chase the demon away; from this choice he received the gift of being impervious to burns. Immigrant to the island of Bordighera, Italy where he planted the first date palms (Bordighera is known as the “Queen of Palms” or “City of Palms”), lived in a cave, was known as a miracle worker, and set an example of prayerful Christian life.
• ANDREW 安德列 abbot of Raphael (Tobolsk) (1820)
• APRUNCULUS 阿普伦库洛 1st bishop of Langres, later of Clermont, Gaul (488)
• AUGUSTINE of Canterbury (604)
He shares the title of Apostle of the English with St Gregory the Great. A monk at St Andrew's on the Coelian Hill, he was sent by St Gregory the Great with a group of forty monks to enlighten England. The missionaries landed at Ebbsfleet near Kent in 597. Soon Augustine had converted the King of Kent with thousands of his subjects. Consecrated bishop in ArIes, he set up his see in Canterbury. Trained in the Roman way, he was not successful in his relations with the Celts. He reposed shortly after St Gregory the Great. Pope St Gregory appointed Augustine, a monk, to lead a mission to the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Kent in Britain to bring the King and his people to Christianity. This was necessary because the already Christian British kingdoms had been pushed far into the west by the pagan Anglo-Saxons. The King, Ethelbert, had already married Bertha, a Christian princess; it is possible they were invited. They arrived in Britain in 597 on the Isle of Thanet. St Augustine may have been ordained bishop before this. The King became a Christian and 1000’s were baptised probably on Christmas Day 597. St Augustine founded the monastery of Sts Peter and Paul outside the walls of the city. St Augustine was made metropolitan bishop in 601. The planned removal of the see to London never happened, probably because London was in Essex and King Ethelbert’s nephew was king and he too became a Christian. London and Rochester both had bishops by 604. Before his death that year St Augustine had also appointed Lawrence his successor at Canterbury. The British churches do not seem to have made any attempt to covert the Saxons before St Augustine came. That may be because the Saxons spent so much time slaughtering them. St Augustine’s attempt to unite the churches failed. One senses the great cultural divide betwen them. When they met the British expected St Augustine to get up from his throne to greet them. But St Augustine didn’t budge an inch all the while expecting the British to bow down to his authority and power and that of Rome behind him. St Gregory believed that the British should submit and that their bishops obey St Augustine. In addition there were the ‘usual’ issues of the date of easter, tonsure and other matters. St Gregory put the English mission directly under himself. St Augustine was buried within the Abbey church.
• Martyr BONIFACE (307) of Tarsus was, according to legend, executed for being a Christian in the year 307 at Tarsus, where he had gone from Rome in order to bring back to his mistress Aglaida (also written Aglaia) relics of the martyrs
• BONIFACE Bishop of Ferentino in Tuscany (6th c.) in Italy, reigned during the time of Emperor Justin and was commemorated by Saint Gregory the Great
• BRUNO (1045) Bishop of Würzburg in Germany, he encouraged church-building and spent his private fortune on this
• CARTHAGE (Carthach Mochuda) the Younger, founder and first abbot of Lismore (637)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Καρτέγιος Ἐπίσκοπος Λίσμορ
St Carthage is the patron of saint of Lismore, County Waterford in Ireland. He is known for his great reverence for the House of God and was responsible for the building of several famous schools and monasteries. St Carthage spent much of his life in instruction,by preaching and example, of those who came to him. He was born in County Kerry near Castlemaine in 564. While still a young boy herding pigs, he was drawn to follow St Carthage the senior and his monks, who passed by him chanting the Psalms. He was passed into the care of the older Saint, Bishop of Castlemaine, to be educated, and was eventually ordained a Priest. He followed the monastic discipline of solitude, fasting, prayer and study. He died in the monastery at Lismore after giving a blessing to his monks and students.
• COSTANZO (Costantio, Constantius, Antonii de Ripolis) of Capri (8th c.) Wandering bishop who preached against heresies in southern Italy, arriving on the island of Capri c.739 where he settled to lead the church there
• Martyr DYFAN (Deruvianus, Damian) (2nd c.) said to have been one of the missionaries sent to the Britons by Pope Saint Eleutherius at the request of King Saint Lucius. His church of Merthyr Dyfan shows the popular tradition that he ended his days on earth in martyrdom
• Saint EREMBERT Bishop of Toulouse (657)
Born at Wocourt near Passy; died c. 672. Erembert became a Benedictine at Fontenelle Abbey about 640. He was appointed bishop of Toulouse, France, c. 656, and ruled for 12 years. In his old age he resigned and returned to Fontenelle.
• EUTROPIUS (475) born in Marseilles, he succeeded St Justin as Bishop of Orange in France, when the diocese had been laid waste by the Visigoths
• Martyr FELIX of Aquileia, Asketic (303)
• Martyr FORTUNATUS of Aquileia, Asketic (303)
• GAL (Gallo) of Clermont-Ferrand (551) bishop of Clermont-Ferrand, France. Uncle of Saint Gregory of Tours
• Martyr HALLVARD of Norway (1043) of the royal family of Norway, Patron-saint of Oslo
• Martyr ISIDORE 伊西多若 of Chios (251) Sailor; brought Christianity to the Greek island of Chios. Martyred in the persecutions of Decius for refusing to sacrifice to idols
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐν Χίῳ
殉道者，圣依西多尔
德西乌斯在位期间，依西多尔从希俄斯岛被迫应征参军。从童年时代起，依西多尔就坚守基督信仰，整日斋戒、祷告、作善工。在军队服役期间，依西多尔表白了自己的基督信仰，由此被指挥官抓捕讯问，并试图说服他否认基督，向偶像献祭。这位圣人对此回答说：“即使你处决了我的身体，但是你却不能掌管我的灵魂。我拥有真正的、活的上帝主耶稣基督，他现在居住在我身体内，在我死后，他将与我同在，我将同主耶稣在一起，并将永远与他同在。只要我的灵魂仍在身体中，我就绝不会离弃基督。”起初，指挥官下令用牛尾鞭打他，后来又割掉了他的舌头。即使没有了舌头，在上帝圣灵的大能下，依西多尔却能够讲话，称颂基督的名。与此同时，上帝的审判临到了指挥官的头上，这指挥官立即变成了聋哑人。最后，聋哑指挥官打着手势下令将依西多尔斩首。依西多尔对这个处决感到非常兴奋，他毅然走向断头台，于公元251年被斩首。依西多尔的同伴阿蒙将尸体埋葬，在这之后，阿蒙也惨遭迫害，由此也得到了殉道的荣耀冠冕。
A devout Christian from his early youth, he was kidnapped from his native Chios and impressed into the army. When he openly confessed himself a Christian, his commander ordered him to make sacrifice to the gods. When he resolutely refused, the commander ordered him to be beaten with iron flails, then had his tongue cut out. But even without a tongue, Isidore was miraculously enabled to speak, and clearly proclaimed the name of Christ. At the same moment, the commander was struck mute. The commander then ordered by signs that Isidore be beheaded. Isidore went to his death rejoicing and praising God. This occurred during the persecutions of the Emperor Decius.
• Blessed ISIDORE 伊西多若 Tverdislov ("Constant of Word") Fool for Christ, wonderworker of Rostov (1474)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν σαλός
“圣愚”，有福的依西多尔
依西多尔是日尔曼人。来到罗斯托夫之后被东正教信仰迷住；他在教堂中领取神圣的圣体血，同时过着一种艰难的修行生活，得以“圣愚”的称呼。他身穿破旧的衣服走来走去，佯装成疯子在整个白日教导别人，而在晚间则进行祷告。他晚间栖身的地方只不过是用树枝和泥土搭成的草屋。这位圣人在世时以及去世后行了多次伟大、令人敬畏的奇迹。一个商人在航海时从船上掉下，此时，依西多尔出现，竟然行走在海面上将这个商人带到海岸。有一次，罗斯托夫的王子的仆人在依西多尔要求一杯水的时候拒绝了他的要求，并将他赶出门外，之后，他们所有的容器中的葡萄酒全部是空空的。依西多尔于公元1484年5月14日在他的草屋中去世，当时，整个罗斯托夫都闻到了一股香气。那个依西多尔曾经挽救过生命的商人在依西多尔曾经居住过的草屋的原址上为他建立了一座教堂。
He was German by birth but, drawn to the Orthodox faith, he moved to Rostov and not only became Orthodox, but took on the podvig of folly for Christ. He lived in complete destitution, spending the days pretending madness and the nights in prayer. Many wonders were performed by this Saint even in his lifetime. When he died in his meager hut in 1484, the people of Rostov smelled a fragrant odor throughout the city. A merchant whom he had miraculously saved from drowning built a church in the place where his hut had stood.
• New Martyr JOHN 约翰 of Bulgaria (Raiko 莱科 – John 约翰 of Shumena) (1802) the goldsmith; martyred by the Turks as a Christian
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Βούλγαρος, ὁ χρυσοχόος
• LAISRE (also Lassar or Lasrea) an obscure female saint
• Sainted 莱翁提 LEONTIUS II of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (1190)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Λεόντιος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων
Saint Leontios, Patriarch of Jerusalem, by the account of Saint Gregory Palamas, was Patriarch during the years 1223-1261. His life was similarly described by Theodore, a monk of Constantinople. This Vita was translated in abridged form from the Greek into the Russian language. It was translated a second time more fully by the Monk Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain, who indicates the death of the Patriarch was instead actually in the year 1175.
• New Martyr MARK 马可 of Crete, at Smyrna (1643) beheaded by the Turks for confessing faith in Christ
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μᾶρκος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας
• Hieromartyr Apostle MATTHIAS Bishop of Jerusalem stoned to death at Colchis (80/120) mentioned in the New Testament only in Acts 1:21-26, where, after the Ascension of Jesus, Matthias was selected by lot to replace Judas Iscariot
Preached the Gospel for more than 30 years in Judea, Cappadocia, Egypt and Ethiopia. Remembered for preaching the need for mortification of the flesh with regard to all its sensual and irregular desires.
• Martyr MAXIMUS 玛克息默 under Decius (250)
The Holy Martyr Maximus suffered under the emperor Decius (249-251). Maximus was a layman and a merchant. He was a devout Christian and he led many pagans to faith in Christ the Savior, and persuaded them to accept Baptism. Once, when the pagans had gathered to offer a human sacrifice to their gods, Saint Maximus plucked up his courage, unable to bear the sight of such a spectacle, and rushed at them, loudly denouncing their impiety and error, calling the idols soulless creations of mankind. The frenzied pagans stoned the martyr to death.
• Virgin MELANGELL (Monacella) of Wales (590)
A holy virgin who lived as an anchoress in Powys in Wales. Her shrine is in Pennant Melangell. The glory of mid-Wales is without doubt the remote church of Pennant Melangell in a valley in the Berwyn mountains in Denbighshire. Here is the shrine of St Melangell (Monacella) another royal virgin fleeing a suitor. Her ‘cell y bedd’ (the cell of the grave) can still be seen in the apse; before it now stands the truly awesome restored shrine, pieced together from the fragments reused after the Reformation for walls. Bones found under the floor of the ‘cell y bedd’ are now in the casket within the shrine. An effigy of the saints lies to one side. In the churchyard are 2400 old yews. Words cannot describe this place. It is another of the secrets of the Living Tradition in Wales.
• Archibishop MELETI of Kharkov (1840)
• Venerable Sainted NICETAS 尼基塔 bishop of Novgorod and recluse of the Kiev Caves (1108)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ Ἔγκλειστος
The memory of Saint Nikita was celebrated on May 14 at Novgorod, where his relics are located. The saint is also commemorated on January 31, the day of his repose, and on April 30, the day of the Uncovering of his Relics (1558).
His is a remarkable story of spiritual delusion (prelest in Russian) and repentance of delusion. Nicetas was a young and zealous monk of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves who, against the advice of his abbot St Nikon (March 25), retired alone to a cave and walled himself in. Some time later, the young monk experienced a delightful scent filling his cave. Believing himself to be receiving a divine revelation, he cried out 'Lord, show Thyself to me, that I might worship Thee face to face!' A voice answered, 'I am sending you an angel: do whatever he tells you.' The Devil soon appeared to him as an 'angel of light' and Nicetas, completely taken in, prostrated before him. The Devil ordered him to stop praying and to devote all his time to reading and memorizing the Old Testament. Nicetas obeyed without question. After awhile, the Devil began to reveal to him things that were happening in the outside world, so that the young monk acquired a reputation for prophecy among visitors to his cave. When the Elders of the Caves realized that Nicetas never spoke to his visitors or anyone else of the New Testament, they decided that he was beguiled by the Devil. Breaking down the door of his cave, they drove out the deceiver by their prayers and forcibly took the young hermit back to the monastery. As soon as the evil angel had been driven off, Nicetas became like a young child: he instantly forgot the entire Old Testament (which he had virtually memorized) and even lost the ability to read, so that he had to be sent to school again. Slowly he returned to himself, realized his former delusion and repented in tears. Thereafter he devoted himself to humility and obedience in the monastic community. Such was his repentance and progress in the virtues that he was later made Bishop of Novgorod. He reposed in peace in 1108 and became known for working many miracles, especially healing of blindness.
• PACHOMIUS (292-348) Abbot
• Pope PASCHALIS I (824)
• Martyr PONTIUS of Cimiez (Pons de Cimiez) an Illustrious Primitive Martyr (3rd c.)
He suffered in the persecution of Valerian about the year 258, at Cimele, a city in the Alps, which was afterwards destroyed by the Lombards; when, from its ruins, arose in the neighbourhood the town of Nice in Savoy. Of the old city, only the famous abbey of St Pons at Cimile, or Cimies, subsists; and the relics of the holy martyr were translated to the monastery of Tomieres in Languedoc, where Pope John XXII erected an episcopal see, called St Pons de Tomieres. The abbey of Tomieres was secularized in 1625. St Valerian, bishop of Cimele in the fifth century, in the three panegyrics which he has left us of this martyr, assures us that many miracles were wrought at his relics. Saint Pontius of Cimiez (Pons de Cimiez), martyred in Cimella (Cimiez) near Nice, whose relics gave his name to the town of Saint-Pons.
• Martyr RANULF (Ragnulf) (700) in Thélus near Arras in France. He was the father of St Hadulph, Bishop of Arras-Cambrai
• Venerable SERAPION 塞拉彼雍 the Sindonite, monk of Egypt (542)
“身披亚麻布”的塞拉皮昂
亚麻布一般用来包裹死者的尸体，之所以称之为“身披亚麻布”的塞拉皮昂是因为他在身上只披一件亚麻布，并将《福音书》随手携带。塞拉皮昂的生活象一只鸟，没有任何忧虑，从一个地方来到另一个地方。他将自己仅有的亚麻布衣服送给了一个寒冷中冻得发抖、赤身裸体的人。当有人问他：“塞拉皮昂，谁使你脱去了衣服？”塞拉皮昂指着圣福音书说：“是这个！”之后，塞拉皮昂连福音书都送给了一个穷人作为赎金，因为这个穷人的债主向他讨债，并以将他投入到监狱加以威胁。有一次在雅典，塞拉皮昂4天没有进食一点东西，因为他没有任何东西，于是大叫起来。雅典哲学家问他为什么大叫时，塞拉皮昂回答说：“我有三个债主，其中的两个已经满意而归，但是第三个仍纠缠我不放。第一个债主是从年轻时起纠缠我的肉欲；第二个时债主是贪婪；第三个债主就是胃口。前两个债主已经离开了我，唯独这第三个债主仍然在纠缠着我。”雅典哲学家送给了他一个金币，让他买面包得以充饥。塞拉皮昂来到了一个面包店，仅仅买了一条面包，将金币留给了面包店老板而后离开了。塞拉皮昂在年迈之际于公元5世纪离世。
'Sindon' means 'linen cloth,' and this saint was called 'the Sindonite' because he covered his naked body only with a linen cloth. He carried the Gospels in his hand. Serapion lived like the birds, with no roof and no cares, moving from one place to another. He gave his linen cloth to a poor wretch who was shivering with cold, and himself remained completely naked. When someone asked him: 'Serapion, who made you naked?', he indicated the Gospels and said: 'This!' But, after that, he gave away the Gospels also for the money needed by a man who was being hounded to prison by a creditor in debt. Gospel books were all hand-written, and were uncommon and valuable. At one time in Athens, he did not eat for four days, having nothing, and began to cry out with hunger. When the Athenian philosophers asked him what he was shouting about, he replied: 'There were three to whom I was in debt: two have quietened down, but the third is still tormenting me. The first creditor is carnal lust, who has tormented me from my youth; the second is love of money, and the third is the stomach. The first two have left me alone, but the third one still torments me.' The philosophers gave him some gold to buy bread. He went to a baker, bought a single loaf, put down all the gold and went out. He went peacefully to the Lord in old age, in the 5th century.
• TAMÁRA (Thamar or Tamar) King of Georgia (1213)
• Hieromartyr THERAPONT Bishop of Cyprus (3rd c.)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεράποντας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Κύπρου
• TUTO (Totto) monk and Abbot of St Emmeram in Ratisbon (Regensburg) in Germany (930) where he later became bishop of the city and secretary to Emperor Arnold
• 1st uncovering (1846) of the relics of Sainted TIKHON 提宏 Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk (1783)
The incorrupt relics of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk were first uncovered in May 1846, during the construction of the new cathedral at Zadonsk. They were found beneath the altar of the old church. Saint Tikhon is also commemorated on August 13.
• Commemoration of VICTOR Chornayiv, Archimandrite of the Annunciation Monastery at Nizhyn (1761)

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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.