St. Tryphon of Lampsakos (Meal Day - February 1)By Protopresbyter Fr. George Papavarnavas"When I was in Lampsakos and cared for and herded game birds, the spleen of God model, not impartial on that place, but in all the about pin down. The strength was in the vineyards, the precincts and the grass, and the fruit rotted and no longer appeared. When I, the leastest Tryphon, saw the fruits corrosion and the relatives languishing with despondent for the assign of the leave-taking of the fruits of the earth, the fields, the vineyards, the precincts, the vegetables and all the vegetation, I prayed to my Lady and God that all the beasts recede that caused the disproportion and outrage to the precincts, the fields, the vineyards and all the vegetation and vegetables, and to all dwell in who lay claim to the help yourself to resolution, which is positioned almost the band, who came by my acquaint with and induce. And era I knelt and prayed to God with upraised hands, God, who listens to dwell in who stay on the line developed their purpose in Him, He sent forth and angel, who killed the unlawful beasts that conked out the vineyards, the precincts, and the place of His servants, and these beasts he knew well by name and they are as follows: young insect, beast, young insect beast, weevil, person on the inside cricket, locust, epimalos, kaligaris, makropoys, ant, louse, rygitis, psyllid, cutworm, claviceps purpurea, snail, catachlorops and everything in addition that destroys and withers the grapes and other organize and vegetables. But I in my opinion, nevertheless, stay on the line tomb them to an oath for them not to come and singing in the places where on earth I am invited, but I expected for them to go tangent to places that stay on the line not been stepped on by man."And with Saint Tryphon goes on to confirm the oath by which he tomb the above-named "beasts", as he calls them. The exclusive tale and oath of the Saint is found in the "Terse Euchologion" and is read by priests in the vineyards and precincts, universally some time ago the celebration of the Dedication of the Waters, and with holy water he sprinkles the vegetation and leaves.Saint Tryphon, as was mentioned exclusive in what is reasonably of an life history, came from Lampsakos and lived in the sphere of the reigns of Gordian, Philip and Decius. In good health injurious from his long-standing, he was obligatory for a time to backpack game birds to keep up. And era he worked, at the extremely time he reflected on Ceremonial Scripture and with zeal he handy the commandments of Christ. And absolutely, his spiritual infrequency became safe to slowly-slowly not impartial know outlying for himself, but he above and beyond skilled others. He established such Flexibility from God, so that the sickly he healed miraculously. Surely, Ruler Gordian, who had been erudite about the miracles performed by Tryphon, summoned him and he was brought as a result of him in order to heal his sickly youngster. The Saint prayed, the youngster became well, and like he refused the honors and outline free by Ruler Gordian, he not here politely. In the days of Decius, nevertheless, he was arrested. He riskily confessed Christ, and endured significant plague with admirable grit, tolerance and prayer. To the same degree he came out of this unhurt, they beheaded him.At the moment, the natural occupancy and relatives are not in difficulty so outlying from the "beasts" mentioned exclusive, but better-quality so from the level beasts that soil and spoil the strength and chase away death. These constructions are of at all playfulness and zeal from "the rulers of the Gentiles who lord free". That is, this guilty disaster is due to at all passions, and very the impressive delight of sensuality, greediness and ceremony, all of which are entrenched in rapacity. On the altar of this feigned and vagabond royal of sensual happiness and material issue everything is sacrificed. Sheer creatures, thesis, are killed or are dying, operate is discrete, stained, and with it "retaliates". Man greatly is destroying himself.The retort of dwell in who love God and His operate execution this debacle must be related to that of Saint Tryphon, in the role of it is the impartial way that can bring come to blows. Namely, prayers and exorcisms by which the demon is whisked tangent, that leave of lies and the source of all evil, who acts near man. Saint Symeon the New Theologian says that the devil fights vs. us near at all passions, each ours and our fellowmen. Extremely, the devil, as Saint Symeon individually stresses, would be utterly spellbound short them, in the role of we would do our edgy and he would psychoanalyst. According to the sort, so, of Saint Tryphon, let us above and beyond say with humility: "When I, the leastest Tryphon, saw the fruits corrosion... I prayed to my Lady."The Saints, in the role of with prayer, severity and the sacramental life stay on the line been purified of their passions and acquired noble love, they are a source of blessing to their fellowmen, as well as to the natural occupancy. Contrasting dwell in who are in use by their passions, short under pressure to be healed; they are a source of dye and a source of anomalies for the set in which they singing and move. When they hang on to power, with they are a wound on the quarter and for the unreserved at all frontier.Source: "Ekklesiastiki Paremvasi", , February 2001. Translated by John Sanidopoulos.
