[Readingsandsaints] Readings and Saints

Sat Aug 11 05:00:14 CDT 2007

Scripture Readings and Saints for Sat Aug 11 2007

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1 Corinthians 1:3-9
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
4 I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was
given to you by Christ Jesus,
5 that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all
knowledge,
6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,
7 so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the
revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
8 who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in
the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His
Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Matthew 19:3-12
3 The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, "Is
it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?"
4 And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who
made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,'
5 and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?
6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God
has joined together, let not man separate.
7 They said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to give a certificate
of divorce, and to put her away?"
8 He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts,
permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not
so.
9 And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual
immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries
her who is divorced commits adultery.
10 His disciples said to Him, "If such is the case of the man with his
wife, it is better not to marry."
11 But He said to them, "All cannot accept this saying, but only those
to whom it has been given:
12 For there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother's womb,
and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are
eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's
sake. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it.
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Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord
The hymns of the fifth day of the Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
invite us to acquire the virtues and become radiant so that we may
stand upon the holy mountain and behold the Lord's Transfiguration as
He shines with glory, "filling the world with light."
We are also assured that those who excel in virtue "shall be made
worthy of divine glory."
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Martyr and Archdeacon Euplius of Catania
The Martyr Archdeacon Euplus suffered in the year 304 under the
emperors Diocletian (284-305) and Maximian (305-311). He served in the
Sicilian city of Catania. Always carrying the Gospel with him, St
Euplus preached constantly to the pagans about Christ.
Once, while he read and explained the Gospel to the gathered crowd,
they arrested him and took him to the governor of the city,
Calvisianus. St Euplus confessed himself a Christian and denounced the
impiety of idol-worship. For this they sentenced him to torture.
They threw the injured saint into prison, where he remained in prayer
for seven days. The Lord made a spring of water flow into the prison
for the martyr to quench his thirst. Brought to trial a second time,
strengthened and rejoicing, he again confessed his faith in Christ and
denounced the torturer for spilling the blood of innocent Christians.
The judge commanded that the saint's ears be torn off, and that he be
beheaded. When they led the saint to execution, they hung the Gospel
around his neck. Having asked time for prayer, the archdeacon began to
read and explain the Gospel to the people, and many of the pagans
believed in Christ. The soldiers beheaded the saint with a sword.
His holy relics are in the village of Vico della Batonia, near Naples.
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Martyr Basil of the Kiev Near Caves
The Hieromartyrs Theodore and Basil of the Caves pursued asceticism in
the eleventh century in the Near Caves of Kiev. St Theodore
distributed his riches to the poor, went to the monastery and settled
into the Varangian Cave, adjoining the Caves of St Theodosius. He
dwelt here many years in strict temperance.
When the enemy aroused sorrow in him for giving away his possessions,
St Basil comforted him: "I implore you, brother Theodore, do not
forget the reward. If you want to have possessions, take everything
that is mine." St Theodore repented and dearly loved St Basil, with
whom he lived in the cell.
Once, St Basil was on an errand outside the monastery for three
months. The devil, having assumed his form, appeared to St Theodore
and indicated that there was a treasure hidden somewhere in the cave
by robbers. The monk still wanted to leave the monastery to buy
possessions to live in the world. When St Basil returned, the demonic
illusion disappeared. From that time, St Theodore started to be more
attentive to himself. In order not to be distracted by idle thoughts
during moments of inactivity, he set up a millstone, and by night he
ground grain. Thus, by long and zealous ascetic action he freed
himself from the passion of avarice.
A report reached Prince Mstislav Svyatopolkovich that St Theodore had
found much treasure in the cave. He summoned the monk to him and
commanded him to show him the spot where the valuables were hidden. St
Theodore told the prince that indeed he had once seen gold and
precious vessels in the cave, but fearing temptation, he and St Basil
had buried the treasure, and God took from him the memory of where it
was hidden.
Not believing the saint, the prince gave orders to torture him to
death. They beat St Theodore so much, that his hair-shirt was wet with
blood, and then they hung him head-downwards, lighting a fire beneath
him. In a drunken condition the prince commanded them to torture St
Basil also, and then to kill him with an arrow. Dying, the martyr
Basil threw the arrow at the feet of Prince Mstislav and predicted
that he himself would soon be mortally wounded by it. The prophecy was
fulfilled on July 15, 1099 during an internecine war with David
Igorevich. On the wall of the Vladimir fortress, Prince Mstislav was
suddenly struck in the chest by an arrow through an opening in the
timbers, and on the following night he died. Recognizing his own
arrow, the prince said: "I die because of the monastic martyrs Basil
and Theodore."
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Martyr Theodore of the Kiev Near Caves
The Hieromartyrs Theodore and Basil of the Caves pursued asceticism in
the eleventh century in the Near Caves of Kiev. St Theodore
distributed his riches to the poor, went to the monastery and settled
into the Varangian Cave, adjoining the Caves of St Theodosius. He
dwelt here many years in strict temperance.
When the enemy aroused sorrow in him for giving away his possessions,
St Basil comforted him: "I implore you, brother Theodore, do not
forget the reward. If you want to have possessions, take everything
that is mine." St Theodore repented and dearly loved St Basil, with
whom he lived in the cell.
Once, St Basil was on an errand outside the monastery for three
months. The devil, having assumed his form, appeared to St Theodore
and indicated that there was a treasure hidden somewhere in the cave
by robbers. The monk still wanted to leave the monastery to buy
possessions to live in the world. When St Basil returned, the demonic
illusion disappeared. From that time, St Theodore started to be more
attentive to himself. In order not to be distracted by idle thoughts
during moments of inactivity, he set up a millstone, and by night he
ground grain. Thus, by long and zealous ascetic action he freed
himself from the passion of avarice.
A report reached Prince Mstislav Svyatopolkovich that St Theodore had
found much treasure in the cave. He summoned the monk to him and
commanded him to show him the spot where the valuables were hidden. St
Theodore told the prince that indeed he had once seen gold and
precious vessels in the cave, but fearing temptation, he and St Basil
had buried the treasure, and God took from him the memory of where it
was hidden.
Not believing the saint, the prince gave orders to torture him to
death. They beat St Theodore so much, that his hair-shirt was wet with
blood, and then they hung him head-downwards, lighting a fire beneath
him. In a drunken condition the prince commanded them to torture St
Basil also, and then to kill him with an arrow. Dying, the martyr
Basil threw the arrow at the feet of Prince Mstislav and predicted
that he himself would soon be mortally wounded by it. The prophecy was
fulfilled on July 15, 1099 during an internecine war with David
Igorevich. On the wall of the Vladimir fortress, Prince Mstislav was
suddenly struck in the chest by an arrow through an opening in the
timbers, and on the following night he died. Recognizing his own
arrow, the prince said: "I die because of the monastic martyrs Basil
and Theodore."
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St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves
Saint Theodore, Prince of Ostrozh, gained fame with the construction
of churches and by his defense of Orthodoxy in Volhynia against the
enroachment of Papism. He was descended from St Vladimir (July 15),
through a great-grandson Svyatopolk-Michael, prince of Turov
(1080-1093) and later Great Prince of Kiev (+1113).
The first time the name of the holy Prince Theodore is mentioned is in
the year 1386, when the Polish king Jagiello and the Lithuanian prince
Vitovt affirmed his hereditary possession of the Ostrozh district, and
they augmented the Zaslavsk and Koretsk surroundings.
In 1410 St Theodore participated in the defeat of the Teutonic Knights
of the Catholic Order at the Battle of Gruenwald. In 1422 the holy
prince, because of sympathy for the Orthodox in Bohemia, supported the
Hussites in their struggle with the German emperor Sigismund. Theodore
introduced the Hussite formation (i.e., the Taborite, adopted by the
Ukrainian Cossacks) into Russian military strategy.
In 1432, after winning a series of victories over the Polish forces,
St Theodore compelled Prince Jagiello to guarantee the freedom of
Orthodoxy in Volhynia under the law. Prince Svidrigailo, apprehensive
of the strengthening of his ally, locked St Theodore into prison, but
the people who loved the saint rose up in rebellion, and he was freed.
St Theodore was reconciled with the offender and went to him for help
in the struggle against the Lithuanians and the Poles. In 1438, the
holy prince took part in a battle with the Tatars. In 1440, with the
accession to the Polish throne of Cazimir, youngest son of Prince
Jagiello, St Theodore received the rights of administration of the
city of Vladimir, Dubno, Ostrog, and he was granted extensive holdings
in the best regions of Podolia and Volhynia.
St Theodore left all this behind, together with princely power and
fame. After 1441 he entered the Kiev Caves monastery, where he
received the monastic tonsure with the name Theodosius, he struggled
there for the salvation of his soul until the time of his blessed
repose.
The year of St Theodore's death is unknown, but it is probable that he
died in the second half of the fifteenth century at a great old age
(S. M. Soloviev in his HISTORY OF RUSSIA gives the year of his death
as 1483). The saint was buried in the Far Caves of St Theodosius (He
is also commemorated on the Synaxis of the Monastic Fathers of the Far
Caves, August 28). His glorification apparently took place at the end
of the sixteenth century, since in the year 1638 the hieromonk
Athanasius Kal'nophysky testified that "St Theodore rests in the
Theodosiev Cave, where his body was discovered incorrupt."
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Virginmartyr Susanna
The Holy Martyr Susanna the Virgin was the daughter of Presbyter
Gavinius and a niece of the Holy Bishop Caius of Rome (283-296). She
was raised in strict Christian piety and in her youthful years
dedicated herself to God. The family of the saint was related to the
emperor Diocletian (284-305), who heard reports of her virtue and
beauty.
Having decided to give St Susanna in marriage to his co-emperor
Maximian (305-311), Diocletian sent his own kinsman, the dignitary
Claudius, to the priest Gavinius, and then his own brother Maximus.
Both of them, together with the wife of Claudius Prepedigna and her
sons Alexander and Cythius, accepted Baptism after conversation with
the pious family. Having learned that the entire family of his
relatives had been converted to Christianity, Diocletian sent them
into exile.
Soon they burned the martyrs at Ostia, not far from Rome, and threw
the ashes into the sea. They took the holy virgin Susanna to the
palace, and the empress tried to persuade her to submit. But the
empress, secretly a Christian, supported the martyr in her intention
to preserve her virginity for the sake of the Lord. She explained to
the emperor about the virgin's unwillingness to enter into marriage
with a pagan. Diocletian gave permission to his co-ruler to defile the
holy virgin, but an angel defended her.
Macedonius began to urge the martyr to offer sacrifice to the idols.
"I offer myself in sacrifice to my Lord," she answered. Then
Macedonius cut off the martyr's head. The empress secretly buried the
body of the saint. The room where the murder occurred was consecrated
into a church by the holy Bishop Caius. Soon the father of St Susanna,
Presbyter Gavinius, accepted a martyr's end, as did St Caius in the
year 296.
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Martyr Gaius the Pope of Rome
The Holy Martyr Susanna the Virgin was the daughter of Presbyter
Gavinius and a niece of the Holy Bishop Caius of Rome (283-296). She
was raised in strict Christian piety and in her youthful years
dedicated herself to God. The family of the saint was related to the
emperor Diocletian (284-305), who heard reports of her virtue and
beauty.
Having decided to give St Susanna in marriage to his co-emperor
Maximian (305-311), Diocletian sent his own kinsman, the dignitary
Claudius, to the priest Gavinius, and then his own brother Maximus.
Both of them, together with the wife of Claudius Prepedigna and her
sons Alexander and Cythius, accepted Baptism after conversation with
the pious family. Having learned that the entire family of his
relatives had been converted to Christianity, Diocletian sent them
into exile.
Soon they burned the martyrs at Ostia, not far from Rome, and threw
the ashes into the sea. They took the holy virgin Susanna to the
palace, and the empress tried to persuade her to submit. But the
empress, secretly a Christian, supported the martyr in her intention
to preserve her virginity for the sake of the Lord. She explained to
the emperor about the virgin's unwillingness to enter into marriage
with a pagan. Diocletian gave permission to his co-ruler to defile the
holy virgin, but an angel defended her.
Macedonius began to urge the martyr to offer sacrifice to the idols.
"I offer myself in sacrifice to my Lord," she answered. Then
Macedonius cut off the martyr's head. The empress secretly buried the
body of the saint. The room where the murder occurred was consecrated
into a church by the holy Bishop Caius. Soon the father of St Susanna,
Presbyter Gavinius, accepted a martyr's end, as did St Caius in the
year 296.
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Martyr Gabinus the Presbyter
The Holy Martyr Susanna the Virgin was the daughter of Presbyter
Gavinius and a niece of the Holy Bishop Caius of Rome (283-296). She
was raised in strict Christian piety and in her youthful years
dedicated herself to God. The family of the saint was related to the
emperor Diocletian (284-305), who heard reports of her virtue and
beauty.
Having decided to give St Susanna in marriage to his co-emperor
Maximian (305-311), Diocletian sent his own kinsman, the dignitary
Claudius, to the priest Gavinius, and then his own brother Maximus.
Both of them, together with the wife of Claudius Prepedigna and her
sons Alexander and Cythius, accepted Baptism after conversation with
the pious family. Having learned that the entire family of his
relatives had been converted to Christianity, Diocletian sent them
into exile.
Soon they burned the martyrs at Ostia, not far from Rome, and threw
the ashes into the sea. They took the holy virgin Susanna to the
palace, and the empress tried to persuade her to submit. But the
empress, secretly a Christian, supported the martyr in her intention
to preserve her virginity for the sake of the Lord. She explained to
the emperor about the virgin's unwillingness to enter into marriage
with a pagan. Diocletian gave permission to his co-ruler to defile the
holy virgin, but an angel defended her.
Macedonius began to urge the martyr to offer sacrifice to the idols.
"I offer myself in sacrifice to my Lord," she answered. Then
Macedonius cut off the martyr's head. The empress secretly buried the
body of the saint. The room where the murder occurred was consecrated
into a church by the holy Bishop Caius. Soon the father of St Susanna,
Presbyter Gavinius, accepted a martyr's end, as did St Caius in the
year 296.
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Martyr Maximus the Brother of Gabinus and Father of Susanna
The Holy Martyr Susanna the Virgin was the daughter of Presbyter
Gavinius and a niece of the Holy Bishop Caius of Rome (283-296). She
was raised in strict Christian piety and in her youthful years
dedicated herself to God. The family of the saint was related to the
emperor Diocletian (284-305), who heard reports of her virtue and
beauty.
Having decided to give St Susanna in marriage to his co-emperor
Maximian (305-311), Diocletian sent his own kinsman, the dignitary
Claudius, to the priest Gavinius, and then his own brother Maximus.
Both of them, together with the wife of Claudius Prepedigna and her
sons Alexander and Cythius, accepted Baptism after conversation with
the pious family. Having learned that the entire family of his
relatives had been converted to Christianity, Diocletian sent them
into exile.
Soon they burned the martyrs at Ostia, not far from Rome, and threw
the ashes into the sea. They took the holy virgin Susanna to the
palace, and the empress tried to persuade her to submit. But the
empress, secretly a Christian, supported the martyr in her intention
to preserve her virginity for the sake of the Lord. She explained to
the emperor about the virgin's unwillingness to enter into marriage
with a pagan. Diocletian gave permission to his co-ruler to defile the
holy virgin, but an angel defended her.
Macedonius began to urge the martyr to offer sacrifice to the idols.
"I offer myself in sacrifice to my Lord," she answered. Then
Macedonius cut off the martyr's head. The empress secretly buried the
body of the saint. The room where the murder occurred was consecrated
into a church by the holy Bishop Caius. Soon the father of St Susanna,
Presbyter Gavinius, accepted a martyr's end, as did St Caius in the
year 296.
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Martyr Claudius and his wife and children at Rome
The Holy Martyr Susanna the Virgin was the daughter of Presbyter
Gavinius and a niece of the Holy Bishop Caius of Rome (283-296). She
was raised in strict Christian piety and in her youthful years
dedicated herself to God. The family of the saint was related to the
emperor Diocletian (284-305), who heard reports of her virtue and
beauty.
Having decided to give St Susanna in marriage to his co-emperor
Maximian (305-311), Diocletian sent his own kinsman, the dignitary
Claudius, to the priest Gavinius, and then his own brother Maximus.
Both of them, together with the wife of Claudius Prepedigna and her
sons Alexander and Cythius, accepted Baptism after conversation with
the pious family. Having learned that the entire family of his
relatives had been converted to Christianity, Diocletian sent them
into exile.
Soon they burned the martyrs at Ostia, not far from Rome, and threw
the ashes into the sea. They took the holy virgin Susanna to the
palace, and the empress tried to persuade her to submit. But the
empress, secretly a Christian, supported the martyr in her intention
to preserve her virginity for the sake of the Lord. She explained to
the emperor about the virgin's unwillingness to enter into marriage
with a pagan. Diocletian gave permission to his co-ruler to defile the
holy virgin, but an angel defended her.
Macedonius began to urge the martyr to offer sacrifice to the idols.
"I offer myself in sacrifice to my Lord," she answered. Then
Macedonius cut off the martyr's head. The empress secretly buried the
body of the saint. The room where the murder occurred was consecrated
into a church by the holy Bishop Caius. Soon the father of St Susanna,
Presbyter Gavinius, accepted a martyr's end, as did St Caius in the
year 296.
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Martyr Praepedigna and her husband and children at Rome
The Holy Martyr Susanna the Virgin was the daughter of Presbyter
Gavinius and a niece of the Holy Bishop Caius of Rome (283-296). She
was raised in strict Christian piety and in her youthful years
dedicated herself to God. The family of the saint was related to the
emperor Diocletian (284-305), who heard reports of her virtue and
beauty.
Having decided to give St Susanna in marriage to his co-emperor
Maximian (305-311), Diocletian sent his own kinsman, the dignitary
Claudius, to the priest Gavinius, and then his own brother Maximus.
Both of them, together with the wife of Claudius Prepedigna and her
sons Alexander and Cythius, accepted Baptism after conversation with
the pious family. Having learned that the entire family of his
relatives had been converted to Christianity, Diocletian sent them
into exile.
Soon they burned the martyrs at Ostia, not far from Rome, and threw
the ashes into the sea. They took the holy virgin Susanna to the
palace, and the empress tried to persuade her to submit. But the
empress, secretly a Christian, supported the martyr in her intention
to preserve her virginity for the sake of the Lord. She explained to
the emperor about the virgin's unwillingness to enter into marriage
with a pagan. Diocletian gave permission to his co-ruler to defile the
holy virgin, but an angel defended her.
Macedonius began to urge the martyr to offer sacrifice to the idols.
"I offer myself in sacrifice to my Lord," she answered. Then
Macedonius cut off the martyr's head. The empress secretly buried the
body of the saint. The room where the murder occurred was consecrated
into a church by the holy Bishop Caius. Soon the father of St Susanna,
Presbyter Gavinius, accepted a martyr's end, as did St Caius in the
year 296.
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Martyr Alexander
The Holy Martyr Susanna the Virgin was the daughter of Presbyter
Gavinius and a niece of the Holy Bishop Caius of Rome (283-296). She
was raised in strict Christian piety and in her youthful years
dedicated herself to God. The family of the saint was related to the
emperor Diocletian (284-305), who heard reports of her virtue and
beauty.
Having decided to give St Susanna in marriage to his co-emperor
Maximian (305-311), Diocletian sent his own kinsman, the dignitary
Claudius, to the priest Gavinius, and then his own brother Maximus.
Both of them, together with the wife of Claudius Prepedigna and her
sons Alexander and Cythius, accepted Baptism after conversation with
the pious family. Having learned that the entire family of his
relatives had been converted to Christianity, Diocletian sent them
into exile.
Soon they burned the martyrs at Ostia, not far from Rome, and threw
the ashes into the sea. They took the holy virgin Susanna to the
palace, and the empress tried to persuade her to submit. But the
empress, secretly a Christian, supported the martyr in her intention
to preserve her virginity for the sake of the Lord. She explained to
the emperor about the virgin's unwillingness to enter into marriage
with a pagan. Diocletian gave permission to his co-ruler to defile the
holy virgin, but an angel defended her.
Macedonius began to urge the martyr to offer sacrifice to the idols.
"I offer myself in sacrifice to my Lord," she answered. Then
Macedonius cut off the martyr's head. The empress secretly buried the
body of the saint. The room where the murder occurred was consecrated
into a church by the holy Bishop Caius. Soon the father of St Susanna,
Presbyter Gavinius, accepted a martyr's end, as did St Caius in the
year 296.
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Martyr Cutias
The Holy Martyr Susanna the Virgin was the daughter of Presbyter
Gavinius and a niece of the Holy Bishop Caius of Rome (283-296). She
was raised in strict Christian piety and in her youthful years
dedicated herself to God. The family of the saint was related to the
emperor Diocletian (284-305), who heard reports of her virtue and
beauty.
Having decided to give St Susanna in marriage to his co-emperor
Maximian (305-311), Diocletian sent his own kinsman, the dignitary
Claudius, to the priest Gavinius, and then his own brother Maximus.
Both of them, together with the wife of Claudius Prepedigna and her
sons Alexander and Cythius, accepted Baptism after conversation with
the pious family. Having learned that the entire family of his
relatives had been converted to Christianity, Diocletian sent them
into exile.
Soon they burned the martyrs at Ostia, not far from Rome, and threw
the ashes into the sea. They took the holy virgin Susanna to the
palace, and the empress tried to persuade her to submit. But the
empress, secretly a Christian, supported the martyr in her intention
to preserve her virginity for the sake of the Lord. She explained to
the emperor about the virgin's unwillingness to enter into marriage
with a pagan. Diocletian gave permission to his co-ruler to defile the
holy virgin, but an angel defended her.
Macedonius began to urge the martyr to offer sacrifice to the idols.
"I offer myself in sacrifice to my Lord," she answered. Then
Macedonius cut off the martyr's head. The empress secretly buried the
body of the saint. The room where the murder occurred was consecrated
into a church by the holy Bishop Caius. Soon the father of St Susanna,
Presbyter Gavinius, accepted a martyr's end, as did St Caius in the
year 296.
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Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople
In the Constantinople Icon of the Mother of God, the child Christ is
naked to the waist, and is carried in His Mother's right hand. Her
left hand rests on His knees.
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St Niphon the Patriarch of Constantinople of Mt Athos
Saint Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople, was a native of Greece, and
accepted monasticism at Epidauros. After the death of his Elder
Anthony, he went to Athos, where he occupied himself by the copying of
books. The saint was later chosen Metropolitan of Thessalonica, and
still later occupied the Patriarchal throne in Constantinople and was
primate of Valachia.
Banished under accusation, the saint went to Athos, at first to the
Vaptopedi monastery, and then to the monastery of St John the
Forerunner (Dionysiou). He concealed his rank and held the lowest
position. By God's providence, his rank was revealed to the brethren
of the monastery. Once, when the saint was returning from the forest
where he had gone for firewood, all the brethren went out towards him
on the way and solemnly greeted him as Patriarch. But even after this,
the saint shared various tasks with the brethren. He died on August
11, 1460 at 90 years of age.
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St Passarion
Saint Passarion pursued asceticism in the first half of the fifth
century. He founded a monastery in Jerusalem. He was "chorepiskopos"
[vicar-bishop] of Palestine, and a converser with St Euthymius the
Great (January 20).
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St Mary Synclitica
Saint Mary Syncletica [i.e., of Senate Rank] was healed by the Icon of
the Savior Not-Made-by-Hands, which appeared during the reign of the
emperor Tiberias (578-582).
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