συνοδικός
May 5 / April 22
2019 (7527)
ST. THEODORE THE SYKEOTE, BISHOP OF ANASTASIOPOLIS (613). APOSTLES NATHANIEL, LUKE, AND CLEMENT. ST. VITALIS OF THE MONASTERY OF ABBA SERID (SERIDOS) AT GAZA (609-620)
2nd Sunday of Pascha
Antipascha. ST THOMAS SUNDAY // 2019 //
Ἡ Ψηλάφησις τοῦ Ἀποστόλου Θωμᾶ
Θωμᾶς, Θωμαΐς
The Sunday after Easter is the Sunday of St. Thomas, also known as Second Sunday or Antipascha ("opposite" Pascha, i.e., at the other end of Bright Week). Historically, this day in the early Church was the day that the newly-baptized Christians removed their robes and entered once again into the life of this world. This day is also known as Antipascha. This does not mean "opposed to Pascha," but "in place of Pascha." Beginning with this first Sunday after Pascha, the Church dedicates every Sunday of the year to the Lord's Resurrection. Sunday is called "Resurrection" in Russian, and "the Lord's Day" in Greek.The Orthodox Church dedicates every Sunday of the year to the Lord's Resurrection starting on this Sunday, the eighth day of the paschal celebration, the last day of Bright Week. Liturgically, the Church remembers the Apostle Thomas' vision of Christ after eight days. At that time he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing." Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe" (John 20:26-29).
• Apostles使徒 NATHANIEL (Bartholomew) 纳塔那伊尔 (71), LUKE 路加 the Evangelist (84) of Twelve and CLEMENT 克利弥斯 (101) of Seventy
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ναθαναὴλ ὁ Ἀπόστολος
Clement of the Seventy Apostles, consecrated by the Apostle Peter, he is mentioned in Philippians 4:3 and wrote a letter to the Church of Corinth which still exists. He is venerated as a martyr and he is remembered in Rome by the church of San Clemente, which may have been built on the site of his home.
The Holy Disciple Clement was bishop in Sardica (an ancient wealthy city of Lydia in Asia Minor). The holy Apostle Paul makes mention of his name in the Epistle to the Philippians (Phil. 4: 3). Addressing a certain "sincere co-worker of his", Paul entreats him: "Assist them, which did asceticise and evangelise together with me and with Clement and my other co-workers, whose names be in the Book of Life" (the account about the Assemblage-Sobor of the Seventy Disciples is situated under 4 January).
• MM EPIPODIUS and ALEXANDER (178)
Two young friends and citizens of Lyons in France, martyred under Marcus Aurelius. St Epipodius was beheaded.
• MM priests PARMENIUS, HELIMENAS and CHRYSOTELUS and the deacons LUKE and MUCIUS and Companions (250) beheaded near Babylon when Emperor Decius invaded Mesopotamia
• VM PHERBUTHA (Tarbula, Tarbo, Ferfourthe, Pherbuda, and Perphoutha) of Persia; her widowed sister MEKADOSHTA; and servants; together with Sts AZADANES (Azes, Aza, Azadenes, Azadames) a deacon, AZADES the Eunuch a high- standing officer at the court of the Persian King Shapur II, and Companions (342/343) martyred together with Abdeisus and others: Bishop MILLES, ACEPTISMAS (Acepsimas) Bishop of Hanaita, Priest JAKOBUS, Priest AITHALAS, Priest JOSEPH, clergy martyrs, Bishop MAREAS, Bishop BIKOR, and 20 other Bishops: BARBASYMES, PAULUS, GADDIABBES, SABINUS, MOCIUS, JOHANNES, HORMISDAS, ROMAS, MARRES, AGAS, BOCHRES, ABDAS, ABDIESUS, JOHANNES, AGDELAS, SABOR, ISAAK, DAUSA, Archbishop MANREANDES, more than 250 of clergy and monks and 16 000 Martyresses
Tarbula was the virgin sister of the great bishop-martyr Saint Simeon Barsabba'e. After her brother's death, Tarbula was accused by the Jews of having used witchcraft to cause King Shapur's wife to sicken. She was sawn in half together with her sister and another woman.
• MM Bishop MAREAS with suffered 21 others Bishops, nearly 250 priests, many monks and nuns, and a vast number of laity (342) under King Shapur II. The church of Persia was brought to the verge of extinction
• MARTHA Matr., and her son M VICTOR the Roman, in Egypt
• MM brothers ARWALD and ARWALD (686)
Two brothers are called by the name of their father, a prince of the Isle of Wight, whose proper names are lost. They were put to death by soldiers of King Ceadwalla, then a pagan, on the day after their baptism.
• Newly Revealed Martyrs Archimandrite RAPHAEL, Deacon NICHOLAS, and child IRENE of Lesbos, and those with them (1463)
• Brothers Venerables APOSTOLOS (1846) and THEOCHARIS (1829) of Arta // APR 17 // APR 22 // WEDNESDAY OF BRIGHT WEEK // 2ND SUNDAY AFTER PASCHA - OF MYRRHBEARERS //
Όσιοι Απόστολος και Θεοχάρης οι αυτάδελφοι
Θεοχάρης Ντούϊα
Απόστολος Ντούϊα
• Hatzi ANANIAS (Anthony Barberakis) of Malles, first monk, renovator and Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Panagia Exakousti in the village of Malles in Ierapetra, Crete (1837-1907)
• Hieromartyr EUSTAPHIUS 艾弗斯塔提 Malakhovskij, presbiter, priest (1880-1918) killed by atheist Bolsheviks during the clashes of the Pascha Procession with the Bolshevik demonstration when he were trying to reconcile warring; at Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan
• Martyr DIMITRIJ 迪弥特里 Vlasenkov (1880-1942) day of death in the 5th department of Espin of Karlag KZ, poselok Aespe, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
• Hieromartyr Bishop SAVA (Svetozar Trlajic) of Gornji Karlovac of Serbia (1884-1941) who during World War II was arrested, tortured, and martyred by enemy Italian and Croatian personnel: skinned alive by the Ustashi
Bishop Sava was arrested on June 17, 1941, and confined, together with three other Serbian priests and thirteen eminent Serbian laymen, in a stable of the Ustashi Joseph Tomlenovich in Plaskom. After experiencing intense torture, Bishop Sava and the priests, Bogoljub Gakovich, Đuro Stojanovich, and Stanislav Nasadilo, were chained and taken to Gospich concentration camp on July 19. There, they were tortured until mid August. At that time Bishop Sava was taken together with 2 000 Serbs toward the Velebit Mountain. Somewhere on this mountain he suffered a martyr's death together with thousands of other Orthodox Serbs.
• Hieromartyr Bishop PLATON 普拉同 of Banja Luka (1874-1941)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλάτων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
The territory of his diocese became part of so-called Independent State of Croatia. Since he was a Serb born in Serbia, not in Bosnia, he was told to leave Banja Luka. He wrote back: "The authorities appointed me Bishop of Banja Luka lawfully, according to canon law; having such a position I took the obligation before God, Church, and people, that inseparably binding my life and my destiny with the life and destiny of my spiritual flock, to take care of my spiritual flock permanently and firmly, regardless of any events, and to stay on its spiritual path all the time of my life given to me by God, persevering in my staying with the flock as a good shepherd who gives his soul for his sheep…" He asked a Roman Catholic bishop, Dr Jozo Garić (who was a Croat like Ustašas) to intervene with the authorized military officer and let him stay for two or three days more so that he could prepare for the departure. This Bishop told him to be calm and peaceful. However, the Ustaše arrested Bishop Platon the very next night, May 5, 1941, and took him, together with priest Dušan Subotić, who was hierarchal administrator from Bosanska Gradiska, somewhere out of Banja Luka. The two of them were killed there and their corpses were cast into the Vrbanja River. Ustasa Asim Celic committed this repulsive deed. The bishop's corpse, which was scarred and disfigured, was found in the village of Kumsale, on May 23, 1941. He was buried in a military graveyard in Banja Luka. Then in 1973, his remains were transported to the Banja Luka Cathedral for reburial.
• NM STEFANIDA (Stephanida) of Kosovo, Nun (1945)
• Blessed EKATERINA Malkova-Panina, the Eldress of Pükhtitsa Convent, Fool for Christ (1968)
Abdiesus was one of the vast multitude of Persians martyred under King Shapur II. This persecution lasted from 341 to 380. Abdiesus is styled a deacon in the Roman Martyrology, and is probably not to be confused with another martyr of the same name who was bishop of Cashcar. Records indicate that Abdiesus was accompanied in his martyrdom by Abrosimus, Acepsimus, Azadanes, Azades, Bicor, Mareas, Milles, and a women named Tarbula. Some were Persian courtiers, others priests and bishops. Tarbula was the sister of St Simeon, and suffered a particularly cruel death by sawing.
• Hieromartyr ABROSIMUS (Abrosima) a Persian priest (342) stoned to death with many of his flock under King Shapur II
• Sainted ABRUNKUL Bishop of Trier (525-526)
• Hieromartyr ACEPSIMAS (Acesimus of Honit) of Hnaita (376)
Bishop and martyr, a victim of the Persian persecutions in Hnaita, Persia. He was arrested during the anti-Christian campaigns of King Shapur II and was taken before a court where he publicly announced his faith. Records indicate that Acepsimas, the local bishop, was more than eighty when he was arrested. As a result of his steadfastness, he was tortured to death.
• Blessed ADALBERTO of Ostrevant (790)
Born to the wealthy 8th century nobility, he was the Count of Ostrevant, and served in the Frankish royal court. Married and the father of 10 daughters, including Blessed Ragenfreda. Adalberto was known for his piety and charity, and help found the convent in Denain, Hainault where his daughter was abbess.
• AGAPITUS I (536) Pope of Rome
Born in Rome, he was elected Pope of Rome in May 535 and reposed in Constantinople on April 22 536. As Pope he showed great strength of character in opposing Monophysitism. His relics were brought back to Rome on Sept 20, when he was commemorated a second time.
• Hieromartyr AITHALAS (Aithilahas) a Persian priest (or deacon) of bishop Acepsimas (377)
• Martyr ALEXANDER (178) missionary and companion of St Caius; Patron of pipodius is the patron saint of bachelors, victims of betrayal and of torture
Little is known of the background of either Alexander or Caius. They were active in Apamea, Phrygia, a center of the Montanist heresy. Preaching there, the two were martyred during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
• Sainted ALTFRIED 1st bishop of Münster (849) Companion of Liudger (Ludger), monk, messenger of faith in the Frisians, monastery bishop in Münster
• Hieromartyr APELLES (1st c.) associated with Sts Lucius and Clement. Apelles was the 1st bishop of Smyrna, Turkey, and was mentioned by St Paul in Romans. Lucius (not the Evangelist) was the bishop of Laodicea. All three were martyred for the faith
• Repose of Blessed Fool for Christ ATHANASIUS Andreyevich of Orel
• AUTHAIRE (7th c.) Confessor and patron of La-Feste-sur-Jouarre, in France. He was a courtier of King Dagobert I, ruler of Frankish Austrasia and king of the Franks and was a father of St Oys of Rouen
• BECAN (6th c.) of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland, a relative of St. Columba. Becan founded a monastery at Kill-Beggan, Westmeath, which in time became a Cistercian Abbey. The parish in Imleach-Becain, in Meath, was named after him
• Hieromartyr BICOR a Persian bishop who was martyred in the persecution conducted by the Sassanid King Shapur II
• Hieromartyr CAIUS (296) born in Dalmatia, he became Pope of Rome and was martyred with members of his family
Ὁ Ἅγιος Γάιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ρώμης
Pope Saint Caius, born in Dalmatia, was a relative of the emperor Diocletian. The cruel emperor did not for that reason spare him or his family during the bloody persecution of the years 283 to 296, during which the Christians of Rome were obliged to conceal themselves in caverns and cemeteries. Saint Caius counseled a patrician named Chromatius to receive the tracked disciples of Christ in his country residence. He himself went to visit them on a Sunday, and said to the faithful assembled there that Our Lord Jesus Christ, knowing the fragility of human nature, established two degrees in the practice of Christianity, confession and martyrdom. Our Saviour did so, he said, so that those who do not believe they could stand up under torment, may nonetheless conserve the grace of the faith by their confession. Our Lord had indeed specified, When you are persecuted in one city, flee to another... Then he said, Those who wish to stay in the house of Chromatius, remain with Tiburtius, while those who prefer to return with me to the city, come. Several followed him back to Rome; among them are the martyrs of the same persecution, the brothers Saints Marcus and Marcellinus, and Saint Sebastian. Saint Caius himself received the crown of martyrdom in the final year of the persecution, 296, and was buried in the cemetery of Callixtus, where his body was found in 1622, with an inscription identifying him as Vicar of Christ.
• DERFERL-GADARN (5-6th c.) Welsh hermit, reported to have been in the battle of Camblan, where King Arthur died. He may have been a hermit before becoming a monk at Lianderfel, in Gwynedd, Wales. A carved-wood statue depicting Derfel-Gadarn as a mounted soldier was used to burn Blessed John Forest at Smithfield in 1538, by order of Thomas Cromwell
• Martyr EPIPODIUS 埃彼颇迪 of Lyons (177)
• Martyr JOSEPH of Persia (376) suffered with St Acepsimas under King Shapur II in the remorseless persecution of Christians conducted by that ruler
• LEO of Sens (541) Bishop of Sens in France for 23 years
• Martyr LEONIDAS 莱奥尼达 of Alexandria (202)
圣雷奥尼德斯
雷奥尼德斯是奥里根的父亲。他于公元202年在亚历山大为基督而遭受磨难。皇帝下令将其判处死刑，而在此之前就已经将他的财产全部没收。在监狱中雷奥尼德斯写信给他的父亲说：“父亲，不要为我们担忧，也不要逃避因为我们的缘故而发生的殉道。”
He was the father of Origen, the early Christian writer. For his constant faith in Christ, he was first deprived of all his property, then condemned to death. Origen wrote to his father in prison: "Father, do not worry about us, and do not flee from martyrdom on our account."
• Martyr NEARCHUS (249-251)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νέαρχος ὁ Μάρτυρας
• OPPORTUNA of Montreuil, Abs. at Montreuil Monastery, Diocese of Séez (Normandy), Pat. of Nuns of Argentain (770)
Born near Ayesmes in the north of France, she was the sister of St Chrodegang Bishop of Séez. Niece of Saint Lanthilda. Benedictine nun and abbess at the convent near Almenêches, France, receiving the veil from her brother. At an early age she became a nun at the convent of Monteuil, of which she became abbess. She was described as "a true mother to all her nuns". Legend says that a peasant stole a donkey from her convent and refused to acknowledge his crime. Opportuna turned it over to God; the next day the farmer's field was sown with salt. The peasant returned the donkey and gave the field to the nuns.
• RUFIN (Rufus) Anchoret, at Glendaloch in Ireland, ordained bishop before his death
• SENHORINA (also Segnorin, Senorina and Segnorine) Abs. of St Jean de Vieyra at Basto (Portugal) (982)
She was related to St Rudesind of Mondoñedo. Entrusted to the care of her aunt, Abbess Godina at the convent of St John of Venaria (Vieyra), she later became its abbess. As such she moved the convent to Basto near Braga in Portugal.
• Hieromartyr SOTER Pope of Rome (174) corresponded with the Church of Corinth
From the beginning it has been your custom to do good to all the brethren in many ways, and to send alms to many churches in every city, refreshing the poverty of those who sent requests, or giving aid to the brethren in the mines, by the alms which you have had the habit of giving from old, Romans keeping up the traditional custom of the Romans; which your blessed Bishop Soter has not only preserved, but has even increased, by providing the abundance which he has sent to the saints, and by further consoling with blessed words with brethren who came to him, as a loving father his children. St Soter was raised to the papacy upon the death of Saint Anicetus in 161. By the sweetness of his discourses he comforted all afflicted persons with the tenderness of a father, and assisted the indigent with liberal alms, especially those who suffered for the Faith. He liberally extended his charities, according to the custom of his predecessors, to remote churches. He aided in particular that of Corinth, to which he addressed an excellent letter. Saint Dionysius of Corinth in his letter of thanks to Saint Soter, adds that the Pontifical letter together with the letter of Saint Clement, Pope, was read for the edification of the faithful on Sundays, during their assemblies to celebrate the divine mysteries. One of Saint Soter's ordinances required all Christians except those in public penance to receive Communion on Holy Thursday. Saint Soter vigorously opposed the heresy of Montanus, and governed the Church up to the year 175. He was martyred on April 22, 175, under the emperor Marcus Aurelius, and buried on the Appian Way in the cemetery of Callixtus.
• Sainted THEODORE 德奥多若 the Sykeote, bishop of Anastasiopolis (613)
斯克昂的德奥多若
德奥多若出生于加拉提亚省的斯克昂村。从10岁起，他就严格要求自己：斋戒、彻夜祷告，效仿在他家生活过的长老斯特凡为榜样。他的妈妈玛利亚是一个富有的寡妇，她打算让儿子从军。圣乔治在梦中向她显现告诉她：德奥多若将服侍天国的王，而不是地上的王。圣乔治也曾经多次向德奥多若显现告诉他这件事；魔鬼将德奥多若置于危险境地，而圣乔治也曾多次将他从这危险中拯救出来。圣母也曾经几次向他显现。德奥多若过着艰苦的禁欲生活，由此超越了他同时代的禁欲者。他经常忍饥埃饿、铁链束身，并彻夜站立祷告。他之所以这样作是因为他想将自己的灵魂同上帝的爱连接在一起，并使自己的灵魂驾驭自己的身体。为了回报德奥多若的爱，富有怜悯的上帝也用爱回报了他。上帝赋予德奥多若战胜恶灵以及人类所有疾病的能力。他同时也是众所周知的奇迹的创造者。由于德奥多若的圣洁和忠诚，他被选为阿纳斯塔西奥波利斯的主教，但是这并不是出于他的意愿。就这样，他管理教会长达11年的时间，之后他向上帝祷告，希望能够继续他潜心修行的禁欲生活。之后，他返回了他的修道院，在高龄之际，将自己的灵魂交托在上帝的手中，为了上帝，他情愿忍受更多的痛苦。德奥多若于公元613年去世，也就是希拉克略刚刚开始进行统治时期。
He was born in Sykeon in Galatia in Asia Minor. (The Great Horologion says that he was born out of wedlock; the Prologue that his mother, Maria, was a rich widow; in either case, he was reared by his mother alone). At the age of ten, Theodore took up a life of strict asceticism, devoting himself to prayer, fasting and vigils. His mother planned for him to enter the military; but St George appeared to her in a dream, telling her that Theodore was to serve the King of Heaven rather than any earthly king. After this, Saint George appeared to Theodore many times, sometimes instructing him, sometimes saving him from danger. After a trip to the Holy Land, Theodore became a monk in Galatia — we should say "officially became a monk," since he had been living as a monk from the age of ten. Once he had taken monastic vows, Theodore redoubled his ascetical labors, which exceeded those of any other monk of his time: for his asceticism, he was sometimes called the "Iron-eater." Around 584 was ordained Bishop of Anastasiopolis in Galatia, much against his will. He served his flock faithfully for ten years, then begged to be relieved of his episcopal duties so that he might return to his beloved monastic life. Even during his lifetime, he was famed for his miracles and his authority to cast out demons. He departed this life in peace in 613.
• Martyr VICTORINUS (Victorian)
• Venerable VITALIS 维塔利 of the monastery of Abba Serid (Seridos) at Gaza (609-620)
可敬的修士维塔里斯
在慈悲的约翰担任亚历山大牧首期间，一个年轻的修士出现了，当他抵达亚历山大后收集了这里的所有妓女的名字。这个修士的修行生活是非常独特的。在白天，他苦苦作工，而在晚上他来到妓女的房间，将自己辛苦挣来的钱全部都给了妓女，然后将自己同妓女关在房间中一整个晚上。当他们关上门之后，维塔里斯叫妓女躺下来睡觉，而自己在房间的一个角落中彻夜为这个罪人向上帝祷告。这样，他可以拯救妓女逃离罪恶，哪怕只有一个晚上。第二天，他前往另一个妓女那里；第三天又前往其他妓女那里，就这样，直到他走访了城中的所有妓女。之后，他又会返回到第一个妓女那里。在他的劝说下，一些妓女放弃了这肮脏的交易：有的结婚了、有的去了修道院、有的开始从事体面的工作，自己挣钱。维塔里斯不让这些女人说出他走访她们的原因。因此，维塔里斯遭到亚历山大全城人的唾骂。人们开始嘲笑他、唾弃他，并在大街上公开殴打他。维塔里斯默默地忍受了这一切，只要上帝知道真相就好了，其他人知道与否没有什么关系。在维塔里斯去世后真相大白。许多病人在他的坟墓前得到了医治。各地的人们带着病人前往维塔里斯的坟墓，请求他的医治。被人唾弃的人，无所不知的上帝将荣耀赐给了他。
• Translation of the relics of St VSEVOLOD 维塞佛洛德 (in holy baptism Gabriel 是加百列) prince and wonderworker of Pskov (1138)
On 27 November 1192, the relics of holy Prince Vsevolod were uncovered and transferred into the Trinity cathedral, in which a chapel was consecrated in his honour. On 22 April 1834, on the first day of Pascha, the holy relics were solemnly transferred into the main church-area of the cathedral.
SYNAXARION FOR THOMAS SUNDAY
On this Sunday, the second Sunday of Pascha, we celebrate the Antipascha, that is to say the re-dedication of the Resurrection of Christ, and also commemorate the event of the Holy Apostle Thomas' touching the wounds of Christ. This commemoration is due to the ancient custom of rededicating important events. As a year would pass and the date of such an event would arrive, a commemoration was made so that such great events would not be forgotten. This is why the Israelites celebrated the Passover at Gilgal, to commemorate the passing through the Red Sea. They also commemorated the consecration of the Tabernacle of Witness that was in the wilderness and many other holy events. Since the Resurrection of the Lord is the greatest and most important event and beyond all thought, it is rededicated not only once a year, but also on every "eighth" day. The first rededication of the Resurrection is this present Sunday, for it is truly both the "eighth" day and the "first." It is the eighth day after Pascha, and the first day, because it is the beginning of the other days. Again, it is called the "eighth" day because it prefigures the unending day of the future age to come, which will be truly the "first" day and a day that is not divided by a single night. This is why this Sunday is called the Antipascha, which interpreted means "in the place of Pascha." We should also know that due to the honor given Sunday by the Lord's Resurrection, the Holy Apostles transferred the weekly day of rest from the Jewish Sabbath (Saturday) to this most honored day. It is also called Thomas Sunday, the reason being as follows: On the day of the Resurrection, when Christ showed himself to the Disciples in the evening, Thomas was not present, because he had not yet joined the other Disciples for fear of the Jews. When he rejoined the others, not only did he not believe what they told him about the Resurrection of Christ and the fact that they had seen Him, but he absolutely refused to believe that Christ had risen, even though he himself was one of the Twelve. God the good Master, in His true economy, waited eight days to make His love more perfect, firmly willing to truthfully verify the Resurrection and also the events that had occurred after the Resurrection. Thus, Thomas did not believe so that he could more truthfully proclaim to all the belief in the Resurrection. Therefore, the Lord came to the Apostles again while Thomas was among them. Though the doors were shut as before, He entered and granted them peace according to the custom. He then turned toward Thomas and said, "Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing" (John 20:27). Then Thomas intentionally scrutinized the Lord's side more attentively, and receiving faith through the examination, he cried, "My Lord and my God!" (John 20:28). He said "Lord" in witnessing to the bodily form of Christ and "God" in witnessing to His Divinity. Then Christ said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed" (John 20:29). This was the second appearance of Christ. Thomas was called "The Twin" for one of several possible reasons: either he was born a twin - one of two children born at the same time; or because he was born doubtful of the Resurrection; or because by nature the middle finger and the index finger of his right hand were joined together. Since by Divine Providence he was allowed to doubt, it was with these certain two fingers that he would probe Christ's side. Yet, others say that it is more likely and more truthful that Thomas, being interpreted, means "twin." The third appearance of Christ was at the Sea of Tiberias during the catching of the fish where He even ate a meal of broiled fish and honeycomb; this particular food, as He alone knew, was consumed by the Divine Fire. This event gave further proof of the Resurrection of the body - not only His, but ours in the Age to come. After this, He revealed himself on the road to Emmaus. The fifth time He appeared was in Galilee to the eleven, as it is written. From the Resurrection until His Ascension, He worked before His Disciples many signs that surpassed all nature. However, He did not reveal all these signs to very many, for it was impossible for men yet living in this world to hear such inexpressible wonders.
Through the prayers of Your Holy Apostle Thomas, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save 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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