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

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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.