TRIZNA - T H Shevchenko (excerpt), PARADISE APPLES - V S Vysotzky

 

TRIZNA Yagotin (11 ноября 1843) to commemorate Nov. 9 TARAS SHEVCHENKO

... ... ... ... ... ... ... Who could he shelter In the light of his heart and mind, And hide like a defenseless dove From the sorrows of life; And to young Persians, languishing, [His] Tired head to snuggle; And [feeling] numbed and sobbing, In life's bosom, in paradise's bosom To take – but – a minute to rest. In her eyes, in her languor Your mind and soul to drown, To melt a heart in heart, And drown in self forgetting.   But there was none to love; There was none to copulate with; And the heart cried, aching, And freezing in the void. Reavealed was something in His yearning dream, to come, While at limitless heights The holy heavens smiled. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 19.1.2021

24 prayers by St. John Chrysostom

 

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Until flesh is showing its own importance, there is nothing wrong; but when we allow it everything and when – crossing its own borders – it [flesh] confronts the soul, then it loses and ruins everything, not because of its own nature, but due to intemperance and the disorder ensuing [from the latter]. 

Sentences by St. John Chrysostom

 

24 Prayers of St. JOHN Chrysostom

24 prayers of John Chrysostom according to the number of hours of day and night – for each hour its own prayer .

1  1.                 O Lord, deprive me not of Thy heavenly good things. 

2  2.                 O Lord, deliver me from the eternal torments. 

3  3.                 O Lord, if I have sinned in mind or thought, in word or deed, forgive me. 

4  4.                 O Lord, deliver me from all ignorance, forgetfulness, faintheartedness, and stony insensibility. 

5  5.                 O Lord, deliver me from every temptation. 

6  6.                 O Lord, enlighten my heart which evil desire hath darkened. 

7  7.                 O Lord, as a man I have sinned, but do Thou, as the com­passionate God, have mercy on me, seeing the infirmity of my soul. 

    8.                 O Lord, send Thy grace to my help, that I may glorify Thy holy name. 

9  9.                 O Lord, Jesus Christ, write me Thy servant in the Book of Life, and grant me a good end. 

110.                 O Lord my God, even though I have done nothing good in Thy sight, yet grant me Thy grace to make a good beginning. 

111.                 O Lord, sprinkle into my heart the dew of Thy grace. 

112.                 O Lord of heaven and earth, remember me Thy sinful servant, shameful and unclean, in Thy kingdom.  Amen.

 

1  1.                 O Lord, accept my penitence. 

2  2.                 O Lord, forsake me not. 

3  3.                 O Lord, lead me not into temptation. 

4  4.                 O Lord, grant me good thoughts. 

5  5.                 O Lord, grant me tears, and remembrance of death, and compunction. 

6  6.                 O Lord, grant me the thought of confessing my sins. 

7  7.                 O Lord, grant me humility, chastity, and obedience. 

    8.                 O Lord, grant me patience, courage, and meekness. 

9  9.                 O Lord, implant in me the root of good, Thy fear in my heart. 

110.                 O Lord, vouchsafe me to love Thee with all my soul and thoughts, and in all things to do Thy will. 

111.                 O Lord, protect me from evil men, and demons, and passions, and from every other unseemly thing. 

112.                 O Lord, Thou knowest that Thou doest as Thou wilt: Thy will be done also in me a sinner; for blessed art Thou unto the ages.  Amen.

 

Saint Theophan the Recluse attached great importance to these prayers and recommended them to many of his spiritual children as the basis of the prayer rule, as a school of unceasing contemplation of God.  Here are some excerpts from his letters:

“How to read the prayers of St. Chrysostom (24 in evening prayers for sleep)?  Read them before prayer, so that the attention is gathered together ... But at any time, mentally repeat.  This is the best way to accustom yourself to remembering God, and this remembering is the basis of spiritual life.  Bows should be made, and sometimes down to the earth”.

“You can use the prayers of St. Chrysostom instead of your home rule in the morning.  Memorize them and think them over.  In them all spiritual life is remembered.  How many times to remember each - define it so that you stand at prayer as much as you usually stand at the rule.  You can attach your prayers to them - choose from the psalms: write down which rhyme is to your heart ... Using these prayers onto the rule with attention, you will soon get used to standing on prayer undistractedly.  Insert the Jesus Prayer into their midst.  For example, having said ten times: "Lord, deprive me not of Thy heavenly goods," apply: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."

“The purpose of short prayers is to facilitate the collection of thoughts and sobriety. Strength is not in words, but in a feeling for God. It will soon be formed among the working people over prayer. This is smart prayer. The mind, standing in the heart, beholds God and intelligently confesses to Him by invoking Him ... Feeling for God is unceasing prayer without words. "

 

The Spasov Mound, a short story by Elin Peiln

 

The Spasov Mound [the Savior's Day*]

Elin Pelin

 

Grandpa Zachary walked slowly and held little Monka [Simeon] on his back. He had wrapped his dry arms around his neck and had relaxed helplessly. Streaks of sweat ran down the old man's burnt face and wetted his overstrained neck. Monka's little hands suffocated and tormented him so that bloody mists passed before his eyes, but he walked slowly on and carefully upheld his load.

 

The sun was already setting. Around the fragrant meadows, the green fields, the bushes and the dark groves, which stretched out far away, the night lurked mysteriously and with a restrained breath.

 

And people, so many people! On all sides, on all paths, people were coming one through each other, they caught up, passed on, all of them on their way to that high, steep and pointed mound, the Spasov mound. One could see the branchy old oak on top and the small white chapel next to it. A world of people had slid up along the bare green slope – a crowd like an anthill. Grandpa Zachary looked and wondered. Where had this many people come from, a great crowd! By car, by horse, on foot, from near and afar, people came from everywhere and hurried on. And what not between them, all sorts! Poor men, ragged, with naked flesh. Rich men, in Sunday clothes. They each carried one ailment and one hope of healing. Some with bent down waists crawled like snakes, others on stilts, still others – with dirty wounds on their bodies. Blind, crippled people...

 

"Grandpa, where are all these people going?" sick Monka asked. "Everybody goes there, child." "Are they all sick, Grandpa?" "The whole world is sick, son. Some of this, some of that. There is no healthy person in the world. You look, the body is of iron and the soul is rotten."

 

The church voice of the wooden clapper rose softly from the top and spread like a blessing all over the green surroundings.

 

Grandpa Zachary sat wearily by the roadside and sighed. "Make the cross sign on yourself, child!" Monka unhooked his hands from around his grandfather's neck, and they both made the cross sign for a long time, sitting in the green weed by the road.

 

St. Spyridon the Wonderworker, Bp. of Tremithus

 

Troparion — Tone 1

You were revealed as a champion of the First Council /
and a wonderworker, our God-bearing father Spyridon. /
You spoke to one dead in the grave /
and transformed a serpent into gold. /
While chanting your holy prayers /
you had angels serving with you! /
Glory to Him Who gave you strength! /
Glory to Him Who granted you a crown! /
Glory to Him Who through you grants healing to all!

 

Kontakion — Tone 2

Wounded by the love of Christ, /
all-holy one, your mind was given
wings through the light of the Spirit, /
you found work in active contemplation,
God-pleasing Spyridon, /
becoming a divine sacrifice, /
and imploring divine illumination for all.

Troparion & Kontakion — Slavonic Tilted

Troparion — Tone 1

You were revealed as a champion of the First Council / 
and a wonderworker, father of ours, God-bearing Spyridon. / 
Thus you spoke (out loud) to one dead in the grave / 
and transformed a serpent into gold. / 
And anytime chanting your holy prayers / 
you had angels concelebrating with you, O Most Holy! / 
Glory to Him Who gave you strength! / 
Glory to Him Who crowned you! /
Glory to Him Who acting through you heals all (brings healing to all)!

 

Kontakion — Tone 2

Wounded by the love of Christ, O Most Holy, / 
all-holy one, your mind was focused on the
brilliant glow of the Spirit, through tour works 
you were vouchsafed pro-active contemplation, 
O God-pleasing Spyridon, being an alter for
divine sacrifice, and imploring divine illumination for all.

Dec. 19th, 2020 [svidetel, attestor]

 

                                                                                    Translated from Russian

Dec. 19th, 2020

 

Another level of salvific sadness, not despondency, but love expressed this way – a higher one which is that you begin to cry not for yourself, not for your forlorn life, not for yourself, or even for your sins, which is already salvific in the stead of pity for yourself (this is very difficult to overcome and it is difficult to move on to a higher, more purely spiritual [level], to overcome your human mental anguish, and move on to spiritual experience), not even for your relatives and friends [kin], – but to cry for the human race, starting at least [and this is important] from your country.

Unhappy and pitiful, such are the good, even cute, in essence, and calm as if sleeping – you are all [fully] open before the Lord, your whole life before Him, – what do you hope for, not seeing the terrible danger that threatens you, and which now in your condition you cannot escape? Where are you going, not realizing that you are passing by the most important thing that could [possibly] save you? Not taking a thought, light-headedly, taking comfort for yourself with some kind of consolation, fleeting consolations, and self-deception? What is valuable in your life? – a moment shall pass, and you will forget what you were chasing, what you ruined your priceless life for. Virtually as if the winds are blowing and you take up away with them.

What's the point in this? There is no point!

Like little children, you – adults who consider themselves super-smart, what are you doing? Well, indeed this is nothing ...

Miserable and blind - you cause only pain with your emptiness and meaningless unwillingness for the Truth. Your condition causes [the] endless sorrow of hell, exactly the same as all sinful souls see [it] there: a hopeless, heartbreaking, never-saturable melancholy of which there is no limit or end, [virtually] as if all these endless "no-nesses" associated with what you consider to be life were united together ... The desert, the icy wilderness as the gloomy kingdom of Tartar, and the scorched land of the spiritual desert from where there is no return.

How to leave you, and what is to be with you? – this is only an excruciating pain. How to live in this desert where there is no place for anything truly living, fruit-bearing? Why is this so, O Lord? How to pray to you if you do not hear a word or a sound of the prayer, and not a single heart of yours would rise, would will heaven? How to ask for you if you have already died and it is impossible to resurrect you?

Lord, what is this endless pain for when it comes? - and it comes [quite] often. Where is the end to this, and will that be in something?...

Proverb 9 of Solomon - KJV Bible+

 

Proverb 9

King James Bible

The Way of Wisdom
(Ezra 4:6-16; Esther 1:1-9; Proverbs 1:1-7)

1Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

2She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

3She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

12(Son!) If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. (He who clings to lies grazes the winds, rushes after the flying birds: for he has left the way to his vineyard and wanders on the paths of his fields; he passes through a waterless desert and a land doomed to thirst, with his hands he gathers barrenness.)

 

WISDOM OF JESUS, son of Sirach (KJV)

Sirach

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5
6. 6
7. 7
8. 8
9. 9
10. 10
11. 11
12. 12
13. 13
14. 14
15. 15
16. 16
17. 17
18. 18
19. 19
20. 20
21. 21
22. 22
23. 23
24. 24
25. 25
26. 26
27. 27
28. 28
29. 29
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31. 31
32. 32
33. 33
34. 34
35. 35
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40. 40
41. 41
42. 42
43. 43
44. 44
45. 45
46. 46
47. 47
48. 48
49. 49
50. 50
51. 51

* This book is translated from Greek.

 

FOREWORD

 

Many great things have been handed down to me through the Law, the Prophets, and other scriptures that followed. Because of the knowledge and wisdom in them, we must praise Israel. Those who will be able to read them should not remain educated only for themselves. Being curious, they should be useful in word and writing to those who are abroad. My grandfather Jesus devoted himself too much to reading the Law, the Prophets, and other paternal books. After gaining enough experience through them, he decided to write something about education and wisdom himself, so that the scholars, who had mastered these things, could progress more and more in life according to the law. Please read them favorably and carefully, and also be condescending if somewhere it would seem that we could not cope with the translation of expressions diligently composed by others. Because what is said in Hebrew does not have exactly the same force when it is translated into another language. And not only this book, but also the Law itself, the Prophets and the other holy books have quite a difference in their reading in the original form. In the thirty-eighth year of the reign of Ptolemy Everget, I arrived in Egypt and stayed there for a long time. I found a big difference in education. I thought it very necessary to add some diligence and diligence to translate the above-mentioned book. I applied great vigilance and skill for a long time to complete the publication of the book for those migrants who wish to be scholarly and to prepare their manners so as to live in accordance with the law. *

 

* This preface is to the Greek translation of the 70's. It is also contained in the Slavic Bible.

THE full BOOK OF PROPHET DANIEL - KJV + Greek text

 

 

◄ Daniel 1 ►

THE BOOK OF PROPHET DANIEL
King James Bible + GREEK TEXT

Daniel Removed to Babylon
(Genesis 11:1-9)

1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. 2And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

3And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes; 4Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. 5And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. 6Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: 7Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.

Daniel's Faithfulness

8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. 10And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. 11Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 12Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. 13Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

14So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. 15And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat. 16Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

Daniel's Wisdom

Kiev - the capital of ancient Bulgaria?

 Translated from Bulgarian

August 9, 2020, 13:43 -

Kiev- the capital of ancient Bulgaria?

author: Radostina Lassa category: History

read: 237 comments: 7 votes: 5

 

  This was stated by Midhat Izhbulatov, a historian, lecturer at the International Tatar-Turkish Lyceum in Kazan, chairman of the Bulgar al-Jadid society. We offer our readers a conversation between the editor-in-chief of Tatinform Mrs. Farida Abitova and Mr. Midhat Izhbulatov.

- Midhat Rezvanovic, your statement, to put it mildly, is revolutionary. How did you get to it and do you have supporters?

- My idea was born at the time when I started visiting the society of Bulgar-al-Jadid, which deals with the history of our people. The essence of the idea is as follows: the city of Kiev, which is considered the ancestral home of Russian cities, was apparently founded by the Bulgarians by order of Khan Kubrat, ruler of the Hunno-Bulgarian state of Greater Bulgaria. The founder of Kiev in 620-630 AD became the brother of Kubrat, also a khan - Shambat Khan. Apparently from the name Shambat in ancient times Kiev had another name - Sambat (Shambat), which, incidentally, is mentioned in the research of Ukrainian archaeologist and writer Yuri Oleynik.

- But this radically contradicts the facts of history that we know from school?

- The "monumental" claim about the Slavic origin of ancient Kiev that it was founded by one of the brothers - Kiy, is supported, as it turned out, only by legend. At the same time, the assumption that Kiev was founded by the Bulgarians is proved by more reliable data. As for the name "Kiev", back in 1991 in Ankara, the Ministry of Culture of Turkey published the book "Shan kyzy dastans" - (a poem about the daughter of Shan), authored by Mikail Bashtu, an ancient Bulgarian poet who was born and lived in the 800s in Kiev. Mikail Bashtu claims that in ancient times Kiev was called Shambatos, and the inner part of the city was called Bashtum. The city itself emerged at one time as a fortress. After the quarrel between the brothers Kubrat and Shambat, the older one gave the younger one a nickname "Kiy", which means "cut off" and gradually the city of Shambatos became known as Kiev. Confirmation that Shambat was founded by the Bulgarians is the statement of the Byzantine king and historian of the 10th century Konstantin Bagryanorodni and his daughter Anna Komnina, which also shows that Kiev in ancient times was called by the Turkic word Shambatos. There is another confirmation that Shambatos was part of the state of Greater Bulgaria. Not far from Kiev, near Poltava, formerly called Baltavar, there is a mound with the burial of Kubrat Khan and his cousin Organ. The archaeologists who excavated it in 1913, have found 75 kilograms of gold and silver objects - weapons, jewelry, utensils, coins. The encyclopedias do not mention that these are the funerals of the Bulgarian Khan Kubrat and his brother. It is simply referred to as "the remains of a rich burial." In times of stagnation, it was not allowed to talk about Kubrat Khan, and it was only in recent years that people began to learn the real story. German scientists also helped prove the treasure's belonging to Kubrat Khan. After all, rulers are buried only in their homeland. This once again proves that Kiev and its environs were part of Greater Bulgaria.

- As you know, the treasures of Kubrat Khan are in the Hermitage and negotiations are underway for their demonstration in Kazan?

- That, of course, is good. But I believe that the treasure should not only be shown to us, but also to be left in the museum of Tatarstan. It rightly belongs to us, the Bulgarian-Tatar people, because Greater Bulgaria is the home of our ancestors.

- I wonder how the Ukrainians themselves would react to your theory?

- Michael Bashtu in the 9th century in his poem "Shan Kizi Dastani" gives the opportunity to fill in the missing pages of the history of Ukraine. By the way, Ukrainian scientists acknowledge this. They recognize Michael Bashtu as their compatriot and as the author of the book. By the way, the population of Kiev in ancient times was mainly Turkic. But then the rulers allowed the Slavs to settle in these lands. In my opinion, modern Ukrainians come from the mixing of these Turkic-speaking Bulgarians with the Slavs.

 

Source: Al Bayan newspaper, author - Farida Abitova
Euphar Shakur

THE LIFE OF ST. MARY OF EGYPT

Read here a translation
THE LIFE OF ST. MARY OF EGYPT

8 Righteous Women through whose supplications do Thou visit us, O God -
Ss Photini, Melania the Roman, Eudocia the Samaritan, Pelagia, Macrina,
Mary of Egypt, Mary Magdalene, and Mary of Mesopotamia