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Today's Saint: Honor to Whom Honor Is Due
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MariaRegina
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Matrona said:Just wanted to say, thanks for not forgetting my patron saint.I know she's kind of obscure so I love it when she gets remembered.
Dear Matrona:
Belated Feast Day greetings. I wanted to bring it to your attention, but I didn't know if you checked our Taverna.
God grant you many many many years!
Yours in Christ,
Elizabeth
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On Wednesday, October 22, 2003 we celebrate:
Wednesday of the 5th Week
St. Avercius, Equal to the Apostles, Bishop of Hieropolis
Seven Youths of Ephesus
St. Cecilia the Martyr
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Hierarch St. Avercius, the Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus and the Holy Martyr St. Cecilia, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
St. Avercius, Equal to the Apostles, Bishop of Hieropolis
Apolytikion: Fourth Tone
A model of faith and the image of gentleness, the example of your life has shown you forth to your sheep-fold to be a master of temperance. You obtained thus through being lowly, gifts from on high, and riches through poverty. Avercius, our father and priest of priests, intercede with Christ our God that He may save our souls.
Kontakion: Plagal of the Fourth Tone (tone 8)
The Church of all the faithful doth acclaim thee, O Abercius, as a great priest and a worthy companion of the twelve Apostles of the Lord. By thy prayers, O blest Hierarch, keep the Church safe from every vain-minded heresy, unconquered and unshaken for ever, O thou most wondrous one.
Reading:
Saint Abercius, Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia in the times of Marcus Aurelius, was adorned with the grace of wonderworking and with apostolic zeal. During a festival in honour of Apollo, the chief deity of Hicrapolis, the holy bishop was instructed in a revelation to destroy the idols. He went to the temple by night and overturned the statues of Apollo and the others. When this was discovered, the Saint boldly cried out that the gods, becoming drunk from the wine of the libations offered them, had struck one against another in their confusion. A multitude of furious pagans came to avenge the insult to their gods, but when the Saint cast the demons out of three afflicted young men, fear fell upon the idolaters and they with the whole city became Christian. After many labours, and afflictions, Saint Abercius reposed in peace about the year 167 (or, according to some, 186).
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Seven Youths of Ephesus
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
They that scorned all things in the world as corrupted and found the gifts that nothing ever corrupteth, behold, they died, and yet corruption touched them not. Wherefore, after many years once again they all rose up, burying all unbelief of malicious revilers. Ye faithful, let us laud the seven youths with hymns of praise on this day, while extolling Christ.
Reading:
The Seven Youths bid themselves in a certain cave near Ephesus in the year 250, to escape the persecution of Decius. By divine grace, a sleep came upon them and they slept for 184 years, until the reign of Saint Theodosius the Younger, when the doctrine of the resurrection was being assailed by heretics. They then awoke, that is, were resurrected, confirming in the sight of all the bodily resurrection; and again after a short time, by divine command, they reposed in the Lord in the year 434.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Note: Permission has been received to reproduce these copyrighted texts here, but with the condition that all texts used are reproduced by permission from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, and that the selections are taken from their Great Horologion. You may visit them at http://htmadmin.phpwebhosting.com/
On Wednesday, October 22, 2003 we celebrate:
Wednesday of the 5th Week
St. Avercius, Equal to the Apostles, Bishop of Hieropolis
Seven Youths of Ephesus
St. Cecilia the Martyr
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Hierarch St. Avercius, the Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus and the Holy Martyr St. Cecilia, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
St. Avercius, Equal to the Apostles, Bishop of Hieropolis
Apolytikion: Fourth Tone
A model of faith and the image of gentleness, the example of your life has shown you forth to your sheep-fold to be a master of temperance. You obtained thus through being lowly, gifts from on high, and riches through poverty. Avercius, our father and priest of priests, intercede with Christ our God that He may save our souls.
Kontakion: Plagal of the Fourth Tone (tone 8)
The Church of all the faithful doth acclaim thee, O Abercius, as a great priest and a worthy companion of the twelve Apostles of the Lord. By thy prayers, O blest Hierarch, keep the Church safe from every vain-minded heresy, unconquered and unshaken for ever, O thou most wondrous one.
Reading:
Saint Abercius, Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia in the times of Marcus Aurelius, was adorned with the grace of wonderworking and with apostolic zeal. During a festival in honour of Apollo, the chief deity of Hicrapolis, the holy bishop was instructed in a revelation to destroy the idols. He went to the temple by night and overturned the statues of Apollo and the others. When this was discovered, the Saint boldly cried out that the gods, becoming drunk from the wine of the libations offered them, had struck one against another in their confusion. A multitude of furious pagans came to avenge the insult to their gods, but when the Saint cast the demons out of three afflicted young men, fear fell upon the idolaters and they with the whole city became Christian. After many labours, and afflictions, Saint Abercius reposed in peace about the year 167 (or, according to some, 186).
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Seven Youths of Ephesus
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
They that scorned all things in the world as corrupted and found the gifts that nothing ever corrupteth, behold, they died, and yet corruption touched them not. Wherefore, after many years once again they all rose up, burying all unbelief of malicious revilers. Ye faithful, let us laud the seven youths with hymns of praise on this day, while extolling Christ.
Reading:
The Seven Youths bid themselves in a certain cave near Ephesus in the year 250, to escape the persecution of Decius. By divine grace, a sleep came upon them and they slept for 184 years, until the reign of Saint Theodosius the Younger, when the doctrine of the resurrection was being assailed by heretics. They then awoke, that is, were resurrected, confirming in the sight of all the bodily resurrection; and again after a short time, by divine command, they reposed in the Lord in the year 434.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Note: Permission has been received to reproduce these copyrighted texts here, but with the condition that all texts used are reproduced by permission from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, and that the selections are taken from their Great Horologion. You may visit them at http://htmadmin.phpwebhosting.com/
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On Thursday, October 23, 2003, we celebrate the memory of:
St. James the Brother of the Lord and First Bishop of Jerusalem
Our Righteous Father Ignatius, Patriarch of Constantinople
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Apostle and Martyr James and Our Righteous Patriarch Ignatius, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
St. James the Brother of the Lord and First Bishop of Jerusalem
Apolytikion: Fourth Tone
As the Lord's disciple, O righteous One, you received the Gospel, as Martyr, you have unwavering courage, as the Lord's brother, you have forthrightness, as Hierarch, intercession. Intercede with Christ our God, that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
O wondrous Iakovos, God the Logos, only-begotten of the Father, who dwelt among us in latter days, declared you, the first shepherd and teacher of Jerusalem, and faithful steward of the spiritual mysteries. Wherefore, we all honor you, O Apostle.
Reading:
According to some, this Saint was a son of Joseph the Betrothed, born of the wife that the latter had before he was betrothed to the Ever?virgin. Hence he was the brother of the Lord, Who was also thought to be the son of Joseph (Matt. 13: 55). But some say that he was a nephew of Joseph, and the son of his brother Cleopas, who was also called Alphaeus and Mary his wife, who was the first cousin of the Theotokos. But even according to this genealogy, he was still called, according to the idiom of the Scriptures, the Lord's brother because of their kinship.
This James is called the Less (Mark 15:4) by the Evangelists to distinguish him from James, the son of Zebedee, who was called the Great. He became the first Bishop of Jerusalem, elevated to this episcopal rank by the Apostles, according to Eusebius (Eccl. Hist., Book II: 23), and was called Obliah, that is, the Just, because of his great holiness and righteousness. Having ascended the crest of the Temple on the day of the Passover at the prompting of all, he bore testimony from there concerning his belief in Jesus, and he proclaimed with a great voice that Jesus sits at the right hand of the great power of God and shall come again upon the clouds of heaven. On hearing this testimony, many of those present cried, "Hosanna to the Son of David." But the Scribes and Pharisees cried, "So, even the just one hath been led astray," and at the command of Ananias the high priest, the Apostle was cast down headlong from thence, then was stoned, and while he prayed for his slayers, his head was crushed by the wooden club wielded by a certain scribe. The first of the Catholic (General) Epistles written to the Jews in the Diaspora who believed in Christ was written by this James.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Note: Permission has been received to reproduce these copyrighted texts here, but with the condition that all texts used are reproduced by permission from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, and that the selections are taken from their Great Horologion. You may visit them at http://htmadmin.phpwebhosting.com/
On Thursday, October 23, 2003, we celebrate the memory of:
St. James the Brother of the Lord and First Bishop of Jerusalem
Our Righteous Father Ignatius, Patriarch of Constantinople
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Apostle and Martyr James and Our Righteous Patriarch Ignatius, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
St. James the Brother of the Lord and First Bishop of Jerusalem
Apolytikion: Fourth Tone
As the Lord's disciple, O righteous One, you received the Gospel, as Martyr, you have unwavering courage, as the Lord's brother, you have forthrightness, as Hierarch, intercession. Intercede with Christ our God, that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
O wondrous Iakovos, God the Logos, only-begotten of the Father, who dwelt among us in latter days, declared you, the first shepherd and teacher of Jerusalem, and faithful steward of the spiritual mysteries. Wherefore, we all honor you, O Apostle.
Reading:
According to some, this Saint was a son of Joseph the Betrothed, born of the wife that the latter had before he was betrothed to the Ever?virgin. Hence he was the brother of the Lord, Who was also thought to be the son of Joseph (Matt. 13: 55). But some say that he was a nephew of Joseph, and the son of his brother Cleopas, who was also called Alphaeus and Mary his wife, who was the first cousin of the Theotokos. But even according to this genealogy, he was still called, according to the idiom of the Scriptures, the Lord's brother because of their kinship.
This James is called the Less (Mark 15:4) by the Evangelists to distinguish him from James, the son of Zebedee, who was called the Great. He became the first Bishop of Jerusalem, elevated to this episcopal rank by the Apostles, according to Eusebius (Eccl. Hist., Book II: 23), and was called Obliah, that is, the Just, because of his great holiness and righteousness. Having ascended the crest of the Temple on the day of the Passover at the prompting of all, he bore testimony from there concerning his belief in Jesus, and he proclaimed with a great voice that Jesus sits at the right hand of the great power of God and shall come again upon the clouds of heaven. On hearing this testimony, many of those present cried, "Hosanna to the Son of David." But the Scribes and Pharisees cried, "So, even the just one hath been led astray," and at the command of Ananias the high priest, the Apostle was cast down headlong from thence, then was stoned, and while he prayed for his slayers, his head was crushed by the wooden club wielded by a certain scribe. The first of the Catholic (General) Epistles written to the Jews in the Diaspora who believed in Christ was written by this James.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Note: Permission has been received to reproduce these copyrighted texts here, but with the condition that all texts used are reproduced by permission from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, and that the selections are taken from their Great Horologion. You may visit them at http://htmadmin.phpwebhosting.com/
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On Friday, October 24, 2003 we celebrate:
Friday of the 5th Week
Martyr Sebastian
St. Arethas the Great Martyr and his companions
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Martyrs Sebastiam, and Arethas and his companions, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
St. Arethas the Great Martyr and his companions
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
The resplendent festival of the prizewinners on this day is come to us as an occasion to rejoice; and as we keep it, we glorify our Lord, the God over all, Who doth dwell on high.
Reading:
These Martyrs contested for piety's sake in the year 524 in Najran, a city of Arabia Felix (present-day Yemen). When Dhu Nuwas, ruler of the Himyarite tribe in south Arabia, and a Judaizer, took power, he sought to blot out Christianity, especially at Najran, a Christian city. Against the counsels of Arethas, chief man of Najran, the city surrendered to Dhu Nuwas, who immediately broke the word he had given and sought to compel the city to renounce Christ. Led by Saint Arethas, hundreds of martyrs, including women, children, and babes, valiantly withstood his threats, and were beheaded and burned. After the men had been slain, all the free-born Christian women of Najran were brought before the tyrant and commanded to abjure Christ or die; yet they rebuked the persecutor with such boldness that he said even the men had not insulted him so contemptuously. So great was their faith that not one woman was found to deny Christ in all Najran, although some of them suffered torments more bitter than most of the men. In alliance with Byzantium, the Ethiopian King Elesbaan liberated Najran from Dhu Nuwas soon after and raised up churches in honour of the Martyrs. Najran became a place of pilgrimage until the rise of Islam a century later. At the end of his life King Elesbaan, who was also called Caleb, retired into solitude as a hermit; he sent his crown to Jerusalem as an offering to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He also is commemorated on this day as a saint. Saint Arethas' name in Arabic, Harith, means "plowman, tiller," much the same as "George" does in Greek.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Note: Permission has been received to reproduce these copyrighted texts here, but with the condition that all texts used are reproduced by permission from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, and that the selections are taken from their Great Horologion. You may visit them at http://htmadmin.phpwebhosting.com/
On Friday, October 24, 2003 we celebrate:
Friday of the 5th Week
Martyr Sebastian
St. Arethas the Great Martyr and his companions
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Martyrs Sebastiam, and Arethas and his companions, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
St. Arethas the Great Martyr and his companions
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
The resplendent festival of the prizewinners on this day is come to us as an occasion to rejoice; and as we keep it, we glorify our Lord, the God over all, Who doth dwell on high.
Reading:
These Martyrs contested for piety's sake in the year 524 in Najran, a city of Arabia Felix (present-day Yemen). When Dhu Nuwas, ruler of the Himyarite tribe in south Arabia, and a Judaizer, took power, he sought to blot out Christianity, especially at Najran, a Christian city. Against the counsels of Arethas, chief man of Najran, the city surrendered to Dhu Nuwas, who immediately broke the word he had given and sought to compel the city to renounce Christ. Led by Saint Arethas, hundreds of martyrs, including women, children, and babes, valiantly withstood his threats, and were beheaded and burned. After the men had been slain, all the free-born Christian women of Najran were brought before the tyrant and commanded to abjure Christ or die; yet they rebuked the persecutor with such boldness that he said even the men had not insulted him so contemptuously. So great was their faith that not one woman was found to deny Christ in all Najran, although some of them suffered torments more bitter than most of the men. In alliance with Byzantium, the Ethiopian King Elesbaan liberated Najran from Dhu Nuwas soon after and raised up churches in honour of the Martyrs. Najran became a place of pilgrimage until the rise of Islam a century later. At the end of his life King Elesbaan, who was also called Caleb, retired into solitude as a hermit; he sent his crown to Jerusalem as an offering to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He also is commemorated on this day as a saint. Saint Arethas' name in Arabic, Harith, means "plowman, tiller," much the same as "George" does in Greek.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Note: Permission has been received to reproduce these copyrighted texts here, but with the condition that all texts used are reproduced by permission from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, and that the selections are taken from their Great Horologion. You may visit them at http://htmadmin.phpwebhosting.com/
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MariaRegina
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On Saturday, October 25, 2003 we celebrate:
Saturday of the 5th Week
Holy Martyrs Marcianus and Martyrius the Notaries
St. Tabitha Eleimon
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Martyrs Marcianus and Martyrius, and St. Tabitha Eleimon, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Martyrs Marcianus and Martyrius the Notaries
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
Ye struggled well even from earliest childhood, O wise Martyrius and all-blessed Marcian, and kept unchanged the Faith held by the Orthodox; for ye cast down Arius, the blaspheming apostate, as ye followed after Paul, your divinely-wise teacher. Wherefore with him ye also have found life, as God the Trinity's excellent champions.
Reading:
These Martyrs were disciples of Saint Paul the Confessor (see Nov. 6). Martyrius was a subdeacon, Marcian a chanter and reader. They were beheaded by the Arians in the year 346. Miracles were wrought at their tomb, and demons were cast out; Saint John Chrysostom began the building of the church in their honour in Constantinople, and it was completed by patriarch Sisinius.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Note: Permission has been received to reproduce these copyrighted texts here, but with the condition that all texts used are reproduced by permission from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, and that the selections are taken from their Great Horologion. You may visit them at http://htmadmin.phpwebhosting.com/
On Saturday, October 25, 2003 we celebrate:
Saturday of the 5th Week
Holy Martyrs Marcianus and Martyrius the Notaries
St. Tabitha Eleimon
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Martyrs Marcianus and Martyrius, and St. Tabitha Eleimon, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Martyrs Marcianus and Martyrius the Notaries
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
Ye struggled well even from earliest childhood, O wise Martyrius and all-blessed Marcian, and kept unchanged the Faith held by the Orthodox; for ye cast down Arius, the blaspheming apostate, as ye followed after Paul, your divinely-wise teacher. Wherefore with him ye also have found life, as God the Trinity's excellent champions.
Reading:
These Martyrs were disciples of Saint Paul the Confessor (see Nov. 6). Martyrius was a subdeacon, Marcian a chanter and reader. They were beheaded by the Arians in the year 346. Miracles were wrought at their tomb, and demons were cast out; Saint John Chrysostom began the building of the church in their honour in Constantinople, and it was completed by patriarch Sisinius.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Note: Permission has been received to reproduce these copyrighted texts here, but with the condition that all texts used are reproduced by permission from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, and that the selections are taken from their Great Horologion. You may visit them at http://htmadmin.phpwebhosting.com/
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On Sunday, October 26, 2003 we celebrate:
6th Sunday of Luke
Commemoration of the Earthquake in Constantinople (740)
Great Martyr Demetrius, the Myrrh-streamer
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Martyrs Demetrius, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Great Martyr Demetrius, the Myrrh-streamer
Apolytikion: Third Tone
The world has found in you a great champion in time of peril, as you emerged the victor in routing the barbarians. For as you brought to naught the boasts of Lyaios, imparting courage to Nestor in the stadium, in like manner, holy one, great Martyr Demetrios, invoke Christ God for us, that He may grant us His great mercy.
Kontakion: Second Tone
God, who gave you invincible power and with care kept your city invulnerable, royally clothed the Church in purple with the streams of your blood, for you are her strength, O Demetrios.
Reading:
Saint Demetrius was a Thessalonian, a most pious son of pious and noble parents, and a teacher of the Faith of Christ. When Maximian first came to Thcssalonica in 190, he raised the Saint to the rank of Duke of Thessaly. But when it was discovered that the Saint was a Christian, he was arrested and kept bound in a bath-house. While the games were under way in the city, Maximian was a spectator there. A certain friend of his, a barbarian who was a notable wrestler, Lyaeus by time, waxiing haughty because of the height and strength of his body, boasted in the stadium and challenged the citizens to a contest with him. All that fought with him were defeated. Seeing this, a certain youth named Nestor, aquaintance of Demetrius', came to the Saint in the bath-house and asked his blessing to fight Lyaeus single-handed. Receiving this blessing and sealing himself with the sign of the precious Cross, he presented himself in the stadium, and said, "O God of Demetrius, help me!" and straightway he engaged Lyaeus in combat and smote him with a mortal blow to the heart, leaving the former boaster lifeless upon the earth. Maximian was sorely grieved over this, and when he learned who was the cause of this defeat, he commanded straightway and Demetrius was pierced with lances while he was yet in the bath-house, As for Nestor, Maximian commanded that he be slain with his own sword.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Note: Permission has been received to reproduce this copyrighted material here. All texts used are reproduced with permission from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA. The selections are taken from their Great Horologion. You may visit them at http://htmadmin.phpwebhosting.com/
On Sunday, October 26, 2003 we celebrate:
6th Sunday of Luke
Commemoration of the Earthquake in Constantinople (740)
Great Martyr Demetrius, the Myrrh-streamer
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Martyrs Demetrius, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Great Martyr Demetrius, the Myrrh-streamer
Apolytikion: Third Tone
The world has found in you a great champion in time of peril, as you emerged the victor in routing the barbarians. For as you brought to naught the boasts of Lyaios, imparting courage to Nestor in the stadium, in like manner, holy one, great Martyr Demetrios, invoke Christ God for us, that He may grant us His great mercy.
Kontakion: Second Tone
God, who gave you invincible power and with care kept your city invulnerable, royally clothed the Church in purple with the streams of your blood, for you are her strength, O Demetrios.
Reading:
Saint Demetrius was a Thessalonian, a most pious son of pious and noble parents, and a teacher of the Faith of Christ. When Maximian first came to Thcssalonica in 190, he raised the Saint to the rank of Duke of Thessaly. But when it was discovered that the Saint was a Christian, he was arrested and kept bound in a bath-house. While the games were under way in the city, Maximian was a spectator there. A certain friend of his, a barbarian who was a notable wrestler, Lyaeus by time, waxiing haughty because of the height and strength of his body, boasted in the stadium and challenged the citizens to a contest with him. All that fought with him were defeated. Seeing this, a certain youth named Nestor, aquaintance of Demetrius', came to the Saint in the bath-house and asked his blessing to fight Lyaeus single-handed. Receiving this blessing and sealing himself with the sign of the precious Cross, he presented himself in the stadium, and said, "O God of Demetrius, help me!" and straightway he engaged Lyaeus in combat and smote him with a mortal blow to the heart, leaving the former boaster lifeless upon the earth. Maximian was sorely grieved over this, and when he learned who was the cause of this defeat, he commanded straightway and Demetrius was pierced with lances while he was yet in the bath-house, As for Nestor, Maximian commanded that he be slain with his own sword.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Note: Permission has been received to reproduce this copyrighted material here. All texts used are reproduced with permission from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA. The selections are taken from their Great Horologion. You may visit them at http://htmadmin.phpwebhosting.com/
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On Monday, October 27, 2003 we celebrate:
Monday of the 6th Week
St. Nestor the Martyr
Our Holy Father Cyriacus, Archbishop of Constantinople
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Martyr Nestor and Our Holy Father Cyriacus, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
St. Nestor the Martyr
Apolytikion: Fourth Tone
Thy Martyr, O Lord in his courageous contest for Thee received the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since he possessed Thy strength, he cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by his prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Kontakion: Second Tone
Well didst thou contest; hence, thou hast now inherited immortal renown, wise Nestor, and thou art become Christ the Master's excellent soldier by the holy and fervent prayers of the Martyr Demetrius. Thus, with him, cease not to pray for all of us.
Reading:
As mentioned above in the account concerning Saint Demetrius, this Saint contested during the reign of Maximian, in the year 290.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Note: Permission has been received to reproduce this copyrighted material here. All texts used are reproduced with permission from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA. The selections are taken from their Great Horologion. You may visit them at http://htmadmin.phpwebhosting.com/
On Monday, October 27, 2003 we celebrate:
Monday of the 6th Week
St. Nestor the Martyr
Our Holy Father Cyriacus, Archbishop of Constantinople
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Martyr Nestor and Our Holy Father Cyriacus, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
St. Nestor the Martyr
Apolytikion: Fourth Tone
Thy Martyr, O Lord in his courageous contest for Thee received the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since he possessed Thy strength, he cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by his prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Kontakion: Second Tone
Well didst thou contest; hence, thou hast now inherited immortal renown, wise Nestor, and thou art become Christ the Master's excellent soldier by the holy and fervent prayers of the Martyr Demetrius. Thus, with him, cease not to pray for all of us.
Reading:
As mentioned above in the account concerning Saint Demetrius, this Saint contested during the reign of Maximian, in the year 290.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Tuesday, October 28, 2003 we celebrate:
Tuesday of the 6th Week
Athanasius, Patriarch of Constantinople
Angel, Manuel, George and Nicholas; the New Martyrs, Martyred in Crete
Holy Martyrs Terrence and Eunice
Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite
Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Martyrs Angel, Manuel, George, Nicholas, Terrence and Eunice, Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite, Athanasius, the Patriarch of Constantinople and the Most Pure Theotokos, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Martyrs Terrence and Eunice
Reading:
Both the country and the time of the martyrdom of these holy Martyrs are unknown. All were beheaded, after having endured many bitter torments.
Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
Planting a paradise of flourishing virtues, which with the streams of thy divine tears was watered, O all-famed Stephen, thou didst gain the Tree of Life. Wherefore, by thy fervent prayers, save thy flock from corruption; them that warmly honour thee do thou save from temptation, for we have all obtained thee, O wise Saint, through faith and love as our most mighty advocate.
Reading:
Saint Stephen passed his life In the ascetical discipline in the Monastery of Saint Sabbas, from whence also he received the name Sabbaite. He was consecrated bishop and reposed about the year 790, bequeathing to the Church a number of melismaric troparia.
Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos
Kontakion: Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Let us the faithful hasten to the Theotokos now and venerate her sacred veil, as we chant unto her, singing hymns to praise and honour her, as is fitting; for she shelt'reth with her shelter and all her faithful flock and preserveth them unharmed from all calamities, as they cry to her: Rejoice, Protection most radiant.
Readings courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakia courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Tuesday, October 28, 2003 we celebrate:
Tuesday of the 6th Week
Athanasius, Patriarch of Constantinople
Angel, Manuel, George and Nicholas; the New Martyrs, Martyred in Crete
Holy Martyrs Terrence and Eunice
Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite
Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Martyrs Angel, Manuel, George, Nicholas, Terrence and Eunice, Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite, Athanasius, the Patriarch of Constantinople and the Most Pure Theotokos, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Martyrs Terrence and Eunice
Reading:
Both the country and the time of the martyrdom of these holy Martyrs are unknown. All were beheaded, after having endured many bitter torments.
Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
Planting a paradise of flourishing virtues, which with the streams of thy divine tears was watered, O all-famed Stephen, thou didst gain the Tree of Life. Wherefore, by thy fervent prayers, save thy flock from corruption; them that warmly honour thee do thou save from temptation, for we have all obtained thee, O wise Saint, through faith and love as our most mighty advocate.
Reading:
Saint Stephen passed his life In the ascetical discipline in the Monastery of Saint Sabbas, from whence also he received the name Sabbaite. He was consecrated bishop and reposed about the year 790, bequeathing to the Church a number of melismaric troparia.
Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos
Kontakion: Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Let us the faithful hasten to the Theotokos now and venerate her sacred veil, as we chant unto her, singing hymns to praise and honour her, as is fitting; for she shelt'reth with her shelter and all her faithful flock and preserveth them unharmed from all calamities, as they cry to her: Rejoice, Protection most radiant.
Readings courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakia courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Wednesday, October 29, 2003 we celebrate:
Wednesday of the 6th Week
Holy Righeous Martyr Anastasia the Roman
Our Righteous Father Abramius
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Virgin Martyr Anastasia and our Righteous Father Abramius, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Righeous Martyr Anastasia the Roman
Kontakion: Third Tone
Made most pure, O righteous one, with chaste virginity's waters, and washed in martyric blood, O Anastasia, thou grantest unto those in need the healing of every illness, and to those who come with love thou grantest salvation; for the well-spring of unfailing grace, even Christ God, bestoweth power on thee.
Reading:
Saint Anastasia, who was young in age and lived in a convent, was seized by the impious. Confessing Christ openly and with boldness and enduring manifold torments, she was beheaded in the year 256, during the reign of Valerian.
Our Righteous Father Abramius
Apolytikion: Plagal of the Fourth Tone (tone 8)
The image of God, was faithfully preserved in you, O Father. For you took up the Cross and followed Christ. By Your actions you taught us to look beyond the flesh for it passes, rather to be concerned about the soul which is immortal. Wherefore, O Holy Abramius, your soul rejoices with the angels.
Kontakion: Third Tone
Thou, while living in the flesh, wast as an angel upon earth; and through thine ascetic pains, thou didst become like a great tree planted by the streams of temp'rance, increasing greatly; with the rivers of thy tears, thou didst cleanse away stains. O Abramius, for this cause, a godly vessel of the Good Spirit art thou.
Reading:
Our Righteous Father Abramius, born in Edessa in Mesopotamia in 296, took up the monastic life and brought many pagans to Christ. Mary, his niece, upon the death of her parents, joined Abramius at his hermitage and under his guidance advanced swiftly in the love of God. Through the wiles of the evil one, however, she fell into sin, and falling from them into despair, she left her uncle and became a harlot. When he learned where his niece was, Abramius put on the clothes of a man of the world and went to visit her in disguise. Through his exhortations, Mary returned to her first hope in the mercy of God, was rescued from the life of harlotry, and ended her life in great holiness. He himself reposed in the year 366. Saints Abramius and Mary were friends of Saint Ephraim the Syrian, and it was he who wrote their account.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Kontakia courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Wednesday, October 29, 2003 we celebrate:
Wednesday of the 6th Week
Holy Righeous Martyr Anastasia the Roman
Our Righteous Father Abramius
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Virgin Martyr Anastasia and our Righteous Father Abramius, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Righeous Martyr Anastasia the Roman
Kontakion: Third Tone
Made most pure, O righteous one, with chaste virginity's waters, and washed in martyric blood, O Anastasia, thou grantest unto those in need the healing of every illness, and to those who come with love thou grantest salvation; for the well-spring of unfailing grace, even Christ God, bestoweth power on thee.
Reading:
Saint Anastasia, who was young in age and lived in a convent, was seized by the impious. Confessing Christ openly and with boldness and enduring manifold torments, she was beheaded in the year 256, during the reign of Valerian.
Our Righteous Father Abramius
Apolytikion: Plagal of the Fourth Tone (tone 8)
The image of God, was faithfully preserved in you, O Father. For you took up the Cross and followed Christ. By Your actions you taught us to look beyond the flesh for it passes, rather to be concerned about the soul which is immortal. Wherefore, O Holy Abramius, your soul rejoices with the angels.
Kontakion: Third Tone
Thou, while living in the flesh, wast as an angel upon earth; and through thine ascetic pains, thou didst become like a great tree planted by the streams of temp'rance, increasing greatly; with the rivers of thy tears, thou didst cleanse away stains. O Abramius, for this cause, a godly vessel of the Good Spirit art thou.
Reading:
Our Righteous Father Abramius, born in Edessa in Mesopotamia in 296, took up the monastic life and brought many pagans to Christ. Mary, his niece, upon the death of her parents, joined Abramius at his hermitage and under his guidance advanced swiftly in the love of God. Through the wiles of the evil one, however, she fell into sin, and falling from them into despair, she left her uncle and became a harlot. When he learned where his niece was, Abramius put on the clothes of a man of the world and went to visit her in disguise. Through his exhortations, Mary returned to her first hope in the mercy of God, was rescued from the life of harlotry, and ended her life in great holiness. He himself reposed in the year 366. Saints Abramius and Mary were friends of Saint Ephraim the Syrian, and it was he who wrote their account.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Kontakia courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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Today, on October 31, the Church honors the holy memory of Saint
John Kochurov (1871-1917), a presbyter, missionary and martyr who
is part of America's Orthodox Christian heritage.
John was born into a presbyter's family in 1871 in
Bigildino-Surka, a village in the Ryazan region of Russia. His
education included attendance at the Ryazan seminary, where he was
an outstanding student, and the Saint Petersburg theological
academy, from which he graduated in 1895. That same year, he
married a wife and was ordained presbyter in Saint Petersburg,
then the capital of the Russian Empire, by Bishop Nicholas of the
Aleutian Islands and Alaska, head of the Russian Church's foreign
mission in North America.
John was keen on serving as a missionary in the United States.
Shortly after his ordination, he was sent there, where Saint
Tikhon the New Confessor, first archbishop of North America,
assigned him full-time resident presbyter to a parish in Chicago.
John set to work to build up the community and provide it with a
new permanent home. In 1899, he commissioned the famous American
architect Louis Sullivan to design and build a new church, with
funds he solicited from Saint Nicholas the Passionbearer, last
tsar of Russia, and a number of prominent, wealthy Chicagoans. It
was finished and consecrated by Tikhon in 1903. The result was
Holy Trinity Cathedral, a historic Chicago landmark that is still
a bishop's seat and diocesan headquarters today.
John also was instrumental in forming a number of parishes outside
of Chicago, in Illinois (Burbank, Joliet, Madison and Streator),
New York (Buffalo) and Oklahoma (Hartshorne). He acquainted
himself with the Carpatho-Rusyn vernacular of Slavic immigrants
from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to do missionary work among them,
as many were returning to Orthodox Christianity from Uniatism
(Byzantine Rite Roman Catholicism) in North America. He also
worked on translating religious literature into English, for
future post-immigration generations of native-born Orthodox
Christian Americans.
John's administrative skills were put to good use in the North
American mission as well. He served as dean of parishes in the
central United States. He was an influential presbyter in the
"brotherhood" and "mutual aid society" movement of the day,
through which Orthodox Christian immigrants provided "self-help"
for each other in cases of sickness, injury, unemployment or
death, as labor laws, insurance plans, job protection and welfare
programs of the era were lacking. He also was one of the
organizers of the historic first church council in North America,
convened by Tikhon in Mayfield, Pennsylvania in 1907.
In 1907, John was recalled to Russia. Because of his background
in education, he was assigned to teach catechism in the schools of
Narva, Estonia (then part of the Russian Empire), where Orthodox
Christians were a minority, as in North America. In 1916, he was
reassigned once again to a cathedral at Tsarskoye Selo, Russia, a
royal residence near Petrograd (the World War I name of Saint
Petersburg), where he gained a reputation as a popular pastor and
gifted preacher. It was the last parish assignment of his life.
In 1917, revolution broke out in Russia, and the monarchy fell.
Communist forces attacked Tsarskoye Selo on October 30. People
flocked to the churches to plead with God amid the conflict. At
his cathedral, John and his fellow clergy presided over a prayer
service and led a liturgical procession through the streets to
pray for peace and an end to the violence and lawlessness. The
next day, the communists took over Tsarskoye Selo, arrested John
and shot him to death on the outskirts of town. His execution
made him the first new martyr of the Communist Yoke among the
ranks of clergy. He was buried a few days later in the crypt of
his cathedral, which the communists demolished during later
atheistic persecutions of the Church in Russia and other lands
within the Soviet Union.
Saint Paul the Apostle taught us that, as Christians, our lives
and deaths are not merely our own, but God's. "If we live, we
live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. So alive or
dead, we belong to the Lord" (Romans 14:7-8). John did both,
living his life for Christ and dying for Him when it came to that.
By virtue of his life and his death, he proved that he truly
belongs to the Lord, setting an example of faith and faithfulness
for us.
Troparion (Tone 1)
Aflame with love of God, you gave your life as a martyr for
Christ and neighbor. For this, you received a crown of
righteouness from Him. * Hieromartyr John, entreat the most
merciful God to preserve the holy Church in peace and to save
our souls.
Kontakion (Tone 8)
As you zealously fulfilled your pastoral service, * you presented
your soul to God as a pleasing sacrifice, Father John. * Entreat
Christ God to grant peace to the world * and great mercy to our
souls.
Another Troparion (Tone 4)
Your life and death proved how wholly you belonged to the Lord,
holy presbyter and martyr John! Your faith in Christ moved you
to live and die for Him * as an earnest pastor of His holy Church.
You sowed His good seed in America and watered Russia's soil
with your blood. Now you stand with our great High Priest, so
plead for us at His altar!
God is wondrous in His saints! Saint John Kochurov, pray to God
for us, interceding for the Church in North America and Russia!
John Kochurov (1871-1917), a presbyter, missionary and martyr who
is part of America's Orthodox Christian heritage.
John was born into a presbyter's family in 1871 in
Bigildino-Surka, a village in the Ryazan region of Russia. His
education included attendance at the Ryazan seminary, where he was
an outstanding student, and the Saint Petersburg theological
academy, from which he graduated in 1895. That same year, he
married a wife and was ordained presbyter in Saint Petersburg,
then the capital of the Russian Empire, by Bishop Nicholas of the
Aleutian Islands and Alaska, head of the Russian Church's foreign
mission in North America.
John was keen on serving as a missionary in the United States.
Shortly after his ordination, he was sent there, where Saint
Tikhon the New Confessor, first archbishop of North America,
assigned him full-time resident presbyter to a parish in Chicago.
John set to work to build up the community and provide it with a
new permanent home. In 1899, he commissioned the famous American
architect Louis Sullivan to design and build a new church, with
funds he solicited from Saint Nicholas the Passionbearer, last
tsar of Russia, and a number of prominent, wealthy Chicagoans. It
was finished and consecrated by Tikhon in 1903. The result was
Holy Trinity Cathedral, a historic Chicago landmark that is still
a bishop's seat and diocesan headquarters today.
John also was instrumental in forming a number of parishes outside
of Chicago, in Illinois (Burbank, Joliet, Madison and Streator),
New York (Buffalo) and Oklahoma (Hartshorne). He acquainted
himself with the Carpatho-Rusyn vernacular of Slavic immigrants
from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to do missionary work among them,
as many were returning to Orthodox Christianity from Uniatism
(Byzantine Rite Roman Catholicism) in North America. He also
worked on translating religious literature into English, for
future post-immigration generations of native-born Orthodox
Christian Americans.
John's administrative skills were put to good use in the North
American mission as well. He served as dean of parishes in the
central United States. He was an influential presbyter in the
"brotherhood" and "mutual aid society" movement of the day,
through which Orthodox Christian immigrants provided "self-help"
for each other in cases of sickness, injury, unemployment or
death, as labor laws, insurance plans, job protection and welfare
programs of the era were lacking. He also was one of the
organizers of the historic first church council in North America,
convened by Tikhon in Mayfield, Pennsylvania in 1907.
In 1907, John was recalled to Russia. Because of his background
in education, he was assigned to teach catechism in the schools of
Narva, Estonia (then part of the Russian Empire), where Orthodox
Christians were a minority, as in North America. In 1916, he was
reassigned once again to a cathedral at Tsarskoye Selo, Russia, a
royal residence near Petrograd (the World War I name of Saint
Petersburg), where he gained a reputation as a popular pastor and
gifted preacher. It was the last parish assignment of his life.
In 1917, revolution broke out in Russia, and the monarchy fell.
Communist forces attacked Tsarskoye Selo on October 30. People
flocked to the churches to plead with God amid the conflict. At
his cathedral, John and his fellow clergy presided over a prayer
service and led a liturgical procession through the streets to
pray for peace and an end to the violence and lawlessness. The
next day, the communists took over Tsarskoye Selo, arrested John
and shot him to death on the outskirts of town. His execution
made him the first new martyr of the Communist Yoke among the
ranks of clergy. He was buried a few days later in the crypt of
his cathedral, which the communists demolished during later
atheistic persecutions of the Church in Russia and other lands
within the Soviet Union.
Saint Paul the Apostle taught us that, as Christians, our lives
and deaths are not merely our own, but God's. "If we live, we
live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. So alive or
dead, we belong to the Lord" (Romans 14:7-8). John did both,
living his life for Christ and dying for Him when it came to that.
By virtue of his life and his death, he proved that he truly
belongs to the Lord, setting an example of faith and faithfulness
for us.
Troparion (Tone 1)
Aflame with love of God, you gave your life as a martyr for
Christ and neighbor. For this, you received a crown of
righteouness from Him. * Hieromartyr John, entreat the most
merciful God to preserve the holy Church in peace and to save
our souls.
Kontakion (Tone 8)
As you zealously fulfilled your pastoral service, * you presented
your soul to God as a pleasing sacrifice, Father John. * Entreat
Christ God to grant peace to the world * and great mercy to our
souls.
Another Troparion (Tone 4)
Your life and death proved how wholly you belonged to the Lord,
holy presbyter and martyr John! Your faith in Christ moved you
to live and die for Him * as an earnest pastor of His holy Church.
You sowed His good seed in America and watered Russia's soil
with your blood. Now you stand with our great High Priest, so
plead for us at His altar!
God is wondrous in His saints! Saint John Kochurov, pray to God
for us, interceding for the Church in North America and Russia!
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On Friday, October 31, 2003 we celebrate:
Friday of the 6th Week
Ss. Stachos, Apelles, Amplias, Urbanus, Narcissos, Aristobulos the Apostles
New Holy Martyrs Epimachus and Nicholas of Chios
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Martyrs Epimachus and Nicholas of Chios and our Holy Saints Stachos, Apelles, Amplias, Urbanus, Narcissos, Aristobulos the Apostles, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
New Holy Martyrs Epimachus and Nicholas of Chios
Kontakion: Third Tone
Of thine own accord didst thou go to contend for the right Faith, and thou, O Epimachus, didst bravely cry to the lawless: I am come to strive in contest for truth eternal and to mock the graven images of perdition. And when thou hadst been beheaded, thou wast arrayed in a crown of glory and life.
Ss. Stachos, Apelles, Amplias, Urbanus, Narcissos, Aristobulos the Apostles
Apolytikion: Third Tone
O Holy Apostles, intercede to our merciful God, that He may grant our souls, forgiveness of sins.
Kontakion: Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Come, let us duly praise Apelles and famed Aristobulus, the wise Apostles, with Urban, Narcissus and Stachys, and blessed Amplias, as the most sacred treasures of the All-holy Spirit and the far-shining beams of Christ, the Sun of Glory, whom God brought together by His grace.
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Kontakia courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Friday, October 31, 2003 we celebrate:
Friday of the 6th Week
Ss. Stachos, Apelles, Amplias, Urbanus, Narcissos, Aristobulos the Apostles
New Holy Martyrs Epimachus and Nicholas of Chios
Through the intercessions of Our Holy Martyrs Epimachus and Nicholas of Chios and our Holy Saints Stachos, Apelles, Amplias, Urbanus, Narcissos, Aristobulos the Apostles, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
New Holy Martyrs Epimachus and Nicholas of Chios
Kontakion: Third Tone
Of thine own accord didst thou go to contend for the right Faith, and thou, O Epimachus, didst bravely cry to the lawless: I am come to strive in contest for truth eternal and to mock the graven images of perdition. And when thou hadst been beheaded, thou wast arrayed in a crown of glory and life.
Ss. Stachos, Apelles, Amplias, Urbanus, Narcissos, Aristobulos the Apostles
Apolytikion: Third Tone
O Holy Apostles, intercede to our merciful God, that He may grant our souls, forgiveness of sins.
Kontakion: Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Come, let us duly praise Apelles and famed Aristobulus, the wise Apostles, with Urban, Narcissus and Stachys, and blessed Amplias, as the most sacred treasures of the All-holy Spirit and the far-shining beams of Christ, the Sun of Glory, whom God brought together by His grace.
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Kontakia courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Saturday, November 1, 2003 we celebrate:
Friday of the 6th Week
Holy Unmercenary Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian with their mother Theodote
Holy Father David , ascetic of Euboia
Through the intercessions of our Holy Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian with their mother Theodote, and our
Holy Father David, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Unmercenary Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian with their mother Theodote
Apolytikion: Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Sainted Unmercenaries and Wonder Workers, regard our infirmities; freely you have received, freely share with us.
Kontakion: Second Tone
O glorious, wonderworking physicians, having received the grace of healing, you reach out and restore health to those in need. But also, by your visitation you cast down the arrogance of the enemy, healing the world through miracles.
Reading:
These Saints were from Asia (that is, Asia Minor). After the death of their father, their Christ-loving mother Theodota reared them in piety and in all manner of virtue, and had them instructed in every science, especially that of medicine. This became their vocation, and they went about healing every illness and malady, bestowing healing freely on both men and beasts alike; because of this, they are called "Unmercenaries." And thus, having completed the course of their life, they reposed in peace.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
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On Saturday, November 1, 2003 we celebrate:
Friday of the 6th Week
Holy Unmercenary Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian with their mother Theodote
Holy Father David , ascetic of Euboia
Through the intercessions of our Holy Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian with their mother Theodote, and our
Holy Father David, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Unmercenary Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian with their mother Theodote
Apolytikion: Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Sainted Unmercenaries and Wonder Workers, regard our infirmities; freely you have received, freely share with us.
Kontakion: Second Tone
O glorious, wonderworking physicians, having received the grace of healing, you reach out and restore health to those in need. But also, by your visitation you cast down the arrogance of the enemy, healing the world through miracles.
Reading:
These Saints were from Asia (that is, Asia Minor). After the death of their father, their Christ-loving mother Theodota reared them in piety and in all manner of virtue, and had them instructed in every science, especially that of medicine. This became their vocation, and they went about healing every illness and malady, bestowing healing freely on both men and beasts alike; because of this, they are called "Unmercenaries." And thus, having completed the course of their life, they reposed in peace.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
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Today, Sunday, November 2, 2003, we celebrate the memory of
Akindynus the Martyr, with Pegasus, Aphthonius, Elpidophorus and Anebodistus
Through the intercessions of our Holy Martyrs Akindynus, Pegasus, Aphthonius, Elpidophorus and Anebodistus, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Akindynus the Martyr, with Pegasus, Aphthonius, Elpidophorus and Anebodistus
Kontakion: First Tone
As five unerring stars of the great Sun of Glory, the soldiers of Christ God brightly shone on the whole earth, dispelling the gloom of passions and pouring abundant grace on all of the faithful without cease and unhindered; and they grant salvation that no sin can imperil, through hope that is full of faith.
Reading:
These Martyrs contested in Persia about the year 330, in the reign of Sapor (Shapur) II, King of Persia (325-379). Acindynus, Pegasius, and Anempodistus, Persian Christians, con-fessed Christ before the King, and were put to many torments. Aphthonius and Elpidephorus, drawn to the Faith of Christ through the Martyrs, were beheaded with another 7,000. Saints Acindynus, Pegasius, and Anempodistus were at last burned to death. Two churches were ded-icated in their honour in Constantinople. As is often the case in church hymns, there is a play on the meanings of the Saints' names here. Acindynus means "unimperilled"; Pegasius is derived from pegazo--"to gush forth"; Aphthonius is derived from aphthonos-"abundant"; Elpidephorus means "hope-bearing"; Anempodistus means "unhindered." These are all Greek translations of,their Persian names.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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Today, Sunday, November 2, 2003, we celebrate the memory of
Akindynus the Martyr, with Pegasus, Aphthonius, Elpidophorus and Anebodistus
Through the intercessions of our Holy Martyrs Akindynus, Pegasus, Aphthonius, Elpidophorus and Anebodistus, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Akindynus the Martyr, with Pegasus, Aphthonius, Elpidophorus and Anebodistus
Kontakion: First Tone
As five unerring stars of the great Sun of Glory, the soldiers of Christ God brightly shone on the whole earth, dispelling the gloom of passions and pouring abundant grace on all of the faithful without cease and unhindered; and they grant salvation that no sin can imperil, through hope that is full of faith.
Reading:
These Martyrs contested in Persia about the year 330, in the reign of Sapor (Shapur) II, King of Persia (325-379). Acindynus, Pegasius, and Anempodistus, Persian Christians, con-fessed Christ before the King, and were put to many torments. Aphthonius and Elpidephorus, drawn to the Faith of Christ through the Martyrs, were beheaded with another 7,000. Saints Acindynus, Pegasius, and Anempodistus were at last burned to death. Two churches were ded-icated in their honour in Constantinople. As is often the case in church hymns, there is a play on the meanings of the Saints' names here. Acindynus means "unimperilled"; Pegasius is derived from pegazo--"to gush forth"; Aphthonius is derived from aphthonos-"abundant"; Elpidephorus means "hope-bearing"; Anempodistus means "unhindered." These are all Greek translations of,their Persian names.
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Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Monday, November 3, 2003, we celebrate:
Holy Martyrs Ascepsima, Joseph and Aethala
Dedication of the Temple of the Holy Great Martyr George in Lydia
Holy Father and New Hieromartyr Gregory of Neapolis
Through the intercessions of our Holy Martyrs Ascepsima, Joseph and Aethala, and our New Hieromartyr Gregory of Neapolis, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Martyrs Ascepsima, Joseph and Aethala
Kontakion: Second Tone
The Myst'ries of Christ thou ven'rably didst celebrate, becoming thyself a sacrifice that He received; for the cup of Christ thou drankest in glory, O wise Acepsimas, with thy fellow athletes, O Saint, and ceaselessly prayest Christ for all of us.
Reading:
Saint Acepsimas, a bishop, Saint Joseph, a presbyter, and Saint Aethalas, a deacon, suffered exceedingly cruel torments and martyrdom during the reign of Sapor 11, King of Persia (325-379). See also April 17.
Dedication of the Temple of the Holy Great Martyr George in Lydia
Kontakion: Plagal of the Fourth Tone (tone 8)
As we the faithful flee for refuge unto thee, O George, and thy protection and thy speedy help, we now entreat, O prizewinner of Christ Saviour, that we who hymn thee be delivered from the snares laid by the enemy and from every kind of peril and adversity, that we all may cry: Rejoice, O holy Great Martyr George.
Reading:
The consecration of the Church of Saint George in Lydda of Palestine took place during the reign of Saint Constantine the Great. See also April 23.
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Kontakia courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Monday, November 3, 2003, we celebrate:
Holy Martyrs Ascepsima, Joseph and Aethala
Dedication of the Temple of the Holy Great Martyr George in Lydia
Holy Father and New Hieromartyr Gregory of Neapolis
Through the intercessions of our Holy Martyrs Ascepsima, Joseph and Aethala, and our New Hieromartyr Gregory of Neapolis, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Martyrs Ascepsima, Joseph and Aethala
Kontakion: Second Tone
The Myst'ries of Christ thou ven'rably didst celebrate, becoming thyself a sacrifice that He received; for the cup of Christ thou drankest in glory, O wise Acepsimas, with thy fellow athletes, O Saint, and ceaselessly prayest Christ for all of us.
Reading:
Saint Acepsimas, a bishop, Saint Joseph, a presbyter, and Saint Aethalas, a deacon, suffered exceedingly cruel torments and martyrdom during the reign of Sapor 11, King of Persia (325-379). See also April 17.
Dedication of the Temple of the Holy Great Martyr George in Lydia
Kontakion: Plagal of the Fourth Tone (tone 8)
As we the faithful flee for refuge unto thee, O George, and thy protection and thy speedy help, we now entreat, O prizewinner of Christ Saviour, that we who hymn thee be delivered from the snares laid by the enemy and from every kind of peril and adversity, that we all may cry: Rejoice, O holy Great Martyr George.
Reading:
The consecration of the Church of Saint George in Lydda of Palestine took place during the reign of Saint Constantine the Great. See also April 23.
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Kontakia courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Tuesday, November 4, 2003 we celebrate:
Tuesday of the 7th Week
Our Righteous Father Ioninicus the Great
Holy Martyr Nicander the Bishop of Myra and Hermaius the Priest
Martyr Porphyry
Through the intercessions of our Holy Hieromartyr Nicander the Bishop of Myra, the Holy Martyr Porphyry, Hermaius the Priest and our Father Ioninicus, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Our Righteous Father Ioninicus the Great
Apolytikion: Fourth Tone
With the rivers of your tears, you have made the barren desert fertile. Through sighs of sorrow from deep within you, your labors have borne fruit a hundred-fold. By your miracles you have become a light, shining upon the world. O Ioninicus, our Holy Father, pray to Christ our God, to save our souls.
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
We the faithful on this day all come together, righteous Joannicius, to keep thy sacred memory; and we beseech thee to intercede that we may all find great mercy with Christ our Lord.
Reading:
Saint Joannicius was born in Bithynia about the year 740. His father was named Myritrikes and his mother Anastaso When he had reached maturity, he excelled in soldiery and was counted worthy of royal honours for his bravery. He had been brought up an iconoclast, but while yet a soldier, he was converted to Orthodoxy by a certain holy elder. He later forsook all things and departed for Mount Olympus, where he spent the remainder of his life in asceti-cism. Becoming great in virtue, he reposed in the Lord in the year 834, having lived some ninety-four years. To this Saint is ascribed the brief prayer, "My hope is the Father . . . ."
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Holy Martyr Nicander the Bishop of Myra and Hermaius the Priest
Apolytikion: Fourth Tone
As a sharer of the ways and a successor to the throne of the Apostles, O inspired of God, thou foundest discipline to be a means of ascent to divine vision. Wherefore, having rightly divided the word of truth, thou didst also contest for the Faith even unto blood, O Hieromartyr Nicander. Intercede with Christ our God that our souls be saved.
Kontakion: Third Tone
With your preaching as a plough, ye tilled men's souls with your doctrines, for ye had yourselves been sown by Christ's wise husbandman, Titus. Wherefore, ye became you Master's martyric harvest, brought to Him as fruitful sheaves of sacred confession, O Nicander and Hermias, when ye contested unto the death for His sake.
Reading:
The holy Martyrs Nicander and Hermias were ordained by the holy Apostle Titus. When they had drawn many to the Faith of Christ, they were accused to Libanius, the Count of the city of Myra, where, after suffering many torments, they were enclosed in a tomb alive, and thus surrendered their spirits into the hands of God.
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Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakia courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Tuesday, November 4, 2003 we celebrate:
Tuesday of the 7th Week
Our Righteous Father Ioninicus the Great
Holy Martyr Nicander the Bishop of Myra and Hermaius the Priest
Martyr Porphyry
Through the intercessions of our Holy Hieromartyr Nicander the Bishop of Myra, the Holy Martyr Porphyry, Hermaius the Priest and our Father Ioninicus, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Our Righteous Father Ioninicus the Great
Apolytikion: Fourth Tone
With the rivers of your tears, you have made the barren desert fertile. Through sighs of sorrow from deep within you, your labors have borne fruit a hundred-fold. By your miracles you have become a light, shining upon the world. O Ioninicus, our Holy Father, pray to Christ our God, to save our souls.
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
We the faithful on this day all come together, righteous Joannicius, to keep thy sacred memory; and we beseech thee to intercede that we may all find great mercy with Christ our Lord.
Reading:
Saint Joannicius was born in Bithynia about the year 740. His father was named Myritrikes and his mother Anastaso When he had reached maturity, he excelled in soldiery and was counted worthy of royal honours for his bravery. He had been brought up an iconoclast, but while yet a soldier, he was converted to Orthodoxy by a certain holy elder. He later forsook all things and departed for Mount Olympus, where he spent the remainder of his life in asceti-cism. Becoming great in virtue, he reposed in the Lord in the year 834, having lived some ninety-four years. To this Saint is ascribed the brief prayer, "My hope is the Father . . . ."
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Cross Press, Brookline, MA
Holy Martyr Nicander the Bishop of Myra and Hermaius the Priest
Apolytikion: Fourth Tone
As a sharer of the ways and a successor to the throne of the Apostles, O inspired of God, thou foundest discipline to be a means of ascent to divine vision. Wherefore, having rightly divided the word of truth, thou didst also contest for the Faith even unto blood, O Hieromartyr Nicander. Intercede with Christ our God that our souls be saved.
Kontakion: Third Tone
With your preaching as a plough, ye tilled men's souls with your doctrines, for ye had yourselves been sown by Christ's wise husbandman, Titus. Wherefore, ye became you Master's martyric harvest, brought to Him as fruitful sheaves of sacred confession, O Nicander and Hermias, when ye contested unto the death for His sake.
Reading:
The holy Martyrs Nicander and Hermias were ordained by the holy Apostle Titus. When they had drawn many to the Faith of Christ, they were accused to Libanius, the Count of the city of Myra, where, after suffering many torments, they were enclosed in a tomb alive, and thus surrendered their spirits into the hands of God.
Readings courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakia courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Wednesday, November 5, 2003 we celebrate:
Wednesday of the 7th Week
Holy Martyrs Galaction and Epistime
Holy Apostles Hermes, Linus, Gaius and Philologus of the Seventy
Through the intercessions of our Holy Martyr Galaction and Epistime, and the Holy Apostles Hermes, Linus, Gaius and Philologus of the Seventy, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Martyrs Galaction and Epistime
Kontakion: Second Tone
The Martyrs of Christ, received you in their companies, who through mighty trials contested most resplendently; O renowned Galaction and thy hallowed spouse and co-sufferer, Episteme, ye both entreat the one God and Lord in behalf of us all.
Reading:
Saint Galaction was from Emesa, the son of Cleitophon and Leucippe, pagans who had been instructed in piety by a certain Christian named Onuphrius and received holy Baptism. Saint Episteme, born of unbelieving parents, was baptized before she was wedded to Galaction. After their marriage they remained in virginity and lived in separate monastic houses. Betrayed as Christians, they suffered martyrdom during the reign of Decius, about the year 250.
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Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Wednesday, November 5, 2003 we celebrate:
Wednesday of the 7th Week
Holy Martyrs Galaction and Epistime
Holy Apostles Hermes, Linus, Gaius and Philologus of the Seventy
Through the intercessions of our Holy Martyr Galaction and Epistime, and the Holy Apostles Hermes, Linus, Gaius and Philologus of the Seventy, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Martyrs Galaction and Epistime
Kontakion: Second Tone
The Martyrs of Christ, received you in their companies, who through mighty trials contested most resplendently; O renowned Galaction and thy hallowed spouse and co-sufferer, Episteme, ye both entreat the one God and Lord in behalf of us all.
Reading:
Saint Galaction was from Emesa, the son of Cleitophon and Leucippe, pagans who had been instructed in piety by a certain Christian named Onuphrius and received holy Baptism. Saint Episteme, born of unbelieving parents, was baptized before she was wedded to Galaction. After their marriage they remained in virginity and lived in separate monastic houses. Betrayed as Christians, they suffered martyrdom during the reign of Decius, about the year 250.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Thursday, November 6, 2003 we celebrate:
Our Holy Father Paul the Confessor, Archbishop of Constantinople
Through the intercessions of our Holy Father Paul the Confessor, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Our Holy Father Paul the Confessor, Archbishop of Constantinople
Kontakion: Second Tone
Thou shonest on earth, a start bright with celestial light, and now thou dost shine enlightenment on all the Church, in behalf of which thou didst struggle, laying down thine own life, O Paul, and like Abel and Zachary, thy blood doth cry out most clearly to the Lord.
Reading:
Saint Paul was from Thessalonica. He became the secretary of Alexander, Patriarch of Constantinople (see Aug. 30), a deacon, and then the successor of Saint Alexander in about 337. Because of his virtue, his eloquence in teaching, and his zeal for Orthodoxy, the Arians hated and feared him. When the Arian Emperor Constantius, who was in Antioch, learned of Paul's election, he exiled Paul and proclaimed the Arian Eusebius Patriarch. Saint Paul went to Rome, where he found Saint Athanasius the Great also in exile. Provided with letters by Pope Julius, Paul returned to Constantinople, and after the death of Eusebius in 342, ascended again his rightful throne; the Arians meanwhile elected Macedonius, because he rejected the Son's con-substantiality with the Father (and the divinity of the Holy Spirit besides). When Constantius, yet at Antioch, learned of Paul's return, he sent troops to Constantinople to drive Paul out. The Saint returned to Rome, where Saint Athanasius also was again in exile. Constans, Emperor of the West, Constantius' brother, but Orthodox, wrote to Constantius that if Athanasius and Paul were not allowed to return to their sees, he would come with troops to restore them him-self. So Paul again returned to his throne. After the death of Constants, however, Constantius had Paul deposed. Because of the love of the people for Saint Paul, Philip the Prefect, who was sent for him, was compelled to arrest him secretly to avoid a sedition. Paul was banished to Cucusus, on the borders of Cilicia and Armenia; a town through which his most illustrious successor, Saint John Chrysostom would also pass on his way to Comana in his last exile. In Cucusus, about the year 350, as Saint Paul was celebrating the Divine Liturgy in the little house where he was a prisoner, the Arians strangled him with his own omophorion, so much did they fear him even in exile. His holy relics were brought back to Constantinople with hon-our by the Emperor Theodosius the Great.
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Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Thursday, November 6, 2003 we celebrate:
Our Holy Father Paul the Confessor, Archbishop of Constantinople
Through the intercessions of our Holy Father Paul the Confessor, O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Our Holy Father Paul the Confessor, Archbishop of Constantinople
Kontakion: Second Tone
Thou shonest on earth, a start bright with celestial light, and now thou dost shine enlightenment on all the Church, in behalf of which thou didst struggle, laying down thine own life, O Paul, and like Abel and Zachary, thy blood doth cry out most clearly to the Lord.
Reading:
Saint Paul was from Thessalonica. He became the secretary of Alexander, Patriarch of Constantinople (see Aug. 30), a deacon, and then the successor of Saint Alexander in about 337. Because of his virtue, his eloquence in teaching, and his zeal for Orthodoxy, the Arians hated and feared him. When the Arian Emperor Constantius, who was in Antioch, learned of Paul's election, he exiled Paul and proclaimed the Arian Eusebius Patriarch. Saint Paul went to Rome, where he found Saint Athanasius the Great also in exile. Provided with letters by Pope Julius, Paul returned to Constantinople, and after the death of Eusebius in 342, ascended again his rightful throne; the Arians meanwhile elected Macedonius, because he rejected the Son's con-substantiality with the Father (and the divinity of the Holy Spirit besides). When Constantius, yet at Antioch, learned of Paul's return, he sent troops to Constantinople to drive Paul out. The Saint returned to Rome, where Saint Athanasius also was again in exile. Constans, Emperor of the West, Constantius' brother, but Orthodox, wrote to Constantius that if Athanasius and Paul were not allowed to return to their sees, he would come with troops to restore them him-self. So Paul again returned to his throne. After the death of Constants, however, Constantius had Paul deposed. Because of the love of the people for Saint Paul, Philip the Prefect, who was sent for him, was compelled to arrest him secretly to avoid a sedition. Paul was banished to Cucusus, on the borders of Cilicia and Armenia; a town through which his most illustrious successor, Saint John Chrysostom would also pass on his way to Comana in his last exile. In Cucusus, about the year 350, as Saint Paul was celebrating the Divine Liturgy in the little house where he was a prisoner, the Arians strangled him with his own omophorion, so much did they fear him even in exile. His holy relics were brought back to Constantinople with hon-our by the Emperor Theodosius the Great.
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Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Friday, November 7, 2003, we celebrate the memory of:
Holy Thirty-three Martyrs of Melitene
Our Righteous Father Lazarus the Wonderworker and Struggler of Mount Galesion
Martyr Athenodorus
Martyr Alexander of Thessolonica
Through the intercessions of our Holy Father Lazarus, the Holy 33 Martyrs of Melitene, the Holy Martyrs Athenodorus and Alexander, and O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Thirty-three Martyrs of Melitene
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
The choir of Martyrs, shining far and light-bearing, hath dawned today and with the bright shafts of wonders hath made the Church resplendent with noetic light; wherefore, as we celebrate their most solemn remembrance, O our Saviour, we entreat that through their intercessions Thou rescue us from dangers of all kinds, as the most merciful God and the Friend of man.
Reading:
These holy Martyrs confessed during the reign of Diocletian and Maximian in the year 290. Of them, Saint Hieron was from Tyana in Cappadocia, a husbandman, of great bodily strength and high nobility of soul. As he was at work digging in his field, certain soldiers came to impress him into military service. He, however, not wishing to keep company with the impious, refused, and with his wooden tool alone drove away the armed soldiers, who fled in fear because of his strength. Later, however, he went of his own free will, and confessed Christ before the governor. His right hand was cut off, and he was imprisoned with thirty-two others, whom he strengthened in the Faith of Christ. Together they were all beheaded outside the city of Melitene in Armenia.
Our Righteous Father Lazarus the Wonderworker and Struggler of Mount Galesion
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
With great joy, the Church of Christ doth glorify thee on this day with psalmic hymns as a great light unto us all; hence never cease thou to intercede with Christ to grant the forgiveness of sins to all.
Reading:
Our righteous Father Lazarus was born in 967 in Magnesia of Asia Minor, and passed through various regions of the Fast, visiting monasteries. He was tonsured a monk, and then ordained priest, at the Monastery of Mar Sabbas in Palestine. In 1005 he returned to his home-land, and beginning in the year 1012, he built the monasteries that are on Mount Galesion. He raised up a pillar, on which he lived as a stylite for many years, enduring unspeakable hardships for the love of Christ, and reposed in the Lord in deep old age in the year 1053, during the reign of Constantine Monomachus (1042-1055).
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Kontakia courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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On Friday, November 7, 2003, we celebrate the memory of:
Holy Thirty-three Martyrs of Melitene
Our Righteous Father Lazarus the Wonderworker and Struggler of Mount Galesion
Martyr Athenodorus
Martyr Alexander of Thessolonica
Through the intercessions of our Holy Father Lazarus, the Holy 33 Martyrs of Melitene, the Holy Martyrs Athenodorus and Alexander, and O Christ our God have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
Holy Thirty-three Martyrs of Melitene
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
The choir of Martyrs, shining far and light-bearing, hath dawned today and with the bright shafts of wonders hath made the Church resplendent with noetic light; wherefore, as we celebrate their most solemn remembrance, O our Saviour, we entreat that through their intercessions Thou rescue us from dangers of all kinds, as the most merciful God and the Friend of man.
Reading:
These holy Martyrs confessed during the reign of Diocletian and Maximian in the year 290. Of them, Saint Hieron was from Tyana in Cappadocia, a husbandman, of great bodily strength and high nobility of soul. As he was at work digging in his field, certain soldiers came to impress him into military service. He, however, not wishing to keep company with the impious, refused, and with his wooden tool alone drove away the armed soldiers, who fled in fear because of his strength. Later, however, he went of his own free will, and confessed Christ before the governor. His right hand was cut off, and he was imprisoned with thirty-two others, whom he strengthened in the Faith of Christ. Together they were all beheaded outside the city of Melitene in Armenia.
Our Righteous Father Lazarus the Wonderworker and Struggler of Mount Galesion
Kontakion: Fourth Tone
With great joy, the Church of Christ doth glorify thee on this day with psalmic hymns as a great light unto us all; hence never cease thou to intercede with Christ to grant the forgiveness of sins to all.
Reading:
Our righteous Father Lazarus was born in 967 in Magnesia of Asia Minor, and passed through various regions of the Fast, visiting monasteries. He was tonsured a monk, and then ordained priest, at the Monastery of Mar Sabbas in Palestine. In 1005 he returned to his home-land, and beginning in the year 1012, he built the monasteries that are on Mount Galesion. He raised up a pillar, on which he lived as a stylite for many years, enduring unspeakable hardships for the love of Christ, and reposed in the Lord in deep old age in the year 1053, during the reign of Constantine Monomachus (1042-1055).
Readings courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
Kontakia courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
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