Saint ETIENNE, premier évêque de Reghion (Reggio di Calabria), saint SUERAS
évêque, saintes AGNES, PERPETUE et FELICITE, martyrs lors de la persécution
de Néron (entre 64 et 68).
Saint AGATHON et sainte TRIPHINE, martyrs en Sicile.
Sainte ZOE, martyre à Rome lors de la persécution de Dioclétien (286).
Saint BASILE et ses soixante-dix compagnons, martyrs à Scythopolis en Samarie.
Sainte TROPHIMENE, vierge, martyre en Sicile lors de la persécution
de Dioclétien (vers 304).
Saints PROBUS et GRÂCE, mari et femme (Cornouailles).
Sainte ERFYL (EURFYL), fondatrice de l'église de Llanerfyl dans le pays de Galles.
Sainte PHILOMENE, vierge à San-Severino dans la Marche d'Ancône (VIème siècle).
Sainte EDANA (ETAOIN), patronne de plusieurs paroisses dans l'ouest de l'Irlande.
Saint PAUL, quinzième archevêque de Sens en Bourgogne (525).
Saint NUMERIEN, archevêque de Trèves en Rhénanie (657 ou 666).
Sainte MODWENNA, abbesse de Whitby en Angleterre (vers 695).
Saint LAMPADE le Thaumaturge d'Irénopolis en Isaurie (Xème siècle). (Office traduit
en français par le père Denis Guillaume au tome VII des Ménées.)
L'icône de la Mère de Dieu "L'ECONOME" ("ECONOMISSA"), de la Grande Laure de
l'Athos (fin du Xème siècle).
http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/07/05/101917-icon-of-the-mother-of-god-
ldquoeconomissardquo
https://doxologia.ro/cei-sase-cuviosi-ucenici-ai-cuviosului-athanasie
Saint ATHANASE l'Athonite, fondateur de la Grande Laure et du monachisme
cénobitique sur la Sainte Montagne (1001). (Office traduit en français par le
père Denis Guillaume au tome VII des Ménées. Acathiste traduit en français par
le père Denis Guillaume au tome XV du Supplément aux Ménées.)
https://doxologia.ro/sfantul-cuvios-atanasie-athonitul
Sant'Atanasio nacque a Trebisonda nel 920 ed ove venne battezzato con il nome di Abraamios. Il Santo iniziò i suoi studi nella città natale e successivamente li concluse a Costantinopoli. La sua permanenza presso la capitale dell'impero rappresentò la svolta della sua vita, in quanto lì conobbe l'igumeno del monastero di Kyminas, Michele Maleinos, e Niceforo Focas, nipote del Maleinos, divenuto in seguito imperatore. Dove aver insegnato per qualche tempo, si ritirò proprio nel monastero di Kyminas come eremita sotto la direzione spirituale di Maleinos, sino a che non morì il suo padre spirituale e per sfuggire alla nomina di igumeno del monastero, Atanasio ( questo è il nome da monaco) si diresse sul Monte Athos. Dopo qualche anno di assoluto silenzio, l'amico Niceforo Focas gli chiese di partire per la battaglia contro i saraceni che si svolse sull'isola di Creta nel 960. Atanasio memore della vittoria riportata sui saraceni, tornò al Sacro Monte ove fondò un monastero dedicato alla Vergine Maria. In questa laura, tuttora esistente, che fu la prima del Monte Athos, si seguiva una regola di vita cenobitica, sotto il comando di un solo capo, (igumeno). Nel 963, Atanasio scappò dal monastero al fine di continuare la vita eremitica e per sfuggire agli onori che gli sarebbero venuti a causa dell'amicizia con NIceforo Focas, nel frattempo divenuto Imperatore. Ma a seguito delle insistenti suppliche dei monaci della laura, il Santo fece ritorno e di lì a poco realizzò un porto per facilitare la comunicazione dei monaci. L'opera di Atanasio non fu inizialmente compresa dagli eremiti dell'Athos che la avversarono al punto che fu necessario mandare un rappresentante dell'imperatore a porre fine alla presente diatriba ed Eutimio, mandato in ispezione, approvò la riforma di Atanasio e l'imperatore confermò con una crisobolla la donazione di Focas. Da quel momento si moltiplicarono i cenobi sul Sacro Monte e fu stabilito che il Protos risiedesse nel centro della penisola, a Karyès. Per la sua opera, Sant'Atanasio è riconosciuto il fondatore del cenobitismo atonita. Si spense nel 1003 a causa dell'urto con una trave insieme ad altri 5 monaci durante la costruzione della capriata di una chiesa. I monaci ed i pellegrini si recano, ancora oggi, numerosi presso: la grotta ove Atanasio si ritirava a pregare, la fonte miracolosa scaturita dopo le sue preghiere, il luogo dove definitivamente sconfisse il demonio e la tomba oggetto di grande venerazione. Inoltre Sant'Atanasio scrisse i canoni in onore dei ss. Teodoro e Giovannicio, il typikon già ricordato ed il suo testamento spirituale.
http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/07/05/101908-venerable-athanasius-the-
founder-of-the-great-lavra-and-coenobit
https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2017/07/saint-athanasios-athonite-resource-page.html
Saints ATHANASE et THEODOSE, higoumènes de Cherepovetsk (Russie. fin du XIVème siècle).
Invention des reliques de saint SERGE de Radonège (1422). (Office traduit en français par le père Denis Guillaume au tome VII du Supplément aux Ménées. Acathiste traduit en français par le père Denis Guillaume au tome VII du Supplément aux Ménées à la date du 6 juillet.)
http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/07/05/101910-uncovering-of-the-relics-of-the-
venerable-sergius-of-radonezh
Troparion — Tone 8
From your youth you received Christ into your soul, O venerable one, / and above all desired to leave behind the turmoil of the world. / You courageously settled in the wilderness, where you raised children in obedience, the fruits of humility. / Thus, as an abode of the Trinity, you enlightened all who approached in faith and granted healing to all. / Our Father Sergius, pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion — Tone 8
Having risen from the earth today and shining like the sun, / your precious and incorrupt relics are as fragrant flowers, scented with miracles, / granting healing to all the faithful, and making glad your flock which you wisely gathered and tended. / Now as you stand before the throne of the Trinity, entreat God’s help and grace for them and for all Orthodox Christians, / so that we may sing: “Rejoice, divinely-wise Sergius.”
Saint CYPRIEN le Jeune, hiéromoine, martyr par la main des Musulmans à
Constantinople (1679).
(Office traduit en français par le père Denis Guillaume au tome
(Office traduit en français par le père Denis Guillaume au tome
XV du Supplément aux Ménées.)
Saintes ELISABETH, Allemande de nation, veuve et moniale, soeur de l'impératrice-martyre Alexandra, et BARBARA, moniale, martyres par la main des Communistes (Russie 1918).
http://www.santiebeati.it/immagini/?mode=album&album=59300&dispsize=Original
Saint Elizabeth the Grand Duchess
July 5th
Troparion (Tone 4)
You rejected worldly vanity and glories, having chosen the way of the ascetics, and you were guided by Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus, how to unite the teachings of Christ with good deeds. Together with Barbara, your fellow-struggler, you also received a martyr's death. Wherefore, Christ crowned you with a two-fold crown, O humble and wise Abbess Elizabeth.
St. Elizabeth the Grand Duchess of Russia was a grand-daughter of Queen Victoria of England and sister to Empress Alexandra of Russia. She was born October 20, 1864. She was married to Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich who was assassinated by a man who threw a bomb into the Kremlin on February 4, 1905. St. Elizabeth responded to the death of her husband with prayer, fasting and Christian compassion. She visited in prison the man who had killed her husband, calmly confronting him with the horror of his deed and trying to lead him to a place of repentance and salvation. She then took the vows of a nun and established the monastery of Ss. Mary and Martha in Moscow. It soon grew to a community of nearly 100 sisters. The Duchess devoted her wealth to establishing a hospital where the sisters and she served. They also gave shelter to orphans and homeless people from the streets of Moscow. The hospital was a training station for Red Cross nurses during World War I and many of the war wounded were treated there. She worked tirelessly for the sick, the poor and the afflicted, while maintaining the full monastic schedule of prayers and services as Abbess of the monastery. When the communists came to power, they, at first, allowed her to continue ministering in Moscow, even giving some aid to the house. But in early 1918, they arrested Abbess Elizabeth, along with Sister Barbara and took them to Ekaterinburg. She was told that they were taking her to be with the Royal Family, but she was not allowed to see them until that terrible night in July. They were all taken to a 200 foot deep mine shaft and thrown in. Then the soldiers threw hand grenades and junk on top of them. Only Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich was shot. Elizabeth landed on a ledge just 50 feet from the top of the mine. She lived for days and the peasants in the area could hear her singing Psalms and the funeral service for her relatives dying around her. She had bound up the wounds of Grand Duke John. But, at last, through starvation and loss of blood, she too succumbed to the sleep of death, to join the choirs in Heaven. Her scroll reads: "Forgive them Lord for they know not what they do."
Troparion (Tone 4)
You rejected worldly vanity and glories, having chosen the way of the ascetics, and you were guided by Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus, how to unite the teachings of Christ with good deeds. Together with Barbara, your fellow-struggler, you also received a martyr's death. Wherefore, Christ crowned you with a two-fold crown, O humble and wise Abbess Elizabeth.
This icon is by the hand of Nick Papas of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. It is from St. Philip's Antiochian Orthodox Church, Souderton,
New Martyr Elizabeth
July 5th
Troparion (Tone 4)
You rejected worldly vanity and glories, having chosen the way of the ascetics, and you were guided by Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus, how to unite the teachings of Christ with good deeds. Together with Barbara, your fellow-struggler, you also received a martyr's death. Wherefore, Christ crowned you with a two-fold crown, O humble and wise Abbess Elizabeth.
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