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Metrópolis de Mexico, Patriarcado Ecuménico • Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico • 1 (787) 640-5461http://orthodoxchurchpr.org • Orthodox

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ST. SPYRIDON CHURCH [See https://www.trujilloalto.pr/leprocomioinsularycapilladivinonino

 

THE DIVINE LITURGY DURING THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN • 7 JUNE / 25 MAY 2020

 

ICON OF ST. SPYRIDON THE WONDERWORKER

 

THE LIFE OF ST. SPYRIDON

The island of Cyprus was the birthplace of this famous Saint and the place in which he spent his life in the service of the Church. He was a simple shepherd and farmer, and remained simple and humble to the end of his days. He married young and had children, but when his wife died, he devoted himself entirely to the service of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Because of his great devotion, he was later chosen as Bishop of Tremithus. This did not change his simple lifestyle, and he continued to take charge of his sheep and cattle himself, as well as tilling his own land. He consumed very little of his own produce, giving the greater part to the poor.

He performed great wonders by God's power, making rain fall in a drought, stopping the course of a river, raising the dead, healing the Emperor Constans of a grave sickness, seeing and hearing angels, foreseeing future events, and penetrating the secrets of the human heart. He turned many to the one true Faith and worked without ceasing for his Lord. He was present at the First Ecumenical Council in Nicea in 325, and by his simple and clear expositions of the Faith, as well as through miracles, brought back many heretics to Orthodoxy.

He dressed so simply that once, when he was invited by the Emperor to the imperial court, a soldier took him for a beggar and slapped him. The meek and guileless Saint turned the other cheek. Throughout his life, he continued to glorify God with many miracles and was of great aid both to individuals and to the whole Church of God. He entered into rest in the Lord in the year 348. His wonderworking relics now lie incorrupt on the island of Corfu and continue to glorify God with many healings, signs, and wonders. On the Church [Julian] calendar, his Feast is celebrated on 12 December [which corresponds to 25 December on the civil calendar].

Source: The Prolog from Ochrid, by St. Nikolai (Velimirović)

 

LA VIDA DE SAN ESPIRIDÓN

La isla de Chipre fue la cuna de este famoso santo y el lugar donde dedicó su vida al servicio de la Iglesia. Fue un sencillo pastor y agricultor y permaneció sencillo y humilde hasta el final de sus días. Se casó joven y tuvo hijos, pero al fallecer su esposa, se dedicó por completo al servicio de nuestro Señor Jesucristo.

Por su gran devoción, fue elegido obispo de Tremitus. Esto no alteró su sencillo estilo de vida y continuó cuidando él mismo de sus ovejas y ganado, además de cultivar sus propias tierras. Consumía muy poco de sus propios productos, dando la mayor parte a los pobres.

Realizó grandes prodigios por el poder de Dios: hizo llover en una sequía, detuvo el curso de un río, resucitó muertos, sanó al emperador Constantino de una grave enfermedad, vio y oyó a los ángeles, previó el futuro y penetró en los secretos del corazón humano. Convirtió a muchos a la única fe verdadera y trabajó sin cesar por su Señor. Estuvo presente en el Primer Concilio Ecuménico de Nicea en el año 325, y con sus sencillas y claras exposiciones de la fe, así como mediante milagros, convenció a muchos herejes de volver a la ortodoxia.

Vestía con tanta sencillez que, en una ocasión, al ser invitado por el Emperador a la corte imperial, un soldado lo tomó por mendigo y lo abofeteó. El manso e inocente santo puso la otra mejilla. A lo largo de su vida, continuó glorificando a Dios con numerosos milagros y fue de gran ayuda tanto para las personas como para toda la Iglesia de Dios. Entró en reposo en el Señor en el año 348. Sus reliquias milagrosas yacen ahora incorruptas en la isla de Corfú y continúan glorificando a Dios con numerosas sanaciones, señales y prodigios. En el calendario eclesiástico juliano, su fiesta se celebra el 12 de diciembre [que corresponde al 25 de diciembre en el calendario civil].

 

TROPAR OF ST. SPYRIDON [IN SLAVONIC WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION]

 

Thou didst appear as a Defender of the First Council, and as a wonderworker, O our Father God-mantled Spyridon. Wherefore thou didst converse with the dead woman in the tomb, and didst convert a serpent into gold; and at the chanting of the holy prayers, the Angels didst accompany thee in the service, O most pure one. Glory be to Him Who glorified thee; glory be to Him Who crowned thee; glory be unto Him Who worketh healing for all through thee.

 

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