“Wash away, O Lord, the sins of Thy servants commemorated herein, by Thy holy Blood; through
the intercessions of the Theotokos and all Thy Saints. Amen.”
(Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Communion).



The Chaplain of our Holy Monastery, the Very Reverend Hieromonk Fr. Thomas Pleska, former Professor of Dogmatics at St. Tikhon’s Theological School, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., together with His Grace Porphyrios, former Bishop of Bukoba of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, joined in prayer for the reception of the all-pure Mysteries.

January 4, 2001.

 

JANUARY, 2002

  1 T †Circumcision of Christ, Basil the Great. 17 T †Anthony the Great, Martyr George of Ioannina.
  2 W †Seraphim of Sarov, Sylvester, Pope of Rome. 18 F †Athanasius & Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria.
  3 T Prophet Malachi, Martyr Gordius. 19 S Macarios of Egypt, Mark of Ephesus.
  4 F †Synaxis of the 70 Apostles, Theoktistos. 20 S †Twelfth Sunday of Luke, Euthymios the Great, Martyrs Eusebios & Eutychios; Zacharias, Artis.
  5 S †Eve of Theophany (Fast), Theonas Theopemptos, Blessed Synkletike. 21 M Maximos the Confessor, Neophytos, Eugenios of Trapezounta.
  6 S †HOLY THEOPHANY. 22 T †Apostle Timothy, Anastasios the Persian.
  7 M †Synaxis of John the Baptist. 23 W †Dionysios of Olympos, Clement, Agathangelos.
  8 T George the Choszebite, Righteous Domnica. 24 T Zosima, Righteous Xenia, Babyla, Macedonios.
  9 W Martyr Polyeuctos, Blessed Eustratios. 25 F †Gregory the Theologian, New Martyrs of Russia.
10 T †Gregory of Nyssa, Marcianos. 26 S Xenophontos, Maria & their children.
11 F †Gregory of Nyssa, Marcianos. 27 S †Fifteenth Sunday of Luke, Translation of the relics of John Chrysostom.
12 S Martyrs Tatiana, Mertios & Euthasia. 28 M †Ephraim the Syrian, Palladios, Righteous James, Martyr Charitos.
13 S †Sunday after Theophany, Martyrs Hermylos & Stratonikos, Maximos Kavsokalyvite. 29 T Translation of the relics of St. Ignatios, Martyr Philotheos.
14 M †Nina of Georgia, Equal to the Apostles, the HolyMartyrs in Sinai & Raithu, Martyr Agnes. 30 W †Three Hierarchs, Discovery of the Icon of the Annunciation of the Theotokos of Tinos.
15 T Paul of Thebes, John the Hut-dweller. 31 T †Cyrus and John, unmercenary physicians.
16 W †Veneration of St. Peter’s Chains.
 
 

Second Homily on the Bestowal of the Great Schema upon
Hieromonk Dionysius of Simonopetra
by His Elder, the Very Reverend Archimandrite Aemilianos,
Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Simonopetra, Mt. Athos.

† Feast of Saint Dionysios the Areopagite, 3 Oct. 1977

Today, we celebrated the tonsure of one of the very first men who loved Meteora, who ascended its heights, and who continued their lives upon this Rock of Saint Simon.

For me, this event is not an ordinary occurrence, but something which floods my heart with emotion, and tells me a great many things that are impossible for me to express. There are some things which a person can only live, and when he tries to express them in words, he realizes that all the beauty that he had in his soul is thereby lost. At such times, it is better to keep silent.



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