Calendar crestin ortodox - 26 mai
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http://orthodoxwiki.org/May_26
Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus of the Seventy; Martyrs Abercius and
Helen, children of Apostle Alphaeus; Great-Martyr George the New at
Sofia, Bulgaria; Saint John Psichaita the Confessor of Constantinople;
Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Evangelizer of England; Queen Bertha,
Apostle to the Anglo-Saxons at Kent; Saint Edmund, King of England;
Martyr Priscos of Auxerre; New-Martyr Alexander of Thessaloniki, who
suffered at Smyrna; opening of the relics of Saint Macarius, Abbot of
Kolyazin
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Calendar crestin ortodox - 26 mai
http://www.calendar-ortodox.ro/luna/mai/mai26.htm
Sf. Apostoli Carp si Alfeu
Sf. Mucenic Celestin
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http://orthodoxwiki.org/George_the_New
The holy, glorious, right-victorious martyr George the New (Свети
Ђорђе Кратовац), also called George of Sofia, was a Serb from the town
of Kratovo.
He was a goldsmith by trade and, in his heart and soul, was a
convinced and a devout Christian. He was born in Kratovo and later
moved to Sofia. George was eighteen years old when the Turks tried to
convert him to Islam. George remained firm as a diamond in his faith.
The Turks tortured him cruelly and then finally burned him at the
stake. He suffered and was martyred for the faith of Christ on
February 11, 1515, in Sofia, Bulgaria, during the reign of Sultan
Selim and was glorified with unfading glory in the heavens. A priest
from the Serbian colony in Sofia, presbyter Peja wrote a Life of new
martyr George from Kratovo. Saint George was glorified in both the
Serbian and Bulgarian Churches. His feast days are February 11 and May
26.
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OCA
Greatmartyr George the New at Sofia, Bulgaria
http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101537
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OCA - Lives of all saints commemorated on May 26
http://oca.org/FSLivesAllSaints.asp?SID=4&M=5&D=26
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Sfintul Mucenic Gheorghe cel Nou
http://paginiortodoxe.tripod.com/vsmai/05-26-sf_gheorghe_cel_nou.html
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Saint Bede the Venerable, Hieromonk of Wearmouth-Jarrow; Hieromartyr
Therapont, Bishop of Sardis; Hieromartyr Alladius; Virgin-Martyr
Theodora and Martyr Didymus the soldier at Alexandria; Saint
Therapont, Abbot of Byelozersk; Saint Therapont, Abbot of Monza; Saint
John the Russian, whose relics are on the island of Euboia; Martyr
Eusebiotus; Martyr Alypius; uncovering of the relics of Neilos the
Younger, stylite of Seliger Lake; translation of the relics of Saint
Nilus of Stolbensk; translation of the relics of Saints Cyprian,
Photius, and Jonah, Metropolitans of Kiev
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Calendar crestin ortodox - 27 mai
http://www.calendar-ortodox.ro/luna/mai/mai27.htm
Sfantul Mucenic Eladie
Sfantul Terapont, episcopul Sardiei
Sfantul Beda Venerabilul
Sfantul Ioan Rusul
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Hieromartyr Therapon the Bishop of Sardis
Life - http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101543
Hymns - http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?SID=13&ID=101543
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http://orthodoxwiki.org/Therapont_of_Sardis
The holy, glorious and right-victorious Hieromartyr Therapont, Bishop
of Sardis suffered for Christ during the third century (the city of
Sardis was in Lydia, Asia Minor). In fulfilling his priestly service,
St. Therapont enlightened many of the pagan Greeks with the light of
the Christian faith and baptized them. For this, he was brought to
trial before the governor Julian and fearlessly declared himself a
Christian bishop.
They threw him into prison, where he languished with hunger and
thirst, and then they gave him over to cruel tortures. These torments
did not break the saint's valiant confession of faith. They led the
saint off in chains to the city of Sinaion in Phrygia, and then to
Ancyra.
In these cities they tortured him again. They took him to the River
Astala, where they stretched him naked upon the ground, fastened to
four stakes, and fiercely beat him. After this torture, they took him
to the outskirts of the Satalia diocese, part of the Sardis
metropolitanate, and here after long beatings St. Therapont ended his
martyric contest.
The stakes to which the saint had been tied, and which were soaked
with his blood, put forth green shoots and grew into large trees,
whose leaves were found to have curative powers. Many people received
healing through them. St. Therapont's feast day is on May 27.
Hymns
Troparion (Tone 4)
Having partaken of the apostolic way of life,
And becoming their successor to the throne,
Thou hast discovered in the practice of the virtues
The way to divine contemplation.
Therefore dispensing the word of truth
Thou hast also suffered to the shedding of blood for the sake of
the faith,
O holy martyr Therapont, entreat Christ our God to save our
souls.
Kontakion (Tone 1)
In righteous suffering, O Therapont saint of Christ,
Thou didst truly become a hierarch and martyr.
Therefore we entreat thee to heal the ingrained passions of our
souls,
Entreating Christ who loveth mankind and granteth mercy.
Source
www.oca.org - Lives of Saints, May 27.
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http://orthodoxwiki.org/John_the_Russian
The holy Saint John the Russian (1690-1730) was enslaved by the Turks,
but lived his life in holy humility and miracles. His feast day is
commemorated by the Church on May 27.
Monastery of St. John the Russian (Euboea)
The relics were brought to Euboea by refugees from Ürgüp (known to the
Greeks as Prokopio), in Cappadocia, after the Asia Minor Disaster of
1922-24. For several decades the relics were in the church of Ss.
Constantine and Helen at New Prokopion, Euboia, and in 1951 they were
transferred to a new church dedicated to St John the Russian (within
the new Monastery of Saint John the Russian). Thousands of pilgrims
flock here from all the corners of Greece, particularly on his feast
day (May 27).
St. John the Russian is widely venerated on Mount Athos, particularly
in the Russian monastery of St. Panteleimon.
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St John the Russian and Confessor, whose relics are on the island of
Euboia
http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101545
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John the Russian of Evia (from GOARCH)
http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=488
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Orthodox America
Mighty in Meekness – St. John the Russian
May 27
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http://www.stjohntherussian.com/stjohnlife.html
The Life of Saint John the Russian
Whose Venerable Relics Repose in New Prokopion on the Greek Island of
Evvia
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http://orthodoxwiki.org/Cyprian_of_Kiev
Our father among the saints Cyprian (+ 1407), was Metropolitan of
Kiev, Moscow and All Lithuania and Russia (1380-1385) and Metropolitan
of Moscow and all Russia (1390-1407). His repose is commemorated by
the Church on September 16 and the uncovering of his relics on May 27.
Life
St Cyprian was a Serbian clergyman of Bulgarian nationality who
struggled on Mount Athos. In 1373, the Patriarch of Constantinople
Philotheus Kokkinos picked him for his devout lifestyle and excellent
education and sent him to Lithuania and Russia. His mission there was
to reconcile the princes of Lithuania and Tver with Metropolitan
Alexis. In 1375, after the hostilities between Moscow and Lithuania
had started all over again, the Lithuanian princes asked to appoint
Cyprian their metropolitan. Patriarch Philotheus Kokkinos made Cyprian
the Metropolitan of Kiev, all Rus and Lithuania, so that he could
unite both ecclesiastical provinces after the death of Metropolitan
Alexis.
In 1378, Metropolitan Alexis died. As a result of the ensuing
skirmishes and intrigues, Cyprian became Metropolitan of Moscow in
1381. One year later, however, he fled from Moscow due to the
approaching armies of Tokhtamysh. Subsequently, he was removed from
the Muscovy and replaced by Metropolitan Pimen (1382-1384). The latter
was succeeded by Metropolitan Dionysius (1384-1385). In 1390, Cyprian
was returned to Moscow by Vasili II, who he had always supported, and
appointed Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia.
Cyprian is remembered as a wise and experienced keeper of the Church
of God and a zealot of the unity of the Russian lands. In fact, he is
mainly responsible for uniting the Church in all of the lands, even
including those of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He was an erudite
person and a connoisseur of ecclesiastical rituals and literature who
especially cared for regulating the divine service and monastic
lifestyle. St Cyprian was the one who initiated the creation of the
Троицкая летопись (Troitskaya letopis', or Troitskaya Chronicle) and,
probably, the Правосудие митрополичье (Pravosudiye metropolich'ye, or
Metropolitan Justice). He also rewrote the Life of Metropolitan Peter,
which had been written around 1327, and made it more rhetorical and
well-phrased. Cyprian corrected mistakes in biblical books and
translated ecclesiastical works from Greek. This was a trying effort,
considering the fact that printing had not been invented yet.
Uncovering of relics
The uncovering and transfer of relics of the Holy Hierarchs Cyprian,
Photius and Jonas occurred on May 27, 1472 during the construction of
the new stone Dormition Cathedral in the Kremlin, under Metropolitan
Philip (January 9) and Great Prince Ivan III (1462-1505).
Cyprian was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in the fifteenth
century.
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Repose of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia
Commemorated on September 16
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http://orthodoxwiki.org/Photius_of_Kiev
Our father among the saints Photius of Kiev (+ 1431) was Metropolitan
of Moscow and all Russia (1408-1431). He is commemorated by the Church
on July 2 and May 27.
Life
Saint Photius, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia, was a Greek from
the Peloponnesian city of Monembasia (Malbasia). At a young age, he
entered a monastery and was tonsured under the Elder Acacius, a great
ascetic who later became the Metropolitan of Monembasia.
After the death of St Cyprian in 1407, the Russian See (Lithuania and
Russia) was vacant. Patr. Matthew of Constantinople appointed Photius
with the title of Metropolitan of Kiev and Vladimir. In September of
1408 St Photius was made metropolitan, and the next he year arrived in
Rus. He spent half a year in Kiev, where he concerned himself with
settling affairs in the southern dioceses of the Russian Church, then
included within the principality of Lithuania and Russia.
The saint perceived that the throne of the metropolitan, the spiritual
center of churchly life in Rus, could not remain in the Kiev lands,
where everything increasingly fell under the dependence of Catholic
Poland. So in 1408, he transferred to Moscow and became Metropolitan
of Moscow and all Russia. In Moscow, however, Photius had to deal with
much adversity, such as drought, starvation, pestilence and fires,
which had fallen upon Russia. Photius found his metropolitan residence
ravaged and ecclesiastic treasury empty. Everything seemed to be in
chaos, and he didn't know a single word of Russian. But he knew how to
highly advance the spiritual significance, the material prosperity and
well-being of the churches under the See of Moscow.
Favorable conditions in the Church allowed St Photius to provide
assistance to the increasingly impoverished Patriarch of
Constantinople and to strengthen the international position of the
Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian realm.
Photius is remembered as a clergyman who helped the poor and took good
care of his Russian flock like none of the foreign bishops. He built a
church and the so-called house of silence and prayer on the Sengo Lake
not far from Vladimir, where he used to retreat for meditation. In
1430, when Photius was in Vladimir, the Mongols raided the city, but
he managed to escape to the lake. He stayed there for three months
until the Grand Prince of Moscow sent for him.
Through the efforts of Metr. Photius, the canonical unity of the
Russian Church was restored. The separate Lithuanian metropolitanate,
established by Prince Vitovt for the southern and western eparchies
(dioceses), was abolished in 1420.
The wise and erudite pastor left behind many instructions and letters.
Of great theological significance was his denunciation of the heresy
of the Strigolniki, which had arisen at Pskov prior to his time. By
his wise efforts the heresy was put to an end in 1427.
Important Church historical sources compiled by St Photius are his
"Order of Selection and Installation of Bishops" (1423), " Discourse
on the Seriousness of the Priestly Office and the Obligations of
Church Servers," and also the "Spiritual Testament", in which he tells
of his life. Another great work of the saint was the compilation,
under his guidance, of the Obscherussk (All-Russian) Chronicle (about
1423).
After his return to Moscow an angel appeared before Photius and told
him about his forthcoming death. He reposed peacefully on the Feast of
the Placing of the Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos at Blachernae, on
July 2, 1431.
His relics were uncovered in the year 1471 along with St Cyprian and
St Jonah during the construction of the new stone Dormition Cathedral
in the Moscow Kremlin.
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St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev
Commemorated on July 2
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The Venerable Bede (c. 672 - May 25, 735) was a monk at the
Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Wearmouth (today part of
Sunderland), and of its daughter monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern
Jarrow. He is well known as an author and scholar, whose best-known
work is Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical
History of the English People), which gained him the title The Father
of English History. St. Bede wrote on many other topics, from music
and musical metrics to scripture commentaries. His feast day is
observed on May 25, 26, or 27, depending on the sources used by the
calendar.
Bede the Man
Almost all that is known of his life is contained in a notice added by
himself to his Historia (v. 24), which states that he was placed in
the monastery at Wearmouth at the age of seven, that he became deacon
in his nineteenth year, and priest in his thirtieth, remaining a
priest for the rest of his life. It is not clear if he was from noble
birth or not. He was trained by the abbots Benedict Biscop and
Ceolfrid, and probably accompanied the latter to Jarrow in 682. There
he spent his life, finding his chief pleasure in being always occupied
in learning, teaching, or writing, and was zealous in the performance
of monastic duties.
Bede became known as Venerable Bede soon after his death. His holy
relics are in a raised tomb at one end of the cathedral in Durham,
England.
Bede's Writings
His works show that he had at his command all the learning of his
time. It was thought that the library at Wearmouth-Jarrow was between
300-500 books, making it one of the largest in England. It is clear
that Biscop made strenuous efforts to collect books on his extensive
travels. Bede was proficient in patristic literature, and quotes from
Pliny the Younger, Vergil, Lucretius, Ovid, Horace, and other
classical writers, but with some disapproval. He knew Greek and a
little Hebrew. His Latin is clear and without affectation, and he is a
skilful story-teller.
Bede practiced the allegorical method of interpretation, and was by
modern standards credulous concerning the miraculous; but in most
things his good sense is conspicuous, and his kindly and broad
sympathies, his love of truth and fairness, his unfeigned piety, and
his devotion to the service of others combine to make him an
exceedingly attractive character.
The Venerable Bede's commentaries on Holy Scriptures owed much to
other patristic sources, as he often inserted long quotations from
other Latin Fathers, especially Pope St. Gregory the Great, St.
Augustine of Hippo, and St. Jerome. In addition to two books of
homilies on the Gospel pericopes of the liturgical year, the great
monk of Wearmouth's surviving works include verse-by-verse
commentaries on the Acts of the Apostles, the Seven Catholic Epistles,
and The Explanation of the Apocalypse. His commentaries on the Pauline
Epistles are contained in The Biblical Miscellany. He also compiled
St. Augustine's commentary on the Pauline Epistles into a single
volume that follows their order in our present canon. His allegorical
interpretations of the Old Testament survive in two works: On the
Temple and On the Tabernacle.
Bede's writings are classed as scientific, historical, and
theological. The scientific include treatises on grammar (written for
his pupils), a work on natural phenomena (De rerum natura), and two on
chronology (De temporibus and De temporum ratione). Bede made a new
calculation of the age of the Earth and began the practice of dividing
the Christian era into B.C. and A.D. Interestingly, Bede wrote that
the Earth was round "like a playground ball," contrasting that with
being "round like a shield."
Historia Ecclesiastica
The most important and best known of his works is the Historia
ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, giving in five books (about 400 pages)
the history of England, ecclesiastical and political, from the time of
Caesar to the date of its completion (731). The first twenty-one
chapters, treating of the period before the mission of St. Augustine
of Canterbury, are compiled from earlier writers such as Orosius,
Gildas, Prosper of Aquitaine, the letters of Pope St. Gregory the
Great (known as St. Gregory the Dialogist in the Byzantine East), and
others, with the insertion of legends and traditions.
After 596, documentary sources, which Bede took pains to obtain, are
used, and oral testimony, which he employed not without critical
consideration of its value. He cited his references and was very
concerned about sources of all his sources, which created an important
historical chain. He is credited with inventing footnoting. (Due to
his innovations like footnoting he was accused of heresy at the table
of Bishop Wilfred. The actual accusation was for miscalculating the
age of the world. His chronology was contrary to the calculation of
the time. It is linked to footnoting because Bede cited another source
in a note, rather than opining himself, showing a misunderstanding by
others of what citing another source is.)
Other Works
His re-editing of the Bible was important, and was used by the Roman
Catholic Church until 1966. He did not copy any one source, but
researched from several sources to create single volume Bibles (highly
unusual for the time—the Bible normally had circulated as separate
books).
His other historical works were lives of the abbots of Wearmouth and
Jarrow, and the life in verse and prose of St. Cuthbert of
Lindisfarne. The most numerous of his writings are theological, and
consist of commentaries on the books of the Old and New Testaments,
homilies, and treatises on detached portions of Scripture. He also
composed a number of hymns.
His last work, completed on his death-bed, was a translation into
Anglo-Saxon of the Gospel of John
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Famous Quotation
"Better a stupid and unlettered brother who, working the good things
he knows, merits life in Heaven than one who though being
distinguished for his learning in the Scriptures, or even holding the
place of a doctor, lacks the bread of love."
-St. Bede the Venerable
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Icon and Story of St. Bede
http://www.comeandseeicons.com/b/inp173.htm
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Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk
http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101544
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OCA - Lives of all saints commemorated on May 27
http://oca.org/FSLivesAllSaints.asp?SID=4&M=5&D=27