Απολυτίκιο του Αγ. Ιεροθέου – 04 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ
TROPARUL ŞI VIAŢA SF. IEROTEI
4 octombrie
Pomenirea celui dintru sfinţi părintelui nostru, Ierotei, episcopul Atenei.
Acesta a fost, împreună cu Dionisie Areopagitul, unul din cei nouă sfetnici ce erau la Areopag. Deci fiind învăţat ale credinţei de către Sfântul Apostol Pavel, a fost hirotonit episcop al Atenei. Acesta a învăţat pe marele Dionisie credinţa în Hristos, şi a fost şi începător al cântărilor la Adormirea şi la îngroparea Preasfintei Născătoarei de Dumnezeu, în adunarea Sfinţilor Apostoli. El era cu totul înstrăinat şi depărtat cu sufletul de cele pământeşti, şi arătat către toţi la care se vedea şi se auzea, că este cuprins de dumnezeire, şi de Dumnezeu lăudător. Deci, vieţuind, bine plăcut înaintea lui Dumnezeu şi veselind pe Dumnezeu cu faptele sale bune, către Domnul s-a mutat.
Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱερόθεος ἦταν πλατωνικὸς φιλόσοφος καὶ ἕνας ἀπὸ τὰ ἐννέα μέλῃ τοῦ Συμβουλίου τῆς Γερουσίας τοῦ Ἀρείου Πάγου.
Ἀφοῦ δέχθηκε καὶ διδάχθηκε τὴν πίστη τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀπὸ τὸν Ἀπόστολο Παῦλο, χειροτονήθηκε πρῶτος ἐπίσκοπος Ἀθηνῶν τὸ 152 μ.Χ.
Μαθητὴς τοῦ ὑπῆρξε ὁ Ἅγιος Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης, ὁ ὁποῖος στὰ συγγράμματά του πλέκει ἐγκώμια γιὰ τὸν δάσκαλό του.
Ἐκοιμήθη ἐν εἰρήνῃ σὲ βαθιὰ γεράματα, μετὰ ἀπὸ πολύχρονη ποιμαντικὴ καὶ συγγραφικὴ δραστηριότητα.
Ἡ τίμια κάρα του φυλάσσεται στὸ ὁμώνυμο μοναστῆρι στὰ Μέγαρα Ἀττικῆς. Ἐπίσης λείψανά του σῴζονται στὸ Ἅγιον Ὄρος (Ἱ. Μ. Ἄγ. Παύλου) καθὼς καὶ στὸ παρεκκλήσιο τοῦ Ἄγίου Ἀνδρέα (Ἀρχιεπισκοπὴ Ἀθηνῶν).
Ἀπολυτίκιον. Ἦχος δ’. Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε.
Τοῦ Παύλου ἡλίευσαι, ταῖς θεηγόροις πλοκαῖς, καὶ ὅλος γεγένησαι, ἱερωμένος Θεῷ, σοφὲ Ἱερόθεε· σὺ γὰρ φιλοσοφίας, ταῖς ἀκτῖσιν ἐκλάμπων, ὤφθης θεολογίας, ἀκριβοῦς ὑποφήτης· δι’ ἧς μυσταγωγούμεθα, Πάτερ τὰ κρείττονα.
Κοντάκιον. Ἦχος πλ. δ’. Τῇ ὑπερμάχῳ.
Τὸν Ἱεράρχην Ἀθηνῶν ἀνευφημοῦμέν σε
Ὡς μυηθέντες διὰ σοῦ ξέvα καὶ ἄρρητα,
Ἀνεδείχθης γὰρ θεόληπτος ὑμvολόγος.
Ἀλλὰ πρέσβευε παμμάκαρ Ἱερόθεε
Ἐκ παντοίων συμπτωμάτων ἡμᾶς ῥύεσθαι,
Ἵνα κράζωμεν, χαίροις Πάτερ θεόσοφε.
Μεγαλυνάριον.
Ἱερογνωσίᾳ καταλαμφθείς, ἱερολογίας, μυστοδότης θεαρχικῆς, ὤφθης τοῖς ἐν κόσμῳ, ὡς Ἀποστόλων σύμπνους· διό σε Ἱερόθεε μεγαλύνομεν.
The Hieromartyr Hierotheus, the first Bishop of Athens, was a member of the Athenian Areopagos and was converted to Christ by the Apostle Paul together with St Dionysius the Areopagite (October 3).
The saint was consecrated by the Apostle Paul to the rank of bishop. According to Tradition, Bishop Hierotheus was present with St Dionysius at the funeral of the Most Holy Theotokos.
St Hierotheus died a martyr’s death in the first century.