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St. Clement of Rome (Feast Day - November 24)

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Clement is cast into the depths like an anchor,

And is present with Christ, the anchor of the eschaton.

 

Hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome (+ 101)

The Martyrdom and Relics of St. Clement of Rome

 

Saint Clement of Rome: the Great Apostolic Father

 

November: Day 24: Teaching 2: Holy Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Rome

 

Saint Clement of Rome in the Hymnography of the Orthodox Church 

Saint Clement of Rome in the Hymnography of the Orthodox Church

 

By Fr. George Dorbarakis

The blessed and wise Clement was a Roman, descended from a royal lineage, the son of Faustus and Matthidia, and he acquired all the education of Greek knowledge. When he was once saved in a paradoxical way from a shipwreck and happened to meet the foremost of the Apostles, Peter, he was catechized by him in the true faith of Christ. He became a preacher of the gospel and wrote down the Constitutions of the Apostles, at which time he was made Bishop of Rome. However, he was arrested by Domitian and tortured. And because he did not obey his orders, he was exiled to a deserted city, near Kherson. From there again, after they tied an iron anchor to his neck, they threw him into the bottom of the sea and thus came his end.

The God of miraculous things, however, glorifying His own servant even after death, performed a great and enormous supernatural miracle. That is, from the time he was thrown into the sea, the water of the sea receded three miles every year on his commemoration day and became dry land, which welcomed those who went there for seven days, at the specific point where he was cast. This miracle created joy in those who hoped in the Lord. Once, when the sea receded again and the people entered the revealed dry land, it happened that a little child was abandoned in that place, as his parents forgot him. As soon as they realized it, the waters of the sea had returned to their place, so they raised lamentations and wailing throughout the city. The following year, when the wave had subsided again, the parents went and found their child healthy, sitting by the larnax of the Saint. When they asked what and how it had happened, they learned from their child that he was being fed by the Saint who was there, who also protected him from the harm of the fish. Full of joy, they took their child, thanked the Saint in the appropriate way and departed for their home, praising God for this miracle of His.

January: Day 23: Teaching 1: Holy Hieromartyr Clement of Ancyra

January: Day 23: Teaching 1:
Holy Hieromartyr Clement of Ancyra
 
(The Inconsistency of the Objections of Those Who Dissuade Themselves From Performing Deeds of Spiritual Mercy)

By Archpriest Grigory Dyachenko

I. Saint Clement, now being glorified, began to reveal the high qualities of his soul even in childhood. During the famine, when many pagans, having no food, abandoned their children in the streets and left by themselves, Saint Clement gathered them into his mother's house and fed them. Soon the house was filled with pagan boys, whom Clement took under his care. He cared not only for their bodies, but also for their souls: he taught them the Christian faith and tried to have them baptized.

II. When you give a coin or a piece of bread to a beggar, do not forget, brethren, that every Christian has a holy duty to help not only the body, but also the soul of his neighbor; among them there are many beggars with knowledge of God. At every convenient opportunity, tell the beggar what you know about God and His holy law - and you will act as Saint Clement did.

November: Day 24: Teaching 2: Holy Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Rome

November: Day 24:* Teaching 2:
Holy Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Rome
 
(It Is Not Chance, But God’s Providence That Governs Human Life)

By Archpriest Grigory Dyachenko

I. Now the Holy Church commemorates the Holy Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Rome. Saint Clement lived in the first century of Christianity. His father, Faustinianus, and his mother, Matthidia, were pagans and, in addition to Clement, had older sons, Faustinus and Faustus. At first, this family lived in complete peace and happiness; but then the malice of one man upset everything. Faustinianus's own brother settled in his house and began to seek the love of Matthidia. The latter did not want to reveal to her husband the immorality of his brother, so as not to be the cause of discord between them, but decided to leave Rome. She referred to a dream she allegedly saw, which commanded her to leave; Faustinianus, seeing her persistent desire, agreed to leave, but on the condition that Matthidia take her older sons with her and go to Athens, where the sons could receive an education in the schools there.