Saint Jean
Martyr à Vilnius en Lituanie (+ 1342)
et ses compagnons martyrs à Vilnius en Lituanie, saint Antoine et saint Eusthate.
Le pays était encore païen et ils reçurent en secret le saint baptême. Après avoir hésité dans le témoignage de leur foi, ils témoignèrent publiquement de Jésus-Christ et furent pendus l'un après l'autre au même chêne. Ils sont vénérés au monastère orthodoxe du Saint Esprit tout autant par l'Église catholique romaine que par l'Église orthodoxe.
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/6584/Saint-Jean.html et http://www.eglise.catholique.fr/saint-du-jour/14/04/
Saint Antoine de Vilnius
Officier converti Martyr
en Lituanie
Fête le 14 avril
v. 1300 – † Vilna [auj. Vilnius], Lituanie, 14 juin 1342
Groupe « Antoine, Eustache et Jean »
Autre graphie : Kukley de Lituanie
Officiers attachés à la maison d’Olgierd ou de Gédymin, grand prince de
Lituanie, Jean (Milhey), Antoine (Kukley) et Eustache (Nizilon) se convertirent
au christianisme. Découverts comme chrétiens, ils furent condamnés à mort et
tour à tour pendus sur la place centrale de Vilna ou Wilno. Jean, l’aîné, subit
le martyre le 24 avril 1342, son frère Antoine, fut pendu le 14 juin et
Eustache le 13 décembre. Leur jour de fête le 14 avril, fut établi par le
patriarche Alexis de Kiev. Saint Antoine est le patron de Vilna (Lituanie).
SOURCE : http://www.martyretsaint.com/antoine-de-vilnius/
Les Saints-Martyrs Antoine, Jean, et Eustache
Les Saints-Martyrs Antoine, Jean, et Eustache étaient frères qui ont souffert pour le Christ sous le lituanien Grand Prince Olgerd (1345-1377). Le prince a été marié à la princesse Maria Yaroslavna orthodoxe (+ 1346). Il a été baptisé et pendant la durée de vie de sa femme, il a permis à la prédication du christianisme. Deux frères, Nezhilo et Kumets, ont reçu le saint baptême du prêtre Nestor, et ils ont reçu les noms Anthony et John. Et à la demande de Maria Yaroslavna une église orthodoxe a été construit à Vilnius (Vilna).
Après la mort de son épouse, le Prince Olgerd a commencé à
soutenir les prêtres païens des adorateurs du feu, qui ont
commencé une persécution contre les chrétiens. Saints
Jean et Antoine ont essayé de ne pas faire étalage de
leur Christianisme, mais ils n'ont pas
observé les coutumes païennes. Ils n'ont pas
coupé leurs cheveux comme les païens l'ont
fait, et jours de jeûne, ils ne mangent pas des
aliments interdits.
Le Prince devint bientôt suspect des frères, il
les interroge et ils se
sont avoué chrétiens. Puis il a exigé qu'ils mangent
de la viande (c'était un jour de jeûne). Les saints
frères ont refusé, et le prince enfermés en
prison. Les frères ont passé une année entière derrière
les barreaux. John prit
peur aux tortures imminente et a déclaré qu'il
obéirait à toutes les exigences de la
Grande-Prince. L'heureux Olgerd publié
les frères et les a amenés à lui-même.
Mais Anthony n'a pas trahi le Christ. Quand il a
refusé de manger de la viande un jour de jeûne, le
prince de nouveau enfermé en prison et lui a fait
subir des tortures brutales. L'autre frère est
resté libre, mais les chrétiens et les païens le
considérait comme un traître et ne serait
pas associer avec lui.
Se repentant de son péché, John est allé au
prêtre Nestor et le pria de demander à
son frère de lui pardonner. "Quand
il avoue ouvertement Christ, nous serons réconciliés,»
répondit Anthony. Une fois, tout en servant le prince à
la salle de bain, St John a parlé en privé
avec lui au sujet de sa réconciliation
avec l'Église. Olgerd n'affichait pas de
colère et dit qu'il ne pouvait croire au
Christ, mais doit se comporter comme tous
les païens. Puis St John avouait lui-même un
chrétien dans la présence de nombreux courtisans. Ils l'ont
frappé violemment avec des tiges et l'a envoyé à son
frère en prison. Les martyrs se sont réunis dans la
joie, et reçu les Saints Mystères même jour.
Beaucoup de gens sont allés à la prison pour voir le nouveau
confesseur. Les frères convertis beaucoup au
Christ par leur prédication. La prison a été transformée
en une école chrétienne. Les prêtres
païens effrayés exigé l'exécution des frères, mais ils
n'ont pas peur de la mort.
Dans la matinée du 14 Avril, 1347 Martyr Anthony a
été pendu sur un arbre après avoir reçu les Saints
Mystères. Ce chêne, qui les païens considérés comme
sacrés, est devenu véritablement sacré pour les chrétiens
orthodoxes.
Les prêtres païens qui espéraient que la prédication
chrétienne s'arrêtait à la mort de saint Antoine, ont été
déçus. Une multitude de personnes se sont
rassemblées devant les murs de la prison où saint
Jean était détenu. Le 24 Avril, 1347 ils l'ont
étranglé et pendu son corps sur le
même chêne. Les corps des
deux martyrs vénérables ont été enterrés par les
chrétiens dans l'église de Saint-Nicolas le Thaumaturge.
Une troisième victime pour le
Christ était leur Kruglets relatifs. Au baptême,
le prêtre Nestor a nommé Eustache. Kruglets se
démarquent en raison de sa beauté, le courage et la
bravoure, mais encore plus en raison de son esprit et
de la vertu de l'âme. Un
favori de Olgerd, il pouvait compter sur un avenir
très prometteur. Cependant, il a également refusé de manger
de la viande à la table de fête. St Eustache a
ouvertement déclaré qu'il était chrétien et ne serait
pas manger de la viande en raison de la Nativité rapide.
Ils ont commencé à le battre avec des barres
de fer, mais les jeunes n'ont pas fait un
bruit. Le prince a essayé d'affiner la torture. Olgerd donna
l'ordre de se déshabiller le martyr nu, de le
sortir dans la rue et à verser de
l'eau glacée dans sa bouche. Mais cela n'a pas briser son
esprit. Ensuite, ils ont cassé ses os de la
cheville, et arraché les cheveux et la peau de la
tête, et lui coupèrent les oreilles et le
nez. St Eustache enduré les tourments avec une
telle joie et courage, que
les tortionnaires eux-mêmes ont été très étonnés par la
puissance divine qui lui renforcé. Le
martyr Eustache a été condamné à mort et pendu sur le
même chêne où Sts Jean et Anthony ont
reçu la mort d'un martyr (13 Décembre, 1347).
Pendant trois jours, personne n'a été autorisé
à descendre le corps du martyr, et une colonne de
nuée protégeait des oiseaux et des bêtes de proie. Une
église fut construite sur la colline où les saints
martyrs ont souffert. La trinité des porteurs
de passion vénérables glorifié le vrai Dieu adoré
dans la Sainte Trinité, Père et Fils et Saint-Esprit. L'église a
été consacrée à la Très Sainte Trinité. Le tableau de
l'autel a été construit sur la souche du chêne sacré
que les martyrs sont morts.
Bientôt leurs reliques ont été
trouvés à être intact. En 1364 le
patriarche Philothée de Constantinople (1354-1355, 1364-1376) a
envoyé une croix avec les reliques des saints
martyrs de saint Serge
de Radonège (25 Septembre). L'Église a établi la
célébration des trois martyrs le 14 Avril.
Les saints martyrs étaient d'une
immense importance pour toute la frontière occidentale. Le
monastère de Vilnius de la Sainte Trinité, où les saintes
reliques sont conservées, est devenu un bastion de
l'orthodoxie sur cette frontière. En 1915, lors de
l'invasion des Allemands, ces reliques ont été
prises à Moscou.
Les reliques des saints porteurs de la Passion ont été retournées
au monastère du Saint-Esprit de Vilnius en
1946. La commémoration de leur
retour (13 Juillet) est solennellement observée au
monastère chaque année.
Saintes
reliques des martyrs Antoine, Jean et Eustache. Monastère orthodoxe du Saint
Esprit. Vilnius
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Young nobleman and
chamberlain at the court of Duke Olgierd.
Originally a fire worshipper, he converted to Christianity. Martyred for
refusing to eat meat on a day of abstinence.
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ANTONA, JOHN and
EUSTACHIUS (April 14) (Saints) Martyrs (14th century) Officials at the Court of
the Grand Duke of Lithuania who with his subjects was still heathen, converted
to Christianity. The three Saints were on that account put to the torture and afterwards
hanged at Vilna, about A.D. 1342. They are venerated as Patron Saints of the
city of Vilna.
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Saints
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Died at Vilna, Lithuania,
1342. This trio was comprised of young Lithuanian noblemen who were
chamberlains at the court of the grand Duke Olgierd, the father of Jagello.
John and Antony were brothers, heathen worshippers of fire, whom a travelling
missionary priest, named Nestorius, converted to the Christian faith. They
refused to eat meat on an day of abstinence. Since their new ways conflicted
with the customs of the court, they were hung from an oak tree in Vilna. John,
the eldest, was martyred on April 24 and his brother Antony on June 14. Upon
witnessing their heroic fortitude, Eustace converted and martyred for the faith
on December 13. These patrons of Vilna were buried in Holy Trinity Russian-
Greek Church, which is now united with the Roman Catholic Church and served by
Basilian monks. Their heads were translated to the cathedral of Vilna. The tree
on which they were executed had long been used for that purpose; however, the
Christians obtained a grant of it from the prince and built a church on the
spot. Their feast on April 14 was established by Patriarch Alexius of Kiow
(Benedictines, Coulson, Encyclopedia, Husenbeth).
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Rabenstein. Saints of the Day, 1998. CatholicSaints.Info.
1 September 2023. Web. 28 March 2026.
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THEY were three noblemen of Lithuania, and the two first brothers, commonly called in that country Kukley, Mihley, and Nizilo. They were all three chamberlains to Olgerd, the great duke of Lithuania, who governed that country from the year 1329 to 1381, 1 and was father of the famous Jagello. They also attended on the great duchess, and were worshippers of fire, according to the idolatrous superstition of that country, till they had the happiness to be converted to the Christian faith, and baptized by a priest called Nestorius. For refusing to eat forbidden meats on fast-days, they were cast into prison, and, after many trials, put to death by order of Olgerd, the great duke; John, the eldest of them, on the 24th of April; his brother Antony on the 14th of June; Eustachius, who was then young, on the 13th of December. This last had suffered many other torments before his execution, having been beaten with clubs, had his legs broken, and the hair and skin of his head violently torn off, because he would not suffer his hair to be shaved, according to the custom of the heathens. They suffered at Vilna, about the year 1342, and were buried in the church of the Holy Trinity, of the Russian-Greek rite, united in communion to the Roman Catholic church. Their bodies still remain in that church, which is served by Basilian monks; but their heads were translated to the cathedral. The great oak tree on which they were hanged had long been the usual place of execution of malefactors; but, after their martyrdom, the Christians obtained a grant of it from the prince, and built a church upon the spot. These martyrs were ordered to be honoured among the saints by Alexius, patriarch of Kiow, of the Catholic communion. Their feast is kept at Vilna on the 14th of April, and they are regarded as the particular patrons of that city. See Kulcinius, in Specim, p. 12, and Albertus Wijuk Kojalowicz, in his Miscellanea rerum ad statum Eccles. in magno Lithuaniæ Ducatu pertinentium. Henschenius, t. 2, Apr. p. 265. Jos. Assemani, in Kalend. Univ. t. 6, p. 254, ad 14 Apr.
Note 1. See the history of his reign, by Albertus Wijuk Kojalowicz, Hist. Lithuan. l. 8. [back]
Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). Volume IV: April. The Lives of the Saints. 1866.
SOURCE : http://www.bartleby.com/210/4/143.html
Martyr Anthony of Vilnius, Lithuania
Commemorated on April 14
The Holy Martyrs Anthony, John, and Eustathius were brothers who suffered for
Christ under the Lithuanian Great Prince Olgerd (1345-1377). The prince was
married to the Orthodox princess Maria Yaroslavna (+ 1346). He was baptized and
during his wife’s lifetime he allowed the preaching of Christianity. Two
brothers, Nezhilo and Kumets, received holy Baptism from the priest Nestor, and
they received the names Anthony and John. And at the request of Maria
Yaroslavna an Orthodox church was built at Vilnius (Vilna).
After the death of his spouse, Prince Olgerd began to support the pagan priests
of the fire-worshippers, who started a persecution against Christians. Sts John
and Anthony endeavored not to flaunt their Christianity, but they did not
observe pagan customs. They did not cut their hair as the pagans did, and on
fastdays they did not eat forbidden foods.
The prince soon became suspicious of the brothers, so he interrogated them and
they confessed themselves Christians. Then he demanded that they eat meat (it
was a fast day). The holy brothers refused, and the prince locked them up in
prison. The brothers spent an entire year behind bars. John took fright at the
impending tortures and declared that he would obey all the demands of the Great
Prince. The delighted Olgerd released the brothers and brought them to himself.
But Anthony did not betray Christ. When he refused to eat meat on a fast day,
the prince again locked him up in prison and subjected him to brutal tortures.
The other brother remained free, but both Christians and pagans regarded him as
a traitor and would not associate with him.
Repenting of his sin, John went to the priest Nestor and entreated him to ask
his brother to forgive him. “When he openly confesses Christ, we will be
reconciled,” Anthony replied. Once, while serving the prince at the bath, St
John spoke privately with him about his reconciliation with the Church. Olgerd
did not display any anger and said that he could believe in Christ, but must
conduct himself like all the pagans. Then St John confessed himself a Christian
in the presence of numerous courtiers. They beat him fiercely with rods and
sent him to his brother in prison. The martyrs met with joy, and received the
Holy Mysteries that same day.
Many people went to the prison to see the new confessor. The brothers converted
many to Christ by their preaching. The prison was transformed into a Christian
school. The frightened pagan priests demanded the execution of the brothers,
but they did not fear death.
On the morning of April 14, 1347 the Martyr Anthony was hanged on a tree after
receiving the Holy Mysteries. This oak, which the pagans considered sacred,
became truly sacred for Orthodox Christians.
The pagan priests who hoped that Christian preaching would stop with the death
of St Anthony, were disappointed. A multitude of the people gathered before the
walls of the prison where St John was being held. On April 24, 1347 they
strangled him and hanged his dead body upon the same oak. The venerable bodies
of both martyrs were buried by Christians in the church of St Nicholas the
Wonderworker.
A third sufferer for Christ was their relative Kruglets. At Baptism the priest
Nestor named him Eustathius. Kruglets stood out because of his comeliness,
valor and bravery, but even more because of his mind and virtue of soul. A
favorite of Olgerd, he could count on a very promising future. However, he also
refused to eat meat at the festal table. St Eustathius openly declared that he
was a Christian and would not eat meat because of the Nativity Fast.
They began to beat him with iron rods, but the youth did not make a sound. The
prince tried refining the torture. Olgerd gave orders to strip the martyr
naked, take him out on the street and to pour icy water in his mouth. But this
did not break his spirit. Then they broke his ankle bones, and ripped the hair
and skin from his head, and cut off his ears and nose. St Eustathius endured
the torments with such gladness and courage, that the very torturers themselves
were astounded by the divine power which strengthened him. The martyr
Eustathius was sentenced to death and hanged on the same oak where Sts John and
Anthony received a martyr’s death (December 13, 1347).
For three days no one was permitted to take down the body of the martyr, and a
column of cloud protected it from birds and beasts of prey. A church was later
built on the hill where the holy martyrs suffered. The trinity of venerable
passion bearers glorified the true God worshipped in the Holy Trinity, Father
and Son and Holy Spirit. The church was dedicated to the Most Holy Trinity. The
altar table was built on the stump of the sacred oak on which the martyrs died.
Soon their relics were found to be incorrupt. In 1364 Patriarch Philotheus of
Constantinople (1354-1355, 1364-1376) sent a cross with the relics of the holy
martyrs to St Sergius of Radonezh (September 25). The Church established the
celebration of all three martyrs on April 14.
The holy martyrs were of immense significance for all the Western frontier.
Vilnius’s monastery of the Holy Trinity, where the holy relics are kept, became
a stronghold of Orthodoxy on this frontier. In 1915 during the invasion of the
Germans, these relics were taken to Moscow.
The relics of the holy passion-bearers were returned to the Vilnius Holy Spirit
monastery in 1946. The commemoration of their return (July 13) is solemnly
observed at the monastery each year.
SOURCE : https://oca.org/saints/lives/2007/04/14/101076-martyr-anthony-of-vilnius-lithuania
Santi Antonio,
Giovanni ed Eustazio Nobili lituani, martiri
Festa: 14 aprile (Chiese Orientali)
I santi martiri lituani
Antonio, Giovanni ed Eustazio (prima di convertirsi al cristianesimo chiamati
rispettivamente Nezilo, Kumec e Kruglec), erano nobili facenti parte della
corte del principe lituano Algirdas, a Vilna. Furono convertiti alla fede cristiana
dal sacerdote Nestore. Antonio e Giovanni erano fratelli. Si rifiutarono di
sacrificare agli idoli e si professarono cristiani, e per questo furono
condannati all'impiccagione. In un secondo tempo, sul luogo del loro martirio
furono eretti una chiesa e il monastero della SS. Trinità; la loro memoria fu
introdotta nella liturgia nel 1347 dal metropolita Alessio di Mosca, e ricorre
il 14 aprile. Furono canonizzati nel concilio del 1549.
Antonio, Giovanni ed Eustazio erano tre santi martirizzati in Lituania nel XIV secolo. Le loro vite sono poco conosciute, ma la loro memoria è stata tramandata dalla tradizione locale.
Secondo la tradizione, Antonio era un sacerdote, Giovanni era un diacono ed Eustazio era un laico. Tutti e tre erano cristiani ferventi e predicavano il Vangelo in Lituania, all'epoca ancora pagana.
Per la loro fede, furono arrestati e sottoposti a tortura. Rifiutarono di abiurare la loro fede e furono quindi condannati a morte. Furono decapitati il 14 aprile 1347.
In un secondo tempo, sul luogo del loro martirio furono eretti una chiesa e il monastero della SS. Trinità. La loro memoria fu introdotta nella liturgia nel 1347 dal metropolita Alessio di Mosca. Furono canonizzati nel concilio del 1549.
I santi Antonio, Giovanni ed Eustazio sono venerati come patroni della Lituania. La loro festa liturgica si celebra il 14 aprile.
Autore: Franco Dieghi
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/94540
Den hellige Johannes av
Vilnius og to ledsagere (~1300-1342)
Minnedag:
14. april
De hellige Johannes
(Milhey, Nezhilo), Antonius (Kukley, Kumets) og Eustathius (Nizilon, Kruglets)
(ru: Антоний, Иоанн og Евстафий) var litauere av høy byrd født rundt år 1300.
De var tjenestemenn ved hoffet i Vilnius (pl: Vilna) til storfyrst Olgierd
(Algirdas) av Litauen (1345-77), far til Jagiello. Olgierd var hedning, men
gift med en ortodoks kristen prinsesse, Maria Jaroslavna av Vitebsk (d. 1346),
og på hennes anmodning ble det bygd en ortodoks kirke i Vilnius. De ortodokse
misjonærene i landet hadde bare tillatelse til å betjene prinsessens religiøse
behov. Storfyrsten hadde nominelt konvertert til den ortodokse tro, men da
Jaroslavna døde, falt han fra troen og gjenopptok sine hedenske skikker. All
proselyttisme var forbudt.
Litauen var på den tiden
fortsatt hedensk, og Antonius og Johannes, som var brødre, var ilddyrkere. Men
en omreisende misjonsprest ved navn Nestorius omvendte dem til kristendommen,
og de ble døpt i hemmelighet og fikk navnene Antonius og Johannes. De nektet da
storfyrsten ville tvinge dem til å spise kjøtt på en abstinensdag, og for dette
ble de utsatt for tortur. De ble kastet i fengsel, og mange kom til fengselet
for å se de nye bekjennerne. Brødrene omvendte mange til Kristus gjennom sin
forkynnelse, og fengselet ble forvandlet til en kristen skole.
De skremte hedenske
prestene krevde at brødrene måtte henrettes, men de fryktet ikke døden.
Hedningene som hatet den kristne tro, hengte dem da i en eik i Vilnius. Denne
eika ble regnet som hellig av hedningene, men det var de kristne martyrene som
gjorde den virkelig hellig. Johannes, den eldste, led martyrdøden om morgenen
den 14. april 1342, og de hedenske prestene håpet at det ville få slutt på den
kristne forkynnelsen, men de ble skuffet, for en mengde mennesker samlet seg
ved muren til fengselet hvor Antonius ble holdt. Han ble kvalt ti dager senere,
den 24. april samme år, og deretter ble han hengt opp i den samme eika. Kristne
berget de to kroppene og gravla dem i kirken St Nikolas undergjøreren.
Torturistene begynte å
slå ham med jernstaver, men den unge mannen ga ikke en lyd fra seg. Storfyrst
Olgerd prøvde å raffinere torturen, så han ga ordre om at Eustathius skulle
kles naken, tas med ut på gaten og få helt iskaldt venn i munnen. Men dette
knekte ikke hans ånd. Da brakk de hans ben ved anklene, rev håret og skinnet av
hans hode og skar av ham ørene og nesen. Eustathius holdt ut torturen med en
slik glede og mot at selv torturistene ble forbløffet av den guddommelige kraft
som styrket ham. Martyren Eustathius ble dømt til døden, og den 3. desember
1342 og hengt i den samme eika hvor Johannes og Antonius hadde lidd
martyrdøden.
I tre dager fikk ingen
lov til å ta ned martyrens døde legeme, og en skysøyle beskyttet det fra fugler
og rovdyr. Det treet hvor de ble henrettet, hadde lenge blitt brukt til det
formålet. Men de kristne fikk tomten av fyrsten og bygde en kirke på den høyden
hvor de hellige martyrene møtte døden. Kirken ble viet til Den hellige
Treenighet, og alterbordet ble bygd på stubben av den hellige eika hvor
martyrene døde. De tre skytshelgenene for Vilnius ble gravlagt i denne
Treenighetskirken. Den ble bygd på 1500-tallet som en ortodoks kirke. Mellom
1608 og 1827 tilhørte kirken den gresk-katolske kirken i union med Roma
(unerte) og ble betjent av Basilianermunker (Ordo Basilianus – OBas).
Senere ble kirken gitt til Den ortodokse kirke igjen, men etter Litauens
uavhengighet ble den gitt tilbake til de unerte.
Snart ble de tre
martyrenes relikvier funnet å være intakte. I 1364 sendte patriark Filotheos av
Konstantinopel (1354-55; 1364-76) kors med relikviene av de hellige martyrene
til den hellige Sergius av Radonezj (ca
1314-92). Den ortodokse kirke etablerte feiringen av alle tre martyrer den 14.
april. Under tyskernes invasjon i 1915 ble relikviene flyttet fra Vilnius til
Moskva. De ble returnert til klosteret Den Hellige Ånd i 1946, og minnet om
deres retur blir høytidelige feiret i klosteret den 13. juli hvert år.
Deres levninger ble
oppbevart i et glassrelikvar i et kapell i krypten under alteret i
katedralkirken i Den Hellige Ånds kloster i Vilnius, men de har siden blitt
flyttet til koret i kirken. Deres relikvier blir sagt å være intakte.
Martyrenes hoder ble overført til katedralen i Vilnius. Deres minnedag 14.
april ble etablert av patriark Alexius av Kiev.
Kilder:
Attwater/Cumming, Benedictines, Bunson, Schauber/Schindler, KIR, Patron Saints
SQPN, Infocatho, en.wikipedia.org, orthodoxwiki.org, zeno.org, oca.org -
Kompilasjon og oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden
Opprettet: 27. november
1999
SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/jvilnius
