23 FEBBRAIO feste santi e memorie

23 FEBBRAIO feste santi e memorie

 

 

Saint POLYCARPE, évêque de Smyrne, martyr sous Marc Aurèle (167). (Office traduit en français par le père Denis Guillaume au tome II des Ménées.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Troparion (Tone 4)

Thy name was verified by thy works O wise Hieromartyr Polycarp. Thou wast a fruitful olive tree in the house of the Lord, and dost nourish the Church with the spiritual bounty of thy words and deeds. Thou dost intercede for our souls, O Hierarch and steadfast Prizewinner

 

Troparion — Tone 4

By sharing in the ways of the Apostles, / you became a successor to their throne. / Through the practice of virtue, you found the way to divine contemplation, O inspired one of God; / by teaching the word of truth without error, you defended the Faith, even to the shedding of your blood. / Hieromartyr Polycarp, entreat Christ God to save our souls.

Kontakion — Tone 1

Through virtues, you offered spiritual fruit to the Lord, / therefore, you were glorified as a worthy hierarch, wise Polycarp. / Today, we who have been enlightened by your words / extol in song your praise-worthy memory, / there-by giving glory to the Lord.
 

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Sainte MARTHE, vierge et martyre à Astorga en Espagne sous Dèce (vers 251). 

Saints CRESCON, ZENON, CARINIEN, ARION, HIPPOLYTE, DIODORE, MENELANTE, ATHORE, PIERRE, LAMBESE, LUCIEN, FELIX et TRENTE-CINQ autres, martyrs en Afrique. 

Saint POLYCARPE, prêtre à Rome (vers 300).
Saints SENEROTE, ANTIGONE, RUTILE, LIBIUS, et ROGATIEN, martyrs en Pannonie. 

Saint CERENUS, SIRENAT ou CERNEUF, jardinier, apôtre et martyr en Auvergne (vers 300). A Sirmio in Pannonia, oggi in Serbia, san Siréno o Sinéro, martire, che, giardiniere, denunciato da una donna che egli aveva rimproverato per la sua lascivia e fatto prigioniero dal giudice, si professò cristiano e, rifiutatosi di sacrificare agli dei, morì decapitato

Saints CLEMENT et ANTOINE, mort par le glaive. 

Sainte THEA, morte par le glaive. 

Sainte ROMAINE, vierge et ascète à Todi en Ombrie (324). Romana era figlia di Calfurnio, prefetto di Roma. Abbracciata la fede cristiana rinunciò ad ogni agio e comodità che il suo rango le avrebbe consentito. 

 

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Sainte GORGONIE, fille de saint Grégoire de Nazianze l'Ancien (mémoire le 1er janvier) et de sainte Nonne (mémoire le 5 août), soeur aînée de saint Grégoire le Théologien (mémoire le 25 janvier), modèle des épouses et des mères de famille chrétiennes (372). 

Saint VETERIN ou VETURIEN de Gennes, disicple de saint Martin de Tours et apôtre d'une partie de l'Anjou (Vème siècle). 

Saints JEAN, MOÏSE, ANTIOCHUS et ANTONIN, ascètes des montagnes de Syrie (Vème siècle). Saint John, disciple of St Limnaeus (February 22), lived in Syria in the fifth century, and chose for himself the ascetic struggle of "a shelterless life." He settled on a hill, sheltered from the wind on all sides, and lived there for twenty-five years. He ate only bread and salt, and he exhausted his body under heavy chains. When one of the nearby ascetics planted an almond tree on the hill so that St John could enjoy its shade and get out of the vicious heat, the saint told him to cut it down. This he did in order to deny his body any respite.



Saints ZEBINAS et POLYCHRONIOS, MOÏSE et DAMIEN, ses disciples, ascètes près de Cyr en Syrie (Vème siècle).

St Zebinas lived in Syria during the fifth century. He lived an ascetical life on the same mountain as St Moses. He never sat down during his Rule of prayer, but sometimes he leaned on his staff. The neighboring inhabitants venerated St Zebinas, and they received great help in their sorrows and needs through his prayers. 

He reached a great old age, then departed to the Lord.


Saint ALEXANDRE l'Acémète, originaire d'une île de la mer Egée, ascète en Syrie, missionnaire dans le sud de l'Egypte, puis premier fondateur du monastère des Acémètes, alors situé à Gomon (430).

 

Gli acemeti (dal greco Î†ÎºÎ¿Î¯Î¼Î·Ï„αι, cioè coloro che non dormono) erano monaci bizantini della comunità fondata da sant'Alessandro l'Acemeta al principio del V secolo: stanziati inizialmente sulla riva asiatica delBosforo, si trasferirono a Costantinopoli.

Il nome di questi religiosi deriva dal fatto che le loro comunità erano divise in gruppi che si davano il cambio per cantare senza interruzione i salmi. Gli Acemeti nelle loro pratiche di fede si ispiravano ai Salmi, che tra l’altro recitano «Canterò al Signore per tutta la vita, celebrerò il mio Dio finché vivrò» (104, 33) e «Lodate il Signore, proclamate il Suo nome, annunziate ai popoli le sue gesta» (105, 1). 

Saint FLORENT, confesseur à Séville en Espagne (485). 

Saint FELIX, évêque de Brescia en Lombardie (vers 652). 
Saint JURMIN, prince d'Est-Anglie (653). 

Saint BOSWELL ou BOISIL, higoumène de Melrose en Ecosse (661). 

Sainte MILBURGE (MILBURGH), soeur aînée de sainte Mildred, abbesse de Wenlock en Angleterre et thaumaturge (715). 

Saint MERAUD (MERALD), abbé à Vendôme (vers 850). 

Saint DAMIEN d'Esphigménou, moine puis ermite sur la sainte Montagne (vers 1280). 

Saint MOÏSE, moine du monastère de la Sainte-Trinité près du Lac Blanc (Biéloziro) en Russie (1480). 

Saint POLYCARPE, fondateur du monastère de Briansk (Russie, 1620 ou 1621). (Tropaire, kondakion et prière traduits en français par le père Denis Guillaume au tome II du Supplément aux Ménées.)

Saint Polycarp of Briansk In the world, he was Prince Peter Ivanovich Boryatinsky, a descendant of St Michael, Prince of Chernigov (September 20). This supposition has been put forward because Boryatinsky is connected with the destiny of the Briansk Savior Transfiguration monastery. 

The name of Prince Peter Boryatinsky is often encountered in documents of the sixteenth century. Thus, he was among those sent off to wage war against the Swedish king at the river Sestra. In 1576, he was named voevod at Tula. In 1580, Boryatinsky, having been appointed voevod at Kholm, was captured by the Lithuanians under a siege headed by Panin. Upon his release from captivity under Boris Godinov, Boryatinsky returned home in disgrace. 

In 1591 he was named voevod at Tiumen, but after several years he left the world, settled at Briansk and received monastic tonsure with the name Polycarp. From his means the monk built a monastery of the Transfiguration of the Lord and established in it a Rule of strict ascetical life. St Polycarp was the first Superior of this monastery. He died and was buried there in 1620 or 1621.



Saint LAZARE, prêtre originaire d'Hydropolitsa dans le Péloponnèse, martyr par la main des Musulmans (vers 1618). 

Saints ALEXIS et NICOLAS, prêtres, et SERGE, martyrs par la main des Communistes (Russie 1938).