-MARTYRDOM OF ST.EPIMACHUS (EPHIMACHUS) OF PELUSIUM

May 22, 2022 - Bashans 14, 1738 On this day also, St. Epimachus was martyred. He was born in Pelusium (Farma). He was a weaver along with his two companions: Theodore and Callinicos. When he heard that 'Youlamis' the governor of Egypt, had come to torture the Christians, he preached his friends explaining the vainglory […]

-MARTYRDOM OF 400 MARTYRS IN DANDARA (DENDERAH)

May 23, 2022 - Bashans 15, 1738 On this day also, four hundred Saints were martyred in Dendera, after they had suffered many tortures. This was at the end of the reign of Emperor Diocletian. May Their prayers be with us. Amen

-COMMEMORATION OF ST.MINA THE DEACON

May 23, 2022 - Bashans 15, 1738 On this day also, is the commemoration of Deacon Mina the anchorite. May his prayers guard us, and glory be to our God forever. Amen

-COMMEMORATION OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

May 24, 2022 - Bashans 16, 1738 On this day the church commemorates St. John the Evangelist and his preaching in Asia Minor, the city of Ephesus, and the cities that are around it. Commemorates, the afflictions that he suffered and what befell him from the evil men who worshipped idols until he brought them […]