The 17th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs PISTIS, ELPIS, AGAPE, and of their mother SOPHIA; Saint LAMBERT, Bishop of MAASTRICHT; our Holy Father JOACHIM 'the Illustrious' (Pany), Patriarch of ALEXANDRIA
Holy Martyrs PISTIS, ELPIS, AGAPE, and of their mother SOPHIA
The 16th of the month, Memory of the Holy Great Martyr EUPHEMIA of CHALCEDON; the Holy Martyr LUDMILLA, Princess of the Czechs; our Holy Father Saint CYPRIAN, Metropolitan of KIEV and of All Russia; our Holy Father PROCOPIUS of SAZAVA; the Holy Hieromartyr CYPRIAN of CARTHAGE; our Venerable Father KUKSHA (Velichko) of ODESSA, Archimandrite of the Great Habit
The 15th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyr NICETAS the GOTH; Saint SYMEON, Archbishop of THESSALONICA; our Holy Father BESSARION II, Metropolitan of LARISSA; the Venerable Gerasimus of Sourvia, who died in peace; the Holy New Martyr JOHN of CRETE, hanged at New Ephesus in 1811
St. Nicetas the Goth
The 14th of the month, Feast of the Universal EXALTATION of the Precious and Life-giving CROSS; the One Hundred and Seventy Holy Fathers assembled in the SIXTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, held at Constantinople in 680 against the Monothelites; the Most Pious Empress PLACILLA, wife of the Emperor Theodosius the Great
The 13th of the month, Vigil of the Exaltation of the Venerable and Life-giving Cross, and Commemoration of the Dedication of the Basilica of the Resurrection; Memory of the Holy Great Martyr KETEVAN, Queen of GEORGIA; Saint ARISTIDES of ATHENS, the Philosopher; our Venerable Father CORNELIUS of OLONETS, and his companions DIONYSIUS and MISAËL
The 12th of the month, Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr AUTONOMUS; Holy Hieromartyr CORONATUS, Bishop of ICONIUM; our Venerable Father ATHANASIUS the ELDER, Abbot of the Monastery of VYSOTSK and of his disciple ATHANASIUS the YOUNGER
The 11th of the month, Memory of our Holy Mother THEODORA of ALEXANDRIA; our Holy Father EUPHROSYNUS the Cook; Holy Martyr IA of PERSIA; our Venerable Father ELIAS the CAVE-DWELLER and his spiritual father ARSENIUS; Saint DEINIOL (Daniel) of WALES
The 10th of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyrs MENODORA, METRODORA and NYMPHODORA; our Venerable Father CASSIAN, Abbot of the Monastery of the HOLY SAVIOR in Kuben
The 9th of the month, Synaxis of the Righteous Ancestors of God JOACHIM and ANNA; Memory of the Great Martyr SEVERIAN of SEBASTE; THE TWO HUNDRED GOD-BEARING FATHERS, gathered at Ephesus in 431 for the THIRD HOLY ECUMENICAL COUNCIL that anathematized the impious Nestorius; our Holy Father JOSEPH of VOLOKOLAMSK
The 8th of the month, Nativity of our SOVEREIGN LADY the most Holy MOTHER of GOD and ever Virgin MARY; our Venerable Father SERAPION of the Monastery of St SAVIOUR and St ELEAZAR, at PSKOV; our Venerable Father AMPHILOCHIUS the HESYCHAST, Abbot of the Monastery of PANGARATI in Moldavia
The 7th of the month, Vigil of the Nativity of the Mother of God and Memory of the Holy Martyr SOZON; Holy Apostles EVODUS and ONESIPHORUS; our Holy Father JOHN, Archbishop of NOVGOROD; our Venerable Mother CASSIANE the MELODIST
The 6th of the month, Commemoration of the Miracle wrought by the ARCHANGEL MICHAEL at CHONAE in Phrygia, Holy Martyr ROMULUS, and of the Holy Martyrs EUDOXIUS, ZENO and MACARIUS of MELITENE; Holy New Hieromartyr MAXIMUS SANDOVICH
Miracle of Archangel Michael at Chonae
The 5th of the month, Memory of the Holy and Glorious Prophet ZACHARIAS, Father of Saint John the Baptist and Forerunner; Holy Martyrs ABDA the bishop, HORMIZD and SUNIN of PERSIA; Holy Hieromartyr ATHANASIAS, Abbot of the Monastery of St Symeon the Stylite at BREST-LITOVSK
St. Zachariah
The 4th of the month, Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr BABYLOS, Bishop of Antioch and of the three children who were his disciples: URBAN, PRIDILIAN and EPOLONIUS; Memory of the Holy Prophet and Law-giver MOSES the God-seer; Memory of Saint HERMIONE, of of the Apostle Philip's daughters, who died in peace; Memory of the Venerable ANTHIMUS the BLIND, the New Ascetic of Cephalonia; Memory of the Holy New Hieromartyr GORAZD, Bishop of SLOVAKIA and the CZECH LANDS; Memory of the Holy Martyr JERUSALEM of Beroea, and of her three sons: Secundus, Secundicus and Segoras
Holy Prophet and Law-Giver Moses
The 3rd of the month, Memory of the Holy Hieromartyr ANTHIMUS, Bishop of NICOMEDIA; the Venerable Father THEOCTISTUS, Companion in ascesis of Saint Euthymius the Great; the Holy Martyr BASILISSA; the Hieromartyr ARISTION, Bishop of ALEXANDRIA, who was burnt to death; the Holy New Martyr POLYDORUS, who was hanged at NEW EPHESUS in 1794; our Holy Father JOANNICIUS, Archbishop and first Patriarch of SERBIA
St. Joannicius of Serbia
The 2nd of the month, Memory of the Holy Martyr MAMAS; Holy Father JOHN IV, Patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE, known as the FASTER
Monastery of Docheiariou (Athos), 16th cent.
The 1st of the month, the Day of the INDICTION or beginning of the New Ecclesiastical Year; Memory of our God-bearing Father SYMEON STYLITES the ELDER; Memory of the falling asleep of the Righteous JOSHUA the son of NUN; Memory of the Venerable MELETIUS the YOUNGER, who led the ascetic life on MOUNT MYOUPOLIS near Thebes and died in peace
St. Symeon Stylites the Elder
Outline: Preface. Introduction: 1. Praise God in His Saints! 2. The Synaxarion in the Tradition of the Church; 3. The Present Edition
St. Nilus of Sora:
I pray that this may benefit those who read it or hear it and beg them, for the love of God, to pray that I may find grace in His sight because I have worked hard at this task, seeking in this way to fulfill the commandment to love God and my neighbor. May we, contemplating the lives of the holy Fathers, be filled with their zeal in all our works, and with them possess life everlasting. True love of neighbor is to stir him up to love God and to keep His commandments, obedient to the divine words and to the life and teachings of the holy Fathers, so that he may live in godliness and be saved. Although I am a sinner, wretched and unfit for any good work, I long for the salvation of a multitude of my brethren.
Russian Hesychasm. The Spirituality of Nilus Sorski
Assembly of All the Saints
On the 31st of the month, we celebrate the DEPOSITION of the Precious GIRDLE of the Most Holy MOTHER of GOD in the of Chalkoprateia; our Venerable Father AIDAN, Founder and Bishop of LINDISFARNE
On the 30th of the month, we celebrate the Memory of our Holy Fathers ALEXANDER, JOHN and PAUL the NEW, Patriarchs of CONSTANTINOPLE; the Venerable CHRISTOPHER of PALESTINE; our Venerable Father FANTINUS the Wonderworker, who died in peace; our Venerable Father ALEXANDER of SVIR
