Reading from the Synaxarion:
Saint Menas, according to the Synaxaristes, had Athens as his homeland.
He was a military officer, an educated man and skilled in speech,
wherefore he was surnamed Kallikelados ("most eloquent"); Eugraphus was his
scribe. Both had Christian parents. The Emperor Maximinus (he was the
successor of Alexander Severus, and reigned from 235 to 238) sent Saint
Menas to Alexandria to employ his eloquence to end a certain strife
among the citizens. Saint Menas, having accomplished this, also
employed his eloquence to strengthen the Christians in their faith, which
when Maximinus heard, he sent Hermogenes, who was an eparch born to
unbelievers to turn Menas away from Christ. But Hermogenes rather came to the
Faith of Christ because of the miracles wrought by Saint Menas. Saints
Menas, Eugraphus, and Hermogenes received the crown of martyrdom in the
year 235.
Apolytikion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Since they had slain through their abstinence and struggles the fiery
ragings and fierce motions of the passions, the staunch Martyrs of Christ
God laid hold on the graces to drive off the pains and illnesses of
the sick and work wonders both while living and after death. Strange
indeed is the miracle! That these bare bones should pour forth such
overflowing streams of cures. Glory be to our only God.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
The Lord snatched thee out of the temporal army, making thee a
fellow-heir of the eternal, O Menas, with them that suffered and died with
thee; and He doth grant thee the crown incorruptible.
37 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετ' αὐτοῦ. εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἰησοῦς, πορεύου καὶ σὺ ποίει ὁμοίως.
38 ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην τινά: γυνὴ δέ τις ὀνόματι μάρθα ὑπεδέξατο αὐτόν.
39 καὶ τῇδε ἦν ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη μαριάμ, [ἣ] καὶ παρακαθεσθεῖσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ κυρίου ἤκουεν τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ.
40 ἡ δὲ μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν: ἐπιστᾶσα δὲ εἶπεν, κύριε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἡ ἀδελφή μου μόνην με κατέλιπεν διακονεῖν; εἰπὲ οὖν αὐτῇ ἵνα μοι συναντιλάβηται.
41 ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ κύριος, μάρθα μάρθα, μεριμνᾷς καὶ θορυβάζῃ περὶ πολλά,
42 ἑνὸς δέ ἐστιν χρεία: μαριὰμ γὰρ τὴν ἀγαθὴν μερίδα ἐξελέξατο ἥτις οὐκ ἀφαιρεθήσεται αὐτῆς.
38 ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην τινά: γυνὴ δέ τις ὀνόματι μάρθα ὑπεδέξατο αὐτόν.
39 καὶ τῇδε ἦν ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη μαριάμ, [ἣ] καὶ παρακαθεσθεῖσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ κυρίου ἤκουεν τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ.
40 ἡ δὲ μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν: ἐπιστᾶσα δὲ εἶπεν, κύριε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἡ ἀδελφή μου μόνην με κατέλιπεν διακονεῖν; εἰπὲ οὖν αὐτῇ ἵνα μοι συναντιλάβηται.
41 ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ κύριος, μάρθα μάρθα, μεριμνᾷς καὶ θορυβάζῃ περὶ πολλά,
42 ἑνὸς δέ ἐστιν χρεία: μαριὰμ γὰρ τὴν ἀγαθὴν μερίδα ἐξελέξατο ἥτις οὐκ ἀφαιρεθήσεται αὐτῆς.
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Πέμπτη 9 Δεκεμβρίου 2010
Menas, Hermogenes,Eugraphos, Martyrs of Alexandria
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Medicine by Alexandros G. Sfakianakis,Anapafseos 5 Agios Nikolaos 72100 Crete Greece,00302841026182,00306932607174,alsfakia@gmail.com,
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