-MARTYRDOM OF SAINTS ABADIR AND IRAI, HIS SISTER

October 8, 2021 - Tout 28, 1738 On 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 […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST. ARBSIMA THE VIRGIN AND HER SISTERS THE VIRGINS

October 9, 2021 - Tout 29, 1738 On 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 […]

-COMMEMORATION OF THE MIRACLE THAT GOD PERFORMED TO ST. ATHANASIUS THE APOSTOLIC

October 10, 2021 - Tout 30, 1738 On 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 […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST. ANASTASIA

October 11, 2021 - Baba 1, 1738 On 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 […]

-COMING OF ST. SEVERUS THE PATRIARCH OF ANTIOCH TO EGYPT

October 12, 2021 - Baba 2, 1738 On 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 […]