Synaxis Study Group: Ἅγιος Νικόλαος Καβάσιλας

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Ἅγιος Νικόλαος Καβάσιλας

Ἀπολυτίκιον
Ἦχος δ´. Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε.
Ὡς θεῖος διδάσκαλος, καὶ ὑποφήτης σοφός, δογμάτων τῆς πίστεως, καὶ ἀρετῶν ἱερῶν, Νικόλαε Ὅσιε, ἔλαμψας ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, διὰ βίου καὶ λόγου. Ὅθεν Θεσσαλονίκη, τῇ σῇ δόξῃ καυχάται, καὶ πόθῳ ἑορτάζει, τὴν πάνσεπτον μνήμην σου.

Κοντάκιον
Ἦχος β´. Τοῖς τῶν αἱμάτων σου.
Λόγῳ ἐνθέῳ ἀνύων τὸν βίον σου, περιφανὴς ἐν σοφίᾳ καὶ χάριτι, καὶ ἐν λόγου δυνάμει γενόμενος, τῆς εὐσεβείας διδάσκαλος πέφηνας· διὸ σὲ ὑμνοῦμεν Νικόλαε.

Κάθισμα
Ἦχος δ´. Ταχὺ προκατάλαβε.
Τοῦ κόσμου ὑπέρτερος, καίτοι ἐν κοσμῶ τελῶν, ἐδείχθης Νικόλαε, δι᾿ ἐγκρατείας πολλῆς, καὶ γνώμης στεῤῥότητι· ὅθεν σε μετὰ τέλος, ἡ οὐράνιος δόξα, δέδεκται θεοφόρε, ὡς θεράποντα θεῖον καὶ νῦν σὺν τοῖς Ἀγγέλοις, ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἱκέτευε.
Ὁ Οἶκος
Ἀπὸ νεότητος σοφέ, ἀνατεθεὶς Κυρίῳ, τῶν ἐνταλμάτων τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐν διανοίᾳ καθαρᾷ, ἐβάδισας τὰς τρίβους· καὶ τῆς σοφίας καταλαβὼν τὸ ἄκρον, πολὺς ἐν φρονήσει, καὶ μέγας ἐν γνώσει παντοδαπεῖ ἀνεδείχθης ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ· τῆς γὰρ σαρκὸς νεκρώσας τὸ φρόνημα, τῆς ζωηφόρου ἐνεργείας τοῦ Παρακλήτου τὰς διαδόσεις εἰσεδέξω, καὶ τῆς εὐσεβείας μυσταγωγεὶς τὴν λαμπρότητα, καὶ ἐναρέτου ζωῆς τὴν ἀκρίβειαν, καὶ τῶν θείων δογμάτων τὸ ἀπαραχάρακτον κῦρος, ὡς ἀληθείας ὑποφήτης θεόσοφος, καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ θεράπων γνήσιος· διὸ σὲ ὑμνοῦμεν Νικόλαε.

Μεγαλυνάριον
Λόγῳ καὶ σοφία πνευματικῇ, λαμπρῶς διαπρεπῶν, ὡς τῷ βίῳ διαπρεπής, διδάσκαλος θεῖος, τῆς Ἐκκλησίας ὤφθης, Νικόλαε παμμάκαρ, Ἀγγέλων σύσκηνε.

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Synaxis Manifesto

4 Pillars of Synaxis
1) We gather because the Spirit of God brings the Word of God to us.
2) We gather because we are authentically human when in relationship with each other.
3) We gather to discuss the words of the Holy Fathers and Mothers because our relationship with them transcends time, space, and death itself.
4) We gather to celebrate the greatest gift that God has given us- the Other: God, neighbor, and our ancestors.

4 Canons of Synaxis
1) Synaxis is for everyone.
2) Synaxis has the text as teacher and the group as moderator.
3) Synaxis reads texts that are Orthodox Christian Classics which are any text that is written by an Orthodox Christian and is both loved by the Church and doctrinally formative.
4) Synaxis is organized by its elder members whose sole responsibility is to arrange a convenient time and place and to select and distribute the readings.

4 Foundations of Synaxis
1) Works of the Apostolic Fathers and Apologists (Particularly St. Iraneaos’ Against Heresies for its dogmatic, anthropological, and soterlogical significance).
2) The Works of St. Athanasios (Particularly On the Incarnation and the Life of St. Antony).
3) The Works of the Cappadocians (Particularly the Orations of the Theologian which were considered by the Church as Second Scriptures, the Letters of St. Basil together with his defense of the Holy Spirit, and St. Gregory Nyssa’s Catechism).
4) St. Maximos the Confessor.

Thy Kingdom Come...

The Messiah, this King, this new David, Himself, the expected Royalty, came and founded His kingdom, the Church, inaugurating it on the day of Pentecost through the descent of the Holy Spirit… At that moment the Church was born, the new Israel of God, “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people”, a people dedicated to God. The event of Pentecost is not limited in time, however, but is an eschatological experience of the believer, daily living the life of Christ in the Church. So when we speak of the Church, we refer to an eschatological event, a permanent Pentecost.
-Archimandrite Aimilianos