συνοδικός
June 2 / May 20
2019 (7527)
MARTYR THALELAEUS AT AEGAE IN CILICIA AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS ALEXANDER AND ASTERIUS (284). MARTYR ASCLAS OF EGYPT (287)
Sixth Sunday of Pascha: THE BLIND MAN
Κυριακή του Τυφλοῦ
After the Midfeast (John 7:14), the Lord Jesus Christ came to the Temple again and taught the people who came to Him (John 8:2). After leaving the Temple, He opened the eyes of a man “who was blind from his birth (John 9:1). The miracle described in today’s Gospel (John 9:1-38) is even more remarkable than it might seem at first. Saint Basil and other Fathers tell us that this was not just a case of giving sight to a blind man born with eyes that did not function, but to someone who had no eyes at all! The second Exapostilarion for this Sunday says, “Along the way, our Savior found a man who lacked both sight and eyes...”. The Gospel says, “Since the world began, it was not heard that any man opened the eyes of one who was born blind” (John 9:32). There are examples in the Old (Tobit 2:17) and New (Mark 8:22-26) Testaments of blind people receiving sight, but this is something completely unprecedented. The Savior placed clay in the man’s empty sockets and told him to wash in the pool of Siloam. When he obeyed these instructions, the eyes of clay became living eyes! In his MENAION, Saint Demetrius of Rostov calls the blind man Saint Celidonius (see his account of Saint Lazarus in the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles on January 4).
Synaxis of Holy Martyrs of CHEŁM and PODLASIE // 1ST SUNDAY IN JUNE // 2019 //
Chełm is a city in eastern Poland located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamość and south of Biała Podlaska, some 25 kilometres (16 miles) from the border with Ukraine. Podlachia or Podlasie, is a historical region in the eastern part of Poland. Between 1513 and 1795 it was a voivodeship with the capital in Drohiczyn. Now the part north of Bug River is included in the modern Podlaskie Voivodeship with the capital in Białystok.
• Hosiosmartyr IGNATIUS from the Yablochynsky Monastery of St Onuphrius
• Hieromartyr BASIL Martysh, Priest
• Hieromartyr LEO Korobchuk, Priest
• Hieromartyr NICHOLAS Holts, Priest
• Hieromartyr SERGIUS Zakharchuk, Priest
• Hieromartyr PETER Ohrizhko, Priest
• Hieromartyr PAUL Shvayko, Priest and his Presbytera IVANNA
They all died as martyrs for the Orthodox Faith between 1942-1945 near the towns of Hrubeshiv and Zamost.
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θαλλέλαιος ὁ ἰατρός καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες Ἀλέξανδρος καί Ἀστέριος
殉道者，圣塔勒莱
塔勒莱出生于黎巴嫩。他的父亲是贝鲁丘斯，母亲是罗米拉。塔勒莱是一个年仅18岁的少年，相貌英俊，身材高大，有一头金色的头发。塔勒莱的职业是医生。努梅里安在位期间，塔勒莱为了基督遭受了折磨。塔勒莱在残暴的法官面前表白了自己的基督信仰，而后法官命令两名刽子手亚历山大和阿斯特里乌斯用钻子钻透他的双膝，用绳索穿过膝盖骨上的洞，然后再将他吊在树上。上帝通过无形的力量使刽子手的视力出现障碍，实际上，刽子手吊在树上的是一块木板而不是塔勒莱。当法官发觉此事后，他以为刽子手是在故意这样作，于是下令鞭打这两个刽子手。亚历山大和阿斯特里乌斯在遭受鞭打时喊道：“主是活的，从现在起我们也成为基督徒。”听到这之后，法官下令也将他们二人斩首。然后，法官自己拿着钻子开始钻塔勒莱的膝盖，但是他的双手却麻痹了，不能动弹，于是法官祈求塔勒莱帮助他。无辜的基督殉道者在祷告之下帮助了法官。之后，塔勒莱被投入到水中，但是他却活龙活现地出现在法官的面前（因为塔勒莱暗自向上帝祷告，希望上帝能够延长他的苦难，这样他就不会立即死去）。当塔勒莱被投到野兽面前时，这些野兽却用舌头添他的脚，非常温和。最后，塔勒莱遭到了斩首，于公元284年得以进入永生的天国。
Saint Thallelaeus treated the sick without payment. For this reason, the Church calls him an Unmercenary Physician. He is invoked in prayers for the sick in the Mystery of Holy Unction, and during the Blessing of Waters.
• VM DEMIANA along with her brother M ACRONIUS; MM AMMONIUS and MENAS; Egyptian soldiers; and others in Egypt (3-4th c.)
• Venerables ZABULON (Zabullon or Zebulon) 匝弗隆 and SUSANNA (Sosanna or Susannah) 苏散纳 parents of St Nina (Nino) (3-4th c.)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ζαβουλών καὶ Σωσσάνη
• VMM KYRIAKE (Cyriaca), THEOTIME (Theotima) and her brother M PHILETAERUS (Philoterius) together with 5 other Virgin Martyrs at Nicomedia (311)
• Translation of Relics of MM Brother and Sister ACISCLO (Arsiclas, Acisclus or Acisclus) and VICTORIA at Córdoba in Spain, Pat. of Córdoba (4th c.)
• Holy Martyrs of Mamilla, Jerusalem (614)
Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἐν Μεμέλᾳ Ἱερουσαλήμ οἱ Μάρτυρες
• Venerables Monks JOHN 约翰, JOSEPH 约熙福 and NICETAS 尼基塔 of Nea Moni on Chios (1050)
• Martyr NIKOSTRATOS and ANTIOCHOS
• VMM FORTUNATA, VALERIA and SATURNINA of Rome
• VMM VICTORIA, MARCELLOSA (Marcellosus) and SALSA (Falsa) in Africa
• New Martyrs of Moscow (1922) Hosiosmartyr MACARIUS priest-monk; Hieromartyrs Protopresbyters ALEXANDER Zaozersky and BASIL Sokolov; Hieromartyr priest CHRISTOPHER Nadezhdin; Martyr SERGIUS Tikhomirov
• Hosiosmartyress OLYMPIADA Verbetska, Igumenia of Kozelschansk women's monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God (1938)
Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἀλεξίου τοῦ θαυματουργοῦ
• ANASTASIUS Bishop of Brescia in Lombardy, in Italy (610)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος Ἐπίσκοπος Βρεσκίας
• Martyr ASCLAS (Askalon) 阿斯克拉斯 of Egypt (287)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀσκλᾶς ὁ Μάρτυρας
殉道者，圣阿斯克拉斯
戴克里先在位期间，阿斯克拉斯在埃及的安提诺镇遭受折磨。他遭受了鞭打、割刮和烛火烧烤，但是他坚定不移地保守信仰，直到最后。当刽子手阿里安正欲乘船渡尼罗河时，在阿斯克拉斯的祷告之下使船停留在河的中间不能动，直到阿里安写下他相信基督为唯一全能的上帝为止。但是后来阿里安将这个奇迹看成是阿斯克拉斯施行的把戏，他忘记了他所写的东西，仍然折磨上帝的圣人。最后，刽子手在阿斯克拉斯的颈部缀上石头，将他投到尼罗河中。第三天，基督徒在岸边发现了阿斯克拉斯的尸体，在他的颈部上绑着石头（因为殉道者在临终前曾告诉过他们此事），他们荣耀地将阿斯克拉斯埋葬，当时是公元287年。雷奥尼德斯也同他一起遭受了磨难。后来刽子手阿里安进行了忏悔，全心全意信奉基督，并公开在异教徒面前表白自己的信仰。异教徒也将阿里安杀死；这样，曾经是杀害基督徒的杀手也得到了为基督殉道的荣耀冠冕。
• AUSTREGISILUS (Aoustrille, Outrille) 奥斯特瑞吉塞洛 Bishop of Bourges and Confessor (624)
• VM BASILLA (Basilissa) at Rome (304)
• Martyr BAUDELIUS of Nîmes (2/3rd c.) possibly a deacon
Ὁ Ἅγιος Βαυδέλιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας
Patron of Nimes, France, a missionary born in Orleans. Married, he preached throughout his region and was beheaded at Nimes for interrupting a festival in honor of the Roman deity, Jupiter (Veiovis). The festival was being celebrated in hills near the city, formerly covered with oaks, but now occupied by vineyards. A crowd was grouped on the hillsides, watching the ceremony, which involved animal sacrifice. He knocked over the statue, interrupted the sacrifice, preached against false gods, and was immediately seized, whipped and murdered. His wife took the body to a place called Valsainte for proper burial; a church was built over the tomb, it became a place of pilgrimage, and a monastery was built nearby that lasted over 1 000 years. On the three places where his severed head touched the ground, there sprang up healing springs of water; the street of Trois Fontaines in modern Nîmes goes through the traditional execution area. Over 400 churches have been dedicated to him throughout France and Spain.
• CONALL Abbot of Iniscaoil, County of Donegal
• Repose of Schemamonk CYRIACUS of Valaam (1798)
• DODO (7th c.) disciple of David of Georgia
• Holy Nobleborn Prince DAUMANTAS 多弗蒙特 (accepted Holy Baptism with the nameTimothy 提摩太, Dovmont-Timothy) of Pskov (1299)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Τιμόθεος τοῦ Πσκώφ
Before each battle, Saint Dovmont went into church, set down his sword at the steps of the holy altar and accepted blessing from the priest, who girded on the sword for him. Holy Prince Dovmont-Timothei and his spouse, later to be the Schema-Monastic Nun Martha (+ 1300, Comm. 8 November), were granted the special honour to be depicted upon the wonderworking Murozhsk Icon of the Mother of God (Comm. 24 September): "Thou hast bestown blessing unto the all-pure image of Thine icon, O Mother of God, inscribed of visage the likeness of our in battle steadfast intercessor prince Dovmont with his pious spouse" (Sedalion of Service to holy Prince Dovmont-Timothei).
• VM DEMIANA (Dimiana or Demyana) (8th c.) in commemoration of Consecration of the Church of her memory
• Martyr ETHELBERT (Albert, Albright) 埃特尔博特 King of East Anglia in England (794)
• HILARY (Hilarius, Hilaire) Bishop of Toulouse in France (360)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱλάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Τουλούζης
• Mac LAITHBHE of Donoughmore
• Equal to the Apostles LYDIA of Thyatira (Lydia of Philippi) mentioned in Acts 16:14-15 (1st c.)
Ἡ Ἁγία Λυδία ἡ Φιλιππησία
• MARK the Hermit (Marcus Eremita) (5th c.)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάρκος ὁ Ἐρημίτης
• Sainted PILIGRIM (Pilgrim of Passau, Pilegrinus, Peregrinus) (991) Bishop of Passau, converted numerous pagans in Hungary
• Martyress PLAUTILLA (Plantilla) the Roman, Matr. of Rome (66) The mother of Flavia Domitilla. By tradition she was baptised by the Apostle Peter and was present at the martyrdom of the Apostle Paul
Ἡ Ἁγία Πλατίλλα ἡ Ρωμαία
• STEPHEN 斯特梵 abbot of Piperi in Serbia (1697)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Στέφανος
皮佩利的斯特梵
斯特梵是尼色族人，出生于祖帕村的一个贫困家庭，父亲拉多耶和母亲扎西玛都是虔诚的基督徒。据记载，起初，斯特梵在摩拉卡修道院修行，并成为这个修道院的院长。后来，土耳其人将斯特梵驱逐出摩拉卡，由此斯特梵在土尔曼的拉瓦奇安居下来，也就是今天的切雷什特一带。后来，斯特梵隐藏在皮佩利的一个山洞中，期间一生劳作，过着讨主喜悦的生活，直到去世为止。斯特梵于公元1697年5月20日平安离世。他的圣髑时至今日毅然存放在那里，并经常创造奇迹，基督拣选的仆人受到了人们的赞美。
• Venerable THALASSIUS 塔拉西 the Myrrh-gusher of Libya (660)
Ὁ Ὅσιος Θαλάσσιος ὁ Μυροβλύτης
• THEODORE of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia (778)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος Ἐπίσκοπος Παβίας
The Synaxarion says the following concerning the SUNDAY OF THE BLIND MAN
The Lord Jesus was coming from the Temple on the Sabbath, when, while walking in the way, He saw the blind man mentioned in today's Gospel. This man had been born thus from his mother's womb, that is, he had been born without eyes (see Saint John Chrysostom, Homily LVI on Matthew; Saint Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book 5:15; and the second Exorcism of Saint Basil the Great). When the disciples saw this, they asked their Teacher, "Who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" They asked this because when the Lord had healed the paralytic at the Sheep's Pool, He had told him, "Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee" (John 5:14); so they wondered, if sickness was caused by sin, what sin could have been the cause of his being born without eyes. But the Lord answered that this was for the glory of God. Then the God-man spat on the ground and made clay with the spittle. He anointed the eyes of the blind man and said to him, "Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam." Siloam (which means "sent") was a well-known spring in Jerusalem used by the inhabitants for its waters, which flowed to the eastern side of the city and collected in a large pool called "the Pool of Siloam." Therefore, the Saviour sent the blind man to this pool that he might wash his eyes, which had been anointed with the clay-not that the pool's water had such power, but that the faith and obedience of the one sent might be made manifest, and that the miracle might become more remarkable and known to all, and leave no room for doubt. Thus, the blind man believed in Jesus' words, obeyed His command, went and washed himself, and returned, no longer blind, but having eyes and seeing. This was the greatest miracle that our Lord had yet worked; as the man healed of his blindness himself testified, "Since time began, never was it heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind," although the Lord had already healed the blind eyes of many. Because he now had eyes, some even doubted that he was the same person (John 9:8-9); and it was still lively in their remembrance when Christ came to the tomb of Lazarus, for they said, "Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have caused that even this man should not have died?" Saint John Chrysostom gives a thorough and brilliant exposition of our Lord's meeting with the woman of Samaria, the healing of the paralytic, and the miracle of the blind man in his commentaries on the Gospel of Saint John.
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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