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الرسالة: [QUOTE="karas karas, post: 3863416, member: 135263"] [LEFT][IMG alt="the Life and Martyrdom of Saint Irene the great martyr from original manuscripts full text online "]https://i.ibb.co/xtTs4NJ3/118442358-1498148070386908-1057382843901903111-n.jpg[/IMG] [IMG alt="the Life and Martyrdom of Saint Irene the great martyr from original manuscripts full text online "]https://i.ibb.co/4RCTcPmr/69747389-1198204740381244-807690255237906432-n.jpg[/IMG] [IMG alt="the Life and Martyrdom of Saint Irene the great martyr from original manuscripts full text online "]https://i.ibb.co/Rp5SkN1w/a4d75127215f52c18ccd5844527298c4-XL.jpg[/IMG] her holy relics orthodox church celebrate her feast on 5 may while coptic church celebrate her feast on 27 august [URL='https://www.mediafire.com/file/cnmksp5w6n35i51/Irene-martyr-of-the-fourth-century+1.pdf/file']for download pdf version of this text click here[/URL] the text: part one In the reign of Licinius, king of the city of Magedo, an only daughter was born to him, and he called her name Penelope. And when she was six years old her father and mother consulted as to how they should shut her up, and in what place there should be a retreat where she might learn letters, until she should come to full stature and arrive at a marriageable age, so that the wedding feast might take place when she should emerge from the retreat. And they proposed to build a castle outside of the city and to surround it with a strong wall; and that Apellianus, her secretary, should mount with ropes by means of the contrivances of an engine of the artificers to her own high window in the castle; and whilst he sat outside there were curtains hung between him and the maiden, [and] he was to teach her letters. Licinius the king agreed on these things with his wife. And they began at once to the work, and he commanded and the artificers came, and he set the men to work immediately. And he appointed three hundred overseers who made the slaves and the builders work and five thousand skillful carpenters to prepare wooden instruments, and two thousand stone cutters, men who were to cut stones from the mountain, and three thousand carts which were to carry the stones. For the king was eager and hurried the workmen to finish the castle in nine months. But when they had begun the work, the building progressed chiefly through the insistence of the king who was beside them. And when the castle was completed, with its ornamentation, and its beauty, and everything suitable to it, the king desired to have a dedication festival for it; and he sent and invited five neighbour kings, and they came at the appointed time with their armies, and with a great endless crowd accompanying them. And when the king saw the great crowd, he commanded that five thousand oxen should be slaughtered, and ten thousand sheep; and these kings and their armies enjoyed themselves for thirty days; and at the end of three days every man departed to his home. And the kings and their armies went one by one to his city. But afterwards the king called for his daughter and said to her, affectionately, “ My daughter, I have built a castle for thee, adorned with all beautiful things; elegant in its loveliness, very wonderful in its aspect, glorious in its appearance, firm in its foundations, and strong in its walls, and superb in its apartments, loftier than all work, an astonishment to its beholders; wonderful in its construction, impregnable and invincible to men, that cannot be overthrown by giants. Now therefore, my beloved daughter, I wish to shut thee up there in that castle for a fixed term of years, until thou shalt come to full stature, and arrive at thy wedding day. Do not murmur then, my daughter, and let there be no anxiety in thy heart, and let not fear dwell in thy mind For, I have commanded that ninetyeight gods shall mount thither with thee and take care of thee. For I will set up seven gods in each chamber of the castle, that the evil one and his power may not rule there, nor trouble thy childhood. Be not therefore anxious, for, lo! I have made everything that is beautiful for thy comfort: my beloved daughter.” But when the king’s daughter heard these things from her father, she lifted up her voice with weeping, and said to her father with bitter tears, “Thou art shutting me up alive, my father, within the gates of Hades, whence I shall never go out; and I shall never again hear the sweet voice of my mother nor of other women. I shall not see the sun nor the moon, nor shall I contemplate the brilliancy of heaven, nor the stars. My eye shall not delight in the birds of the air, I shall not distinguish between day and night in my prison-house whilst I am in it. I shall raise my [voice] to heaven. Never again shall I walk on the earth, I shall not even need a shoe, except for ornament. Forasmuch as I cannot take a walk, what can it profit me? Affliction and anxiety come upon me from all sides. My father! I shall never again see children like myself, of my own age. Henceforth I renounce all created things. Forasmuch as I shall suffer in Hades and in the grave, whence I shall never go out, truly my beloved parents will weep for me with sobs and even with lamentations,” And when she had said these things there was great weeping and much mourning in the house of the king. And also the faces of all his servants wore a look of sadness. But when the queen, the mother of the girl, saw her daughter, and heard these words from her, she rose in haste and went hurriedly to the girl, and threw her arms round her neck, and embraced her weeping. And she said to the king with anxious tears, and with bitterness of heart, I shall not leave my daughter. I will go to the grave with her and be imprisoned in Hades. I will die with her, and I will live with her. And it came to pass, on a certain day in the palace of her father, that at the turn of the day the king dismissed all those who were coming in and going out from his presence; and he led his daughter and went to the castle which he had built; he and his daughter and a great crowd of the magnates of the city with him. And he took his daughter up to that castle and her thirteen handmaidens with her for her honour and for service. And he took up a throne and her chairs, and a dining-table and a candlestick; and all the vessels for her service with her; and her ornaments, and her trinkets, and her crowns, all of gold, and emeralds, and pearls; eleven changes of raiment of all colours; of linen, and silk, and purple. And afterwards the king and the queen kissed the girl and went out. And they left her in peace, they and the magnates of the city, whilst the slaves and the handmaidens were weeping like people who are mourning and grieving for a dead person at the grave. Then the king commanded and they shut the outer doors of the castle and he sealed them with his signet ring, and he commanded that they were not to be opened until the time arrived for his daughter to be betrothed to a husband. But the king had made the castle as a pavilion because he feared lest the sun should look upon the girl’s beauty and blacken her colour with its heat when he had shut the doors and sealed them he entered the city, and set guards over the castle outside its walls, one thousand five hundred men, that they might keep watch continually by day and by night. But during all the days of her imprisonment Apellianus her secretary came to teach her letters. And the guards drew him up with the ropes of the machine to the highest window of the castle. And he sat outside and taught her letters, never seeing her face. But the girl, the daughter of the king, meditated in the castle when she was six years old, and she was there six years and three months, and at the end of this period the king’s daughter saw as in a dream that the window on the east side of the castle was opened, and she saw that a dove entered from it carrying an olive leaf in its mouth, and it set it on the table in front of her bed and went out. And afterwards she saw again an eagle entering by the same window and carrying in its mouth a wreath adorned with all flowers, and it also set it on that table and went out. And she again saw a raven carrying a wriggling serpent, and it set it upon the table and went out. And she saw these things and called out for her [confidante] and they took refuge with each other out of fright. But on the morning of the day her secretary came as usual to teach her letters. And she related to him all the signs and wonders which she had seen. Her teacher said to her, “Do the objects which the birds of heaven laid upon the table remain there until now? But she said to him, “ No, we saw them only in the vision; and they were taken away immediately from before my eyes.” And the teacher was filled with the inspiration of the Spirit, and he said to her: “Hearken, O daughter of the king! The dove which thou hast seen is the doctrine of the teaching of the Wisdom of God: and the olive-leaf is the grace of the Christ, and it announces the opening of the baptismal font. And the eagle is a great and powerful king, and the wreath which it carried in its mouth, adorned with all flowers, is the vocation which hath called thee to the espousals of the Heavenly Bridegroom, and the perfection which is completed by faith. And the raven is Satan the weak and crafty one, [who is] also the tempter of the righteous; and the serpent which he carried in his mouth is affliction and anxiety, misery and tumult, and persecutions. Therefore hearken, oh queen and daughter of the king to what I tell thee. Thou art called to the city of the great and Heavenly King; and thou shalt be hidden under the shadow of His wings. Thou shalt surely see much affliction upon earth. And thy father and thy mother shall deliver thee up to thine enemies; and thy father himself shall be a persecutor to thee; and shall meditate evil, and not good, against thee. But why do I talk much with thee? For, lo! a man of God shall be sent to thee, an angel of peace from the presence of the mighty King of Heaven, and he will teach thee all that is necessary to thee.” And when her secretary had said these things to her, he descended from her presence at the time when he was accustomed to do so. Now at the dawn of day the king said to the queen, “ The day has arrived for the wedding-feast of our daughter. Let us go and see her face; for the day of the marriage is come.” And the king and queen arose and went both of them to the castle; and the king called his daughter. And she stooped down; and he saw that her face was shining and lovely like the radiance of the sun. Then he was filled with a great joy and said to his daughter, “My daughter, the day of thy wedding has arrived. Tell me therefore, my daughter, that I may tell the time and the place to those who are entering and who are going out; and that I may appoint and make known the date of thy wedding-feast ; and that one of the sons of a king who shall please thee, and shall enliven thy soul, let him be thy betrothed.” His daughter said to him, “My father, have patience with me for a single week, and I will take counsel with my thoughts; and then after the lapse of a week I will tell thee.” And when the king had heard the speech of his daughter, he was persuaded by her, and said, “As thou wilt, my daughter, be it unto thee.” Then he left her and went into the town rejoicing and with exulting mind. Now after her father had left her and had gone into the city, she drew nigh arid spoke to the gods the idols those which had been set up there beside her. And she curtsied before them, and said to them, u If ye be gods, hearken to my voice, [regarding] what I say to you. Give me back an answer and teach me the true thing that will help. My father will constrain me to be given to an husband. But I have accustomed myself to the solitude of widowhood, and to the humility of sterility, and to the desolateness of orphanhood. Verily the wedding-feast of the world leadeth away from the truth and it is an obstacle in the presence of the Lord.” She said again to the idols, “If ye be gods, tell me beforehand. Shall I be given to a husband, or no?’ And she saw that there was no voice, nor any one that listened, nor any who gave her an answer. And she turned herself to the eastern window and she looked at the sky, and she prayed and said, “ Lord of the heaven and of the earth, and of the seas, and of all that creepeth in them, if Thou art God the Almighty, Jesus the Christ, the Son of the Living God, He whom the Galileans have preached, if it is proper for me to make a transitory wedding-feast for myself, and to be given to a mortal man, and a bride- groom who will perish; show me plainly Thy divinity.” And when she had said this she sang praises to God. On that night she lifted up her eyes, and saw the angel of the God standing beside her, clothed in white. And when she saw him, she was sore afraid, and her mind was perturbed. And when the angel saw that she was afraid, he said to her: “Peace be unto thee, fear not, for behold! thou hast found mercy and grace before God. And I have been sent to thee to show thee and to teach thee the things to come. And henceforth thy name shall no more be called Penelope, but Irene, which, being interpreted, is Peace. And thou shalt be a strong tower against all the tricks of the crafty one; and many men shall find a refuge with thee, and shall repent and believe in God for thy sake; a thousand three hundred and thirty thousand people, men, women and children. And everything that Apellianus thy teacher has said to thee he said well, about those birds which thou hast seen, and what they carried and laid upon thy table. He spoke justly, for the Holy Spirit spake by him and prophesied, and that man is not far from the kingdom of God. For a man of God shall come to thee from Paul the Apostle, a skilful doctor of the church of God. And he shall have a letter on (his person) and he will read it in thy presence, and will teach thee the faith and the religion of God; and he will baptize thee in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Surely an angel of God will accompany him, and will break down the castle, and he will enter thy presence and baptize thee in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. And after thy baptism power and strength will be given to thee, with fortitude and the wisdom of God. And thou shalt have purity from guilt, with the remission of sins.” And the angel went up from her to heaven. And afterwards the blessed lamb of the Christ remained rejoicing and exulting in her mind and praising God for all that she had heard from the angel. And she was looking for the arrival of Timothy that she might be baptized by him, and might receive the sign of the Christ. And on the following day there came to her the holy priest Timothy, accompanied by an angel of God, and said to her, “What is thy care, my daughter, [because of which] I am come to thee to-day?” And she said, “It is well that thou art come, my father and lord, for it is the time that my sins should be remitted, and my transgressions and faults should be blotted out by thy coming, in peace, and that I should obtain salvation in God.” And when the holy priest Timothy had heard these words he gave thanks, and blessed the oil and the water; and he baptized her in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost; her, and the thirteen handmaidens who were with her, whom her father had given to her for her service. And after she and her handmaidens had been baptized that holy priest taught them the faith and the fear of God. And the angel who was with him was taken away. And the blessed lamb of the Christ blessed and praised God without ceasing. And she turned to those senseless idols of the gods and said to them, “I entreated and besought you to tell me the truth, and ye did not tell me. Now therefore, if ye are gods, stand up for yourselves. For the gods who did not make the heaven and the earth shall perish from beneath the heaven.” And she obtained power and strength and heroism. And she lifted these idols with power, and flung them from the eastern window to the ground below, saying to them, “Stand up yourselves, if you can, and help yourselves by your own power, for ye were not able to do anything to help me.” But they were greatly smashed by [their] fall from the great height, and they were ground to pieces like salt, and became as dust. But when the appointed period of seven days had come to an end the king Licinius went to the castle to see his daughter. And he called her and said to her, “My daughter, behold the appointed period of seven days is finished, as thou didst say, according to thy wish, and what dost thou say?” Then all the great men who were with him said to him, “O king, mayst thou live for ever! Let thy majesty command and bring down the maiden from the castle, and bring her into the city, and there will we delight ourselves with her beauty; and she shall be in the palace of the king.” Then when she had heard [it], she said, “ After I have entered the palace of the Heavenly King and have dwelt in it; and have delighted in the seal and in the espousals of Jesus the Christ, the Son of the Living God, shall I leave Him and enter a palace of human weeping and full of sin ? “ “ Be it far from thee,” said the nobles to her. “From what thou speakest perhaps thou art a Christian ? “ She said to them: “Now you certainly know that I am the handmaid of the Christ and the bride of Jesus. For behold all the week that I was baptized these were the days of my wedding-feast and of the joy of my nuptials. Oh! Do ye not see the destruction of your gods, and if they did not help themselves when they were hurled down from above, how can they help you? Truly ye cherish a vain and empty in them. For all the gold and silver that ye possess, which ought to be given to the orphans, and to the widows, and to the needy, and to the oppressed in spirit, ye have called for the goldsmiths, and have given it to them ; and by their skill they have made you artificial gods ; and ye have worshipped them, and have given to unsavoury demons and to dead idols the adoration which was due to God. They have eyes, but they see not; they have ears, but they hear not ; and there is no breath in their mouth. They that make them shall be like unto them, and every one that trusteth in them. Therefore ye are the oppressors of the orphans and of the widows, and spoilers of the poor and of the unfortunate; and the enemies of righteousness; and aliens from God; fornicators and adulterers; deceivers and deniers of God. Repent and turn to the living God. Knows ye the merciful God who is able to kill and to make alive; to bring [down] to Sheol and to bring up Turn ye to God, while there is room, before the day of doom cometh, and ye fall into the judgment of righteousness. Hearken to me, my own father, for my word is to thee I know what I say to thee. When thou didst begin to build this castle, thou didst build it with many people there was no end to them and by thy presence which was with them at every moment Thou didst finish it in nine months, with its ornaments and with all its decorations; and thou wert praised amongst men and lauded for thy work. But our adored God made the heaven and the earth and the seas, and all that moveth in them in six days; He made the sun and the moon and the stars, and to all of them He gave names. He created the mountains and the hills and the valleys and the plains. He created every tree whose seed is in itself on the earth. And on the completion of these things He formed man in His own image and in His likeness; and clothed him with brightness and made him lord and ruler over all the brutes and the beasts, and the creeping things and the flying things, and subjected all these creatures to Him; and He created them all by His word ; and that was our Lord Jesus the Christ ; He whom the Jews have crucified; He who has been persecuted by the unjust people, and He was taken, and was scourged, and was crowned with a crown of thorns, and was crucified, and He tasted the vinegar and the gall on the cross ; which sweetened our bitterness ; He died and was buried ; and in three days He rose by the Divine power which dwelt in Him. And He was exalted and taken up to Heaven to His Father. And He sat down on the right hand of Him who sent Him. And the cherubim bear His throne, and the seraphim stand before Him, and He is worshipped by the hosts of Heaven. He it was who in six days created and made everything by His word. This light hath dawned on the earth, and those who are sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death have seen His light. And the truth ran upon the earth; the sick were healed; the afflicted were comforted; even the diseased were cured; the lepers were cleansed; the demons were cast out; the palsied were made whole; the [eyes of the] blind were opened; and the dead were raised up: and souls were saved and the lost were found; and the erring turned back; and the sinners repented; and the righteous rejoiced; and debts were prolonged; transgressions were forgiven; the baptismal font was opened and many were baptized; the impure were made holy, and i the earth rejoiced ; Heaven exulted ; the hosts of heaven sang and shouted, saying, Glory be to God in the highest, and good will to all men ; by the will of the Living God.’ (Luke ii) Thou therefore, my father, hast been praised and glorified by men for a small and transitory work; and thou hast not thyself searched and wondered and confessed and glorified Him who in six days made all these things and created the creatures; nor our Lord Jesus the Christ, He who extended His grace upon the earth; and filled creation with His peace. And to the Living Spirit, who is the Holy Paraclete, who calleth all men to the kingdom of heaven. “ And when the blessed Irene had said these things to her father, Licinius returned her an answer, saying, “ I have had great patience with thy speech, my daughter, on account of thy sweet grace, because for years I have heard thy voice; and sweet to me is the sound of thy sentences. Therefore let us go into the city. And thou hast told me what thou desirest” Then the king and his nobles led the blessed Irene and went into the city. But the queen her mother followed after her daughter bent in person, and she lifted the dust from beneath the feet of her daughter. And she applied it to her eyes and on her body, saying, “May this dust from beneath the holy feet of my beloved daughter be to me rest and healing, and for the redemption of my life and for the remission of sins, and for the new eternal life.” And all the people who saw her, did likewise. And the king turned round, and saw [it], and commanded that no man should hinder them. And when the blessed one had entered the city the magnates and the patricians and the patrician ladies came out to meet her, and they did obeisance to her, because they saw that she was lovely. But the plebeians and the poor people could not see her because of the great crush ; for they were longing greatly to see her ; and were running to the high places and standing, and studying her beauty from thence. And everyone who saw her was filled with great joy, as if they had already beheld the face of an angel. And when she came to enter by the door of her father’s palace, a certain vicious demon met her, and said to her, “ What is there between me and thee, thou handmaiden of Jesus ? Get thee out of this city, for no Christian can dwell in it” But the blessed Irene said to that demon, “ Who art thou ? and what is thy name ? “ The demon said, “ Nargium is our name. And I guard this city, and many people are mine. I am the first charioteer of the gods; and I rejoice in quarrels, and exult in slaughter. And I excite disputes, and I rejoice in the shedding of blood. I supply the wizards, and enchain many by means of them. I am the father and the originator of all evils. I am the rock of adamant on which all the souls of the wicked shall be dashed Now I have made known to thee my power and my courage. Therefore get thee away from the city, lest thou be angry, and I go to thy father, and ruin thee also,” Irene answered, “ I say to thee, vile demon, and rabid imp, In the name of our Lord Jesus the Christ, it is not lawful for thee to be in this city, nor to ruin nor to hurt any one of its inhabitants. Therefore begone! lest I destroy thee in the name of Jesus.” But he, when he heard the glorious name of Jesus, fled in fear and trembling, and went out of the city astonished. And as he was going out, he approached the king and whispered in his ear, saying to him, “ If thou art mine, Licinius, be strong and of good courage; for thy daughter is mixed up with the error of the Christians’ And when he had said this, he went out of the city shaking and howling. And at the dawn of day the king called to the queen and said to her, “ What shall we do, for our daughter is mixed up with the error of the Christians ? “ The queen said, “Why dost thou think that our daughter is certainly in error? Be it far from her! let it not be! for our daughter has not erred and does not err.” The king said, “ She confesses the Christ and denies the gods, does she not surely err?” The queen said, “ But the gods who did not make the heaven and the earth, how are they gods? I also say let them perish from beneath the sky. I disown them and those who worship them. Peace be to our daughter, and glory be to the Christ, who hath called her to immortal life.” Then the king was terribly angry, and he commanded that they should put the queen out of the palace ; and that she should remain out of it But one of the maidens ran and told Irene, “Thy father hath chased thy mother away because of thee.” But when she heard it she said to the handmaiden, “ Fear not, for beside me my father has the strength of an ant” And the blessed one rose in haste, and went to the palace of her father, that she might enter his presence with all speed. But many of the magnates and of the king’s servants prevented her and tried to persuade her not to do so, for they said to her, “ Do not shew thyself today to thy father; because he is growling like a lion to destroy thee.” But when the blessed one heard it she laughed again and said: “As my Lord and my God Jesus liveth today and at this moment I will see him! “ Now when they heard a knock at the king’s door, they went in and made it known to the king, saying, “Thy daughter is standing without and desires to enter thy presence and see thee.” When the king had heard it, he commanded her to enter. And the holy Irene entered and stood before her father. And when he saw her, he bent his head down, and gazed on the ground in the anger of his mind. For he could not bear to look at her in the wrath of his heart. When Irene saw it, she said, “ Why art thou of sad countenance to-day, my father, and not as usual. Thou hast one only daughter ; and lo ! she is standing before thee. Whereabouts in the palace is the queen, my mother and mistress dwelling ? Is she well ? “ But he did not answer her a word. Irene said, “Whence hath this anxiety [come] to thee, my father? And I do not know my own parent by reason of his sad countenance.” And the king said, “ Would that I had not begotten thee, my daughter! then I would not have fallen into this anxiety on thy account I made a famous castle for thy sake; and I adorned it with all beautiful things; and I surrounded it with a strong wall; and I placed guards over it and I set up ninety-eight gods in it for thy glory and that they might protect thee. And I gave a table and a candelabrum and a throne and all the vessels for thy service of wrought gold, and crowns of emeralds and gold, also pearls. I made thy dresses of all colours, of fine linen and of silk, and of spun gold, and all of them were beautiful. And hast thou repaid me for them, my daughter ? “ Irene said, “But what evil have I done to thee, my father?” The king said, “ Is it a little thing to me, this anxiety and wrong which thou hast caused to me and hast repaid me [with] ? Thou hast confessed the Christ, and hast believed in Jesus, and hast denied the gods’ Irene said, “That is not a wrong to thee, my father, that I have believed in the Christ nor again is it an anxiety to thee that I confess Jesus. I am hurting thee in nothing. For I rely on the Lord Jesus that thou also wilt- soon confess and believe in the Christ And I know not why thou art anxious.” The king said: “ My beloved daughter Penelope, is it thy wish that I should not be anxious?” “Yes,” said Irene. “Sacrifice to the gods,” said the king. Irene said, “My father, do not twist thy tongue, nor call me Penelope; do not change my name, for it is not Penelope.” “ And what is thy name ?” said the king to her. Then she said : “ Irene is my name, for by that name my betrothed and my God called me when I was in that castle which thou didst build for me.” But when the king heard it he was extremely angry, and said, “ I renounce this child, artful for evil and not for good, and would that thou hadst never been ! Then the king commanded his magnates to take her away to the circus ; and to bind her with ropes and throw her down and cause chariots with horses to run over her ; that she might die by the trampling of horses and the wheels. And the servants of sin led her at once and bore her to the circus. And with weeping and bitter tears they brought her near the place in which there was to be an end to her life. And after these things the king arose and went out of the palace to go to the circus and see the death of his daughter. And one of the noble horses who were there who had been made chief of the stable, cut the ropes of his halter and destroyed the stall in which he was standing and ran straight on the king and bit him and he fell down and died. And it seized his right arm and carried it away from his shoulder, and he fell and died And it returned and stood in its stall where it had been standing. And suddenly there was much mourning and weeping in the king’s house. But as for that horse to it was given the speech of man, for the glory of God. And it spoke and said thus: “Blessed art thou, Irene, handmaid of God, and blessed art thou among women. Thou hast been delivered into the hands of the wicked upon the earth, and in heaven thine espousals and their adornment are prepared. Thou hast wept upon earth, and in paradise thou shalt be embraced by the sweetness of heaven. Here thou art afflicted, but thou shalt be made splendid beyond the splendour of light Thou art hated by many upon earth, but thou shalt stand and be glorified beside Jesus thy betrothed.[/LEFT] [/QUOTE]

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