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SUMMARY:Mor Barsawmo (+ 457)\, the chief among Mourners (Ris'ho Dabile)
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DESCRIPTION:The commemoration of St. Barsawmo according to the liturgical 
 calendar of the Syriac Orthodox Church. Mor Barsawmo is remembered in the 
 5th Dypthic as the 'Chief among Mourners' \n\nMor Barsaumo (Barsaumo is a 
 Syriac compound word from Bar– Son\, Saumo– Fast\, meaning ‘the son 
 of fast’) In his childhood he was tutored by Mor Abraham the Great\, the
  high mountain ascetic close to Samosata where he acquired piety & the fea
 r of God that led his way towards asceticism. After his teacher’s death 
 he decided to pay a walking visit to the holy land. He wore a sackcloth dr
 ess & walked towards Palestine empty handed. After a tough journey he arri
 ved to the holy land & received blessings. When he returned he went into s
 eclusion while feeding himself with the plants & fruits of the wilderness.
  \n\nThe villagers built him a monastery and was joined first by one then 
 by three people and as time passed the number increased. In a quiet summer
  evening he stood outside his cell\, lifted his eyes and saw the shining s
 tars in the sky as pearls over a black velvet. He was in awe and he murmur
 ed\, saying\, “the servant doesn’t dare to sit in the presence of his 
 master\, so how could I dare to sit in the presence of the Creator of heav
 en and earth . . ! From that time on he crucified himself in front of God.
  This is what his biographer and student Samuel wrote in praising him: (Ba
 rsaumo\, who stood trials and tribulations on the cross in front of his Lo
 rd for Fifty years. He looked like an iron pole never sleepy day and night
 \; his body was bent from dawn to dusk. His days are finished and his supp
 lications were sealed\, and when he finished his prayers he departed to hi
 s Lord).\n\nIn 449AD he was recalled by Emperor Flavius Theodosius II (10 
 April 401 – 28 July 450)\, to attend the second Ephesus Synod representi
 ng the heads of the holy monasteries. But he was a zealous Orthodoxy defen
 der & urging the faithful to hold tight to their Orthodox doctrine\, the f
 aith of the three holy Ecumenical Synods\, refusing the Chalcedon Synod & 
 its followers until he was arrested & brought to the capital city for tria
 l. The judge screamed in his face\, saying\, “Don’t you know that I ca
 n send you in exile to the land where there is no water?” The saint repl
 ied\, saying “The Lord of fountains will send me rain from heaven or spr
 ing forth from the earth\, so can you send me where there is no God?” Th
 e judge answered with pride\, saying\, “Yes I can.” The saint said\, 
 “There is no place where God doesn’t exist except on the throne that y
 ou are sitting on\, and the throne which your king Marcian sits on. If you
  send me into exile to these two places\, God will come there for my sake.
 ” The judge was so angry that he swore to cut him into pieces. Mor Barsa
 umo said to him\, “O\, you\, your father & master Theodosius & out of re
 spect he used to stand in my presence\, & yet you are trying & threatening
  me? Let me tell you that you shall not judge another case.” The judge l
 eft his seat trembling & he soon died. \n\nThe Chalcedon bishops wrote to 
 many churches excommunicating him but their letters were rejected. People 
 were enraged denouncing this excommunication & declaring their support to 
 Mor Barsaumo & his Orthodox doctrine. Seeing that their scheme failed\, th
 e Chalcedon bishops pressed king Marcianus to send a military force to arr
 est him. When the saint heard the news\, he said: “I have great hope in 
 Christ that Marcianus’ authority will not run over me because my death w
 ill take him out of the land of the living.”Indeed\, as soon as the soul
  of the Orthodox great ascetic departed to heavenly abodes on February 3\,
  457 AD\, Marcianus perished.\n\nFor full biography visit: http://soc-wus.
 org/2010%20News/242010141352.php\n\nOn MASOCNA calendar 
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