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Our Holy Mother, the Martyr Eugenia, and those with her

Our Holy Mother, the Martyr Eugenia, and those with herThe daughter of Philip, Eparch of all Egypt, she was born in Rome. At that time, the Christians had been driven out of Alexandria and were living outside the town. The maiden Eugenia visited the Christians and received their Faith with all her heart. She fled from her parents with her two faithful eunuchs, was baptised by Bishop Elias and, wearing man"s clothing, went to a men"s monastery where she received the monastic habit. She so purified her heart by voluntary asceticism that she received from God the gift of healing the sick, and thus healed a rich woman, Melanthia. After this, though, the woman conceived a physical passion for her, not suspecting that she was a woman. Being firmly repulsed by Eugenia, this wicked woman, out of revenge, went to the Eparch and slandered her just as Potiphar"s wife had slandered chaste Joseph. The eparch ordered that all the monks be bound and thrown into prison together with Eugenia. When they were brought out for trial, Eugenia revealed herself to her father as his daughter. The overjoyed Philip was baptised, with his whole household, and Philip was chosen as Bishop of Alexandria. Hearing of this, the Roman Emperor sent a wicked general, Terence, who, coming to Alexandria, secretly killed Philip. Then St Eugenia moved to Rome with her mother and brothers. In Rome, she fearlessly and zealously brought pagans to the true Faith, especially maidens, and thus brought a beautiful maiden, VassiIia, to the Faith. Vassilia was quickly beheaded for Christ, as Eugenia had foretold to her, and then her two eunuchs, Protus and Hyacinthus, were beheaded. Finally, martyrdom came to Eugenia, whose presence had caused the Temple of Diana to fall in ruins. The torturers first threw her into water and then into fire, but God preserved her. The Lord Jesus Himself appeared to her in the prison and told her that she would suffer on the day of His Nativity. And so it came about. She was beheaded with the sword on December 25th, 262, in Rome. After her death, Eugenia appeared to her mother in great glory, and comforted her.

Our Holy Father Nicolas the Soldier

Our Holy Father Nicolas the SoldierSome people think that this great saint was a Slav of Balkan origin. In the time of the Emperor Nicephorus, Nicolas was commander of the part of the army that went to war against the Bulgars. On the road, Nicolas spent the night in an inn, where he experienced a great temptation and had a strange dream. This dream came true in the war, when the Greeks were utterly routed by the Bulgars in 811. Nicolas was preserved and, out of gratitude to God, left his command and became a monk. In long asceticism, he attained such perfection that he became a great seer and man of God. He died peacefully in the ninth century, and entered into the blessed Kingdom of Christ the Lord. In the Greek Synaxarion, Our Holy Father Antiochus, a monk of Palestine, is also commemorated. He was an eye-witness of the sufferings of our holy Fathers of St Sava's (May 16th), and, as an eye-witness, recorded their sufferings at the hands of the Saracens. He also compiled another book entitled 'Pandect'. He wrote many prayers, of which the best-known is the one read daily at Compline: 'And grant us, O Master, as we lay us down to sleep, repose both of body and soul...'. The Holy New Monk Achmed is also commemorated. A Turk by birth and a builder by trade, he embraced the Christian faith and laid down his life for it. He suffered at the hands of the Turks in Constantinople in 1682.

January 2017
SunMonTueWedThuFriSut
Our Holy Father Elias of Murom
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St Danilo, Archbishop of Serbia
2
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The Holy Martyr Themistocies
3
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The Holy Martyr Theodota with her three Children
4
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Our Holy Father Nahum, the Wonderworker of Ochrid
5
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Our Holy Father Nicolas the Soldier
6
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+++ The Nativity of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ
7
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Our Holy Father Constantine of Synnada
8
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Our Holy Fathers, the Martyrs Theodore and Theophanes the Branded
9
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The Holy Martyr Domna
10
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Our Holy Fathers Mark the Gravedigger and Theophilus the Weeper
11
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Our Holy Father, the Martyr Gideon
12
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Saint Dositej of Zagreb
13
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New Martyr Peter  of the Peloponnesos
14
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Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Caves
15
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St Genevieve of Paris
16
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Venerable Euthymius the New of Thessalonica, monk
17
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Martyr Theoidus
18
strict fast
+++ The Theophany
19
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The Holy Martyr Athanasius
20
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St. Theodore of Constantinople
21
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St. Peter, bishop of Sebaste in Armenia
22
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Blessed Theosebia the Deaconess
23
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Saint Maire martyr
24
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Virgin Martyr Euthasia
25
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Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island at Solovki (1656)
26
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Martyr Agnes
27
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The Holy Martyr Pansophius
28
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Martyrs Neon, Turbo, and the woman Jonilla (Jovilla), in Cappadocia
29
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St Anthony of Krasny Kholm
30
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Venerable Marcian of Cyrrhus in Syria
31
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Moon phases for January , 2017 (Serbia)
05 Jan 2017 First Quarter
12 Jan 2017 Full Moon
20 Jan 2017 Third Quarter
28 Jan 2017 New Moon