{"id":169263,"date":"2022-06-26T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T21:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=169263\/"},"modified":"2022-06-26T10:36:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T07:36:56","slug":"st-david-of-thessaloniki-st-john-the-bishop-of-the-goths-in-the-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/st-david-of-thessaloniki-st-john-the-bishop-of-the-goths-in-the-crimea\/","title":{"rendered":"St. David of Thessaloniki; St. John the Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea; Sunday of Romanian Saints (Fish allowed)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday of Romanian Saints <\/span><\/h3>\n

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church decided on June 20, 1992, that the second Sunday after Pentecost be celebrated as the Sunday of the Romanian Saints.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Synodal Act of June 21, 1992 states that through these saints the working of the Holy Spirit has been shown in our Church over centuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eRomanian Saints\u201a\u00a0be they martyrs of the faith in the fourth century\u201a\u00a0or in the eighteenth century\u201a\u00a0be they hierarchs that illumined the people with their word or helped them with their deeds\u201a\u00a0be they ascetics that reached the highest spiritual stage in God\u201a\u00a0through prayer for themselves and for the people\u201a\u00a0they have all elevated the character of the true faith and the image of man that lives the faith seriously to a step that urges the faithful everywhere\u201a\u00a0when they get to know them\u201a\u00a0to live their faith with more conviction and follow their example\u201d once said\u00a0Prof. Dr. Rev. Dumitru Staniloae.<\/span><\/p>\n

St. David of Thessalonika<\/h3>\n

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Saint David of Thessalonica pursued asceticism at the monastery of the holy Martyrs Theodore and Mercurius.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the example of the holy stylites, he lived in an almond tree in constant prayer, keeping strict fast, and enduring heat and cold. He remained there for three years until an angel told him to come down.<\/p>\n

St David received from God the gift of wonderworking, and he healed many from sickness. The holy ascetic gave spiritual counsel to all who came to him. Having attained to passionlessness, he was like an angel in the flesh, and he was able to take hot coals into his hands without harm. He died the year 540.<\/p>\n

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Troparion \u2014 Tone 8<\/h4>\n

The image of God was truly preserved in you, O Father, \/ for you took up the Cross and followed Christ. \/ By so doing you taught us to disregard the flesh for it passes away \/ but to care instead for the soul, since it is immortal. \/ Therefore your spirit, venerable David, rejoices with the angels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/article>\n

Saint John, Bishop of the Goths<\/h3>\n

The saint made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and spent three years visiting all the holy places. Then he returned to his native country. At that time the emperor Constantine Copronymos the Iconoclast (741-775) banished the Gothic bishop, and the Goths fervently entreated Saint John to become their bishop.<\/p>\n

Saint John went to Georgia, which was isolated from the Iconoclast heresy. There he was ordained. Upon his return to the Goths he was soon compelled to depart from them. Hidden away from the pursuing Khazars, he settled at Amastridia, where he dwelt for four years.<\/p>\n

Hearing about the death of the Khazar kagan (ruler), the saint said, \u201cAfter forty days I shall go to be judged with him before Christ the Savior.\u201d Indeed, the saint died forty days later. This took place when he returned to his people, in the year 790.<\/p>\n

The saint\u2019s body was conveyed to the Parthenit monastery in the Crimea, at the foot of Mount Ayu-Dag, where the saint once lived in the large church he built in honor of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul.<\/p>\n

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Saint John, Bishop of the Goths, lived during the eighth century. The future saint was born in answer to the fervent prayer of his parents. From an early age, he lived a life of asceticism.<\/p>\n

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Troparion \u2014 Tone 4<\/h4>\n

In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith, \/ an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence; \/ your humility exalted you; \/ your poverty enriched you. \/ Hierarch Father John, \/ entreat Christ our God \/ that our souls may be saved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/article>\n

Tr by oca.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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