Mary Mother of GOD
 Saint of the Day June 11  Tértio Idus Júnii
Et álibi aliórum plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum et Confessórum, atque sanctárum Vírginum.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
The saints are a “cloud of witnesses over our head”,
showing us life of Christian perfection is possible.

 Mary Mother of GOD 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary

Mary's Divine Motherhood
Called in the Gospel "the Mother of Jesus," Mary is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at the prompting of the Spirit and even before the birth of her son, as "the Mother of my Lord" (Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25; cf. Mt 13:55; et al.). In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was none other than the Father's eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity.
Hence the Church confesses that Mary is truly "Mother of God" (Theotokos).
Catechism of the Catholic Church 495, quoting the Council of Ephesus (431): DS 251.

Saturday, June 11, 2011 St. Barnabas, Apostle (Memorial)  First Reading:  Acts 11:21-26; 13:1-3
Psalm 98:1-6  Gospel: Matthew 10:7-13
We must unite ourselves to God's will. Even those that we suffer from man...for example, contempt, injustice, loss of reputation, loss of temporal goods and all kinds of persecutions. On these occasions we must remember that whilst God doesn't will the sin, He does will our humiliation, our poverty, or our mortification, as the case may be.
 It is certain and of Faith, that whatever happens, happens by the will of God.
Our conduct in such instances is the true measure of our love for God. -- St. Alphonsus Liguori
 
June 11 - Our Lady of Miracles (Italy, 1427)  Roy H. Schoeman's Own Conversion (II)
I continued in this undiscriminating, eclectic path for exactly one year, until one year to the day after the experience on the beach, I received the second great extraordinary grace of my life. I frankly admit , in all external aspects, what took place was a dream. Yet when I went to sleep I knew little about, and had no special sympathy for Christianity or any of its aspects; when I awoke I was hopelessly in love with the Blessed Virgin Mary and wanted nothing more than to become as totally Christian as I could.  In the "dream," I was taken to a room and granted an audience with the most beautiful young woman I could have ever imagined; without it being spoken, I knew that it was the Blessed Virgin Mary. She agreed to answer any questions I might ask her; I clearly remember standing there, weighing a number of possible questions in my mind, and asking her four or five of them. She answered them, then spoke to me for several more minutes, and then the audience was ended.  My experience of the event, and my memory of it, are as of something which took place in full wakefulness. I remember all the details, including of course the questions and the answers, but all pales beside by far the greatest aspect of the experience:   the ecstasy of simply being in her presence, in the purity and intensity of her love.
Excerpt from Roy H. Schoeman,  Salvation Is from the Jews: The Role of Judaism in Salvation History,
(Ignatius Press April 2003), pp. 359-360

Our Lady of Mantara in Lebanon (II) June 11 - Our Lady of Esquernes (Flanders, 1162)
Soon crowds flocked to explore the cave, which had been abandoned for so long, and contemplate the icon of the Virgin.

The church bells rang to announce the event and processions were held in the village. This is how Marian devotion was revived again in that cave. Two booklets, written by a bishop of Saida in the 1910s, recount 16 miracles related to children and infertile women.  The Lady of Mantara loves little children: most of her miracles were done for them; she is sometimes called "Our Lady of the Children." To this day, many children are baptized in the cave. They are then entrusted to the Blessed Virgin.

Some personalities of Saida, the Director of the Ottoman Tobacco Co., Mr. Joseph Aumann, his wife, the French consul, a priest, Fr. Nicolas Halabi, and several others, were going on a pilgrimage on Sunday June 11, 1911. In the evening, before heading back, they wanted to praise the Virgin one last time. "They went into the cave. But--what a miracle! In front of their delighted /astonished eyes,  image of the Virgin appeared smiling.  She probably wanted to show how satisfied and touched she was by their devout visit. She continued to smile for ten minutes, while the viewers gasped and looked at each others in surprise, filled with joy. Then Father Nicolas turned to the French consul to ask him what he thought. The latter took a candle, lit it and went to the Holy Image to make sure she was really smiling ... then he turned towards the others and exclaimed:
"I believe it! It's a great miracle!"
Many other miracles have been recounted in a book by His Eminence Haggiar,
bishop of the Saida's diocese for Greek Catholics in the early twentieth century.
See entire article: http://www.mariedenazareth.com/10445.0.html?&L=1

June 11 - Pope Leo XIII's Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Rome, 1899)

  Let Us Make Reparation (I)
Pope John Paul II made a confirmation of his role of continuing to promote the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the line of the magisterium in his Message of 11 June 1999 for the Centenary of the Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: "The value of what took place on 11 June 1899 was authoritatively confirmed in the writings of my predecessors, who offered doctrinal clarifications on the devotion to the Sacred Heart and mandated the periodic renewal of the act of consecration.  It is altogether fitting to seek to deepen the awareness of the intimate relationship between the Two Hearts and the value for our own day of authentic devotion and consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary." (John Paul II - Nov 23, 1987- to the Symposium on the Two Hearts)
Adapted from www.piercedhearts.org/hearts_jesus_mary/sacred_heart_reparation_jpii_calkin
  61 St. Barnabas A Jew, born in Cyprus and named Joseph, he sold his property, gave the proceeds to the Apostles, who gave him the name Barnabas, and lived in common with the earliest converts to Christianity in Jerusalem.
Holy Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy was born on the island of Cyprus into the family of the tribe of Levi, and he was named Joseph. He received his education at Jerusalem, being raised with his friend and fellow student Saul (the future Apostle Paul) under the renowned teacher of the Law, Gamaliel. Joseph was pious, he frequented the Temple, he strictly observed the fasts and avoided youthful distractions.
 He persuaded the community there to accept Paul as a disciple, was sent to Antioch, Syria, to look into the community there, and brought Paul there from Tarsus. With Paul he brought Antioch's donation to the Jerusalem community during a famine, and returned to Antioch with John Mark, his cousin. The three went on a missionary journey to Cyprus, Perga (when John Mark went to Jerusalem), and Antioch in Pisidia, where they were so violently opposed by the Jews that they decided to preach to the pagans. Then they went on to Iconium and Lystra in Lycaonia, where they were first acclaimed gods and then stoned out of the city, and then returned to Antioch in Syria. When a dispute arose regarding the observance of the Jewish rites, Paul and Barnabas went to Jerusalem, where, at a council, it was decided that pagans did not have to be circumcised to be baptized. On their return to Antioch, Barnabas wanted to take John Mark on another visitation to the cities where they had preached, but Paul objected because of John Mark's desertion of them in Perga. Paul and Barnabas parted, and Barnabas returned to Cyprus with Mark; nothing further is heard of him, though it is believed his rift with Paul was ultimately healed. Tradition has Barnabas preaching in Alexandria and Rome, the founder of the Cypriote Church, and has him stoned to death at Salamis about the year 61.
Bartholomew The Holy Apostle was born at Cana of Galilee and was one of the Twelve Apostles of Christ. After the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, it fell by lot to the holy Apostles Bartholomew and Philip (November 14) to preach the Gospel in Syria and Asia Minor.   Sts John Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria, Epiphanius of Cyprus and certain other teachers of the Church regard the Apostle Bartholomew as being the same person as Nathanael (John 1:45-51, 21:2).
  296? Saints Felix and Fortunatus, brothers At Aquileia, the martyrdom of
       St. John of St, Facundus At Salamanca in Spain, , a confessor of the Order of the Hermits of St. Augustine,
      renowned for his zeal for the faith, for holiness of life, and for miracles. 
  7th v. St. Blitharius  Companion of St. Fursey native of Scotland, went with St. Fursey to France on missions
        and evangelization
       St. Tochmura Irish virgin venerated in diocese of Kilmore, Ireland, considered special patron of women in labor.
       St. Rembert, bishop of Hamburg and Bremen At Bremen, the birthday of.
 8th v. St. Herebald Hermit of Brittany, France, where his name is honored by a church. Also called Herband, he was a
       native of Britain.
       St. Shenousi (Sanusi) from Balkim Martyrdom of a young man, tended the sheep; gave his food to the young shepherds, and spend his day fasting. He visited the sick and those who were in prison; the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a vision and told him, "Rise up, and go before the governor and confess your God to receive the crown of martyrdom."
       Martyrdom of Saints Anba Amoun and the Righteous Sophia  Martyrdom of John of Herakleia Departure of St.
       Aba-Hour.  {Coptic}
1158 Blessed Hugh of Marchiennes educated at Rheims, became a Benedictine at Saint Martin's in Tournai, in 1148,
        was named abbot of Marchiennes, OSB Abbot (PC)
1242 St. Peter Rodriguez and Companions group of seven Spanish martyrs members of the Knights of Santiago of
        Portugal put to death by the Moors
1267 St. Parisius beloved Camaldolese spiritual director priest performing miracles and possessing the gift of prophecy
1320 Departure of Pope Yoannis the Eighth the last to reside in the church of Abu-Saifain in Cairo (80th Patriarch).
1445 Saint Barnabas of Vetluga priest born in Great Ustiug wilderness people would visit "for a blessing," and he would predict to them that after his repose on the banks of the River Vetluga "God would multiply the human habitation, and upon the place of his dwelling monks would live."  At Red Hill the monks built two churches, one in honor of the Most Holy Trinity, and the other, over the grave of the monk, dedicated to St Nicholas the Wonderworker. They founded a cenobitic monastery, which received as its name "the Varnavinsk wilderness-monastery."
      St. Gregory Nazianzen the translation of At Rome, whose revered body was brought from Constantinople to
      Rome, and kept for a long time in the Church of the Mother of God
1882 St. Paula Frasinetti Foundress began the Congregation of St. Dorothy her brother was a parish priest in the city,
        and she assisted him by teaching poor children in their parish.
The Martyrology of the Sacred Order of Friars Preachers The Eleventh Day of June

At Salamina in Cyprus, the birthday of St. Barnabas the Apostle. A Cyprian by birth, he was ordained with Paul as an Apostle of the Gentiles, and with him he travelled through many regions, exercising the office that had been imposed on him to preach the Gospel. Afterward he went to Cyprus, and there adorned his apostolate with a glorious martyrdom. In the reign of the Emperor Zeno, his body was found through his, own revelation, together with a codex of the Gospel of St. Matthew, written by his own hand. A totum duplex feast.
At Salamanca in Spain, the birthday of St. John of Sahagun, confessor, of the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine. He was renowned for his zeal for the faith, holiness of life, and miracles. His festival is, however, celebrated on the day following.
At Aquileia, the suffering of SS. Felix and Fortunatus, brothers, who were tortured on the rack in the persecution of Diocletian and Maximian.. Lighted torches were applied to their sides, but by the power of God they were extinguished. Then boiling oil was poured into their bodies through the intestines. Since they persisted in confessing Christ, they were at last beheaded.
At Bremen, the birthday of St. Rembert, Bishop of Hamburg and Bremen.
At Treviso, St. Parisius, a citizen of Bologna, confessor and monk of the Camaldolese Order.
At Rome, the transferal of the body of St. Gregory Nazianzen, bishop, confessor, and Doctor of the Church. His holy body had formerly been brought to Rome from Constantinople, and long kept there in the Church of the Mother of God, in the Campus Martius. Pope Gregory XIII transferred it with great honor to a chapel magnificently adorned by him, in the Basilica of St. Peter, and on the day following buried it with due honor beneath the altar. +
984-995 "It is truly meet to bless Thee, O Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God…"
The "It is Truly Meet" Icon of the Mother of God is in the high place of the altar of the cathedral church of the Karyes monastery on Mount Athos.
One Saturday night an Elder went to Karyes for the all-night Vigil. He left, instructing his disciple to remain behind and read the service in their cell. As it grew dark, the disciple heard a knock on the door. When he opened the door, he saw an unknown monk who called himself Gabriel, and he invited him to come in. They stood before the icon of the Mother of God and read the service together with reverence and compunction.
During the Ninth Ode of the Canon, the disciple began to sing "My soul magnifies the Lord…" with the Irmos of St Cosmas the Hymnographer (October 14), "More honorable than the Cherubim…."
The stranger sang the next verse, "For He has regarded the low estate of His handmaiden…." Then he chanted something the disciple had never heard before, "It is truly meet to bless Thee, O Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God…" Then he continued with, "More honorable than the Cherubim.…"
While the hymn was being sung, the icon of the Theotokos shone with a heavenly light.

The disciple was moved by the new version of the familiar hymn, and asked his guest to write the words down for him. When the stranger asked for paper and ink, the disciple said that they did not have any.
The stranger took a roof tile and wrote the words of the hymn on its surface with his finger.
The disciple knew then that this was no ordinary monk, but the Archangel Gabriel. The angel said, "Sing in this manner, and all the Orthodox as well." Then he disappeared, and the icon of the Mother of God continued to radiate light for some time afterward.

The Eleousa Icon of the Mother of God, before which the hymn "It Is Truly Meet" was first sung, was transferred to the katholikon at Karyes. The tile, with the hymn written on it by the Archangel Gabriel, was taken to Constantinople when St Nicholas Chrysoberges (December 16) was Patriarch.
Numerous copies of the "It Is Truly Meet" Icon are revered in Russian churches. At the Galerna Harbor of Peterburg a church with five cupolas was built in honor of the Merciful Mother of God, and into it they put a grace-bearing copy of the "It Is Truly Meet" icon sent from Athos.

During the reign of the emperors Basil and Constantine Porphyrogenitos, and the patriarchate of St Nicholas Chrysoberges (984-995), a certain Elder and his disciple lived near Karyes, the administrative center of the Holy Mountain. One Saturday evening, the Elder decided to go to Karyes to participate in the Vigil service for Sunday. He left, instructing his disciple to remain behind and read the service in their cell. As it grew dark, the disciple heard a knock on the door. When he opened the door, he saw an unknown monk who called himself Gabriel, and he invited him to come in. They stood before the icon of the Mother of God and read the service together with reverence and compunction. During the Ninth Ode of the Canon, the disciple began to sing "My soul magnifies the Lord…" with the Irmos of St Cosmas the Hymnographer (October 14), "More honorable than the Cherubim…."
   The stranger sang the next verse, "For He has regarded the low estate of His handmaiden…." Then he chanted something the disciple had never heard before, "It is truly meet to bless Thee, O Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God…" Then he continued with, "More honorable than the Cherubim.…"
While the hymn was being sung, the icon of the Theotokos shone with a heavenly light. The disciple was moved by the new version of the familiar hymn, and asked his guest to write the words down for him. When the stranger asked for paper and ink, the disciple said that they did not have any.
The stranger took a roof tile and wrote the words of the hymn on its surface with his finger. The disciple knew then that this was no ordinary monk, but the Archangel Gabriel. The angel said, "Sing in this manner, and all the Orthodox as well." Then he disappeared, and the icon of the Mother of God continued to radiate light for some time afterward.
The tile was taken to Constantinople when St Nicholas Chrysoberges (December 16) was Patriarch.
Mary the Mother of God
Et álibi aliórum plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum et Confessórum, atque sanctárum Vírginum.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
Пресвятая Богородице спаси нас!  (Santíssima Mãe de Deus, salva-nos!)
The saints are a “cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible.

BENEDICT XVI'S Holy Father's Prayer Intentions For 2011  June 2011
General Intention: That priests, united to the Heart of Christ,
may always be true witnesses of the caring and merciful love of God.
Missionary Intention: That the Holy Spirit may bring forth from our communities numerous missionary vocations, willing to fully consecrate themselves to spreading the Kingdom of God.
The Rosary html Mary Mother of GOD -- Her Rosary Here
Mary Mother of GOD 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary
Mary's Divine Motherhood
Called in the Gospel “the Mother of Jesus,” Mary is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at the prompting of the Spirit and even before the birth of her son, as “the Mother of my Lord” (Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25; cf. Mt 13:55; et al.). In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was none other than the Father's eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity. Hence the Church confesses that Mary is truly “Mother of God” (Theotokos). 
Catechism of the Catholic Church 495, quoting the Council of Ephesus (431): DS 251.
“The Blessed Virgin was eternally predestined, in conjunction with the incarnation of the divine Word, to be the Mother of God. By decree of divine Providence, she served on earth as the loving mother of the divine Redeemer, an associate of unique nobility, and the Lord's humble handmaid. She conceived, brought forth, and nourished Christ.”
 (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 61).
breviary.net/martyrology/mart0611  stlukeorthodox.com/html/saints/  usccb.org  ewtn.com  St Patricks 0611
domcentral.org/life/martyr June  syriac   oca.org   glaubenszeugen.de/tage/June/11 Serbian   http://www.copticchurch.net  Melkite
Monthly Saints with pics here http://www.stfrancisenid.com/memorials.htm  antiochian.org/AW-WomenSaints--wonderful icons
Lutheran Saints  One Saint per day stthomasirondequoit.com/SaintsAlive/index.htm    stjohndc.org  God's Humourous Saints

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THE EUCHARIST, A MYSTERY TO BE BELIEVED POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION
SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS OF THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI
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   We are called upon with the whole Church militant on earth to join in praising and thanking God for the grace and glory he has bestowed on his saints. At the same time we earnestly implore Him to exert His almighty power and mercy in raising us from our miseries and sins, healing the disorders of our souls and leading us by the path of repentance to the company of His saints, to which He has called us.
   They were once what we are now, travellers on earth they had the same weaknesses, which we have. We have difficulties to encounter so had the saints, and many of them far greater than we can meet with; obstacles from kings and whole nations, sometimes from the prisons, racks and swords of persecutors. Yet they surmounted these difficulties, which they made the very means of their virtue and victories. It was by the strength they received from above, not by their own, that they triumphed. But the blood of Christ was shed for us as it was for them and the grace of our Redeemer is not wanting to us; if we fail, the failure is in ourselves.
   THE saints and just, from the beginning of time and throughout the world, who have been made perfect, everlasting monuments of God’s infinite power and clemency, praise His goodness without ceasing; casting their crowns before His throne they give to Him all the glory of their triumphs: “His gifts alone in us He crowns.”
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“The answers to many of life's questions can be found by reading the Lives of the Saints. They teach us how to overcome obstacles and difficulties, how to stand firm in our faith, and how to struggle against evil and emerge victorious.”  1913 Saint Barsanuphius

Popes mentioned in articles of Saints today


“Christianity is not a moral code or a philosophy, but an encounter with a person” -- Benedict XVI

Quote: Pope Paul VI’s 1969 Instruction on the Contemplative Life includes this passage:  
 “To withdraw into the desert is for Christians tantamount to associating themselves more intimately with Christ’s passion, and it enables them, in a very special way, to share in the paschal mystery and in the passage of Our Lord from this world to the heavenly homeland” (#1).
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Benedict XVI_Archbishop_Hilarion
 Benedict XVI receives Orthodox Archbishop Hilarion n September 18th, Pope Benedict XVI;  Archbishop Hilarion, president of the Department for External Church Affairs of the Patriarchate of Moscow.
The Orthodox Archbishop is currently visiting the Vatican at the invitation of Cardinal Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
This Pontifical Council underlined that the visit will confirm the ties of friendship between the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, with a view to closer collaboration and to favor the presence of the Church in the lives of the peoples of Europe and the world.
In addition, a further step in ecumenical relations is scheduled for the month of October in Cyprus: the meeting of the Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, which will address the theme of Petrine Primacy.
Benedict XVI met with Aram I Catholicos of Cilicia, the highest authority of the Orthodox Church.  The Pope remembered the martyrs of the Armenian Church and the Armenian genocide, without explicitly mentioning it, and denounced the persecution of Christians in modern times.  Benedict XVI
That testimony culminated in the twentieth century, which proved a time of Unspeakable suffering for your people. Most recently we have all been saddened by the escalation of persecution and violence against Christians in parts of the Middle East and elsewhere.
The Catholicos is based in Lebanon. That is why, the Pope said, he prays every day for peace in this country and throughout the Middle East. Benedict XVI said there will only be peace in the region when each country is free to decide its own destiny and when every ethnic and religious group accepts and respects the others. Aram I emphasized that the churches must be means for peace and to achieve that they must recognize “all” genocides, even the Armenian.. The Catholicos recalled his meeting with John Paul II, adding that this visit represents a new step for ecumenical dialogue.
Aram I Catholicos
Our meeting is an opportunity to pray and reflect together, and to renew our commitment and efforts for Christian unity.
Armenian church members from all over the world join with Catholicos in making pilgrimages to Rome.
The great psalm of the Passion, Chapter 22, whose first verse “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
Jesus pronounced on the cross, ended with the vision: “All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord;
and all the families of the nations shall worship before him” For kingship belongs to the LORD, the ruler over the nations. All who sleep in the earth will bow low before God; All who have gone down into the dust will kneel in homage. And I will live for the LORD; my descendants will serve you. The generation to come will be told of the Lord, that they may proclaim to a people yet unborn the deliverance you have brought.
Pope Benedict XVI to The Catholic Church In China {whole article here}
2000 years of the Catholic Church in China
The saints “a cloud of witnesses over our head”,
showing us life of Christian perfection is possible. Patron_Saints.html
THE PSALTER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PSALM 86

The foundations of life in the soul of the just: are to persevere in charity unto the end.
Thy grace raises up the poor man in adversity:
and the invocation of thy name inspires him with confidence.
Paradise is filled with thy tender mercies:
and by the fear of thee the infernal enemy is confounded.
He who hopes in thee, will find treasures of peace:
and he who invokes thee not in this life, will not attain to the kingdom of God.
Grant, O Lady, that we may live in the grace of the Holy Ghost:
and lead our souls to a holy end.
Glory be to the Father who created the Universe, and the Son who gave up His life so that we may live forever,
and the Holy Spirit the Lord giver of life, Who proceeds from the Father and Son, with the Father and Son He is Worshiped and Glorified, and He has spoken through the prophets:  Amen.

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Saint Frances Xavier Seelos  Practical Guide to Holiness
1. Go to Mass with deepest devotion. 2. Spend a half hour to reflect upon your main failing & make resolutions to avoid it.
3. Do daily spiritual reading for at least 15 minutes, if a half hour is not possible.  4. Say the rosary every day.
5. Also daily, if at all possible, visit the Blessed Sacrament; toward evening, meditate on the Passion of Christ for a half hour, 6.  Conclude the day with evening prayer & an examination of conscience over all the faults & sins of the day.
7.  Every month make a review of the month in confession.
8. Choose a special patron every month & imitate that patron in some special virtue.
9. Precede every great feast with a novena that is nine days of devotion. 10. Try to begin & end every activity with a Hail Mary
My God, I believe, I adore, I trust and I love Thee.  I beg pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not
O most Holy trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly.  I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the Tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference by which He is offended, and by the infite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  I beg the conversion of poor sinners,  Fatima Prayer, Angel of Peace
The voice of the Father is heard, the Son enters the water, and the Holy Spirit appears in the form of a dove.
THE spirit and example of the world imperceptibly instil the error into the minds of many that there is a kind of middle way of going to Heaven; and so, because the world does not live up to the gospel, they bring the gospel down to the level of the world. It is not by this example that we are to measure the Christian rule, but words and life of Christ. All His followers are commanded to labour to become perfect even as our heavenly Father is perfect, and to bear His image in our hearts that we may be His children. We are obliged by the gospel to die to ourselves by fighting self-love in our hearts, by the mastery of our passions, by taking on the spirit of our Lord.
These are the conditions under which Christ makes His promises and numbers us among His children, as is manifest from His words which the apostles have left us in their inspired writings. Here is no distinction made or foreseen between the apostles or clergy or religious and secular persons. The former, indeed, take upon themselves certain stricter obligations, as a means of accomplishing these ends more perfectly; but the law of holiness and of disengagement of the heart from the world is general and binds all the followers of Christ.
Nine First Fridays Devotion to the Sacred Heart From the writings of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
DECREES OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS
VATICAN CITY, 2 APR 2011 (VIS)
Today, during a private audience with Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Pope authorised the congregation to promulgate the following decrees:
MIRACLES
 - Venerable Servant of God Serafino Morazzone, Italian diocesan priest (1747-1822).
 - Venerable Servant of God Clemente Vismara, Italian professed priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (1897-1988).
 - Venerable Servant of God Elena Aiello, Italian foundress of the Minim Sisters of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (1895-1961).
 - Venerable Servant of God Maria Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (Sr. Maria Desposorios), Spanish professed nun of the Congregation of Servants of Mary, Ministers of the Sick (1848-1918).
 - Venerable Servant of God Enrica Alfieri (nee Maria Angela), Italian professed nun of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Jeanne-Antide Thouret (1891-1951).

MARTYRDOM
 - Servant of God Peter Adrian Toulorge, French professed priest of the Premonstratensian Regular Canons, killed in hatred of the faith at Coutances, France (1757-1793).
 - Servants of God Francisco Esteban Lacal, Spanish professed priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and twenty-one companions, and Candido Castan San Jose, Spanish layman, killed in hatred of the faith in Spain in 1936.

HEROIC VIRTUES
 - Servant of God Thomas Kurialacherry, Indian, first bishop of Changanacherry and founder of the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (1873-1925).
 - Servant of God Adolphe Chatillon (Br. Theophanius-Leo), Canadian professed religious of the Brothers of Christian Schools (1871-1929).
 - Servant of God Maria Chiara of St. Teresa of the Child Jesus (nee Vincenza Damato), Italian professed nun of the Order of St. Clare (1909-1948).
 - Servant of God Maria Dolores Inglese (nee Maria Libera Italia), Italian professed nun of the Congregation of Sisters Servants of Mary Reparatrix (1866-1928).
 - Servant of God Irene Stefani (nee Aurelia), Italian professed nun of the Institute of Missionary Sisters of the Consolata (1891-1930).
 - Servant of God Bernhard Lehner, German layman (1930-1944).
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God loves variety. He doesn't mass-produce his saints. Every saint is unique each the result of a new idea.
As the liturgy says: Non est inventus similis illis--there are no two exactly alike.
It is we with our lack of imagination, who paint the same haloes on all the saints.
Dear Lord, grant us a spirit not bound by our own ideas and preferences.
 Grant that we may be able to appreciate in others what we lack in ourselves.
O Lord, grant that we may understand that every saint must be a unique praise of Your glory.
 Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives.
Each saint the Church honors responded to God's invitation to use his or her unique gifts.
The 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary ) Revealed to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan)
1.    Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces. 2.    I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary. 3.    The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies. 4.    It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of people from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things.  Oh, that soul would sanctify them by this means.  5.    The soul that recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not perish. 6.    Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying themselves to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune.  God will not chastise them in His justice, they shall not perish by an unprovided death; if they be just, they shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life. 7.    Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church. 8.    Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the Saints in Paradise. 9.    I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary. 10.    The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.  11.    You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary. 12.    I shall aid all those who propagate the Holy Rosary in their necessities. 13.    I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death. 14.    All who recite the Rosary are my children, and brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ. 15.    Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
Aramaic dialect of Edessa, now known as Syriac
The exact date of the introduction of Christianity into Edessa {Armenian Ourhaï in Arabic Er Roha, commonly Orfa or Urfa, its present name} is not known. It is certain, however, that the Christian community was at first made up from the Jewish population of the city. According to an ancient legend, King Abgar V, Ushana, was converted by Addai, who was one of the seventy-two disciples. In fact, however, the first King of Edessa to embrace the Christian Faith was Abgar IX (c. 206) becoming official kingdom religion.
  Christian council held at Edessa early as 197 (Eusebius, Hist. Eccl., V,xxiii).
In 201 the city was devastated by a great flood, and the Christian church was destroyed (“Chronicon Edessenum”, ad. an. 201).
In 232 the relics of the Apostle St. Thomas were brought from India, on which occasion his Syriac Acts were written.
Under Roman domination martyrs suffered at Edessa: Sts. Scharbîl and Barsamya, under Decius; Sts. Gûrja, Schâmôna, Habib, and others under Diocletian. 
In the meanwhile Christian priests from Edessa evangelized Eastern Mesopotamia and Persia, established the first Churches in the kingdom of the Sassanides.  Atillâtiâ, Bishop of Edessa, assisted at the Council of Nicæa (325). The “Peregrinatio Silviæ” (or Etheriæ) (ed. Gamurrini, Rome, 1887, 62 sqq.) gives an account of the many sanctuaries at Edessa about 388.
Although Hebrew had been the language of the ancient Israelite kingdom, after their return from Exile the Jews turned more and more to Aramaic, using it for parts of the books of Ezra and Daniel in the Bible. By the time of Jesus, Aramaic was the main language of Palestine, and quite a number of texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls are also written in Aramaic.
Aramaic continued to be an important language for Jews, alongside Hebrew, and parts of the Talmud are written in it.
After Arab conquests of the seventh century, Arabic quickly replaced Aramaic as the main language of those who converted to Islam, although in out of the way places, Aramaic continued as a vernacular language of Muslims.
Aramaic, however, enjoyed its greatest success in Christianity. Although the New Testament wins written in Greek, Christianity had come into existence in an Aramaic-speaking milieu, and it was the Aramaic dialect of Edessa, now known as Syriac, that became the literary language of a large number of Christians living in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire and in the Persian Empire, further east. Over the course of the centuries the influence of the Syriac Churches spread eastwards to China (in Xian, in western China, a Chinese-Syriac inscription dated 781 is still to be seen); to southern India where the state of Kerala can boast more Christians of Syriac liturgical tradition than anywhere else in the world.
Meeting of the Saints  walis (saints of Allah)
Great men covet to embrace martyrdom for a cause and principle.
So was the case with Hazrat Ali. He could have made a compromise with the evil forces of his time and, as a result, could have led a very comfortable, easy and luxurious life.  But he was not a person who would succumb to such temptations. His upbringing, his education and his training in the lap of the holy Prophet made him refuse such an offer.
Rabia Al-Basri (717–801 C.E.) She was first to set forth the doctrine of mystical love and who is widely considered to be the most important of the early Sufi poets. An elderly Shia pointed out that during his pre-Partition childhood it was quite common to find pictures and portraits of Shia icons in Imambaras across the country.
Shah Abdul Latif: The Exalted Sufi Master born 1690 in a Syed family; died 1754. In ancient times, Sindh housed the exemplary Indus Valley Civilisation with Moenjo Daro as its capital, and now, it is the land of a culture which evolved from the teachings of eminent Sufi saints. Pakistan is home to the mortal remains of many Sufi saints, the exalted among them being Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, a practitioner of the real Islam, philosopher, poet, musicologist and preacher. He presented his teaching through poetry and music - both instruments sublime - and commands a very large following, not only among Muslims but also among Hindus and Christians. Sindh culture: The Shah is synonymous with Sindh. He is the very fountainhead of Sindh's culture. His message remains as fresh as that of any present day poet, and the people of Sindh find solace from his writings. He did indeed think for Sindh. One of his prayers, in exquisite Sindhi, translates thus: “Oh God, may ever You on Sindh bestow abundance rare! Beloved! All the world let share Thy grace, and fruitful be.”
Shia Ali al-Hadi, died 868 and son Hassan al-Askari 874. These saints are the 10th and 11th of Shia's 12 most revered Imams. Baba Farid Sufi 1398 miracle, Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki renowned Muslim Sufi saint scholar miracles 569 A.H. [1173 C.E.] hermit gave to poor, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti greatest mystic of his time born 533 Hijri (1138-39 A.D.), Hazrat Ghuas-e Azam, Hazrat Bu Ali Sharif, and Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Sufi Saint Hazrath Khwaja Syed Mohammed Badshah Quadri Chisty Yamani Quadeer (RA) 1236-1325 welcomed people of all faiths & all walks of life
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Mother Angelica saving souls is this beautiful womans journey Shrine_of_The_Most_Blessed_Sacrament
Colombia was among the countries Mother Angelica visited. 
In Bogotá, a Salesian priest - Father Juan Pablo Rodriguez - brought Mother and the nuns to the Sanctuary of the Divine Infant Jesus to attend Mass.  After Mass, Father Juan Pablo took them into a small Shrine which housed the miraculous statue of the Child Jesus. Mother Angelica stood praying at the side of the statue when suddenly the miraculous image came alive and turned towards her.  Then the Child Jesus spoke with the voice of a young boy:  “Build Me a Temple and I will help those who help you.” 

Thus began a great adventure that would eventually result in the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, a Temple dedicated to the Divine Child Jesus, a place of refuge for all. Use this link to read a remarkable story about The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Father Reardon, Editor of The Catholic Bulletin for 14 years Lover of the poor; “A very Holy Man of God.”
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America's First Basilica Largest Nave in the World
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Brief History of our Beloved Holy Priest Here and his published books of Catholic History in North America
Reardon, J.M. Archbishop Ireland; Prelate, Patriot, Publicist, 1838-1918.
A Memoir (St. Paul; 1919); George Anthony Belcourt Pioneer Catholic Missionary of the Northwest 1803-1874 (1955);
The Catholic Church IN THE DIOCESE OF ST. PAUL from earliest origin to centennial achievement 1362-1950 (1952);
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Apostle statues Replicas of those in St John Lateran--Christendom's earliest Basilica.
Ordered by Rome's first Christian Emperor, Constantine the Great, Popes' cathedral and official residence first millennium of Christian history.
The only replicas ever made:  in order from west to east {1932}.
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As we watch the spectacle of the world seeming to self-destruct before our eyes, we can’t help but be saddened and even frightened by so much evil run rampant. Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Somalia, North Korea—It is all a disaster of epic proportions displayed in living color on our television screens.  These are not ordinary times and this is not business as usual. We are at a crossroads in human history and the time for Catholics and all Christians to act is now. All evil can ultimately be traced to its origin, which is moral evil. All of the political action, peace talks, international peacekeeping forces, etc. will avail nothing if the underlying sickness is not addressed. This is sin. One person at a time hearts and minds must be moved from evil to good, from lies to truth, from violence to peace.
Islam, an Arabic word that has often been defined as “to make peace,” seems like a living contradiction today. Although it is supposed to be a religion of peace, Islam has been hijacked by Satan and now operates in the dark space of international terrorism.  As we celebrate the birthday of Our Lady, I am proposing that each one of us pray the Rosary for peace. Prayer is what must precede all other activity if that activity is to have any chance of success. Pray for peace, pray the Rosary every day without fail.  There is a great love for Mary among Muslim people. It is not a coincidence that a little village named Fatima is where God chose to have His Mother appear in the twentieth century. Our Lady’s name appears no less than thirty times in the Koran. No other woman’s name is mentioned, not even that of Mohammed’s daughter, Fatima. In the Koran Our Lady is described as “Virgin, ever Virgin.”
Archbishop Fulton Sheen prophetically spoke of the resurgence of Islam in our day. He said it would be through the Blessed Virgin Mary that Islam would be converted. We must pray for this to happen quickly if we are to avert a horrible time of suffering for this poor, sinful world. Turn to our Mother in this time of great peril. Pray the Rosary every day. Then, and only then will there be peace, when the hearts and minds of men are changed from the inside.
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Father John Corapi is what has commonly been called a late vocation. In other words, he came to the priesthood other than a young man. He was 44 years old when he was ordained. From small town boy to the Vietnam era US Army, from successful businessman in Las Vegas and Hollywood to drug addicted and homeless, to religious life and ordination to the priesthood by Pope John Paul II, to a life as a preacher of the Gospel who has reached millions with the simple message that God's Name is Mercy!

Father Corapi's academic credentials are quite extensive. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Pace University in the seventies. Then as an older man returned to the university classrooms in preparation for his life as a priest and preacher. He received all of his academic credentials for the Church with honors: a Masters degree in Sacred Scripture from Holy Apostles Seminary and Bachelor, Licentiate, and Doctorate degrees in dogmatic theology from the University of Navarre in Spain.

Since his ordination to the priesthood in 1991 Fr. Corapi has traveled over 2,000,000 miles preaching the Gospel. He has preached in 49 of the 50 states, all of the Canadian provinces except NewFoundland, and several other foreign countries. He is currently engaged in preaching and teaching the Catholic faith by way of the means of social communication: television, radio, the internet, and various other multi-media formats.
In this four part series Father John Corapi goes to the heart of the contemporary world's many woes and wars, whether the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia, or the Congo, or the natural disasters that seem to be increasing every year, the moral and spiritual war is at the basis of everything. “Our battle is not against human forces,” St. Paul asserts, “but against principalities and powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness...” (Ephesians 6:12). 
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61 St. Barnabas A Jew, born in Cyprus and named Joseph, he sold his property, gave the proceeds to the Apostles, who gave him the name Barnabas, and lived in common with the earliest converts to Christianity in Jerusalem.
The Bollandists in the Acta Sanctorum, June, vol. ii, have gathered up all the references to St Barnabas which were available at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Not much has been added to our knowledge since them, except perhaps what is due to a fuller acquaint­ance with early apocryphal literature. The text there printed of the so-called Acts of Barnabas has been critically edited from better manuscripts by Max Bonnet (1903) in continuation of R. H. Lipsius’s Acta Apostolorum Apocrypha. This document purports to be the work of John Mark, but it was actually written at the end of the fifth century. It is a history of the whole career of St Barnabas, describing his martyrdom in Cyprus and the miracles wrought afterwards at his tomb. A very much earlier apocryphal document is the so-called Epistle of Barnabas, which dates from the first half of the second century, probably after A.D. 135. For many centuries no one doubted that it was really the composition of St Barnabas. It was even reckoned by some of the early fathers as forming part of the canon of Holy Scripture; and those who rejected it and called it “spurious”, only meant that it was not to be received as the inspired word of God. They did not doubt that St Barnabas wrote it. At the present day, however, it is generally recognized that it can have had no connection with him: it probably was the composition of a Jewish Christian of Alexandria.
No serious argument can be urged for the belief that St Barnabas became the first bishop of Milan; see on this, Duchesne in Mélanges G. B. de Rossi (1892), pp. 41—71, and also Savio, Gli antichi vescovi d’Italia ; Milano, vol. i. The latter gives good reason for thinking that the claim of Milan to have had Barnabas for its first bishop originated in a fabrication by Landulf in the eleventh century. There is also a work, at one time current among the Mohammedans, under the name of the Gospel of Barnabas; on this see W. Axon, in Journal of Theological Studies, April, 1902, pp. 441—451.

He persuaded the community there to accept Paul as a disciple, was sent to Antioch, Syria, to look into the community there, and brought Paul there from Tarsus. With Paul he brought Antioch's donation to the Jerusalem community during a famine, and returned to Antioch with John Mark, his cousin. The three went on a missionary journey to Cyprus, Perga (when John Mark went to Jerusalem), and Antioch in Pisidia, where they were so violently opposed by the Jews that they decided to preach to the pagans. Then they went on to Iconium and Lystra in Lycaonia, where they were first acclaimed gods and then stoned out of the city, and then returned to Antioch in Syria. When a dispute arose regarding the observance of the Jewish rites, Paul and Barnabas went to Jerusalem, where, at a council, it was decided that pagans did not have to be circumcised to be baptized. On their return to Antioch, Barnabas wanted to take John Mark on another visitation to the cities where they had preached, but Paul objected because of John Mark's desertion of them in Perga. Paul and Barnabas parted, and Barnabas returned to Cyprus with Mark; nothing further is heard of him, though it is believed his rift with Paul was ultimately healed. Tradition has Barnabas preaching in Alexandria and Rome, the founder of the Cypriote Church, and has him stoned to death at Salamis about the year 61.
Alle Kirchen: 11. Juni
Holy Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy was born on the island of Cyprus into the family of the tribe of Levi, and he was named Joseph. He received his education at Jerusalem, being raised with his friend and fellow student Saul (the future Apostle Paul) under the renowned teacher of the Law, Gamaliel. Joseph was pious, he frequented the Temple, he strictly observed the fasts and avoided youthful distractions. During this time period our Lord Jesus Christ began His public ministry. Seeing the Lord and hearing His Divine Words, Joseph believed in Him as the Messiah. Filled with ardent love for the Savior, he followed Him. The Lord chose him to be one of His Seventy Apostles. The other Apostles called him Barnabas, which means "son of consolation." After the Ascension of the Lord to Heaven, Barnabas sold land belonging to him near Jerusalem and he brought the money to the feet of the Apostles, leaving nothing for himself (Acts 4:36-37).

When Saul arrived in Jerusalem after his conversion and sought to join the followers of Christ, everyone there was afraid of him since he had persecuted the Church only a short while before. Barnabas, however, came with him to the Apostles and reported how the Lord had appeared to Saul on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:26-28).
Saint Barnabas went to Antioch to encourage the believers, "Having come and having seen the grace of God, he rejoiced and he urged all to cleave to the Lord with sincerity of heart" (Acts 11:23). Then he went to Tarsus, and brought the Apostle Paul to Antioch, where for about a year they taught the people. It was here that the disciples first began to be called Christians (Acts 11:26). With the onset of famine, and taking along generous alms, Paul and Barnabas returned to Jerusalem. When King Herod killed St James the son of Zebedee, and had the Apostle Peter put under guard in prison to please the Jews, Sts Barnabas and Paul and Peter were led out of the prison by an angel of the Lord.
They hid out at the house of Barnabas' aunt Maria.

Later, when the persecution quieted down, they returned to Antioch, taking with them Maria's son John, surnamed Mark.
Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the prophets and teachers there imposed hands upon Barnabas and Paul, and sent them off to do the work to which the Lord had called them (Acts 13:2-3).
Arriving in Seleucia, they sailed off to Cyprus and in the city of Salamis they preached the Word of God in the Jewish synagogues.

On Paphos they came across a sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, who was close with the proconsul Sergius. Wishing to hear the Word of God, the proconsul invited the saints to come to him. The sorcerer attempted to sway the proconsul from the Faith, but the Apostle Paul denounced the sorcerer, who through his words suddenly fell blind. The proconsul believed in Christ (Acts 13:6-12).

From Paphos Barnabas and Paul set sail for Pergamum of Pamphylia, and then they preached to the Jews and the Gentiles at Pisidia, Antioch and throughout all that region. The Jews rioted and expelled Paul and Barnabas. The saints arrived in Iconium, but learning that the Jews wanted to stone them, they withdrew to Lystra and Derben. There the Apostle Paul healed a man, crippled in the legs from birth. The people assumed them to be the gods Zeus and Hermes and wanted to offer them sacrifice. The saints just barely persuaded them not to do this (Acts 14:8-18).

When the question arose whether those converted from the Gentiles should accept circumcision, Barnabas and Paul went to Jerusalem. There they were warmly received by the Apostles and elders. The preachers related "what God had wrought with them and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles" (Acts 14:27).

After long deliberations the Apostles collectively resolved not to impose any sort of burden upon Gentile Christians except what was necessary: to refrain from the pollutions of idols, from fornication, from things strangled, and from blood (Acts 15:19-20). Letters were sent with Barnabas and Paul, and they again preached at Antioch, and after a certain while they decided to visit the other cities where they had visited earlier. St Barnabas wanted to take Mark along with him, but St Paul did not want to, since earlier he had left them. A quarrel arose, and they separated. Paul took Silas with him and went to Syria and Cilicia, while Barnabas took Mark with him to Cyprus (Acts 15:36-41).
Having multiplied the number of believers, St Barnabas traveled to Rome, where he was perhaps the first to preach Christ.

St Barnabas founded the episcopal see at Mediolanum (now Milan), and upon his return to Cyprus he continued to preach about Christ the Savior. Then the enraged Jews incited the pagans against Barnabas, and they led him out beyond the city and stoned him, and then built a fire to burn the body. Later on, having come upon this spot, Mark took up the unharmed body of St Barnabas and buried it in a cave, placing upon the saint's bosom, in accord with his final wishes, the Gospel of Matthew which he had copied in his own hand.
St Barnabas died in about the year 62, at age seventy-six. In time, the burial spot was forgotten, but numerous signs took place at this spot. In the year 448, during the time of the emperor Zeno, St Barnabas appeared three times in a dream to Archbishop Anthimus of Cyprus and indicated the place where his relics were buried. Starting to dig at the indicated spot, Christians found the incorrupt body of the saint, and upon his chest was the Holy Gospel.

It was during this time that the Church of Cyprus began to be regarded as Apostolic in origin, and received the right of choosing its head. Thus St Barnabas defended Cyprus against the pretensions of the opponent of the Fourth Ecumenical Council, the heretic surnamed Knapheios, who had usurped the patriarchal throne at Antioch and tried to gain dominion over the Church of Cyprus.

The apochryphal Epistle of Barnabas was long attributed to him, but modern scholarship now attributes it to a Christian in Alexandria between the years 70 and 100; the Gospel of Barnabas is probably by an Italian Christian who became a Mohammedan; and the Acts of Barnabas once attributed to John Mark are now known to have been written in the fifth century.
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1st V. St Barnabas, Apostle
Although St Barnabas was not one of the twelve chosen by our Lord, yet he is styled an apostle by the early fathers and by St Luke himself on account of the special commission he received from the Holy Ghost and the great part he took in apostolic work. He was a Jew of the tribe of Levi, but was born in Cyprus; his name was originally Joseph, but the apostles changed it to Barnabas—which word St Luke interprets as meaning “man of encouragement “. The first mention we find of him in the Holy Scriptures is in the fourth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, where it is stated that the primitive converts at Jerusalem lived in common and that as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and laid the proceeds at the feet of the apostles for distribution. St Barnabas’s sale of his estate is singled out for mention on this occasion. When St Paul came to Jerusalem three years after his conversion the faithful were suspicious of the genuineness of this conversion, and avoided him. Barnabas it was who then “took him by the hand” and vouched for him among the other apostles.
Some time later, certain disciples having preached the Gospel with success at Antioch, it was thought desirable that someone should be sent by the Church in Jerusalem to guide and confirm the neophytes. The man selected was St Barnabas—“ a good man, full of the Holy Ghost and of faith,” as we read in the Acts of the Apostles. Upon his arrival he rejoiced exceedingly at the progress the Gospel had made and by his preaching added greatly to the number of converts. Finding himself in need of an able assistant he went to Tarsus to enlist the co-operation of St Paul, who accompanied him back and spent a whole year at Antioch. Their labours were crowned with success, and it was in that same city and at this period that the name Christians was first given to the followers of our Lord.
A little later the flourishing church of Antioch raised money for the relief of the poor brethren in Judaea during a famine. This they sent to the heads of the church of Jerusalem by the hands of Paul and Barnabas, who returned accompanied by John Mark. Antioch was by this time well supplied with teachers and prophets, amongst whom were Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, and Herod’s foster-brother Manahen. As they were worshipping God, the Holy Ghost said to them by some of these prophets, “Separate me Paul and Barnabas for the work whereunto I have taken them”. Accordingly, after all had fasted and prayed, Paul and Barnabas received their commission by the laying on of hands and set forth on their first missionary journey. Taking with them John Mark, they went first to Seleucia and then to Salamis in Cyprus. After they had preached Christ there in the synagogues they proceeded to Paphos, where they converted Sergius Paulus, the Roman proconsul. Embarking again at Paphos, they sailed to Perga in Pamphylia. At this stage John Mark left them to return by himself to Jerusalem. Paul and Barnabas then travelled north to Antioch in Pisidia; they addressed themselves first to the Jews, but finding them bitterly hostile they now openly declared that henceforth they would preach the Gospel to the Gentiles.
At Iconium, the capital of Lycaonia, they narrowly escaped stoning at the hands of the mob whom the rulers had stirred up against them. A miraculous cure wrought by St Paul upon a cripple at Lystra led the pagan inhabitants to conclude that the gods were come amongst them. They hailed St Paul as Hermes or Mercury because he was the chief speaker, and St Barnabas as Zeus or Jupiter— perhaps because of a handsome appearance—and were with difficulty restrained from offering sacrifices to them. But, with the proverbial fickleness of the mob, they soon rushed to the other extreme and stoned St Paul, severely wounding him. After a stay at Derbe, where they made many converts, the two apostles retraced their steps, passing through the cities they had previously visited in order to confirm the converts and to ordain presbyters. Their first missionary journey thus completed, they returned to Antioch in Syria well satisfied with the result of their efforts.
Shortly afterwards a dispute arose in the church of Antioch with regard to the observance of Jewish rites, some of the Jewish Christians maintaining in opposition to the opinion of St Paul and St Barnabas that pagans entering the Church must be circumcised as well as baptized. This led to the calling of a council at Jerusalem, and in the presence of this assembly St Paul and St Barnabas gave a full account of their labours among the Gentiles and received approbation of their mission. The council, moreover, emphatically declared that Gentile converts were exempt from the obligation to be circumcised. Nevertheless, there continued to be such a marked division between Jewish and Gentile converts that St Peter, when on a visit to Antioch, refrained from eating with the Gentiles out of deference for the susceptibilities of the Jews—an example which St Barnabas followed. St Paul upbraided them both,, and his expostulations carried the day. Another difference, however, arose between him and St Barnabas on the eve of their departure on a visitation to the churches they had founded, for St Barnabas wished to take John Mark, and St Paul demurred in view of the young man’s previous defection. The contention between them became so sharp that they separated, St Paul proceeding on his projected tour with Silas, whilst St Barnabas sailed to Cyprus with John Mark. Here the Acts leave him without further mention. It seems clear, from the allusion to Barnabas in i Corinthians ix, 5 and 6 that he was living and working in A.D. 56 or 57, but St Paul’s subsequent invitation to John Mark to join him when he was a prisoner in Rome leads us to infer that by A.D. 60 or 61 St Barnabas must have been dead: he is said to have been stoned to death at Salamis. Other traditions represent him as having preached in Alexandria and Rome, and as having been the first bishop of Milan. Tertullian attributes to him the authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews, whilst other writers—not less erroneously—believe him to have been the writer of the Alexandrian work known as the Epistle of Barnabas. Actually nothing is known of him beyond what is to be found in the New Testament.
 June 11, 2010 St. Barnabas 
Barnabas, a Jew of Cyprus, comes as close as anyone outside the Twelve to being a full-fledged apostle. He was closely associated with St. Paul (he introduced Paul to Peter and the other apostles) and served as a kind of mediator between the former persecutor and the still suspicious Jewish Christians.
When a Christian community developed at Antioch, Barnabas was sent as the official representative of the Church of Jerusalem to incorporate them into the fold. He and Paul instructed in Antioch for a year, after which they took relief contributions to Jerusalem.
Later, Paul and Barnabas, now clearly seen as charismatic leaders, were sent by Antioch officials to preach to the Gentiles. Enormous success crowned their efforts. After a miracle at Lystra, the people wanted to offer sacrifice to them as gods—Barnabas being Zeus, and Paul, Hermes—but the two said, “We are of the same nature as you, human beings. We proclaim to you good news that you should tu rn from these idols to the living God” (see Acts 14:8-18).

But all was not peaceful. They were expelled from one town, they had to go to Jerusalem to clear up the ever-recurring controversy about circumcision and even the best of friends can have differences. When Paul wanted to revisit the places they had evangelized, Barnabas wanted to take along John Mark, his cousin, author of the Gospel, but Paul insisted that, since Mark had deserted them once, he was not fit to take along now. The disagreement that followed was so sharp that Barnabas and Paul separated, Barnabas taking Mark to Cyprus, Paul taking Silas to Syria. Later, they were reconciled—Paul, Barnabas and Mark.
When Paul stood up to Peter for not eating with Gentiles for fear of his Jewish friends, we learn that “even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy” (see Galatians 2:1-13).
Comment:    Barnabas is spoken of simply as one who dedicated his life to the Lord. He was a man "filled with the Holy Spirit and faith. Thereby large numbers were added to the Lord." Even when he and Paul were expelled from Antioch in Pisidia, they were "filled with joy and the Holy Spirit."
Bartholomew The Holy Apostle was born at Cana of Galilee and was one of the Twelve Apostles of Christ. After the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, it fell by lot to the holy Apostles Bartholomew and Philip (November 14) to preach the Gospel in Syria and Asia Minor.   Sts John Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria, Epiphanius of Cyprus and certain other teachers of the Church regard the Apostle Bartholomew as being the same person as Nathanael (John 1:45-51, 21:2).
In their preaching they wandered through various cities, and then met up again. Accompanying the holy Apostle Philip was his sister, holy virgin St Mariamnne.

Traversing the cities of Syria and Myzia, they underwent much hardship and tribulations, they were stoned and they were locked up in prison. In one of the villages they met up with the Apostle John the Theologian, and together they set off to Phrygia. In the city of Hieropolis by the power of their prayers they destroyed an enormous viper, which the pagans worshipped as a god.
The holy Apostles Bartholomew and Philip with his sister confirmed their preaching with many miracles.

At Hieropolis there lived a man by the name of Stachys, who had been blind for 40 years. When he received healing, he then believed in Christ and was baptized. News of this spread throughout the city, and a multitude of the people thronged to the house where the apostles were staying. The sick and those beset by demons were released from their infirmities, and many were baptized. The city prefect gave orders to arrest the preachers and throw them in prison, and to burn down the house of Stachys.  At the trial pagan priests came forth with the complaint that the strangers were turning people away from the worship of the ancestral gods.

Thinking that perhaps some sort of magic power was hidden away in the clothes of the apostles, the prefect gave orders to strip them. But St Mariamne became like a fiery torch before their eyes, and none dared touch her. They sentenced the saints to death. The Apostle Philip was crucified upside down. Suddenly there was an earthquake, and a fissure in the earth swallowed up the prefect of the city, together with the pagan priests and many of the people. Others took fright and rushed to take down the apostles from the crosses. Since the Apostle Bartholomew had not been suspended very high, they soon managed to take him down. The Apostle Philip, however, had died. After making Stachys Bishop of Hieropolis, the Apostle Bartholomew and St Mariamne left the city and moved on.
Preaching the Word of God, Mariamne arrived in Lykaonia, where she peacefully died (February 17).
The Apostle Bartholomew went to India, where he translated the Gospel of Matthew into their language, and he converted many pagans to Christ.
He also visited Greater Armenia (the country between the River Kura and the upper stretches of the Tigrus and Euphrates Rivers), where he worked many miracles and healed the daughter of King Polymios from the demons afflicting her.
In gratitude, the king sent gifts to the apostle, who refused to accept them, saying that he sought only the salvation of the souls of mankind.

Then Polymios together with his wife, daughter, and many of those close to them accepted Baptism. And people from more than ten cities of Greater Armenia followed their example. But through the intrigues of the pagan priests, the Apostle Bartholomew was seized by the king's brother Astiagus in the city of Alban (now the city of Baku), and crucified upside down. But even from the cross he did not cease to proclaim the good news about Christ the Savior. Finally, on orders from Astiagus, they flayed the skin from the Apostle Bartholomew and cut off his head. Believers placed his relics in a leaden coffin and buried him.

In about the year 508 the holy relics of the Apostle Bartholomew were transferred to Mesopotamia, to the city of Dara. When the Persians seized the city in 574, Christians took the relics of the Apostle Bartholomew with them when they fled to the shores of the Black Sea. But since the enemy overtook them there, they were compelled to leave the coffin behind, and the pagans threw it into the sea. By the power of God the coffin miraculously arrived on the island of Lipari. In the ninth century, after the taking of the island by the Arabs, the holy relics were transferred to the Neapolitan city of Beneventum in Italy, and in the tenth century part of the relics were transferred to Rome.

The holy Apostle Bartholomew is mentioned in the Life of St Joseph the Hymnographer (April 4). Having received from a certain man part of the relics of the Apostle Bartholomew, St Joseph conveyed them to his own monastery near Constantinople, and he built a church in the name of the Apostle Bartholomew, placing in it a portion of the relics.
St Joseph ardently desired to compose hymns of praise in honor of the saint, and he fervently besought God to grant him the ability to do so.
On the Feast day in memory of the Apostle Bartholomew, St Joseph saw him at the altar. He beckoned to Joseph and took the holy Gospel from the altar table and pressed it to his bosom with the words, "May the Lord bless you, and may your song delight the whole world." And from that time St Joseph began to write hymns and canons to adorn not only the Feast day of the Apostle Bartholomew, but also the Feast days of many other saints, composing about 300 canons in all
296? Saints Felix and Fortunatus, brothers At Aquileia, the martyrdom of.  In the persecution of Diocletian and Maximian, they were placed on the rack, and had flaming torches held against their sides.  These were extinguished by the power of God, and boiling oil was poured over them.  As they persevered in confessing Christ, they were beheaded.
Aquiléjæ pássio sanctórum Felícis et Fortunáti fratrum, qui, in persecutióne Diocletiáni et Maximiáni, equúleo suspénsi, atque, ardéntibus lampádibus circa eórum látera appósitis et mox divína virtúte exstínctis, per ventrem fervénti óleo sunt perfúsi; et ad últimum, cum in Christi confessióne persísterent, gloriósi certáminis cursum, obtruncáti cápite, implevérunt.
    At Aquileia, the martyrdom of the Saints Felix and Fortunatus, brothers.  In the persecution of Diocletian and Maximian, they were placed on the rack, and had flaming torches held against their sides.  These were extinguished by the power of God, and boiling oil was poured over them.  As they persevered in confessing Christ, they were beheaded.
 Salmánticæ, in Hispánia, item natális sancti Joánnis a sancto Facúndo, ex Eremitárum sancti Augustíni Ordine, Confessóris; qui fídei zelo, sanctimónia vitæ ac miráculis cláruit.  Ipsíus autem festívitas sequénti die celebrátur.
Aquiléjæ pássio sanctórum Felícis et Fortunáti fratrum, qui, in persecutióne Diocletiáni et Maximiáni, equúleo suspénsi, atque, ardéntibus lampádibus circa eórum látera appósitis et mox divína virtúte exstínctis, per ventrem fervénti óleo sunt perfúsi; et ad últimum, cum in Christi confessióne persísterent, gloriósi certáminis cursum, obtruncáti cápite, implevérunt.

 296 Ss. Felix And Fortunatus, Martyrs
The Roman Martyrology on this day commemorates the martyrs Felix and For­tunatus in these terms: “At Aquileia the passion of SS. Felix and Fortunatus, brothers, who were racked in the persecution of Diocletian and Maximian. Lighted torches were applied to their sides, but by the power of God they were extinguished: boiling oil was poured into them, and since they persisted in confessing Christ, they were at last beheaded.” On April 23 the same calendar does honour to the martyrs Felix, Fortunatus and Achilleus, but the time, place and manner of suffering there indicated are widely different from what we read here. That the Fortunatus now in question was an authentic martyr can hardly be doubted. Not only is he quite clearly located at Aquileia in the Hieronymianum, but the poet Venantius For­tunatus (c. 590) refers to both martyrs in some verses of his in these terms
Felicem meritis Vicetia laeta refundit
Et Fortunatum fert Aquileia suum.

Further, at Vicetia (Vicenza) an ancient inscription has been discovered with the words: “Beati martyres Felix et Fortunatus”. According to their “acts” both brothers were natives of Vicenza, but they suffered at Aquileia. The Christians of Aquileia recovered their bodies and buried them honourably, but their brethren of Vicenza came over to claim them, and to settle the dispute a compromise was arrived at by which the relics of Fortunatus remained at Aquileia, while those of Felix were transferred to their native town.

The short passio will be found in the Acta Sanctorum, June, vol. ii. The difficulties caused by the various entries in the Hieronymianum are discussed by Delehaye in his com­mentary, and also in his Origines du Culte des Martyrs, pp. 331—332. See also Quentin, Martyrologes historiques, pp. 532—533 and 335.
St. John of St, Facundus At Salamanca in Spain, , a confessor of the Order of the Hermits of St. Augustine, renowned for his zeal for the faith, for holiness of life, and for miracles.  His feast is celebrated on the day following.
Salmánticæ, in Hispánia, item natális sancti Joánnis a sancto Facúndo, ex Eremitárum sancti Augustíni Ordine, Confessóris; qui fídei zelo, sanctimónia vitæ ac miráculis cláruit.  Ipsíus autem festívitas sequénti die celebrátur.
    At Salamanca in Spain, St. John of St. Facundus, a confessor of the Order of the Hermits of St. Augustine, renowned for his zeal for the faith, for holiness of life, and for miracles.  His feast is celebrated on the day following.
7th v. St. Blitharius  Companion of St. Fursey native of Scotland, went with St. Fursey to France to undertake missions and evangelization
He is venerated in Champagne, and is sometimes called Blier.  
Bremæ natális sancti Rembérti, Hamburgénsis ac Breménsis Epíscopi.
St. Rembert, bishop of Hamburg and Bremen At Bremen, the birthday of .
St. Tochmura Irish virgin venerated in the diocese of Kilmore, Ireland, and is considered a special patron of women in labor.
8th v. St. Herebald Hermit of Brittany, France, where his name is honored by a church. Also called Herband, he was a native of Britain.
Martyrdom of St. Shenousi (Sanusi) from Balkim a young man, tended the sheep; gave his food to the young shepherds, and spend his day fasting. He visited the sick and those who were in prison; the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a vision and told him, "Rise up, and go before the governor and confess your God to receive the crown of martyrdom."
When he woke up from his sleep, he told that to his mother. She was sorry and wept for she was unable to prevent him. He had heard about a righteous holy woman, in the city of Shoubra, whose name was Mariam. She received the poor and the sojourners and did many good deeds. He went to her, and both agreed on receiving the crown of martyrdom. They went to Arsanos, the governor, who was residing in a ship anchored on the bank of the river Nile. They cried out before him saying, "We are Christians." He ordered that they be tortured. While they were torturing them, St. Mariam delivered up her soul in the hand of the Lord. The Lord Christ comforted and strengthened St. Sanusi. When the Governor failed to change his conviction, he sent him with many others to the Governor of Ansena (Antinoe), who tortured him severely. Then, he brought a sorcerer from Akhmeem, who gave the Saint a drink mixed with poison. The Saint having made over it the sign of the Cross, drank it, and no harm came to him. When the governor was tired of torturing him, he ordered him put to death. They cut off his head with the sword.
The sorcerer believed when he saw that, so they cut off his head also. Both received the crown of martyrdom.   May their prayers be with us. Amen.
Martyrdom of Saints Anba Amoun and the Righteous Sophia  Martyrdom of John of Herakleia Departure of St. Aba-Hour.
Martyrdom of Saint Anba Amoun and the Righteous Sophia. On this day also, Saint Anba Amoun and St. Sophia were martyred.  May their prayers be with us. Amen.
Martyrdom of John of Herakleia.  This day also, marks the martyrdom of St. John of Herakleia.  May his prayer be with us. Amen.
Departure of St. Aba-Hour.   Today also, marks the departure of the Saint Aba-Hour in the mount of El-Amoud in the East.   May his prayer be with us. Amen.
1158 Blessed Hugh of Marchiennes educated at Rheims, became a Benedictine at Saint Martin's in Tournai, and, in 1148, was named abbot of Marchiennes, OSB Abbot (PC)
Born in Tournai, France; died at Marchiennes in Gascony in 1158. Blessed Hugh was educated at Rheims, became a Benedictine at Saint Martin's in Tournai, and, in 1148, was named abbot of Marchiennes (Benedictines).
1242 St. Peter Rodriguez and Companions group of seven Spanish martyrs members of the Knights of Santiago of Portugal put to death by the Moors
While blessed, their cult has not been approved
Blessed Peter Rodriguez, Damian Vaz, & Companions MM (PC). The group included seven Portuguese knights of Santiago, whose leader was Blessed Peter Rodriguez. They were murdered by the Moors at Tavira, Algarbes, Portugal, during an armistice (Benedictines).
1267 St. Parisius beloved Camaldolese spiritual director priest performing miracles and possessing the gift of prophecy
Tarvísii sancti Parísii, civis Bononiénsis, Confessóris et Mónachi, ex Ordine Camaldulénsi.
    At Treviso, St. Parisius, a citizen of Bologna, confessor and monk of the Camaldolese Order.

 1267 St Parisio
Bologna and Treviso both claim to have been the birthplace of St Parisio, and the Roman Martyrology assigns him to Bologna. The researches of the Bollandists, however, render it almost certain that he was a native of Treviso, where nearly the whole of his long life was spent. Parisio almost from infancy showed so evident a vocation for the religious life that he was allowed to receive the Camaldolese habit at the age of twelve. Young though he was, the lad immediately entered fully into this cloistered life, and soon became a model of fervour and of obedience to the rule. Having been ordained to the priesthood, he was appointed in 1190, at the age of thirty, to be spiritual director of the nuns of St Christina; this office he is said to have exercised, with wonderful fruit to the community, for seventy-seven years. The life of the saint seems to have been uneventful, and would probably have been forgotten had it not been for his prophecies and for the miracles which took place during his life and after his death. He appears to have survived to the age of one hundred and seven. His body was laid to rest in the church of the convent he had served so long, and his popular cultus began with his death; his penitent, Bishop Albert of Treviso, did much to foster devotion to him.
The Bollandists, writing in the year 1698, complained that they could obtain no satis­factory information from the Camaldolese authorities regarding this saint or concerning the processus which was said to have been drawn up for his beatification. They had to fall back upon the jejune account printed in the Historiae Camaldulenses (1575) of A. Florentinus. Not much more detail seems to be furnished by G. B. Mittarelli in his Memorie della Vita di San Parisio (1748).
Also called Parisio, a native of either Treviso or Bologna, Italy, he entered the Camaldolese at the age of twelve. Ordained a priest, he was appointed chaplain and spiritual director to the Camaldolese nuns of the St. Christina Convent at Treviso in 1191. He apparently held this post for seventy seven years, reportedly performing miracles and possessing the gift of prophecy. His body is enshrined in the cathedral of Treviso. 
Parisio (Parisius) of Treviso, OSB Cam. (RM) Born at Treviso in 1152; died there in 1267. At the age of 12, Parisio took the Camaldolese habit. In 1190, he was ordained a priest. That same year he was appointed chaplain and spiritual director to the Camaldolese nuns of Saint Christina outside the walls of Treviso. He held that office for 77 years. His body is enshrined in the cathedral of the city (Benedictines, Encyclopedia).
1320 Departure of Pope Yoannis the Eighth the last to reside in the church of Abu-Saifain in Cairo (80th Patriarch).
On this day also, of the year 1036 A.M. (May 29th, 1320 A.D.) Pope Yoannis the Eighth (80th Patriarch), departed. He was from Meniat Bani-Khosaim, and was known as El Mo'ataman Ebn El-Kedees, and his name was Yohanna Ben-Ebsal. He became a monk in the monastery of El-Shahran, and was ordained Patriarch on the 19th day of Amshir, 1016 A.M. (February 14th, 1300 A.D.).

During his days severe tribulations befell the Christians. They forced them to tinge their turbans with the color blue.
Churches were closed in old Cairo, Cairo, and then in different parts of the country except the monasteries in Alexandria, and some churches in other cities. An envoy from the king of Spain came to intercede on behalf of the Christians. Two churches were opened, one of them was the Coptic church of the Virgin Lady in Haret Zeewailah and the other was the Malachite church of St. Nicholas in Elhamzawe. He was a contemporary of the Saint Anba Barsouma known as El-Erian Ebn-Eltaban, who departed during his days. The Patriarch prayed over him on the 5th day of Nasi 1021 A.M.
This Patriarch was the last to reside in the church of Abu-Saifain in Cairo.

He was the first to relocate the patriarchal chair to the church of the Virgin Lady in Haret Zeewailah. He was residing there in the year 1303 A.D. when a severe earthquake took place that destroyed a large part of Syria and Egypt. Ebn-kabre indicated that this Patriarch had made some changes in the Liturgy. He departed after remaining on the chair for twenty years, three months, and fifteen days and was buried in the monastery of El-Shahran.  May his prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
1445 Saint Barnabas of Vetluga priest born in Great Ustiug wilderness people would visit "for a blessing," and he would predict to them that after his repose on the banks of the River Vetluga "God would multiply the human habitation, and upon the place of his dwelling monks would live."  At Red Hill the monks built two churches, one in honor of the Most Holy Trinity, and the other, over the grave of the monk, dedicated to St Nicholas the Wonderworker. They founded a cenobitic monastery, which received as its name "the Varnavinsk wilderness-monastery."
Before going off into the wilderness he was a priest in one of the city churches. In 1417 the monk settled at one of the banks of the River Vetluga at Red Hill, where he labored in solitude for 28 years, "toiling for God in psalmody and prayer, he subsisted on grass and acorns." In the words of the author of his Life, there came also to St Barnabas "wild animals, and many bears lived near his cell. He, however, walked among them, as though among cattle, watching after them and delighting with them; rejoicing in the great God that these beasts had become tame for him."

There was not a single human habitation in the area of Red Hill as far off as 50 versts. Occasionally wilderness people would visit "for a blessing," and he would predict to them that after his repose on the banks of the River Vetluga "God would multiply the human habitation, and upon the place of his dwelling monks would live."

According to Tradition, in 1439, before he settled at the River Unzha, St Macarius (July 25) came there for instruction and guidance. St Barnabas died in old age on June 11, 1445.
After the death of the ascetic, at the place of his efforts many monks came to dwell "from various lands" and "after them farmers" and "many people did spread all along this river all the way to the great River Volga." At Red Hill the monks built two churches, one in honor of the Most Holy Trinity, and the other, over the grave of the monk, dedicated to St Nicholas the Wonderworker. They founded a cenobitic monastery, which received as its name "the Varnavinsk wilderness-monastery."
The Life of Saint Barnabas was written in 1639 by a monk of the Varnavinsk monastery, "the most venerable hieromonk Joseph (Dyadkin), who later, in the imperial city of Moscow, was in charge of the directory of book printing." For the authentication and verification of the miracles, which occurred at the grave of the monk, in that same year of 1639 there was an uncovering of the holy relics under the direction of Patriarch Joasaph.
With the passing of time at the place of the Varnavinsk monastery there arose the district town Varnavin, and the chief church of the monastery became the cathedral church dedicated to the Holy Apostle Barnabas.

Romæ Translátio sancti Gregórii Nazianzéni, Epíscopi, Confessóris atque Ecclésiæ Doctóris; cujus sacrum corpus, e Constantinópoli ántea delátum ad Urbem, atque in Ecclésia sanctæ Dei Genitrícis ad Campum Mártium diu asservátum, Gregórius Décimus tértius, Póntifex Máximus, in Capéllum, a se in Basílica sancti Petri magnificentíssime exornátum, summa celebritáte tránstulit, ac postrídie digno honóre sub altári cóndidit.
St. Gregory Nazianzen the translation of At Rome, whose revered body was brought from Constantinople to Rome, and kept for a long time in the Church of the Mother of God.  It was then transferred with great solemnity by Pope Gregory XIII to a chapel of the basilica of St. Peter, magnificently decorated by His Holiness, and the next day placed with due honour beneath the altar.
1572 Saint Ephraim of Novy Torg Transfer of the Relics of (+ January 28, 1053) took place in the year 1572 under Archbishop Leonid of Novgorod. The Feast day was established under Metropolitan Daniel of Moscow (1584-1587)
1882 St. Paula Frasinetti Foundress began the Congregation of St. Dorothy her brother was a parish priest in the city, and she assisted him by teaching poor children in their parish.
Also known as Paola Frassinetti. She was born in 1809 a tGenoa.

1882 Bd Paula Frassinetti, Virgin, Foundress of The Sisters of St Dorothy

After the French Revolution and the flood of impiety it had let loose over Europe, the need of Christian education became everywhere more clearly understood by those who had the cause of God at heart. We find then a considerable number of religious institutes devoted to this work growing up everywhere during the first half of the nineteenth century, many of them being founded by earnest and saintly souls who seem to have been divinely guided in their efforts to meet a most crying need. Such a valiant woman was Paula Frassinetti, the sister of a priest well known as the author of a number of devotional books and himself a very ardent apostolic worker. Paula was born at Genoa on March 3, 1809. Her health in early life was very frail and in the hope that a change of air would prove beneficial, she joined her brother who was then parish priest of Quinto.
There she undertook to instruct poor children and in a short time it was apparent that she had found her true vocation. She felt inspired to gather others round her and to found an institute which should be devoted entirely to such work. She had many difficulties to encounter, complete lack of resources being not the least of the obstacles in her path. But her tact, self-sacrifice and ardent devotion—she often spent the best part of the night in prayer—triumphed in the end. The Sisters of St Dorothy—for this was the name by which the congregation was known—spread and multiplied not only in many parts of Italy, but also beyond seas in Portugal and in Brazil. The institute was formally approved by the Holy See in 7863. Bd Paula was credited with a wonderful insight into character and with a knowledge of the secrets of hearts. After a series of strokes and worn out with incessant labours, she died very peacefully in the Lord on June 11, 1882.
  See the decree of beatification in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis, vol. xxii (1930), pp. 316—319, and also the Analecta Ecclesiastica for 1907. There is an Italian life, by A. Capecelatro (1901), and one in English by J. Unfreville, published in U.S.A. c. 1944, called A Foundress in the Nineteenth Century.
Her brother was a parish priest in the city, and she assisted him by teaching poor children in their parish. From this humble beginning in 1834 began the Congregation of St. Dorothy, which soon spread across Italy and then to the Americas. Beatified in 1930, she was canonized in 1984.
Blessed Paula Frassinetti, Foundress (AC) Born in Genoa, Italy, 1809; died in 1882; beatified in 1930. Paula lived with her brother who was a parish priest at Quinto near Genoa. There she began to teach the children of the poor, which was the beginning of the Congregation of Saint Dorothy. The congregation has flourished throughout Italy and in the New World (Benedictines, Encyclopedia).
Metrophanes_Chi_Sung_and_martyrs_of_the_Boxer_Rising
Hieromartyr Metrophanes (Chi Sung), first Chinese priest and the martyrs of the Boxer Rising in China