A Great African Saint, who celebrated by the Orthodox Church across the Earth
Please, click here!
Εμφάνιση αναρτήσεων με ετικέτα Africa. Εμφάνιση όλων των αναρτήσεων
Εμφάνιση αναρτήσεων με ετικέτα Africa. Εμφάνιση όλων των αναρτήσεων
Κυριακή 15 Μαΐου 2022
Κυριακή 30 Ιανουαρίου 2022
Three Holy Hierarchs (Synaxis of Three Ecumenical Teachers) & a Blessed Missionary from Greece to Zair!...
From Greece to Africa: the Blessed Father Cosmas of Grigoriou, the Apostle of Zair († January 27)
Three Holy Hierarchs: Synaxis of the Ecumenical Teachers and Hierarchs Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom
Κυριακή 16 Ιανουαρίου 2022
Δευτέρα 13 Δεκεμβρίου 2021
A "black" orthodox christian icon of the Nativity of Mother of God (& others)
This holy icon is not an African icon. This is a Russian or Serbian old orthodox holy icon. We take this from here.
Orthodox Church is not a "White" Church. This is the ancient Church of Jesus Christ, the Church for all humans in the World.
Some others Orthodox holy icons (not from Africa)
The Lord with the holy Apostles (from here)
Mother of God, American Orthodox Icon from here
Holy Archangel Michael, icon from here
Holy Archanleg Gabriel, from here
St Anthony the Great, Greek icon from here
The Touch of Saint Apostle Thomas (Sunday after Easter), icon from here
See also
The Kingdom of Heaven, where racial discrimination has no place
Grace and “the Inverted Pyramid”
Weak, Sick, Poor, Tired: A Story for Losers
LIVE, BEYOND THE LIMITS!
Theosis (deification): The True Purpose of Human Life
Grace and “the Inverted Pyramid”
Weak, Sick, Poor, Tired: A Story for Losers
LIVE, BEYOND THE LIMITS!
Theosis (deification): The True Purpose of Human Life
African Orthodox Church & Caucasian Mountains: Bishop Innocentios of Burundi and Rwanda, on the feastday of St. Nina, the Enlightener of Georgia, in a Pilgrimage Chapel near the borders of Armenia and Turkey (more here). Photo from here.
Apo zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon
Kutenda
muna Mwari, kuporesa uye kupa simba, kakawanda kwave ruponeso
yakaomesesa mumamiriro ezvinhu ose. MuChechi yeOrthodox , chimwe
chezvinhu seane uchenjeri vatsvene ndiye Spiridon kubva kuTrymithunda
yeKupro .
Hupenyu hwake hwomuiti wezvishamiso kwakaratidzwa kutevedzana chokuporesa zvikuru kuti kuzvidza nyore kuti kunzwisisa. Kereke ndipo zvinyorwa chaiwo akarurama kununurwa chirwere uye kunyange kumuka. Spiridon Trimifuntsky inonziwo mubatsiri kugadzirisa matambudziko mari siyana. VaKristu Orthodox anotaura naye zvikumbiro kuvandudza pokugara mamiriro, nokusava mari ezvinhu akaoma zvemari.
chishamiso Major nokuti vatendi ndivo zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon. Nyasha dzaMwari ndivo isingaori. Kunyange vatsoropodzi uye hakuna Musiki vanoshamiswa kuti mutana anoramba akafanana yairema kuti muviri womunhu. Reverend akafa makore anopfuura 1,700 apfuura, asi haana kurasa vanhu softness rejira, tembiricha wavo akaenzana munhu, achiri haarambidzi kukura bvudzi nezvipikiri. Zvakawanda kuongorora vakabvumira masayendisiti kusarudza kuti kutanga chaiyo, iyo hahutsigirwi nesayenzi.
Munhoroondo akachengetedzwa uchapupu kuti zvisaririra zviri Monk akaenda mumwe outorwa Nikolay Vasilevich Gogol. Akataura inonakidza nyaya: mumwe wokuEngland (kuchitsigira Mwari, nenzira), akaenda kenza kuona kana paine akachekwa, kuburikidza icho muviri akaomeswa, vachange chinokatyamadza chaiyo. Mukuona vanhu vose mumuviri zvishoma nezvishoma akasimuka uye atendeuka kuti hakuna Mwari. Zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon kana ukavandudzwa kwekanguva, kuzivisa zvose simba simba raShe. Nanhasi, chokwadi ichi Zvinonzi kwenhau.
Hupenyu hwake hwomuiti wezvishamiso kwakaratidzwa kutevedzana chokuporesa zvikuru kuti kuzvidza nyore kuti kunzwisisa. Kereke ndipo zvinyorwa chaiwo akarurama kununurwa chirwere uye kunyange kumuka. Spiridon Trimifuntsky inonziwo mubatsiri kugadzirisa matambudziko mari siyana. VaKristu Orthodox anotaura naye zvikumbiro kuvandudza pokugara mamiriro, nokusava mari ezvinhu akaoma zvemari.
chishamiso Major nokuti vatendi ndivo zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon. Nyasha dzaMwari ndivo isingaori. Kunyange vatsoropodzi uye hakuna Musiki vanoshamiswa kuti mutana anoramba akafanana yairema kuti muviri womunhu. Reverend akafa makore anopfuura 1,700 apfuura, asi haana kurasa vanhu softness rejira, tembiricha wavo akaenzana munhu, achiri haarambidzi kukura bvudzi nezvipikiri. Zvakawanda kuongorora vakabvumira masayendisiti kusarudza kuti kutanga chaiyo, iyo hahutsigirwi nesayenzi.
Munhoroondo akachengetedzwa uchapupu kuti zvisaririra zviri Monk akaenda mumwe outorwa Nikolay Vasilevich Gogol. Akataura inonakidza nyaya: mumwe wokuEngland (kuchitsigira Mwari, nenzira), akaenda kenza kuona kana paine akachekwa, kuburikidza icho muviri akaomeswa, vachange chinokatyamadza chaiyo. Mukuona vanhu vose mumuviri zvishoma nezvishoma akasimuka uye atendeuka kuti hakuna Mwari. Zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon kana ukavandudzwa kwekanguva, kuzivisa zvose simba simba raShe. Nanhasi, chokwadi ichi Zvinonzi kwenhau.
Where zvisaririra
Kusvikira
pakati VII kenza remakore Monk yakagara Cathedral Mutsvene vaApostora
Trimifunta guta, ipapo akakurudzirwa kuConstantinople. Kana Byzantine
guta akawira pasi Turkish yakakuwandira, mupristi George Kaloheret
muchivande vakavanda airemekedzwa zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon,
akavaisa Serbia, uye ipapo neCorfu. Izvi kwadziri zororo nhasi.
It achiri asingazivikanwi kana zvisaririra rworudyi akabviswa. Maererano nouchapupu kuti hwaponeswa, muna 1592 zvakanzi kuna Pope Clement worusere. Muna 1606, temberi akachinjirwa Cardinal Cesare Baronio, uyo akakwanisa kupfuura akakurumbira wenhoroondo Chechi Catholic. Cesare akapa rworudyi Rome, Chechi Amai vaMwari, chii chave hwakanyorwa arşive. Ikoko iye akazorora ari gilded rakatenderera conical chimiro, kureba iyo yakasvika rimwe nehafu mamita. Zvisinei, zvinoitwa chechi Kerkyra (neCorfu) rworudyi rakapiwa shure muna 1984 - Zvino nezuva avaida mhemberero pazuva seane uchenjeri Elder.
NeCorfu - Kerkyra
Zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon muna neCorfu akakudza vagere chitsuwa sezvo mukuru kakasaririra. The Monk zvinowanzodavirwa aionekwa somunhu vaichengetedza vemo uye waro anorichengeta vokudenga. Kenza, riri mutembere musande, vamire maanonyatsowonekwa, zvakanamirwa yakashongedzwa nendarama nesirivha zvipo. Vakanga akauya kune vanhu vakabatsirwa kufadza. Kenza inovhurwa chete vatendi Orthodox, vaKaturike vanorambidzwa kutsvoda zvisaririra. Pane zviitiko apo vapristi havagoni kurivhura. Zvino vanoziva - the seane uchenjeri Elder hazvimboiti ikoko - akaenda kubatsira vanoshayiwa. Zvisaririra tsvene Saint Spyridon kubatsira vaKristu nhasi.
Cathedral pamwe Chapel pakati neCorfu kunoonekwa chero pfungwa chacho, nokuti riri mumwoyo peguta. In pachena kenza zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon Orthodox iripo ose zuva nenguva shanu o'clock manheru. Mutendi wose anogona kuuya uye vanoremekedza zvisaririra zvakafanana vechitendero kuwana chidimbu mutana slippers. [.......]
It achiri asingazivikanwi kana zvisaririra rworudyi akabviswa. Maererano nouchapupu kuti hwaponeswa, muna 1592 zvakanzi kuna Pope Clement worusere. Muna 1606, temberi akachinjirwa Cardinal Cesare Baronio, uyo akakwanisa kupfuura akakurumbira wenhoroondo Chechi Catholic. Cesare akapa rworudyi Rome, Chechi Amai vaMwari, chii chave hwakanyorwa arşive. Ikoko iye akazorora ari gilded rakatenderera conical chimiro, kureba iyo yakasvika rimwe nehafu mamita. Zvisinei, zvinoitwa chechi Kerkyra (neCorfu) rworudyi rakapiwa shure muna 1984 - Zvino nezuva avaida mhemberero pazuva seane uchenjeri Elder.
NeCorfu - Kerkyra
Zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon muna neCorfu akakudza vagere chitsuwa sezvo mukuru kakasaririra. The Monk zvinowanzodavirwa aionekwa somunhu vaichengetedza vemo uye waro anorichengeta vokudenga. Kenza, riri mutembere musande, vamire maanonyatsowonekwa, zvakanamirwa yakashongedzwa nendarama nesirivha zvipo. Vakanga akauya kune vanhu vakabatsirwa kufadza. Kenza inovhurwa chete vatendi Orthodox, vaKaturike vanorambidzwa kutsvoda zvisaririra. Pane zviitiko apo vapristi havagoni kurivhura. Zvino vanoziva - the seane uchenjeri Elder hazvimboiti ikoko - akaenda kubatsira vanoshayiwa. Zvisaririra tsvene Saint Spyridon kubatsira vaKristu nhasi.
Cathedral pamwe Chapel pakati neCorfu kunoonekwa chero pfungwa chacho, nokuti riri mumwoyo peguta. In pachena kenza zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon Orthodox iripo ose zuva nenguva shanu o'clock manheru. Mutendi wose anogona kuuya uye vanoremekedza zvisaririra zvakafanana vechitendero kuwana chidimbu mutana slippers. [.......]
mufananidzo kubva pano
Nekusiyanisa mufananidzo rinokosha chomumusoro - romufudzi ngowani, iyo yakarukwa kubva wakagadzirwa nembariro. Kazhinji Muruvoko rwake plinfu - zvidhina nevhu, kubva rwakatanga murazvo kumusoro, downwards uye mvura Rwako, inomiririra youtatu Utatu. Prayer zvaipiwa nepfungwa zvakachena kuti musande pamberi icon, chokwadi inzwiwe.
Zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon. Sei kukumbira rubatsiroAchikumbira mari zvakanaka uye mamwe zvinhu, maererano canons kwokutenda kwechiKristu hazvitombobvumidzwi. Zvisinei, pane anorichengeta, izvo zvinotibatsira kuwana rubatsiro panyaya dzemari - uyu mutsvene Spyridon. Ichi dzakasiyana mhosva, iyo, pasinei kusava nechokwadi vatsoropodzi, achiri kunoitika.Wana kureverera raShe kubatsira zvisaririra womusande mutsvene Spyridon. Sei kukumbira rubatsiro? Zvakakodzera kuisa neKijuni nemiromo, kunamata, kuyambuka uye nyengeterai naye yakachena, Wirirana pfungwa.
Vashumiri Moscow chechi uko mutsvene shangu muzvitoro, vanoti makore mashoma apfuura, apo kunamata muna Danilov wemamongi akauya kurudyi mukuru, chakaziviswa imwe minana shoma. Vakadzi vaviri vakanga minamato yavo kukumbira kubatsirwa. Vaifanira kubhadhara chikwereti kuti mufurati, vanenge 50 zviuru rubles. On munzira kumba, vakawana hamvuropu pakanga mari yaidikanwa - haachatongondipinduri, hapana zvishoma. Women vanotenda: isimba tsvene mutsvene Spyridon muMoscow, mapikicha izvo zvichakurukurwa pazasi, vakabatsira kugadzirisa izvi.
Kuburikidza kureverera ari seane uchenjeri vatendi vakabudirira vakatsinhanisa Apartments, pakarepo kuwana itsva mhenyu nzvimbo, pashure penguva yakareba mutsekwende, vakaronga pasi rakaisvonaka basa. Zvinonzi tichibatsirwa mutana, unogona kugadzirisa zvakawanda matambudziko muupenyu, asi vafundisi vanonyevera kuti zvakakosha kubvunza vanonzwisisa. Iye anobatsira chete vaya chaizvo kubatsirwa. The soro simba akasiyana zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon muGreece.
Miracles, pashure pokufa mukuru
Mumwe Byzantine madzimambo, kudzidza pamusoro wowakarurama Life Bishop Spyridon, akapa kuti paiva kuti muviri mutana wacho vachera uye vakatamira guva kukereke St. Sophia ari Constantinople.
Apo zvasara mutsvene akabviswa muguva, vechikamu zvose ndakadaro nekushamisika. Pasinei nokuti muviri ari muguva kwemakumi emakore, haisati wakashandurwa. Zvak Elder sokunge nezuro akavigwa: akaramba pakururama meno zvose uye bvudzi, ganda zvakanaka vakachengetedzwa, zvakanga zviri nyore kuziva pameso hazvishandi.
Kana Tsvenetsvene mapfupa vakakurudzirwa kuConstantinople, zvishamiso mberi. Mapilgrim, iro rinoshandiswa kenza, vakaporeswa. Nanhasi, pavanogadzira zviitiko yakakurumbira zvisaririra womusande Saint Spyridon. Reviews vechinamato zvizere yasimbiswa.
Chii vanhu vakabvunza uye akakumbira vakuru?
Kana munhu ari kure Mwari nomwoyo kereke, pamusoro shangu Spyridon nengano ingaita hakungagoni kwaari. Mupfungwa nomwoyo mutendi mabasa aIshe chaizvo zvakanyatsobatana zviitiko zvose zvenyika. Saka, slippers, akawana mumwe mudhikoni neCorfu somunhu chirangaridzo, rimwe gore gare gare dzaipfekwa. Vakanga vakamira pedyo Monk Icons nguva yose iyi.
Mumakore upenyu mukuru mutsvene wake munamato vanhu ndikabvisa nokusanaya kwemvura, madhimoni kunze, vanorwara vakaporeswa, vakachema kuti mifananidzo vezvifananidzo, akamutsa vakafa. Rimwe zuva mumwe mukadzi akauya kwaari, nemwoyo unorwadza, ane akafa mwana mumaoko ayo. Akateterera mutsvene kuti apindire. Kunyengeterera Spyridon nokuropafadzwa Mwari mwana akadzokera upenyu. Amai, vakakatyamadzwa, akawira upenyu. Reverend akamutswa ake kudenga uye akati kwaari, "Simuka, uende!" Iye akasimuka, sokunge ichimutsa kubva hope, uye akatora mwanakomana kake.
Nokuti murume munamato, mundangariro dzake Spiridon basa nezvishamiso saka kure. Kana mutendi ari mweya wakachena uye kunokwidziridza zvikumbiro zvavo nemhaka chaiye zvinodiwa, achapiwa mubayiro. Nezveshoko choga mari - unogona kuwana mari iri kuteterera basa - nzvimbo itsva nebasa, pokugara - dzimba dzavo. Spiridon kunodzivirira munyika kukakavara uye kusawirirana, munamato icon pamberi anobvisa zvinodiwa, kuvandudza hwakanaka, rinobatsira kuwana zvakanaka zvinozoitika dzebhizimisi.
Spiridon Trimifuntsky ari kutibatsira nguva dzose - yakawanda mawadhi ake, uye mumwe nomumwe ane matambudziko ayo uye dzavo zvikumbiro. Chinhu chikuru kuti munyengetero akabva mwoyo, ainyatsoda uye ndedzechokwadi, uye fraudsters mumongi panguva upenyu kubatwa kwazvo nehasha.
anodzokorora vomuchechi
Vatendi munyika kunotiudzei pamusoro zviitiko izvozvo zvinoshamisa zvakaitika muupenyu hwavo mushure kudanwa kuti mutsvene. Heano mamwe zvapupu vechinamato Orthodox simba uye runako, izvo exude simba mutsvene Saint Spyridon muMoscow. Anodzokorora vomuchechi chaihwo:
pachinzvimbo kupera
Munhu anouya kutenda kurwadza uye minzwa nzira, munhu akaberekwa aine manzwiro ichi mumoyo mangu - Ishe Wemasimbaose rakatogadzirira wose. Zvinosuruvarisa kushanyira zvinoera uye nzvimbo tsvene haana nyore Orthodox zvose munyika yedu, sezvataizoda. Asi pane temberi iri kunamata kuti reliquary panenge pachidiwa. Vatendi vose vanogona kushanyira zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon muMoscow. Address: there. Danilovskiy mugodhi d. 22. kakasaririra inochengetwa Protection Church chechechi.
Kana munhu ari kure Mwari nomwoyo kereke, pamusoro shangu Spyridon nengano ingaita hakungagoni kwaari. Mupfungwa nomwoyo mutendi mabasa aIshe chaizvo zvakanyatsobatana zviitiko zvose zvenyika. Saka, slippers, akawana mumwe mudhikoni neCorfu somunhu chirangaridzo, rimwe gore gare gare dzaipfekwa. Vakanga vakamira pedyo Monk Icons nguva yose iyi.
Mumakore upenyu mukuru mutsvene wake munamato vanhu ndikabvisa nokusanaya kwemvura, madhimoni kunze, vanorwara vakaporeswa, vakachema kuti mifananidzo vezvifananidzo, akamutsa vakafa. Rimwe zuva mumwe mukadzi akauya kwaari, nemwoyo unorwadza, ane akafa mwana mumaoko ayo. Akateterera mutsvene kuti apindire. Kunyengeterera Spyridon nokuropafadzwa Mwari mwana akadzokera upenyu. Amai, vakakatyamadzwa, akawira upenyu. Reverend akamutswa ake kudenga uye akati kwaari, "Simuka, uende!" Iye akasimuka, sokunge ichimutsa kubva hope, uye akatora mwanakomana kake.
Nokuti murume munamato, mundangariro dzake Spiridon basa nezvishamiso saka kure. Kana mutendi ari mweya wakachena uye kunokwidziridza zvikumbiro zvavo nemhaka chaiye zvinodiwa, achapiwa mubayiro. Nezveshoko choga mari - unogona kuwana mari iri kuteterera basa - nzvimbo itsva nebasa, pokugara - dzimba dzavo. Spiridon kunodzivirira munyika kukakavara uye kusawirirana, munamato icon pamberi anobvisa zvinodiwa, kuvandudza hwakanaka, rinobatsira kuwana zvakanaka zvinozoitika dzebhizimisi.
Spiridon Trimifuntsky ari kutibatsira nguva dzose - yakawanda mawadhi ake, uye mumwe nomumwe ane matambudziko ayo uye dzavo zvikumbiro. Chinhu chikuru kuti munyengetero akabva mwoyo, ainyatsoda uye ndedzechokwadi, uye fraudsters mumongi panguva upenyu kubatwa kwazvo nehasha.
anodzokorora vomuchechi
Vatendi munyika kunotiudzei pamusoro zviitiko izvozvo zvinoshamisa zvakaitika muupenyu hwavo mushure kudanwa kuti mutsvene. Heano mamwe zvapupu vechinamato Orthodox simba uye runako, izvo exude simba mutsvene Saint Spyridon muMoscow. Anodzokorora vomuchechi chaihwo:
- Mune rimwe kunonamata kuchitsuwa neCorfu boka vatendi akakumbira mvumo kutora ruomba kubva mwenje rinopfuta pamusoro zvisaririra womusande. Vanhu basa sirinji ake uye akadurura kuva pre-takagadzirira mabhodhoro. Vanhu vakanga zvikuru kunyatsotevera, kuedza kuunganidza mafuta nokukurumidza. In nyonganyonga munhu akabata mwenje, uye dzasara vagadzirisane. All zvakatsamwa kwazvo kunyara ichi, asi akasimba kupfuura vose mukadzi ruzivo akamira wokupedzisira ari mutsetse. Iye akamuka chinhu, uye iye akanga akabata chinhu bhodhoro. Pakarepo ihwo vakazadza mafuta. Zvapupu zvakanga zvakawanda kwazvo.
- Murume nomudzimai vane refu vakaedza kuchinjana mumwe-yokurara vakanogara yakafarikana. The kutengeserana kugona kuitika: anoda kure Metro dzoga, kana mikana zvinodhura. Mumwe sisita yakati kuti zvakakosha arayire kutsveneswa mvura munyengetero mutsvene Spiridon, izvo zvakaitwa. Papera vhiki, kwakabva mhuri vakagamuchira kwazvo pekugara nemutengo. Kutama wakauya pamusoro mutambo nezuva mutsvene mukuru.
- Pashure harina zvibereko Kuedza kuva nevana, vakabvunza kuti kurevererwa mukuru. Ndinokutendai mukadzi mutsvene akauya kare ava nemimba. Miracle chakaziviswa apo vaviri yakashanyira zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon muna Yekaterinburg.
- Mukadzi akaenda wemamongi kubereka kunamata-vakadzi, ndakadzidza kuti tsvene akaunzwa ikoko. Chiitiko ichocho sokuti asingashumbi, asi the parishioner akafara chaizvo kuti kunamatwa zvisaririra, akanyengetera kuti utano vadiwa. Gare gare zvikazooneka kuti kukumbira tsvene mutana zvakaponesa upenyu mwanakomana wake, uyo panguva iyoyo akanga ari pangozi. Mukhorwa unosisa akaziva kuti zvose zviitiko havana netsaona - Ishe pachake akatungamirira naye chechechi.
- Mai chimumumu mwana akamuendesa zvisaririra, achikumbira kuti kupora. Mukadzi saka kwazvo akanyengetera kuti inoitwa mutemberi mazuva mashoma. Kana akauya mwana kenza, mwana, akabata miromo vake rutumba akapora. Akatanga kutaura zvizere uye coherent kutaura, kana kwete kunyarara nguva yose iyi. Nhasi, mhuri womukomana anokudza Spyridon sezvo iri rinonyanya anorichengeta uye mudziviriri.
pachinzvimbo kupera
Munhu anouya kutenda kurwadza uye minzwa nzira, munhu akaberekwa aine manzwiro ichi mumoyo mangu - Ishe Wemasimbaose rakatogadzirira wose. Zvinosuruvarisa kushanyira zvinoera uye nzvimbo tsvene haana nyore Orthodox zvose munyika yedu, sezvataizoda. Asi pane temberi iri kunamata kuti reliquary panenge pachidiwa. Vatendi vose vanogona kushanyira zvisaririra mutsvene Spyridon muMoscow. Address: there. Danilovskiy mugodhi d. 22. kakasaririra inochengetwa Protection Church chechechi.
Zvinokosha kuziva kuti muRussia nhasi inovakwa netemberi dzakawanda vachikudza St. St. neCorfu.
Onawo uyewo
The
Sunday of the Holy Forefathers, the Parable of the Great Supper &
the blasphemy of Racism (second Sunday before the Nativity)
Saint Spyridon the Wonder Worker (December 12) & the 5 holy Martyrs of December 13
Sts. Eleutherios the Hieromartyr and his mother Anthia (December 15)
Congratulations, Angola! Today your saint is celebrating (December 15)!
St. Dionysius of Zakynthos, the Saint of Forgiveness, "the Walking Saint" (December 17)
Σάββατο 27 Νοεμβρίου 2021
St John the Compassionate, Patriarch of Alexandria (November 12)
St
John was Patriarch of Alexandria in the seventh century. When he was
elected Patriarch he immediately asked that a list be drawn up of “all
my masters, down to the least of them.” When asked what he meant by this
strange request, St John replied “The people whom you call poor and
beggars are my masters and helpers, for it is only they who can really
help us and bring us to the Kingdom of Heaven.” The list ended up
contains 7000 names, and to each one St John allotted a daily allowance
of money.
St John then issued decrees about commerce, imposing
penalties for those who cheated others in the markets, and then built
seven hospitals, each with forty beds. To women who came to give birth
in these hospitals, he gave a ‘maternity benefit’ upon leaving. He also
built homes for the aged and infirm, and houses of hospitality for
strangers.
He cared particularly for Syrian refugees when, in 614
the Persians invaded Syria. Many came to Alexandria, where he provided
generously for them. The Persians also sacked Jerusalem, leading the
saint to send large amounts of money and food to the city, and ransomed
captives there.
St John was also a peacemaker. Twice a week he
would sit outside his cathedral and would settle disagreements and
advocate for justice for the oppressed. At one point, St John was
stopped by a woman who was seeking a mediator for a conflict with her
son-in-law, and the other religious officials tried to dismiss her and
hurry St John along, no doubt to do what they considered important
ecclesial work. St John rebuked them and said “How can I expect God to
listen to my prayers if I do not listen to what this woman wants?”
Icon from here
St
John loved to get money from the wealthy to give to the poor. One time a
certain wealthy person tried to ingratiate the saint by buying him a
lavish gift. St John sold it and gave the money to the poor, so another
gift was given. This kept happening and St. John said “We shall see who
gets tired of this first!” He would also say “If in order to help the
needy one is able, without ill-will, to strip the rich down to their
shirts, one is not doing wrong, especially if they are heartless
skinflints.”
St John's compassion, mercy, and peaceability made
him immensely popular with his people. Before him, Christianity in
Alexandria was remarkably conflicted and at times violent, but through
his peaceful mercy he was reportedly able to increase the number of
churches tenfold.
St John the Compassionate/Merciful: the Mission named after him in Toronto Canada (photo)
Σάββατο 6 Νοεμβρίου 2021
Icon - chii ichi? mifananidzo Ancient uye zvaanoreva. Ndeipi aizviti mifananidzo? - Zvinyorwa zveOrthodox mumutauro weShona - Orthodox texts in the Shona language
Ορθόδοξα άρθρα στην αφρικανική γλώσσα Σόνα, που μιλιέται κυρίως στη Ζιμπάμπουε. See also Orthodox Zimbabwe, Shona. Η εικ. από εδώ - icon kubva pano (Mozambique).
Icon - chii ichi? mifananidzo Ancient uye zvaanoreva. Ndeipi aizviti mifananidzo?
Reverend
Mother Matrona Moskovskaya - Akapedza makore anopfuura 50 ari nokugara
chinzvimbo uye bofu, asi ndaona kuburikidza nyika yevanhu dzomukati
Serafim Sarovsky: Biography Russian wezvishamiso
Ndiani Mikaeri Ngirozi Huru? (mwedzi waMbudzi, 8)
Ngirozi huru Mikaeri mufananidzo weByzantine mukati meHagios Dimitrios, muguta reAlexandroupolis, Greece (kubva pano)
Παρασκευή 9 Ιουλίου 2021
Orthodox Mission / December 2020 issue - The new winter issue of our magazine is now out
Our quarterly magazine
The new issue of the “Orthodox Mission” magazine is now out with news and reports from 16 missionary regions in Africa, Asia and Oceania
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ: Το νέο τεύχος του περιοδικού “Εξωτερική Ιεραποστολή” κυκλοφόρησε με νέα και ανταποκρίσεις από 17 ιεραποστολικά κλιμάκια από την Αφρική, την Ασία και την Ωκεανία και την Αμερική. Διαβάστε το εδώ.
Holy Nativity 2020
May the grace of our newly-born Christ shine upon you and the nations in the new year 2021
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