Saint Cyriacus

[JMJ_coder]

Hello,

I just learned about a Saint Cyriacus (Kyriakos). He was born in Corinth. His uncle was the Bishop and so Cyriacus was made a reader in the Church. Through this reading, he became on fire for holiness and union with God and decided to become a monk. So he went to Palestine and became a monk. His life is a shining example of holy asceticism.

 

[Harpazo]

In the Maronite Church he’s called St. Ruhana and there are many monasteries and churches throughout the country named after him. I really liked reading about him in the Synaxarion during Ramsho the other night.

Alloho minokhoun,
Andrew

 

[JMJ_coder]

In the Maronite Church he’s called St. Ruhana and there are many monasteries and churches throughout the country named after him. I really liked reading about him in the Synaxarion during Ramsho the other night.

Alloho minokhoun,
Andrew

I don’t think that their the same Saint. According to my Maronite calendar, Saint Ruhana the Cantor is called Saint Cyprianus, not Cyriacus.

 

[Harpazo]

From the Synaxarion of the Maronite Prayer of the Faithful:

Ruhana is in the Syriac name for Saint Cyriacus who was called “the spiritual one” - in Syriac, Ruhanan. He was born at Corinth in the year 446 and became a monk in Palestine under the direction of Saint Euthymus. He became the superior of his monastery and was a model for all because of his piety, wisdom and exhortations. He died at the age of 107. Certain Maronite calendars refer to him as Ruhana the Singer. Many churches and monasteries in Lebanon are dedicated to him. May his prayers protect us. Amen.

St. Kyprianos was yesterday, I believe. St. Kyriakos was the 29th of September.

Alloho minokhoun,
Andrew

 

[malphono]

From the Synaxarion of the Maronite Prayer of the Faithful:

St. Kyprianos was yesterday, I believe. St. Kyriakos was the 29th of September.

Alloho minokhoun,
Andrew

Yes. According to the Maronite synaxarion, the commemoration of Rouhana the Cantor was 29 September.

 

[JMJ_coder]

From the Synaxarion of the Maronite Prayer of the Faithful:

St. Kyprianos was yesterday, I believe. St. Kyriakos was the 29th of September.

Alloho minokhoun,
Andrew

I still confused. You quote the Synaxarion, but my Maronite Calendar (for the Maronites in the U.S.) states that September 29 is the Feast of ‘Saint Cyrprianus, known as Rouhana the Cantor’.

Are then Saint Cyprianus and Cyriacus the same person? And why would a hermit be known as a cantor (I am very, very interested in this one)?

 

[malphono]

I still confused. You quote the Synaxarion, but my Maronite Calendar (for the Maronites in the U.S.) states that September 29 is the Feast of ‘Saint Cyrprianus, known as Rouhana the Cantor’.

Are then Saint Cyprianus and Cyriacus the same person? And why would a hermit be known as a cantor (I am very, very interested in this one)?

No, they are not the same person. Even with all the oddities of the Oriental synaxaria, (and there a a few ) there would not be a commemoration of the same person within 4 days.

Looks to me that Harpazo is correct: S. Kyprianos (I believe the name derives from “kypros” i.e., “Cyprus”) was commemorated in the Maronite synaxarion 2nd October, where as S. Kyriakos (I’m not sure of what the Greek means) who is known in the Syriac Churches as “Rouhana the Cantor” (or “Singer”) was 29th September.

Normally in the Syriac Churches, attributes such as “cantor” (or “singer”), etc., were ascribed for the obvious reason, and so in this case I would presume that Mar Rouhana had the gift of pleasant singing voice in choir.

 

[JMJ_coder]

Is it possibly a typo in the calendar? But, last year’s calendar has the same and the year before has Saint Cyprian, known as Ruana the Cantor. (I don’t have anymore calendars before this).

I can see how Rouhana (spelling?) is the Syriac version of the name, but why Cyprianus vs. Cyriacus?

Very confusing.

 

[Formosus]

The online maronite synaxarion also shows it as
Day 29: Saint Rohana, or Keryakos the hermit.
maronite-heritage.com/html/september.html

So I am willing to bet that it is correct if the liturgical books that harp has use it, as well as this online version put out by a maronite priest.

St. Cyprian is several days later on Oct. 2.

 

[JMJ_coder]

According to the information I’ve gathered, Saint Cyriacus lived in the Natoufa, Rouva, and Sousakim Wildernesses. My question is:

Does anyone know where these are? Any maps?

 

[bpbasilphx]

I can see how Rouhana (spelling?) is the Syriac version of the name, but why Cyprianus vs. Cyriacus?**

**St. Cyprian on 2 October was a former sorcer who became a bishop and martyr along with the virgin Deaconess Justina. (She was the object of his spells which backfired.)

St. Cyriacus’s name is spelled Kyriakos in Greek–from “kyrie”, Lord. It’s the calch of Dominicus.**

 

[JMJ_coder]

According to the information I’ve gathered, Saint Cyriacus lived in the Natoufa, Rouva, and Sousakim Wildernesses. My question is:

Does anyone know where these are? Any maps?

Doing more research, it seems that Natoufa is a small valley to the immediate east of the modern city of Sakhnin, in northern Israel. It is approximately halfway between Mount Carmel (Haifa) and the Sea of Galilee.

The name of the city in Hebrew is Sukhsikha, which I wonder if it is at all a derivative of the name Sousakim?