Απολυτίκιο του Αγ. Μύρωνος – 17 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ
TROPARUL ŞI VIAŢA SF. MC. MIRON
17 august
Pomenirea Sfântului Sfintitului Mucenic Miron.
Acest sfânt a trait în zilele împaratului Deciu (249-251) si ale lui Antipatru domnul Ahaiei. El era cu vrednicia preot bisericii, cu buna întelegere, bogat si de neam cinstit, iubit fiind si de Dumnezeu si de oameni. În ziua Nasterii lui Hristos intrând Antipatru în biserica, sa prinda pe crestini ca sa-i chinuiasca, Sfântul Miron umplându-se de râvna dumnezeiasca, l-a înfruntat. Drept aceea a fost mult chinuit si silit ca sa aduca jertfa la idoli. Dar el a refuzat; atunci i-au scos fâsii de piele de la umeri pâna la picioare, dintre care el luând una, a azvârlit-o în obrazul lui Antipatru. Dupa aceasta a fost supus sfântul la felurite chinuri. Iar apoi a fost dus de acolo la Cizic, si acolo, prin sabie, i s-a taiat capul, si asa si-a primit cununa muceniciei.
Viata sfântului mucenic Miron, dupa Sinaxarul parintelui Macarie de la Manastirea Simonos-Petras (Muntele Athos).
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μύρων μαρτύρησε ὅταν αὐτοκράτωρ ἦταν ὁ Δέκιος, τὸ 250 μ.Χ. Καταγόμενος ἀπὸ πλούσια οἰκογένεια, θὰ μποροῦσε νὰ ζήσει ἄνετα, μὲ ὅλα τὰ ἐπίγεια ἀγαθὰ ποὺ θὰ ἐπιθυμοῦσε. Ὅμως ἡ μεγάλη του ἀγάπη πρὸς τὸ Χριστό, ἔκανε τὸ Μύρωνα νὰ χειροτονηθεῖ ἱερέας. Ἀφιερώθηκε, λοιπόν, ὁλοκληρωτικὰ στὸ ποιμαντικό του καθῆκον καὶ δίδασκε, νουθετοῦσε καὶ βοηθοῦσε τὸ κάθε ἕνα μέλος τοῦ ποιμνίου του. Μεριμνοῦσε καθημερινὰ γιὰ τοὺς φτωχούς, τὶς χῆρες καὶ τὰ ὀρφανά.
Κάποτε, ὁ ἔπαρχος Ἀχαΐας Ἀντίπατρος πῆγε στὸν τόπο ὅπου λειτουργοῦσε ὁ Μύρων καὶ συνέλαβε πολλοὺς χριστιανούς. Γιὰ νὰ ἐκβιάσει λοιπὸν τὸν Μύρωνα νὰ ἀλλαξοπιστήσει, ἔφερε μπροστὰ του τὸ ποίμνιό του καὶ τοῦ εἶπε ὅτι, ἂν αὐτὸς ἀρνηθεῖ τὸ Χριστό, θὰ τοὺς ἀφήσει ὅλους ἐλεύθερους. Ὁ Μύρων μειδίασε καὶ ἀπάντησε: «Ἂν ἦταν γιὰ τὴ σωτηρία τῶν πνευματικῶν μου παιδιῶν, πρόθυμα θὰ ἔδινα τὴν ζωή μου. Τώρα ὅμως δὲν πρόκειται γι’ αὐτό. Ἃς δώσουν λοιπὸν οἱ ἴδιοι ἀπάντηση».
Τότε ὅλοι μαζὶ φώναξαν: «Ὄχι. Μιὰ ἀνθρώπινη ψυχὴ εἶναι ἀσύγκριτα πολυτιμότερη ἀπὸ μύρια σώματα καὶ ἀπὸ τὸν κόσμο ὅλο. Ποιὸς λοιπὸν ἀπό μᾶς θέλει νὰ δεχθεῖ, ὥστε νὰ χάσει τὴν ψυχὴ του ὁ πνευματικός μας πατέρας, γιὰ νὰ ζήσουν λίγο περισσότερο στὸν πρόσκαιρο αὐτὸ κόσμο οἱ δικές μας σάρκες;». Ὁ ἔπαρχος, ἐξοργισμένος ἀπὸ τὴν ἀπάντηση, ἀφοῦ βασάνισε μὲ φρικτὸ τρόπο τὸ Μύρωνα, τελικὰ τὸν ἀποκεφάλισε.
Ἀπολυτίκιο. Ἦχος δ’. Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε.
Ὡς θεῖον ἀλάβαστρον, τῶν ἱερῶν ἀρετῶν, πιστῶς ἱεράτευσας, τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ Χριστοῦ, καὶ χαίρων ἐνήθλησας· ὅθεν τῇ εὐωδίᾳ, τῶν ἐν σοὶ χαρισμάτων, Μύρων Ἱερομάρτυς, τῶν παθῶν τὸ δυσῶδες, ἀπέλασον ἀνενδότως, ἐκ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν.
Κοντάκιον. Ἦχος β’. Τοῖς τῶν αἱμάτων σου.
Ἱερωσύνης τὸ χρῖσμα δεξάμενος, μαρτυρικῶς ἐν Χριστῷ ἠνδραγάθησας· καὶ νῦν ἐν τοῖς μύροις τῶν πόνων σου, Ἱερομάρτυς εὐφραίνεις τοὺς κράζοντας· Σὺ ὤφθης τοῦ Λόγου ὀσφράδιον.
Μεγαλυνάριον.
Χαίροις ἱερέων ὑπογραμμός, καὶ τῶν Ἀθλοφόρων, δι’ ἀθλήσεως κοινωνός· χαίροις Ἀχαΐας, ὁ καρποφόρος φοῖνιξ, καὶ τῆς Κυζίκου δόξα, Μύρων μακάριε.
The Holy Martyr Myron was a presbyter in Achaia (Greece), and lived during the third century. He suffered in the year 250 under the emperor Decius (249-251). The presbyter was gentle and kind to people, but he was also courageous in the defense of his spiritual children.
On the Feast of the Nativity of Christ, he was celebrating the Divine Liturgy. The local governor Antipater came into the church with soldiers so as to arrest those praying there and to subject them to torture. St Myron began to plead for his flock, accusing the governor of cruelty, and for this the saint was delivered over to be tortured.
They took St Myron and struck his body with iron rods. They then threw the presbyter into a red-hot oven, but the Lord preserved the martyr, but about 150 men standing nearby were scorched by the fire. The governor then began to insist that the martyr worship idols. St Myron firmly refused to do this, so Antipater ordered the leather thongs to be cut from his skin. St Myron took one of the leather thongs and threw it in the face of his tormentor.
Falling into a rage, Antipater gave orders to strike St Myron all over his stripped body, and then to give the martyr to wild beasts to be eaten. The beasts would not touch him, however. Seeing himself defeated, Antipater in his blind rage committed suicide. They then took St Myron to the city of Cyzicus, where he was beheaded by the sword.