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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. HADID
DESCRIPTION:August 28\, 2022 – Mesra 22\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, in the year 1103 A.M. (1387 A.D.)\, St. Hadid\, was martyred. He was from the Giza Governorate. May his prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-hadid-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF MICAH\, THE PROPHET
DESCRIPTION:August 28\, 2022 – Mesra 22\, 1738 \nOn this day\, the great righteous prophet Micah\, departed. He prophesied about Samaria and Jerusalem during the time of Jotham\, Ahaz and Hezkiah\, kings of Judeah. He prophesied about the incarnation of the Lord\, to Whom is the Glory\, saying\, For behold\, the Lord is coming out of His high place. He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. (Micah 1:3) He prophesied about His birth in Bethlehem\, saying\, But you Bethlehem Ephrathah\, though you are little among the thousands of Judah\, yet out of you shall come forth to Me. The one to be ruler in Israel. Whose goings forth have been from of old\, from everlasting. (Micah 5:2) He prophesied about the futility of the Jewish temple and the going forth of the Law of the Gospel from Zion\, saying\, … For out of Zion the Law shall go forth\, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. (Micah 4:2) He also prophesied about the perdition of Ahab\, king of Israel. (Micah 5:15\,16) When this prophet finished his strife in peace\, he departed at a good old age. He preceded the Lord Christ by about eight hundred years. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-micah-the-prophet-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. IRENE (EIRENE)
DESCRIPTION:August 27\, 2022 – Mesra 21\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, St. Irene (i.e. peace)\, departed. She was the daughter of a pagan king\, whose name was Lucianus. She was exceedingly beautiful. Her father loved her very much\, therefore he built a fortified mansion for her. He assigned thirteen maids to serve\, guard and protect her from what might defile the name and honor of her family. St. Irene was then six years old\, and her father left some statues for her to worship. Her father also assigned a wise old teacher to instruct her. Once St. Irene saw in a vision\, a dove with an olive leaf in her mouth\, and the dove came and laid it on a table before her. Then there came an eagle with a crown\, which he laid also on the table. Afterwards\, a raven came with a serpent\, which he laid on the table. St. Irene was frightened by this vision\, and she revealed this vision to her teacher. Her father was unaware that the teacher was Christian. The teacher explained the vision to her saying\, The dove is the teaching of the Law\, the olive leaf is baptism\, the eagle is the victory and the crown is the glory of the saints. The raven is the king and the serpent is the persecution. He concluded his talk by saying that she had to struggle for the sake of the Faith in the Lord Christ. \nOne day\, her father came to visit her\, and proposed that she marry one of the princes. She asked him for three days in which she might think it over. After her father had left\, she went to the statues\, and asked them to advise her on what was right for her\, but they did not answer her. The saint lifted up her eyes to heaven\, and said\, O God of the Christians\, guide me to whatever pleases you. The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said\, Tomorrow one of the disciples of St. Paul will come to you\, will teach you what you need to know\, and then will baptize you. The next day\, St. Timothy\, the Apostle\, came to her\, taught her the essentials of Christianity and baptized her. When her father knew that\, he summoned her. When he verified this news from her\, her profession in the Lord Christ\, he tied her to the tail of an untamed horse\, and then released it. Nevertheless\, God preserved her and she was not harmed. Instead\, the horse itself turned and grasped with his mouth the arm of her father\, hurled him on the ground\, and her father fell dead. With the prayers of his daughter\, St. Irene\, he was risen alive. The father\, his wife and three thousand persons became Christians\, and they all were baptized. God honored this saint with several inspired miracles which she wrought before governors and kings and many had believed because of her. When she fulfilled her strife\, she departed in peace. May her prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-irene-eirene-2/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE VIRGIN\, THE MOTHER OF GOD
DESCRIPTION:August 27\, 2022 – Mesra 21\, 1738 \nOn this day\, the church celebrates the commemoration of the All pure St. Mary\, the Mother of God the Word\, who intercede for us before her beloved Son. May her prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-virgin-the-mother-of-god-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220826T080000
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF THE SEVEN YOUNG MEN OF EPHESUS
DESCRIPTION:August 26\, 2022 – Mesra 20\, 1738 \nOn this day\, of the year 252 A.D.\, the seven holy young men of the city of Ephesus: Maximus\, Malchus\, Martinianus\, Dionysius\, John\, Serpion and Constantine\, were martyred. They were soldiers of Emperor Decius\, who appointed them to guard the royal treasury. When the emperor established the worship of idols\, certain men made accusation against them. They hid themselves in a cave\, lest they become weakened and deny the Lord Christ. When the emperor knew that\, he ordered the blocking of the cave’s entrance\, shutting them in. One of the soldiers was a believer in the Lord Christ. He engraved their life story on a tablet of brass and left it inside the cave. Thus the seven holy young men delivered up their pure souls. God wanted to honor them as His faithful servants\, so He inspired the bishop of Ephesus about the place of the cave. The Bishop went and opened the entrance to the cave\, and found their bodies uncorrupted. He knew from the brass tablet that they had been there for about two hundred years. That was during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius the Less. As they knew also from the coins\, which they found with them that they were during the time of emperor Decius\, because it had his picture on them. May their prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-the-seven-young-men-of-ephesus-2/
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SUMMARY:-TRANSLOCATION OF THE BODY OF ST. MACARIUS TO HIS MONASTERY IN SCETIS
DESCRIPTION:August 25\, 2022 – Mesra 19\, 1738 \n\nOn this day\, the church celebrates the return of the body of St. Macarius to his monastery in the desert of Sheahat (Scetis). After the departure of St. Macarius\, some of the natives of the city of Shanshour (Shabsheer) came and stole his body. They built a large church for him\, and placed the body in it. Later on\, his body was moved to another town where he stayed for four hundred forty years\, till the time of Pope Michael V (Anba Mikhail V)\, the 71st Pope. When Pope Michael went to the wilderness to observe the holy fast in the monastery\, he sighed and said\, How much I yearn that God would help us so that the body of our father Anba Macarius be in our midst. Later on\, the abbot of the monastery\, the Archpriest (Hegumen) Michael\, went with some of the elders on certain business of the monastery\, and they thought of bringing back the body of the saint to their monastery. They came to where the body was\, but the people of the town and the governor assembled against them with swords and sticks and prevented them from taking the body. \nThe elders spent the night in great sorrow. The governor saw that night a vision of St. Macarius telling him\, Let my children take my body and do not prevent them. The governor was frightened and he called the elders and gave them the body. The elders took the body with great joy\, and many faithful people followed them to bid the body farewell. When the ship arrived in Mariot\, they spent the night. The next morning they celebrated the Divine Liturgy and received the Holy Mysteries. Then they loaded the body on a camel to the wilderness. Midway through the journey\, they needed to rest\, but the Abbot said\, As the Lord lives\, we do not rest until the Lord shows us the place where the angel of the Lord held our father’s hand. So they kept moving until the camel knelt down and did not get up. The camel started to turn his head around\, licking the body and bowing his head down to the ground. Then the elders knew that was the right place\, and they glorified God. As they reached the monastery\, all the monks came out holding candles and singing. Then they carried the body on their shoulders and went into the church in a great celebration\, and God performed many wonders on that day. May his prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/translocation-of-the-body-of-st-macarius-to-his-monastery-in-scetis-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. EUDAEMON\, OF ARMANT (EL-ARMANTI)
DESCRIPTION:August 24\, 2022 – Mesra 18\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, St. Eudaemon (Wadamon)\, of the city of Armant (El-Armanti)\, was martyred. One day\, he had visitors in his house\, who were heathen\, and they were saying to each other\, We have heard that a lady arrived to the city of Ashmonain carrying a young Child who resembled the children of Kings. Others asked\, Did this Child come to the land of Egypt? and everyone was talking about this Child. After the guests had left\, Eudaemon rose up\, rode his donkey and went to the city of Ashmonain. When he arrived\, he saw the Child Jesus with his mother Mariam (Mary)\, and he kneeled before Him. As the Child saw what Eudaemon had done\, the Child smiled and said\, Peace be with you Eudaemon\, you have labored and come here in person to assert what you have heard from your guests about Me. Thence I will stay in your home\, which will be a house for Me forever. St. Eudaemon marvelled and said\, O My Lord I wish that You will come and live in my house and I will be Your servant forever. The Child replied saying\, Your home will be a house for Me and My mother forever. When you return home and the heathen hear that you came to Me\, they will be sorry and hurt\, and they will shed your blood in your house. Don’t be afraid because I will receive you in My heavenly kingdom forever\, the place of perpetual joy\, which has no end. You will be the first martyr in Upper Egypt.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-eudaemon-of-armant-el-armanti-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. ALEXANDER\, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE
DESCRIPTION:August 24\, 2022 – Mesra 18\, 1738 \nOn this day\, of the year 340 A.D. the saint Abba Alexander\, Patriarch of the city of Constantinople\, departed. He was an honorable saint who suffered many hardships from the followers of Arius. When St. Athanasius the Apostolic\, the twentieth Pope of Alexandria\, renewed the excommunication of Arius\, he went to Constantinople. Arius complained to Emperor Constantius\, Son of the righteous Emperor Constantine\, about St. Athanasius’ conduct against him. When the emperor refused his petition\, Arius asked the emperor to instruct Abba Alexander to accept him in the communion of the church. The emperor sent to this father saying\, Athanasius had defied us because he did not accept Arius\, and you know that we appointed you to this position\, so you must not transgress our command. Make my heart glad\, and reinstate Arius. St. Alexander replied saying\, The church does not accept him for he does not worship the Holy Trinity. The Emperor said\, Arius had confessed his faith in the Holy Trinity before me and that the Son is of one essence with the Father. Then the saint answered\, If Arius had confessed that\, let him write his confession by his own hand. The emperor brought Arius and he wrote down the faith with his own hand\, contrary to what he had in his heart. Then the emperor made him swear on the Holy Bible that was his faith\, but he swore falsely. \nThe emperor said to Abba Alexander\, What do you have against him now\, since he has written his faith with his own hand\, and taken an oath on the Holy Bible. Abba Alexander replied\, Pope Athanasius renewed the excommunication of Arius\, which was signed by your father\, Emperor Constantine along with the three hundred and eighteen fathers\, and expelled him and all his followers from Alexandria. Wait for one week\, and if nothing happens to him during this week\, then his profession of faith is sincere\, and his oath is righteous. Then I will receive him in the communion of the church. The emperor agreed to his request. When the patriarch went back to his church\, he commanded his congregation to fast\, along with him\, for seven days and pray to God that He might save His church from the sin of Arius. After the week ended\, and on the eve of Sunday\, the heretics took Arius and started strolling with him in the streets of the city rejoicing that their leader would be accepted in the church. In the morning\, Arius went to the church and sat down with the priests in front of the altar. Then Abba Alexander entered the church\, being sad\, and not knowing what to do. When he started the liturgy\, Arius felt a colic and had to run to the washroom\, where his bowels poured out of his body. When Arius delayed in returning\, his followers went to the washroom\, found him dead\, and they were ashamed. The faithful glorified the Lord Christ\, Who does not forsake His church. The emperor was amazed at that\, and realized that Arius was lying in his writing and in his oath. He also perceived the holiness of Abba Alexander\, the truthfulness of his faith\, and the erroneous belief of Arius. He glorified the Father\, the Son\, and the Holy Spirit\, and confessed publicly that the Trinity is one in essence. This Father having completed his life in a good course\, and arrived at a good old age\, departed in peace. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-alexander-patriarch-of-constantinople-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. JAMES\, THE SOLDIER
DESCRIPTION:August 23\, 2022 – Mesra 17\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. James\, the soldier\, departed. He was born in Mengoug (Manug)\, district of Ebso (Psoi)\, to God fearing Christian parents. God gave them three daughters before they had this saint. They committed the daughters to a nunnery to be taught\, and brought up\, in the fear of God. They learned and read the Holy Bible and the church teachings. When their father asked them to return\, they refused for they preferred to stay in the nunnery and they dedicated themselves as brides of Christ. Their parents sorrowed\, but God consoled them by giving them this saint. They rejoiced in him\, and when he was six years old\, his father sent him to Ebso to learn reading and writing. After he finished his education his father put him in charge of his money and possessions. The father had an old man\, who shepherded his sheep. This old man was adorned with several virtues and James took him as a role model. When the devil provoked persecution against the Christians\, the old man handed over the sheep to the father of James and left to become a martyr. James asked his father if he could go to bid the shepherd farewell and then come back\, and his father allowed him to do so. When James went with the shepherd\, he found the governor in upper Egypt torturing St. Justus\, son of Emperor Nomarius. The old man told James\, Look O my son\, the person that you see being tortured is the son of an emperor\, who has forsaken the world and its vain glory\, and followed Christ\, so what the poor like us\, would do? Then be patient\, and do not be sorrowful because of your separation from your parents. They came before the governor and confessed the Lord Christ. \nThe governor tortured them severely\, then beheaded the old man. The governor tortured St. James severely by beating him with whips. Then he placed a piece of red-hot iron on his chest. The saint lifted up his eyes and appealed for help to the Lord Christ\, Who saved him and healed him from his afflictions. Then\, they put him in a sack\, and cast him in the sea\, but the angel of the Lord raised him up from the sea. Then the saint returned\, and stood before the governor who sent him to the city of El-Farma. There the governor tortured him\, by cutting his tongue\, tearing out his eyes\, torturing him on the wheel\, and combing his flesh. Sourial\, the angel of God\, came down and saved him. When the governor was tired of torturing him\, he commanded James’ head cut off\, along with two other martyrs\, whose names were Abraham and John\, who were from Samannoud. They all received the crown of martyrdom.May their prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-james-the-soldier-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. MATTIAS IV (MATTHEOS)\, THE 102ND PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:August 22\, 2022 – Mesra 16\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, of the year 1391 A.M. (August 15\, 1675 A.D.) Pope Mattias IV (Mattheos)\, 102nd Patriarch\, departed. He was known as Matta El-Meeri. This father was born to pious Christian parents\, who were righteous\, merciful and benevolent. They were of the rich people of the city of Meer\, Ashmonain district\, the diocese of Qousqam\, which is known as El-Mouharaq. They had vast farm land and live-stock. They had three boys\, one of them was this righteous Father. He was the closest to his parents\, and his name was Guirguis. They raised him with prudence\, and brought him up with good manners and decency. They never asked him\, as they did his brothers\, to work on the farm\, or attend to the live-stock. Instead he dedicated himself to reading and learning until he became more informed about the Holy books than his contemporaries. He was able to explain and interpret their meanings to those who had difficulties with them. When he grew up\, he renounced this vain world and went to the monastery of St. Mary known as El-Baramos in the wilderness of Sheahat (Scetis)\, where he stayed for six years. He saw in a dream that his parents were grieved over him for they thought that he was dead\, since they had not found him. Immediately he informed his brothers in the monastery who advised him to go to his home-town to see his parents. He went to Meer and greeted his parents who became exceedingly happy when they saw him alive. Afterwards\, they wished to wed him\, but when the Saint learned from a friend what his parents intended to do\, he escaped and returned again to the monastery. The monks welcomed him back with great joy. He lived with these holy men in love and faithful service\, so they nominated him to the monastic rank. \nThen he was ordained a priest for the monastery\, and after a short time\, he wore the Eskeem. He exhausted himself with vigilance\, prayers\, worships\, and kneeling more than was required from the other monks. He fasted from sunset to the sunset of the next day and in the winter he fasted two days at a time. He kept this manner all the days of his life until he realized the favor of God\, because of his good deeds\, acceptable worship\, and asceticism. When Pope Marcos VI\, 101St Patriarch\, departed\, the bishops\, priests\, and the lay leaders sought a new righteous shepherd to ordain in his place. They asked the monks of the wilderness and the monasteries to guide them to one fit for this position. The monks guided them to this father. When they asked him to come to Misr (Cairo)\, he refused to comply with their request. So they were forced to send a soldier from the government\, who seized him\, and brought him to Misr. Meanwhile the people of Misr (Cairo) seized another righteous priest called John\, and wanted to ordain him Patriarch\, and as a result of that a conflict developed. The governor apprehended the two candidates and imprisoned them for forty days. When the matter prolonged\, the bishops met and decided to cast an altar lot which was done before all the congregation. The soldiers also cast among them another lot in the government building. Each time they drew the lot it fell on Guirguis. One night the soldiers of the governor saw a burning candle hovering over Father Guirguis’ head while he was in prison. Finally they nominated this father after the considerable contention\, and all the congregation was pleased. He was ordained on Sunday\, 30th of Hatour\, 1377 A.M. (Dec. 6th\, 1660 A.D.) during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan\, Mohammed IV. The celebration of his ordination was a splendid and grand celebration which was attended by many of the other Christian denominations. When he was enthroned as the Patriarch in the Patriarchal cell at Haret-Zewailah\, he considered marital and family matters\, and church affairs in stern\, just and fair judgements. He was meek and humble\, disliked attention and exaltedness\, so he never sat on a chair in the church\, but stood beside it until the end of the service. He visited widows\, orphans\, and prisoners\, and cared for the monks in the monastery\, fulfilling their needs. He cherished the monasteries and the churches\, as he lived a simple life as those monks lived in the wilderness. During his papacy the church was in peace and tranquility and the church was enlightened with his grace. In the year 1387 A.M (1671 A.D.)\, a grievous plague befell Egypt\, which perished many. \nHe ordained two successive metropolitans for Ethiopia after the departure of its Metropolitan Youanis the Thirteenth. The first was Anba Khristozollo II\, who remained on the chair from 1665 to 1672 A.D.\, during the reign of King Wasilidis. The second was Anba Shenouda I\, who remained on the chair from 1672 to 1694 A.D. during the time of John I. Pope Mattias IV\, was the last to dwell in the patriarchal cell at Haret-Zewailah for he moved his residency to Haret-El-Roum in 1660 A.D. just after his ordination. \nDuring his papacy Pope Mattias endured some hardships.\n+ The devil entered the heart of a Christian man and motivated him to go to the tax collector to over tax the Christians\, which put a great burden on them. They complained to the Pope\, who sent for the tax collector. The Pope forbade him\, but he did not cease his wicked act. The Pope ex-communicated him\, and the man died a horrible death.\n+ Another time\, a woman came to the pope complaining that her husband had divorced her and married another woman. The Pope sent for him and asked him to come with his second wife. When this man came\, the Pope ordered them to be separated\, but the second wife refused saying\, How can that be while I am pregnant with his child? Then the Pope said\, The Lord Christ will judge between the two marriages. Just as the second woman left the Pope’s cell\, she aborted and the fetus came out of her womb. A great fear transpired because of this incident. The man separated from her and returned to his first wife. Pope Mattias became respected\, honored\, and revered by his people.\n+ Another time\, some infidels wanted to demolish St. Marcurius’ of the two swords\, Church at old Cairo. They went to the governmental office and appointed someone in charge of this matter. When the Pope heard about their intentions\, he grieved much and spent that night’s vigil beseeching God\, and interceding with St.Marcurius to annul their conspiracy and save the church from destruction. While the soldiers were asleep around the church\, a wall fell on them. They all died\, and the news spread around the city. The wicked conspiracy was annulled and everyone glorified God. \nDuring Pope Mattias’ days\, the enemy of good\, stirred up the unbelievers against the Christians. But Christ\, to Whom is the Glory\, always vanquished their council and perished them through the prayers of Pope Mattias\, for he shepherded the flock of Christ faithfully. When the time of his departure drew near\, he went to the tomb of the Patriarchs in Misr and said to it\, Open and receive me so I can dwell with my righteous brothers. After he returned to his residence\, he fell sick with the illness of death. He called the bishops and priests and commended them on the flock of Christ. He also called the Abbess of the convent and gave her all he had\, and asked her to hand them to his successor\, as they were the property of the church. Then he departed in peace at a good old age\, after he had remained on the chair of St. Mark for fourteen years\, eight months\, and nine days. He was seventy-five years old and was buried in the tomb of the Patriarchs in the church of St.Marcurius in Old Cairo. The chair remained vacant after him for seven months. May his prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-mattias-iv-mattheos-the-102nd-patriarch-of-alexandria-2/
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SUMMARY:-ASSUMPTION OF THE BODY OF THE PURE VIRGIN ST. MARY
DESCRIPTION:August 22\, 2022 – Mesra 16\, 1738 \n\nOn this day\, was the assumption of the body of our pure Lady St. Mary\, the Mother of God. While she was keeping vigil\, praying in the Holy Sepulchre\, and waiting for the happy minute of her liberation from the bonds of the flesh\, the Holy Spirit informed her of her forthcoming departure from this vain world. When the time drew near\, the disciples and the virgins of the Mt. of Olives (Zeiton) came and the Lady was lying on her bed. Our Lord\, surrounded by thousands and thousands of angels\, came to Her. He consoled her\, and announced her with the everlasting joy which was prepared for Her. She was happy\, and she stretched out her hands\, blessed the Disciples\, and the Virgins. Then\, she delivered up her pure soul in the hand of her Son and God\, Jesus Christ\, Who ascended her to the higher habitations. As of the pure body\, they shrouded it and carried it to Gethsemane. On their way\, some of the Jews blocked the way in the face of the disciples to prevent the burial. One of them seized the coffin. His hands were separated from his body\, and remained hanging until he believed and repented for his mischievous deed. With the prayers of the holy disciples\, his hands were reattached to his body as they had been before. St.Thomas was absent at the time of St.Mary’s departure\, but he came after the burial. On his way back to Jerusalem\, St. Thomas saw angels carrying St. Mary’s pure body and ascending with it to heaven\, and one of the angels said to him\, Hurry and kiss the pure body of St. Mary. \nWhen he arrived to the disciples\, they informed him about St. Mary’s departure. He told them\, I will not believe\, unless I see her body\, as you all know how I did doubt the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ before. They took him to the tomb\, to uncover the body but they did not find it\, and they were perplexed and amazed. St. Thomas told them how he saw the pure body ascending to heaven\, carried by angels. The Holy Spirit then told them\, The Lord did not Will to leave Her Holy body on earth. The Lord had promised his pure apostles that they would see her in flesh another time. They were waiting for the fulfillment of this truthful promise\, until the sixteenth day of the month of Misra\, when the promise of seeing her was fulfilled. They saw her sitting on the right hand of her Son and her Lord\, surrounded by the angelic Host\, as David prophesied and said\, At your right hand stands the queen. (Psalm 45:9) St. Mary’s life on earth was sixty years. She spent twelve years of them in the temple\, thirty years in the house of the righteous St. Joseph\, and fourteen years in the care of St. John the Evangelist\, as the Lord commanded her saying\, Woman behold your Son\, and to St. John\, Behold your Mother. May Her intercession be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/assumption-of-the-body-of-the-pure-virgin-st-mary/
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SUMMARY:- St. Mary's Feast  Commemorations
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URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/st-marys-feast-commemorations/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE DEPARTURE OF ST. MARY KNOW AS MARINA\, THE ASCETIC
DESCRIPTION:August 21\, 2022 – Mesra 15\, 1738 \nOn this day\, the church celebrates the commemoration of the departure of the nun St. Marina\, who was the daughter of a very rich Christian man. Her name was Mariam\, and her mother died when she was a little girl. Her father raised her\, and brought her up well. When he wanted to give her in marriage\, and to go himself and become a monk in one of the monasteries\, she told him\, O my Father\, why would you save your own soul\, and destroy mine? He answered saying\, What shall I do with you? You are a woman. She told him\, I will take off my woman’s dress and will put on the garb of a man. She rose up straightway\, shaved off the hair on her head and put on the garb of a man. When her father saw her strong determination and persistent desire\, he gave all his possessions to the poor\, keeping only a very little for himself\, and he called her Marina instead of Mariam (Mary). Then he went to one of the monasteries\, and lived in one of the cells with his daughter\, for ten years\, fighting the spiritual fight. Then her father\, who was an old man\, died. St. Marina was left by herself\, and she doubled her fasting\, prayers and increased her asceticism. No one knew that she was a woman\, and they attributed her soft voice to her intense asceticism and vigilant prayers. Once the abbot of the monastery sent her\, together with three monks\, to the city on certain business of the monastery\, and they lodged in an inn. That same night\, one of the king’s soldiers lodged in that inn\, and he saw the daughter of the owner of the inn\, and he defiled her virginity. He instructed her to tell her father\, that the young monk\, Father Marina\, did that to me. When she had conceived\, and her father knew that\, he asked her and she answered saying\, that it was the young monk\, abba Marina\, who did that to me. Her father then became angry\, went to the monastery and began to curse and insult the monks. \nThe Abbot met with him\, comforted and calmed him down and then sent him away. The Abbot then called this saint and rebuked her much. When she knew what had happened\, she wept and bowed down and said\, I am young\, I have sinned\, forgive me O my Father. The Abbot was furious with her\, and cast her out of the monastery. She dwelt outside of the monastery for a long time. When the daughter of the inn keeper had the baby\, her father took him to St. Marina\, set him down before her and left. She took the child\, moved among the surrounding shepherds and nursed him with milk. She increased her fasting and prayers for the three years\, that she was expelled from the monastery. The monks felt pity upon her and asked the Abbot to readmit her. The Abbot consented to their request and readmitted her to the monastery after he had laid heavy penalties and severe rules upon the Saint. She performed very hard labors\, such as cooking\, cleaning\, and watering\, as well as her regular monastic duties. When the child grew\, he became a monk. After St. Marina had completed forty years\, she fell ill for three days then departed in peace. The Abbot ordered to take off her old ragged clothes and dress her with new ones prior to carrying her to the place of praying. When they removed her clothing\, and found that she was a woman\, they all shouted out saying\, God have mercy. They informed the Abbot who came\, marvelled\, and wept because of what he had done to her. The Abbot then called the inn keeper and told him that the monk Marina was a woman not a man. The inn keeper went to where her body was and wept much. After they prayed over her body\, they came forward to be blessed from her body. One of the monks had sight only in one eye\, he put his face close to her body and immediately he gained sight in his blind eye. After she was buried\, God allowed a devil to torment the inn keeper’s daughter and the soldier\, her friend\, and brought them to where the Saint was buried and both confessed their iniquity in front of everyone. God manifested innumerable miracles through her blessed body. May her prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-departure-of-st-mary-know-as-marina-the-ascetic-2/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE GREAT SIGN\, THE LORD HAD MANIFESTED DURING THE PAPACY OF ST. THEOPHILUS
DESCRIPTION:August 20\, 2022 – Mesra 14\, 1738 \nOn this day\, the church celebrates the commemoration of the great miracle which God performed during the papacy of St. Theophilus\, the twenty-third pope of Alexandria. There was in the city of Alexandria\, a Jewish man whose name was Philexinos. He was very rich\, feared God and practiced the Law of Moses. There was also in the city two poor Christian men\, one of them blasphemed saying\, Why do we worship Christ and remain poor\, while this Jewish man Philexinos is very rich? The other man answered him saying\, The possessions of this world are nothing before God\, for if it was\, He would not give it to the worshippers of idols\, adulterers\, thieves\, and murderers. The prophets were poor and persecuted\, as also the apostles were\, and the Lord said\, ‘the least of these my brethren’ (Matthew 25:40). Satan\, the enemy of good\, would not permit that man to accept any of the words of his friend. The rebellious friend went to Philexinos the Jew and asked him to accept him as his servant. Philexinos replied\, It is not lawful for me to employ anyone unless he believes in my faith\, but if you want alms\, I can give some to you. This miserable man replied\, Take me to your house\, and I will adopt your faith and I will do whatsoever you command me. Philexinos took him to the synagogue and the chief of the Jews asked him before all the Jewish congregation saying\, Is it true that you have denied your Christ and become a Jew like us? He replied\, Yes\, and that debased man rejected Christ the Lord before the Jewish congregation. Thus to poverty in money he added poverty in Faith. \nThen the chief of the Jews commanded them to make for him a cross of wood. They gave him a reed\, on the top of which was a sponge full of vinegar\, and a spear. Then they said to him\, Spit upon this cross\, offer to him this vinegar\, and pierce the cross with this spear and say\, ‘I pierce you O Christ.’ That debased man did everything as they commanded him. When he pierced the honorable cross with his sinful hand\, blood and water flowed forth\, and ran down on the ground. Then this apostate dropped dead instantly\, and dried up like a rock. Great fear fell upon all those who were present\, many of them believed and cried\, saying\, One is the Lord God of the Christians\, and we believe in Him. Then they took the blood\, and anointed their faces and eyes with it. Philexinos took also some of the blood and sprinkled it on his daughter who was born blind\, and she saw straightway. He believed as well as his household\, and many others of the Jews. Afterwards\, they informed Pope Theophilus about this incident. He took Abba Kyrellos (Pope Kyrellos I)\, many of the priests and people\, and went to the synagogue of the Jews\, where he saw the cross\, the blood and water. The Pope took the blood and water\, blessed himself and also blessed the people. He wiped the blood from the floor\, and laid it in a vessel for blessing. He ordered the wooden cross carried to the church. Afterwards those present confessed their faith before the Pope who baptized them in the Name of the Father\, the Son\, and the Holy Spirit\, and blessed them. Then they went to their homes giving thanks to the Lord Christ and glorifying his Holy Name. Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-great-sign-the-lord-had-manifested-during-the-papacy-of-st-theophilus-2/
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SUMMARY:-FEAST OF TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD ON MOUNT TABOR
DESCRIPTION:August 19\, 2022 – Mesra 13\, 1738 \nOn this day\, the church celebrates the commemoration of the transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Mount Tabor. The disciples\, Peter\, James and John\, were with Him\, and about whom the Lord said\, …. there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom. (Mt. 16:28) He fulfilled His promise\, for six days later\, He took His three disciples\, up on a high mountain\, where He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun\, and His clothes became as white as light. And behold\, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking to the Lord. The Lord wants to teach us that He is the Lord of Moses whom He can raise from the dead\, and that He is the God of Elijah whom He can bring back from heaven. St. Peter said to Jesus\, Lord\, it is good for us to be here\, if you wish\, let us make here three tabernacles: one for you\, one for Moses and one for Elijah. This indicated the weakness of Peter for he thought that the Lord needed something to cover Him from the sun. It also indicated his good character\, for he did not think of himself or the other disciples. We should not marvel at the lack of knowledge of the disciples\, for they were not yet perfected. While Peter was still speaking\, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them\, so that Peter would know that Jesus was not in need of tabernacles made by hands. Suddenly a voice came out of the cloud saying\, This is My beloved Son\, with Whom I am well pleased; listen to Him. (Mt. 17:1-8) When the disciples heard the voice\, they fell on their faces and were exceedingly afraid. Jesus came and touched them with His blessed hand\, saying\, Rise\, and have no fear. And when they lifted up their eyes\, they saw no one but the Lord Jesus alone. To Him is the Glory forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/feast-of-transfiguration-of-our-lord-on-mount-tabor/
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SUMMARY:-Transfiguration  Commemorations
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URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/transfiguration-commemorations/
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SUMMARY:-REIGN OF THE RIGHTEOUS EMPEROR CONSTANTINE\, THE GREAT
DESCRIPTION:August 18\, 2022 – Mesra 12\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, is the commemoration of the enthronement of the Righteous Emperor Constantine the Great\, over the city of Rome. When he reigned over Byzantium\, succeeding his father Constantius Chlorus in the year 306 A.D.\, he abolished the injustice throughout the kingdom. His fairness and fame spread throughout the Empire. The nobles of Rome asked him to come and save them from the injustice of Maximianus. He sorrowed for their misfortune\, and he pondered in what way he could deliver them. The sign of the cross appeared to him\, to which he adhered. Constantine went and fought against Maximianus and defeated him. While Maximianus was retreating\, crossing the bridge over the Tiber River\, the bridge broke and he perished\, drowning along with his soldiers. That was in the seventh year of the reign of Emperor Constantine. When Emperor Constantine entered Rome\, all its nobles and people welcomed him in a grand festival\, and with great joy. They celebrated his victory for seven successive days. The poets of Rome and its orators praised the Honorable Cross\, describing it as the savior of their city and the supporter of their Emperor. The account of the appearance of the Cross to Emperor Constantine and his victory over Maximianus is written under the commemoration of the departure of this righteous Emperor\, which is on the twenty-eighth day of the month of Baramhat. Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/reign-of-the-righteous-emperor-constantine-the-great-2/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE HONORABLE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL
DESCRIPTION:August 18\, 2022 – Mesra 12\, 1738 \nOn this day\, the church celebrates the commemoration of the honorable Archangel Michael. With his supplications God brings the water of the Nile up to its measure and blesses the fruits of the earth. May his intercession be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-honorable-archangel-michael-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. MOISIS\, BISHOP OF OUSEEM
DESCRIPTION:August 17\, 2022 – Mesra 11\, 1738 \nOn this day\, the holy father Anba Moisis (Moses)\, Bishop of Ouseem\, departed. He was pure and chaste from a young age. He learned the church subjects\, and was ordained a deacon. Then he went to the desert of Scetis and became a monk\, under the direction of a righteous man. Anba Moisis served him for eighteen years\, devoting himself to praying and fasting\, and was adorned with humility and love. As the report of his virtues noised throughout\, he was ordained a bishop for Ouseem after Anba Gamoul. He pursued a good\, virtuous life\, increased in righteousness\, and he shepherded the flock of Christ with the best of care. He was ascetic and did not own anything all his life. He suffered\, along with Pope Michael\, 46th Patriarch of Alexandria\, many tribulations. God wrought many signs and miracles on his hands. Often\, Anba Moisis foretold incidents before their occurrences. For example\, once he told Anba Tadros\, Bishop of Misr\, that the King would not return to his kingdom\, and it was so. When he completed his strife and was in a good old age\, he had a short illness. When he knew the time of his departure\, he called his congregation\, blessed them\, commended them\, and asked them to pray for him. They all wept and asked him to remember them before Christ. He stretched out his hand\, prayed\, bid them farewell and departed in peace. He remained in his chair for more than twenty years. May his prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-moisis-bishop-of-ouseem-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. PIGEBS (BEKHEBS)
DESCRIPTION:August 16\, 2022 – Mesra 10\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, St. Pigebs (Bekhebs) was martyred. He was from the city of Ashmoun-Tanah. He was a soldier under the command of prince Antiochus. When the prince knew that he was Christian\, he had him brought along with Anba Klog\, the bishop\, Anba Nehro\, who was from Tersa and Anba Phillip\, and asked them about their faith. They confessed that they were Christian. He tortured them severely. Later on he bound St. Pigebs and sent him with others to the Baramon. They spent many days in the ship without eating or drinking. When they arrived to the Baramon\, they tortured St. Pigebs severely\, and finally they hacked his body in pieces with a cleaver\, thus he received the crown of martyrdom. A believing man from the Baramon came and took St. Pigebs body and sent it to his hometown Ashmoun-Tanah. Ninety-five others received the crown of martyrdom along with the Saint. May their prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-pigebs-bekhebs-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. MATRA
DESCRIPTION:August 16\, 2022 – Mesra 10\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. Matra was martyred during the papacy of Pope Demetrius\, the twelfth patriarch of Alexandria\, and in the days of Emperor Decius. When this Saint heard the imperial Edict read ordering the worship of idols\, he went and took the arm of the statue of the idol Apollo\, which was made of pure gold. He cut it in pieces\, and gave them to the poor. When they searched for the idol’s arm\, and could not find it\, they seized many because of it. St. Matra came forward and told them\, I am he who took it. They tortured him much\, and then cast him into the fire\, but the angel of the Lord saved him from it. Then they cut off his hands and his feet and crucified him on a tree\, head downwards. A blind man came and took some of the blood that was dripping from the Saint’s mouth and smeared his eyes with it\, and he regained his sight. Afterwards\, the Saint was beheaded\, and he received the crown of martyrdom. May his intercession be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-matra-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. ARI\, THE PRIEST OF SHATANOUF
DESCRIPTION:August 15\, 2022 – Mesra 9\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. Ari (Ori)\, the priest of Shatanouf\, was martyred. He was exceedingly merciful\, pure in soul and body\, to the extent that he was worthy to foretell future things by the Divine Inspiration. When the governor of Nakios\, heard about him\, he had the Saint brought before him and ordered the Saint to offer incense to the idols. When St. Ari refused\, the governor tortured him much\, then sent him to Alexandria\, where he was also severely tormented with excruciating tortures. Then they cast him in prison\, where God wrought many miracles on his hands. His news spread and many came to him from everywhere. When the governor heard this\, he ordered him beheaded. Thus he received the crown of martyrdom. May his prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-ari-the-priest-of-shatanouf-2/
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SUMMARY:-CONFESSION OF ST. PETER\, THE APOSTLE\, THAT CHRIST IS THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD
DESCRIPTION:August 14\, 2022 – Mesra 8\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, the church celebrates the confession of St. Peter\, the Apostle\, that Christ is the Son of the living God. When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi\, He asked His disciples saying\, Who do men say that I\, the Son of Man\, am? So they said\, Some say John the Baptist\, some Elijah and others Jeremiah\, or one of the prophets. He said to them\, But who do you say that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said\, You are the Christ\, the Son of the living God. Jesus answered and said to him\, Blessed are you\, Simon Bar-Jonah\, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you\, but my Father who is in heaven\, and I also say to you that you are Peter and on this rock\, I will build My church\, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven\, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in Heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in Heaven. Then He commanded his disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ. (Matthew 16:13-20) May the Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/confession-of-st-peter-the-apostle-that-christ-is-the-son-of-the-living-god-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF THE SAINTS LAZARUS\, SALOMI\, HIS WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN
DESCRIPTION:August 14\, 2022 – Mesra 8\, 1738 \nOn this day\, the nine saints: Lazarus the Elder\, his wife Salomi\, and their children; Abeem (Animo)\, Antonius\, Hosea\, Lazarus\, Aniana\, Semuna\, and Marcolus\, were martyred. Lazarus was one of the teachers of the Jewish Law. His father was one of the Seventy Elders who translated the Torah by the order of Ptolemy\, King of Egypt. This just man taught his children the Law of Moses. When Antiochus\, King of Rome\, reigned over the Syrian land\, he besieged Jerusalem and afflicted the Jewish nation with cruelty. He compelled them to break the Law of their fathers and to eat what was forbidden them such as pork meat and the like. Many of them feared his might and obeyed him. Nevertheless\, these righteous persisted on keeping the Law\, which had been given to them by God. Antiochus tortured them severely\, by flogging them\, crucifying\, burning\, and plowing their bodies with metal combs. The righteous woman Salomi\, encouraged them until they had fulfilled their martyrdom. Then\, she also cast herself in the fire without waiting for them to throw her into it. Thus\, they received the crown of martyrdom. May their prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-the-saints-lazarus-salomi-his-wife-and-their-children-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. TIMOTHY II (TIMOTHEOS)\, THE 26TH POPE OF ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:August 13\, 2022 – Mesra 7\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, of the year 193 A.M. (July 31\, 477 A.D.) St. Timothy II\, the twenty-sixth Pope of the See of St. Mark\, departed. This father was chosen for the Patriarchate after the departure of the striving father Pope Dioscorus on the third of Babah\, 172 A.M. (October 1\, 455 A.D.). He suffered many hardships for the sake of preserving the Orthodox faith. Emperor Leo\, the Great\, banished him to the island of Gagra (Gangra)\, in Paphlognia (Pavlagonia)\, where he was detained for seven years until he was returned by Emperor Leo\, the Less\, with great honor. He spent the rest of his days in establishing the faithful in the Orthodox faith. He departed in peace after he spent twenty-one years and ten months on the throne of St. Mark. May his blessings be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-timothy-ii-timotheos-the-26th-pope-of-alexandria-2/
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SUMMARY:-ANNUNCIATION OF ST. JOACHIM WITH THE BIRTH OF THE VIRGIN MARY
DESCRIPTION:August 13\, 2022 – Mesra 7\, 1738 \nOn this day\, God sent His honorable angel Gabriel to announce to St. Joachim of the birth of the Virgin\, the mother of the incarnated God. This righteous man and his wife St. Anna (Hannah) were stricken in years and had no children for Anna was barren. The children of Israel used to insult him because he had not begotten a son. Because of this\, these two saints were sad\, and prayed continually\, and entreated God by day and by night. They vowed that the child they would beget would be made a steward for the temple. While St. Joachim was praying over the mountain\, he fell into a deep sleep and Gabriel\, the angel of the Lord\, appeared to him and announced to him that his wife Anna would conceive and bear a child\, that would delight his eyes and please his heart; and likewise all the world would rejoice and be glad. When he woke from his sleep\, he came to his house\, and told his wife about the vision\, which she believed. Anna conceived forthwith\, and brought forth our Lady\, the Virgin Mary\, and St. Anna became more honorable than all the women of the world. May her intercession be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/annunciation-of-st-joachim-with-the-birth-of-the-virgin-mary-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. JULIETTA
DESCRIPTION:August 12\, 2022 – Mesra 6\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. Julietta was martyred. She was born in the city of Caesaria\, in Cappadocia\, to rich Christian parents. She inherited great wealth from them. An oppressor defrauded her from her wealth by bribing false witnesses against her. When that evil man knew that she wished to inform against him\, and expose his lies and extortion\, he informed the governor of Cappadocia that she was Christian. She said within herself that the temporal wealth of this world is nothing to make her lose herself for\, but if she gain the eternal life to come\, no one would be able to take it from her. When she came before the governor\, she confessed the name of Christ. The governor cast her in fire\, and she delivered up her pure spirit in the hands of the Lord. She received instead of her temporal possessions\, the eternal life and St. Basil the Great praised her immensely. May her prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-julietta-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. JOHN THE SOLDIER
DESCRIPTION:August 11\, 2022 – Mesra 5\, 1738 \nOn this day\, the devout St. John the Soldier\, departed. He was born to pious Christian parents. When he grew up\, he joined the army of the Infidel Emperor Julian. Julian had sent him with other soldiers to afflict the Christians where ever they went. He pretended that he was in agreement with his fellow soldiers in their persecution of the Christians but in fact he was defending them. He treated the Christians well\, fulfilling their needs. He also used to fast\, and pray continually and give alms. He lived a life like unto the lives of the righteous\, until he departed in peace. God manifested many miracles from his grave. May his blessing be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-john-the-soldier-2/
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SUMMARY:-CONSECRATION OF THE CHURCH OF THE GREAT ST.ANTHONY (ANTONIOS)
DESCRIPTION:August 10\, 2022 – Mesra 4\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, was the consecration of the Church of the great St. Anthony (Antonios). May his blessing be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/consecration-of-the-church-of-the-great-st-anthony-antonios-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF HEZEKIAH THE KING
DESCRIPTION:August 10\, 2022 – Mesra 4\, 1738 \nOn this day\, the righteous King Hezekiah son of Ahaz the King\, departed. He was of the seed of David\, of the tribe of Judah. There was no king appointed over the children of Israel\, like this righteous man\, after David. The other kings worshipped the idols and built altars for them. After becoming King\, Hezekiah destroyed the idols\, and demolished their altars\, therefore God rewarded him for more than what he had done. In the fourteenth year of his kingdom\, Sennacherib\, King of Persia\, came and besieged Jerusalem. He was a great and very powerful king\, and all the other kings in his time were afraid of him. Hezekiah also feared him\, and sent him large sums of money\, but Sennacherib was not satisfied with them. Instead\, he threatened and intimidated Hezekiah\, and he reviled\, with his unclean tongue\, God\, the Glorious and Most High\, saying\, Do not be deceived by your God that you are depending on him saying\, ‘Do not deliver Jerusalem to the hands of King of Persia.’ Then Hezekiah wept\, rent his garments\, and he put on hair sackcloth\, and went into the House of the Lord and prayed saying\, O LORD God of Israel\, the One who dwells between the cherubim\, You are God\, You alone\, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. Incline Your ear\, O LORD\, and hear; open Your eyes\, O LORD\, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib\, which he has sent to reproach the living God. Truly\, LORD\, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands\, and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods\, but the work of men’s hands; wood and stone. \nTherefore they have destroyed them. Now therefore\, O LORD our God\, I pray\, save us from his hand\, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORD God\, You alone. (2 Kings 19:15-19) Then King Hezekiah sent a letter to Isaiah the Prophet to inform him about what Sennacherib had said and asked him to pray for him. Isaiah answered and told him that God would strengthen his heart and God will do to Sennacherib an action\, the like of which has never been heard of in all the earth. That night\, the angel of the Lord went forth\, and slew one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; and when they arose early in the morning\, behold\, these were all dead bodies. The rest were conquered and returned to their countries. When Sennacherib went to worship in the house of his gods\, his sons slew him with the sword and killed him. (2 Kings 19:35-37) Thus Hezekiah escaped his hands and glorified God. In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the Prophet\, the son of Amoz\, went to him and said to him\, Thus says the LORD: ‘Set your house in order\, for you shall die\, and not live.’ Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall\, and prayed to the LORD. Then it happened\, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court\, that the word of the LORD came to him\, saying\, Return and tell Hezekiah … I will add to your days fifteen years … Hezekiah said to Isaiah\, What is the sign that the LORD will heal me … Then Isaiah said\, This is the sign to you from the LORD\, … the shadow of the sun will be brought ten degrees backward … (2 Kings 20:1-11) All the kings feared him and they brought tribute to him\, because they knew that God was with him. King Hezekiah reigned for twenty-nine years and all the days of his life were fifty-four years when he departed in peace. His prayer which he uttered through the Holy Spirit when he was healed of his sickness is written in the book of Isaiah (38:10-20). May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-hezekiah-the-king-2/
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