– Martyrdom of St. Baslantya

September 16, 2020 - Tout 6, 1737 On this day also the holy Saint Baslantya was martyred in the days of Diocletian the infidel. When this pious Christian lady was only nine years old, she was arrested, her hands and feet were bound and she was cast into the fire, but she did not get […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST. GEORGE, PRINCE OF MARTYRS

May 1, 2022 - Baramouda 23, 1738 On this day, of the year 307 A.D., the great among the martyrs St. George, was martyred. He was born in Cappadocia; his father's name was Anastasius, and his mother's name was Theobaste. When he was twenty years old, his father died, and he went to Emperor Diocletian […]

-DEPARTURE OF POPE SINUTHIUS (SHENOUDA I), 55TH POPE OF ALEXANDRIA

May 2, 2022 - Baramouda 24, 1738 On this day, of the year 596 A.M. (April 19th., 880 A.D.), the great father Pope Sinuthius (Shenouda I), 55th Pope of the See of St. Mark, departed. This holy father was a monk in the monastery of St. Macarius. He advanced in righteousness and worship, and was […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST.SARAH, AND HER TWO SONS

May 3, 2022 - Baramouda 25, 1738 On this day, St. Sarah and her two sons, were martyred. She was from the city of Antioch, the wife of a man whose name was Socrates, one of the governors of Emperor Diocletian. This Governor had denied Christ to please Diocletian, pretending before his wife that he […]