اول تسالونیکیان ۲.۲۰-۳.۸ (رساله)

۲۰براستی که شمایید جلال و شادی ما. ۱سرانجام چون دیگر طاقت نداشتیم، رضا دادیم که ما را در آتن تنها واگذارند. ۲پس تیموتائوس را که برادر ما و همکار خدا در کار انجیل مسیح است، نزدتان فرستادیم تا شما را در ایمانتان تقویت و تشویق کند، ۳تا هیچ‌کس در اثر این سختیها سست نشود، زیرا نیک می‌دانید که اینها برای ما مقرر است. ۴به‌واقع هنگامی که با شما بودیم، پیشاپیش گفتیم که آزار خواهیم دید، و همان‌گونه که آگاهید، چنین نیز شد. ۵از این رو، چون دیگر طاقت نداشتم، فرستادم تا از ایمانتان آگاهی یابم، زیرا بیم آن داشتم که آن وسوسه‌گر به نحوی شما را وسوسه کرده، و زحمات ما به هدر رفته باشد. ۶امّا اکنون تیموتائوس از نزد شما بازگشته و ما را مژده از ایمان و محبت شما آورده است. او به ما خبر داده که شما همیشه از ما به نیکی یاد می‌کنید و همان‌گونه که ما مشتاق دیدار شماییم، شما نیز شوق دیدار ما را دارید. ۷از همین رو، ای برادران، با وجود همۀ فشارها و زحماتمان، از بابت شما و ایمانتان دلگرم شده‌ایم. ۸اکنون می‌توانیم نفسی به‌راحت برآوریم، زیرا شما در خداوند استوارید.

لوقا ۲۰.۲۷-۴۴ (انجیل)

۲۷سپس تنی چند از صَدّوقیان که منکر قیامتند آمدند، ۲۸و سؤالی از او کرده، گفتند: «استاد، موسی برای ما نوشت که اگر برادر مردی بمیرد و از خود زنی بی‌فرزند بر جای نهد، آن مرد باید او را به زنی بگیرد تا نسلی برای برادرش باقی گذارد. ۲۹باری، هفت برادر بودند. برادر نخستین زنی گرفت و بی‌فرزند مُرد. ۳۰سپس دوّمین ۳۱و بعد سوّمین او را به زنی گرفتند و به همین‌سان هر هفت برادر مردند، بی‌آنکه از خود فرزندی بر جای نهند. ۳۲سرانجام آن زن نیز بمرد. ۳۳حال، در قیامت، او زنِ کدام‌یک خواهد بود؟ زیرا هر هفت برادر او را به زنی گرفتند.» ۳۴عیسی پاسخ داد: «مردم این عصر زن می‌گیرند و شوهر می‌کنند. ۳۵امّا آنان که شایستۀ رسیدن به عصر آینده و قیامت مردگان محسوب شوند، نه زن خواهند گرفت و نه شوهر خواهند کرد، ۳۶و نه دیگر خواهند مرد؛ زیرا مانند فرشتگان خواهند بود. آنان فرزندان خدایند، چرا که فرزندان قیامتند. ۳۷حقیقتِ برخاستن مردگان را حتی موسی نیز در شرح ماجرای بوتۀ سوزان آشکار می‌کند، آنجا که خداوند، خدای ابراهیم و خدای اسحاق و خدای یعقوب خوانده شده است. ۳۸امّا او نه خدای مردگان، بلکه خدای زندگان است؛ زیرا نزد او همه زنده‌اند.» ۳۹بعضی از علمای دین در پاسخ گفتند: «استاد، نیکو گفتی!» ۴۰و دیگر هیچ‌کس جرأت نکرد پرسشی از او کند. ۴۱سپس عیسی به آنان گفت: «چگونه است که می‌گویند مسیح پسر داوود است؟ ۴۲چرا که داوود خود در کتاب مزامیر می‌گوید: «”خداوند به خداوند من گفت: به دست راست من بنشین ۴۳تا آن هنگام که دشمنانت را کرسیِ زیر پایت سازم.“ ۴۴اگر داوود او را ’خداوند‘ می‌خواند، چگونه او می‌تواند پسر داوود باشد؟»

نبی حبقوق

He prophesied in the time of Joachim, just before the Jewish people were taken into captivity in Babylon. He himself escaped captivity, and after Jerusalem was destroyed, returned to his homeland. Once he was taking some food to his harvesters when an Angel transported him to Babylon to feed the Prophet Daniel in the lions’ den, then bore him back to Judea (this is told in the full version of the book of Daniel, ch. 6 LXX). The third chapter of his prophecy is used as the Fourth Ode of the Matins Canon(the Ode is usually sung in full only in monasteries during Lent, but the eirmos of the Fourth Ode, sung in many parishes, usually refers to the Prophet). His holy relics were found through a revelation in Palestine during the reign of Theodosius the Great, and a chapel built there. His name means “Father of the Resurrection.”

شهید مقدس میروپه (میروپِا) خیوس (۲۵۱)

She was born in Ephesus. At baptism, she was consecrated by her mother to serve at the shrine of St Hermione, one of the four daughters of the Apostle Philip. Many pilgrims came to be anointed with a miracle-working myrrh that flowed from St Hermione’s body — and from her service at the shrine Myrope received the name by which she is known. Later, she and her mother went to the island of Chios to flee the persecution of the Emperor Decius.

When the holy martyr Isidore (May 14) was beheaded, Myrope secretly recovered his body and gave it honorable burial. The governor Numerius was furious, and ordered his soldiers to find the body or themselves be beheaded. Unable to let innocent people suffer for her act, Myrope presented herself to the governor and told him where she had buried the body. At Numerius’ order, the holy girl was tortured and thrown in prison. There a heavenly light illuminated her cell and St Isidore himself appeared to her with a company of angels, saying ‘Peace to thee, Myrope: thy prayer has ascended to God, and thou shalt soon be with us and receive the crown prepared for thee.’ Myrope, filled with joy, gave up her soul to God at that moment. One of the guards who had witnessed these events believed in Christ, and not long afterward was baptized and received a martyr’s death.

پدر مقدس ما آتاناسیوس " رستاخیز کرده," منزوی غارهای کیف (۱۱۷۶)

After many years of ascetic struggle, Athanasius died and was prepared for burial. After lying dead for two full days, he inexplicably came back to life: the monks who came to bury him were astonished to find him sitting up and weeping. The brethren gathered around him and asked him many questions about what he had seen of the next world, but he would only answer ‘Save yourselves!’ When they pressed him further, he said ‘If I told you, you would not believe me or want to listen to me.’ His final reply was ‘Repent every moment, and pray to the Lord Jesus Christ and to His most pure Mother.’ He then shut himself in his cell and lived another twelve years, taking only bread and water and never speaking again to anyone.

قدیس (استفان) اوروش, پادشاه صربستان (۱۳۶۷)

“The son of King Dušan, he ruled during the difficult time of the fall of the Kindom of Serbia. Humble, pious and gentle, he refused to attempt to restrain the power of the powerful nobles by force. Amongst these was Vukašin, who brought about his death. Good King Uroš suffered a martyr’s death on December 2nd, 1367, at the age of thirty-one. Killed by men, he was glorified by God. His wonderworking relics were preserved in the monastery of Jazak in the Fruška Gora, whence they were taken to Belgrade in 1942, during the Second World War, and placed in the Cathedral beside the bodies of Prince Lazar and Despot Stephen Štiljanovic. During the reign of this benevolent king, the monastery of St Nahum was built beside Lake Ochrid by one of Uroš’s nobles, Grgur.” (Prologue)

قدیس پورفیریوس کاوسوکالیویا (۱۹۹۱) (۱۹ نوامبر ت.ق)

One of the true God-bearing Elders of our own time, he was glorified by the Church in 2013.