12 marzo santi feste e memorie

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Le juste PHINES, petit-fils d'Aaron, mort en paix (vers le XIIème siècle avant NSJC).

L'icône de la Mère de Dieu "DE LYDDA" ("LIDSKAÏA"), sur un pilier à Lydda (aujourd'hui Lod) en Palestine (Ier siècle).

 

Saint MAXIMILIEN, martyr à Tebessa dans l'actuelle Algérie sous Dioclétien (295). Da una «Passio Sancti Massimiliani» si sa che Massimiliano subì il martirio intorno al 295, un 12 marzo, sotto il consolato di Tusco e Anulino (o Anulio), nei pressi di Cartagine, a Tebessa. Era figlio del veterano Fabio Vittore e, secondo le leggi del tempo, era tenuto a seguire la carriera del genitore. Il giovane cristiano, tuttavia, rifiutò tale strada, nonostante fosse riconosciuto abile al servizio militare. Condotto nel Foro, dinanzi al proconsole Dione, fu da questi interrogato circa le ragioni del suo rifiuto. Egli con fermezza rispose: «Non mi è lecito fare il soldato, giacché sono cristiano». Un'affermazione che lo condusse al martirio

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Saint MAXIMILIEN, martyr à Rome, probablement sous Dioclétien. 
NEUF saints martyrs morts par le feu.

 

Saint PAUL ou POL (PAUL AURELIEN), originaire de Cornouailles / Cornwall ou du pays de Galles, premier évêque du Léon en Bretagne et un des sept saints fondateurs de la Bretagne (575). (La ville de Saint-Pol-de-Léon, jadis Oxismor, porte son nom.)

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Saint TANGUY ou GURGUY, abbé en Bretagne (vers 600).

 

Saint GREGOIRE Ier le Dialogue, pape et patriarche de Rome (590-604), biographe de saint Benoît de Nursie, organisateur de la mission en Angleterre et qui condamna d'avance les prétentions de ses successeurs (604).

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St. Gregory I is shown at left. At right is St. Basil the Great. 

Troparion (Tone 3)
Thou didst excellently dispense the Word of God, endowed with discretion of speech, O Hierarch Gregory: for by thy life thou didst set the virtues before us, and dost radiate the brightness of holiness. O righteous Father, pray to Christ our God to grant us His great mercy.

Troparion — Tone 4

Receiving divine grace from God on high, glorious Gregory, / and strengthened with its power, / you willed to walk in the path of the Gospel, most blessed one. / Therefore you have received from Christ the reward of your labors. / Entreat Him that He may save our souls.

Kontakion — Tone 3

Father Gregory, you showed yourself to be an imitator of Christ, the chief Shepherd, / guiding the orders of monks to the fold of heaven. / You taught the flock of Christ His commandments. / Now you rejoice and dance with them in the mansions of heaven.

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Saint PIERRE, diacre et disciple de saint Grégoire Dialogue (605). 
Saint MURE (MURA,MURAN, MURAMES) MC FEREDACH, higoumène de Fathen en Irlande (vers 645).

Saint MABON, évêque de Saint-Pol-de-Léon en Bretagne (vers 650).

Saint LAURENT, un des 300 martyrs dits "les Allemands" morts par la main des Musulmans sur l'île de Chypre (fin du VIIème siècle).

Saint THEOPHANE le Confesseur, higoumène du monastère du Grand-Champ au Mont Sigriane près de Cyzique, qui souffrit pour la cause des saintes Icônes sous Léon V l'Arménien (818). (Office traduit en français par le père Denis Guillaume au tome III des Ménées.) 


San Teofane potrebbe essere considerato come uno dei non pochi esempi di santità votata alla preghiera e nello stesso tempo conquistatrice della preghiera. In effetti niente potè arrestare il suo desiderio di abbracciare nella vita monastica preghiera e silenzio. Né la ricchezza familiare ereditata, né il fidanzamento imposto e sublimato, né il matrimonio; neppure le lusinghe della politica e il non breve addestramento militare.
A un certo momento della vita ottenne l'ordinazione sacerdotale e da allora vagò "nel silenzio" della terraferma e delle isole greche, spesso rifiutando le proposte di direzione delle comunità monastiche che lo accettavano o che egli stesso andava fondando. E' vero: gli rimase tempo di essere anche generoso coi fratelli. In effetti tutta la sua cospicua fortuna ereditata venne assai rapidamente distribuita ai poveri.
La commemorazione liturgica di S. Teofane ricorre il 12 marzo: nello stesso giorno dell'817 egli infatti morì nell'isola Samotracia dell'Egeo dove era stato esiliato quale conseguenza del suo costante rifiuto dell'iconoclastia. Egli sempre infatti, coerente col suo grande bisogno di preghiera e di contemplazione, difese il culto delle immagini anche contro imperatore e qualche patriarca che andarono scatenando, particolarmente in quei tempi, varie ondate iconoclastiche.

Troparion — Tone 8

By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile / And by your longing for God you brought forth fruits in abundance. / By the radiance of miracles you illuminated the whole universe. / O our holy Father Theophan, pray to Christ our God to save our souls.

Saint ALPHEGE le Chauve, évêque de Winchester en Angleterre (951).

A Winchester in Inghilterra, sant’Elfégo, vescovo, che, già monaco, si adoperò molto per il rinnovamento della vita cenobitica.

Saint NICODEME, disciple de saint Fantin, solitaire à Mammola en Calabre (990).

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Saint SYMEON le Nouveau Théologien, ascète (1022). (Mémoire principale le 12 octobre.) (Canon paraclitique traduit en français par le père Denis Guillaume au tome III du Supplément aux Ménées.)

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Saint DEMETRE le Sacrifié, roi de Géorgie, martyr (1289).

Saint THEOCTISTE DRAGOUTINE (Serbie, 1316).

Saint NICEPHORE, prêtre, martyr par la main des Musulmans à Caffa en Crimée (1730).

Saints JEAN, prêtre, et VLADIMIR, moine, martyrs par la main des Communistes (Russie 1938

Icon "Not Made by Hands" from Lydda

The wonder-working Lydda Icon is mentioned in the service for the Kazan Icon (July 8 & October 22) in the third Ode of the Canon. 

According to Tradition, the Apostles Peter and John were preaching in Lydda (later called Diospolis) near Jerusalem. There they built a church dedicated to the Most Holy Theotokos, then went to Jerusalem and asked her to come and sanctify the church by her presence. She sent them back to Lydda and said, "Go in peace, and I shall be there with you." 

Arriving at Lydda, they found an icon of the Virgin imprinted in color on the wall of the church (some sources say the image was on a pillar). Then the Mother of God appeared and rejoiced at the number of people who had gathered there. She blessed the icon and gave it the power to work miracles. This icon was not made by the hand of man, but by a divine power. 

Julian the Apostate (reigned 361-363) heard about the icon and tried to eradicate it. Masons with sharp tools chipped away at the image, but the paint and lines just seemed to penetrate deeper into the stone. Those whom the emperor had sent were unable to destroy the icon. As word of this miracle spread, millions of people came to venerate the icon. 

In the eighth century, St Germanus, the future Patriarch of Constantinople (May 12) passed through Lydda. He had a copy of the icon made, and sent it to Rome during the iconoclastic controversy. It was placed in the church of St Peter, and was the source of many healings. In 842, the reproduction was returned to Constantinople and was known as the Roman Icon (June 26). 

The oldest sources of information for the Lydda Icon are a document attributed to St Andrew of Crete in 726, a letter written by three eastern Patriarchs to the iconoclast emperor Theophilus in 839, and a work of George the Monk in 886. 

The icon still existed as late as the ninth century.

St Kirion II, Catholicos of Georgia