An Offering to Monasticism of Today (The ARENA) – Saint Ignatius (Bryanchaninov)

 

An Offering to Monasticism of Today (small) – Saint Ignatius (Bryanchaninov) – The ARENA – 7 x 10 inch

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ПРЕОБРАЖЕНИЕ ГОСПОДНЕ, 2024 Первых помени, Гди

Synaxis of the Holy Seventy Apostles, January 4 - St Demetrius of Rostov

Translated from Russian 

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Synaxis of the Holy Seventy Apostles

Memory January 4

In addition to the twelve apostles, the Lord Jesus Christ chose seventy others. The Holy Evangelist Luke says this: “After this, the Lord chose the other seventy disciples, and sent them two in front of His face” ( Luke 10: 1 ). Twelve were with Him as witnesses of his life, and seventy prepared people for the acceptance of Christ the Savior, preaching in the cities that Christ the Lord intended to visit. Subsequently, many of the disciples of the Lord, and, of course, including many of the seventy, fell from Christ and ceased to serve him. The Holy Evangelist John writes: “Many of His disciples departed from Him and did not go with Him anymore. Then Jesus said to the twelve: “Would you also like to move away?” ( John 6: 66–67) When the days of Christ's suffering came, the number of Christ's disciples diminished even more, and hardly one of the seventy remained with Him, when one of the twelve fell away from Him. After the resurrection of Christ, the face of the holy twelve apostles was replenished by Matthew, and little by little - from among those who turned to Christ by the twelve apostles and the sermon of the holy Apostle Paul , from above called in the same primitive face and became, along with Peter in that face .

Akathist to St. John, the Wonderworker of Rila, by St. Seraphim, Sofia wonderworker (Sobolev)

 

Akathist to St. John, the Wonderworker of Rila
and the Desert Dweller

Kontakion 1

Chosen by God and forerunner by life, the Monk John, having loved Christ from his youth, thou didst walk the narrow path to Him; And for the sake of thy feats and tears, thou hast been enriched by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. By the same token, as the great boldness of the Holy Trinity, we bless thee, beseeching thee: Deliver us from all our troubles, calling: Rejoice, O Venerable John, wonderworker of Rila, our glory and joy.

Ikos 1

Thou wast an earthly angel and a heavenly man, O Monk John. How shall we sing thy glory worthily, enduring many infirmities? But thou thyself put a song of praise in the ears of us, who call:

Rejoice, O thou born of pious parents; Rejoice, O thou who wast brought up by them in the fear of God.

St. Iosaph (Skorodumov) glorification by GOC of Greece

 

Transl. from Russian

ROCOR Archbishop Ioasaph canonized in GOC of Greece

Author: Metropolitan Agathangel. Date of publication:July 27, 2024. Category: ROCOR .

St. Josaph (Skorodumov)

According to the website of the GOC of Greece, on July 8/21, 2024, in Edmonton, in the "Russian-Greek" parish of St. Prince Vladimir, founded by Archbishop Ioasaph in the 1930s, the hierarchs of the GOC of Greece, the Most Reverend Metropolitans Demetrios of America and Moses of Toronto, as well as Bishop Auxentios of Etna and Portland and Bishop Benedict of Astoria, led the celebrations for the glorification of Archbishop Ioasaph (Skorodumov) of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

We publish the biography of the saint, compiled by the ROCOR Bishop Alexander (Mileant).

Archbishop Ioasaph  (Skorodumov, 1888-1955)

Bishop Archbishop Ioasaph was born in the village of Rebovichi, Tikhvin district, Novgorod province, on January 14/26, 1888, and received the name of St. John at holy baptism. His parents were the priest of this village, Fr. Vasily Skorodumov, and Theodosia Mikhailovna, nee Kachalova. He was three hours older than his twin sister. As children of fields and forests, they were given names of wild flowers - "Ivan and Marya." He also had two brothers: the first - three years older, who died in 1942 during the German blockade of Petrograd, and the second - two years younger, who died as a twelve-year-old boy. Only his sister Maria, who lives in Petrograd, survived. The family lost their mother when the twins were five years old, and gradually all the household chores and care for the family fell on little Maria. The family of a modest villager lived in the beautiful Russian northern nature, near a lake and a forest. They were very friendly, everyone loved each other, the children idolized their father, who was very happy with them. Little Vanyusha was everyone's favorite. He was a very lively child, sometimes he liked to play pranks, but he was obedient and helpful. From early childhood, he was very religious and tried to attend every service, serving in the church. In addition to brotherly love, he and his older brother were also connected by bonds of friendship and camaraderie. For Vanyusha, his older brother was a great authority, a groom and an inspirer of children's games and amusements. In the summer, during the holidays, they went to the forest together for mushrooms and berries, fishing, often disappearing for whole days at the lake. "We would catch a full bag of fish," Vladyka recalled, "and head home, pleased with our rich catch. On the way, one of us would suddenly get the idea to carry the fish all the way home without changing our shoulders. And it was still three or four miles to go home. At first, nothing. But then, the further we walked, the more and more strongly the thin string thrown over our shoulders began to cut into our bodies, causing severe pain. Then it became completely unbearable, but we endured and did not want to give in at all. And when we finally returned home, we ourselves were no longer able to take our burdens off our shoulders. My sister took them off. On our shoulders, the string left a deep, almost blood-red stripe. Father came and, having learned of our new idea, only smiled and shook his head reproachfully: "... you are fools, fools!" ... And on our In the language it was called a "feat." "Or here's another case. In winter, during the Christmas vacancies, having run and skated or sledded to our heart's content the whole day, late in the evening we would lie in warm beds and not sleep for a long time, talking about something in whispers. And suddenly, one of us would get an unexpected idea: just like that, barefoot in just our nightgowns, in the frost, in the snow, quickly run a hundred steps there and back... But we did it in such a way that neither my sister nor my father would know," laughs the Bishop, "otherwise we would have gotten into serious trouble for such a "feat"...

Akathist Hymn of Repentance in Christ - Canon of Repentance to our Lord Jesus Christ

 

Jordanville Edition

 

 

 

 

 

Akathist Hymn of Repentance in Christ

 

 

 

 

Akathist Hymn of Repentance in Christ

Kontakion 1

Christ our Savior, we bring supplication and praise to You as we heed the call to repentance of sins. Grant us the wisdom to listen to Your teachings according to the Scriptures, especially from that moment forward when You said, “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” Guide us to understand all things pertaining to repentance. In recognition of Your divine message and Your entire ministry on earth, we implore You:     
Christ our Savior, save us.

Ikos 1

The Forerunner and Baptist John preached in the wilderness of Judea. Many people from the region came to hear him say, “Prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.” You also came from Galilee to be baptized, Lord Jesus, even though You had no need of repentance. The Heavenly Father then said of You, “This is My beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased.” Both the newly baptized and the yet unbaptized therefore sang praises to You:
Save us, Only-Begotten Son of God Who was sent into the world to redeem mankind.
Save us, Son of the Virgin Who freely offers forgiveness of sins to all.
Save us, Jesus Christ Who was baptized in the Jordan River by Saint John the Baptist.
Save us, Savior Who never sinned but fulfilled all righteousness.
Save us, for we have heard the holy preaching and we are born of water and of the Spirit.
Save us, for we desire salvation and a virtuous life.
Save us, for the heavens rejoice when a sinner repents.
Save us, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.
Save us, for we repent daily and prepare a way for You, Lord Jesus.
Save us, for we continually make our path straight for You, Immortal One.
Save us and make us worthy of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us.
Save us and make us heirs of the Heavenly Kingdom.
Christ our Savior, save us.

Kontakion 2

The "Varyags" (Normans) and the First Bulgarian Kingdom

 

 

The "Varyags" (Normans) and the First Bulgarian Kingdom

Author: Prof. Plamen Pavlov

06:00

26.04.2024

The Varangian-Russian squad in Byzantium - a miniature from the Chronicle of Ioan Skilitsa

The earliest contacts of the Bulgarians with the Norman "element" date back to the first half of the 9th century

The main "channel" for the relations of the First Bulgarian Kingdom with the Normans was the medieval state of Kievan Rus