Calendario
Conmemoraciones de hoy
Viernes 22 de mayo de 2026 / 9 de mayo de 2026
Posdata de la Ascensión. Tono cinco.
Rápido. Se permite el consumo de pescado.
Profeta Isaías (siglo VIII a. C.).
Mártir Cristóbal de Licia, y con él los mártires Calínica y Aquilina (249).
Traducción de las reliquias de San Nicolás el Taumaturgo de Myra a Bari, en 1087.
Venerable José de Optina (1911).
Nuevo sacerdote Hieromartyr Demetrius (1938).
Nuevo sacerdote Hieromártir Basilio
(1939). Reposo del Venerable Shio de Mgvime (s. VI) ( Georgia ).
Traducción de las reliquias (1775) del niño mártir Gabriel de Slutsk (1690).
Mártir Epímaco de Pelusium, que sufrió en Alejandría (250).
Mártir Gordion en Roma (362).
Venerable Nicolás , que vivió en Vuneni, de Larisa en Tesalia (1400).
Icono de Zaraysk de San Nicolás el Taumaturgo (1225).
Las lecturas de las Escrituras
Juan 10:1-9 Evangelio de Maitines
Hechos 19:1-8
Juan 14:1-11
Hebreos 13:17-21 San Nicolás
Lucas 6:17-23 San Nicolás
Troparia
Traslado de las reliquias de San Nicolás, Troparión, en Tono IV —
Ha llegado el día de espléndida solemnidad; la ciudad de Bari se regocija, y con ella el mundo entero se exalta con himnos y cánticos espirituales. Porque hoy es la sagrada fiesta del traslado de las preciosas y sanadoras reliquias del jerarca Nicolás el Taumaturgo. Porque como el Sol que nunca se pone, él brilla con brillantes rayos de luz, alejando la oscuridad de las tentaciones y las desgracias de aquellos que claman con fe: ¡Sálvanos, oh Nicolás, porque tú eres nuestro intercesor!
Kontakion, en el Tono III, «Hoy la Virgen…» —
Tus reliquias se han movido como una estrella, del Este al Oeste, oh santo jerarca Nicolás; y el mar ha sido santificado por tu paso. La ciudad de Bari recibe gracia por medio de ti, pues te has manifestado para nosotros como hacedor de milagros: ilustre, prodigioso y misericordioso.
Santo Profeta Isaías, Troparión, Tono II —
Celebrando la memoria/ de tu profeta Isaías Oh Señor,// por medio de él te suplicamos, salva nuestras almas.
Santo Mártir Cristóbal, Troparión, Tono IV —
Ataviado con vestiduras teñidas con tu propia sangre,/ te presentas ante el Rey de los ejércitos, oh siempre recordado Cristóbal;/ por tanto, con los incorpóreos y los mártires cantas melodías tres veces santas e impresionantes.// Por tanto, por tu súplica salva a tu rebaño.
Kontakion of the Prophet, Tone II: "The tomb and mortality..." —
Receiving the gift of prophecy,/ O martyred Prophet Isaiah, thou herald of God,/ thou didst explain to all the incarnation of the Lord,/ exclaiming aloud to the ends of the earth:// "Behold, a Virgin shall conceive in her womb!"
Prologue of Ochrid
1. THE HOLY PROPHET ISAIAH
This great prophet was of royal lineage. Isaiah was born in Jerusalem of Amoz his father who was the brother of Amaziah, the king of Judah. By the great grace of God that was in him, Isaiah was made worthy to see the Lord Sabaoth on the throne in heaven surrounded by six-winged Seraphims who continuously sing: "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of Hosts [Sabaoth]" (Isaiah 6:3). Isaiah prophesied many things to individual men as well as to the people. On one occasion, he walked naked around the streets of Jerusalem for three days prophesying the imminent fall of Jerusalem by the Assyrian King Sennacherib, reminding the king and the leaders of the people not to hope in assistance from the Egyptians or Ethiopians for they, also, will be subjugated by the same Sennacherib, but rather to trust in help from God the Most High. This prophesy, as well as other prophecies, were literally fulfilled. Isaiah's most important prophecies are the ones concerning the Incarnation of God, the conception of the All-Holy Virgin, John the Forerunner and about many other events of the life of Christ. ["Therefore, the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name Emmanuel" (Isaiah 7:14). "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6). "The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord and make straight in the desert a highway for our God" (Isaiah 40:3).] This discerning man, because of the purity of his heart and because of his zealousness toward God, also received the gift of working miracles. Thus, when the besieged Jerusalem suffered from drought, Isaiah prayed to God and water flowed from beneath Mount Zion. This water was called Siloam which means: "sent." Later, the Lord directed the man, blind from birth to bathe in this water in order for him to see. During the reign of King Manasses, when Isaiah thundered against the pagan customs of the king and the leaders comparing that generation with Sodom and Gomorrah, the anger of the leaders and the people rose up against this great prophet. He was captured, led out of Jerusalem and was sawed in half. Isaiah lived and prophesied about seven-hundred years before Christ.
2. THE TRANSLATION OF THE RELICS OF SAINT NICHOLAS THE WONDER-WORKER OF MYRA IN LYCIA.
During the reign of Emperor Alexius Commenus and Patriarch Nicholas Grammaticus, the body of this saint was translated from Myra in Lycia to the town of Bari in Italy in 1007 A.D. This occurred because of the assault of the Muslims on Lycia. The saint appeared in a dream to an honorable priest in Bari and ordered that his relics be translated to this town. At that time, Bari was Orthodox and under the Orthodox Patriarch. During the translation of the relics of this saint many miracles occurred either by touching the relics or from the myrrh [oil] which abundantly flowed from his relics. "Also on this day, is commemorated the miracle of St. Nicholas to the Serbian King, Stephan of Decani: how St. Nicholas restored the sight to the blinded King Stephan.
3. THE HOLY MARTYR CHRISTOPHER
Christopher was a great miracle-worker. He is especially venerated in Spain. The people pray to him primarily for protection from contagious diseases and great pestilence. He suffered for Christ and was glorified by Christ in the year 249 A.D.
HYMN OF PRAISE
SAINT STEVEN OF DECANI
[STEPHAN DECANSKI]
On the Field of Sheep, the blind Stephan sleeps
And in a dream, endures misfortune without peace.
His body shivering, his eyes bloody,
Than such a life, death is surely better,
At that moment, in a dream a man appeared to him,
In heavenly glow, in heavenly glory.
Nicholas I am, of Myra in Lycia, said he,
And, one of those whom God chooses, you are.
Into my right hand, O Stephan, look,
Behold are your eyes, preserved in it!
Without eyes you are, the eyes are with me,
To you I will give them, when the Lord wants.
Five years passed and Stephan in darkness
A strong hope has, a strong faith has:
To me, Nicholas will come once more,
With God's help; help me, he will.
Thus did Stephan, once thought in the church,
And to the beloved saint, with tears, he prayed.
And while in the chair stood, in a dream, he fell,
But behold, St. Nicholas again to him came!
Two eyes of the king in his right palm:
Behold, said he, to you, O king the day dawned!
In the name of the Lord Who, to the blind, gives sight
Look and cry out: To God be glory!
And the blind eyes, the saint touched
And darkness from the eyes as a curtain is drawn.
REFLECTION
Every Christian can accept for himself martyrdom for the Faith, in time of persecution as well as in time of peace. Abba Athanasius says: "Be tortured by your conscience, die to sin, subdue earthly organs and you will be a martyr according to your wishes. They [the persecuted and the martyrs] fought with emperors and princes; you also have the king of sins - the devil and demonic princes. Before, there were idols, pagan temples and those who offer sacrifice to the idols. And now, they exist as thoughts in the soul. He who is a slave to debauchery worships the idol of Aphrodite. He who becomes angry and enraged worships the idol of Ares. He who is avaricious and closed to the pain and misery of his neighbor worships the idol Hermes. If you refrain from all of this and preserve yourself from passions, you have overcome idols, you have rejected an evil belief and have become a martyr for the True Faith." Therefore, a man need not especially yearn for persecution and martyrdom. Everyone can and at all times endure martyrdom for the sake of Christ and His Gospel.
CONTEMPLATION
To contemplate the Descent of God the Holy Spirit upon the apostles:
1. How all the men wonder and marvel listening to the apostles speak in different tongues;
2. How some mocked them saying: "They have had too much new wine" (Acts of the Apostles 2:13).
HOMILY
About the curse of man who trusts in man
"Thus says the Lord: cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the Lord" (Jeremiah 17:5).
When man alienates himself from God in his heart he usually trusts in men and in himself, for in who else can he otherwise trust when he untied his rowboat from God's boat? Since he has already untied his rowboat from God's boat, nothing else remains for him except to trust in his rowboat or in the rowboat of his neighbors. Weak trust, but there is no other for him! Weeping trust above the abyss of destruction, but there is no other!
But, O heaven and earth, why did man untie his rowboat from God's boat? What happened to man that he flees from his security? What kind of calculation did he calculate when he discovered it would be better for him alone on the tempestuous waves than in the household of God and near the hem of God! With whom did he make an alliance when he breached the alliance with God? Is it with someone stronger than God? Foolishness, foolishness, foolishness!
« Maldito el hombre que confía en los hombres ». Esto lo dijo Dios una vez, y los hombres lo han repetido miles de veces. Decepcionados por su confianza en los hombres, los han maldecido innumerables veces. Dios solo dijo aquello que los hombres experimentaron con demasiada claridad y confirmaron por experiencia: ¡maldito sea, en efecto, el hombre que confía en los hombres!
Hermanos, por eso debemos confiar en Dios, que es nuestro refugio seguro en medio de la tempestad y que nunca traiciona. Confiemos solo en Él, pues toda otra confianza es una ilusión diabólica. En ti confiamos, oh Señor, nuestra fortaleza y refugio. Mantennos unidos a ti y no permitas que nos separemos, si por nuestra necedad y maldición intentamos apartarnos de ti.
A Ti sea la gloria y la gratitud siempre. Amén.
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