Canon to the Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome

Alexander of Rome
(+ 284-305), warrior, martyr Memory May 13 [1], May 14 (Greek [2])

He served in the regiment of the tribune Tiberian in Rome. He was in his 18th year when the Roman Emperor Maximian Herculus (284-305) issued an order that all citizens on a certain day should appear at the suburban temple of Zeus to make a sacrifice.

Tribune Tiberian gathered his soldiers and ordered them to go to this festival, but the young man Alexander, raised in the Christian faith from childhood, refused and declared that he would not sacrifice to demons. Tiberian, fearing for himself, informed Emperor Maximian that there was a Christian in his regiment. Soldiers were immediately sent for Alexander. At this time, Alexander was sleeping. He was awakened by an angel, who informed the young man about the martyrdom that lay ahead of him and that he would constantly remain with him throughout the entire period of his feat. When the soldiers arrived, Alexander came out to meet them, and his face shone with such light that the soldiers, looking at him, fell to the ground. The saint encouraged them and asked them to carry out the order given to them.

Appearing before Maximian, Saint Alexander boldly confessed his faith in Christ and refused to bow to idols, adding that he feared neither the emperor nor his threats. The emperor tried to persuade the young man with the promise of honors, but Alexander remained firm in his confession, denouncing the emperor and all the pagans. The torture of the holy martyr began, but he bravely endured the suffering.

Maximian betrayed Saint Alexander into the power of the tribune Tiberian, who was sent by the emperor to Thrace to torture Christians. The martyr, bound in chains, was led to Thrace. At this time, the Angel of the Lord informed the mother of Saint Alexander Pimenia about the martyrdom of her son. Pimenia found him in the city of Cathargen, where he appeared in court before Tiberian and again firmly confessed himself to be a Christian. He was tortured in front of his mother, and then, bound, he was led on a further journey, following the chariot of Tiberian. Courageous Pimenia begged the soldiers to allow her to approach her son and inspired him to endure torment for Christ. The soldiers were amazed at the steadfastness of the holy martyr and said to each other: “Great is the Christian God!” An Angel appeared to the martyr several times, strengthening his strength. At night, a formidable Angel with a sword appeared to Tiberian, commanding the tribune to quickly go to Byzantium, since the time of death of the holy martyr was approaching. Tiberian continued on his way with haste. In the city of Philippopolis, Tiberian arranged another trial of Saint Alexander in the presence of city nobles gathered for this occasion. At this trial, Saint Alexander also remained unshaken. During his mournful journey, the holy martyr was repeatedly subjected to cruel torture, but, strengthened by God, he endured all the torment and himself strengthened the soldiers who were exhausted from thirst, asking the Lord for a source of water for them. During a stop on the way, the holy martyr prayed under a tree for his strength in suffering, after which the fruits and leaves of this tree received healing powers. At a place called Vurtodexion, the saint again met his mother Pimenia, who fell sobbing at his feet. The holy martyr said to her: “Don’t cry, my mother, the next morning the Lord will help me finish my feat.”

In the city of Driziper, Tiberian sentenced the saint to death. Before his death, the holy martyr thanked the Lord for the fact that the Lord gave him the strength to endure all the numerous tortures and accept a martyr’s death. The warrior who was to carry out the execution asked the saint for forgiveness and for a long time did not dare to raise his hand with a sword, since he saw the angels coming for the soul of the martyr. Through the prayer of the saint, the angels became invisible to the executioner, and only then did he cut off its head. The saint's body was thrown into the river, but four dogs pulled it out of the water and did not allow anyone in until Saint Alexander's mother, Pimenia, arrived. She took the remains of her martyr son and buried them with honor near the Erigone River. Healings immediately began to take place at the tomb of St. Alexander. Soon the holy martyr appeared in a dream to his mother, consoled her and informed her that she too would soon move to the Heavenly abodes.

Life

The holy martyr Alexander suffered for Christ at the beginning of the 4th century. He was a military man, serving in the regiment of the tribune Tiberian in Rome. He was in his 18th year when the Roman Emperor Maximian Herculus (284 - 305) issued an order that all citizens on a certain day should appear at the suburban temple of Zeus to make a sacrifice. Having been raised in the Christian faith since childhood, Alexander refused to sacrifice to demons. Then Tiberian informed Emperor Maximian that there was a Christian warrior in his regiment. Soldiers were immediately sent for Alexander. At this time, Alexander was sleeping. He was awakened by an Angel, who informed the young man about the martyrdom that lay ahead of him and that he would relentlessly remain with him throughout his torment. When the soldiers arrived, Alexander came out to meet them; his face shone with such light that the soldiers, looking at him, fell to the ground. The saint encouraged them and asked them to carry out the order given to them. When the saint was brought to Maximian, he fearlessly confessed his faith and denounced the emperor and the pagans. Then the young man was subjected to torture, which he bravely endured, and then, chained, he was sent to Thrace to continue his torment, being repeatedly tortured along the way. At this time, the Angel of the Lord informed the mother of Saint Alexander Pimenia about the martyrdom of her son. Courageous Pimenia inspired her son to endure torment for Christ. Seeing the saint’s steadfastness, the soldiers were surprised and said to each other: “Great is the Christian God!” An Angel appeared to the martyr several times, strengthening his strength. During a stop along the way, the holy martyr prayed under a tree for his strength in suffering; the fruits and leaves of this tree received healing powers. In the city of Drizipere, Tiberian sentenced the saint to death. The warrior who was to carry out the execution asked the saint for forgiveness and for a long time did not dare to raise his hand with a sword, since he saw the Angels coming for the soul of the martyr. The saint's body was thrown into the river, but four dogs pulled it out of the water and did not allow anyone in until St. Alexander's mother, Pimenia, came and honorably buried the saint's remains. Healings immediately began to take place at the tomb of St. Alexander.

Canon to the Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome

Song a҃.

Irmos:

In the depths of the post, sometimes, the Pharaonic all-army is a supreme power, embodied by the word of universal sin, consumed it, glorified where, weak I became famous.

Ꙗ҆́ніні and sometimes, ѿ from the highest commands and ҆зрсн ꙗ҆вслѧ є҆сѝ, martyr aileѯandre, with hrⷭ҇to go to war in ᲂu Confirmation of the church's principles, in this respect, the perfection of our nature in the future is renewed, by your love.

See how I love where your kindness is, the faithful warrior of Christ Aileiandre, where the glory of the world is in despise, With the crowning martyrdom of our desire for beauty: molimtis, ignition, and our grief with your love for the future.

By the power of the Highest, we are gone, God-loving Alexander, in the midst of warriors for you: now, at your feet He raised and proclaimed the fallen and predicted suffering for you, from Rome to Byzantium and all the heartfelt preaching Yes, more than ever before.

Bgorodichen:

In the light of our mlⷭ҇рдїѧ in the darkness, it is not enough to lie ѡ҆azariy, mt҃i bzhїѧ, є҆dina, tsr҃ѧ̀ the light-giver of the birth: є҆go Already, sweetest of your dreams and ours, pray for the salvation and sorrow of all of us, for the help of those who call.

Song of the city.

Irmos:

The prosperity of the desert, the Christians, where the infertile church, by your coming, is not yet firmly established Wednesday.

I have been blessed with the fortress of my soul, I am ready for the feats of my heart, all the blessed Aileinandra, and The lamb is speechless, endured by iron nails, kindled with love to the end for Christ's suffering, so that his beloved will come.

The pious Teverean strives with many many efforts to distinguish between the two of us, but he is ashamed to be so, for all you know Instead of faith, the power of the god is confirmed, more patient than the most valiant.

The bridegroom of the church, with iron ties, in Lent and in the Middle Ages marched from Rome until the end of the Great Patriotic War We are married in a unique way, and the faithful of the East and the West, with the love of our ties, in the union of love and the exhausted.

Bgorodichen:

Verb yours afterward, give birth to the birth of your dreams, they wish, mt҃i bzhїѧ, bgga because truly gave birth to you, two hours that is: the same, the light of the world, our sincere prayer to grant the Church a unique thought, in the union of the world is blessed.

Sedalen, voice d.

Today the Church is rejoicing, Rome is rejoicing, Rome is rejoicing, you see, martyr Aileinandra, for the truth of Christ Who is suffering, who is bright, who is saturated with milk in the fourty days of fasting, who slays the enemy with victory, glory tsr҃kve khrⷭ҇tovy ᲂu҆verzhdaѧ. the warriors of the family are wonderful, the words: great bg҃ъ hrⷭ҇tїanskiy, for the same reason, the warrior hrⷭ҇tóv is wonderful. We, in your memory of celebration, cry to you: unite us with your love, may your body not suffer in our strife, the skin is torn to pieces.

Without ignorance, the two, btsⷣe, the one who is faithful to the representative and the protection, the troubles and sorrows and the fierce ones of all and deliverance, on that ̀ hopes, ѻ҆trokovice, and ҆mꙋ́s: churches in є҆ndinovoýs of faith ᲂfirm, and ҆ꙗ҆́skozhe ѣdaesh members of the ѣ́chєїїѧ skѡ́rby hearts Gather your children together, and all We thank you today for your wonderful words.

Song of the day.

Irmos:

The two of them came, not an intercessor, nor an agggal, but themselves, where they were incarnated, and they saved just one person. That's the call: glory to your power, where.

Blg, the stagѡ dha ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ в ҆ ҆sѝ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆le ꙗ҆ ꙗ҆ ꙗ҆ ꙗ҆ ꙗ҆ ꙗ҆k, Var, for us, for us, in the sedge of many and a lot of and

The preacher speaks well of the Orthodox faith, and this week with him, he is faithful to another Christian: ᲂu With the drops of your blood, for the sake of the Church, weeds, races and unrest, and enmity in this city those who sow.

We extend our hearts and thoughts to you, more patiently with our father, warm our hearts and love for God, and death. This is our support, and the law of our hearts will follow, in the field of sleep we will pass unashamedly.

Bgorodichen:

With God, you are the creator and co-creator of our world. In honor of all, all blameless, all death and decay have been saved, our hope and warmth is sweet Chaisha.

Song є҃.

Irmos:

The intercessor bg҃ꙋ and the member was є҆сѝ, hrⷭ҇tо bzh҃e: by you, vlⷣko, to the luminary ꙋ ѻ҆ц҃ꙋ̀ yours ꙋ̀, ѿ nights unknown This is the result of my mother.

The light of the light, the flame of faith does not extinguish the flame, we see it, and Aleiandra: the faithful in the cities and all the processions yours in the city of the Church convening, for the resurrection of the city ꙋ

The water is alive, and the ribs of the trees are exhausted, prayers and the source of your memory, which is the skin and sometimes in the city of Karas. He exuded water and stone, he gave drink to all those who were thirsty, to the place of the new chapter of yours who hastened, everyone to my wife.

Come, holy loving mothers, from the heart of your mother we rejoice, seeing your sons with glory and honor. completed: well, for the joy of our future age, and for our sake їѧ and ҆ death ҆ховнѧ и҆з́всв.

Bgorodichen:

We love you, and our loving memory of yours, your faithful friend, with great care: and correction no life, slander and libel, and liberation, and forgiveness of sins, granting forgiveness and asking.

Song of ѕ҃.

Irmos:

In the abyss of sin, I call upon the abyss: I will build it up.

With your unfailing arms, your shortened body, alejandra, with the power of love for your beloved, where you have unwaveringly observed the good virtues We are glad to say that we have sent down to those who are grieving even more.

The marvelous riches of your virtues, Aileandre, we pray to you for the good of your tree, and not for the good of your teachers and nature. The family was born, and at the same time the fruit of healing was born to the faithful. Healed, God-loving, our sister, may we bear fruit until we are unfeigned.

With patience and courage, and with the serenity of thought, we surpassed all the persecutors with bitterness, the warrior of the heart of the world ndre: Yes, and we, in our fierce trials, looking at your suffering, will not shame the little one who loved us to the point of blood.

Bgorodichen:

Ou҆pravi i҆ ѡ҆st҃ѝ ᲂу҆́м ours, mt҃i bzh҃їѧ, ѡ҆bꙋrevoked by our onslaught of sorrows and pernicious passions, pray for those who come running to you, and There is no help for you, other than your mother, help you, so that we don’t die in the accident.

Kontakion, voice d:

The world is multi-bright, all of Rome is rich, the martyr of Aileiandra, and the world of beads is multi-valued, the earth is ancient With joy, I bowed to the sword for the blessing of your heads, and brought it to the immaculate goodness of God, and it is beautiful. The earthly earth is in glory and the confessors of these people.

Ikos:

The light-emitting lamp ꙗ҆вслѧ є҆сѝ, bg҃omꙋ́dre a҆leѯandre, blgⷣti bzhⷭ҇tvennyѧ iє҆сссс зсй сѣй въ ўвѣѣѝѣѣѝѣѝѣѝѣѝѣѝѣѝѣѝѣѣѝ, иє҆҆жжж зек The lators were plunged into the river upon your long-suffering death. Let's see, the two dogs have extracted some of your power, squatted above the birds and the fairy tales , how long will your blessed mother come, with tears, anointing you with this world, burying you at her repose? No, and where I have healed, I have done something sick , at the same time to grow the bjah, the arrival, and the people of the earthly ѧ and the nbⷭ҇nѧ in the glory and the darerch.

Song z҃.

Irmos:

The godly command of the lawless monk, the high flame has ascended: Christ will extend blessedly to these three generations sꙋ dꙋkhovnꙋyu, sy blgⷭ҇ven and glorified.

The chief shepherd brought the red and most important slaughter to himself, for all the lives he sacrificed , and the most burnt sacrifice, glorious to Aileiandra, in the sweetness of the most victorious victory, we cry out: we are our dear ones, blgⷭ҇ven є҆sѝ.

Hear our prayers, O omnipotent one, and come to our aid for those who suffer from sorrow, and from everyday and demonic needs May we bless you, and we cry: You are our God, blessed are you.

Pour your prayers for us today, God-loving Aileandra, and the foulness of our affairs with drops of your precious blood. We, we hope, and in all honesty and in all honesty, let us call: our blessedness, blessedness sѝ.

Bgorodichen:

The hope of the unreliable you, btsⷣe, vѣsi bo, tsr҃itse, ꙗ҆́кѡ incurable wounds of passions of sin and death, to the gates of destruction armor. Don’t forget the cry of our dear ones, all our dear ones, but let us sleep, we call you: our dear ones, blessed ones.

Song and.

Irmos:

Pesh and it, it is unnecessary ѻ҆tnnnaѧ in the same time, was divided by the bjoye, the halds ѡ҆palѧ, the same ѡ҆ rhiches, sowing ѧ: blg, all.

The most beautiful martyrs showed themselves in the dwellings of the unfavorable churches in the new world. Iandre: I will bring us, in many revivals and trials, to a quiet haven; Vite, everything is going where, where.

Ou҆ma beauty is the end of the day, aleѯandre, and in the midst of love, the most fulfilling gift, in addition to the image of suffering. ̀ unshameful, and also brought all human weak nature to the rite of the Agggal, and we, in the hope of salvation, cry: Blg ⷭ҇vite, everything is whereⷭ҇нѧ, whereⷭ҇a.

Let the immaculate fire of milk flow for us now, O faithful martyr of Christ, let not the evil of sin, which consumes us with enmity, devour us: but , our faithful representative, will lead everyone to brotherly love and strengthen the Church of Christ, For the love of ours, call out: Bless you , everything is where, where.

Bgorodichen:

The darkness of the world, the meal of the bread of the animal and the river, the coolness of the food, the sweetness of heaven, the faithful With hope we sleep with joy, we honor the two of us, and we are cheerful for you, we cry: bless you, everything Ela gdⷭ҇nѧ, gdⷭ҇a.

Song ѳ҃.

Irmos:

Beginning is the parent of the dream, bg҃y and gdⷭ҇, incarnating two, we ꙗ҆вссѧ, ѡ҆mrachє́нnaѧ enlighten, gather wasteful. thus, we magnify everyone.

Singing your many different sufferings, for the sake of open steps, we praise you, for the sake of the stirred soul, and for healing ѧ and iz̾ѻbilnѡ and pouring. We thank your mother for the blessing that God brought the fruit of his womb as a blessed gift: with her, most praiseworthy, the prayer sent down to the world You are ours.

The temple of stgagѡ dhga truly was є҆сѝ, а҆лѯанпер, this is not filled with fear of those who kill the body of the faithful in the tea, but in the stomach and Glorify death by watching our lives, and glorify us with suffering. move us and do not be afraid of those who attack us fiercely.

To the most martyr Aileiandre, we welcome you to this praise of God, a tribute to the people of thy sufferings, distant in time: and He came to our aid, when our child is exhausted, let us not perish in the presence of God.

Bgorodichen:

Your strong representation, your beautiful darkness, and your bright glory throughout the whole earth are shown, we praise you now, and we praise you even more. That is to say, in your sleep and sorrow, and in the hour of death, it is not shameful.

Luminous:

The light of your sufferings, like sunshine, and your whole life is filled with lightness, more glorious than the light of day. Andre, and in you I believe in you, the church is unfading, more beautiful, in our hearts Every day is bright, the crown of Christ.

Glory, and now, is great:

See, bcⷣe, your ineffable glory of ancient times, desired by all things: but for the last time we wish Our mother is the most glorious and seraphim of the most glorious world, full of glory.

Calendar when, according to the church calendar, Alexander's name day

Saints named Alexander are venerated 105 times.

• January 8 – Alexander Krylov, archpriest, martyr;
• January 10 – Alexander Ciceronov, priest, martyr;
• January 14 - Alexander Trapitsyn, saint, archbishop of Samara, martyr;
• January 17 – Alexander, martyr, bishop;
• January 31 – Alexander Rusinov, archpriest, martyr;
• February 7 – Alexander the Roman, martyr;
• February 17 - Alexander Pokrovsky, priest, martyr;
• February 19 – Alexander Telemakov, priest, martyr;
• February 20 – Alexander Talyzin, priest, martyr;
• February 21 – Alexander Abyssov, priest, martyr;
• March 6 – Alexander of Vislyansky, priest, martyr;
• March 8 – Alexander of Constantinople, reverend;
• March 10 – Alexander Vinogradov, priest, martyr;
• March 14 – Alexander Ilyenkov, priest, martyr;
• March 17 – Alexander Likharev, priest, martyr;
• March 22 – Alexander of Sebaste, martyr;
• March 25 – Alexander Derzhavin, priest, confessor;
• March 26 – Alexander of Pidny, martyr, presbyter;
• March 28 – Alexander of Sidsky (Pamphylian), martyr, priest;
• March 29 – Alexander I of Rome, martyr, pope;
• March 30 – Alexander Polivanov, priest, martyr;
• April 9 – Alexander Vochsky, Galich, reverend;
• April 23 – Alexander the African, martyr;
• April 27 – Alexander Orlov, priest, confessor;
• April 28 – Alexander Gnevushev, priest, martyr;
• April 30 - Alexander Svirsky, venerable (Discovery of relics);
• May 3 – Alexander Oshevensky, abbot;
• May 4 – Alexander of Sinai, reverend;
• May 24 - Alexander Petrovsky, saint, archbishop of Kharkov, martyr;
• May 26 – Alexander of Rome, martyr;
• May 27 - Alexander, martyr;
• May 29 – Alexander of Jerusalem, martyr, patriarch;
• June 1 – Alexander of Saul, priest, martyr;
• June 2 – Alexander of Aegean, martyr;
• June 8 – Alexander, martyr;
• June 11 – Alexander, Patriarch, Alexandria;
• June 20 - Alexander Preobrazhensky, archpriest, martyr;
• June 22 – Alexander, bishop, Prussian;
• June 23 – Alexander of Krodamn, warrior, martyr;
• June 26 – Alexander of Moscow, icon painter;
• June 27 - Alexander Parusnikov, archpriest, martyr;
• July 1 – Alexander Krutitsky, priest, martyr;
• July 6 – Alexander Miropolsky, archpriest, martyr;
• July 10 – Alexander Sidorov, priest, martyr;
• July 16 – Alexander of Constantinople, reverend;
• July 21 – Alexander Popov, priest, martyr;
• July 22 – Alexander of Egypt, martyr, warrior;
• July 23 – Alexander of Nikopol (Armenian), martyr;
• August 2 – Alexander Arkhangelsky, archpriest, martyr;
• August 7 – Alexander, martyr;
• August 11 - Alexander, martyr;
• August 14 - Alexander of Perga, Pamphylian, martyr, farmer;
• August 20 – Alexander Khotovitsky, martyr;
• August 24 – Alexander of Rome, martyr;
• August 25 – Alexander Komansky, martyr, bishop;
• August 27 - Alexander Urodov, archimandrite, venerable, confessor;
• August 29 – Alexander Sokolov, priest, martyr;
• September 3 – Alexander, martyr;
• September 4 – Alexander Ratkovsky, priest, martyr;
• September 9 – Alexander Tsitserov, archpriest, martyr;
• September 12 - Alexander Nevsky, Grand Duke (Transfer of Relics);
• September 13 - Alexander Lyubimov, priest, martyr;
• September 17 - Alexander Blokhin, martyr;
• September 18 - Alexander Urodov, venerable confessor, archimandrite (Discovery of relics);
• September 20 - Alexander Peresvet, schema-monk;
• September 22 – Alexander Vinogradov, archpriest, martyr;
• September 26 – Alexander Aksenov, priest, martyr;
• October 3 – Alexander Tetyuev, priest, martyr;
• October 4 – Alexander Fedoseev, priest, martyr;
• October 5 – Alexander, the righteous;
• October 8 - Alexander Smirnov, martyr, presbyter (Discovery of relics);
• October 9 – Alexander Levitsky, archpriest, martyr;
• October 11 - Alexander, martyr;
• October 13 - Alexander Orlov, archpriest, martyr;
• October 14 - Alexander, martyr;
• October 24 – Alexander Grivsky, priest, martyr;
• October 25 – Alexander Pozdeevsky, priest, martyr;
• October 30 - Alexander Shchukin, saint, archbishop of Semipalatinsk, martyr;
• November 2 – Alexander Orlov, priest, martyr;
• November 3 – Alexander of Epiphany, priest, martyr;
• November 4 – Alexander Lebedev, martyr, priest;
• November 5 – Alexander Solovyov, priest, martyr;
• November 12 - Alexander, martyr;
• November 13 – Alexander Vozdvizhensky, priest, martyr;
• November 14 - Alexander Smirnov, priest, martyr;
• November 16 - Alexander Parusnikov, archpriest, martyr;
• November 17 – Alexander Petropavlovsky, priest, martyr;
• November 20 - Alexander Krylov, priest, martyr;
• November 22 – Alexander of Thessaloniki (Thessalonian), martyr;
• November 23 – Alexander Medem, martyr;
• November 25 – Alexander Arkhangelsky, priest, martyr;
• November 27 – Alexander Chekalov, priest, martyr;
• December 2 – Alexander Mishutin, priest, martyr;
• December 3 – Alexander Sakharov, archpriest, martyr;
• December 6 – Alexander Nevsky, Grand Duke;
• December 7 – Alexander of Corinth, martyr;
• December 8 – Alexander Vershinsky, archpriest, martyr;
• December 17 – Alexander Posokhin, priest, martyr;
• December 22 – Alexander Buravtsev, priest, martyr;
• December 23 – Alexander Tuberovsky, archpriest, martyr;
• December 25 – Alexander of Jerusalem, martyr, patriarch;
• December 26 – Alexander Pospelov, archpriest, martyr;
• December 28 – Alexander Rozhdestvensky, priest, martyr;
• December 29 – Alexander Kolokolov, archpriest, martyr;
• December 30 – Alexander Savelov, priest, martyr.