Today we celebrate the Holy New Martyr Luke of Mytilene. Saint Luke was born in Adrianople. At six years of age he lost his father, and his mother, unable to handle the difficulties in raising the small Luke, entrusted him to a merchant from Zagora of Peliou, who traveled with him to Russia and Constantinople. Thus Luke was able to visit far awat lands. At a young age, he fought with a Turkish boy, and because of this he was seized by the Turks and forced him to become a muslim. He fled from the house of the Turk where he was staying, and met with his adopted father, who sent him to Smyrna. There near a spiritual father he confessed his passion and with tears in his eyes, he was told to go to the Holy Mountain to flee from further dangers. In the Garden of the Panagia, he met righteous elders, such as Fr. Ananias of St. Anna and Elder Bessarion, who strengthened him in faith and love towards Christ, His desire to cleanse the weight of his sin of denying Christ, caused him to seek a way to leave the Holy Mountain [with the blessing and spiritual preparation of his spiritual father for martyrdom], which occurred when a friend of Elder Bessarion was preparing to leave Mount Athos and head to Tenedo and Mytilene. In Pamphila where the righteous Luke arrived, he came to know the priests at the church of St. Barbara, Frs. Gregory and Parthenios. After fervent supplications and meditation on the martyrdom of St. Theodore, who had been martyred seven years before in Mytilene, St. Luke appeared before Nazer the Aga of Mytilene, and with bravery of soul sought to bear witness as a Christian. He was imprisoned and martyred by hanging on March 23rd 1802. May he intercede for us always + Source: http://full-of-grace-and-truth.blogspot.com/2010/03/st-luke-new-righteous-martyr-of.html?m=1 (at Mitilini, Lesbos Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGzGdUjly7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Bologna: oggi la celebrazione del 33esimo anniversario dell'eccidio dei Carabinieri Mitilini, Moneta e Stefanini
Bologna: oggi la celebrazione del 33esimo anniversario dell'eccidio dei Carabinieri Mitilini, Moneta e Stefanini.
Bologna. Oggi 4 gennaio 2024 al quartiere "Pilastro", alla presenza delle massime autorità cittadine e dei Vertici dell'Arma dei Carabinieri, si è celebrato il 33° anniversario dell'eccidio dei tre Carabinieri, poco più che ventenni, barbaramente uccisi la sera del 4 gennaio 1991 dalla banda criminale più tristemente nota come della cd. "Uno bianca" e per questo estremo sacrificio insigniti della Medaglia d'Oro al Valor Civile. Quella drammatica notte il Car. Otello Stefanini, capo pattuglia effettivo alla Stazione Carabinieri Bologna Mazzini e i membri dell'equipaggio, Car. Andrea Moneta e Car. Mauro Mitilini, appartenenti alla Stazione Carabinieri Bologna Porta Lame (poi rinominata Stazione Carabinieri Bologna Indipendenza), presenti sul luogo della strage perché impegnati in attività di servizio, morirono falciati da numerosissimi colpi d'arma da fuoco sparati dagli assassini che, dopo l'agguato, non esitarono a finirli vilmente con un ultimo colpo alla nuca.
IL PROGRAMMA DELLA CERIMONIA
CHIESA DI SANTA CATERINA AL PILASTRO, VIA DINO CAMPANA:
ORE 10:00, celebrazione della Santa Messa, lettura della "Preghiera del Carabiniere" e intervento commemorativo del Comandante della Legione Carabinieri Emilia Romagna, Generale di Divisione Massimo Zuccher.
CIPPO COMMEMORATIVO, VIA TOMMASO CASINI:
ORE 11:00, lettura della motivazione della Medaglia d'Oro al Valor Civile alla memoria conferita ai tre Carabinieri uccisi, Onore ai Caduti e deposizione di una corona d'alloro ai piedi della targa commemorativa
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