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SUMMARY:-COMING OF ST. SEVERUS THE PATRIARCH OF ANTIOCH TO EGYPT
DESCRIPTION:October 12\, 2021 – Baba 2\, 1738 \nOn this day St. Severus the Patriarch of Antioch came to Egypt in the days of Eustinos the Emperor who opposed the Orthodox belief\, following that of the council of Chalcedon. Queen Theodora\, his wife\, was an Orthodox and she loved St. Severus because of his Christian virtues and his true faith. The Emperor issued his orders to slay St. Severus. The Queen besought the saint to escape to save himself but he refused saying\, I am ready to die holding the Orthodox faith however\, as the Queen and the God-loving brethren insisted\, he and some brethren came to Egypt. \nWhen the Emperor sought for him and did not find him\, he sent soldiers after him. But God hid St. Severus from the soldiers and they did not see him although he was close to them. When he came to Egypt\, he went disguised from place to place and from monastery to monastery\, and God made many signs and wonders by his hands. One day\, he went to the desert of Scete\, at Wadi-El Natroun\, and he entered the church in the uniform of a stranger monk and a great miracle happened at that moment. It came to pass that after the priests had placed the bread (Kourban) on the altar and gone around the church censing\, and after the reading of the epistles and the gospels\, he lifted off the Ebrospharin (covering)\, and did not fin the Kourban in the paten; so\, he was disturbed and wept. He turned towards the worshippers saying\, O my brethren\, i did not find El Kourban in the paten\, and I know not whether this thing has happened because of my sin or because of your sin. The people wept; and\, straightaway the angel of the Lord appeared to the priest and told him\, This has not happened because of your sin or the sin of the worshippers but because you offered El Kourban in the presence of the Patriarch. The priest replied\, And where is he\, my Lord? The angel pointed towards him. St. Severus was standing in a corner of the church and the priest recognized by the grace of the holy spirit. When the priest came to Abba Severus\, he commanded him to continue the liturgy after they brought him to the altar with great honor. When the priest had gone up to the altar he found the offering on the paten as before. They all praised God and glorified His Holy name. St. Severus went forth from that place and came to the city of Sakha where he dwelt with a rich man named Dorotheus\, who was a lover of God\, and he remained there until his departure. May his prayers and blessings be with us all and Glory be to God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/coming-of-st-severus-the-patriarch-of-antioch-to-egypt/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. ANASTASIA
DESCRIPTION:October 11\, 2021 – Baba 1\, 1738 \nOn this day was the martyrdom of St. Anastasia. This fighter was a native of Rome\, the daughter of Christian parents who raised her well and taught her the Christian manners and doctrines of the church. When she grew up\, her parents her parents wanted her to get married\, but she did not agree with them because she had forsaken the worthless world and its lusts. She instead had chosen to lead a spiritual life and had longed for the heavenly glories since her young age. She entered one of the convents of the virgins in Rome and she put on the monastic garb. She subdued her body with asceticism and absteniousness\, and she did not eat food except once every two days. During the holy fast of the forty days she ate only on Saturdays and Sundays after the prayer of the sixth hour of the day. Her food during all the days of the monastic life was dry bread and salt. \nIt came to pass that some of the convent virgins nearby the monastery where this saint was staying were celebrating a feast. The abbess took her with some of the virgins\, and went to join the celebration of that feast. As they were going\, St. Anastasia saw the soldiers of Emperor Decius the infidel torturing some Christians and dragging them. Her heart became inflamed with divine love and she shouted At them saying\, O you hard-hearted men\, is that what you do to those whom God created in His own form and image and for whom he gave Himself? One of the soldiers seized her and brought her to the governor who asked her saying\, Is it true that you are a Christian\, worshipping Him who was crucified? And she confessed the truth and did not deny it. He inflicted her with severe tortures\, then he crucified her and had a fire lighted under her\, but it did not harm her. When she did not give up her faith because of these pains\, he commanded that her head and the swordman cut off her neck and received the crown of martyrdom.May her blessings be upon us all and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-anastasia/
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221010T170000
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE MIRACLE THAT GOD PERFORMED TO ST. ATHANASIUS THE APOSTOLIC
DESCRIPTION:October 10\, 2021 – Tout 30\, 1738 \nOn this day the Lord Christ had made a great miracle to the honorable Saint Abba Athanasius the twentieth Pope of Alexandria. When Emperor Constantius\, the son of the saint Emperor Constantine\, adopted the teachings of Arius who said that the Son was\, after not being\, and therefore not equal to the Father\, he sent a man\, whose name was Gawargios\, to Alexandria. With him\, he also sent five hundred horsemen and letters appointing Gawargios patriarch of Alexandria instead of Abba Athanasius the Apostolic. He ordered Gawargios to support the faith of Arius and slay all who would not be obedient to him. When this man arrived in the city\, he preached the teachings of Arius but only a very few men of the city accepted his words. Therefore\, he killed a large number of people\, and St. Athanasius hid himself for a period of six years. After this time\, he came forth and went to the city of Constantinople\, and asked Emperor Constantius either to restore him to his see or to slay him to receive the crown of martyrdom. But the Emperor ordered his men to place him in a small boat and to leave him in the sea without food or water or a guide. The Emperor thought that he would die of hunger or thirst or get drowned. In this way he hoped to get rid of the saint and his admonition to him for his heresy\, and they did with the saint as the Emperor had ordered them. The boat sailed along smoothly and in peace with the Lord’s will and His care\, and St. Athanasius was surrounded and cared for by the Angels until he arrived in Alexandria three days later. When the believers heard that their shepherd had arrived\, they rejoiced and went out to him and received him with candles and songs of praise. Then they brought him into the church and expelled Gawargios and his followers. St. Athanasius set that day as a great feast to the Lord. May their prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-miracle-that-god-performed-to-st-athanasius-the-apostolic/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221009T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221009T170000
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. ARBSIMA THE VIRGIN AND HER SISTERS THE VIRGINS
DESCRIPTION:October 9\, 2021 – Tout 29\, 1738 \n\nOn this day was the martyrdom of the holy virgins Arbsima and Agatha and their sisters during the reign of Emperor Diocletian. This infidel sought out the most beautiful damsel to marry. He sent the painters to every country and ordered them to paint a picture of the most beautiful damsel that their sights fell on and to give him an accurate description of her. When they arrived nearby Rome\, they entered a monastery for the virgins and they found Saint Arbsima and thought that their was none like her in beauty. They painted a portrait of her and sent it to the Emperor who rejoiced at it. He then sent to the kings and governors to invite them to the wedding celebrations. \nWhen Arbsima and the virgins knew this thing\, they wept\, and they went forth form the monastery entreating the Lord Christ to help them and to keep their virginity. They came to the country of Armenia\, and entered the city of Tridatah. There they dwelt in a winery in a ruined garden. They had great tribulation in getting their food so one of them made glass and sold it\, and with the money they paid for their food. When Diocletian sought for Arbsima\, he did not find her. Later he heard that she was in the country of Armenia so he sent to Tridatah the governor to inform him about her and to keep her. When the virgins heard that\, they left their shelter and hid themselves in the city. But some men told about them. Tridatah then commanded to bring Arbsima to him and when she did not wish to go\, they abducted her and brought her to him. When he saw her beauty\, he wanted to have her for himself\, but she did not let him. He brought her mother to persuade her but instead she besought her to endure patiently\, she comforted her\, told her that she must not forsake her true Bridegroom\, the Lord Jesus Christ\, and that she must not defile her virginity. When he knew what her mother had done\, he commanded to break her teeth\, but God gave St. Arbsima power to overcome the governor; she pushed him forcefully and he fell on his back. She went away and left him lying on the floor although he was well known in war for his strength and bravery. He was ashamed of having been vanquished by a virgin damsel and ordered his men to cut off her head. The soldiers came and tied her\, tore out her tongue\, plucked out her eyes\, and then cut her into pieces. When the governor rose up from his fall and his senses returned to him\, he repented having killed the saint. He ordered to slay the rest of the virgins. The soldiers bored in the soles of their feet\, flayed them\, cut them in pieces\, and then cast them out. One of them was sick and was lying on a bed\, and she cried out to the soldiers to make her join her sisters. So\, they cut off her head also and thus\, all the virgins received crowns of martyrdom. The soldiers also slew all who had come with them from Rome. After their departure\, the governor became mad and doctors could not help him until Saint Gregory\, Bishop of Armenia\, came to him and prayed over him. By this he was healed of his affliction and believed in the Lord Christ. And he took the bodies of the holy and pure virgins and laid them in a holy place. May their prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-arbsima-the-virgin-and-her-sisters-the-virgins/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF SAINTS ABADIR AND IRAI\, HIS SISTER
DESCRIPTION:October 8\, 2021 – Tout 28\, 1738 \nOn this day was the martyrdom of Saints Abadir and Irai\, his sister\, the children of Wasilides\, the minister of Antioch. Abadir was appointed Esfehselar in his father’s position. He had a room wherein he prayed and the Lord Christ appeared to him in the middle of the night and told him: Rise up and take your sister Irai and go to Egypt to receive the crown of martyrdom and I will instruct a man whose name is Samuel to take of your bodies and prepare them for burial\, and He gave him His benediction and went up into heaven. This vision was seen by his sister also and she heard a voice saying\, Hearken to your brother and do not transgress his command. When she woke up\, she trembled and she went to her brother and told him about the vision\, declaring that she would not disobey him. They swore to each other to go to shed their blood in the name of the Lord Christ. When his mother knew that\, she rent her garments\, she and her handmaidens and they came to St. Abadir. His mother adjured him not to become a martyr and he promised her that he would not go forward to Diocletian seeking martyrdom. Her heart was soothed\, not knowing his intention of going to another place to become a martyr. Every night he used to change his apparel and go disguised to give water to the prisoners all night\, and he asked the door-keeper not to tell anyone. \nAfter this he saw a vision to remind him of travelling. he took his sister and went to Alexandria\, then they came to Cairo and they found Saint Abekragon who recognized them and blessed them. From there they came to Tomwah where they entered the church and prayed; then\, they went to El-Eshmunin and had a meeting with Samuel the deacon. On the following day he went with them to Ansena\, and they confessed our Lord Christ before Arianus the governor\, who tortured them severely. Meanwhile\, Saint Abadir prayed and entreated God to strengthen his faith and the faith of his sister Irai. The Lord took their souls and carried them up to the heavenly Jerusalem and they saw the eminent ranks and the luminous habitations of the righteous; then he brought them back to their bodies. The governor wrote their decree and then adjured Abadir by his God to tell him his name and who he was. The saint replied\, Swear to me that you shall not change what you have decreed\, and when the governor swore to him\, he said\, I am Abadir El-Esfehselar. The governor cried out saying\, Woe to me\, O my Lord why did you not let me know that you are my Lord and let me go so far as to condemn you tpo all these severe tortures? The saint replied\, Fear not\, for you are about to receive a crown of martyrdom. The emperor will seek for me and will not find me\, and he will hear that you have killed me. Then he will call you and torture you and you will die in the Name of our Lord Christ. And now make speed to finish. And straightaway the governor ordered their heads be cut off. The believers wrapped up their bodies in fine apparels and Samuel the deacon took them to his blessed house until the days of persecution were ended and a great church was built for them. May their prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-saints-abadir-and-irai-his-sister/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. EUSTATHIUS AND HIS TWO SONS
DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 – Tout 27\, 1738 \n\nOn this day was the martyrdom of St. Eustathius and his two sons. He was one of the ministers of the Roman Empire. At the beginning of his life\, he did not know God\, but he used to give alms and charity in abundance\, and the Lord did not wish that his toil should be in vain. While he was in the desert hunting wild animals\, there appeared to him the figure of a crossbetween the horns of a stag\, and it reached up to heaven. He chased the stag in the mountains to hunt it\, and the Lord spoke to him and told him about his new name which is Eustathius\, for he had been called Ephlokidus before. The Lord ordered him to be baptized in the Name of the Lord Christ and told him that poverty should come upon him speedily. When he heard that he descended from the mountain and went to the bishop of the city who baptized him and his wfe and his sons\, and he changed his name to Eustathius as the Lord had ordered him. Straightaway he lost all that he had as slaves\, hand-maidens\, cattle and money. \nThen he took his wife and his sons\, and went forth from the city of Rome and embarked on a ship. And as he could not pay the fare\, they took his wife instead. He took his two sons and came to a river\, he crossed over to the other side with one of them and returned to get the other\, but he did not find him because a lion had taken him\, then he went back to get the first but he did not find him either because a wolf had ceased him. He felt deep sorrow because of the loss of his wife and his two sons. St. Eustathius stayed for a period of time working as a guard in the garden until the Emperor of Rome died and another reigned instead who sent messengers to search for that saint. One of the messengers happened to enter the garden which the saint guarded. The two men recognized each other and St. Eustathius was taken back to the Emperor. teh Emperor honored him and returned to his former position. It happened in that time that war broke out and they recruited two men from every city to the army. The two sons of the saint were saved from the lion and the wolf by the Divine Will and were brought up in the same city. They remained for a long time not knowing each other. Then the Divine Will arranged that both would be recruited from that city. On one day while they were on their way\, they reached a garden and sat there talking together. They then discovered that they were brothers. \nAs to their mother\, the owner of the ship who had kept her in payment of the fare was a barbarian\, but God protected her from him. And she stayed in a garden which by the Divine Will was the same garden as that her two sons had gathered in\, and she was close by her sons while they were talking and she recognized them. The two sons were assigned to guard the treasury of their father who did not recognize them. When the Lord wished to gather this blessed family together\, the wife entered the place where her husband was\, and they recognized each other and rejoiced for reuniting unexpectedly. Then she told him that she hads met their sons in the garden. While she was telling him so\, the two sons joined them and she cried joyfully\, There are our two sons! They embraced each other in tears of joy\, and they praised God who fulfilled what he had promised and they lived in joy and peace. \nAfter that the Emperor died and another reigned who worshipped idols\, and he summoned St. Eustathius and his wife and his sons. he ordered them to worship the idols but they refused so he ordered his men to torture them with fire\, but they were not harmed. Then he commanded to cast them into a brazen cauldron and set fire under it and thus they delivered their souls into the hand of the Lord\, and received the crowns of martyrdom from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May their prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-eustathius-and-his-two-sons/
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SUMMARY:-THE ANGELS ANNUNCIATION OF JOHN THE BAPTIST TO ZACHARIAS
DESCRIPTION:October 6\, 2021 – Tout 26\, 1738 \nOn this day it was announced to Zacharias the priest the birth of John the Baptist. Zacharias was well advanced in years and his wife\, Elizabeth\, was barren and her period for begetting children had passed. Zacharias was praying and beseeching God continually to give him a child because the children of Israel reviled anyone without a son and treated him with ignominy. They would say about him that he was without the blessing that God had told Adam in these words: Be fruitful and multiply. That was why that righteous man was continually asking God to give him a son. The Lord had compassion on him and He hearkened to his petition. He sent him Gabriel the angel to announce to him the birth of John. The angel came to him while he was in the sanctuary as is said in the Holy Gospel (Luke 1:11) and announced to him the birth of the great prophet John\, and that he should precede the Christ as it was said in the prophets\, He shall go before Him. He said to the angel asking\, Whereby shall I know this? For I am an old man\, and my wife well advanced in years. The angel told him that he was sent from God to tell him this thing and it is not seemly for him to doubt. He then told him that he shall be dumb till his birth. And on the day of John’s circumcision\, they asked him about the child’s name. He asked for a tablet and wrote on it John and straightaway his mouth opened. Then he spoke and praised God and prophesied concerning his son John that he should become a prophet and should go before the face of the Lord\, and he prophesied concerning the Lord Christ. May his prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/the-angels-annunciation-of-john-the-baptist-to-zacharias/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221005T080000
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. MAURICE LEADER OF THE THEBAN LEGION
DESCRIPTION:October 5\, 2021 – Tout 25\, 1738 \nSt. Maurice
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-maurice-leader-of-the-theban-legion/
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SUMMARY:DEPARTURE OF JONAH THE GREAT PROPHET
DESCRIPTION:October 5\, 2021 – Tout 25\, 1738 \nOn this day departed the great prophet Jonah\, the son of Amittai. It was said that he was the son of the widon of Zarephatah whom Elijah the prophet had raised from the dead. Jonah followed Elijah and served him and gained the grace of prophesying. God\, blessed and exalted\, told him to go to the city of Nineveh to admonish its people and to tell them that after forty days the city shall be overthrown. Jonah pondered in his heart saying\, If God wished to destroy them He would not warn them. I am afraid if I go to them and preach this warning to them\, they might repent and He would not destroy them and I shall be a liar and no one will listen to me and maybe I will get killed becuase I conveyed to them a false message from God. I will arise and flee. What did this prophet think of? How could anyone flee from the face of God ? By escaping\, he wanted to get away from the city of Nineveh because he did not want to admonish them knowing that God is gracious and merciful\, slow to anger and repentent of the evil. He thought that by staying away from Nineveh the Lord would send another prophet to preach to this city. The escape of Jonah the prophet and his having been cast into the city are to make manifest the miracle of his remaining in the belly of the whale for three days and the coming out safely. It is a symbol of\, and evidence for\, the resurrection of our Savior from the sepulchre\, unchanged\, after three days. Jonah rose up to flee from the presence of the Lord and went down to Joppa; he found a ship going to Tarshish and sailed on it. The Lord sent out a great wind and there was a mighty tempest in the sea\, so that the ship was about to be broken. The people were all afraid\, and cried every man to his god. They said everyone to his fellow\, Come and let us cast lots\, that we may know because of whom this evil has befallen us. And when they had cast lots\, it fell upon Jonah. They said to him\, What have you done that brought such an affliction on us ? He replied\, Cast me in the sea and you shall be saved. They begged the Lord’s pardon. Then they cast him into the sea\, and a great whale swallowed him. He remained in its belly for three days and three nights and then he was cast out on the seashore. He rose up straightaway and came into Nineveh. He preached to its people and they all repented: The King\, the nobles\, and the poor\, the old and the young. They all cried to God with fasting and everyone turned from their way\, and the Lord accepted their repentance and had mercy upon them. \nThen Jonah rose up and returned to the land of Israel and died there. He was more than 900 years before the advent of the Lord Christ. He prophesied in the days of Amos and his son Hosea. He lived nearly 100 years\, out of which he prophesied more than 70 years. May his prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-jonah-the-great-prophet/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. QUADRATUS\, ONE OF THE SEVENTY DISCIPLES
DESCRIPTION:October 4\, 2021 – Tout 24\, 1738 \nOn this day also was the martyrdom of St. Quadratus\, one of the seventy disciples who were chosen by the Lord. He was born in the city of Athens\, and he was one of its wealthy and learned nobles. He believed in the Lord Christ and served him. Having received the grace of the Comforter on the day of Pentecost\, he went to many countries preaching the life-giving Gospel. He entered the city of Magnis and preached there and the people of the city believed and he baptized and taught them the life-giving Commandments. Then he returned to Athens and preached there\, but they stoned him and tortured him severely. Finally they cast him into the fire\, and he received the crown of martyrdom. May his prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-quadratus-one-of-the-seventy-disciples/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. GREGORY THE MONK
DESCRIPTION:October 4\, 2021 – Tout 24\, 1738 \nOn this day departed St. Gregory the monk. He was the son of righteous\, Christian and exceedingly rich parents from one of the cities of Upper Egypt. They gave great importance to teaching their son the art of speaking and medicine and then they taught him the doctrine of the Church. Next\, they sent him to the father Abba Isaac\, bishop of their city who made him a deacon to serve the altar\, and when they wanted him to get married\, he refused. After this\, the bishop promoted him to a full deacon and he kept continually praying as he had been inclined to solitude since his early years. He used to pay many visits to Abba Pachomius. He took much money from his parents and brought it to St. Pachomius\, beseeching him to spend it on building monasteries. The saint accepted his alms and spent it on building the monasteries of the holy Cenobitism. \nAfter this\, he went to Abba Pachomius\, where he became a monk\, and he struggled practicing all kinds of virtues. The fornicators learned purity from his appearance and example. He dwelt there for thirteen years. When Saint Macarius came to visit St. Pachomius\, he asked St. Pachomius to permit him to go with St. Macarius. He dwelt with St. Macarius for two years\, then he asked him if he could live alone and St. Macarius allowed him. He dug out a small cave for himself in the mountain where he dwelt for seven years. He used to come to St. Macarius twice each year\, on Christmas and Easter\, to be guided by him in his spiritual flight. When he had completed twenty-two years of strife\, God wished him to rest. God sent to him an angel who informed him that after three days he would depart from the world. St. Gregory called the elders of the desert\, and bade them farewell and asked them to remember him in their prayers\, and after the three days\, he departed in peace. May his prayers and blessings be with us all. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-gregory-the-monk/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221003T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221003T170000
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SUMMARY:-RE-OPENING OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH IN HARET EL-RUM
DESCRIPTION:October 3\, 2021 – Tout 23\, 1738 \nOn this day also of the year 1029\, of the martyrs\, the Church of the Virgin in Haret El-Rum in Cairo was opened after having been closed for eleven years. May her prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/re-opening-of-st-marys-church-in-haret-el-rum/
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221003T170000
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. TAKLA
DESCRIPTION:October 3\, 2021 – Tout 23\, 1738 \nOn this day also is the commemoration of the holy martyr\, St. Takla\, the bride of Christ. May her prayers be for us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-martyrdom-of-st-takla/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF SAINTS ONANIUS AND ANDREWS
DESCRIPTION:October 3\, 2021 – Tout 23\, 1738 \nOn this day was the martyrdom of the righteous Saints Onanius and Andrews\, his brother. These saints were the sons of elders of the city of Led\, and from their youth they had agreed on becoming monks. They went to the holy and honorable Abba Macarius\, and they became his disciples and dwelt with him for three years\, during which they fasted and prayed continually with love and humility\, and their report was heard everywhere. They chose Onanius to be a bishop and Andrews to be a priest. They shepherded the flock of Christ with the best care. The conquered their souls and bodies. Julian\, the infidel emperor\, heard about them\, and he had them brought to him. He commanded them to deny there faith in the Lord Christ\, and to adopt paganism. When they would not obey his commands\, he tortured them severly and they yielded up their spirits in the hand of the Lord Christ to Him is the glory. Each received three crowns: one for monastic life\, strenous fighting and asceticism; one for priesthood and guarding of flock against the devilish wolves; and a third one for martyrdom and the shedding of blood for the Christian faith. May their prayers and blessings be with us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-saints-onanius-and-andrews/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. JULIUS EL-AKFEHAS\, THE WRITER OF THE BIOGRAPHY OF MARTYRS
DESCRIPTION:October 2\, 2021 – Tout 22\, 1738 \nOn this day also was the martyrdom of St. Julius El-Akfehas\, the writer of the biography of the martyrs. The Lord Christ set him up to care for the bodies of the holy martyrs\, to shroud them and to send them to their homes. The Lord brought blindness into the hearts of the governors\, and no one objected to him. They never forced him to worship idols. The Lord protected him to care for the martyrs. He used three hundred young men for this purpose. They wrote the biography of the holy martyrs and sent it to their homes. But Julius used to minister to the holy martyrs by himself and dress their wounds. The martyrs blessed him\, saying\, You must shed your blood in the Name of our Lord Christ\, so you can be counted among the martyrs. When the reign of Diocletian the infidel came to an end\, Constantine the righteous reigned. The Lord Christ wished to fulfill what the saints had prophesied about him to be counted among the martyrs. The Lord commanded him to go to Arkanius\, the governor of Samanoud\, and to confess the Lord Christ. He went there where the governor tortured him many times\, but the Lord strengthened him. When the governor ordered to bring him to worship the idols\, this saint prayed and the earth opened and swallowed up the seventy idols and the one hundred and forty priests who were serving them. When the governor beheld the destruction of his idols and their priests\, he believed in the Lord Christ. The governor went with the Saint to the governor of Athribis who tortured Saint Julius with great severity\, but the Lord Christ strengthened him. \nOne day there was to be a festival for the idols and they decorated the temple with ornaments and lamps and with palm branches. They closed the gates till the following day to start celebrating the festival. The saint asked the Lord to blot out their idols and the Lord sent his angel who but the heads of the idols and blackened their faces with ashes and burnt up all the palms\, and all the idols in the temple. On the following morning when the people came dressed to celebrate the feast and saw what had happened to their gods\, they recognized their weakness. The governor of Athribis and a large number of people believed in the Lord Christ. From there\, the Saint went to the city of Towa and with him were the governor of Samanoud and the governor of Athribis\, and they met with Iskandros its governor. First he refrained from torturing them\, but later he ordered his men to cut off their heads. Julius and his two sons\, Tadros and Yunias\, his slaves\, and the governors of Samanoud and Athribis and a great many people were martyred. They numbered fifteen hundred. They took his body with the bodies of his sons to Alexandria for it was there that they used to live. May his prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-julius-el-akfehas-the-writer-of-the-biography-of-martyrs/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF SAINTS KOBTLAS AND AKSU\, HIS SISTER\, AND TATOS\, HIS FRIEND.
DESCRIPTION:October 2\, 2021 – Tout 22\, 1738 \n\nOn this day was the martyrdom of Saints Kobtlas and his sister\, Aksu\, the children of Sapor the King of Persia and Kobtlas’ friend\, Tatos. Safor was a worshipper of fire and of the sun. He inflicted many tortures on the believers\, and no man throughout the country dared to mention the Name of Christ. His Son\, Kobtlas\, had a friend named Tatos who was a ruler over the country of Maydasayeen. Certain people laid an accusation against him that he was a Christian. The king sent a governor named Tumakher to find out the truth about what was said and if it was true\, to torture him. When Kobtlas the son of the king\, heard that\, he too went to that country to his friend Tatos. When the governor arrived and found that he was a Christian\, he ordered his men to cast him in a furnace. St. Tatos made the sign of the Cross over the fire and the fire died out. Kobtlas marvelled and asked him\, How did you learn this magic\, O my brother? He replied\, This is not magic\, but it is through faith in the Lord Christ. Kobtlas asked\, If I believed\, would I be able to do this? Tatos answered him that with faith you can do more than this. Kobtlas\, the son of the king\, believed in the Lord Christ\, then drew near the fire and made the sign of the Cross over it\, and the fire backed a distance of twelve cubits. The governor sent to the king to inform him what had happened\, and the king had them brought to him. He ordered his men to cut off the head of Tatos who thus received the crown of martyrdom. But his son\, Kobtlas\, was tortured by him in different ways. He delivered him to the warden to torture him. He cast them in prison and sent for his sister Aksu\, so she might persuade him to return to his father’s belief. Saint Kobtlas preached to her and turned her heart to the belief in the Lord Christ\, then he sent her to a priest who baptized her secretly. She returned to her father saying it would be a good thing if he had what she and her brother had\, for there is no other but Jesus Christ. The king became angry and commanded to torture her\, and they did so\, until she yielded up her soul in the hand of the Lord Christ. \nThen they tied Kobtlas to the tails of horses and dragged him over the mountains until he yielded up his spirit and then they cut his body and they cast it out for the birds of heaven to consume it. When the soldiers departed\, the Lord commanded saintly priests and deacons to bury Kobtlas\, and they went secretly at night and took the holy body which was shining as snow. They hid it in a place until the end of the days of persecution. May their intercession be for us all. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-saints-kobtlas-and-aksu-his-sister-and-tatos-his-friend/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. CYPRIANUS AND ST. JUSTINA
DESCRIPTION:October 1\, 2021 – Tout 21\, 1738 \nOn this day also in the year 257 A.D. the honorable St. Cyprianus and St. Justina were martyred. Cyprianus was an infidel and a magician. He learned magic in the countries of the west until he excelled over his fellows. His excessive impudence and his arrogance made him go to Antioch to challenge the magicians there and to pride himself over them of his knowledge. When he arrived there\, this fame spread and a young man\, the son of one of the elders of the city\, heard about him. This young man lusted for a Christian virgin who was called Justina\, whom he had seen going to church and his heart became inflamed with her love. He was unable to obtain what he desired of her either by money\, or by threat\, or by magic. \nHe sought Cyprianus and complained to him about his condition\, that he might gain favor with Justina’s heart and fulfill his desire from her. Cyprianus promised him the fulfillment of his desire. He used all the works of his sorcery but failed. Every time he sent her a host of satans\, they found her praying\, so they came back defeated. When he failed\, he called the satans and told them\, If you do not bring Justina to me\, I shall adopt Christianity. The chief of the satans thought out a device to deceive him. He ordered one of his soldiers to disguise himself and take the form of Justina and go to him\, and he hastened and made known to Cyprianus her coming\, so he rejoiced and waited for her. Then satan disguised as Justina came to him\, and Cyprianus rejoiced\, and rose up to embrace her. Because of his great joy in her\, he told her\, Welcome\, Queen of Women\, Justina. Upon the mere mention of her name\, satan disguised as her melted away and disappeared like smoke\, and an unpleasant smell was given off by his body. Cyprianus knew that this was a deceitful trick of satan who could not stand before the mention of her name. Cyprianus rose up straight away and burnt his books of magic and was baptized by the patriarch of Antioch who put on him the monastic garb. After a while he ordained him a deacon\, then a priest. And when he had grown in virtues and in the doctrine of the church\, they ordained him bishop of Cartagena\, in the year 351 A.D. And he took St. Justina and made her the head of the convent there. When the Ecumenical Council convened at Cartagena\, this saint was one of those who were assembled there. \nWhen Emperor Decius heard of them he had them brought before him\, and he demanded them to raise incense for the idols. When they would not obey\, he inflicted upon them many tortures and finally cut off their heads with the sword. May their prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-cyprianus-and-st-justina/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN
DESCRIPTION:October 1\, 2021 – Tout 21\, 1738 \nWe celebrate on this day the commemoration of the pure Lady St. Mary the Virgin\, the Mother of God\, the Word through whom was the salvation of Adam and his offspring. May her intercession be for us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-st-mary-the-virgin/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. DAYSA THE SOLDIER
DESCRIPTION:September 12\, 2021 – Tout 2\, 1738 \nOn this day also departed Daysa the soldier\, a native of the city of Tanda. Arianus the governor of Ansena inflicted great tortures on this Saint because of his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He cut off his head with a sword\, and Daysa received the crown of martyrdom. May his blessings be with us all and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-daysa-the-soldier-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
DESCRIPTION:September 12\, 2021 – Tout 2\, 1738 \nOn this day Saint John the Baptist\, son of Zacharias the priest\, became a martyr by the order of King Herod. When St. John\, the prophet\, rebuked Herod because of Herodias\, the wife of his brother Philip whom he had taken to be his wife\, and said to him\, It is not right for thee to take thy brother’s wife\, Herod took the Saint and cast him into prison\, for he was afraid of him. When Herod’s birthday came\, he gave a a supper for the lords of his kingdom\, and the chief estates of Galilee\, and his brother’s daughter came in\, and danced and pleased him. He promised her anything she might ask for\, even as much as half his kingdom. She went unto her mother and said unto her\, What shall I ask? Her mother said\, Ask for the head of John the Baptist on a platter. When Herod heard this\, he was exceedingly sorry. But because of his promise and those who were sitting with him\, he would not reject her request. He therefore commanded his servants to cut off the head of Saint John and they gave it to the damsel and the damsel gave it to her mother. (Mark 6:20-28) There was great consternation that day\, and their joy soon turned into sorrow. It was even said that when the holy head of St. John was cut off\, it flew up into the air\, out of the hands of the soldiers\, and it cried out saying\, It is not right for thee to take thy brother’s wife. It is also said that the head is present at Homs in Syria. The disciples of St. John came and took his holy body and laid it in a grave until the days of Pope Athanasius\, whom God commanded to uncover the body. May his blessings be with us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-john-the-baptist-2/
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SUMMARY:-JOB AND HIS WASHING
DESCRIPTION:September 11\, 2021 – Tout 1\, 1738 \nOn this day also Job\, the righteous man\, was washed in water and was healed of all his sickness. The people were then in the habit of dipping themselves in water whereby they were blessed for the rest of the year. May his blessings be upon us all and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/job-and-his-washing/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. MELYOS\, POPE OF ALEXANDRIA\, THE THIRD
DESCRIPTION:September 11\, 2021 – Tout 1\, 1738 \nAlso on this day in the year 98 A.D.\, departed St. Melyos\, the third Pope of Alexandria after St. Mark. This Saint was appointed in the fifteenth year of the reign of Domitian\, the son of Vespian\, Emperor of Rome\, fifty-five years after the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. He pastured and guarded the flock twelve years and departed in peace. May his blessings and prayers be with us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-melyos-pope-of-alexandria-the-third/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW\, THE APOSTLE
DESCRIPTION:September 11\, 2021 – Tout 1\, 1738 \nOn this day also was the departure of the holy Apostle Bartholomew\, one of the twelve disciples. to this Apostle fell the lot that he was to go to the oasis (the great oasis\, Al-Khargah). He and Peter went together. There he proceeded and preached to the people. He called them to the knowledge of God\, after performing before them signs and wonders that amazed their minds. He had originally entered the city with Peter\, who sold him as a slave. He worked in the vineyards of a rich man and whenever he trimmed the vine branches\, they immediately bore fruit. It happened that the son of the governor of that city died\, and Bartholomew the Apostle raised him up from the dead. Then all the people believed and he strengthened them in the knowledge of God. After that\, our Lord Jesus Christ commanded him to go to the land of the Berbers and sent St. Andrew\, his disciple\, to help him. \nThe people of that city were exceedingly wicked\, and would not accept any of the signs or wonders the disciples performed. Yet the two disciples continued to preach and teach them until they entered the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ. Then\, they appointed priests over them\, built churches for them\, and after that they departed. St. Bartholomew left for the cities on the Mediterranean coast\, where the inhabitants knew not God\, and preached unto them and converted them to the knowledge of God and the belief in our Lord Jesus Christ. He taught them to perform the works which were worthy of Christianity and commanded them to be pure and chaste. When King Agrippa heard of him\, he was exceedingly enraged and commanded his servants to put him in a hair sack\, to fill the sack with sand\, and cast it into the sea. And so were consumated the struggle and martyrdom of St. Bartholomew. May his blessings and prayers be with us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-bartholomew-the-apostle/
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SUMMARY:-FEAST OF EL-NAYROUZ (BEGINNING OF THE BLESSED COPTIC YEAR)
DESCRIPTION:September 11\, 2021 – Tout 1\, 1738 \n\nToday is the beginning of the blessed Coptic year. It is necessary to keep it a holy day with full purity and chastity. Let us start a new demeanor as St. Paul the Apostle says\, Therefeore if any man be in Christ\, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; Behold\, all things become new. And all things are of God\, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ\, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation. (2 Cor. 5:17-18) And Isaiah the Prophet says\, The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me\, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind the broken-hearted\, to proclaim liberty to the captives. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. (Isaiah 61:1-2) And David the Prophet says\, Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy paths drop fatness. (Psalms 65:11) We ask our God to keep us without sin and help us to act according to His will with the intercessions of the pure Saint Mary and all the Martyrs and Saints. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/feast-of-el-nayrouz-beginning-of-the-blessed-coptic-year-2/
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SUMMARY:-Nayrouz
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URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/nayrouz/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. YOANNIS XV\, THE 99TH POPE OF ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:September 10\, 2022 – Nasie 5\, 1738 \nDeparture of St.Yoannis XV\, the 99th Pope of Alexandria\nToday also\, in the year 1346 A.M. (September 7th\, 1629 A.D.)\, Pope Yoannis XV (John)\, 99th Pope of Alexandria\, departed. He was from Mallawy\, and was known by the name of Yoannis El-Mallawany. He became a monk in St. Antonios monastery\, and was ordained Patriarch in the 7th of Tute\, 1336 A.M. (September 18th\, 1619 A.D.). He was chaste\, knowledgeable\, and just in his judgements. He was modest\, impartial\, and only sought the truth. He was zealous about the church\, compassionate to the priests\, loving to the poor\, and provided shelter for strangers. He did not desire anything of this world\, but rather he was absorbed in prayer and worship\, day and night. In the year 1340 A.M. (1623 A.D.)\, a grave epidemic befell Upper Egypt. It lasted from the month of Tubah (January) till the month of Baramoudah (April)\, which perished multitudes of people and devastated many families. Pope Yoannis was in Upper Egypt\, and returned to Cairo in 1341 A.M. In year 1342 A.M. another severe epidemic spread through the land\, which was less severe than the first. The Pope went to upper Egypt again in the second year of the epidemic\, then returned to Cairo. On his way back\, he passed by the city of Abnub\, and he spent a night there. He suffered abdominal pain. It was said that he was given a poison where he spent that night. The owner of that house had concubines besides his wife and the Pope admonished him for that. When the Pope felt ill\, he asked for a boat\, which he sailed in. He ceased in the boat on his way\, and was buried in the monastery of the Saint Anba Bishiah in El-Biadiah. He was on the Chair for nine years\, eleven months and twenty-two days. May his prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-yoannis-xv-the-99th-pope-of-alexandria-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. BARSOMA\, THE NAKED
DESCRIPTION:September 10\, 2022 – Nasie 5\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, in the year 1033 A.M.\, the great saint who was perfect in the love of God\, Anba Barsoma the Naked (El-Erian)\, departed. He was born in Misre (Cairo). His father called El-Wageeh Moufdel\, was the scribe of the Queen Shagaret El-dor\, and his mother was from the family of El-Taban. When his parents departed\, his uncle took possession of all that they had left. Barsoma did not quarrel with him but forsook the world and lived the life of the righteous hermits. He lived outside the city for five years suffering the harshness of the summer heat and the winter cold. He wore no clothing except a hairy sackcloth\, following the example of the Saint Anba Paul (Anba Paula)\, the first hermit. Then he shut himself in a cave inside the church of St. Marcurius Abu-Saifain for twenty years in ceaseless prayer and fasting\, by day and night. There was a huge serpent in that cave. When he entered the cave and saw this serpent\, he cried saying\, O my Lord Christ\, the Son of the Living God\, who gave us the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and every power of the enemy. You granted healing to the children of Israel\, who were bitten by the serpents\, when they looked to the brass serpent. Now I look to you\, O You Who was hanged on the Cross\, so that you might grant me power to be able to overcome this beast. Then he made the sign of the cross over himself\, and moved toward the serpent saying\, You trampled the serpent and the snakes\, and You tread upon the lion and the dragon. \nThe Lord is my light and my salvation\, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life\, of whom shall I be afraid? Then he said to the serpent\, O blessed one stand still in your place\, and then he made the sign of the cross over it. He prayed to God and asked Him to remove the beastly nature from it. As he finished his prayer\, the serpent changed its nature and became tame. The saint said to the serpent\, Henceforth\, O blessed one\, you shall not have power or might to harm any man\, but you shall be subject and obedient to what I say to you. The serpent manifested signs of submission and obedience\, and became with the saint as the lion was with Daniel\, the prophet\, in the din. Then he left the cave and lived on the roof of the church. He endured the summer heat and the winter cold\, until his skin became dark from much worship and asceticism. He remained in this state for fifteen years. During his days\, a great persecution befell the Christian nation. The churches were shut and the Christians were forced to wear blue turbans. As for this saint\, the ruler seized him\, severely smote him\, then cast him in prison. When he was released\, he went to the monastery of El-Shahran\, where he lived on the roof of the church and he increased in his asceticism. He did not replace his white turban. The rulers of that time from princes\, judges and others\, visited him and saw his white turban\, but no one dared to force him to wear a blue one for they knew that the power of God was with him. The saint continually asked and supplicated God to take his anger away from His people. Having completed his strife\, he departed at a good old age\, in the year 1033 A.M. He was then sixty years old\, and was buried in the monastery of El-Shahran. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-barsoma-the-naked-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF THE RIGHTEOUS AMOS\, THE PROPHET
DESCRIPTION:September 10\, 2022 – Nasie 5\, 1738 \nThis day also marks\, the departure of the righteous prophet Amos\, one of the twelve minor prophets. He prophesied in the days of Uzziah\, king of Judah\, and Jeroboam the son of Joash\, King of Israel. God had sent him to the children of Israel to caution them and advise them to bear fruit that befits repentance before the coming of the day of vengeance. He prophesied concerning the passion of the Lord and the darkness of the sun on that day. He also prophesied concerning the lamentation and sorrow which should come upon the children of Israel after this\, how their festivals should be turned into days of sorrow\, and their joy into weeping; how they should lack the help of God\, and how they should hunger and thirst through the lack of teaching and knowledge\, how they should be scattered in all countries among the nations. And all these things were fulfilled upon them. It was said that this prophet was killed because of his harsh rebuke for their sins. This prophet lived about eight hundred years before the advent of the Lord Christ. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-the-righteous-amos-the-prophet-2/
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CREATED:20220504T072616Z
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. JAMES\, BISHOP OF MISRE
DESCRIPTION:September 10\, 2022 – Nasie 5\, 1738 \n\nOn this day\, in the year 804 A.M. (August 28th\, 1088 A.D.)\, and during the Papacy of Pope Kyrillos II\, 67th Patriarch\, the church celebrates the commemoration of the pure father\, St. James\, Bishop of Misre (Cairo). This saint longed for the monastic life from a young age\, so he went to the wilderness of St. Macarius\, and lived in a cell there for many years. Then he was ordained Archdeacon for the church of the monastery of St. John. Because of his virtuous life\, great knowledge and piety\, he was ordained bishop for Misre (Cairo). Having been seated upon the episcopal seat\, he added to his prayer\, asceticism\, and worship. He was a teacher\, spiritual advisor\, and a deterrent to the sinners\, during his episcopate. When he finished his good strife\, he fell sick. He called his people\, commanded them not to be negligent in the Divine commandments\, and explained to them what the punishment of sinners would be. Then\, he made the sign of the glorious Cross on his face\, and delivered his pure soul in the hands of the Lord. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-james-bishop-of-misre-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. LEPARIUS\, BISHOP OF ROME
DESCRIPTION:September 9\, 2022 – Nasie 4\, 1738 \n\nOn this day\, St. Leparius (Liberius)\, Bishop of Rome\, departed. He was ordained during the reign of Emperor Constance\, the son of Constantine. When Athanasius\, Pope of Alexandria\, and Paul\, Patriarch of Constantinople\, were exiled\, they came to him. St. Liberius took them to Emperor Constance\, who wrote to his brother\, and they were allowed to return. After Constance was killed in Rome\, Constantius sent to St. Liberius asking him to accept the followers of Arius\, and to accept the exile of Athanasius\, but he refused this petition. Constantius exiled St. Liberius\, then came to Rome where he killed the killers of his brother. The heads of the monasteries and the priests met him and asked him to release their father Liberius. The emperor returned him from his exile\, and he continued to teach and preach to his flock. He resisted the followers of Arius\, until he departed in peace. He sat on the episcopal throne for fifteen years. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-leparius-bishop-of-rome-2/
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