Перенесение честных мощей святых мучеников Кира и Иоанна

These holy passion-bearers, Cyrus and John, suffered for the name of Christ on the 31st day of the month of January during the reign of Diocletian 4191, in the city of Konopa, twelve miles distant from the great city of Alexandria. After their painful death, Christians secretly took their holy bodies and buried them with honor. The healing relics of these holy martyrs were discovered after a long time had passed (since the day of their martyrdom); they were found precisely when faithful Christians, having defeated the idolaters of the Hellenes, began to build churches everywhere without fear. In particular, Christians began to build churches without fear from the time of Emperor Theodosius the Great. Emperor Theodosius the Great 4192, who defeated the Western king Maximus 4193 with all his troops, through the prayers of the holy fathers who labored in the Egyptian deserts, sent deliberate people to these fathers asking for help. Of the holy fathers who labored in Egypt, mention should be made of one named Senufius, who became famous for his miracles and lived in a monastery. Regarding this father, the king wrote to Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria, asking him to send Senufius to him in Constantinople, in order to be strengthened by his blessing and prayers in the fight against his opponents. Theophilus, fulfilling the royal desire, went himself to the monastery to the venerable father Senufius and begged him to go to Constantinople to King Theodosius. However, Senufi did not want to leave his cell under any circumstances. Finally, after the intense requests of the patriarch, Senufius took his mantle and staff, raised them upward, turning to the east; then raising his eyes to heaven, he said: - Lord God of strength! With humility I pray to You, give this mantle and this rod the strength that You, in Your mercy, would give me if I went there. Having prayed in these words, Senufius gave the mantle and staff to the patriarch, saying: “Send this to the king instead of me and write to him so that during the battle he dresses in a chlamys, takes the staff in his hand and boldly goes ahead of his regiment against the enemies; and he will see the power of God. The Patriarch sent the mantle and staff to the king and conveyed to him the words of the saint. The king, having accepted the message with faith and done everything according to the words of the monk, won a glorious victory over his enemies. In memory of this victory, as well as in remembrance of the Monk Senufi, the inhabitants of the city of Alexandria sculpted a statue of the king standing on a high base; on the statue the king was dressed in a monastic robe and had a staff in his hand; and every year the inhabitants of the city of Alexandria solemnly celebrated the day of that victory, sending thanks to God. From this time, thanks to the increasing spread of Christianity, believers began to build churches in Alexandria and throughout Egypt. And when Patriarch Theophilus wished to build a large church in Konop in the name of the holy Apostles, the relics of these holy wonderworkers Cyrus and John were found. This happened after the death of Theodosius, during the reign of his son Arkady. The transfer of those relics is written in the life of Cyril. “At a distance of two fields from Konop there was a place called Manufin (it used to be a village). Here was an ancient church, which was the abode of demons; This place inspired horror in everyone, since many unclean spirits lived here. Patriarch Theophilus, when he was still alive, wanted to cleanse that place from demons and sanctify it for the praise of God, but, distracted by other concerns and already near the end of his days, the saint did not have time to carry out his intention. Saint Cyril, having accepted the See of Alexandria after Theophilus, decided to carry out Theophilus’s intention and fervently prayed to God that He would give him help from above and the strength to overcome and expel unclean spirits from Manufin. And so, the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a vision, commanding him to transfer the venerable relics of the holy martyrs Cyrus and John to Manufin in order to drive away the demonic power from there. St. Cyril did just that, transferred the relics of saints 4194 to Manufin and built a church there in their name. Soon after this, the unclean spirits left there forever, and that place became a source of healings given from the relics of the martyrs. It is necessary to remember here in brief words the miracles performed by these holy miracle workers Cyrus and John. Under His Holiness Eulogius, Patriarch of Alexandria 4195, the son of the mayor Julian, named Ammonius, had on his neck some painful pimples growing inward, called by doctors scrofula or struma 4196; increasing day by day and maturing, these pimples greatly burdened his neck and threatened him with death; Many skilled doctors were called in, but the patient did not receive any relief from them. This father and son, greatly saddened, left those doctors and turned for help to the holy wonderworkers, Cyrus and John; he began to pray with tears in front of their honorable relics, asking them to grant health to his son. The saints, having appeared in a vision, commanded the young man to first of all abandon worries about wealth and fame and, as a sign of humility, sweep away the dust from their church; then, having made a plaster from wax mixed with bread, they ordered to put it on the patient’s neck and larynx. And as soon as all this was done, the acne immediately resolved, and Ammonius received health through the prayers of these holy, free doctors. After some time, the same Ammonius, having forgotten the admonitions of the saints, became proud and again fell ill with another disease, which was his punishment for his disobedience. He began to suffer from stomach pain, and his illness was so severe that, because of it, he was completely unable to take either food or drink; everything he took in with his lips was spewed back out. Then he again turned for help to his famous doctors, the holy passion-bearers Cyrus and John, and began to pray to them with tears. These saints, appearing to him in a vision, first reproached him for his pride, then commanded him to take off his precious clothes and put on sackcloth; then, taking waterpots, they ordered cold water to be carried to the sick brethren and the poor to quench their thirst. When Ammonius had done all this in good faith, the saints immediately appeared to him and ordered him, taking the oil from their lamp, as well as the wax from the candles lit for their cancer, to make a plaster and apply it to his stomach. Having done all this, Ammonius received health. A certain Alexandrian named Theodore, who had long been blind in both eyes, was brought to Manufin to the church and to the multi-healing relics of the holy passion-bearers; he prayed here with zeal for his healing from blindness. The saints appeared to him in a vision and commanded him to go and wash himself from a spring that flowed near their church. He went, washed, and when he wiped his face with a towel, he immediately regained his sight and felt that the thorns, like some kind of scales, had fallen from his eyes onto the towel. Theodore returned with joy to the church, showing everyone the traces of his blindness on the towel. Another man, named Kalos, according to his name and life, was wonderful 4197, accidentally fell from the stairs, crushed the shin of his leg into many parts and suffered grievously. This husband called many doctors for help, but could not get any help from them. Then he turned for help with firm faith to these free doctors, Cyrus and John; Having anointed his leg with oil from their lamp, the sick man immediately received healing. A certain Isidore from Maiyuma 4198 suffered from a liver disease, which, having begun to rot, turned into blood, became inflamed and spat out with blood. Since that man could not get relief from any doctors, he turned to the multi-healing relics of these holy passion-bearers. The saints appeared to him, no longer in a dream vision, but openly, and gave him a part of the lemon to taste; accepting the lemon from their hands, he did not know from whom he accepted it: he thought that it was someone from among the people who had come to venerate the honorable relics of the martyrs. When the patient ate what was given to him, his stomach immediately seemed to rebel and vomited up a large worm that was gnawing on his liver; the holy, unpaid doctors became invisible. Isidore, having become healthy from that time, gave thanks to God and His holy saints. A certain Mina, chief of the city of Philoponus 4199, suffered from a severe fever; This illness was accompanied by a hardening of his stomach, so that his natural functions ceased. All the medicines taken by the patient by mouth not only did not give him any relief, but even more burdened his stomach, remaining in it. And the man suffered for two weeks; His illness was very severe, so that he despaired of the help of doctors. Remembering the holy, free doctors Cyrus and John, Mina ordered that he and his bed be carried to Manufin to their multi-healing relics. While he, having prayed at the relics with tears, dozed off and fell asleep, the saints appeared to him and gave him a fig to taste. Waking up from sleep, he found a fig on the bed, near him; he ate it, and immediately his stomach illness was resolved and he became healthy. Another Mina, light and quick with his feet, like the ancient Asahel 4200, “like a roe in the field” (2 Samuel 2:18), was so sick with his feet that he could not walk at all and he lay on the bed for a long time, for his feet were very swollen. This Mina ordered to be carried along with the bed to the holy wonderworkers, Cyrus and John. And when he anointed his feet with oil from the lamp that burned with the holy relics of the saints, he immediately stood up healthy and could walk, for his feet were completely healed; for all this he thanked God and His holy saints. A certain woman named Theodora, once drinking water, swallowed a small toad without noticing it; the toad began to grow in her belly. Initially, the toad caused Theodora little suffering, because she was small; when that toad grew and became large, it began to cause such great pain that that woman had absolutely no peace, day or night, due to her fierce suffering. She screamed loudly, threw herself on the ground, but no one could help her and no one could even find out what illness she had; many thought that she was tormented by a demon. Finally they brought her to these holy wonderworkers, Cyrus and John; They, having appeared to her at night, ordered her to drink a large amount of water before eating. The woman did so; Immediately her stomach became agitated - she vomited a large toad and became healthy. Everyone who saw this was surprised and glorified God and His saints. After the woman Theodora, a certain husband Theodore turned to the saints for help. This Theodore accidentally took the poison given by evil people and suffered greatly, not receiving help from doctors. While this Theodore was praying with tears for his healing, saints appeared to him in a vision and commanded him to eat a certain animal, in Greek called scopendra 4201. Having awakened after the vision, Theodore protected himself with the sign of the cross, for he thought that it was a demonic ghost; then he again began to pray to the saints, asking them for healing. The next night the saints appeared to Theodore again and ordered him to do the same; but this time he did not have faith in the saints, for that animal was considered poisonous and not healing. And the third time there was the same appearance of the saints, but this time Theodore did not listen to them, thinking that it was a demonic seduction. Finally, on the fourth night the saints appeared to Theodore, no longer in a dream vision, but in reality; The saints expressed condolences to Theodore and told him: - Why don’t you believe our words? Get up quickly and go to our source; eat there what you find edible; this will be real medicine for you. Theodore, believing in the truth of the appearance of the saints, went at dawn to the source and found there a small cucumber lying on the ground; Theodore took it and tasted it with pleasure; and when he was about to put the last piece of cucumber in his mouth, he noticed in it the last part of an animal called Scopendra - for he had already eaten almost everything in that cucumber; Very frightened, he threw the rest of the cucumber on the ground, after which he began to vomit and threw up, along with the cucumber and that animal, all the poison that was in it. After this, Theodore felt completely healthy and, coming to church, bowed with thanksgiving to the honest relics of his healers. A certain woman named Mary came from Babylon to Manufin, to the relics of the holy wonderworkers. She brought with her an eight-year-old son, whose tongue, through the cunning of the demon, was taken out of his mouth; The youth's tongue was 4202 spans long, was much larger than an ordinary human tongue and had a very strange appearance: it was thick, black, stinking, unpleasant to everyone who looked at him and constantly exuded black drool. This youth accidentally fell to the ground at the tomb of the saints and hit his tongue on the marble that was there; immediately his tongue, freed from demonic deceit, returned to its place and took on its normal size, and so the boy was healed. A certain Eugene, from Egypt, who suffered from dropsy, was brought to the relics of the saints; Because of this illness, his whole body was swollen and his stomach was very swollen. The saints appeared to this Eugene in a vision, touched his stomach with their hands and said: - Evgeniy! Arise and return healthy to your home. Eugene, getting up, was immediately freed from all the burden of swelling and received full health. Having remembered these few, out of many, miracles of the holy unmercenaries Cyrus and John, let us glorify Christ God, who gave them such grace, glorified forever with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Miracles of Thy saints, martyr, the insurmountable wall given to us by Christ our God, destroy the councils of tongues with prayers, strengthen the kingdoms of the sceptre, for one is good and a lover of mankind. O Divine grace, the gift of miracles, having received the gift of holiness, you work miracles in the world unceasingly, all our passions are cut away invisibly by hand, Cyrus the God-Wise, with the glorious John: for you who are Divine physicians are by nature. Ruled the eastern half of the Roman Empire from 284 to 305. Reigned from 379 to 395. Actually a contender for the royal throne. The event of the transfer of the relics of the holy saints of God Cyrus and John followed ca. 412 Eulogius was patriarch from 579 to 607. Probably something like carbuncles or painful swellings on the skin. "Kalos" from Greek. "beautiful". Mayouma is a port city in Palestine that served as a harbor for Gaza, an ancient city in that country located near Jerusalem. Known as the site of the episcopal activities of Saint Cosmas. One of the Egyptian cities. Asahel is the son of David’s sister Zeruiah, the brother of the military leader Joab, one of the main commanders of David. A span was equal to 4 or 5 vershoks. You might be interested in: