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{"96": {"name": {"nominative": "Apostle of the 70: Aquila (1<sup>st</sup> C)", "short": "Apostle Aquila"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>Saint Aquila, Disciple from the 70: It is possible, that he was a disciple of the Apostle Paul, a native of Pontus and a Jew, living in the city of Rome with his wife Priscilla (Comm. 13 February). During the reign of the emperor Claudius (41-54) all the Jews were banished from Rome. Saint Aquilla and his wife were compelled to leave. They settled in Corinth. A short while afterwards the holy Apostle Paul arrived there from Athens preaching the Gospel. Having made the acquaintance of Aquila, he began to live at his house and laboured together with him over the making of tents. </p><p>Having accepted Baptism from the Apostle Paul, Aquila and Priscilla bacame his devoted and zealous disciples. They accompanied the apostle to Ephesus. The Apostle Paul instructed them to continue the preaching of the Gospel at Ephesus, and he himself set off to Jerusalem, in order to be present there for the feast of Pentecost. At Ephesus Aquila and Priscilla heard the bold preaching of a new-comer from Alexandria, the Jew Apollos, who had been instructed in the fundamentals of the faith, but knew only the baptism of John the ForeRunner [<i>i.e.</i> John the Baptist]. They called him over to themselves and explained more precisely about the way of the Lord.</p><p>After the death of the emperor Claudius, Jews were permitted to return to Italy, and Aquila and Priscilla then returned to Rome. The Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans recollects about his faithful disciples: \u201cGreet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus, who put forth their heads for my soul, whom I do not alone thank, but also all the Church of the Gentiles and the church of their household\u201d (Rom. 16: 3-4). Saint Aquila did not long dwell in Rome: the Apostle Paul made him a bishop in Asia. Saint Aquila zealously laboured at preaching the Gospel in Asia, Ach\u00e6ia and Herakleia: he converted pagans to Christ, he confirmed in the faith newly-converted Christians, he established presbyters and destroyed idols. Saint Priscilla constantly assisted him in the apostolic work. Saint Aquila finished his life a martyr: pagans murdered him. According to the tradition of the Church, Saint Priscilla was killed together with him.</p>"}, "rank": 2, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "<p>O holy apostle Aquila * entreat the merciful God ** that He grant to our souls remission of transgressions.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "3"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "<p>Having acquired thee like a great sun, * O glorious Aquila, apostle of the Lord, ** the Church enlighteneth with the splendors of thy teaching those who honor thee.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "4"}}}}, "900": {"name": {"nominative": "Holy Hierarch Anastasius I, Patriarch of Antioch (\u2020 599)", "short": "Holy Hierarch"}}, "902": {"name": {"nominative": "Hieromartyr Anastasius II, Patriarch of Antioch (\u2020 609)", "short": "Hieromartyr Anastasius"}}, "903": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Anastasius, Abbot of Sinai (\u2020 685)", "short": "Venerable Anastasius"}}, "906": {"name": {"nominative": "Icons of the Mother of God \u201cKipiazhskaya\u201d and \u201cCypriot\u201d (392)", "short": "Icons of"}}, "907": {"name": {"nominative": "Translation of the relics (1150) of the Right-believing Prince Igor of Chernigov and Kiev", "short": "Translation of"}}, "908": {"name": {"nominative": "Hieromartyr Januarius Bishop of Beneventum, and the deacons Proculus, Sossius and Faustus, Desiderius the Reader, Eutychius and Acution, laymen (\u2020 c. 305)", "short": "Hieromartyr Januarius"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Hieromartyr Jannuarius the Bishop, and with him the Holy Martyrs\u2014Deacons Proculus, Sossius and Faustus, Desiderius the Reader, Eutychius and Acution accepted a martyr\u2019s death for Christ about the year 305 during the time of the persecution by the emperor Diocletian (284-305).</p><p>They arrested Saint Jannuarius and led him to trial to Timothy, the governor of Campagna (central Italy). For his firm confession of Christian faith, they threw the saint into a red-hot furnace. But like the Babylonian youths, he came out from there unharmed. Then by order of Timothy they stretched him out on a bench and beat at him with iron rods so much, that they lay bare the bone.</p><p>Among the gathered crowd were the holy deacon Faustus and the reader Desiderius, who wept at the sight of the suffering of their bishop. The pagans surmised that they were Christians, and threw them together into prison with the Priestmartyr Jannuarius, in the city of Puteolum. At this prison were situated two deacons locked up earlier for confessing Christ\u2014Saints Sossius and Proculus, and two laymen\u2014Saints Eutychius and Acution.</p><p>On the following morning they led out all the martyrs into the circus to be torn to pieces by wild beasts, but the beasts would not touch them. Timothy declared, that all the miracle occurred from sorcery by the Christians, but with this however he became blinded and cried out for help. The gentle Priestmartyr Jannuarius made prayer for his healing, and Timothy recovered his sight. The blindness of soul however did not depart the torturer and he, with a still greater rage accusing the Christians of sorcery, gave orders to cut off the heads of the martyrs at the walls of the city (\u2020 305).</p><p>Christians from surrounding cities took up the bodies of the holy martyrs for burial, and those of each city took along one, so as to have an intercessor before God. The inhabitants of Neopolis (Naples) took for themselves the body of the Priestmartyr Jannuarius. Together with the body they gathered up from the earth his dried blood. When they set the vessel with this blood upon the relics of the holy martyr, having been put on the church of the city of Neopolis, the blood liquified and became warm, as though only just shed. Many miracles proceeded from the relics of the Priestmartyr Jannuarius. During the time of the eruption of Vesuvius, when the inhabitants of the city prayed to the Priestmartyr Jannuarius, the lava stopped, not reaching the city. A pious woman placed an icon with the image of the priestmartyr to her dead son, and he arose. </p>"}, "rank": 1, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "", "Type": "1", "Tone": "1"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "<p>Ye were adorned with the anointing of the priesthood * and the blood of martyrdom, * O glorious Januarius and Theodore, * and ye shine forth everywhere, * dancing in the highest, * and look down upon us, * who have come to your temple and unceasingly cry out therein: ** Preserve us all, entreating God Who loveth mankind!</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "3"}}}}, "909": {"name": {"nominative": "Holy Martyrs Theodore, his mother Philippa, Dioscorus, Socrates and Dionysius of Perge in Pamphylia (2<sup>nd</sup> C)", "short": "Holy Martyrs"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Holy Martyrs Theodore, his mother Philippia, Dioskoros, Sokrates and Dionysios suffered during the reign of the emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161) in Pamphylian Pergium. When they were conscripting for military service robust and healthy young men, then together with the others they led the youth Theodore to the military commander Theodotos.</p><p>The military commander obliged the youth to offer sacrifice to idols. The martyr submitted neither to persuasion nor threats, and the military commander commanded to place him on a red-hot plate and to pour out liquid tar. Immediately there occurred a miracle: an earth-trembling began, and from a fissure in the ground gushed forth a torrent of water and extinguished the fire.</p><p>Having remained unharmed, the martyr Theodore gave praise to God and suggested to the military commander to try with the help of the idols to repeat such a miracle.</p><p>The military commander suggested to the pagan priest Dioskoros to lay upon the red-hot plate, calling on the help of Zeus. But Saint Dioskoros answered, that he believed in Christ and was prepared to throw the idol of Zeus into the fire. Then the military commander commanded him to get on the frying-pan. The martyr Dioskoros fell at the knees of Saint Theodore and pleaded that he pray for him. Then he got onto the frying-pan, loudly crying out to the Lord: \u201cI give Thee thanks, Lord Jesus Christ, that Thou hast included me in the number of Thine servants. Accept Thou my soul with peace,\u201d\u2014and he died, having been delivered from terrible torment.</p><p>They continued to torture Saint Theodore. They tied him to wild horses, which began to run. But at the city walls the horses fell down and collapsed, and the martyr Theodore remained unharmed. Two soldiers, Sokrates and Dionysios, saw how there came down from the heavens a fiery chariot to Saint Theodore, on which was carried the dragged martyr. The soldiers with astonishment shouted out: \u201cGreat God of the Christians!\u201d For this they seized hold of them and on the next day threw them together with the martyr Theodore into a red-hot furnace. But an Heavenly dew cooled the furnace, and the saints remained alive. In the morning the military commander commanded soldiers to go march to look upon the burnt bodies of the martyrs. The soldiers returned and with wonder reported that the three youths were unharmed, and to the martyr Theodore was come his mother, Philippia, who now encouraged the martyrs in their act.</p><p>The military commander suggested to Saint Philippia to save her son, urging her to offer sacrifice to the idols. But Saint Philippia answered, that yet while at the time of the birth of her son it was revealed to her, that her son would be crucified for Christ. Hearing this, the military commander commanded to crucify Saint Theodore on a cross, and to cut off the heads of the remaining martyrs. During the course of 3 days the martyr Theodore hung on the cross, offering up prayer to God until he expired.</p>"}, "rank": 1, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "<p>No English translation</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "2"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "<p>No English translation</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "3"}}}}, "910": {"name": {"nominative": "Martyrs Isaac, Apollos and Quadratus (\u2020 303)", "short": "Martyrs Isaac"}}, "911": {"name": {"nominative": "Holy Hierarch Maximian, Patriarch of Constantinople (\u2020 434)", "short": "Holy Hierarch"}}, "916": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Vitalius the Monk of Gaza (\u2020 609-620)", "short": "Venerable Vitalius"}}, "918": {"name": {"nominative": "Martyr Anatolius the Soldier and Martyr Protoleon (\u2020 303)", "short": "Martyr Anatolius"}}, "922": {"name": {"nominative": "Martyr Sabbas Stratelates \u201cthe General\u201d of Rome and 70 soldiers with him (\u2020 272)", "short": "Martyr Sabbas"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Martyr Sava came from a Gothic tribe. For his bravery he attained the high rank of military-commander or \u201cstratilates,\u201d and he served under the Roman emperor Aurelian (270-275).</p><p>From the time of his youth Sava was a Christian and he fervently followed the commands of Christ,\u2014he helped the needy and visited Christians locked up in prison. For his pure and virtuous life the saint received from the Lord the gift of wonderworking and in the Name of Christ he healed the sick and cast out demons.</p><p>When the emperor learned that Saint Sava was a Christian, he demanded that he apostacise. The martyr threw down his military sash and declared, that he would not forsake his faith. They beat him, burnt at him with torches, threw him in a cauldron with tar, but the martyr remained unharmed.</p><p>Looking on at his torments, 70 Soldiers came to believe in Christ, who then were beheaded by the sword. Saint Sava they threw in prison. At midnight during the time of prayer, Christ appeared to the martyr and shone on him the Light of His Glory. The Saviour bid him not to fear, but rather stand firm. Encouraged, the Martyr Sava underwent new torture in the morning and was drownded in a river (\u2020 272).</p>"}, "rank": 1, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "<p>In their sufferings, O Lord, * Thy martyrs received imperishable crowns from Thee our God; * for, possessed of Thy might, * they set at nought the tormentors and crushed the feeble audacity of the demons. ** By their supplications save Thou our souls.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "4"}, "TROPARION/2": {"text": "</p><p>Abandoning earthly rank and honor, O athlete, * thou didst confess Christ God * before the false and tyrannical emperors, * and for His sake thou didst undergo many sufferings, O glorious one. * Wherefore, splendidly adorned with the armies of heaven, * thou hast been crowned with a most beautiful wreath of victory by the King Who reigneth over all. * Standing before Him, O Sabbas, ** pray thou that He save our souls.", "Type": "2", "Tone": "5"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "<p>Shown to be an invincible athlete, * thou didst overcome the wiles of the barbarians, O glorious one, * and having contended most steadfastly, * thou didst vanquish a multitude of the invisible f\u0153. * Wherefore, thou hast woven a wreath of victory. * Entreat Christ, O most blessed Sabbas, ** in behalf of us who honor thee with faith.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "4"}}}}, "923": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Thomas the Fool-for-Christ of Syria (\u2020 c. 546-560)", "short": "Venerable Thomas"}}, "924": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Elizabeth the Wonderworker of Constantinople (6<sup>th</sup>-8<sup>th</sup> C)", "short": "Venerable Elizabeth"}}, "925": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Sava the Recluse of the Near Kiev Caves (13th C)", "short": "Venerable Sava"}}, "927": {"name": {"nominative": "Martyrs Pasikrates and Valention in M\u0153sia, Bulgaria (\u2020 228)", "short": "Martyrs Pasikrates"}}, "928": {"name": {"nominative": "Martyrs Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and 40 Others (\u2020 303)", "short": "Martyrs Eusebius"}}, "929": {"name": {"nominative": "Icon of the Mother of God of Molchen (1405)", "short": "Icon of"}}, "932": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Sylvester, Abbot of Obnora (\u2020 1379)", "short": "Venerable Sylvester"}}, "933": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Hilarion of Pskov Lake and Gdov (\u2020 1476)", "short": "Venerable Hilarion"}}, "934": {"name": {"nominative": "Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople (1071)", "short": "Icon of"}}, "936": {"name": {"nominative": "Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of Amaseia (\u2020 c. 322)", "short": "Hieromartyr Basil"}, "rank": 1, "services": {"LITURGY": {"KONTAKION/1": {"text": "<p>Having spurned the imperial edict, O Basil, * thou didst receive the kingdom of heaven; * and joining the chorus therein, * be thou mindful of us ** who honor thy memory, O Hieromartyr.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "4"}}}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of Amasea, lived at the beginning of the IV Century in the Pontine city of Amasea. He encouraged and comforted the Christians, suffering persecution by the pagans. During this time the Eastern part of the Roman empire was ruled by Licinius (312-324), a relative by marriage to the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles emperor Constantine the Great (306-337, Comm. 21 May). Licinius deceitfully undersigned Constantine\u2019s \u201cEdict of Religious Toleration\u201d (313), which permitted the freely open confession of Christianity, but at heart he hated Christians and continued to persecute them to return to paganism.</p><p>Licinius burned with passion for a maid-servant of his wife Constancia,\u2014the Righteous Virgin Galphyra. The holy maid reported about this to the empress and sought her intercession. Having dressed her in men\u2019s attire and provided her with money, the empress Constancia sent her away from the city in the company of a devoted servant. They told the emperor, that the maid-servant had gone mad and lay near death. Righteous Glaphyra on the road to Armenia remained in the city of Amasea, where the local bishop, Saint Basil, gave her shelter.</p><p>At this time the saint was building a church in the city. Righteous Glaphyra for its construction gave over all the money that she had received from Constancia, and in a letter to the empress she besought her to send additional funds to complete the church. The empress fulfilled her request. But the letter of Righteous Galphyra fell into the hands of the emperor. The enraged Licinius demanded the governor of Amasea to send him the sainted-hierarch and the maid-servant. Righteous Galphyra died (\u2020 322) before the edict arrived in Amasea. They dispatched Saint Basil to the emperor. Two deacons, Parthenias and Thestimos, followed after him and lodged near the prison where they locked up the saint.</p><p>The pious Christian Elpidyphoros bribed the jailer and each night together with Parthenias and Thestimos he visited the saint. On the eve of the trial day of the saint he sang psalms and the words \u201cif I be at the very depths of the sea, even there wilt Thy hand guide me and Thine right hand hold me\u201d (Ps. 138 [139]: 9-10)\u2014and thrice he broke down into tears. The deacons were apprehensive that the saint would be in distress over the coming torments, but he calmed them.</p><p>At the trial Saint Basil resolutely refused the suggestion of the emperor to become a pagan high-priest, and therefore he was sentenced to death. Elpidyphoros got to the soldiers with money, and they allowed the saint to pray and to speak with his friends before the execution. After this, the saint said to the executioner: \u201cFriend, do what thou art ordered to,\u201d\u2014and calmly he bent beneath the blow of the sword. </p><p>When the martyr had been beheaded, Elpidyphoros tried to ransom his remains from the soldiers. But the soldiers were afraid of the emperor and they threw the body and head of the saint into the sea. After this, three times in a dream an Angel of God appeared before Elpidyphoros with the words: \u201cBishop Basil is in Sinope and doth await you.\u201d Heeding this call, Elpidyphoros and the deacons sailed to Sinope and there they hired fishermen to lower their nets. When they lowered the net \u201con the suggestion\u201d of the deacons Thestimos and Parthenias, they came up with nothing. Thereupon Elpidyphoros declared, that he would ask them to lower the net in the Name of the God, Whom he did worship. This time the net brought up the body of Saint Basil. The head had come back together with it, and only the gash on the neck indicated the strike of the sword. The relics of Saint Basil were conveyed to Amasea and buried in the church built by him.</p>"}}, "937": {"name": {"nominative": "Holy Hierarch Stephen, Bishop of Great Perm (\u2020 1396)", "short": "Hierarch"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>Saint Stephen the Enlightener of Perm,\u2019 and Apostle to the Zyryani People, was born in about the year 1340 into the family of the Ustiug church-assistant Simeon. Under the influence of his pious mother Maria, endowed with great abilities, he displayed already in his young years an unusual zeal for the service of the Church: in a single year he learned to read the Holy Books and he assisted his father in church during Divine-services, fulfilling the duty of kanonarch, arranging church music, and also that of reader.</p><p>In youth the saint took monastic vows at a monastery in honour of Saint Gregory the Theologian at Rostov. The monastery was famed for its fine collection of books. Saint Stephen wanted to read the holy fathers in the original and for this he studied the Greek language. In his youth when he had assisted his father in church, he frequently spoke with the Zyryani people. And now, having been immersed in the rich culture of the Church, Saint Stephen burned with a desire to convert the Zyryani to Christ. </p><p>For the enlightening of the Zyryani, he compiled an alphabet of their language and translated into it some of the Church books. For his pious deed the Rostov bishop, Arsenii (1374-1380), ordained him to the dignity of monk-deacon. Having prepared himself for missionary activity, Saint Stephen journeyed to Moscow (1379) to the Kolomensk bishop, Gerasim, who then oversaw the affairs of the metropolitanate, and the saint petitioned him: \u201cBless me, Vladyka, to go into a pagan land\u2014Perm\u2032. I want to teach the holy faith to the unbelieving people. I am resolved either to lead them to Christ, or for Christ to lay down my head for them.\u201d The bishop with joy blessed him and ordained him to the dignity of priest-monk. He provided him with an antimins (\u201cantimension\u201d or \u201ccorporal\u201d for the altar-table), holy chrism and Divine-service books, and GreatPrince Dimitrii Ioannovich gave him a grammota (document) of safe-passage.</p><p>From Ustiug Saint Stephen made his way along the North Dvina River up to the confluence of the Vychegda into it, where settlements of the Zyryani began. The proponent of faith in Christ suffered many a toil, and struggle, deprivation and sorrow, living amidst the pagans who worshipped idols \u201cwith fire, water, trees, a stone and golden woman-figure, and shaman, and wizard, and wood.\u201d</p><p>The Zyryani were wont to make their devotions particularly in front of a so-called \u201cmagic-mischief birch tree.\u201d Immense in its thickness and height, the birch tree grew on an elevated spot. The Zyryani gathered at it and brought wild animals they caught as sacrifice. Saint Stephen made his cell not far from the birch tree and made use of the gathering of the superstitious pagans at the tree, to teach the holy truth. Then Saint Stephen cut down and burnt the birch tree for the dispelling of the superstition. The Zyryani gathered to kill him. The saint turned to them preaching: \u201cJudge for yourselves, whether or not your gods have any power, when they are not able to defend themselves from the fire? Are they gods, when they are so powerless, and indeed possess not only not a mind, but neither also ears nor sight? And your divinity could not defend itself against me, a weak man. Are all your other gods such as this? Not so is the Christian God. He sees everything, knows everything and is Almighty, since He created the whole world and fore-thinks everything. And how blessedly good He is, particularly for those knowing Him! I desire what is good for you, bringing the True God to you. He wilt love you and bless you, when ye begin to honour Him genuinely.\u201d On the place of \u201cthe magic-mischief birch tree,\u201d Saint Stephen built a church in honour of the Archangel Michael, the dispeller of the spirits of darkness.</p><p>The baptised Zyryani themselves began to do away with that, which earlier they had worshipped: they cut down sacred trees, they destroyed idols; the rich gifts, set aside for the pagan sacrifices, they brought to Saint Stephen. He bid his Zyryan helper Matthew to throw it all into the fire and permitted only the use of the linen cloth for foot wrappings.</p><p>But things came to a final culmination among the Zyryani after Saint Stephen got the better of their chief-priest Pam, who rose up against the dissemination of the holy faith. The pagan priest entered into a debate with Saint Stephen. \u201cChristian, you have only but the one God,\u2014said Pam,\u2014but we have many an helper on the dry land, and in the water, granting us a lucky hunt in the forests and with its abundance providing Moscow, the Horde and faraway lands; they impart to us the magic mysteries, inaccessible to you.\u201d Saint Stephen answered, that the True God\u2014is one; the Almighty\u2014is one, but that the idol-gods evidently through the test of experience are powerless. After lengthy dispute the pagan-priest Pam in a proof of his faith made a challenge to go through fire and water, and demanded that Saint Stephen do this. \u201cI have no command of poetic verse,\u2014humbly answered Saint Stephen,\u2014but great is the Christian God: thus I shall go it with thee.\u201d Pam however lost his nerve and besought the saint to save him from certain death. \u201cYe art witnesses,\u2014said Saint Stephen to the gathered people,\u2014how he demanded to resolve the dispute about faith by means of fire and water, but now doth not wish to be baptised. Who now hath regard for Pam? What is to be done with him?\u201d \u201cLet the deceiver be put to death,\u2014answered the people,\u2014for if Pam be set free, he wilt make mischief for thee.\u201d \u201cNo,\u2014answered the saint,\u2014Christ hath sent me not to hand someone over to death, but to teach. Pam desireth not to accept the saving faith, , wherefore let his stubbornness punish him, but not I.\u201d Pam was banished. In thanksgiving to the Lord for victory over the chief pagans, Saint Stephen built at Vishero a church in honour of Saint Nicholas. After this, the preaching of the saint about Christ began to go all the more successfully. </p><p>In 1383 Saint Stephen was ordained bishop of Malaya Perm\u2019 (Lesser Perm\u2032). Like a doting father he incessantly concerned himself about his flock. For the encouraging in the faith of the newly-converted, Saint Stephen opened schools alongside the churches, where they studied the Holy Books in the Permian language. The saint supervised the instructions, and taught them the necessities for them to become priests and deacons. Saint Stephen taught several of his students how to write in the Permian language. The saint constructed churches, in which he put priests from among the Zyryani, and led Divine-services in the Zyryani tongue.</p><p>Saint Stephen transposed into the Zyryani language the Chasoslov (Book of Hours), the Psalter, selected readings from the Gospel and the Epistles, the Par\u0153mnik (Church-service Old testament readings), the Stikhirar (Church-service \u201cstikhi\u201d verses), Oktoikhon (Eight Tones), several feastday services and the Divine liturgy.</p><p>During a time of crop failure the saint provided the Zyryani with bread, many a time he delivered them from being taken advantage of and from the trickery of corrupt officials, he bestowed alms upon them, and defended them from the incursion of other tribes, interceding for them at Moscow. The fruition of his efforts and good deeds came in the conversion of all the extent of the Perm\u2019 land to Christianity. This great deed was accomplished by his strength of faith and Christian love. The life of the saint\u2014was a victory of faith over unbelief, of love and meekness\u2014over malice and impiety.</p><p>There was a touching \u201cmeeting in absence\u201d of Saint Stephen of Perm\u2019 with the Monk Sergei of Radonezh, occurring in the year 1390 during the time of a journey of the saint to Moscow on church business. Saint Stephen fervently loved the Radonezh ascetic and very much wanted to pay him a visit on the way from the Perm\u2019 land, but was not able to do so because of insufficient time. Being 10 versts from the monastery of the MonkSergei, Saint Stephen in praying turned towards the direction of the monastery and with a bow he uttered: \u201cPeace unto thee, spiritual brother!\u201d The Monk Sergei, who sat together with the brethren at the refectory meal, stood up, made a prayer and, bowing towards the direction where the saint rode, answered: \u201cHail also to thee, thou pastor of the flock of Christ, and the peace of God dwell with thee!\u201d</p><p>The deep spiritual connection of Saint Stephen of Perm\u2019 and the Monk Sergei of Radonezh is testified to even at present by a particular daily prayer to them at the refectory-dining of the brethren.</p><p>Besides building churches, Saint Stephen founded for the Zyryani also several monasteries: the Saviour Ul\u2032yanovsk wilderness-monastery 165 versts from Ust\u2032-Sysol\u2019sk, the Stephanovsk\u201460 versts from Ust\u2032-Sysol\u2019sk, the Ust\u2032-Vymsk Arkhangel\u2019sk, and the Yarengsk Arkhangel\u2019sk.</p><p>In the year 1395 Saint Stephen again set out to Moscow on affairs of his flock, and here died. His body was placed in the monastery \u201cSaviour at the Wall\u201d (in a church to the north in honour of the Saviour) in the Moscow Kremlin. The Zyryani bitterly bewailed the death of their apostle. They earnestly entreated the Moscow prince and the Metropolitan to send back to Perm\u2019 the body of their patron, but Moscow did not wish to part with the remains of the great saint.</p><p>The glorification of Saint Stephen began already at the beginning of the XVCentury. The Life of the saint was written soon after his death. The service to him was compiled by the priestmonk Pakhomii the Serb, together with the priestmonk Epiphanii the Wise, who was a student of the Monk Sergei of Radonezh and also well knew Saint Stephen and loved to converse with him. </p>"}, "rank": 3, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "<p>Afire with divine desire from the years of thy youth, O all-wise Stephen, thou didst take up the burden of Christ, and, sowing the divine seed in the hearts of the people, which had from of old been hardened by unbelief, thou didst spiritual beget them evangelically; wherefore, honoring thine all-glorious memory, we beseech thee: Entreat Him Whom thou didst preach, that He save our souls.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "4"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "<p>Thou wast found to be called not for those who sought thee, O holy hierarch, but, freeing men from the falsehood of idolatry, thou didst lead them to the Christian Faith and didst put to shame the sorcerer Pamoi; wherefore, thou becamest the first bishop and teacher of Perm. For this cause, we, thy spiritual children, as ones delivered by thee from idols, cry out to thee in hymns of thanksgiving: Rejoice, O Stephen, all-wise teacher!</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "0"}}}}, "942": {"name": {"nominative": "Righteous Eulogius the Hospitable of Constantinople (6<sup>th</sup> C)", "short": "Righteous Eulogius"}}, "946": {"name": {"nominative": "Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy, Virgin Cercyra, and those with them (1<sup>st</sup> C)", "short": "Apostles Jason"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Disciple Jason hailed from Tarsus (Asia Minor). He was the first Christian in the city. The Disciple Sosipater was a native of Ach\u00e6ia. They both became disciples of the Apostle Paul, who even called them his \u201ckinsmen\u201d (Rom. 16: 21). Saint Jason was made bishop in his native city of Tarsus, and Saint Sosipater\u2014in Iconium. They set out to the West preaching the Gospel, and in the year 63 they reached the island of Kerkyra (Korfu) in the Ionian Sea near Greece.</p><p>There they built a church in the name of the First-Martyr Stephen and they baptised many. The governor of the island learned about this and locked them up in prison, where they saw seven thieves: Satornius, Iakyscholus, Faustian, Jannuarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius and Mammius. The disciples converted them to Christ. For their confession of Christ the seven prisoners died as martyrs in a cauldron of molten tar, wax and sulfur. </p><p>The prison guard, having beheld their act of martyrdom, declared himself a Christian. For this they cut off his left hand, then both feet and finally his head. The governor ordered the disciples Jason and Sosipater to be whipped and again locked up in prison. </p><p>When the daughter of the governor, the maiden Kerkyra, learned how the martyrs would suffer for Christ, she declared herself a Christian and gave away all her finery to the poor. The infuriated governor attempted to persuade his daughter into a renunciation of Christ, but Saint Kerkyra stood firm against both persuasions and against threats. Then the enraged father devised a terrible punishment for his daughter: he gave orders to situate her in a separate prison-cell and bring in to her the robber and murderer Murinus, so that he would defile the betrothed of Christ. </p><p>But when the robber approached the door of the prison-cell, a bear pounced upon him. Saint Kerkyra heard the noise and in the Name of Christ she drove off the beast, and then by her prayer she healed the wounds of Murinus. After this Saint Kerkyra enlightened him with the faith of Christ, and Saint Murinus declared himself a Christian and thereupon was executed.</p><p>The governor gave orders to burn down the prison, but the holy virgin remained alive. Then by order of her enraged father, she was suspended upon a tree, choked with bitter smoke and executed with arrows. After her death, the governor decided to execute all the Christians on the island of Kerkyra. The Martyrs Zinon, Eusebios, Neonos and Vitalius, having been enlightened by the Disciples Jason and Sosipater, were burnt.</p><p>The inhabitants of Kerkyra, escaping from the persecution, crossed over to an adjoining island. The governor set sail with a detachment of soldiers, but was swallowed up by the waves. The governor succeeding him gave orders to throw the Disciples Jason and Sosipater into a cauldron of boiling tar, but when he beheld them unharmed, with tears he cried out: \u201cO God of Jason and Sosipater, have mercy on me!\u201d</p><p>Having been set free, the disciples baptised the governor and gave him the name Sebastian. With his help the Disciples Jason and Sosipater built several churches on the island and, living there until old age, by their fervent preaching increased the flock of Christ.</p>"}, "rank": 1, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "<p>O holy apostles * entreat the merciful God ** that He grant to our souls remission of transgressions.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "3"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "<p>Ye were shown to be like all-radiant stars, illumining the whole world * with the light of your preaching, O divine Apostles Jason and Sosipater. ** Save those who honor you with faith.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "4"}}}}, "947": {"name": {"nominative": "Martyrs Dada, Maximus and Quinctilian (\u2020 286)", "short": "Martyrs Dada"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Martyrs Dadus, Maximus and Quintilian suffered under the emperor Diocletian (284-305), when there came out a decree to offer sacrifice to the pagan gods on the solemn feastdays, and to put Christians to death.</p><p>The representatives of the emperor in the city of Dorostolum,\u2014Tarquinius and Gabinius, made a sumptuous festivity, to which came not only the inhabitants of the city, but also from the surrounding villages. </p><p>When the festivity finished, someone reported to the emperor, that three brothers Dadus, Maximus and Quintilian, did not obey the decree of the emperor and withdrew themselves into the Ozovia forest. Soldiers were sent after them, who caught the holy brothers at prayer and led them forth for trial.</p><p>The governors interrogated the brothers, who confessed themselves Christians. But Tarquinius offered to Saint Maximus to become a pagan-priest of the god Zeus. But that one called Zeus a foul adulterer and again confessed the True God.</p><p>Tarquinius attempted to reason with Saints Dadus and Quintilian. They said, that their brother well knew the Holy Scripture and they would follow him in everything. They dispatched the martyrs to prison, but there also they pondered only about the salvation of their souls. At midnight when the saints were asleep, the devil appeared to them, up in arms against them. But when the martyrs woke, they beheld an Angel, which said: \u201cFear not, for God your hope bringeth you to Himself. He is not far from you and wilt sustain you.\u201d In the morning Tarquinius said to the brothers that the gods had declared their will to him in a dream: give them death if they would not offer sacrifice. The martyrs answered, that the Lord had commanded them to endure torments for His Holy Name.</p><p>The tortures and interrogations continued constantly from morning to evening for several days. Finally, they brought out a death sentence against the martyrs, led them out under guard to their forest and there beheaded them with a sword (\u2020 286).</p>"}, "rank": 1}, "949": {"name": {"nominative": "Holy Martyrs Innas, Pinnas and Rimmas the Scythians (1<sup>st</sup>-2<sup>nd</sup> C)", "short": "Holy Martyrs"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "Bulgakov Handbook. Copyright 1997 by translator Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Holy Martyrs Innas, Pinnas and Rimmas,\u2014Slavs by birth from northern Skythia,\u2014they were disciples of the holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called. They taught about the Name of Christ and they baptised many barbarians converted to the true faith. For this there were seized by the local prince, but they would not recant from Christ nor would they offer sacrifice to idols. A fierce winter then prevailed; the rivers were so solid with frost, that on the ice there travelled not only people, but also horses with carts. The prince gave orders to put large timbers on the ice and bind the saints to them, gradually lowering them into the freezing water. When the ice reached the necks of the saints they, worn out by the terrible cold, offered to the Lord their blessed souls.</p>"}}, "951": {"name": {"nominative": "Finding of the relics of Holy Hierarch Innocent, Bishop of Irkutsk (1805)", "short": "Finding of the relics"}}, "952": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Innocent of Komel and Vologda (1511-1522)", "short": "Venerable Innocent"}}, "953": {"name": {"nominative": "Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, the Enlightener of the Aleuts (\u2020 1879)", "short": "Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles"}}, "954": {"name": {"nominative": "Prophet Johad (10<sup>th</sup> C, B.C.)", "short": "Prophet Johad"}}, "955": {"name": {"nominative": "Holy Righteous Ancestors of God, Saints Joachim and Anna (1<sup>st</sup> C)", "short": "Ancestors of God"}, "rank": 2}, "959": {"name": {"nominative": "Martyr Maximus of Ephesus", "short": "Martyr Maximus"}}, "960": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable John the Silent of St Sabbas Monastery, Bishop of Colonia (\u2020 558)", "short": "Venerable John"}}, "962": {"name": {"short": "Holy Apostle", "nominative": "Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (\u2020 98-117)"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian occupies a unique place in the ranks of the chosen disciples of Christ the Saviour. Often in iconography the Apostle John is depicted as a gentle, majestic and spiritual elder, with features of innocent tenderness, with the imprint of complete calm upon his forehead and the deep look of a contemplator of unuttered revelations. Another main trait of the spiritual countenance of the Apostle John is revealed through his teaching about love, for which the title \u201cApostle of Love\u201d is pre-eminently designated to him. Actually, all his writings are permeated by love, the basic concept of which leads to the comprehension, that God in His Being is Love (<a href=\"bible=I_Jn#4:8\">1 Jn. 4: 8</a>). In his writings, Saint John dwells especially upon the manifestations of the inexpressible love of God for the world and for mankind, the love of his Divine Teacher. He constantly exhorts his disciples to mutual love one for another.</p><p>The service of Love\u2014was the entire pathway of life of the Apostle John the Theologian.</p><p>The qualities of calmness and profound contemplation were in him combined with an ardent fidelity, tender and boundless love with intensity and even a certain abruptness. From the brief indications of the Evangelists it is apparent, that he was endowed in the highest degree with an ardent nature, and his hearty passionateness sometimes reached such a stormy zealousness, that Jesus Christ was compelled to give the admonishment, that it was discordant with the spirit of the new teaching (<a href=\"bible=Mk#9:38-40\">Mk. 9: 38-40</a>;<a href=\"bible=Lk#9:49-50,54,56\"> Lk. 9: 49-50, 54,56</a>) and He called the Apostle John and his brother by birth the Apostle James \u201cSons of Thunder\u201d (\u201cBoanerges\u201d). During this while Saint John shows scant modesty, and besides his particular position among the Apostles as \u201cthe disciple whom Jesus loved\u201d, he did not stand out among the other disciples of the Saviour. The distinguishing features of his character were the observance and sensitivity to events, permeated by a keen sense of obedience to the Will of God. Impressions received from without rarely showed up in his word or actions, but they penetrated deeply and powerfully into the inner life of the holy Apostle John. Always sensitive to others, his heart ached for the perishing. The Apostle John with pious tremulation was attentive to the Divinely-inspired teaching of his Master, to the fullness of grace and truth, in pure and sublime comprehending the Glory of the Son of God. No feature of the earthly life of Christ the Saviour slipped past the penetrating gaze of the Apostle John, nor did any event occur, that did not leave a deep impression on his memory, since in him was concentrated all the fullness and wholeness of the human person. The thoughts also of the Apostle John the Theologian are imbued with suchlike an integral wholeness. The dichotomy of person did not exist for him. In accord with his precepts, where there is not full devotion, there is nothing. Having chosen the path to service to Christ, to the end of his life he fulfilled it with complete and undivided devotion. The Apostle John speaks about wholistic a devotion to Christ, about the fullness of life in Him, wherefore also sin is considered by him not as a weakness and injury of human nature, but as evil, as a negative principle, which is completely set in opposition to the good (<a href=\"bible=Jn#8:34,3:4,8-9\">Jn. 8: 34; 1 Jn. 3: 4, 8-9</a>). In his perspective, it is necessary to belong either to Christ or to the devil, it is not possible to be of a mediocre lukewarm, undecided condition (<a href=\"bible=I_Jn#2:22,4:3\">1 Jn. 2: 22, 4: 3</a>;<a href=\"bible=Apoc#3:15-16\"> Rev. 3: 15-16</a>). Therefore he served the Lord with undivided love and self-denial, having repudiated everything that appertains to the ancient enemy of mankind, the enemy of truth and the father of lies (<a href=\"bible=I_Jn#2:21-22\">1 Jn. 2: 21-22</a>). Just as strongly as he loves Christ, just as strongly he contemns the Anti-Christ; just as intensely he loves truth, with an equal intensity does he contemn falsehood,\u2014for light doth expel darkness (<a href=\"bible=Jn#8:12,12:35-36\">Jn. 8: 12; 12: 35-36</a>). By the manifestation of the inner fire of love he witnesses with the unique power of spirit about the Divinity of Jesus Christ (<a href=\"bible=Jn#1:1-18,5:1-12\">Jn. 1: 1-18; 1 Jn. 5: 1-12</a>).</p><p>To the Apostle John was given to express the last word of the Divine Revelation (that is, the final book of the Holy Scripture), ushering in the most treasured mysteries of the Divine inner life, known only to the eternal Word of God, the Only-Begotten Son.</p><p>Truth is reflected in his mind and in his words, wherein he senses and grasps it in his heart. He has comprehension of eternal Truth, and as he sees it, he transmits it to his beloved spiritual children. The Apostle John with simplicity affirms or denies and speaks always with absolute precision (<a href=\"bible=I_Jn#1:1\">1 Jn. 1: 1</a>). He hears the voice of the Lord, revealing to him what He Himself hears from the Father.</p><p>The theology of the Apostle John abolishes the borderline between the present and the future. Looking at the present time, he does not halt at it, but transports his gaze to the eternal in the past time and to the eternal in the future time. And therefore he, exhorting for holiness in life, solemnly proclaims, that \u201call, born of God, sin not\u201d (<a href=\"bible=I_Jn#5:18,3:9\">1 Jn. 5: 18; 3: 9</a>). In communion with God the true Christian partakes of life Divine, whereby the future of mankind is accomplished already on earth. In his explanation and disclosing of the teaching about the \u0152conomia of salvation, the Apostle John crosses over into the area of the eternal present, in which Heaven would coincide with earth and the earth would be enlightened with the Light of Heavenly Glory. </p><p>Thus did the Galilean fisherman, this son of Zebedee, become Theologian proclaiming through Revelation the mystery of world-existence and the fate of mankind.</p><p>The celebration on May 8<sup>th</sup> of the holy Apostle John the Theologian was established by the Church in remembrance of the annual drawing forth on this day at the place of his burial of fine rose ashes, which believers gathered for healing from various maladies. The account about the life of the holy Evangelist John the Theologian is situated under September 26<sup>th</sup>, the day of his repose.</p>"}, "rank": 5, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "O beloved apostle of Christ God, haste thou to deliver a defenseless people. He Who permitted thee to recline against His breast receiveth thee, prostrate in supplication. Him do thou beseech, O theologian, that He dispel the gloom of the nations which doth beset us, asking for us peace and great mercy.", "Type": "1", "Tone": "2"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "Who can recount thy mighty works, O virgin apostle * For thou pourest out miracles and dost cause healings to flow forth; and thou prayest for our souls, in that thou art a theologian and the friend of Christ.", "Type": "1", "Tone": "2"}}}}, "963": {"name": {"nominative": "Prophet Jeremiah (6<sup>th</sup> C BC)", "short": "Prophet Jeremiah"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Holy Prophet Jeremiah, one of the four great Old Testament prophets, was son of the priest Helkiah from the city of Anathoth near Jerusalem, and he lived 600 years before the Birth of Christ, under the Israelite king Josiah and four of his successors. He was called to prophetic service in his 15<sup>th</sup> year of life, when the Lord revealed to him, that even before his birth the Lord had assigned him to be a prophet. Jeremiah refused, pointing to his own youthfulness and lack of skill at speaking, but the Lord promised to be always with him and to watch over him. He touched the mouth of the chosen one and said: \u201cLo I do put Mine words into thy mouth, I do entrust unto thee from this day the fate of nations and kingdoms. By thine prophetic word wilt they fall and rise up\u201d (Jer. 1: 9-10). And from that time Jeremiah prophesied for twenty-three years, denouncing the Jews for abandoning the True God and worshipping idols, predicting for them w\u0153s and devastating wars. He stood by the gates of the city, and at the entrance to the Temple, everywhere where the people gathered, and he exhorted them with imprecations and often with tears. But the people answered him with mockery and abuse, and they even tried to kill him.</p><p>Depicting the slavery to the king of Babylon impending for the Jews, Jeremiah at the command of God put on his own neck at first a wooden, and then an iron yoke, and thus he went about among the people. Enraged at the dire predictions of the prophet, the Jewish elders threw the Prophet Jeremiah into an imprisoning pit, filled with horrid slimy creatures, where he all but died. Through the intercession of the God-fearing royal-official Habdemelek, the prophet was pulled out of the pit but he did not cease with the prophecies, and for this he was carted off to prison. Under the Jewish king Zedekiah his prophesy was fulfilled: Nebuchadnezzar came, made slaughter of the nation, carried off a remnant into captivity, and Jerusalem was pillaged and destroyed. Nebuchadnezzar released the prophet from prison and permitted him to live where he wanted. The prophet remained at the ruins of Jerusalem and bewailed the misfortune of his fatherland. According to tradition, the Prophet Jeremiah took the Ark of the Covenant with the LawTablets and hid it in one of the caves of Mount Nabath (Nebo), such that the Jews were no more able to find it (2 Mac. 2). Afterwards a new Ark of the Covenant was fashioned, but it lacked in the glory of the first.</p><p>Among the Jews remaining in their fatherland there soon arose internecine clashes: the viceroy of Nebuchadnezzar, Hodoliah, was murdered, and the Jews, fearing the wrath of Babylon, decided to flee into Egypt. The Prophet Jeremiah disagreed with their intention, predicting that the punishment which they feared, would befall them in Egypt. But the Jews would not hearken to the prophet, and taking him by force with them, they went into Egypt and settled in the city of Tathnis. And there the prophet lived for four years and was respected by the Egyptians, since with his prayer he killed crocodiles and other nasty creatures infesting these parts. But when he began to prophesy, that the king of Babylon would invade the land of Egypt and annihilate the Jews settled in it, the Jews then murdered the Prophet Jeremiah. In that very same year the prophesy of the saint was fulfilled. There exists a tradition, that 250 years later Alexander the Great of Macedonia transported the relics of the holy Prophet Jeremiah to Alexandria.</p><p>The Prophet Jeremiah wrote his Book of \u201cProphesies\u201d (\u201cJeremiah\u201d), and also the Book of \u201cLamentations,\u201d\u2014about the Desolation of Jerusalem and the Exile. The times in which he lived and prophesied are spoken of in the 4<sup>th</sup> (2<sup>nd</sup>) Book of Kings (Ch. 23-25) and in the 2<sup>nd</sup> Book of Chronicles (36: 12) and in 2 Maccabbees (Ch. 2). </p><p>In the Gospel of Matthew it points out, that the betrayal of Judas was foretold by the Prophet Jeremiah: \u201cAnd they took thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him on Whom the sons of Israel had set a price, and they gave them over for the potter\u2019s field, as did say the Lord unto me\u201d (Mt. 27: 9-10).</p>"}, "rank": 1, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "<p>Celebrating the memory * of Thy prophet Jeremiah O Lord, ** through him do we entreat Thee, save Thou our souls.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "2"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "<p>Having cleansed thy radiant heart with the Spirit, * O glorious Jeremiah, great prophet and martyr, * thou didst receive from on high the gift of prophecy * and didst cry aloud among the lands: \"Behold our God! ** There is none other to compare with Him, Who hath appeared, incarnate, on the earth!\"</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "3"}}}}, "964": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Paphnutius the Abbot of Borovsk (\u2020 1477)", "short": "Venerable Paphnutius"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Monk Paphnutius of Borovsk was born in 1394 in the village of Kudinovo, not far from Borovsk, and at Baptism he was named Parphenii. His father Ioann was the son of a baptised Tatar, a \u201cbaskak\u201d (\u201ctax-collector\u201d) named Martin, and his mother was named Photinia. At 20 years of age Parphenii left his parental home and in the year 1414 accepted monastic tonsure with the name Paphnutii at the Pokrov-Protection Monastery on the Heights, under its head, Markell (i.e. Marcellus). The Monk Paphnutii asceticised for many years at the monastery. When the head of the monastery died, the brethren chose him as hegumen. Saint Photii, Metropolitan of Kiev, ordained him to the priestly dignity (in about the year 1426). The monk spent thirty years at the Pokrov monastery, wherein he was both the head and the clergy-starets (elder). At 51 years of age he fell grievously ill, gave up being the hegumen and took on the great-schema. After a restoration to health on the day of the holy Great Martyr George the Victory-Bearer, 23 April 1444, he withdrew from the monastery and settled with one monk on the left bank of the River Protva, at the confluence into it of the River Ister\u2032ma. Soon brethren began to gather to him at this new place. The number of the monks grew quickly. A new stone church was built in place of the former wooden one, in honour of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God. In the icon-fresc\u0153s there took part the finest iconographer of those times,\u2014Dionysii and his assistants. The Monk Paphnutii gave example to the brethren, leading a strict life: his cell was the poorest of all, and from food he took the worst. On Mondays and Fridays he did not eat at all, and on Wednesdays he partook only of dry foods. From the overall tasks the monk chose the most difficult: he chopped and carried fire-wood, dug up and cultivated the garden, and at the same time arrived first for church services.</p><p>The Monk Paphnutii earned the deep respect and love not only of the brethren of his own monastery, but also of other monasteries. Through the Providence of God there was guided to the monastery to the monk a twenty year old youth,\u2014Ioann Sanin. Having put him to the test, the monk tonsured him into monasticism with the name Joseph. Later on the Monk Joseph of Volotsk firmly defended the purity of the Orthodox faith and entered into struggle against the heresy of the Judaisers, condemned at a Council of 1504. The Monk Paphnutii blessed the young man in his exploits.</p><p>A week before his death the monk foretold his end. Having made a final prayer and blessing of the brethren, he expired to God on 1 May 1477. The Monk Paphnutii was a follower of the Monk Sergei, Hegumen of Radonezh.</p>"}, "rank": 3, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "<p>need English translation</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "4"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "<p>Needs English translation</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "0"}}}}, "967": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Martyr Bata the Persian (4<sup>th</sup> C)", "short": "Venerable Martyr"}}, "969": {"name": {"nominative": "Icons of the Theotokos: \u201cByzantine\u201d, \u201cthe Unexpected Joy\u201d, \u201cMyrrh-bearing\u201d (1647), and \u201cAndronikite\u201d (14<sup>th</sup> C)", "short": "Icons of"}}, "971": {"name": {"nominative": "Holy Martyrs Hesperus, his Wife Zoe, and their Children Cyriacus and Theodulus (2<sup>nd</sup> C)", "short": "Holy Martyrs"}}, "978": {"name": {"nominative": "Icons of the Mother of God of \u201cPutivilsk\u201d and \u201cButivalsl\u201d (1635)", "short": "Icons"}}, "979": {"name": {"nominative": "Martyr John of Kazan (\u2020 1529)", "short": "Martyr John"}, "services": {"0": {}, "1": {"LITURGY/0": {"text": ""}}, "2": {"LITURGY/0": {"text": ""}}}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "Bulgakov Handbook. Copyright 1997 by translator Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Martyr John of Kazan suffered for Christ in the city of Kazan on 24 January 1529. During the reign of greatprince Vasilii Ivanovich the Tatars swooped down upon Nizhni Novgorod. Many of the inhabitants were taken into captivity and led off to Kazan. Among their number was also the fearless John. At the dividing up of the captives he was given over to the khan\u2019s kinsman Alei-Shnura. By day John honestly served his master, but at nights he prayed, going without sleep, patiently enduring insults and abuse. The master resolved to force his involuntary captive to worship Mahomet, but John firmly declared, that he confessed Jesus Christ as the Lord God. In winter the Tatars led him to a Russian graveyard, mortally wounded him with swords and threw him still tied up into the snow. Stumbling in the night, Saint John reached the door of some Russians living in Kazan, where he asked them to summon a priest, and having communed the Holy Mysteries and praying the night, in the morning he died.</p>"}}, "980": {"name": {"nominative": "Martyrs Timothy and Maura of Antinoe in Egypt (\u2020 c. 286)", "short": "Martyrs Timothy"}, "rank": 1}, "982": {"name": {"nominative": "St. Peter the Wonderworker and Bishop of Argolis (10<sup>th</sup> C)", "short": "St. Peter"}}, "983": {"name": {"nominative": "Icons of the Mother of God: The Dormition of the Kiev Caves, transferred from Constantinople (1073), of Kiev Caves (with Sts. Anthony and Theodosius) (1085), and of Sven (1288)", "short": "Icons of"}}, "985": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable John the Calybite (Hut-Dweller) (5<sup>th</sup> C)", "short": "Venerable John"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "Bulgakov Handbook. Copyright 1997 by translator Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>Venerable John the Hut-Dweller was the son of rich and illustrious parents living in Constantinople during the V Century, and he received a fine education. He loved to read spiritual books, and having perceived the vanity of secular life, he preferred \u201crather than the broad path one that was narrow and infirm and extremely rigorous.\u201d Having persuaded his parents to give him a Gospel, he set out secretly to Bithynia. At the monastery \u201cUnceasing Vigilance\u201d he received monastic tonsure. The young monk began to asceticise with zeal, astonishing his brethren with unceasing prayer, humble obedience, strict abstinence and perseverance at work.</p><p>After six years he began to undergo temptations: thoughts about his parents, about their love and fondness, about their sorrow\u2014all this began to overtake the young ascetic.</p><p>Saint John disclosed his situation to the hegumen and he asked to be released from the monastery, and he besought the brethren not to forget him in their prayers, hoping that by their prayers he would with the help of God, both see his parents and overcome the snares of the devil. The hegumen gave him his blessing.</p><p>Saint John returned to Constantinople in the clothes of a beggar, and known to no one. He settled at the gates of his parental home. The parents sent him food from their table, for the sake of Christ. For three years, oppressed and insulted, he lived in a tent (hut), enduring cold and frost, unceasingly conversing with the Lord and the holy Angels. Always with him was the Gospel, given him by his parents, and from which he unceasingly gathered out sayings of life eternal. Before his death the Lord appeared in a vision to the monk, revealing that the end of his sorrows was approaching and that after three days he would be taken up into the Heavenly Kingdom.</p><p>Only then did the saint show his parents the Gospel, which they had given him shortly before he had left his parental home. The parents recognised their son. With tears of joy they hugged him simultaneously with tears of sorrow, in that he had endured privation for so long at the very gates of his parental home. Saint John gave final instructions to his parents to bury him on the spot where stood his tent, and to put in the grave the beggar\u2019s rags that he wore during life. </p><p>The saint died in the mid V Century, when he was not yet 25 years of age. On the place of his burial the parents built a church to God and alongside it an house of hospitality for strangers. In the XII Century the head of the saint was taken by Crusaders to Besacon (in France), and the other relics of the saint were taken to Rome.</p>"}, "rank": 1, "services": {"LITURGY": {"KONTAKION/1": {"text": "<p>Loving the riches which cannot be stolen, O all-wise John, * thou didst hate the riches of thy parents/and, holding the Gospel in thy hands, ** thou didst follow after Christ God, praying unceasingly for us all.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "2"}}}}, "986": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable John Climacus of Sinai, Author of \u201cthe Ladder\u201d (\u2020 649)", "short": "Venerable John"}, "rank": 1}, "989": {"name": {"nominative": "Blessed John of Moscow, Fool-for-Christ (\u2020 1589)", "short": "Blessed John"}}, "990": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable brothers Alfanov: Nikita, Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, and Isaac, of Novgorod (14<sup>th</sup>-15<sup>th</sup> C)", "short": "Venerable brothers"}}, "991": {"name": {"nominative": "Hieromartyr Erasmus the Bishop of Formia in Campania (\u2020 303)", "short": "Hieromartyr Erasmus"}}, "992": {"name": {"nominative": "Hieromartyr Albian the Bishop of An\u00e6a in Asia Minor (\u2020 304)", "short": "Hieromartyr Albian"}}, "995": {"name": {"nominative": "Icon of the Mother of God of Staraya Rusa (1570)", "short": "Icon of"}}, "9001": {"name": {"nominative": "PASCHA. The Bright and Glorious Resurrection of our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ", "short": "Pascha"}}, "9002": {"name": {"nominative": "Bright Monday", "short": "Monday"}}, "9003": {"name": {"nominative": "Bright Tuesday", "short": "Tuesday"}}, "9004": {"name": {"nominative": "Bright Wednesday", "short": "Bright Wednesday"}}, "9005": {"name": {"nominative": "Bright Thursday", "short": "Bright Thursday"}}, "9006": {"name": {"nominative": "Bright Friday", "short": "Friday"}}, "9007": {"name": {"nominative": "Bright Saturday", "short": "Bright Saturday"}}, "9008": {"name": {"nominative": "2<sup>nd</sup> Sunday after Pascha. Thomas Sunday, or Antipascha", "short": "Sunday"}}, "9009": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Monday"}}, "9010": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pascha. Radonitsa (Day of Rejoycing)", "short": "Tuesday"}}, "9011": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Wednesday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9012": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Thursday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9013": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Friday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9014": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Saturday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9015": {"name": {"nominative": "3<sup>rd</sup> Sunday after Pascha. Sunday of the Myrrhbearing Women, St Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus", "short": "Sunday"}}, "9016": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Monday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9017": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Tuesday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9018": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Wednesday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9019": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Thursday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9020": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Friday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9021": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Saturday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9022": {"name": {"nominative": "4<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pascha. Sunday of the Paralytic", "short": "4<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pascha. Sunday of the Paralytic"}}, "9023": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Monday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9024": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Tuesday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9025": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Mid-Pentecost", "short": "Mid-Pentecost"}}, "9026": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Thursday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9027": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Friday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9028": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Saturday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9029": {"name": {"nominative": "5<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pascha. Sunday of the Samaritan Woman", "short": "5<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pascha. Sunday of the Samaritan Woman"}}, "9030": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Monday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9031": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Tuesday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9032": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Apodosis of Mid-Pentecost", "short": "Apodosis of Mid-Pentecost"}}, "9033": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Thursday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9034": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Friday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9035": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Saturday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9036": {"name": {"nominative": "6<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pascha. Sunday of the Blind Man", "short": "6<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pascha. Sunday of the Blind Man"}}, "9037": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Monday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9038": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha", "short": "Tuesday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha"}}, "9039": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Apodosis of Pascha", "short": "Apodosis of Pascha"}}, "9040": {"name": {"nominative": "Ascension of our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ", "short": "Ascension of our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ"}}, "9041": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Afterfeast of the Ascension", "short": "Friday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Afterfeast of the Ascension"}}, "9042": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Afterfeast of the Ascension", "short": "Saturday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Afterfeast of the Ascension"}}, "9043": {"name": {"nominative": "7<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pascha. Commemoration of the 318 Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council (325)", "short": "7<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pascha. Commemoration of the 318 Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council (325)"}}, "9044": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Afterfeast of the Ascension", "short": "Monday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Afterfeast of the Ascension"}}, "9045": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Afterfeast of the Ascension", "short": "Tuesday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Afterfeast of the Ascension"}}, "9046": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Afterfeast of the Ascension", "short": "Wednesday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Afterfeast of the Ascension"}}, "9047": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Afterfeast of the Ascension", "short": "Thursday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Afterfeast of the Ascension"}}, "9048": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pascha. Apodosis of the Ascension", "short": "Apodosis of the Ascension"}}, "9049": {"name": {"nominative": "Trinity Saturday", "short": "Trinity Saturday"}}, "9050": {"name": {"nominative": "Pentecost. Sunday of the Holy Trinity. Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles", "short": "Pentecost"}}, "9051": {"name": {"nominative": "Day of the Holy Spirit", "short": "Day of the Holy Spirit"}}, "9052": {"name": {"nominative": "Pentecost Tuesday", "short": "Pentecost Tuesday"}}, "9053": {"name": {"nominative": "Pentecost Wednesday", "short": "Pentecost Wednesday"}}, "9054": {"name": {"nominative": "Pentecost Thursday", "short": "Pentecost Thursday"}}, "9055": {"name": {"nominative": "Pentecost Friday", "short": "Pentecost Friday"}}, "9056": {"name": {"nominative": "Pentecost Saturday. Apodosis of Pentecost", "short": "Pentecost Saturday. Apodosis of Pentecost"}}, "9057": {"name": {"nominative": "1<sup>st</sup> Sunday after Pentecost. Feast of All Saints", "short": "1<sup>st</sup> Sunday after Pentecost. Feast of All Saints"}}, "9058": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost. Beginning of the Apostles\u201d Fast", "short": "Monday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost. Beginning of the Apostles\u201d Fast"}}, "9059": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9060": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9061": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9062": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9063": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost. Venerable and God-bearing fathers, who have shown forth on the Holy Mountain of Athos (from the 2<sup>nd</sup> Sunday)", "short": "Saturday of the 2<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost."}}, "9064": {"name": {"nominative": "2<sup>nd</sup> Sunday after Pentecost. All Saints who have shown forth in the land of Russia", "short": "2<sup>nd</sup> Sunday after Pentecost. All Saints who have shown forth in the land of Russia"}}, "9065": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9066": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9067": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9068": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9069": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9070": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 3<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9071": {"name": {"nominative": "3<sup>rd</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "3<sup>rd</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9072": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday"}}, "9073": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday"}}, "9074": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9075": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9076": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9077": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 4<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9078": {"name": {"nominative": "4<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "4<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9079": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9080": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9081": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9082": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9083": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9084": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 5<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9085": {"name": {"nominative": "5<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "5<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9086": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9087": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9088": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9089": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9090": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9091": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 6<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9092": {"name": {"nominative": "6<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "6<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9093": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9094": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9095": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9096": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9097": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9098": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 7<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9099": {"name": {"nominative": "7<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "7<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9100": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 8<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 8<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9101": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 8<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 8<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9102": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 8<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 8<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9103": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 8<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 8<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9104": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 8<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 8<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9105": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 8<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 8<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9106": {"name": {"nominative": "8<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "8<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9107": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 9<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 9<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9108": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 9<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 9<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9109": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 9<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 9<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9110": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 9<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 9<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9111": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 9<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 9<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9112": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 9<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 9<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9113": {"name": {"nominative": "9<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "9<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9114": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 10<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 10<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9115": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 10<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 10<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9116": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 10<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 10<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9117": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 10<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 10<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9118": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 10<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 10<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9119": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 10<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 10<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9120": {"name": {"nominative": "10<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "10<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9121": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 11th week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 11th week after Pentecost"}}, "9122": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 11th week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 11th week after Pentecost"}}, "9123": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 11th week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 11th week after Pentecost"}}, "9124": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 11th week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 11th week after Pentecost"}}, "9125": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 11th week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 11th week after Pentecost"}}, "9126": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 11th week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 11th week after Pentecost"}}, "9127": {"name": {"nominative": "11th Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "11th Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9128": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 12th week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 12th week after Pentecost"}}, "9129": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 12th week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 12th week after Pentecost"}}, "9130": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 12th week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 12th week after Pentecost"}}, "9131": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 12th week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 12th week after Pentecost"}}, "9132": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 12th week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 12th week after Pentecost"}}, "9133": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 12th week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 12th week after Pentecost"}}, "9134": {"name": {"nominative": "12th Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "12th Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9135": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 13th week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 13th week after Pentecost"}}, "9136": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 13th week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 13th week after Pentecost"}}, "9137": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 13th week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 13th week after Pentecost"}}, "9138": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 13th week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 13th week after Pentecost"}}, "9139": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 13th week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 13th week after Pentecost"}}, "9140": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 13th week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 13th week after Pentecost"}}, "9141": {"name": {"nominative": "13th Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "13th Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9142": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 14<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 14<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9143": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 14<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 14<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9144": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 14<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 14<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9145": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 14<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 14<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9146": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 14<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 14<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9147": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 14<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 14<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9148": {"name": {"nominative": "14<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "14<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9149": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 15<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 15<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9150": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 15<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 15<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9151": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 15<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 15<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9152": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 15<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 15<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9153": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 15<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 15<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9154": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 15<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 15<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9155": {"name": {"nominative": "15<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "15<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9156": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 16<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 16<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9157": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 16<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 16<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9158": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 16<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 16<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9159": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 16<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 16<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9160": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 16<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 16<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9161": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 16<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 16<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9162": {"name": {"nominative": "16<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "16<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9163": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 17<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 17<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9164": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 17<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 17<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9165": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 17<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 17<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9166": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 17<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 17<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9167": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 17<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 17<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9168": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 17<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 17<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9169": {"name": {"nominative": "17<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "17<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9170": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 18<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 18<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9171": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 18<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 18<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9172": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 18<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 18<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9173": {"name": {"nominative": "Thurday of the 18<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thurday of the 18<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9174": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 18<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 18<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9175": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 18<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 18<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9176": {"name": {"nominative": "18<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "18<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9177": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 19<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 19<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9178": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 19<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 19<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9179": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 19<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 19<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9180": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 19<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 19<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9181": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 19<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 19<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9182": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 19<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 19<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9183": {"name": {"nominative": "19<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "19<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9184": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 20<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 20<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9185": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 20<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 20<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9186": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 20<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 20<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9187": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 20<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 20<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9188": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 20<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 20<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9189": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 20<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 20<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9190": {"name": {"nominative": "20<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "20<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9191": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 21<sup>st</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 21<sup>st</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9192": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 21<sup>st</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 21<sup>st</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9193": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 21<sup>st</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 21<sup>st</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9194": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 21<sup>st</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 21<sup>st</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9195": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 21<sup>st</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 21<sup>st</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9196": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 21<sup>st</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 21<sup>st</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9197": {"name": {"nominative": "21<sup>st</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "21<sup>st</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9198": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 22<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 22<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9199": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 22<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 22<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9200": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 22<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 22<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9201": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 22<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 22<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9202": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 22<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 22<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9203": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 22<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 22<sup>nd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9204": {"name": {"nominative": "22<sup>nd</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "22<sup>nd</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9205": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 23<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 23<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9206": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 23<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 23<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9207": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 23<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 23<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9208": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 23<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 23<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9209": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 23<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 23<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9210": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 23<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 23<sup>rd</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9211": {"name": {"nominative": "23<sup>rd</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "23<sup>rd</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9212": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 24<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 24<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9213": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 24<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 24<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9214": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 24<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 24<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9215": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 24<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 24<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9216": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 24<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 24<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9217": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 24<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 24<sup>th</sup> week after Pentecost"}}, "9218": {"name": {"nominative": "24<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "24<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9219": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 25<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 25<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9220": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 25<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 25<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9221": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 25<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 25<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9222": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 25<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 25<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9223": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 25<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 25<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9224": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 25<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 25<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9225": {"name": {"nominative": "25<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "25<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9226": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 26<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 26<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9227": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 26<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 26<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9228": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 26<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 26<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9229": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 26<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 26<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9230": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 26<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 26<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9231": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 26<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 26<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9232": {"name": {"nominative": "26<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "26<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9233": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 27<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 27<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9234": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 27<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 27<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9235": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 27<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 27<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9236": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 27<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 27<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9237": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 27<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 27<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9238": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 27<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 27<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9239": {"name": {"nominative": "27<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "27<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9240": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 28<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 28<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9241": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 28<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 28<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9242": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 28<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 28<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9243": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 28<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 28<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9244": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 28<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 28<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9245": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 28<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 28<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9246": {"name": {"nominative": "28<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "28<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9247": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 29<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 29<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9248": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 29<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 29<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9249": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 29<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 29<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9250": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 29<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 29<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9251": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 29<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 29<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9252": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 29<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 29<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9253": {"name": {"nominative": "29<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "29<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9254": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 30<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 30<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9255": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 30<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 30<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9256": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 30<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 30<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9257": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 30<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 30<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9258": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 30<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 30<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9259": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 30<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 30<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9260": {"name": {"nominative": "30<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "30<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9261": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 31<sup>st</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 31<sup>st</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9262": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 31<sup>st</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 31<sup>st</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9263": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 31<sup>st</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 31<sup>st</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9264": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 31<sup>st</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 31<sup>st</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9265": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 31<sup>st</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 31<sup>st</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9266": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 31<sup>st</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 31<sup>st</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9267": {"name": {"nominative": "31<sup>st</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "31<sup>st</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9268": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 32<sup>nd</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 32<sup>nd</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9269": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 32<sup>nd</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 32<sup>nd</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9270": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 32<sup>nd</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 32<sup>nd</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9271": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 32<sup>nd</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 32<sup>nd</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9272": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 32<sup>nd</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 32<sup>nd</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9273": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 32<sup>nd</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 32<sup>nd</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9274": {"name": {"nominative": "Zacch\u00e6us\u2019s Sunday, 32<sup>nd</sup> Sunday after\n<p>Pentecost", "short": "Zacch\u00e6us", "cmd": "nday == -77"}}, "9275": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 33<sup>rd</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 33<sup>rd</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9276": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 33<sup>rd</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 33<sup>rd</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9277": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 33<sup>rd</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 33<sup>rd</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9278": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 33<sup>rd</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 33<sup>rd</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9279": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 33<sup>rd</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 33<sup>rd</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9280": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 33<sup>rd</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 33<sup>rd</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9281": {"name": {"nominative": "33<sup>rd</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "33<sup>rd</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9282": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 34<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 34<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9283": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 34<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 34<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9284": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 34<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday"}}, "9285": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 34<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9286": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 34<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday"}}, "9287": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 34<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday"}}, "9288": {"name": {"nominative": "34<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "34<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9289": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 35<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 35<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9290": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 35<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 35<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9291": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 35<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 35<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9292": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 35<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 35<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9293": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 35<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 35<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9294": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 35<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 35<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9295": {"name": {"nominative": "35<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "35<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9296": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 36<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 36<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9297": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 36<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 36<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9298": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 36<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 36<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9299": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 36<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 36<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9300": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 36<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 36<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9301": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 36<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 36<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9302": {"name": {"nominative": "36<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost", "short": "36<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost"}}, "9303": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 37<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 37<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9304": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 37<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 37<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9305": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 37<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 37<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9306": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 37<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 37<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9307": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 37<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 37<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9308": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 37<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 37<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9309": {"name": {"nominative": "37<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost (Zacch\u00e6us Sunday)", "short": "37<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pentecost (Zacch\u00e6us Sunday)"}}, "9310": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the 38<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Monday of the 38<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9311": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the 38<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Tuesday of the 38<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9312": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the 38<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Wednesday of the 38<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9313": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the 38<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Thursday of the 38<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9314": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the 38<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Friday of the 38<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9315": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the 38<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost", "short": "Saturday of the 38<sup>th</sup> Week after Pentecost"}}, "9479": {"name": {"nominative": "Remembrance of the Miracle of Saint Euphemia the All-Praiseworthy"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "The holy Great Martyress Euphemia (the account about her is located under 16 September) suffered martyrdom in the city of Chalcedon in the year 304, during the time of the persecution against Christians by the emperor Diocletian (284-305). One and an half centuries later,\u2014at a time when the Christian Church had become victorious within the Roman empire, God deigned that Euphemia the All-Praiseworthy should again be an especial witness and confessor of the purity of the Orthodox teaching. </p><p>In the year 451 in the city of Chalcedon, in the very church wherein rested the glorified relics of the holy Great Martyress Euphemia\u2014there took place the sessions of the Fourth \u0152cumenical Council (the account about it is under 16 July). The Council was convened for determining the precise dogmatic formul\u00e6 of the Orthodox Church concerning the nature-composition of the God-Man Jesus Christ. This had been necessitated because of the widely-dispersed heresy of the Monophysites [\u201cmono-phusis\u201d meaning \u201cone nature\u201d], who opposed the Orthodox teaching about the two natures in Jesus Christ\u2014the Divine and the Human natures [but in one Divine Person as Son of God within the Holy Trinity of three Divine Persons]. The Monophysites falsely affirmed that within Christ was only one nature\u2014the Divine [<i>i.e.</i> that Jesus is God but not man, bynature], causing discord and unrest within the Church. At the Council were present 630 representatives from all the Local Christian Churches. On the side of the Orthodox in the conciliar deliberations there participated Saint Anatolios, Patriarch of Constantinople (Comm. 3 July), Saint Juvenalios, Patriarch of Jerusalem (Comm. 2 July), and representatives of Saint Leo, Pope of Rome (Comm. 18 February). The Monophysites were present in large numbers, headed by Dioscoros, the Alexandrian patriarch, and the Constantinople archimandrite Eutykhios. </p><p>After prolonged discussions the two sides could not come to a decisive agreement.</p><p>The holy Patriarch of Constantinople Anatolios thereupon proposed that the Council submit the decision of the Church dispute to the Holy Spirit, through His undoubted bearer Saint Euphemia the All-Praiseworthy, whose wonderworking relics had been discovered during the Council\u2019s discussions. The Orthodox hierarchs and their opponents wrote down their confessions of faith on separate scrolls and sealed them with their seals. They opened the tomb of the holy Great Martyress Euphemia and placed both scrolls upon her bosom. Then, in the presence of the emperor Marcian (450-457), the participants of the Council sealed the tomb, putting on it the imperial seal and setting a guard to watch over it for three days. During these days both sides imposed upon themselves strict fast and made intense prayer. After three days the patriarch and the emperor in the presence of the Council opened the tomb with its relics: the scroll with the Orthodox confession was held by Saint Euphemia in her right hand, and the scroll of the heretics lay at her feet. Saint Euphemia, as though alive, raised her hand and gave the scroll to the patriarch. After this miracle many of the hesitant accepted the Orthodox confession, while those remaining obstinant in the heresy were consigned to the Council\u2019s condemnation and excommunication.</p><p>After an invasion by the Persians during the VII Century, the relics of Saint Euphemia were transferred from Chalcedon to Constantinople, into a newly built church dedicated in her name. Many years later, during the period of the Iconoclast heresy, the reliquary with the relics of the saint was cast into the sea\u2014by order of the Iconoclast emperor Leo the Isaurian (716-741). The reliquary was rescued from the sea by the ship-owning brothers Sergios and Sergonos, who gave it over to the local bishop. The holy bishop ordered that the relics be preserved in secret, beneath a crypt, since the Iconoclast heresy was continuing to rage. A small church was built over the relics, and over the reliquary was put a board with an inscription stating whose relics rested therein. When the Iconoclast heresy was finally condemned at the holy Seventh \u0152cumenical Council (in the year 787),\u2014during the time of Saint Tarasios, Patriarch of Constantinople (784-806) and the emperor Constantine VI (780-797) and his mother Saint Irene (797-802),\u2014the relics of the holy Great Martyress Euphemia were once again solemnly transferred to Constantinople."}, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "Thy ewe-lamb Euphemia crieth out to Thee with a loud voice, O Jesus: * \"I love Thee, O my Bridegroom, * and, seeking Thee, I pass through many struggles: * I am crucified and buried with Thee in Thy baptism, * and suffer for Thy sake, that I may reign with Thee; * I die for Thee that I might live with Thee. * As an unblemished sacrifice accept me, * who sacrifice myself with love for Thee ** By her supplications save Thou our souls, in that Thou art merciful.", "Tone": "4", "Type": "1"}, "TROPARION/2": {"text": "</p><p>Needs English translation\n</p><p>", "Tone": "4", "Type": "2"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "Feats in thy contest and struggles in the Faith * didst thou fervently set for thyself for thy Bridegroom; * and now through the Theotokos * pray that the audacity of the f\u0153 and heresies * be subdued beneath the feet of Orthodox hierarchs, ** O all-praised one who accepted and preserved the definition of the six hundred and thirty God-bearing fathers.", "Tone": "6", "Podoben": "1", "Type": "1"}}}}, "9801": {"name": {"nominative": "Great Saturday", "short": "Great Saturday"}}, "9802": {"name": {"nominative": "Great Friday. Remembrance of the Holy and Salvific Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ", "short": "Great Friday. Remembrance of the Holy and Salvific Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ"}, "services": {"TROPARION": {"0/1": {"text": "When you were crucified, O Christ, the tyranny of the enemy was destroyed, his power trampled underfoot; for it was not an Angel, not a human, but you, the Lord himself, who saved us. Glory to you!", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 1", "Tone": "1", "Type": "1"}, "1/2": {"text": "Lord, the Jews condemned you, the life of all, to death; those who by a staff crossed the Red Sea on foot nailed you to a cross, and those who sucked honey from a rock offered you gall. But you endured willingly, that you might free us from the slavery of the f\u0153. Christ God, glory to you!", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 6", "Tone": "6", "Type": "2"}, "2/3": {"text": "You have worked salvation in the midst of the earth, Christ our God. You stretched out your most pure hands on the Cross, gathering together all the nations, as they cry: Lord, glory to you!", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 2", "Tone": "2", "Type": "3"}, "3/4": {"text": "The Thief, seeing the Prince of life hanging on the Cross, said: If he who is crucified with us was not God incarnate, the sun would not have hidden its rays, nor would the shaken earth be quaking. But you who bear all things, remember me, Lord, in your kingdom.", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 8", "Tone": "0", "Type": "4"}}, "KONTAKION": {}, "ROYALHOURS": {"IDIOMEL/11": {"text": "Today the veil of the Temple is rent, as a reproof against the transgressors; and the sun hides its own rays, as it sees the Master crucified.", "Type": "11", "Tone": "0", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 8, The Work of Sophronios, the Patriarch of Jerusalem", "Author": "Sophronios, the Patriarch of Jerusalem"}, "IDIOMEL/12": {"text": "You were led like a sheep to the slaughter, Christ King, and as an innocent lamb you were nailed to the Cross by lawless men for our sins, O Lover of mankind.", "Type": "12", "Tone": "3", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 3"}, "IDIOMEL/13": {"text": "Allowing the lawless to arrest you, Lord, you cried out, \u2018Though you strike the shepherd and scatter the twelve sheep, my disciples, I could call to my side more than twelve legions of Angels; but I forbear, that the hidden and secret things, which I revealed to you through my Prophets, may be fulfilled.\u2019 Lord, glory to you!", "Type": "13", "Tone": "0", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 8", "Author": ""}, "IDIOMEL/31": {"text": "Through fear of the Jews Peter, your friend and neighbour, denied you, Lord; and in bitter grief he cried out: Do not pass by my tears in silence, compassionate Master; for I said I would keep faith, but have not kept it. Accept our repentance too, and have mercy on us.", "Type": "31", "Tone": "0", "Header": "\u0422ropar, Tone 8", "Author": ""}, "IDIOMEL/32": {"text": "Before your precious Cross as the soldiers mocked you, Lord, the spiritual hosts were struck with amazement. For you were wreathed with a crown of outrage, you who painted the earth with flowers; and you wore a cloak of mockery, you who wrap the firmament in clouds; by such a dispensation was your compassion made known, O Christ, and your great mercy. Glory to you!", "Type": "32", "Tone": "0", "Header": "Troparion, Tone 8"}, "IDIOMEL/33": {"text": "As you were dragged to the Cross, Lord, you cried out thus: For what work do you wish to crucify me, O Jews? Because I braced the paralytic? Because I raised the dead from sleep? I healed the woman with an issue of blood, I took pity on the woman of Canaan. For what work do you wish to slay me, O Jews? But, transgressors, you will see Christ whom now you pierce.", "Type": "33", "Tone": "3", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 3", "Author": ""}, "IDIOMEL/61": {"text": "Thus says the Lord to the Jews, \u2018My people, what have I done to you? Or in what have I wearied you? I gave light to your blind, I cleansed your lepers, I set upright a man lying on a bed. My people, what have I done to you, and how have you repaid me? Instead of the manna gall; instead of the water vinegar; instead of loving me, you have nailed me to a cross. I can endure no longer; I will call my nations, and they will glorify me, with the Father and the Spirit; and I shall grant them eternal life", "Type": "61", "Tone": "0", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 8", "Author": ""}, "IDIOMEL/62": {"text": "Lawgivers of Israel, Jews and Pharisees, the choir of the Apostles cries out to you, \u2018See a Temple, which you have destroyed! See a Lamb, whom you have crucified! You handed him over to a tomb, but by his own authority he has risen. Do not be deceived, O Jews, for it is he who saved you in the sea, and fed you in the desert; he is the life and the light and the peace of the world.", "Type": "62", "Tone": "6", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 6"}, "IDIOMEL/63": {"text": "Come, Christ-bearing peoples, let us see what Judas the betrayer has plotted with the lawless priests against our Saviour. Today they have found the immortal Word guilty of death, and having betrayed him to Pilate, crucified him on the place of the Skull. And as he suffered all this our Saviour cried out and said, \"Forgive them this sin, Father, that the nations may know my Resurrection from the dead.\"", "Type": "63", "Tone": "5", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 5", "Author": ""}, "IDIOMEL/91": {"text": "A strange wonder it was to see the Maker of heaven and earth hanging on a cross; the sun darkened, the day changed again into night and the earth giving back the bodies of the dead from their tombs; with them we worship you. Save us.", "Type": "91", "Tone": "7", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 7", "Author": ""}, "IDIOMEL/92": {"text": "When the transgressors saw you, the Lord of glory, nailed to the Cross, you cried out to them, \"How have I grieved you? In what have I angered you? Before me, who delivered you from affliction? And now how do your repay me? With evils for blessings: instead of a pillar of fire, you have nailed me to a cross; instead of a cloud, you have dug me a tomb; instead of the manna, you have offered me gall; instead of water, you have given me vinegar to drink. From now on I shall call the nations, and they will glorify me with the Father and the holy Spirit.\"", "Type": "92", "Tone": "2", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 2"}, "IDIOMEL/93.1": {"text": "To-day he is hung upon a tree, he who hung the earth upon the waters", "Type": "93.1", "Tone": "5", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 5", "Author": ""}, "IDIOMEL/93.2": {"text": "He is arrayed in a crown of thorns, he who is the King of the Angels. He is wrapped in mocking purple, he who wraps the heaven in clouds. He receives a blow on the face, he who freed Adam in Jordan. He is transfixed with nails, the Bridegroom of the Church. He is pierced by a lance, the Son of the Virgin.", "Type": "93.2", "Tone": "6", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 6", "Author": ""}, "IDIOMEL/93.3": {"text": "We worship your Sufferings, O Christ", "Type": "93.3", "Tone": "6", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 6", "Author": ""}, "IDIOMEL/93.4": {"text": "Show us also your glorious Resurrection.", "Type": "93.4", "Tone": "6", "Header": "Tropar, Tone 6", "Author": ""}, "VERSE/1": {"text": "Why were the nations insolent and why did the peoples meditate vain things?", "Type": "1"}, "VERSE/2": {"text": "The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were assembled together against the Lord and against his Christ.", "Type": "2"}, "VERSE/1P": {"text": "Blessed is one who considers the poor and needy; the Lord will deliver in an evil day.", "Type": "1P"}, "VERSE/31": {"text": "Give ear to my words, O Lord; understand my cry.", "Type": "31"}, "VERSE/32": {"text": "Attend to the voice of my prayer, my King and my God.", "Type": "32"}, "VERSE/3P": {"text": "<p>O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; nor chasten me in your wrath.</p>", "Type": "3P"}, "VERSE/61": {"text": "They gave me gall for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.", "Type": "61"}, "VERSE/62": {"text": "Save me, O God; for the waters have come in, even as far as my soul.", "Type": "62"}, "VERSE/6P": {"text": "For your majesty is raised high above the heavens.", "Type": "6P"}, "VERSE/91": {"text": "They parted my garments among them, and cast lots for my clothing.", "Type": "91"}, "VERSE/9P": {"text": "There is none who does good; no, not one.", "Type": "9P"}, "PROKEIMENON/1P": {"text": "He gathered iniquity to himself; he went out and spoke in the same manner.", "Type": "1P", "Tone": "4", "Header": "Prokeimenon of the Prophecy, Tone 4"}, "PROKEIMENON/3P": {"text": "For I am ready for scourges; * and my pain is with me continually.", "Type": "3P", "Tone": "4", "Header": "The Prokeimenon of the Prophecy, Tone 4"}, "PROKEIMENON/6P": {"text": "Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is your name in all the earth!", "Type": "6P", "Tone": "4", "Header": "The Prokeimenon of the Prophecy, Tone 4"}, "PROKEIMENON/9P": {"text": "The fool has said in his heart: \"There is no God.\"", "Type": "9P", "Tone": "4", "Header": "The Prokeimenon of the Prophecy, Tone 4"}}}}, "9803": {"name": {"nominative": "Great Thursday. Remembrance of the Mystical Supper", "short": "Great Thursday. Remembrance of the Mystical Supper"}}, "9804": {"name": {"nominative": "Great Wednesday", "short": "Great Wednesday"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "Today the evil council hath assembled, and against Thee hath meditated empty things. Today by a covenant doth Judas pledge himself to hanging, and Caiaphas unwillingly confesseth that one shall willingly receive death for all. O Christ God our Redeemer, glory to Thee.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 8<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "0"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "The Lord bless thee out of Sion,", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 4<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "4"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "He that made heaven and the earth.", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "Ye that fear the Lord, bless ye the Lord.", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 6<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "6"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "from henceforth and for evermore.", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "Behold now, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord.", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "Praise ye the name of the Lord; O ye servants, praise the Lord.", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9805": {"name": {"nominative": "Great Tuesday", "short": "Great Tuesday"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "Those that have sinned beyond measure, do Thou abundantly forgive, O Savior, and vouchsafe us without condemnation to worship Thy holy Resurrection, through the intercessions of Thy most pure Mother, O Thou Who alone art plenteous in mercy.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 1<sup>st</sup> Tone", "Tone": "1"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "For with the Lord there is mercy,", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 6<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "6"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "and with Him is plenteous redemption.", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "Let Israel hope in the Lord,", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 4<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "4"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "from henceforth and for evermore.", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord; O Lord, hear my voice.", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "O Lord, my heart is not exalted, nor are mine eyes become lofty.", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9806": {"name": {"nominative": "Great Monday", "short": "Great Monday"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "With a contrite soul we fall down before Thee, and we pray unto Thee, O Savior of the world: for Thou art the God of them that repent.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 6<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "6"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "When the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion.", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 4<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "4"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "When the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion.", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "Except the Lord build the house,", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 4<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "4"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "in vain do thy labour that build it.", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "Then was our mouth filled with joy.", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "Except the Lord guard the city, in vain doth he watch that guardeth her", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9807": {"name": {"nominative": "Palm Sunday. Entrance of our Lord into Jerusalem", "short": "Palm Sunday. Entrance of our Lord into Jerusalem"}}, "9808": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of Palms (Lazarus Saturday)", "short": "Saturday of Palms (Lazarus Saturday)"}}, "9809": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the Sixth Week of Lent", "short": "Friday of the Sixth Week of Lent"}}, "9810": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the Sixth Week of Lent", "short": "Thursday of the Sixth Week of Lent"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "Forget not the voice of Thy servants, O Lord; remember that at all times we have placed our hope in Thee, O Allpowerful One, and help us, we pray.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 1<sup>st</sup> Tone", "Tone": "1"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "This is the gate of the Lord,", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 4<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "4"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "the righteous shall enter in thereat.", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "The way of Thy commandments have I run,", 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shout unto God with a voice of rejoicing.", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9834": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the Third Week of Lent", "short": "Monday of the Third Week of Lent"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "Heal our brokenness, for we are weak and crippled with sin, O Physician of our souls, O Lover of mankind, Who knowest the mind of man.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 4<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "4"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "My prayer unto the God of my life,", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 4<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "4"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "I will say unto God: Thou art my helper.", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "He is the salvation of my countenance, and my God.", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 6<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "6"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "<p>and unto my supplication give ear.</p>", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "As the hart panteth after the fountains of water, so panteth my soul after Thee, O Lord.", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "Judge me, O God, and give judgment to my cause.", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9835": {"name": {"nominative": "Second Sunday of Lent", "short": "Second Sunday of Lent"}}, "9836": {"name": {"nominative": "Second Saturday of Lent", "short": "Saturday"}}, "9837": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the Second Week of Lent", "short": "Friday of the Second Week of Lent"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "By night and by day we fall down before Thee, O Lord, imploring Thee to grant unto our souls remission of sins, that in peace we may worship and glorify Thee, O Lover of mankind.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 1<sup>st</sup> Tone", "Tone": "1"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 4<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "4"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "<p>nor chasten me in Thy wrath.</p>", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "Hearken unto my prayer, O Lord", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 6<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "6"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "<p>and unto my supplication give ear.</p>", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "For Thine arrows are fastened in me.", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "I said: I will take heed to my ways lest I sin with my tongue.", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9838": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the Second Week of Lent", "short": "Thursday of the Second Week of Lent"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "Raise up us the fallen, make us to return, for we have turned away from Thee, O God, Lover of mankind, Who upholdeth the ends of the earth.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 1<sup>st</sup> Tone", "Tone": "1"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "I sought the Lord, and He heard me", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First 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"6"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "Unto Thee, O Lord, will I cry", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 5<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "5"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "<p>and unto My God will I make supplication.</p>", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "In Thee, O Lord, have I hoped", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 6<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "6"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "<p>let me not be put to shame in the age to come.</p>", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "I will exalt Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast upheld me.", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "In Thy righteousness deliver me, and rescue me.", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9840": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent", "short": "Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "We cannot hymn Thee as is meet, but we ask as we pray: destroy us not with our iniquities, O Lord Who art ready to do good things.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 6<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "6"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "O Lord, I have loved the beauty of Thy house", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 6<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "6"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "<p>and the place where Thy glory dwelleth.</p>", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "The Lord is my light and my savior;", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 3<sup>rd</sup> Tone", "Tone": "3"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "whom then shall I fear?", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "Judge me, O Lord, for in mine innocence have I walked.", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "The Lord is the defender of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9841": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the Second Week of Lent", "short": "Monday of the Second Week of Lent"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "O Thou that alone fashioned our hearts, remember that we are dust; condemn us not to the nethermost parts of the earth, O Sinless One.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 5<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "5"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "Ye that fear the Lord, praise Him.", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 6<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "6"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "Ye that fear the Lord, praise Him.", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "Thy rod and Thy staff,", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 6<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "6"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "they have comforted me.", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "O God my God, attend to me, why hast Thou forsaken me?", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "The Lord is my shepherd, and I shall not want.", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9842": {"name": {"nominative": "First Sunday of Lent: Triumph of Orthodoxy", "short": "First Sunday of Lent: Triumph of Orthodoxy"}}, "9843": {"name": {"nominative": "St. Theodore Saturday", "short": "Saturday"}}, "9844": {"name": {"nominative": "Clean Friday", "short": "Clean Friday"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "Our greatly sinful life and unrepentant disposition do thou forestall through thy compassion, O Lord; beside Thee we know none other, O thou that has dominion over life and death: save us, as Thou art the lover of mankind.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 5<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "5"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength;", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 7<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "7"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "in the Lord is my foundation.", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "O Lord my helper and my redeemer.", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 6<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "6"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "upon uprightness hath His countenance looked.", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "My God is my helper, and I hope in Him!", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaimeth the work of Thy hands.", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9845": {"name": {"nominative": "Clean Thursday", "short": "Clean Thursday"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "From enemies visible and invisible deliver us, O Lord, lest haply the heathen say: Where is their God? Let them understand, O Master, that Thou disregardest the sins of Thy people that repent.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 1<sup>st</sup> Tone", "Tone": "1"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "When the Lord hath turned back the captivity of His people.", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 1<sup>st</sup> Tone", "Tone": "1"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "When the Lord hath turned back the captivity of His people.", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "O Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle?", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 4<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "4"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "upon uprightness hath His countenance looked.", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "The fool hath said in his heart: there is no God.", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "O Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle?", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9846": {"name": {"nominative": "Clean Wednesday", "short": "Clean Wednesday"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "Thou knowest our frame, thou knowest our weakness, O Lover of mankind; we have sinned, but have not turned away from Thee, O God, nor have we stretched out our hands to a strange god. Spare us in Thy goodness, O Compassionate One.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 4<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "4"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "I will confess thee, O Lord", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 4<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "4"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "<p>with my whole heart.</p>", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "the Lord is righteous and hath loved righteousness;", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 6<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "6"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "upon uprightness hath His countenance looked.", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "I will be glad and rejoice in Thee.", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "In the Lord have I hoped; how will ye say to my soul.", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9847": {"name": {"nominative": "Clean Tuesday", "short": "Clean Tuesday"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "For we are strangers on the earth, as were all our fathers; keep our short life without sin, O our Savior, and have mercy on us, as the lover of mankind.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 1<sup>st</sup> Tone", "Tone": "1"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "Attend unto the voice of my supplication,", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 4<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "4"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "O my king and my God.", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger.", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 4<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "4"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "and rejoice in him with trembling.", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "Unto my words give ear, O Lord; hear my cry.", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak.", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9848": {"name": {"nominative": "Clean Monday: Beginning of Great Lent", "short": "Clean Monday: Beginning of Great Lent"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "O Lord, O Lord, at the presence of Whose power all things do fear and tremble: we fall down before Thee, O Immortal One; we pray to Thee O Holy One: Save our souls, through the intercessions of Thy saints.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in Tone 5", "Tone": "5"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous,", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in Tone 4", "Tone": "4"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "and the way of the ungodly shall perish.", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "Serve ye the lord with fear,", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in Tone 7", "Tone": "7"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "<p>and rejoice in him with trembling.</p>", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners.", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "Why have the heathen raged, and the peoples meditated empty things?", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9849": {"name": {"nominative": "Cheesefare Sunday (Forgiveness Sunday): Commemoration of the Expulsion of Adam from Paradise", "short": "Cheesefare Sunday"}}, "9850": {"name": {"nominative": "Cheesefare Saturday", "short": "Cheesefare Saturday"}}, "9851": {"name": {"nominative": "Cheesefare Friday", "short": "Cheesefare Friday"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "Help us in our sorrow, Lord, and save us, lover of mankind, born of the Virgin.", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 8<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "0"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "Let your mercy, Lord, be upon us", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 1<sup>st</sup> Tone", "Tone": "1"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "as we have set our hope on You!", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "Sing praises to our God, Sing praises!", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 3<sup>rd</sup> Tone", "Tone": "3"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "Sing praises to our King, sing praises!", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous! Praise befits the just!", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9852": {"name": {"nominative": "Cheesefare Thursday", "short": "Cheesefare Thursday"}}, "9853": {"name": {"nominative": "Cheesefare Wednesday", "short": "Cheesefare Wednesday"}, "services": {"SEXTE": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "King, Holy, and Almighty, Before you all creation stands in fear and trembling. Save us and forgive our sins, in Your great mercy", "Type": "1", "Header": "Troparion of the Prophecy in the 3<sup>rd</sup> Tone", "Tone": "3"}, "PROKEIMENON/1a": {"text": "O Lord, save your people", "Type": "1a", "Header": "First Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 6<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "6"}, "PROKEIMENON/1b": {"text": "and bless Your inheritance", "Type": "1b"}, "PROKEIMENON/2a": {"text": "The Lord will give strength to his people! *", "Type": "2a", "Header": "Second Prokeimenon of the Prophecy in the 7<sup>th</sup> Tone", "Tone": "7"}, "PROKEIMENON/2b": {"text": "The Lord will bless his people with peace.", "Type": "2b"}, "STICHOS/1": {"text": "To You, Lord will I call; my God, be not silent to me", "Type": "1"}, "STICHOS/2": {"text": "Gve ot the Lord, sons of God, give ot he Lord glory and praise!", "Type": "2"}}}}, "9854": {"name": {"nominative": "Cheesefare Tuesday", "short": "Cheesefare Tuesday"}}, "9855": {"name": {"nominative": "Cheesefare Monday", "short": "Cheesefare Monday"}}, "9856": {"name": {"nominative": "Meatfare Sunday (Sunday of the Dread Judgement)", "short": "Meatfare Sunday (Sunday of the Dread Judgement)"}}, "9857": {"name": {"nominative": "Memorial Saturday", "short": "Saturday"}}, "9858": {"name": {"nominative": "Meatfare Friday", "short": "Meatfare Friday"}}, "9859": {"name": {"nominative": "Meatfare Thursday", "short": "Meatfare Thursday"}}, "9860": {"name": {"nominative": "Meatfare Wednesday", "short": "Meatfare Wednesday"}}, "9861": {"name": {"nominative": "Meatfare Tuesday", "short": "Meatfare Tuesday"}}, "9862": {"name": {"nominative": "Meatfare Monday", "short": "Meatfare Monday"}}, "9863": {"name": {"nominative": "Sunday of the Prodigal Son", "short": "Sunday of the Prodigal Son"}}, "9864": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday of the Fast-free Week", "short": "Saturday of the Fast-free Week"}}, "9865": {"name": {"nominative": "Friday of the Fast-free Week", "short": "Friday of the Fast-free Week"}}, "9866": {"name": {"nominative": "Thursday of the Fast-free Week", "short": "Thursday of the Fast-free Week"}}, "9867": {"name": {"nominative": "Wednesday of the Fast-free Week", "short": "Wednesday of the Fast-free Week"}}, "9868": {"name": {"nominative": "Tuesday of the Fast-free Week", "short": "Tuesday of the Fast-free Week"}}, "9869": {"name": {"nominative": "Monday of the Fast-free Week", "short": "Monday of the Fast-free Week"}}, "9870": {"name": {"nominative": "Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee", "short": "Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee"}}, "9900": {"name": {"nominative": "Sunday after Theophany", "short": "Sunday after Theophany"}}, "9901": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday after Theophany", "short": "Saturday after Theophany"}}, "9902": {"name": {"nominative": "Sunday before Theophany", "short": "Sunday before Theophany", "cmd": "dow != 0"}}, "9903": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday before Theophany", "short": "Saturday before Theophany"}}, "9904": {"name": {"nominative": "Sunday after Nativity: Saints Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James the Brother of the Lord", "short": "Sunday after Nativity", "cmd": "dow == 0"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "Bulgakov Handbook. Copyright 1999-2008 Archpriest Eugene D. Tarris.", "text": "<p>On this Sunday is commemorated the righteous Joseph, the Betrothed of the Most Holy Virgin Theotokos, David the King, and James, brother of God. The Holy righteous elder came from the royal line of David (<a href=\"bible=Mt#1:6\">Mt. 1:6</a>; <a href=\"bible=Lk#1:27\"> Lk. 1:27</a>). The holy Evangelist calls him \u201crighteous\u201d (<a href=\"bible=Mt#1:18\">Mt. 1:18</a>), and this name, according to the remarks St. John Chrysostom, demonstrates that the betrothed of the Most Holy Virgin \u201chad all virtues\u201d. He lived in Nazareth and earned his living by working with his hands, being a woodworker, <i>i.e.</i> carpenter. As the man was strictly god-fearing, quite honorable, quiet, meek, humble, modest, sincere, peace loving, attentive to the voice of his conscience and to the announcements from above, Joseph was quite worthy of the great honor of living as the nearest spectator of the fulfillment of the \u201cgreat mystery of godliness\u201d (<a href=\"bible=I_Tim#3:16\">I Tim. 3:16</a>). He was already an eighty year old man and, according to the witness of St. Epiphanius, already \n\u201clived many years as a widower\u201d, when he was taken by his selection of the Providence of God to be the protector of the virginity of the Most Holy Virgin Mary (<a href=\"comm= \"see Nov. 22</a>). In the opinion of some, St. Joseph died soon after his visit to Jerusalem with the twelve-year-old Jesus Christ (<a href=\"bible=Lk#2:41-52\">Luke 2:41-52</a>), as he is not mentioned in the Gospels after that.</p><p> The Holy King David came from simple stock, and was the youngest son of Jesse, from the root of Judah, and was engaged in shepherding sheep, but he was distinguished by a rare mind, great courage, unshakable patience, great meekness, with a touching tenderness of heart, strict godliness, had a deep faith in God and truly loved Him, living with the constant feeling of the copresence of the unseen God and complete dependence on His leadership, and he was \u201ca man according to the heart of God\u201d (<a href=\"bible=Acts#13:22\">Acts 13:22</a>), and that is why he was selected by God to the kingdom in Israel. He reigned a thousand years before the Nativity of the Savior and was the second king of the Israelites. Before his reign, when he was still a young man, he, when the strong nation of the Philistines warred against the Israelites, left, with his firm trust in the help of God, for a one on one struggle with Goliath and with a single hit with a stone struck down the Philistine giant. Glorified for this by his compatriots, the young David with unshakable patience, meekness, and magnanimity had endured various attacks and evil intentions of Saul. Having become the king of the Israelites, David conducted various wars with the neighboring peoples, conquered them, and in his reign has extended the limits of the kingdom to a rather significant degree. He made Jerusalem the capitol of the state. He transferred the ark of testimony there and resolutely was going to construct a permanent magnificent temple to the Lord to house the ark; but rather the will of God was declared to him, that he would not construct the temple, but that it would be his son (Solomon), that David only prepared all that was necessary for the building of the temple and entrusted to his son his intention and desire to carry out its fulfillment. He did many things for the glory of God and for the piety of the people. He led the divine services in the tabernacle in distinct order: he determined the number and order of the servers, he started a choir with many members of singers and he himself inspired by the Spirit of God composed many \u201cpsalms\u201d, or hymns for use in the Divine Services. For his piety and righteousness he earned such love and mercy from God that God confirmed to him all the promise given to Abraham. He promised him the sureness of his throne, the blessing and multiplication of his posterity and announced to him that from his posterity will be born the Deliverer of the world (<a href=\"bible=Psalm#71:17\">Psalm 71:17</a>; <a href=\"bible=Psalm#88:29,36\">88:29,36</a>; <a href=\"bible=Mt#1:1,20:31,21:9\">Mt. 1:1, 20:31, 21:9</a>; <a href=\"bible=Lk#1:32-33\">Lk. 1:32,33</a>). Although, the deeply edifying life of King David was also darkened, due to the frailty of human nature, it was a heavy downfall (<a href=\"bible=II_Kings#11\">2 Kings 11</a>), but also in this downfall he taught us the greatest example of repentant contrition and firm faith in God (<a href=\"bible=Psalm#50\">see Psalm 50</a>), which gave him the opportunity and power to throw off from himself the burden of sinfulness and raise himself up for a new spiritual life. The living and indestructible faith in God was the distinctive trait of King David. This faith gave him the opportunity to forcefully deflect all of Saul\u2019s animosity against him, to sustain the shock of various kinds of misfortunes of his multitested life, to deeply repent the union with sin, to humbly turn himself over to the watchful hand of God, to patiently endure all the punishments for this sin, to rise up higher after his downfall, rather than to where he was, and exhibit in himself a high example of penance, meekness, patience, hope and piety. And \u201cthe Lord took away David\u2019s sins, and exalted his horn forever, and He gave him a royal covenant, and a throne of glory in Israel\u201d( <a href=\"bible=Sirach#47:11\">Sir. 47:11</a>). Being the greatest king of the Israelites, a fearless leader, a skilful governor, a high guide and a holy man, St. David was at the same time, an inimitable poet and inspired prophet. He was the originator of psalm singing, and his psalms, in which he with inspiration poured out feelings of faith and hope in God, gratitude and doxology, joy and grief, exaltation and repentant contrition, with the power and tenderness of expressions, with the highest and burning religious feeling, nothing like it exists in the books of the Old Testament. The Book of Psalms of Holy King David serves as an inexhaustible treasury of the best examples of prayers, supplications, petitions, thanksgiving to God, the healing consolations for suffering souls, for those living in poverty, for those consumed with passions, and for the down-trodden. As a God-inspired prophet (<a href=\"bible=Acts#2:30\">Acts 2:30</a>), the Holy King David in his psalms proclaimed many clear and strong prophecies about Jesus Christ (<a href=\"bible=Psalm#2:2\">see Psalms 2:2</a>; <a href=\"bible=Psalm#40:10\">40:10</a>; <a href=\"bible=Psalm#21:1,8,9,15,17,18,22\">21:1, 8, 9, 15, 17, 18, 22</a>;<a href=\"bible=Psalm#62:22\"> 62:22</a>; <a href=\"bible=Psalm#87:15,10\">87:15, 10<a/>).</p><p><a href=\"comm=\">See October 23 for St. James. </p>"}, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "Proclaim the wonder, O Joseph, * to David, the ancestor of God: * thou didst see a Virgin great with Child, * thou gavest glory with the shepherds, * thou worshipped with the Magi, * thou received the news from the angel. * Pray to Christ God to save our souls!", "Type": "1", "Tone": "2"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "Today godly David is filled with joy; * Joseph and James offer praise. * The glorious crown of their kinship with Christ fills them with great joy. * They sing praises to the One ineffably born on earth, * and they cry out: \u201cO Compassionate One, save those who honor Thee!\u201d", "Type": "1", "Tone": "3", "Podoben": "1"}}}}, "9905": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday after the Nativity of Christ", "short": "Saturday after the Nativity", "cmd": "dow == 6"}}, "9906": {"name": {"nominative": "Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, of the Fathers", "short": "Sunday before the Nativity"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "Bulgakov Handbook. Copyright 1999-2008 Archpriest Eugene D. Tarris.", "text": "In the services of this week are glorified the Old Testament saints, from whose human family came our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore in the Gospel appointed for this Sunday is read the \u201cgenealogy\u201d of Jesus Christ. Together with these on this Sunday, as well as on the Sunday of the Forefathers (see Dec. 11), are commemorated all those living in faith and all the Old Testament saints who have come to the Savior, who are listed in the Epistle reading for this Sunday. In the church hymns for this day the Holy Church primarily sings \u201cof the beginning fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,\u201d \u201ctogether with the Three Youths, who quench the fiery flames with the dew of the Spirit\u201d and \u201cthe physical images of the hidden mysteries of God revealed to the world,\u201d and the prophet Daniel, who, \u201cforetold the birth of the Christ from a virgin\u201d and \u201cforesaw that the cruel world would be counted among those with deep spiritual peace by the coming of Christ, having sometimes stopped the mouths of lions in the pit.\u201d Together with this the Holy Church in the hymns for the present day as well as for the Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ, exclaims: \u201cCome let us all faithfully celebrate the Nativity of Christ,\u201d \u201cSkip, O hills and mountains; Dance, O prophets who spoke of God! Clap your hands, O peoples and nations! The salvation and the enlightenment of all draw near. He comes to be born in the city of Bethlehem\u201d; \u201cThe never setting Sun arises from the bedding of the Virgin to enlighten all those under the sun. Let us hasten with chaste eyes and pure deeds to meet Him.\u201d"}, "rank": 1, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "Great are the accomplishments of faith, * for the Three Youths rejoiced in the fountain of flames as though in the waters of rest; * and the prophet Daniel appeared * a shepherd to the lions as though they were sheep. ** So by their prayers O Christ God save our souls", "Tone": "2", "Type": "1"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "Rejoice O Bethlehem! Prepare yourself O Ephratha! * The Lamb is on her way to give birth to the Chief Shepherd she carries in her womb. * The God-bearing forefathers will rejoice beholding Him ** and the shepherds will glorify her nursing Him.", "Tone": "1", "Podoben": "2", "Type": "1"}}}}, "9907": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday before the Nativity of Christ", "short": "Saturday before the Nativity of Christ"}}, "9908": {"name": {"nominative": "Sunday of the Holy Forefathers", "short": "Forefathers"}, "rank": 1, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "Thou didst justify the Forefathers by faith, when of old through them Thou didst betroth Thyself to the Church of the nations. The Saints rejoice in the glorious fruit of their seed, * even in her who bore Thee seedlessly. By their prayers, O Christ our God, save our souls.", "Tone": "2", "Author": "Traditional", "Type": "1"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "An image made with hands you would not worship, O thrice blessed three; but protected by the ineffable Essence you were glorified in your ordeal by fire. * From the midst of the devouring flames you called upon God, crying: Hasten, O compassionate One, in Thy mercy come to our aid, for if Thou willest Thou canst.", "Tone": "2", "Author": "Traditional", "Type": "1"}}}}, "9909": {"name": {"nominative": "Sunday after the Exaltation", "short": "Sunday after the Exaltation"}}, "9910": {"name": {"nominative": "Saturday after the Exaltation", "short": "Saturday after the Exaltation"}}, "9911": {"name": {"nominative": "Sunday before the Exaltation", "short": "Sunday before the Exaltation"}}, "9912": {"name": {"nominative": "(Saturday before the Exaltation is commemorated today)", "short": "Saturday before the Exaltation", "cmd": "dow != 6"}}, "9913": {"name": {"nominative": "Demetrius Saturday: Commemoration of the Departed", "short": "departed", "cmd": "doy >= 287 && doy <= 294"}}, "9914": {"name": {"nominative": "Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council", "short": "Holy Fathers"}}, "9969": {"name": {"nominative": "Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Six \u0152cumenical Councils", "short": "Holy Fathers"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>In the Ninth Section of the Nic\u00e6no-Constantinoplitan Symbol-Creed of Faith\u2014worked out by the holy fathers of the First and Second \u0152cumenical Councils, we confess our faith in \u201cOne, Holy, Catholic, Conciliar [Slavonic: \u0441\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0439/sobornyi] and Apostolic Church.\u201d By virtue of the Catholic Conciliar nature of the Church, the All-Churchly or \u0152cumenical Council is the Church\u2019s supreme facility, and possessing the plenitude, to resolve the major questions of religious life. An \u0152cumenical Council is comprised of archpastors and pastors of the Church, and representatives of all the Local Churches, from every land of the world [Greek: \u03bf\u1f30\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7/oikoumene, that is, from all the whole inhabited world, the \u0153cumenical (ecumenical) basis of the \u201cuniversality\u201d (Slavonic: \u0432\u0441\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c/vselennost\u2032) of the Church is implied in the Greek word \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03bf\u03bb\u03cc\u03bd/katholon, from whence the word \u201ccatholic\u201d, which encompasses the evangelisation of the whole world]. <p><i>[Translator\u2019s note: The Church Slavonic word \u201csobornyi\u201d\u2014in English usually translated merely as \u201cCatholic\u201d, has actually a deeper and more profound meaning than commonly understood in the West, and it reflects linguistically the Greek word \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2/katholikos as interpreted by Holy Tradition for Saints Cyril and Methodius. The adjective \u201csobornyi\u201d has its root in \u0441\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440/sobor\u2014meaning an \u201cassembly\u201d or \u201ccouncil.\u201d The erudite might also recognise similarity with the word \u0441\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c/sobornost\u2032\u2014a term emphasised in ecclesiology by the Russian religious-philosopher A. S. Khomyakov in the 1800\u2019s. \u201cSobornost\u2032\u201d is translated sometimes as \u201cCatholic Conciliarity\u201d, but often also as \u201cCommunality.\u201d This latter nuance signifies the \u201cCatholicity\u201d of the Church, not as a formal external quality regarding the Church as worldly institution and outward authority, but rather existing as a spiritually inward and dynamic quality within each believer. It is the Gospel that defines the locus of the Church saying: \u201cThe Kingdom of God is within you.\u201d This however does not mean the fragmenting individualism of belief often seen in Protestantism. The Church as \u201cekklesia\u201d (assembly of believers) is \u201cOne\u201d in Christ in the Apostolicity and Holiness of its faith in Christ\u2014our own oneness is with the one authentic faith of the Holy Apostles in the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ, preserved as Holy Tradition throughout all the generations of believers. The \u201cCommunality\u201d or \u201cCommunion in Christ Jesus\u201d is not merely with our fellow believers in the Church in the present time, but with all the generations of the \u201cfaithful\u201d that have gone before us. All the Four Marks of the Church\u2014One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic\u2014are interconnected. The Catholicity of the Church extends universally not merely through spatiality, but also back through time\u2014it is the \u201cChurch Triumphant\u201d as well as the \u201cChurch Militant.\u201d]</i></p><p>The Orthodox Church acknowledges Seven Holy \u0152cumenical Councils: <ol><li>The First \u0152cumenical Council (Nic\u00e6a I) (Comm. May 29<sup>th</sup>, and also movably, on 7<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pascha) was convened in the year 325 against the heresy of Arius, in the city of Nic\u00e6a in Bithynia under the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Constantine the Great.</li><li>The Second \u0152cumenical Council (Constantinople I) (Comm. May 22<sup>nd</sup>) was convened in the year 381 against the heresy of Macedonias, by the emperor Theodosius the Great.</li><li>The Third \u0152cumenical Council (Ephesus) (Comm. September 9<sup>th</sup>) was convened in the year 431 against the heresy of Nestorius, in the city of Ephesus by the emperor Theodosius the Younger.</li><li>The Fourth \u0152cumenical Council (Chalcedon) (Comm. July 16<sup>th</sup>) was convened in the year 451, against the Monophysite heresy, in the city of Chalcedon under the emperor Marcian.</li><li>The Fifth \u0152cumenical Council (Constnatinople II) (Comm. July 25<sup>th</sup>) \u201cConcerning the Three Chapters,\u201d was convened in the year 553, under the emperor Justinian the Great.</li><li>The Sixth \u0152cumenical Council (Constantinople III) (Comm. January 23<sup>th</sup>), during the years 680-681, was against the Monothelite heresy, under the emperor Constantine Pogonatos. </li><li>The Seventh \u0152cumenical Council (Nic\u00e6a II) (Comm. as moveable feastday on the Sunday closest to October 11<sup>th</sup>) was convened just like the First Council, at Nic\u00e6a, but in the year 787 against the Iconoclast heresy, under the emperor Constantine and his mother Irene. (Accounts about the Councils are likewise located under the days of commemoration).</li></ol></p><p>The significance of a special Church veneration of the Holy Fathers of the \u0152cumenical Councils consists in this, that the \u0152cumenical Councils, and only they, are of themselves in entirety expressive of the faith, will and mind of the \u0152cumenical Catholic Church\u2014of an Orthodox Plenitude, by virtue of the immutable promises of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the grace of the Holy Spirit, and by the Apostolicity inhering in the hierarchy,\u2014they possess the wherewithal to bring forth infallible and \u201cof benefit to all\u201d definitions in the areas of Christian faith and Church piety.</p><p>The dogmatic conciliar definitions\u2014\u201c\u03bf\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03b9/orosoi\u201d in Greek, are employed in the Orthodox Church as having an inalienable and constant authority, and such definitions always begin with the Apostolic formula: \u201cIt hath pleased the Holy Spirit and us\u201d (<a href=\"bible=Acts#15:28\">Acts 15: 28</a>).</p><p>The \u0152cumenical Councils were convened in the Church each time regarding a special need, in connection with the appearance of divergent opinions and heresies, so as to seek out the Orthodox Church teaching of faith and tradition. But the Holy Spirit has thus seen fit, that the dogmas\u2014the truths of faith, immutable in their content and scope, constantly and consequently are revealed by the conciliar mind-set of the Church, and are given precision by the holy fathers within theological concepts and terms in exactly such measure, as is needed by the Church itself for its economy of salvation. The Church, in expounding its dogmas, is dealing with the concerns of a given historical moment, \u201cnot revealing everything in haste and thoughtlessly, nor indeed, ultimately hiding something\u201d (Saint Gregory the Theologian).</p><p>A brief summary of the dogmatic theology of the First Six \u0152cumenical Councils is formulated and contained in the First Canon (rule) of the Council of Trullo (also known as Quinisext), held in the year 692. The 318 Holy Fathers of the First \u0152cumenical Council are spoken of in this Canon I of Trullo as having: \u201cwith one-mindedness of faith revealed and declared to us the oneness of essence in the three Hypostases [Persons] of the God-original nature and,\u2026 instructing to be worshipped\u2014with one worship\u2014the Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, they cast down and dispelled the false-teaching about unequal degrees of Divinity.\u201d The 150 Holy Fathers of the Second \u0152cumenical Council left their mark on the theology of the Church as regards the Holy Spirit, \u201crepudiating the teaching of Macedonias, who wanted to chop apart the Undivided Unity, such that there should not perfectly be the mystery of our hope.\u201d The 200 God-bearing Fathers of the Third \u0152cumenical Council expounded the teaching about \u201cthe One Christ, the Son of God Incarnate\u201d and they confessed that \u201ctruly the God-begetter [Greek: \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c4\u03cc\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2/Theotokos, \u0411\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0446\u0430/Bogoroditsa, that is, Mother of God] without seed hath given birth to Him, whilst being the Immaculate and Ever-Virgin.\u201d The point of faith of the 630 God-chosen Holy Fathers of the Fourth \u0152cumenical Council promulgated \u201cOne Christ, the Son of God\u2026glorified in two natures.\u201d The 165 God-bearing Holy Fathers of the Fifth \u0152cumenical Council \u201ccollectively gave anathema and repudiated Theodore of Mopsuetia, the teacher of Nestorius, and Origen, and Didymas, and Euagrios, renovators of the Hellenic teaching about the transmigration of souls and the transmutation of bodies and the impieties raised against the resurrection of the dead.\u201d The faith-confession of the 170 Holy Fathers of the Sixth \u0152cumenical Council \u201cexplained, that we ought to confess two natural volitions, or two wills [translator\u2019s note: the one Divine and the other human], and two natural operations (energies) in He That hath been incarnated for the sake of our salvation, our One Lord Jesus Christ, True God.\u201d</p><p>In decisive moments of Church history, the holy \u0152cumenical Councils promulgated their dogmatic definitions, as trustworthy delimitations in the spiritual militancy for the purity of Orthodoxy, which will last until such time, as \u201call shalt come into the oneness of faith in the knowledge of the Son of God\u201d (<a href=\"bible=Eph#4:13\">Eph. 4:13</a>). In the struggle with new heresies, the Church does not abandon its former dogmatic concepts nor replace them with some sort of new formulations. The dogmatic formul\u00e6 of the Holy \u0152cumenical Councils need never to be superseded, they remain always contemporary to the living Tradition of the Church. Wherefore the Church proclaims:<quote>\u201cThe faith of all in the Church of God hath been glorified by men, which were luminaries in the world, cleaving to the Word of Life, so that it be observed firmly, and that it dwell unshakably until the end of the ages, conjointly with their God-bestown writings and dogmas. We reject and we anathematise all, whom they have rejected and anathematised, as being enemies of Truth. And if anyone doth not cleave to nor admit the aforementioned pious dogmas, and doth not so think nor preach, let that one be anathema\u201d (from Canon I of the Council of Trullo, ascribed to the Sixth \u0152cumenical Council).</quote></p><p>Besides the dogmatic activity, the Holy Fathers of the \u0152cumenical Councils exerted great efforts towards the strengthening of churchly discipline. Local Councils promulgated their disciplinary canons (rules), as is obvious, according to the circumstances of the times and place, frequently differing among themselves in various particulars. The universal unity of the Orthodox Church required unity also in canonical practise, that is, a conciliar deliberation and affirmation of the most important canonical norms by the fathers of the \u0152cumenical Councils. Thus, according to conciliar judgement, there have been accepted by the Church: 20 Canons from the First, 7 Canons from the Second, 8 Canons from the Third, and 30 Canons from the Forth, \u0152cumenical Councils. The Fifth and the Sixth \u0152cumenical Councils concerned themselves with the resolving of exclusively dogmatic questions and did not leave behind any disciplinary canon-rules. The need to establish in codified form in the Church of the customary practises over the years 451-680, and ultimately to affirm the aggregate of a canonical codex for the Orthodox Church, occasioned the convening of a special Council, the activity of which was wholly devoted to the general application of churchly rules. This was convened in the year 692. The Council \u201cin the Imperial Palace\u201d or \u201cUnder the Arches\u201d (in Greek \u201cen trullo\u201d), came to be called the Trullo Council. They also called it the \u201cQunisext\u201d [meaning the \u201cfifth and sixth\u201d], considering it to have completed in canonical matters the activities of the Fifth and Sixth Councils, or rather more so\u2014that it was simply of the Sixth Council itself, that is, a direct continuation of the Sixth \u0152cumenical Council, separated by but a few years.</p><p>The Trullo Council, with its 102 Canon-rules (more than of all the \u0152cumenical Councils combined), had a tremendous significance in the history of the canonical theology of the Orthodox Church. It might be said, that by the fathers of this Council there was a complete compilation of the basic codex from the relevant sources for the Orthodox Church\u2019s canons. Listing through in chronological order, and having been accepted by the Church\u2014the Canons of the Holy Apostles, and the Canons of the Holy \u0152cumenical and the Local Councils and the holy fathers, the Trullo Council declared: \u201cLet no one be permitted to alter or to annul the aforementioned canons, nor in place of these put forth, or to accept others, made of spurious inscription\u201d (2<sup>nd</sup> Canon of Trullo Council, ascribed to the Sixth \u0152cumenical Council).</p><p>Church canons, sanctified by the authority of the first Six \u0152cumenical Councils (including the rules of the Seventh \u0152cumenical Council in 787, and likewise the Constantinople Councils of 861 and 879, which were added on later under holy Patriarch Photius), form the basis of the books of \u201cThe Rudder\u201d (Slavonic: \u041a\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0447\u0430\u0467 \u043a\u043d\u0438\u0433\u0430/Kormchaya Kniga) and the canon codex known as \u201cSyntagma\u201d or \u201cNomokanon\u201d of 14 titles). In its repository of grace is expressed a canonical norm, a connection to every time period for guidance in churchly practise for all the Local Orthodox Churches.</p><p>New historical conditions can lead to the change of this or that particular external aspect of the life of the Church, which causes for it the necessity of creative canonical activity in the conciliar reasoning of the Church, as regards the inclusion of external norms of churchly life in conformity with historical circumstances. The details of canonical regulation are not at all once fleshed out into life for the various eras of churchly organisation. But amidst every push to either forsake the literal-letter of a canon or fulfill and develop it, the Church again and again turns for reasoning and guidance to the eternal legacy of the Holy \u0152cumenical Councils\u2014to the impoverishable treasury of dogmatic and canonical truths.</p>"}, "rank": 1, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "Most glorious art Thou, O Christ our God, Who hast established our fathers upon the earth as beacons, and hast thereby guided us all to the true Faith! O greatly Compassionate One, glory be to Thee!", "Type": "1", "Tone": "0"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "The preaching of the apostles and the dogmas of the fathers sealed the one Faith of the Church; and clad in the robe of truth woven of theology from on high, it setteth aright and glorifieth the great mystery of piety.", "Type": "1", "Tone": "0", "Podoben": "3"}}}}, "90001": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Ignatius, Abbot in Asia Minor (\u2020 963-975)", "short": "Venerable Ignatius"}}, "90201": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Ignatius of Lomsk and Yaroslavl (\u2020 1591)", "short": "Venerable Ignatius"}}, "90401": {"name": {"nominative": "New Martyrs who suffered from the Persians in the Fereydan valley (17<sup>th</sup> C) (Georg.) [movable feast on Ascension]", "short": "Martyrs"}}, "90621": {"name": {"nominative": "Tabynsk and \u00abZnamenie\u00bb Kursk-Root Icons of the Mother of God", "short": "Tabynsk and \u00abZnamenie\u00bb Kursk-Root Icons of the Mother of God"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "V. Simonov. Ufa Diocese Bulletin. \u21164, April 2001. English translation by Igor Radev", "text": "<p>The Chinese Life of the Tabynsk Icon</p><p>On June 1597 Hierodeacon Amvrosy of the Ascension hermitage walking by a salt spring discovered the miracle working icon of the Mother of God. The brethren took the icon to the church, but the next morning it was not to be found there. They finally came across it at the monastery gates.</p><p>They soon built a small chapel over that location. After the destruction of the monastery in 1633 the icon was lost, but around one hundred years later it was discovered for the second time. In 1766 the icon was seen by some shepherds near the salt springs. The icon was then brought to the Theophany church of the Bogoyavlensk Copper Smelting Factory. But the icon mysteriously disappeared from that church and was found in the village of Tabynsk. From then on it is called \"the Tabynsk icon\".</p><p>During the cholera epidemic in 1854 the icon was transferred in Orenburg and the epidemic was stalled.</p><p>Until 1918 it was carried annually from Tabynsk to Orenburg where it was placed in a special casket where it stayed for three months.</p><p>In 1914 the icon was taken to the frontlines. In the time of the Civil War during the withdrawal of the White Army under the Orenburg Cossack corps' hetman, and the combat hetman of the entire Cossack Army, Lieutenant General Alexander Ilevich Dutov (December 5, 1879 - February 6, 1921) , the miraculously discovered Tabynsk icon of the Mother of God was brought to China by His Eminence Methodius, the bishop of Orenburg. He was later made the ruling Hierarch of the Harbin Diocese, and then Metropolitan.</p><p>According to one tradition, the icon was in Harbin placed in a specially built monastery church until 1948. Afterwards it had been moved, first to Australia, and then to the USA, presumably in San Francisco.</p><p>Still, based on the archive materials of the local museums of Irkutsk, Barnaul, Vladivostok, the Archive of the Buriat branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and by living in the capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Province of China - Urumqi, we can speak about the other \"Chinese\" life of the icon.</p><p>The detached Orenburg army of Dutov, having left Orenburg during winter 1919, and passing through Orsk, which till the end of March numbered more than 30 thousand people, crossed the Chinese border near Chuchuchon.</p><p>From 1920, the icon brought by the Dutov men was put in the church of Suiding town (present-day Shuiding, Xinjiang Province). The rectors of the church during that time were Archimandrite Jonah (Pokrovsky), made later the bishop of Hankou (1920), Priest Grigory Shtokalko (1921 - 1925), Priest Theodosy Soloshenko (1925 - 30), Archpriest Mikhail Malyarovsky (1930 - 1933), Archpriest Pavel Kochunovsky (1938 - 1944), the rector of the Xinjiang Orthodox churches and the parish priest Archpriest D. Modzyanovsky (1946 - 1952), the rector and the church elder Abbot Sofrony (Yogel) (July 8, 1954 - 1960).</p><p>The most revered sacred object of St Nicholas Church - the miracle working image of the Tabynsk Icon of the Mother of God was kept at the left kliros of the church in Ghulja. The icon, almost meter high, was covered in gilded silver casing. Similar as when in Russia, on the ninth Friday after Pascha, in Ghulja (present-day Yining), Suiding (present-day Shuiding), Chuguchak (present-day Tacheng) and Urumqi a Litany was performed.</p><p>In the late sixties St Nicholas Church was destroyed. During the \"Cultural Revolution\", the icon was lost too.</p><p>The remaining Orthodox faithful in Ghulja are gathering in private homes, where old icons are still kept together with some Service books. Many of them, not having prayer books, are manually copying prayers, passing them to one another and carefully keeping them. The natives of Ghulja, the Izmailovs, Ostroumovs, Iakovlevs are well remembering where the church together with the miracle working icon once stood. They do not believe that the icon was destroyed and are of the opinion that it was concealed by one of the parishioners somewhere outside the city. One of these natives has given to me a copy of picture of the St Nicholas church.</p><p>There is a connection between the Tabyinsk holy image and the founding in 1934 in Kanagashi near Dalian of the Mother of God of Kazan and Tabynsk female monastery. The priest serving there was Archpriest Ioann Petelin from Harbin. At the Monastery a copy of the icon was kept. In the beginning of the sixties the female monastery was closed and the nuns moved to California. Maybe it is the Kansgashi copy they are looking for in America!? </p>"}}, "90701": {"name": {"nominative": "Holy Prince Igor of Chernigov and Kiev (\u2020 1147)", "short": "Holy Prince"}}, "91005": {"name": {"nominative": "St. John the Faster, Patriarch of Constantinople (\u2020 595)", "short": "St. John"}, "rank": 1, "services": {"0": {}, "1": {"LITURGY/0": {"text": ""}}, "2": {"LITURGY/0": {"text": ""}}}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>Saint John IV the Faster, Patriarch of Constantinople (582-595), is famed in the Orthodox Church as the compiler of a Penitential nomokanon (i.e. Law-Canon of penances), which has come down to us in several distinct versions. But their foundation is one and the same. This\u2014is an instruction for priests, how to hear a secret confession of secret sins, be this a sin already committed or constituting merely a sin of intent. Ancient churchly rules address the manner and duration of churchly public penances, established for obvious and evident sinners. But it was necessary to effectively adapt these rules for the secret confession of undetected things being repented of. Saint John the Faster because of this issued his Penitential nomokanon (or \u201cCanonaria\u201d), so that the good-intentioned confession of secret sins, unknown to the world, already testifies to the disposition of the sinner and his conscience in being reconciled to God, and therefore the saint shortened the penances by the ancient fathers by half or more. Yet on the other hand, he set more exactly the character of the penances: severe fasting, daily performing of an established number of prayerful prostrations to the ground, the distribution of alms. The length of penance is determined by the priest. The main purpose of the nomocanon, compiled by the holy Patriarch, consists in establishing penances not simply by the measure of sins, but by the measure of admitting the confessed, and through the appraisement of penitence not by continual punishment, but through the extent of the experience to be confessed, one\u2019s spiritual state.</p><p>Among the Greeks, and afterwards also in the Russian Church the rules of Saint John the Faster are honoured on a level \u201cwith other saintly rules,\u201d and the law-canons of his book are accounted \u201capplicable for all the Orthodox Church.\u201d The Monk Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain (Nikodim Svyatogorets, Comm. 1 July) included him in the Greek handbook for priests (Exomologitaria), first published in 1796, and in the Greek \u201cRudder Book\u201d (Pedalion), published by him in 1800.</p><p>The first Slavonic translation was done quite possibly by the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodios, at the same time as he produced the \u201cNomocanon in 50 Titles\u201d of the holy Patriarch John Scholastikos, whose successor on the Constantinople cathedra-seat was Saint John the Faster. This ancient translation was preserved in Rus\u2019 in the \u201cUstiug Rudder\u201d (XIII), published in 1902.</p><p>From the XVI Century in the Russian Church was circulated the nomocanon of Saint John the Faster in another redaction, compiled by priest-monks and clergy of Holy Mount Athos. In this form it was repeatedly published at the Kievo-Kiev Caves Lavra (in 1620, 1624, 1629). In Moscow the Penitential Nomokanon was published in the form of a supplement to the Trebnik (\u201cBook of Needs\u201d): under Patriarch Joasaph in 1639, under Patriarch Joseph in 1651, and under Patriarch Nikon in 1658. The last edition since that time invariably is that printed in the Large Trebnik. A scholarly edition of the nomocanon with parallel Greek and Slavonic texts and with detailed historical and canonical commentary was done by A. S. Pavlov (Moscow, 1897).</p>"}}, "91007": {"name": {"nominative": "The Beheading of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John", "short": "Beheading"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Beheading of the Prophet, ForeRunner of the Lord, John the Baptist: The Evangelists Matthew (Mt. 14: 1-12) and Mark (Mk. 6: 14-29) provide accounts about the Martyr\u2019s end of John the Baptist in the year 32 after the Birth of Christ.</p><p>Following the Baptism of the Lord, Saint John the Baptist was locked up in prison by Herod Antipas, holding one-fourth the rule of the Holy Land as governor of Galilee. (After the death of king Herod the Great, the Romans divided the territory of Palestine into four parts, and into each part put a governor. Herod Antipas received from the emperor Augustus the rule of Galilee). The prophet of God John openly denounced Herod for having left his lawful wife\u2014the daughter of the Arabian king Aretas, and then instead co-habiting with Herodias,\u2014the wife of his brother Philip (Lk. 3: 19-20). On his birthday, Herod made a feast for dignitaries, the elders and a thousand chief citizens. The daughter of Herod, Salome, danced before the guests and charmed Herod. In gratitude to the girl he swore to give her anything, whats\u0153ver she would ask, anything up to half his kingdom. The vile girl on the advice of her wicked mother Herodias asked, that she be given at once the head of John the Baptist on a plate. Herod became apprehensive, for he feared the wrath of God for the murder of a prophet, whom earlier he had heeded. He feared also the people, who loved the holy ForeRunner. But because of the guests and his careless oath, he gave orders to cut off the head of Saint John and to give it to Salome. By tradition, the mouth of the dead head of the preacher of repentance once more opened and proclaimed: \u201cHerod, thou ought not to have the wife of Philip thy brother.\u201d Salome took the plate with the head of Saint John and gave it to her mother. The frenzied Herodias repeatedly stabbed the tongue of the prophet with a needle and buried his holy head in a unclean place. But the pious Joanna, wife of Herod\u2019s steward Chuza, buried the head of John the Baptist in an earthen vessel on the Mount of Olives, where Herod was possessor of a parcel of land (the Uncovering of the Venerable Head is celebrated 24 February). The holy body of John the Baptist was taken that night by his disciples and buried at Sebasteia, there where the wicked deed had been done. After the murder of Saint John the Baptist, Herod continued to govern for a certain while. Pontius Pilate, governor of Judea, later sent to him the bound Jesus Christ, over Whom he made mockery (Lk. 23: 7-12).</p><p>The judgement of God came upon Herod, Herodias and Salome, even during their earthly life. Salome, crossing the River Sikoris in winter, fell through the ice. The ice gave way for her such that her body was in the water, but her head trapped beneath the ice. It was similar to how she once had danced with her feet upon the ground, but now flailing helplessly in the icy water. Thus she was trapped until that time when the sharp ice cut through her neck. The corpse was not found, but they brought the head to Herod and Herodias, as once they had brought them the head of Saint John the Baptist. The Arab king Aretas in revenge for the disrespect shown his daughter made war against Herod. Having suffered defeat, Herod suffered the wrath of the Roman emperor Caius Caligua (37-41) and was exiled with Herodias first to Gaul, and then to Spain. And there they were from view. </p><p>In memory of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, the feastday established by the Church is also a strict day of fast,\u2014as an expression of the grief of Christians at the violent death of the saint. On this day the Church makes remembrance of soldiers, killed on the field of battle, as established in 1769 at the time of a war of Russia with the Turks and the Poles.</p>"}, "rank": 6, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "<p>The memory of the righteous is celebrated with hymns of praise, * but the Lord\u201ds witness is sufficient for thee, O forerunner. * Thou wast truly shown to be more honorable than the prophets, * in that thou wast counted worthy to baptize in the streams Him Whom thou didst proclaim. * Wherefore, having suffered, rejoicing, for the truth, * even unto those in hades thou didst proclaim God, * Who had manifested Himself in the flesh, ** Who taketh away the sin of the world and granteth us great mercy.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "2"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "<p>The glorious beheading of the forerunner * was part of God\u201ds dispensation, * that he might proclaim to those in hades the coming of the Savior. * Let Herodias, who demanded the iniquitous murder, therefore lament; * for she loved not the law of God nor the age of life, ** but rather this false and transitory one.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "5"}}}}, "91022": {"name": {"nominative": "Repose of the Blessed John of Ustiug the Fool-for-Christ (\u2020 1494)", "short": "Repose of"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>Blessed John, Fool-for-Christ, Ustiug Wonderworker, was born in the village of Pukhovo, near Old Ustiug, of pious parents Savva and Maria. From his youthful years he distinguished himself by a strict life of fasting, on Wednesdays and Fridays he ate nothing, and on the remaining days he ate only bread and water. His parents relocated to the city of Orlets along the River Iug,\u2019 40 versts from Ustiug. Left widowed, the saint\u2019s mother took monastic tonsure at the Orletsk Trinity monastery. The lad John began with the keeping of silence, and then he asceticised as a fool. Going about the city of Ustiug, he settled in an hut built for him and spent his nights at unceasing prayer. By day however, barefoot and in torn tatters of clothing the whole year long he went about the streets of the city, resting sometimes on a dung heap and bearing much abuse and derision by the people of the city. While still alive the saint had been granted a gift of wonderworking. He died young on 29 May 1494, and was buried near the Uspensky cathedral in the city of Ustiug. Afterwards over his relics was built a church in his name. The Service to Blessed John Ustiuzhsky was written in the XVI Century. In 1554 with the recollections of people who had known him in life his life was compiled, and somewhat afterwards\u2014an eulogy. The holy ascetic was famed as an intercessor during invasions of enemies, and by graced healings of those sick with various maladies. </p>"}, "rank": 2, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "<p>Need English translation</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "5"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "<p>Need English translation</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "0"}}}}, "91037": {"name": {"nominative": "Finding of the relics of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev (1659)", "short": "Venerable Job"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Monk Job of Pochaev died on 28 October 1651. On 28 August 1833 the relics of the Monk Job were solemnly opened for general veneration. In the year 1902 the Holy Synod decreed on this day to carry the holy relics of the Monk Job round the Uspensk cathedral of the Pochaev Lavra-monastery after the Divine Liturgy.</p>"}, "rank": 4, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "", "Type": "1", "Tone": "1"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "", "Type": "1", "Tone": "1"}}}}, "91547": {"name": {"nominative": "Commemoration of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Chonah (4<sup>th</sup> C)", "short": "Archangel"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>In Phrygia, not far from the city of Hieropolis, in a place called Kherotopos, there was a church named for the Archangel Michael, and outside the church flowed a health-curative spring. This church was built through the zeal of a certain inhabitant of the city of Laodiceia in gratitude to God and to the holy Archistrategos Michael, who had appeared in a dream vision to this man\u2014the father of a mute girl, and who then had not yet been illumined by holy Baptism, and revealed to him, that his daughter would receive the gift of speech in drinking from the water of the spring. During her drinking the girl actually did receive healing and began to speak. After this miracle, the father with his daughter and all their family were baptised, and in fervent gratitude the father built the church in honour of the holy Archistrategos Michael. And for healing began to come to the water-spring not only Christians, but also pagans. In so doing, many of the pagans turned from their idols and were converted to the faith in Christ. </p><p>At this church of the holy Archistrategos Michael a certain pious man by the name of Archippos served over the span of 60 years as church-attendant. By his preaching and by the example of his saintly life he brought many a pagan to faith in Christ. With the general malice of that time towards Christians, and even moreso against Archippos, who had never forsaken the church and gave example of a real servant of Christ, the pagans gave thought to destroying the church and at the same time kill Archippos. Towards this end they made a confluence of two mountainous rushing streams and directed its combined flow against the church. Saint Archippos prayed fervently to the Archistrategos Michael to ward off the danger. Through his prayer the Archangel Michael appeared at the temple, and with a blow of his staff opened into the mountain a wide fissure and commanded to flow into it the rushing torrents of water. The temple thus remained unharmed. In beholding such an awesome miracles, the pagans fled in terror, and Archippos together with Christians gathered in church glorified God and gave thanks to the holy Archangel Michael for the help. The place where the miracle happened received the name \u201cKhona,\u201d which means \u201copening\u201d or \u201cfissure.\u201d</p>"}, "rank": 2, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "<p>Supreme commander of the armies of Heaven, * we, the unworthy, do ever entreat thee, * that by thy prayers thou dost ever surround us * with the protection of the wings of thine immaterial glory, * preserving us that earnestly fall down before thee and cry aloud: * Deliver us from misfortunes, ** in that thou art the leader of the hosts on high.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "4"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "<p>O chief commander of God, * minister of glory divine, * captain of the angels and instructor of men: * beg thou great mercy and that which is profitable for us, ** for thou art the supreme commander of the bodiless hosts.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "2"}}}}, "92401": {"name": {"nominative": "Righteous Joshua, Son of Nun", "short": "Joshua"}}, "92801": {"name": {"nominative": "Transfer of the relics of Saint Hilarion, Bishop of Meglina in Bulgaria (1206)", "short": "Transfer"}, "rank": 2}, "92901": {"name": {"nominative": "Martyr Castor of Alexandria", "short": "Martyr Castor"}}, "93301": {"name": {"nominative": "Saint Hilarion the Schema-Monk of the Kiev Caves (16<sup>th</sup> C)", "short": "Saint Hilarion"}}, "93601": {"name": {"nominative": "Righteous Virgin Glaphyra (\u2020 322)", "short": "Righteous Virgin"}}, "93602": {"name": {"nominative": "Finding of the relics of St Basil, Bishop of Amasea (4<sup>th</sup> C)", "short": "Finding"}}, "94201": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Ilya of Murom, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (\u2020 c. 1188)", "short": "Venerable Ilya"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "Bulgakov Handbook. Copyright 1999-2008 Archpriest Eugene D. Tarris.", "text": "He was born in Murom and practiced asceticism in the Kievan Monastery of the Caves in the Twelfth Century. His relics repose in the St. Anthony\u2019s Cave. In the words of Philaret, Archbishop of Chernigov, Ven. Elias reposes in a prayerful position and irresistibly accuses the schism (Raskol): his first three fingers are joined together and outstretched, but the last two, the fourth and fifth fingers, are folded into his palm."}}, "94601": {"name": {"nominative": "Martyrs Saturninus, Iakischolus, Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, Mammius, Zeno, Eusebius, Neon, and Vitalis (\u2020 c.63)", "short": "Martyrs"}}, "95101": {"name": {"nominative": "Repose of Saint Innocent, 1<sup>st</sup> Bishop of Irkutsk (\u2020 1731)", "short": "St. Innocent"}, "rank": 1}, "95201": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker", "short": "Venerable Memnon"}, "rank": 1, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Monk Memnon the Wonderworker from the time of his youth asceticised in the Egyptian wilderness. By his arduous ascetic efforts he attained a victory of spirit over the flesh.</p><p>Having become abbot (hegumen) of one of the Egyptian monasteries, he wisely and carefully guided the brethren. And even while aiding them through prayer and counsel, the saint did not waver in his efforts in the struggle with temptation.</p><p>Through unceasing prayer and toil he received the gift of perspicacity: through his prayer a spring of water gushed forth in the wilderness; locusts destroying the harvest perished; those suffering shipwreck and calling on his name were saved. After his death the mere mention of his name dispelled a plague of locusts and undid the cunning wiles of evil spirits.</p>"}}, "95301": {"name": {"nominative": "Holy Martyrs Diodorus and Rhodopianos the Deacon (\u2020 284-305)", "short": "Holy Martyrs"}}, "96001": {"name": {"nominative": "Holy Hierarch Donatus the Bishop of Eur\u0153a in Epirus (\u2020 c.387)", "short": "Holy Hierarch"}}, "96201": {"name": {"short": "Holy Apostle", "nominative": "Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (\u2020 98-117)"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>The Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian occupies a unique place in the ranks of the chosen disciples of Christ the Saviour. Often in iconography the Apostle John is depicted as a gentle, majestic and spiritual elder, with features of innocent tenderness, with the imprint of complete calm upon his forehead and the deep look of a contemplator of unuttered revelations. Another main trait of the spiritual countenance of the Apostle John is revealed through his teaching about love, for which the title \u201cApostle of Love\u201d is pre-eminently designated to him. Actually, all his writings are permeated by love, the basic concept of which leads to the comprehension, that God in His Being is Love (<a href=\"bible=I_Jn#4:8\">1 Jn. 4: 8</a>). In his writings, Saint John dwells especially upon the manifestations of the inexpressible love of God for the world and for mankind, the love of his Divine Teacher. He constantly exhorts his disciples to mutual love one for another.</p><p>The service of Love\u2014was the entire pathway of life of the Apostle John the Theologian.</p><p>The qualities of calmness and profound contemplation were in him combined with an ardent fidelity, tender and boundless love with intensity and even a certain abruptness. From the brief indications of the Evangelists it is apparent, that he was endowed in the highest degree with an ardent nature, and his hearty passionateness sometimes reached such a stormy zealousness, that Jesus Christ was compelled to give the admonishment, that it was discordant with the spirit of the new teaching (<a href=\"bible=Mk#9:38-40\">Mk. 9: 38-40</a>;<a href=\"bible=Lk#9:49-50,54,56\"> Lk. 9: 49-50, 54,56</a>) and He called the Apostle John and his brother by birth the Apostle James \u201cSons of Thunder\u201d (\u201cBoanerges\u201d). During this while Saint John shows scant modesty, and besides his particular position among the Apostles as \u201cthe disciple whom Jesus loved\u201d, he did not stand out among the other disciples of the Saviour. The distinguishing features of his character were the observance and sensitivity to events, permeated by a keen sense of obedience to the Will of God. Impressions received from without rarely showed up in his word or actions, but they penetrated deeply and powerfully into the inner life of the holy Apostle John. Always sensitive to others, his heart ached for the perishing. The Apostle John with pious tremulation was attentive to the Divinely-inspired teaching of his Master, to the fullness of grace and truth, in pure and sublime comprehending the Glory of the Son of God. No feature of the earthly life of Christ the Saviour slipped past the penetrating gaze of the Apostle John, nor did any event occur, that did not leave a deep impression on his memory, since in him was concentrated all the fullness and wholeness of the human person. The thoughts also of the Apostle John the Theologian are imbued with suchlike an integral wholeness. The dichotomy of person did not exist for him. In accord with his precepts, where there is not full devotion, there is nothing. Having chosen the path to service to Christ, to the end of his life he fulfilled it with complete and undivided devotion. The Apostle John speaks about wholistic a devotion to Christ, about the fullness of life in Him, wherefore also sin is considered by him not as a weakness and injury of human nature, but as evil, as a negative principle, which is completely set in opposition to the good (<a href=\"bible=Jn#8:34,3:4,8-9\">Jn. 8: 34; 1 Jn. 3: 4, 8-9</a>). In his perspective, it is necessary to belong either to Christ or to the devil, it is not possible to be of a mediocre lukewarm, undecided condition (<a href=\"bible=I_Jn#2:22,4:3\">1 Jn. 2: 22, 4: 3</a>;<a href=\"bible=Apoc#3:15-16\"> Rev. 3: 15-16</a>). Therefore he served the Lord with undivided love and self-denial, having repudiated everything that appertains to the ancient enemy of mankind, the enemy of truth and the father of lies (<a href=\"bible=I_Jn#2:21-22\">1 Jn. 2: 21-22</a>). Just as strongly as he loves Christ, just as strongly he contemns the Anti-Christ; just as intensely he loves truth, with an equal intensity does he contemn falsehood,\u2014for light doth expel darkness (<a href=\"bible=Jn#8:12,12:35-36\">Jn. 8: 12; 12: 35-36</a>). By the manifestation of the inner fire of love he witnesses with the unique power of spirit about the Divinity of Jesus Christ (<a href=\"bible=Jn#1:1-18,5:1-12\">Jn. 1: 1-18; 1 Jn. 5: 1-12</a>).</p><p>To the Apostle John was given to express the last word of the Divine Revelation (that is, the final book of the Holy Scripture), ushering in the most treasured mysteries of the Divine inner life, known only to the eternal Word of God, the Only-Begotten Son.</p><p>Truth is reflected in his mind and in his words, wherein he senses and grasps it in his heart. He has comprehension of eternal Truth, and as he sees it, he transmits it to his beloved spiritual children. The Apostle John with simplicity affirms or denies and speaks always with absolute precision (<a href=\"bible=I_Jn#1:1\">1 Jn. 1: 1</a>). He hears the voice of the Lord, revealing to him what He Himself hears from the Father.</p><p>The theology of the Apostle John abolishes the borderline between the present and the future. Looking at the present time, he does not halt at it, but transports his gaze to the eternal in the past time and to the eternal in the future time. And therefore he, exhorting for holiness in life, solemnly proclaims, that \u201call, born of God, sin not\u201d (<a href=\"bible=I_Jn#5:18,3:9\">1 Jn. 5: 18; 3: 9</a>). In communion with God the true Christian partakes of life Divine, whereby the future of mankind is accomplished already on earth. In his explanation and disclosing of the teaching about the \u0152conomia of salvation, the Apostle John crosses over into the area of the eternal present, in which Heaven would coincide with earth and the earth would be enlightened with the Light of Heavenly Glory. </p><p>Thus did the Galilean fisherman, this son of Zebedee, become Theologian proclaiming through Revelation the mystery of world-existence and the fate of mankind.</p><p>The celebration on May 8<sup>th</sup> of the holy Apostle John the Theologian was established by the Church in remembrance of the annual drawing forth on this day at the place of his burial of fine rose ashes, which believers gathered for healing from various maladies. The account about the life of the holy Evangelist John the Theologian is situated under September 26<sup>th</sup>, the day of his repose.</p>"}, "rank": 5, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "O beloved apostle of Christ God, haste thou to deliver a defenseless people. He Who permitted thee to recline against His breast receiveth thee, prostrate in supplication. Him do thou beseech, O theologian, that He dispel the gloom of the nations which doth beset us, asking for us peace and great mercy.", "Type": "1", "Tone": "2"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "Who can recount thy mighty works, O virgin apostle * For thou pourest out miracles and dost cause healings to flow forth; and thou prayest for our souls, in that thou art a theologian and the friend of Christ.", "Type": "1", "Tone": "2"}}}}, "96701": {"name": {"nominative": "Blessed John \u201cthe Hairy\u201d and Fool-For-Christ at Rostov (\u2020 1580)", "short": "Blessed John"}}, "96901": {"name": {"nominative": "Martyr John, the soldier at Constantinople (4<sup>th</sup> C)", "short": "Martyr John"}, "rank": 1}, "97801": {"name": {"nominative": "Repose of St John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople", "short": "Repose"}, "rank": 1}, "97802": {"name": {"nominative": "Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople (\u2020 407)", "short": "Saint John"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "", "text": "<p>He was born in 347 of famous, rich and pious inhabitants of Antioch, Secundus and Anthusa. Having lost his father early, he grew up under the direction of his pious mother, known for her high intellectual and moral qualities and who has devoted, despite her youth, herself exclusively to his education. The pious and chaste widow by her humble affection instilled in her son a loving heart, natural to him, and by her example of a truly Christian life taught him in accordance with the will of God self-denial for the sake of the highest moral purposes and unshakable firmness in pursuing these goals and in the struggle with the trials and tribulations of life. In all of his early childhood John was occupied with the Holy Scriptures, studying it under the direction of his mother. The early acquaintance with the Bible and the beneficent influence on the heart of John by his virtuous mother have instilled in him an ardent aspiration to virtue and the sacred life, and revulsion to the splendor prevailing everywhere in his time, and to all the generation of the prophets. In his youth John studied under the famous orator Libanius. Upon completing his education, Saint John became a lawyer and soon achieved fame for his eloquence.</p><p>The moral feeling, fostered by his Christian education, restrained John from enthusiasm for worldly vanity, and he soon left the secular life and civil service and, living in the world, began to follow strictly a selfless life. St. Meletius, bishop of Antioch, having noticed the great talents of John and his openly Christian attitude, approached him to complete his instruction in the Christian faith and baptized him (in the 25<sup>th</sup> year of his life), and during the year (370) tonsured him as reader of the Antiochian church. John, not looking at his illustrious birth, his great talent and his already acquired fame as an eloquent orator, has humbly accepted the humble rank of reader, witnessed to by his deep devotion to the Church. Fulfilling the duties of the reader, he at this time continued seriously to study the Holy Scriptures. Following his love for monasticism John was ready to withdraw to the solitary life, but as an obedient and loving son, at the request of his mother, continued to live in her house.</p><p>After the death of his mother, St. John gave his estate to the poor, freed his slaves, left for the desert and lived four years in ascetic labors of communal monasticism, and then, wishing to enter the ascetic life of a full hermit, he entered one cave, where he lived for two years (379-380) in unreasonably strict and severe ascetic labors. The hermit ascetic labors enriched his experiences of spiritual life, his knowledge of the human heart and strengthened in him a high ideal of moral perfection. After the impairment of his health, and his need to return to Antioch, St. John was ordained to the rank of deacon by St. Meletius in 381. This decision to entirely devote his life to sacred service for St. John was submission to the will of the bishop and the expression of maturity in the ascetic deeds of monasticism. Besides serving the divine services and the supervision of the deanery in church assemblies, St. John as a deacon conducted works of ecclesiastical charity and executed various assignments of the bishop. It has prepared him for an effective life. The visitation to the rich to ask them alms for the poor and to the poor to help them, has given St. John an all around knowledge of life and people and even more inflamed in him a love for the people and compassion for those living in misery and the needy. The first money, which St. John has given back to the poor, was his own, and from that day up to his very death he had nothing, and it may be said, that he was the first poor man in the Antiochian church.</p><p>Ordained (in 386) to the rank of priest in Antioch, Saint John tirelessly preached the word of God. He preached sermons at least once a week, for the most part twice, and quite often each day. In his sermons Saint John explained the Holy Scripture, rose up against false teachers, praised the ascetic exploits of the saints, censured unrighteousness and especially cruelty to poor. The inhabitants of Antioch, drawn by his eloquence, not only the Orthodox, but also the heretics and even those of Judea and the pagans, crowded about to hear him, interrupted his sermon by loud applause, and sometimes, touched to the depth of their souls, began to cry and to sob. Especially was Saint John blessed with the gifts of smooth speech that he had become famous during a time of national rebellion arising in 387 by the imposition by the Antiochians of new taxes and the destruction of the imperial statues. Then the holy preacher was shown to be a true father \u2013 a comforter, a spiritual leader to his disciples, each day soothing their complaints and their cries by conversations (number 21) in the market place and in the temple. The sermon of Saint John thundered without tiring from the church cathedra and the fame of his eloquence was propagated to all corners of the empire. During one sermon, he received from one woman the name of Chrysostom.</p><p>In 397 Saint John was consecrated the archbishop of Constantinople. Pouring out \u201cwith a mouth of golden radiance\u201d \u201c the rivers of sweet teachings\u201d, he fervently made an effort to maintain his congregation \u201cin holiness and truth\u201d. As \u201can earthly angel and celestial man\u201d, Saint John, being example of virtue, also taught others the holy life. He cared much for the improvement of the Constantinople clergy; was the trustee and advocate of the widows, the orphans and the poor, built hospitals and hospices. The activity of the caring bishop was not limited to only the Constantinople diocese, but reached even to the others, even to remote countries: he sent missionaries to Thrace, Arabia, Persia, and God blessed his apostolic work: the wild barbarians leaving their worship of idols, converted to the religion of peace and love. The flaming zeal for Orthodoxy, the unshakable steadfastness in faith, the fervent love for his neighbors, the spirit of meekness, the wise moderation and condescension for the fallen, the spirit of a living faith and the rare pastoral persistence demanding of all the true life of a Christian, - absorbed the entire life and activity of the great hierarch. Full of love and with strict words he boldly railed against the prevailing vices of his congregation, especially the passion for theatrical shows, the love of money and the cruelty of the rich, the women\u2019s passion for the latest fashion and dress, and the various superstitions of the simple people. The impartial sermon of Saint John, his strict accusation of the vices which he railed against, without any concessions to rank or position, soon rallied the wealthy, the elite and many others against him, and upon him came the denunciation of the Empress Eudoxia. The obvious slander, the spiteful misinterpretation of his words and his acts laid guilt on him, and the great teacher of Church in the sixth year of his Episcopal service was condemned to exile.</p><p>Because of the occurrence of an earthquake after his departure and the concern of the people, he returned from exile back to Constantinople, and continued as before to thunder against the vices of society and within six months was again sent into exile to the city of Cucusus (in Armenia), and then within two years still further to Abassia (see the New Athonite Monastery in the Georgian exarchate). But on the way to Abassia Saint John died in the city of Comana (407). The last words of Saint John\u2014this great ecumenical teacher, the smooth speaking preacher, the strict charitable and loving pastor, were: \u201cGlory to God for all things!\u201d</p><p>In the church chants Saint John is praised, as \u201cpillar of the church\u201d, \u201ctreasury of good deeds \u201c, \u201cthe wisdom of the depths\u201d, \u201cgreat bishop\u201d, shining \u201cinto all the world, more than the rays of the sun with good deeds and pearly words, more wise than the wisest, and the greatest rhetor, defender of true doctrine, revealer of lies, teacher of repentance\u201d, \u201cfather of orphans, speedy help to the injured, alms to the poor and drink to the thirsty\u201d.</p><p>There is the existence of his Order of the Divine Liturgy known under the name of Chrysostom. Besides this, the Church has received from Saint John Chrysostom the teaching \u201cConcerning the Priesthood\u201d (representing an ideal Christian shepherd, his cycle of duties and the quality of service required of him), the numerous scripture commentaries, contained in his works (about 800), the sacred hymns, the commentary on the Word of God in letters to various persons, and his other compositions. In his works he is of incomparable wit and the greatest in oratory. No one possessed such a plenitude of speech, in which he was so rich. The most abstract subjects of faith in his descriptions are clear for everyone, because he explains them by comparisons, by pictures. Under his well-delivered speeches one always hears the presence of poetical feeling, generated by a lot of captivating pictures and images. By his own words he with inimitable artistic touches, rejoices, excites the emotions of the soul and convinces. As in the basis of all of his acts lay the love, that love which penetrated even to his every word. Saint John was pre-eminently a preacher of love in his sermons and breathes authority and perseverance, an unusual sensitivity and sincerity. It is impossible to present all the power and interest of the conversations of Saint Chrysostom, in which one may find the connection to all that is the highest in oratory and most convincing in the hidden conduct of conscience and hearts. These talks represent by themselves the best examples for imitation of preachers in all centuries and peoples. Our ancestors drew up a lot of \u201cbook sweetness\u201d from the works of Saint Chrysostom and for them these works were the most favored reading. And at the present time everyone looking for spiritual truth and deep edification will find for himself a fuller satisfaction in the eternal works of Saint John Chrysostom. They always were new and will ever stay new. About the divine Chrysostom, Saint Demetrius of Rostov says: \u201cIt is right to say, he surpassed the reason of all the Hellenic wise men, by word and delightful speech and the divine Scripture is beautifully explained and commented on\u201d. Concerning the transferring of the relics of Saint John see January 27.</p>"}, "rank": 5, "services": {"LITURGY": {"TROPARION/1": {"text": "<p>Grace shining forth from thy mouth like a beacon hath illumined the universe, * and disclosed to the world treasures of uncovetousness, and shown us the heights of humility; * but while instructing by thy words, O father John Chrysostom. ** intercede with the Word, Christ our God, to Save our souls.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "0"}, "KONTAKION/1": {"text": "<p>From the heavens hast thou received divine grace, * and by thy lips thou dost teach all to worship the one God in Trinity, * O John Chrysostom, all-blessed righteous one. ** Rightly do we acclaim thee, for thou art a teacher revealing things divine.</p>", "Type": "1", "Tone": "0"}}}}, "99001": {"name": {"nominative": "St. John, Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod (\u2020 1186)", "short": "St. John"}, "rank": 3, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "The Clergyman\u2019s Handbook. Moscow. 1978. English translation Copyright 1997 Fr. S. Janos.", "text": "<p>Saint John, Archbishop of Novgorod, was born at Novgorod of the pious parents Nikolai and Christina. He passed his childhood in quiet and peaceful surroundings.</p><p>After the death of the parents John and his brother Gabriel, having received a small inheritance, decided to make on their inherited property a small monastery in honour of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God. At first they built a wooden church, but a short time later built also a stone church. Their good intentions were not without difficulties. Before they finished construction on the stone temple, the brothers totally exhausted their means. Only their steadfast and living faith inspired them to continue what they had started. They turned for help with it to the Queen of Heaven, on Whose account this God-pleasing matter was begun. Through their unflagging prayer She manifested to them Her mercy\u2014She foretold in a dream, that everything necessary for the completion of the temple would be provided. On the following morning the brothers saw a splendid horse, loaded with two sacks of gold. No one came by for it, and when the brothers took hold of the sacks, the horse then vanished. Thus did the Mother of god send means for the monastery.</p><p>Upon completion of the monastery construction,\u2014here under the protection of the Mother of God, the brothers took monastic vows. Saint John took the name of Elias (Ilia), and Saint Gabriel\u2014the name Gregory.</p><p>The chronicles speak about Saint John being made bishop under the entries for the year 1162. His first archpastoral missive was directed to the clergy of his diocese. It was imbued with an endearing concern about his flock, written in a spirit of fatherly guidance: \u201cIt pleased God and the Most Holy Mother of God, through your prayers, that I but a mere man, should not refrain from this high dignity, of which I am unworthy. Wherein that ye yourselves have encouraged me to this service, now hearken to me\u2026\u201d The saint spoke about the vocation of the pastor\u2014he is concerned about his sheep, he not only chastises but also heals those that lead a sinful life. \u201cAt the beginning of my discourse I ask you, be not strongly attached to this world, but rather be instructive to people. Look first of all, that they not give themselves over to strong drunkenness. Yet ye yourselves know, that through this most of all do not only the simple people perish, but we also. When your spiritual children approach you in repentance, then question them with mildness. It is not seemly to impose harsh penances. Scorn not the reading of books, since if we do not make a start of doing this, then what will distinguish us from the simple unschooled people?\u2026 Do not impose penances upon orphans\u2026. Let everything be seemly, in that the yoke of Christ ought to be light\u2026\u201d</p><p>In the year 1165 Saint John was elevated to archbishop (from that time the Novgorod cathedra became archbishopal).</p><p>The winter of 1170 was a very difficult time for Novgorod. Suzdal\u2032 forces with their allies laid siege to the city for two days since the Novgorod people would not accept prince Svyatoslav, and likewise they took the tribute-tax of the Dvina district which was not subject to them.</p><p>In grief the Novgorod people prayed to God and the Most Holy Mother of God for the salvation of the city. On the third night, while he was praying before an image of the Saviour, Saint John heard a voice, ordering him to go to the church of the Saviour on Elias\u2019s (Il\u2032ina) street, to take the icon of the Most Holy Mother of God and put it up upon a trident-hook. In the morning the saint told the assembly about the command and sent the archdeacon with clergy to the Sophia church for the icon. Going into the church, the archdeacon bowed down before the icon and wanted to take hold of it, but the icon would not budge. The archdeacon returned to the archbishop and told him about what happened. Then the saint with all the assembly went to the Elias\u2019s (Il\u2032ina) church and on their knees began to pray before the icon. They began to sing a moleben canon, and at the 6<sup>th</sup> ode at the kondak \u201c Mediatrix of Christians\u201d the icon itself moved from the place. The people with tears cried out: \u201cLord, have mercy!\u201d Then Saint John took the icon and together with two deacons carried it on the trident-hook. The Novgorod people in terror foresaw their doom, since the Suzdal\u2032 forces with their allies had made their way ready for pillage. In the sixth hour of the evening there began an assault, and the arrows fell like rain. Then by the Providence of God the icon turned its visage towards the city, and from the eyes of the Most Holy Mother of God there trickled down tears, which the saint gathered on his phelon. A darkness like ashes covered over the Suzdal\u2032 forces, they became unable to see and with terror they fell back. This occurred on February 25<sup>th</sup> 1170. Saint John established in honour of this a solemn feast day for Novgorod\u2014the Sign (Slavonic: Znamenie) of the Most Holy Mother of God (celebrated November 27<sup>th</sup>).</p><p>The Suzdal\u2032 army wreaked great harm on the Novgorod region. Here also the archpastor did not remain on the sidelines. He showed fatherly concern about devastated households suffering hunger, and he distributed aid to hapless orphans. Just like other Russian hierarchs, by prayer and by virtue he calmed and soothed the internecine strife in much-suffering Rus\u2032. Thus, in 1172 the archpastor himself journeyed to Vladimir to reconcile the noble-born prince Andrew the God lover (Bogoliubskii) with the Novgorod people.</p><p>The saint not only shared in the adversity of his people, but most of all he concerned himself about their spiritual enlightenment. Saint John devoted great attention to spiritual conversations, which often occurred in the circle of the clergy and the laypeople. There are preserved about 30 of his instructions: concerning Baptism, Confession, the Holy Eucharist. The Guidance for Monks is filled with spiritual grandeur: \u201cOnce having followed after Christ, monks as actualisers of spiritual life by the cross ought to live in solitary places, separate from worldly folk. Let them pilfer nothing for themself, nor not wholly be dedicated to God. A monk ought always to be a monk, at every time and at every place\u2014both in sleep and in wakefulness they should preserve the memory of death, and in flesh to be fleshless. Not for everyone does the monastery serve as a doctoring for sensual-love, just as silence\u2014is to anger, and death\u2014to greed for money, and the tomb\u2014to avarice\u2026 Monastic life and worldly life are incompatible,\u2014just as they do not harness together a camel and horse. The monk bends his neck beneath the yoke of the Creator and ought to pull the plough in the valley of humility, in order to multiply the fine wheat by the warmth of the Life-bestowing Spirit and to sow the seed-grains of the reason of God. The black-robed is not his own master; being like gods take care not to rot in likeness to people, nor fall from the heights like the light-bearing prince [that is of angels, Lucifer-satan]\u2026 for from human glory is begotten haughty pride\u2026\u201d</p><p>The saint\u2019s spiritual powers of grace were unusual. For his simplicity of soul and purity of heart God gave him power against devils. One time, when the saint as was his custom prayed by night, he heard in the wash-bowl something splashing the water. Seeing that there was no one alongside him, the saint perceived, that this was the doing of a devil trying to scare him. The saint made the sign of the cross over the wash-bowl and restrained the devil. Soon the evil spirit could no longer bear the prayer of the saint, which scorched it with fire, and it began to implore to be released from the wash-bowl. The saint was agreeable, but set a condition, that the devil carry him from Novgorod to Jerusalem to the Sepulchre of the Lord, and back all in one night. The devil fulfilled the command of the saint, but asked him to tell no one about his shaming.</p><p>In one of his conversations the saint told his flock, that he knew a man, who by night visited the Holy Land. The revenge of the evil spirit was not slow in coming. It began to scatter about women\u2019s things in the cell of the saint. One time when a large crowd of city-folk, stirred up by jealous and unvirtuous people, had gathered at the cell of the monk, the devil appeared to them, looking like a woman which ran out from the cell. The saint came out to the racket and gently asked: \u201cWhat has happened, my children, what is the noise all about?\u201d The unruly crowd, shouting various charges of perverse life against the saint, dragged him to the River Volkhov. They put the saint on a raft and released it down along the current of the river, reckoning to be rid of it. But the raft, contrary to expectation, sailed against the current straight to the male Yur\u2032iev monastery, situated 3.2 km [3 versts] from Novgorod. Seeing this, people took shame and with weeping and shouts they went along the river-bank after the raft, beseeching the saint to forgive them and to return to the city. The heart of the simple-souled archpastor was filled with thankful joy, not only for himself but just as much for his flock: \u201cLord, hold this not in sin against them!\u201d\u2014he prayed and granted pardon to all.</p><p>This occurrence happened not long before the death of the saint. Sensing its approach, he put off the hierarch\u2019s omophor and took the schema with the name John,\u2014the same name he had in his youth. As successor to himself he appointed his brother, Saint Gregory (Commemorated May 24<sup>th</sup>). The saint died on September 7<sup>th</sup>, 1186 and was put in the portico of the Sophia church.</p><p>In 1439 through the zeal of Saint Euphumius (Evphymii) repairs were being made at the Sophia cathedral; in the portico chapel-temple of Saint John the Forerunner a stone suddenly came loose and powerfully cracked the lid of the tomb standing there. Saint Euphumius gave orders to lift off the boards broken by the stone, and the temple was filled with fragrance. In the tomb they beheld the undecayed relics of the saint, but no one was able to identify whom this archpastor was. In his cell Saint Euphumius began fervently to pray to God to reveal to him the name of this saint. By night there appeared before him a man, clothed in hierarchical garb, and said that he was Archbishop John, found worthy to serve the miracle of the Most Holy Mother of God in honour of Her Sign (Znamenie). \u201cI proclaim thee the will of God,\u2014continued the saint,\u2014to make the memory of the archbishops and princes lying here, on October 4<sup>th</sup<, and I shall pray Christ for all Christians\u201d. His memory is celebrated likewise with the Assemblage (Sobor) of Novgorod Saint-hierarchs on February 10<sup>th</sup>; in 1630 a feast day was also established on December 1<sup>st</sup>.</p>"}}, "99101": {"name": {"nominative": "Great Martyr John the New of Suceava, who suffered at Belgrade (\u2020 1330-1340)", "short": "Great Martyr"}, "rank": 2}, "901501": {"name": {"nominative": "Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia (\u2020 1213) (movable feast on Sunday of Myrrhbearing Women)", "short": "Tamara"}}, "902201": {"name": {"nominative": "Holy Martyr Abraham the Bulgar, Wonderworker of Vladimir (\u2020 1229) (movable feast on the 4<sup>th</sup> Sunday of Pascha)", "short": "Abraham"}}, "902202": {"name": {"nominative": "Righteous Tabitha of Joppa (1<sup>st</sup> C) (movable feast on the 4<sup>th</sup> Sunday of Pascha)", "short": "Tabitha"}}, "902501": {"name": {"nominative": "Mozdok and Dubensky-Krasnohorsk\u00e1 (17<sup>th</sup> C) Icons of the Mother of God (movable feast at Mid-Pentecost)", "short": "Theotokos"}}, "902801": {"name": {"nominative": "Synaxis of New Martyrs of Butovo (movable feast on the 4<sup>th</sup> Saturday of Pascha)", "short": "Saints"}}, "904301": {"name": {"nominative": "Chelnskoy and Pskov-Kiev Caves called \u201cTenderness\u201d icons of the Mother of God (movable feast on 7<sup>th</sup> Sunday after Pascha)", "short": "Theotokos"}}, "904601": {"name": {"nominative": "Venerable Dodo of St. David-Gareji Monastery (\u2020 596) (Georg.) (movable feast celebrated on Wednesday of the Ascension)", "short": "St Dodo"}}, "905101": {"name": {"nominative": "Icons of the Mother of God \u201cTupichevsk\u201d (1847) and \u201cCypriot\u201d (392) (movable feast on the Day Of the Holy Spirit)", "short": "Theotokos"}}, "905401": {"name": {"nominative": "Icon of the Mother of God \u201cSurety of Sinners\u201d in Korets (1622) (movable feast on Pentecost Thursday)", "short": "Theotokos"}}, "905701": {"name": {"nominative": "Icons of the Mother of God: \u201cthe Softener of evil hearts\u201d and \u201cthe Indestructible Wall\u201d (movable feast on the Sunday of All Saints)", "short": "Theotokos"}}, "906211": {"name": {"nominative": "Tabynsk Icon of the Mother of God", "short": "Tabynsk Icon"}, "life": {"id": "", "copyright": "V. Simonov. Ufa Diocese Bulletin. \u21164, April 2001. English translation by Igor Radev", "text": "<p>The Chinese Life of the Tabynsk Icon</p><p>On June 1597 Hierodeacon Amvrosy of the Ascension hermitage walking by a salt spring discovered the miracle working icon of the Mother of God. The brethren took the icon to the church, but the next morning it was not to be found there. They finally came across it at the monastery gates.</p><p>They soon built a small chapel over that location. After the destruction of the monastery in 1633 the icon was lost, but around one hundred years later it was discovered for the second time. In 1766 the icon was seen by some shepherds near the salt springs. The icon was then brought to the Theophany church of the Bogoyavlensk Copper Smelting Factory. But the icon mysteriously disappeared from that church and was found in the village of Tabynsk. From then on it is called \"the Tabynsk icon\".</p><p>During the cholera epidemic in 1854 the icon was transferred in Orenburg and the epidemic was stalled.</p><p>Until 1918 it was carried annually from Tabynsk to Orenburg where it was placed in a special casket where it stayed for three months.</p><p>In 1914 the icon was taken to the frontlines. In the time of the Civil War during the withdrawal of the White Army under the Orenburg Cossack corps' hetman, and the combat hetman of the entire Cossack Army, Lieutenant General Alexander Ilevich Dutov (December 5, 1879 - February 6, 1921) , the miraculously discovered Tabynsk icon of the Mother of God was brought to China by His Eminence Methodius, the bishop of Orenburg. He was later made the ruling Hierarch of the Harbin Diocese, and then Metropolitan.</p><p>According to one tradition, the icon was in Harbin placed in a specially built monastery church until 1948. Afterwards it had been moved, first to Australia, and then to the USA, presumably in San Francisco.</p><p>Still, based on the archive materials of the local museums of Irkutsk, Barnaul, Vladivostok, the Archive of the Buriat branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and by living in the capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Province of China - Urumqi, we can speak about the other \"Chinese\" life of the icon.</p><p>The detached Orenburg army of Dutov, having left Orenburg during winter 1919, and passing through Orsk, which till the end of March numbered more than 30 thousand people, crossed the Chinese border near Chuchuchon.</p><p>From 1920, the icon brought by the Dutov men was put in the church of Suiding town (present-day Shuiding, Xinjiang Province). The rectors of the church during that time were Archimandrite Jonah (Pokrovsky), made later the bishop of Hankou (1920), Priest Grigory Shtokalko (1921 - 1925), Priest Theodosy Soloshenko (1925 - 30), Archpriest Mikhail Malyarovsky (1930 - 1933), Archpriest Pavel Kochunovsky (1938 - 1944), the rector of the Xinjiang Orthodox churches and the parish priest Archpriest D. Modzyanovsky (1946 - 1952), the rector and the church elder Abbot Sofrony (Yogel) (July 8, 1954 - 1960).</p><p>The most revered sacred object of St Nicholas Church - the miracle working image of the Tabynsk Icon of the Mother of God was kept at the left kliros of the church in Ghulja. The icon, almost meter high, was covered in gilded silver casing. Similar as when in Russia, on the ninth Friday after Pascha, in Ghulja (present-day Yining), Suiding (present-day Shuiding), Chuguchak (present-day Tacheng) and Urumqi a Litany was performed.</p><p>In the late sixties St Nicholas Church was destroyed. During the \"Cultural Revolution\", the icon was lost too.</p><p>The remaining Orthodox faithful in Ghulja are gathering in private homes, where old icons are still kept together with some Service books. Many of them, not having prayer books, are manually copying prayers, passing them to one another and carefully keeping them. The natives of Ghulja, the Izmailovs, Ostroumovs, Iakovlevs are well remembering where the church together with the miracle working icon once stood. They do not believe that the icon was destroyed and are of the opinion that it was concealed by one of the parishioners somewhere outside the city. One of these natives has given to me a copy of picture of the St Nicholas church.</p><p>There is a connection between the Tabyinsk holy image and the founding in 1934 in Kanagashi near Dalian of the Mother of God of Kazan and Tabynsk female monastery. The priest serving there was Archpriest Ioann Petelin from Harbin. At the Monastery a copy of the icon was kept. In the beginning of the sixties the female monastery was closed and the nuns moved to California. Maybe it is the Kansgashi copy they are looking for in America!? </p>"}}, "981501": {"name": {"short": "Theotokos", "nominative": "Laudation of the Most Holy Theotokos"}}, "991301": {"name": {"nominative": "Commemoration of all the saints, who showed forth in asceticism", "short": "Ascetics"}}} |