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New Year. Circumcision of the Lord. St. Basil the Great. ( , )
Just as the New Year is the beginning of the days of summer, then on this day it is necessary to gather into the soul such thoughts, feelings and dispositions that could, worthy of a Christian, direct the entire course of his affairs throughout the year. We will immediately find this as soon as we take into account that there is a new year in spiritual life. In spiritual life, there is a new year when someone living in negligence begins to be zealous about salvation and pleasing God: for when someone decides to do this, then everything inside and outside him is rebuilt anew and on new principles - the ancient passes by and everything becomes new. If you have it, renew it; and if not, do it, and you will have a new year.
The worthy celebration of the Circumcision of the Lord and the memory of St. will also fit in with this. Basil the Great. - The essence of this change is that from this moment a person begins to live solely for God for his salvation, whereas previously he lived exclusively for himself, preparing for his own destruction. Here he gives up his old habits, all pleasures and everything in which he found pleasure; cuts off passions and lustful dispositions and accepts acts of strict self-sacrifice. And such a change exactly represents what, according to the Apostle, circumcision of the heart should be - which the celebration of the Circumcision of the Lord reminds us of and obliges us to, and an example of which is presented by St. Basil the Great. So all the objects crowding into consciousness in the New Year converge in one thing - our inner renewal through circumcision of the heart. If the Lord deigns someone to be prepared for the New Year in this way, that is, not only to think like this, but also to put all this into practice, he will celebrate the New Year in the most perfect Christian way and prepare for the Christian passage of the entire summer. In the next new year, he will only need to renew and revive what he has perceived now.
Have you seen a pious old man, whitened with gray hair, anointed with grace and adorned with virtue in his dying moments? His face is calm; his soul joyfully despises the afterlife. He goes to the Lord with everything and everyone in the world. He entrusts his relatives to the will of God and does not leave them without his experienced and fatherly advice and testament. It is touching for strangers and relatives to see his dying face and hear his dying teachings...
January 14(January 1 according to the “old style” - the church Julian calendar). 32nd Sunday after Pentecost, before Epiphany(thirty-second Sunday after the feast of the Holy Trinity, Pentecost). Christmas time continue, according to the Church Charter, fasting is canceled until Epiphany Eve ( January 18 according to the new style). The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates a holiday today Circumcision of the Lord and the memory of 15 saints of God, known to us by name. Next, we will briefly talk about this holiday and the saints of today.
Circumcision of the Lord. On the eighth day after the Nativity of Christ, the Infant of God, like other male infants, according to the Old Testament law, accepted circumcision, established as a sign of the Covenant of God with the forefather Abraham and his descendants (Gen. 17, 10 - 14; Lev. 12, 3). It was during the circumcision that the Savior received the Name Jesus, proclaimed to the Most Holy Theotokos by the Archangel Gabriel on the day of the Annunciation (Luke 1:31 - 33; Luke 2:21). As Christian theologians interpret this, the Lord accepted circumcision so that no one could subsequently doubt that He was not only the true God, but also the true Man. Subsequently, among Christians, circumcision was replaced by the Sacrament of Baptism, within the framework of which the naming of a name also occurs.
Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia. Ecumenical teacher of the Orthodox Church, one of the greatest saints IV centuries, deeply revered throughout the Christian world. Saint Basil the Great was born around 330 from the Nativity of Christ in Caesarea Cappadocia in a family famous for many saints. In his youth he received an excellent education in Constantinople and Athens. He studied every science to such perfection, as if he had never studied anything else. Philosopher, philologist, orator, lawyer and natural scientist who had deep knowledge of medicine. But theology became St. Basil’s real calling.
Saint Basil became one of the Fathers of the Church. Those preachers and theologians who laid the fundamental foundations of our church life. It was he who compiled the liturgical rite of the Liturgy, wrote many theological works, including on the creation of the world, as well as books against the Arian heretics. The saint used all his personal funds for the benefit of the poor: he created almshouses, hospice houses and hospitals, and built two monasteries - men's and women's. Works and illnesses, worries and sorrows, as well as feats of abstinence quickly exhausted the saint’s strength, and already in January 379 from the Nativity of Christ he reposed in the Lord, being 49 years old.
The veneration of Saint Basil spread among all Christians. He became a true student and mentor for many generations of theologians. Therefore, it is no coincidence that the Moscow region Gymnasium of St. Basil the Great, within the walls of which today the best traditions of Russian classical education are being revived, as well as St. Basil the Great Foundation, who do a lot for the Christian enlightenment of the Russian Land, bear the name of this particular great saint.
Hieromartyr Vasily of Ancyra. A clergyman, a fighter against the Arian heresy, who suffered from the heretical Arian Patriarch of Constantinople Eudoxius. He died during the reign of the pagan emperor Julian the Apostate, who reigned in the Roman Empire in 361-363 from the Nativity of Christ and tried in vain to revive paganism.
Saint Emilia of Cappadocia. Ascetic IVcenturies, mother Saint Basil the Great. The daughter of a Christian martyr, Saint Emilia gave birth to and raised, in addition to the Great Teacher of the Church of Christ, four more saints: Venerable Macrina, Saint Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, Saint Peter, Bishop of Sebaste And righteous Theozba.
Venerable Martyr Jeremiah (Leonov), monk (1918), Hieromartyrs Platon (Kulbush), Bishop of Revel, and with him Mikhail Bleive and Nikolai Bezhanitsky, presbyters (1919), Alexander (Trapitsyn), Archbishop of Samara, and with him John Smirnov, Alexander Ivanov , Ioann Suldin, Alexander Organov, Vyacheslav Infantov, Vasily Vitevsky and Jacob Alferov, presbyters (1938). Orthodox bishops, priests and monks who suffered for loyalty to Christ and His Church on this day in different years of the period of Soviet atheistic persecution. They were glorified among the saints among the many thousands of new martyrs and confessors of the Russian Church.
Congratulations to Orthodox Christians on the memory of all today's saints of God! Through their prayers, Lord, save and have mercy on us all! We are happy to congratulate those who received names in their honor through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism or monastic tonsure! As they used to say in Rus' in the old days: “A golden crown for the Guardian Angels, and good health for you!”
*** Circumcision of the Lord. Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia (379).
Martyr Basil of Ancyra (c. 362). Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, father of St. Gregory the Theologian (374). Saint Emilia, mother of Saint Basil the Great (IV). Martyr Theodotus. Venerable Theodosius, abbot of Triglia (VIII). Martyr Peter the Peloponnesian (1776). Venerable Martyr Jeremiah (1918); Hieromartyrs Plato, Bishop of Revel, and with him Mikhail (Bleive) and Nikolai (Bezhanitsky) presbyters, Yuryevsky (1919); Hieromartyrs Alexander, Archbishop of Samara, and with him John (Smirnov), John (Suldin), Alexander (Ivanov), Alexander (Organov), Trofim (Myachin), Vasily (Vitevsky), Vyacheslav (Infantov) and Jacob (Alferov) presbyters, Samarskikh (1938).
New Year
The New Year holiday passed into the Christian Church from the Old Testament. It, along with other holidays, was established by Moses at the command of God Himself. There were two New Year celebrations in the Old Testament Church. One of them began the civil New Year, the other - the church New Year. The civil one was celebrated in the fall, in the month of Tisri (September) - in the month of gathering fruits, and the church one - in the spring, in the month of Aviv or Nisan (March), - in the month of the liberation of the Jews from Egyptian slavery. On the New Year's Day, the Jews had sacred meetings, sacrifices were made in large numbers, and the Holy Scriptures were read in the temple and synagogues. The Scriptures remembered God's good deeds to His people. Also in our Orthodox Christian Church there is a civil New Year, January 1 (previously it was March 1), and a church New Year - September 1. The Lord Jesus Christ himself consecrated the new year of September, when one day on this holiday he entered the synagogue and read the words of the prophet. Isaiah about a new favorable year with His coming to earth (Luke 4:17-19). The month of March is significant for Christians with the event of the incarnation of Christ the Savior from the Blessed Virgin on the 25th day of this month. In our Fatherland, January was accepted as the beginning of the civil year on January 1, 1700, under Emperor Peter the Great. Our church service for the New Year takes place on September 1, and in January only a prayer service is held on the occasion of the New Year.
Circumcision of the Lord
Church Tradition testifies to us that on the eighth day after His Nativity, Jesus Christ, according to the Old Testament law, accepted circumcision, established for all male infants as a sign of the Covenant of God with the forefather Abraham and his descendants. During the performance of this rite, the Divine Infant was given the Name Jesus (Savior), announced by the Archangel Gabriel on the day of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary. According to the interpretation of the Fathers of the Church, the Lord, the Creator of the law, accepted circumcision, setting an example of how people should strictly fulfill Divine decrees. The Lord accepted circumcision so that no one could subsequently doubt that He was a true Man, and not a bearer of illusory flesh, as some heretics (Docetes) taught. In the New Testament, the rite of circumcision gave way to the sacrament of Baptism, of which it was a prototype. Bishop Theophan the Recluse compared the holiday of circumcision with the “circumcision of the heart,” when passions and lustful dispositions are cut off: “Let us give up our previous harmful habits, all pleasures and everything in which we previously found pleasure, and from this moment we will begin to live solely for God for our salvation.”
Saint Basil the Great Day
Saint Basil the Great was born around 330 in the city of Caesarea Cappadocia (Asia Minor), into the pious Christian family of Basil and Emilia. The saint's father was a lawyer and teacher of rhetoric. There were ten children in the family, five of whom, including the saint’s mother, righteous Emilia, were canonized by the Church as saints.
Saint Basil received his initial education under the guidance of his parents and grandmother Macrina, a highly educated Christian. After the death of his father and grandmother, Saint Basil went for further education to Constantinople, and then to Athens, where he perfectly studied various sciences - rhetoric and philosophy, astronomy and mathematics, physics and medicine. Around 357, Saint Basil returned to Caesarea, where he taught rhetoric for some time. In Antioch, in 362 he was ordained a deacon by Bishop Meletius, and in 364 he was ordained a presbyter by Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea.
While fulfilling his ministry, Saint Basil preached zealously and tirelessly cared for the needs of his flock, thanks to which he gained high respect and love. Bishop Eusebius, due to human weakness, became envious of him and began to show his dislike. To avoid troubles, Saint Basil withdrew to the Pontic desert (the southern coast of the Black Sea), where he settled not far from the monastery founded by his mother and older sister. Here Saint Basil labored in ascetic labors together with his friend Saint Gregory the Theologian. Guided by the Holy Scriptures, they wrote regulations for monastic life, which were subsequently adopted by Christian monasteries.
After the death of Emperor Constantine the Great, under his son Constantius (337-361), the Arian false teaching, condemned at the 1st Ecumenical Council in 325, began to spread again and especially intensified under Emperor Valens (364-378), a supporter of the Arians. For Saints Basil the Great and Gregory the Theologian, the hour came when the Lord called them from prayerful solitude into the world to fight heresy. Saint Gregory returned to Nazianzus, and Saint Basil returned to Caesarea, having heeded the written request of Bishop Eusebius, who was reconciled with him. Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea (author of the famous “Ecclesiastical History”) died in the arms of Saint Basil the Great, blessing him to be his successor.
Soon Saint Basil was elected by the Council of Bishops to the See of Caesarea (370). In difficult times for the Church, he showed himself as a fiery defender of the Orthodox faith, protecting it from heresies with his words and messages. Particularly noteworthy are his three books against the Arian false teacher Eunomius, in which St. Basil the Great taught about the Divinity of the Holy Spirit and the unity of His nature with the Father and the Son. During his short life († 379), Saint Basil left us many theological works: nine discourses on the Sixth Day, 16 discourses on various psalms, five books in defense of the Orthodox teaching about the Holy Trinity; 24 conversations on various theological topics; seven ascetic treatises; monastic rules; ascetic charter; two books about Baptism; a book about the Holy Spirit; several sermons and 366 letters to various persons.
Through unceasing efforts of fasting and prayer, Saint Basil acquired from the Lord the gift of clairvoyance and miracle-working. There are many known cases of miraculous healings performed by St. Basil the Great. The power of Saint Basil’s prayers was so great that he could boldly ask the Lord for forgiveness for a sinner who had renounced Christ, leading him to sincere repentance. Through the prayers of the saint, many great sinners who despaired of salvation received forgiveness and were freed from their sins. Interesting fact. While on his deathbed, the saint converted his Jewish doctor Joseph to Christ. The latter was sure that the saint would not be able to live until the morning, and said that otherwise he would believe in Christ and accept Baptism. The saint asked the Lord to delay his death. The night passed and, to Joseph’s amazement, Saint Basil not only did not die, but, getting up from his bed, came to the temple, performed the sacrament of Baptism over Joseph, served the Divine Liturgy, gave Joseph communion, taught him a lesson, and then, saying goodbye to everyone, He went to the Lord with prayer without leaving the temple.
Saint Basil the Great, along with Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, has since ancient times enjoyed special veneration among the Russian believing people. A particle of the relics of St. Basil still remains in the Pochaev Lavra. The honorable head of St. Basil is reverently kept in the Lavra of St. Athanasius on Athos, and his right hand is in the altar of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem.
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Today, January 14, 2018, they also celebrate the Old New Year, the Day of the Russian Pipeline Troops and other events.
vid_roll_width="300px" vid_roll_height="150px">On January 14, 2018, the great non-twelfth Orthodox holiday is celebrated - the Circumcision of the Lord. The holiday commemorates the circumcision of the baby Jesus. It symbolizes to Christians that Jesus was a man and not a disembodied spirit.
The Orthodox Church established the feast of the Circumcision of the Lord in the 4th century.
According to the Old Testament law, on the eighth day after his birth the Savior was circumcised. Among the Jewish people, this ritual symbolized a person's agreement to obey the laws and teachings of God. At intkbbach At circumcision, the baby received the name Jesus, which translated from Hebrew means “God saves.”
People celebrate the Old New Year on this day. On the night of January 14, girls tell fortunes. In the morning, the boys sow grain in their homes and sing ritual songs.
During the Circumcision of the Lord, one cannot refuse forgiveness and help to a person - this can attract failure. It is forbidden to swear, use obscene language, insult loved ones, or think about bad things. You cannot lend money, otherwise the whole year will pass in debt. It is prohibited to take out trash. It is a bad omen to solve financial issues and count small money.
According to signs, the bright sun today portends a rich harvest of fruits and berries.
If the trees are covered with frost, expect a good grain harvest.
A wish made on the night of January 13-14 will definitely come true, and wearing a new thing on this day will mean a successful year.
On the night of January 13-14, the Old New Year begins. This holiday is widespread in the CIS countries, and it arose due to a change in chronology in our country in 1918, when it was decided to switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. The discrepancy between the calendars was 13 days. New Year according to the old style began to fall on the night of January 13-14, which was the reason for the emergence of a new holiday.
Russian Pipeline Troops Day
January 14 is the Day of Russian Pipeline Troops 2018. The holiday appeared on this day in 1952, when Marshal of the Soviet Union A. Vasilevsky signed a decree “On the creation of a specialized pipeline battalion.” This date became the birthday of the pipeline troops.
Alexander, Bogdan, Vasily, Vyacheslav, Gregory, Ivan, Mikhail, Nikolai, Peter, Platon, Trofim, Fedot.
- 1506 - a marble sculptural group “Laocoon and His Sons” was found in Rome.
- 1700 - Peter I ordered the nobles to wear European costumes.
- 1814 - The Imperial Public Library opened for public use in St. Petersburg.
- 1929 - birthday of the Moscow region.
- 1980 - An emergency session of the UN General Assembly condemned the entry of Soviet troops into Afghanistan.
- 1992 - Masonic Lodge Harmony was founded in Moscow.
- Adam Czartoryski 1770 - Polish and Russian statesman.
- Pyotr Semenov-Tien-Shansky 1827 - Russian geographer, statistician.
- Berthe Morisot 1841 - French artist.
- Albert Schweitzer 1875 - German theologian, musician and physician.
- Anatoly Rybakov 1911 - Soviet novelist.
- Yukio Mishima 1925 - Japanese writer and playwright.
- Lyudmila Pinaeva 1936 - Soviet athlete - kayaking.
- Valery Kharlamov 1948 - Soviet hockey player and forward.
- Anna Samokhina 1963 - Soviet and Russian theater and film actress.
*** Circumcision of the Lord. Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia (379).
Martyr Basil of Ancyra (c. 362). Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, father of St. Gregory the Theologian (374). Saint Emilia, mother of Saint Basil the Great (IV). Martyr Theodotus. Venerable Theodosius, abbot of Triglia (VIII). Martyr Peter the Peloponnesian (1776). Venerable Martyr Jeremiah (1918); Hieromartyrs Plato, Bishop of Revel, and with him Mikhail (Bleive) and Nikolai (Bezhanitsky) presbyters, Yuryevsky (1919); Hieromartyrs Alexander, Archbishop of Samara, and with him John (Smirnov), John (Suldin), Alexander (Ivanov), Alexander (Organov), Trofim (Myachin), Vasily (Vitevsky), Vyacheslav (Infantov) and Jacob (Alferov) presbyters, Samarskikh (1938).
New Year. The New Year holiday passed into the Christian Church from the Old Testament. It, along with other holidays, was established by Moses at the command of God Himself. There were two New Year celebrations in the Old Testament Church. One of them began the civil New Year, the other - the church New Year. The civil one was celebrated in the fall, in the month of Tisri (September) - in the month of gathering fruits, and the church one - in the spring, in the month of Aviv or Nisan (March), - in the month of the liberation of the Jews from Egyptian slavery. On the New Year's Day, the Jews had sacred meetings, sacrifices were made in large numbers, and the Holy Scriptures were read in the temple and synagogues. The Scriptures remembered God's good deeds to His people. Also in our Orthodox Christian Church there is a civil New Year, January 1 (previously it was March 1), and a church New Year - September 1. The Lord Jesus Christ himself consecrated the new year of September, when one day on this holiday he entered the synagogue and read the words of the prophet. Isaiah about a new favorable year with His coming to earth (Luke 4:17-19). The month of March is significant for Christians with the event of the incarnation of Christ the Savior from the Blessed Virgin on the 25th day of this month. In our Fatherland, January was accepted as the beginning of the civil year on January 1, 1700, under Emperor Peter the Great. Our church service for the New Year takes place on September 1, and in January only a prayer service is held on the occasion of the New Year.
Circumcision of the Lord
Church Tradition testifies to us that on the eighth day after His Nativity, Jesus Christ, according to the Old Testament law, accepted circumcision, established for all male infants as a sign of the Covenant of God with the forefather Abraham and his descendants. During the performance of this rite, the Divine Infant was given the Name Jesus (Savior), announced by the Archangel Gabriel on the day of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary. According to the interpretation of the Fathers of the Church, the Lord, the Creator of the law, accepted circumcision, setting an example of how people should strictly fulfill Divine decrees. The Lord accepted circumcision so that no one could subsequently doubt that He was a true Man, and not a bearer of illusory flesh, as some heretics (Docetes) taught. In the New Testament, the rite of circumcision gave way to the sacrament of Baptism, of which it was a prototype. Bishop Theophan the Recluse compared the holiday of circumcision with the “circumcision of the heart,” when passions and lustful dispositions are cut off: “Let us give up our previous harmful habits, all pleasures and everything in which we previously found pleasure, and from this moment we will begin to live solely for God for our salvation.”
Saint Basil the Great Day
Saint Basil the Great was born around 330 in the city of Caesarea Cappadocia (Asia Minor), into the pious Christian family of Basil and Emilia. The saint's father was a lawyer and teacher of rhetoric. There were ten children in the family, five of whom, including the saint’s mother, righteous Emilia, were canonized by the Church as saints.
Saint Basil received his initial education under the guidance of his parents and grandmother Macrina, a highly educated Christian. After the death of his father and grandmother, Saint Basil went for further education to Constantinople, and then to Athens, where he perfectly studied various sciences - rhetoric and philosophy, astronomy and mathematics, physics and medicine. Around 357, Saint Basil returned to Caesarea, where he taught rhetoric for some time. In Antioch, in 362 he was ordained a deacon by Bishop Meletius, and in 364 he was ordained a presbyter by Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea.
While fulfilling his ministry, Saint Basil preached zealously and tirelessly cared for the needs of his flock, thanks to which he gained high respect and love. Bishop Eusebius, due to human weakness, became envious of him and began to show his dislike. To avoid troubles, Saint Basil withdrew to the Pontic desert (the southern coast of the Black Sea), where he settled not far from the monastery founded by his mother and older sister. Here Saint Basil labored in ascetic labors together with his friend Saint Gregory the Theologian. Guided by the Holy Scriptures, they wrote regulations for monastic life, which were subsequently adopted by Christian monasteries.
After the death of Emperor Constantine the Great, under his son Constantius (337-361), the Arian false teaching, condemned at the 1st Ecumenical Council in 325, began to spread again and especially intensified under Emperor Valens (364-378), a supporter of the Arians. For Saints Basil the Great and Gregory the Theologian, the hour came when the Lord called them from prayerful solitude into the world to fight heresy. Saint Gregory returned to Nazianzus, and Saint Basil returned to Caesarea, having heeded the written request of Bishop Eusebius, who was reconciled with him. Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea (author of the famous “Ecclesiastical History”) died in the arms of Saint Basil the Great, blessing him to be his successor.
Soon Saint Basil was elected by the Council of Bishops to the See of Caesarea (370). In difficult times for the Church, he showed himself as a fiery defender of the Orthodox faith, protecting it from heresies with his words and messages. Particularly noteworthy are his three books against the Arian false teacher Eunomius, in which St. Basil the Great taught about the Divinity of the Holy Spirit and the unity of His nature with the Father and the Son. During his short life († 379), Saint Basil left us many theological works: nine discourses on the Sixth Day, 16 discourses on various psalms, five books in defense of the Orthodox teaching about the Holy Trinity; 24 conversations on various theological topics; seven ascetic treatises; monastic rules; ascetic charter; two books about Baptism; a book about the Holy Spirit; several sermons and 366 letters to various persons.
Through unceasing efforts of fasting and prayer, Saint Basil acquired from the Lord the gift of clairvoyance and miracle-working. There are many known cases of miraculous healings performed by St. Basil the Great. The power of Saint Basil’s prayers was so great that he could boldly ask the Lord for forgiveness for a sinner who had renounced Christ, leading him to sincere repentance. Through the prayers of the saint, many great sinners who despaired of salvation received forgiveness and were freed from their sins. Interesting fact. While on his deathbed, the saint converted his Jewish doctor Joseph to Christ. The latter was sure that the saint would not be able to live until the morning, and said that otherwise he would believe in Christ and accept Baptism. The saint asked the Lord to delay his death. The night passed and, to Joseph’s amazement, Saint Basil not only did not die, but, getting up from his bed, came to the temple, performed the sacrament of Baptism over Joseph, served the Divine Liturgy, gave Joseph communion, taught him a lesson, and then, saying goodbye to everyone, He went to the Lord with prayer without leaving the temple.
Saint Basil the Great, along with Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, has since ancient times enjoyed special veneration among the Russian believing people. A particle of the relics of St. Basil still remains in the Pochaev Lavra. The honorable head of St. Basil is reverently kept in the Lavra of St. Athanasius on Athos, and his right hand is in the altar of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem.
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