συνοδικός
May 26 / May 13
2019 (7527)
VIRGIN-MARTYR GLYCERIA AT HERACLEA (CA. 177) AND WITH HER MARTYR LAODICIUS, JAILER OF ST. GLYCERIA. MARTYR ALEXANDER OF ROME (298). ST. PAUSICACIUS, BISHOP OF SYNNADA (606). ST. GEORGE THE CONFESSOR OF CONSTANTINOPLE, WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN (CA. 842). TRANSLATION OF THE RELICS OF ST. WONDERWORKER MACARIUS, ARCHIMANDRITE OF PINSK AND KANIV (1688)
5th Sunday of Pascha: THE SAMARITAN WOMAN // 2019 //
Κυριακὴ τῆς Σαμαρείτιδος (Ἁγίας Φωτεινής)
On this day, the fifth Sunday of Pascha, we commemorate the conversation of the Lord with the Samaritan woman. Discourse with the Samaritan woman (Matt. 4:12; Mark 1:14; John 4:1-42).
• Dedication of the church of Saint Mary of the Martyrs (609) formerly a temple of all the pagan Roman gods called the Pantheon, in Rome, Italy by Pope Boniface IV
• Consecration of the Monastery of Panagia PANTANASSA (Most-Holy Queen of All) on the small island of Hagia Glykeria (Incirli Adasi) in the Bay of Tuzla (12th c.)
Ἐγκαίνια ναοῦ τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου Παντανάσσης στὴ νῆσο τῆς Ἁγίας Γλυκερίας
The feast of the Synaxis of All Saints of Demetriados was established in 1970 by the late Metropolitan Elias of Demetriados, and its celebration was renewed once more in 1994 with the blessing of the late Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and All Greece. From that time the Saints who lived, taught, strived and were martyred in the region of Demetriados are annually honored on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. Among these Saints are the following:
• BESSARION 1st Bishop of Demetriados // SEP 15 //
• DAMIANOS of Kissavos // FEB 14 //
• GEDEON the New of Kapournis // DEC 30 //
• SYMEON the Barefoot // APR 19 //
• GERASIMOS Founder of the Monastery of Sourvia // SEP 14 //
• LAURENTIOS // MAY 10 //
• DIONYSIOS of Olympus // JAN 23 //
• APOSTOLOS the New // AUG 16 //
• TRANTAPHYLLOS of Zagora // AUG 8 //
• STAMATIOS of Volos // AUG 16 //
• ZINAIDA and PHILONILLA the Sisters // OCT 11 //
After the October revolution in 1917 Cherkasy fell under bolshevik control. After that, however, the city changed its rule at least 18 times – during the civil war it was conquered by hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi, then again by bolshevikis, later by Nikifor Grigoriev. On 1 January 1920, the city finally and for a long period fell under Soviet rule. As with all villages and towns in the area, it was a victim of man-made famine in 1932–1933 (Holodomor) and a Great Purge (a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union organised by Joseph Stalin in 1936–1938).
In honor of the martyrs who suffered in the 1930s in the Cherkasy land: The choir of the Saints of Cherkassy includes the 103 Holy New Hieromartyrs of Cherkassy, Orthodox priests, who were shot by the Bolsheviks and put into a mass grave.
• Hosiosmartyr archimandrite KALLISTOS Levchenko (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr archimandrite PALLADIOS Khronenko (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr archimandrite PETR Polishchuk (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr abbot ZINON Beda (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk ANTHONY Bur’ak (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk VLADIMIR Tovstik (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk IAKOV Tatsenko (1938)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk INNOKENTIY Logvinov (1938)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk IOANN Larionov (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk IOANN Semenük (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk IPPOLIT Semenov (1938)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk KASSIAN Kuzyk (1938)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk KIPRIAN Olejnik (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk NEOFIT Sobolenko (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk PIONIY Martynenko (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk SOFRONIY Masich (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk TIMOFEY Khrapchenko (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk THEODOR Goncharenko (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk THEODOSIOS Dimidenko (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr hieromonk PHILIPP Bezuglyj (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr hierodeacon THEOPHIL Jüzvuk (1938)
• Hosiosmartyr monk MELETIOS Zelenyj (1938)
• Hosiosmartyr monk SAMUIL Kucherenko (1937)
• Hosiosmartyr monk THEODOR Slobodskoj (1937)
• Hieromartyr archpriest ALEXANDER Kolomatskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr archpriest ALEXANDER Tsybul’skij (1937)
• Hieromartyr archpriest ALEXANDER Chubov (1937)
• Hieromartyr archpriest BASIL Kedrenovskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr archpriest BASIL Terletskij (1938)
• Hieromartyr archpriest VLADIMIR Tatarov (1937)
• Hieromartyr archpriest IOANN Mal’arevskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr archpriest KARP Nechiporenko (1937)
• Hieromartyr archpriest MICHAEL Voloshkevich (1938)
• Hieromartyr archpriest SERGIOS Zimnitskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr archpriest STAKHIOS Donchevskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest AVRAAM Shmorkun (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest AVTONOM Gankevich (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest ALEXANDER Radchenko (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest ANDREW Stavinskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest ANTHONY Adamskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest ANTHONY Il’jashevich (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest VALENTIN Nikitenko (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest VARNAVA Solonenko (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest BASIL Kharchenko (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest VIKTOR Smychkov (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest VSEVOLOD Kudritskij (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest GEORGE Ivanitskij (1937/1938)
• Hieromartyr priest GEORGE Skarzhenovskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest GREGORY Neshchadim (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest DAMIAN Buchinskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest DIMITRIJ Gasük (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest DIOMID Kryzhanovskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest EUGENE Stasenko (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest IOANN Andrievskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest IOANN Dorozhinskij (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest IOANN Zatovskij (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest IOANN Nikiforov (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest IOANN Sagarda (1930)
• Hieromartyr priest KIRILL Mel’nik (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest LEONID Kucherenko (1930)
• Hieromartyr priest LEONTIOS Basaj (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest LUKE Linchevskij (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest MARKELL Kalinovskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest MICHAEL Zagajkevich (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest MICHAEL Nadol’skij (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest MICHAEL Nechajev (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest MICHAEL Panchuk (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest MICHAEL Shurovskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest NIKITA Ganzha (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest NIKON Kogutovskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest PAISIOS Bondarenko (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest PETR Markevich (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest SIMEON Bondarenko (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest SIMEON R’abovol (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest SIMEON Khoroshkevich (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest SIMON Gumenük (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest SOZONT Tregubchuk (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest STEPHAN Fashchevskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest TIKHON Samusenko (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest TROPHIM Moklüchenko (1938)
• Hieromartyr priest THADDEUS Poddubnyj (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest THEODOR Gusak (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest THEODOSIOS Klepatskij (1937)
• Hieromartyr priest KHARALAMPIOS Fin’kovskij (1938)
• Hieromartyr protodeacon THEODOR Kiba (1938)
• Hieromartyr deacon IULIOS Dembovskij (1938)
• Hieromartyr deacon DIMITRIJ Krupnitskij (1938)
• Hieromartyr deacon GREGORY Jermolenko (1938)
• Hieromartyr deacon METHODIOS Majboroda (1938)
• Hieromartyr deacon SABBA Dikht’ar' (1937)
• Hieromartyr deacon THEOPHAN Mrachkovskij (1938)
• Hieromartyr deacon KHARITON Shevchenko (1938)
• Martyr starosta BONIPHATIOS Lopata (1938)
• Martyr starosta DIMITRIJ Strokan’ (1930)
• Martyr regent JOSEPF Bon’ (1938)
• Martyr psalmist GREGORY Latanskij (1938)
• Martyr psalmist THEODOT Storozhuk (1937)
• Martyr ATHANASIOS Shylo (1937)
• Martyr VLADIMIR Timoshenko (1930)
• Martyr IAKOV Lavrega (1937)
• Martyr IAKOV Kharchenko (1930)
• Martyr IOANN Kolomiets (1930)
• Martyr KIRILL Kharchenko (1930)
• Martyr STEPHAN Kondenko (1937)
• Staretz BARTHOLOMEW Bondarenko, Fool for Christ (1931) of the Cherkassy Eparchy; a miracle-worker and prophetic seer // OCT 17 // FEB 20 //
He was friends with the Ihumena of Chyhyryn, the Holy New Venerable Martyress St RAFAILA (Raisa Tertatskaja) Abbess of Chygyryn (1877-1926).
He even warned her of her impending martyrdom if she didn't escape, but she refused to leave her monastery. St Rafaila was brutally taken from her monastery by the "servants of Satan" and horribly beaten and then buried alive.
• MAXIM of Gorlich. He was martyred in 1914 for his priestly witness against Austro-Hungarian oppression // SEP 6/19 // • LUDMILA Martyred in 926. She was the grandmother of King Wenceslaus // SEP 16/29 //
• PROCOPIUS of Sazava. He built several monasteries in the 11th century which subsequently became centers of Orthodox Christianity when the Church came under severe governmental opposition // SEP 16/29 //
• ROSTISLAV Prince and Confessor. As prince of Moravia in the 9th century, SS Cyril and Methodius were encouraged to begin their missionary work with the Slavic people // OCT 29/NOV 11 //
• Equal to the Apostles CYRIL and his brother METHODIUS who established the Orthodox faith and were the first Orthodox witnesses to the Slav nations. They lived around the year 863
• WENCESLAUS The king of the Czech and Moravian lands known for his charity and promoting of Christianity among his subjects. He was killed in 929. He was the subject of the well-known Christmas song "Good King Wenceslaus." Sometimes identified as Vagislav in martyrologies // MAR 4/17 //
• Holy Father and Confessor ALEXIS of Wilkes-Barre (1854-1909) instrumental in evangelizing many in the early 20th century // MAY 7/20 //
• MOSES the Hungarian. He was a slave for many years. One of the greatest monks of the famous Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Monastery, he entered a monastery in the 11th century. He endured much for his Christian faith while a slave // JUL 26/AUG 8 //
• Holy Martyr GORAZD (1879-1942) of Prague, bishop of Moravia and Sleizska. During World War II, he harbored members of the resistance in the Orthodox cathedral in Prague. He was executed by the Nazi
• Holy Father and Confessor ALEXIS of Khust. He led many Carpathian people to the Orthodox faith about the same time as did St Alexis of Wilkes-Barre. He was persecuted by the Nazi during World War II
• EPHREM of New Torzhok // JUN 11/24 //
• JOB Kundria of Ugolka (1902-1985)
Holy Saints of Carpatho-Rus, pray to God for us!
Along with these saints who have been officially recognized by the Church, there are many individuals whose light from the Holy Spirit burned brightly in the Carpathians but who have not yet been numbered among the Saints: Other Righteous Lights:
• JOACHIM Vakarov
This Carpatho-Russian peasant was arrested by the Hungarian authorities in 1904 when he and his fellow villagers of Iza returned to the Orthodox Faith. Sentenced to fourteen months in prison his land, home and livestock were auctioned to pay fines. After his release from prison, he and his family were destitute. Joachim was arrested again and this time tortured to death. Since no Orthodox priest could legally minister in Carpatho-Russia, the villagers conducted his funeral.
• Abbess NINA
Born with the name Juliana Prokop she embraced a life of prayer and fasting at a young age. In 1914 she and her companions were arrested, taken out in the middle of winter, stripped, drenched with water and beaten. She was arrested again in 1918 and this time beaten almost to the point of death, remaining unconscious for three days. Despite the torture, Juliana refused to renounced Orthodoxy or her monastic life. She later becoming the abbess and founder of the Convent of Lipcha and Abbess of the Convent of St Nicholas in Mukachevo where she lies buried.
• Father THEOPHAN Sabov was the administrator of the Mukachovo-Presov Diocese, arrested by the Communists and executed by them in 1945
• Father VASILY Pronin
A spiritual son of St John Maximovitch while living in Serbia, he was a priest-monk who labored in various parishes in Carpatho-Rus. Clairvoyant elder and Spiritual Father of the Convent of St Nicholas in Mukachevo. A highly educated and cultivated man who spoke 14 languages he was described as a pastor who “loved everyone, forgave everyone and warms the hearts of all with his spiritual father’s love. He died peacefully in 1997, having predicted the day of his death. He was buried in the cemetery at the Convent of St Nicholas but his body has since been placed in a shrine inside the church where healings are said to occur.
Righteous men and women of Carpatho Rus: Eternal memory!
Ἡ Ἁγία Γλυκερία ἡ Μάρτυς
女殉道者格里切里亚
Ὁ Ἅγιος Λαοδίκιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ δεσμοφύλακας
格里切里亚是罗马行政长官的女儿。在父亲去世之后，家境由此衰落，格里切里亚在色雷斯的特拉扬诺波利斯定居下来。在暴君安东纽斯在位期间，格里切里亚被迫向朱庇特神献祭。格里切里亚在额头上划了十字圣号，当长官问她携带的灯时（因为所有的人都在手中携带一盏灯），格里切里亚指着额头上的十字回答说：“这就是我的灯。”由于她祷告的结果，晴空中的闪电将偶像击成了碎片。长官极其愤怒，并下令对她进行鞭打，并投入到监狱中。长官将监狱的门封死，打算饿死她。上帝的天使向格里切里亚显现，向她提供来自天国的食量。经过一段时间后，长官以为格里切里亚已经被饿死了，在打开监狱的门之后，他惊奇发现格里切里亚健康完好、光亮、充满喜悦。看到这个奇迹之后，监狱看守劳底丘斯表白了基督信仰，但是之后立即遭到了斩首。之后，他们又将格里切里亚放在火炉中烧，但是她丝毫没有受到任何损伤。站在火中时，格里切里亚想起了巴比伦火炉中的三个年轻人，她赞美上帝。最后，格里切里亚又被投到猛狮面前，她向上帝祷告，由此而结束了生命。格里切里亚于公元177年荣耀殉道。从她的圣髑中流出的圣油治愈了不少疾病患者。
At a pagan festival in Thrace, when the Governor of the region was offering sacrifice to the idols, St Glyceria entered the temple and declared herself to be a handmaid of Christ. When the governor commanded her to make sacrifice to the gods, she overturned the statue of Zeus, smashing it to pieces. For this, and for her continued refusal to deny her faith, she was seized and subjected to many tortures. First, the governor had her sealed in a prison cell with the intention of starving her to death; but an angel appeared to Glykeria and gave her heavenly food. When enough time had passed that the governor was certain that Glykeria had perished, he opened her cell, and all present were astonished to see her alive, healthy and full of joy. At this her jailer, Laodicius, confessed Christ and was beheaded. Glykeria was then thrown into a fire, but stood in it unharmed, praising God like the Three Children in Babylon. Finally she was cast to wild beasts, where she gave up her soul to God. A healing myrrh flowed from her relics.
• VMM of Alexandria at Church of St Theonas (372)
The Roman Martyrology particularly mentions Martyred in the church of Theonas, but includes many others of both sexes who were killed or exiled from Alexandria at the time of Saint Athanasius's fifth exile, under the Arian Emperor Valen.
• MM CYRILLA, AGRIPPA and others at Alexandria
• Venerables ABRAN and PETRAN Hermitage brothers and European missionaries (515) of Saint GIBRIAN (509)
Along with Gibrian, his brothers Helan, Tressan, German, Veran, Abran, and Petran, and his sisters Francla, Pomptia, and Posemna have all been venerated as saints. It would appear, that in Ireland, St Gibrian had been elevated to the priesthood. He chose, however, to serve God, in a more distant country; and, it is related, that about the close of the fifth century, he left home for the Continent. Six holy brothers and three sisters accompanied him to France. Their names are given, as Tressan, Helanus or Helain, Germanus, Veran, Abranus and Petranus, his brothers; as also, Franchia, Promptia and Possenna, his sisters. St Gibrian, with his brothers and sisters, is said to have arrived in France, according to a Breviary of Rheims, in the time of Clovis I., and of St Remigius. His arrival is placed, at A.D. 509. It is thought to be probable, that those holy pilgrims sojourned, at first, in Bretagne; for, in this French province, many localities are called after them. There is a parish, known as St Helen; a parish is named St Vran; a parish and various other places are dedicated to St Abraham—probably the same as Abram—the strand of St Petran, and the grotto of the same saint, in Trezilide, have supposed relations with these Irish visitors to France. However, the pious brothers and sisters regarded St Gibrian, as their leader; because he had received Holy Orders, and because he was the oldest among them. He sought for settlement theterritoryabout Chalons-sur-Marne, and fixed his dwelling near a rivulet, called Cole, which flows into the River Marne. On account of St Gibrian's great sanctity, his habitation was the chief rendezvous for his brothers and sisters. A strong family attachment bound the saintly brothers and sisters to each other; so that, mutually desirous of visiting frequently their solitary places of retreat, these were selected within measurable distances, in this part of the country.
• Abbess AGNES and Nun DISCIOLA at Holy Cross Convent at Poitiers (588)
Saint Radegund chose Agnes to be abbess of Holy Cross Convent at Poitiers. Agnes adopted the Rule of Saint Caesarius given to her by the holy bishop of Arles himself. She is best known as the friend of the poet Saint Venantius Fortunatus.
• MM GEORGE (Sergius Georgius) 格奥尔吉 the Confessor; his wife IRENE; and their children; of Constantinople (835)
The emperor Theophilus demanded that Saint George renounce the veneration of holy icons, but the brave confessor refused the order and told the impious emperor that in venerating holy icons, we offer worship to their eternal Prototype (i.e. Christ the Logos). Saint Irene lived in Constantinople in the first half of the ninth century. When her husband Saint George was sent into exile because he venerated the holy icons, she and their children went with him.
• Venerable EUTHYMIUS 艾弗提弥 the New (the Illuminator) (1028) founder of Iveron Monastery, and his fellow Georgian saints of Mt Athos: his father JOHN 约翰 (998), his cousin GEORGE 格奥尔吉 (1066) and GABRIEL 加百列 (10th c.) of the Iveron Monastery on Mt Athos walked out upon the water as though upon dry land, took the Icon of the Mother of God Portaitissa in his arms, and obediently carried it back to shore; and EUTHYMIUS of Athos the translator
Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἴβηρας
Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐθύμιος ὁ Ἀθωνίτης κτήτορας τῆς Ι.Μ. Ἰβήρων
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ἴβηρας
Ὁ Ὅσιος Γαβριὴλ ὁ Ἴβηρας
圣山阿托斯伊维伦修道院的诸位圣人：可敬的约安、艾弗提弥、格奥尔吉和迦百列
这四位圣人是圣山阿托斯著名的伊比利亚修道院的创始人。起初，圣约安在阿塔纳西修道院潜心修行，后来创建了伊维伦修道院。约安于公元998年去世。艾弗提弥和格奥尔吉将《圣经》翻译成了格鲁及亚文。艾弗提弥于公元1029年去世，格奥尔吉于公元1066年去世。迦百列亲自迎接了由海运而抵达修道院的圣母创造奇迹圣像。
• Commemoration of the monks of Iveron Monastery martyred by the Latins (1259-1280) 纪念阿托斯圣山的伊维隆修道院在13世纪被天主教徒所屠杀的诸位殉道修士
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰβηρίτες Ὁσιομάρτυρες
Georgian monks began to settle on Mt Athos in the middle of the 10th century, and a Georgian monastery, Iveron, was founded there not long after. At that time foreign armies were constantly invading Mt Athos. In the 13th century the Crusaders stormed through the region, and between 1259 and 1306 the pope’s private army devastated Mt Athos several times. Monks of Zographou and Vatopedi monasteries and the Protaton were martyred for the Orthodox Faith, and the monks of the Iveron Monastery eventually met the same fate. During this period Georgian and Greek ascetics labored together at the Iveron Monastery, and many young ascetics of the new generation began to arrive from Georgia. The Crusaders demanded that the Iveron monks convert to Catholicism and acknowledge the primacy of the Roman pope. But the monks condemned their fallacies and anathematized the doctrine of the Catholics. According to the Patericon of Athos, the Iveron monks were forcibly expelled from their monastery. Nearly 200 elderly monks were goaded like animals onto a ship that was subsequently sunk in the depths of the sea. The younger, healthier monks were deported to Italy and sold as slaves to the Jews.
Some sources claim this tragedy took place in the year 1259, while others record that the Georgian monks of the Holy Mountain were subject to the Latin persecutions over the course of four years, from 1276 to 1280.
• Venerables AMPHILOCHIUS abbot of Glushitsa (1452), TARASIUS abbot of Glushitsa (1440), THEODOSIUS monk of Glushitsa (15th c.)
• Day of Martyrdom in Moskow of Hieromartyrs archpriests BASIL 瓦西里 Sokolov (1868-1922), ALEXANDER 亚历山大 Zaozerskij (1879-1922) and CHRISTOPHER 赫里斯托佛尔 Nadezhdin (1871-1922), Hosiosmartyr hieromonk MACARIUS 玛喀里 Telegin (1876-1922) and Martyr SERGIUS 塞尔吉 Tikhomirov (1865-1922)
• Hosiosmartyr GABRIEL of Iveron (1886-1922)
Gabriel was born in the village of Berova (mod. Vertiskos) in Kilkis in 1886. He entered Iveron Monastery in 1904. In 1907 he was tonsured a monk and then ordained a deacon and presbyter. According to the records of the monastery, he faced a martyric death in Kydonies (mod. Ayvalık) by the Turks during the population exchange between the Greeks and the Turks in 1922. It specifically took place on the Sunday Before the Elevation of the Honorable Cross, which was September 11, 1922.
• Hosiosmartyr ARKADIOS of Iveron (1893-1922)
Arkadios was born in 1893 in Kydonies of Asia Minor. He entered Iveron Monastery in 1912 and was tonsured a monk in 1914. That same year he was ordained a deacon, on August 25. In 1916 he was a student at Athoniada School. He suffered martyrdom with Hieromonk Gabriel on the same day. They are both celebrated on May 13th, with the other saints of Iveron.
• GEORGY Sokolov, Archpriest (1878-1959)
• MARIA Novoselova, a psalm-reader (1887-1942)
• MIKHAIL Urvantsev, the priest (1868-1930)
• NIKOLAI Nevzorov, deacon (1883-1940). Place of burial: Ulyanovskaya, Staraya Moyna village (12 km from the village, a special cemetery for prisoners without crosses and inscriptions)
• Hosiosmartyr Archimandrite CYPRIAN Yankovsky (1897-1938)
• Mother SEPFORA Eldress of Kolikovo (1997)
• Venerable Martyr St VOLODYMYR Cherkassky, of Odessa
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀββανός
This early saint gave his name to Abingdon, formerly Abbendun, in Berkshire England. The use of "dun" ("fortress" or "seat") indicates a Celtic origin, which, if true, would make Abban the earliest Irish saint. He is saint to have come from Ireland to England, where he was baptized about 165 AD. He preached effectively and received a generous land grant in Berroccense (Berkshire) on which he founded a monastery. Another monastery, funded by Prince Cissa and founded by Hean, replaced this one in 685.
• Martyr ALEXANDER 亚历山大 of Rome (298)
殉道者亚历山大
亚历山大是斯拉夫人。马克西米立安在位期间，年仅18岁的亚历山大在军队中服役。他拒绝皇帝有关向罗马偶像献祭的命令，由此他被转交给军官蒂贝里安手中，或是说服亚历山大否认基督，或是为其施加酷刑，将其杀死。因为一切的劝告都是徒然的，因此，蒂贝里安带着亚历山大跨越马其顿来到君士坦丁堡，因为他在那里执行公务。沿途中，每到一个地方都将年轻的亚历山大折磨一番，但是在每个城镇中，基督徒们都出来相迎，请求他的祝福，并鼓励他。亚历山大的母亲皮玛尼亚一路上跟随着他。在路途中，上帝的天使多次向亚历山大显现，抚慰他的痛苦，鼓励他。在一个名叫卡拉苏拉的地方，这位圣人通过祷告施行了一个奇迹：当亚历山大和众士兵饥渴难忍的时候，亚历山大从干涸的土地上引出了清凉的泉水。在俄吉纳河畔，蒂贝里安命令刽子手将亚历山大斩首，并将尸体仍到河中。当刽子手挥刀朝向亚历山大的头部时，他发现亚历山大的周围被很多上帝的天使环绕，这刽子手吓坏了，不禁放下了手中的刀。亚历山大问他为什么放下屠刀时，那刽子手回答说，他看到了一些闪光的少年环绕着他。为了同上帝会面而迫不及待死亡的亚历山大向上帝祷告，从他身边撤回天使，以使刽子手不至于害怕。由此，刽子手执行了命令，于公元298年将亚历山大斩首。皮玛尼亚将儿子的尸体带走，荣耀地进行了安葬。许多病人来到亚历山大的陵墓前都得到了医治。在亚历山大死后不久，他向母亲显现，告知她很快他们母子就会相见。
He was an eighteen-year-old soldier in the army of the Emperor Maximian. When a public sacrifice was made to the Roman idols, Alexander refused to take part, for which he was brought before the Captain Tiberian, who told him he must either deny Christ or die. When he stood fast for Christ, he was arrested and taken through Macedonia to Byzantium, being cruelly tortured at every stop along the way. But everywhere he went, the Christians flocked to him, encouraging him and asking his blessing. His mother, Pimenia, travelled with him for the entire journey. In all his sufferings, Alexander was visited many times by an angel of God, who relieved his pain and encouraged him. As his Lord had commanded, Alexander loved and prayed for his enemies: At a place called Carasura, when the soldiers guarding him were suffering from thirst, he prayed, and a spring of cold water burst out of a dry place. Finally, on the bank of the river Ergina, Tiberian ordered that Alexander be beheaded. As the executioner raised his sword, he saw radiant angels of God all around the holy Martyr, and was afraid to strike. Alexander asked the executioner why he had stayed his hand and, hearing the answer, prayed to God that he might send the angels away so that the executioner would not be afraid. The angels vanished, and Alexander received his crown of martyrdom. Pimenia, his mother, buried her son's body, and many miracles of healing were worked at his grave. Some time later, Alexander appeared to his mother and told her of her approaching death, which occurred not long afterward.
• Hieromartyr ALEXANDER 亚历山大 of Tiverias
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ ἀπὸ Τιβεριανῶν
• Repose of righteous Priest ALEXIS of Bortsurmany (1848) disciple of St Seraphim of Sarov
• ANNO (Hanno, Annon) (780) born in Verona in Italy, he became bishop there and translated the relics of Sts Firmus and Rusticus
• Martyress ARGENTEA of Cordoba, Spain (931) daughter of Omar ben Hafsun, Christian leader of anti-Ummayad forces in southern Iberia during the Moorish occupation. Following her mother's death, she devoted herself to prayer and a desire for religious life. She fled the Muslim forces to a monastery in Cordoba where she was caught, kept prisoner, and finally executed
• Martyress CYRILLA at Polenza in Ligueria
• ERCONWALD (Erkenwald) Bishop of London & Abbot of Chertsey (7th c.)
Erconwald was probably a minor member of either the Essex or Kentish Royal family. He founded the monasteries of Chertsey (Surrey) and Barking (Essex) for himself and his sister, St. Ethelburga, to reside over respectively. In AD 675, Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury consecrated Erconwald as Bishop of London (Middlesex & Essex) which made him an influential force in the country. He witnessed the preface to the laws of King Ine and was, later, responsible for bringing about the reconciliation between Archbishop Theodore and St. Wilfred of York. Erconwald eventually died on 30th April AD 693 at Barking and was buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral. He was, apparently, so saintly that, after his death, people would cut splinters from his horse-litter as miracle-working relics. His shrine quickly became a popular visit with pilgrims in London.
• EUPHROSYNUS of Iveron (18th c.) monk who had the gift of distinguishing the spirits
• Translation (1184) of relics to Poland of Martyr FLORIAN (304)
The St Florian was an officer of the Roman army, who occupied a high administrative post in Noricum, now part of Austria, and who suffered death for the Faith in the days of Diocletian. His legendary "Acts" state that he gave himself up at Lorch to the soldiers of Aquilinus, the governor, when they were rounding up the Christians, and after making a bold confession, he was twice scourged, half-flayed alive, set on fire, and finally thrown into the river Enns with a stone around his neck. His body, recovered and buried by a pious woman, was eventually removed to the Augustinian Abbey of St Florian, near Linz. It is said to have been at a later date translated to Rome, and Pope Lucius III, in 1138, gave some of the saint's relics to King Casimir of Poland and to the Bishop of Cracow. Since that time, St Florian has been regarded as a patron of Poland as well as of Linz, Upper Austria and of firemen. There has been popular devotion to St Florian in many parts of central Europe, and the tradition as to his martyrdom, not far from the spot where the Enns flows into the Danube, is ancient and reliable. Many miracles of healing are attributed to his intercession and he is invoked as a powerful protector in danger from fire or water.
• FORTIS Gabrielli, Ascetic (1040)
Born in Gubbio in Umbria in Italy, he became a hermit in the mountains near Scheggia, but was later attached to the monastery of Fontavellana. Hermit in the mountains near Scheggia, Italy. Spiritual student of Blessed Ludolph. Benedictine monk-hermit at the monastery of Fontavellana. Died 9 May 1040 of natural causes.
• GAMALIEL the Elder (50) a leading authority in the Sanhedrin; he was baptised by St Peter and St John, together with his son Abibo (Abibas, Abibus) and Nicodemus
In the Christian tradition, Gamaliel is recognized as a Pharisee doctor of Jewish Law. The Acts of the Apostles chapter 5 speaks of Gamaliel as a man, held in great esteem by all Jews, who spoke to not condemn the apostles of Jesus in Acts 5:34 to death, and as the Jewish law teacher of Paul the Apostle in Acts 22:3.
• Righteous Virgin GLYCERIA 格利凯里亚 of Novgorod (1522)
Ἡ Ἁγία Γλυκερία ἐκ Ρωσίας
Righteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod was the daughter of Panteleimon, a starets from Novgorod. She died in 1522. According to the second Novgorod Chronicle, her incorrupt relics were uncovered on July 14, 1572 near the stone church of Sts. Florus and Laurus. Archbishop Leonid of Novgorod buried the holy relics in this church. During her interment, healings occurred at the relics of the saint.
• JOHN the Silent, Bishop and Confessor (454-559)
Saint John the Silent (January 8, 454 – May 13, 558), also known as St John the Hesychast, was a Christian saint known for living alone for seventy-six years. He was given the surname because he loved recollection and silence.
• Repose of Rassophore Monk JOHN of St Nilus of Sora Monastery (1863)
• Prophet JEREMIAH
• Sainted LEANDER of Seville (534–601), brother of the encyclopedist St Isidore of Seville
Bishop Leander was born at Cartagena, Spain, of Severianus and Theodora, illustrious for their virtue. St Isidore and Fulgentius, both bishops were his brothers, and his sister, Florentina, is also numbered among the saints. He became a monk at Seville and then the bishop of the See. He was instrumental in converting the two sons Hermenegild and Reccared of the Arian Visigothic King Leovigild. This action earned him the kings's wrath and exile to Constantinople, where he met and became close friends of the Papal Legate, the future Pope Gregory the Great. It was Leander who suggested that Gregory write the famous commentary on the Book of Job called the Moralia. Once back home, under King Reccared, St Leander began his life work of propagating Christian orthodoxy against the Arians in Spain. The third local Council of Toledo (over which he presided in 589) decreed the consubstantiality of the three Persons of the Trinity and brought about moral reforms. Leander's unerring wisdom and unflagging dedication let the Visigoths and the Suevi back to the true Faith and obtained the gratitude of Gregory the Great. The saintly bishop also composed an influential Rule for nuns and was the first to introduce the Nicene Creed at Serve. Worn out by his many activities in the cause of Christ, Leander died around 600 and was succeeded in the See of Seville by his brother Isidore. The Spanish Church honors Leander as the Doctor of the Faith.
• Sainted LIBORIUS of Le Mans (348–397) the 2nd Bishop of Le Mans. He is the patron saint of the cathedral and archdiocese of Paderborn in Germany. Patron against calculi; against colic; against fever; against gall stones
• Hieromartyr Priest LUCIUS of Constantinople imprisoned and tortured at Amphipolis and then Constantinople during the persecutions of Diocletian and Laudicius
• Repose of MACARIUS 玛喀里 abbot of Glushitsa (1478) Vologda
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος τῆς Γλουσίτσα
The Monk Makarii was buried in the Glushitsk Pokrov-Protection monastery. His memory is celebrated a second time on 12 October, amidst other Glushitsk saints.
• Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr archimandrite MACARIUS 玛喀里 of Obruch and Kanev (1678)
Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Μακαρίου τοῦ Ἱερομάρτυρος
The Relics of the Monk Martyr Makarii, Archimandrite of Kanevsk, were transferred on 13 May 1688 from Kanev to the city of Pereslavl' in connection with the threat of enemy invasion. The celebration of the memory of the repose of the Monk Martyr Makarii is made 7 September.
• MAEL (Mel, Mahel), Ascetic on The Isle of Bardsey (6th c.) a disciple of St Cadfan with whom he crossed from Brittany to Wales. He lived as a hermit on the Isle of Bardsey
Saint Mael followed Saint Cadfan from Brittany into Wales, where he became one of the solitaries of the isle of Bardsey.
• MEREWENNA (Merevenna or Merwenna) Pat. of Marham Church of Bude, in Cornwall (5th c.)
• MERWINNA (Merewenna, Morwenna, Merwenna or Mervinna) 1st Abbess of Romsey in Hampshire in England (993)
Merewenna was the first abbess of Rumsey convent in Hampshire, when it had been restored under King Edward the Peaceful (or Edgar?) refounded it in 967. Under her direction the monastery prospered and attracted princesses, including Saint Elfleda by whom she lies in the abbey church.
• MOELDOD (Moeldodius) Abbot of Mucnaimh (Mucknoe), County of Monaghan, Ireland
• Hieromartyr MUCIUS (Mocius) of Byzantium (301) a Roman citizen, became a priest and was martyred under Diocletian for having overturned a pagan altar
• NATALIS (751) Bishop of Milan in Italy
Natalis was bishop of Milan from 740 to 751. In art, Natalis is a bishop near a child who is holding a book. He can be confused with Saint Ambrose.
• Venerable NICEPHORUS 尼基佛尔 Alphapsis, priest of the monastery of Ephapsios (793)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικηφόρος ὁ Πρεσβύτερος
• ONESIMUS of Gaul (361) 5th Bishop of Soissons in France
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὀνήσιμος ἐκ Γαλλίας
• Sainted PAUSICACIUS 帕弗西喀基 bishop of Synnada (606)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Παυσίκακος Ἐπίσκοπος Συνάδων
• ROLENDA (Rollende, Rolendis) at Gerpines near Namur in Belgium (7-8th c.)
• SERGIUS 塞尔吉 the Confessor of Constantinople (9th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Σέργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής
• Sainted SERVATIUS (Servais) 塞尔瓦提 defender against Arianism (384) Bishop of Tongres in Belgium
Ὁ Ἅγιος Σαρβάτος Ἐπίσκοπος Τονγκρὲ Βελγίου
Bishop of Tongres (in the modern Belgium) for 37 years. Welcomed Saint Athanasius of Alexandria during his exile by the Arians. Worked to remove heretical bishop of Cologne, Germany in 346. Active at the Council of Rimini in 359. Prophesied the mid-5th century invasion of Gaul by the Huns.
• THEOCTISTUS monk from Tekoa, Palestine
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόκτιστος
• VALERIAN (350) 3rd Bishop of Auxerre in France and defender of Orthodoxy against Arianism
Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐαλεριανὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Ὠξέρρης
• Martyress VULFURA of Cordoba, Spain (937)
Vulfura had a dream in which he was told that in Cordoba, Spain he would meet a young woman with whom he would be martyred for his faith. Arriving in Cordoba, he met, was imprisoned with, and executed with Saint Argentea.
SUNDAY of THE SAMARITAN WOMAN Synaxarion
Since on this Sunday Christ openly confesses Himself to be the Messiah, which means “Christ” or “the anointed one” (for messa is the Hebrew word for oil), for this reason, the present feast is placed in the week of Mid-Pentecost; and also because, on the previous Sunday, Christ wrought a miracle at the Sheep’s Pool. On this Sunday, He works a miracle at Jacob’s well, which Jacob himself dug and bestowed upon his son Joseph. This was a special place, for here, in the vicinity of Mount Somor, the Samaritans inhabited many cities. Christ came to Sichar, where Jacob once lived with his daughter Dinah and his sons. Sychem, the son of Emmor the Chorræan, lusted after Dinah and raped her; thereupon, her brothers, provoked to zeal, suddenly entered their city and slew everyone, including Sychem and his father Emmor. Jacob lived in that place and dug the present well.
The Hebrews who originally lived on this mountain were not called Samaritans, but Israelites. During the reign of King Pekah, they offended God by falling into idolatry and other iniquities. During the reign of King Hoshea, who became a vassal of the Assyrians and paid tribute to them, the Assyrians came and deported the inhabitants of Samaria, together with their women and children, to their own country. Subsequently, the King of the Assyrians, in order that the land should not remain uncultivated, dispatched men from Babylon and the neighboring regions to settle in the territory of the Israelites; but God sent lions against the heathen, and by His permission, the lions devoured them. On learning of this, the King of the Assyrians wanted to know the reason why. The Israelites held captive in Assyria replied that it was because the settlers did not know the ways of the God of that place. Hence, the King sent them a priest from the Jews to instruct them in the Law of God. They accepted only the five books of Moses, rejecting the Prophets and the rest of Scripture, and continuing to worship their own idols. They were called Samaritans after Mount Somor. They were hated by the Hebrews who returned from captivity, because they were only semi-Jewish; the Jews did not eat with them, regarding them as worthy of abomination. For this reason, they frequently called Christ a Samaritan, on the ground that, like the Samaritans, He supposedly violated certain provisions of the Law.
Jesus, therefore, came to Sichar, and being weary from His journey, sat down at about the sixth hour of the day. A certain woman came from the city to draw water, the Disciples having gone to purchase food. Jesus asked her for water, but she excused herself by saying that the Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans (St. John 4:9); for she knew who He was, both by His accent and by His apparel. Jesus raised their conversation to a higher level by introducing the idea of spiritual water, which connotes abundance and cleansing power, since the Spirit is always likened to water and fire. The woman was sure, from the fact that He had not brought a bucket, that He did not have such water, and added that the well was deep. She then went on to talk about their forefather Jacob, saying that he had dug the well and that he and his children had drunk from it, commending the rich resources of the well, and also its usefulness and the coolness of its water. Christ, however, did not say that He was greater than Jacob, so as not to frighten the woman, but again He spoke about the water, thus proving His superiority; for one who drank from that water, He said, would in no wise be thirsty.
The woman asked for this water, but He told her to call her husband, since His words needed to be more firmly understood. She denied that she had a husband. Jesus, knowing all things, replied: “Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands,” which the Law forbiddeth, and the sixth whom thou now hast, since thou livest with him unlawfully, “is not thy husband” (St. John 4:17-18). Some interpreters consider the five husbands to be the five books of Moses, which the Samaritans accepted, and the sixth to be the very words of Christ, which were not yet hers, since Grace had not yet been poured out upon her. Other interpreters suppose that they are the five laws given by God—in Paradise, after the banishment of Adam and Eve from Paradise, in the time of Noah, in the time of Abraham, and in the time of Moses—and the sixth to be the Gospel, which she did not yet have. There are still others who say that they are the five senses.
The woman replied to Him, calling Him a Prophet, and then asked Him about the mountain where one should worship: should it be in Somor or in Jerusalem? For the Samaritans, being imperfect in their understanding, did not believe that God existed everywhere, but abode only in that place where they worshipped, that is, on Mount Gerizim, on account of the blessings given by God in that place, or because it was there that Abraham first set up an altar to God. The Jews, likewise, also said that one must worship God only in Jerusalem, and for this reason Jews from everywhere gathered there for feasts. Christ replied that the salvation of the world was of the Jews, but that God is non-material and that those who would be vouchsafed to worship Him would do so, not with sacrifices, as they had thitherto, but in Spirit and truth, and in this way they would not only know God, but would also know Him in the Holy Spirit and in the Son; for the Son is the Truth. The woman then said: “We have heard from the Scriptures that the Messiah cometh Who is the Christ” (St. John 4:25). Jesus, foreknowing the woman’s gratitude, said: “I am He.” The Samaritans, too, knew about the Messiah from the books of Moses, especially from the verse, “The Lord God shall raise up a Prophet for you” (Deuteronomy 18:15), and many others.
At the conclusion of this conversation, the Disciples returned and were amazed at Christ’s extreme condescension in talking with a woman. In the meantime, they besought Him to eat, both because of His weariness and on account of the heat of the day. But He spoke to them about eternal food, namely, the salvation of mankind and how they needed to harvest the labors of the Prophets.
When the woman reached the city and recounted what had happened to her, all the inhabitants were aroused and went to Christ, convinced that the woman would not have reproached herself unless she had come to know something of importance. They implored Him to stay with them and persuaded Him to remain for two days. He worked very many miracles during His sojourn there, which, on account of their multitude, are not recorded by the Evangelists.
The woman in question was the Samaritan woman, who was subsequently named Photine by Christ, and who, along with her seven sons, received the crown of martyrdom in the reign of Nero, after much hardship, in the course of which her flesh was scraped, her breasts were cut off, her hands were crushed, fine reeds were inserted under her fingernails, she was forced to swallow molten lead, and suffered countless other torments.
It should be known that the Emperor Justinian transferred from there with honor to the palace of God the Word, that is, the Great Church of Hagia Sophia, not only the mouth of that well, which he placed on a well outside the narthex, but also the stone on which Christ sat and conversed with the Samaritan woman. To this day, they remain there, healing every kind of disease, and providing remedies especially for those suffering from fevers and chills.
By the intercessions of Thy Martyr Photine, O Christ God, have mercy on us. Amen.
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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