-MARTYRDOM OF THE GREAT SAINT ANBA MOSES THE BLACK

July 1, 2022 - Paona 24, 1738 On this day, St. Moses the Black, whose life story is remarkable, was martyred. This saint took the Kingdom of Heaven by force, exactly as our Lord Jesus Christ said: The Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. (Matthew 11:12). In his early […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST.JUDE, ONE OF THE SEVENTY DISCIPLES

July 2, 2022 - Paona 25, 1738 On this day, St. Jude, one of the Seventy disciples, was martyred. This Apostle preached in many cities, and in the islands, where he built a church. He went to Edessa, healed its king Abgar from his sickness and baptized him. After this he went to the city […]

-DEPARTURE OF ST.PETER THE FOURTH, THE 34TH POPE OF ALEXANDRIA

July 2, 2022 - Paona 25, 1738 On this day also, the holy father and fighter St. Peter the Fourth, 34th Pope of Alexandria, departed. His predecessor Pope Theodosius was exiled by the orders of Emperor Vespasian because he did not agree with him on the resolutions of the Council of Chalcedon. When the Pope […]

-DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT PROPHET JOSHUA SON OF NUN

July 3, 2022 - Paona 26, 1738 On this day, of the year 2570 of the world, the great prophet Joshua Son of Nun, departed. He was born, in the year 2460 of the world, in Egypt (Fifty three years before the deliverance of the people of Israel from the bondage of Pharaoh). He was […]

-CONSECRATION OF THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGEL GABRIEL

July 3, 2022 - Paona 26, 1738 On this day also, is the commemoration of the consecration of a church in the name of the honorable angel Gabriel the announcer, on the Naklon mount, in El-Fayyoum. May his intercession be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.