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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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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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220813T170000
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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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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF POPE ABRIAMUS (PRIMUS)\, THE FIFTH PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:August 9\, 2022 – Mesra 3\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, in the year 116 A.D.\, Pope Aprimos (Primus)\, Fifth Patriarch of Alexandria\, departed. He was baptized by St. Mark the Apostle. He was one of the three who were ordained priests by St. Mark the Apostle\, along with Bishop Anianus\, the Second Patriarch. Pope Aprimos was ascetic\, pious\, and filled with good deeds. He was ordained to the apostolic chair on the 22nd of Baounah (June 16th\, 106 A.D.). During his papacy\, the church was in peace and tranquility. May his prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-pope-abriamus-primus-the-fifth-patriarch-of-alexandria-2/
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SUMMARY:-RELOCATION OF THE BODY OF ST. SIMON (SIMEON) THE STYLITE TO THE CITY OF ANTIOCH
DESCRIPTION:August 9\, 2022 – Mesra 3\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. Simeon (Simon) the Stylite\, departed. He was from Syria and he had shepherded his father’s flocks since he was young. He regularly attended the church. The Grace of God moved him and he came to one of the monasteries\, where he stayed and worshiped God in great asceticism. He exerted himself with much fasting and excessive thirst. Then he tied a rope around his loins until it pierced his flesh\, and a repulsive smell came out of him. When the other monks were offended by his smell\, he left the monastery and came to a pit where he dwelt for a short time. The abbot of the monastery saw in a vision\, as someone was telling him\, Why did you send away My servant Simon? Seek him\, and bring him back\, as if the voice was rebuking them for his dismissal from the monastery. The abbot informed the brethren of this vision and they became troubled and they began to look for St.Simeon until they found him in the pit\, without food or water. They confessed to him their transgression\, asked for his forgiveness\, and brought him back to the monastery. When they started to exalt him\, he felt that he was unworthy\, so he left the monastery secretly\, and came to a certain rock\, where he lived for sixty days without sleeping. Afterwards\, the Angel of the Lord came to him\, comforted him\, and told him that God had called him for the salvation of many souls. Then he dwelt over a pillar\, thirty cubits in height\, for fifteen years. He performed many signs and great wonders\, and preached to all those who came to him. \nHis father sought him\, but did not find him and he died without seeing him. His mother\, after a long time\, found out about him\, so she came to him where he was staying on that pillar. There she wept greatly\, then she slept under that pillar. The Saint asked the Lord Christ to have mercy on her. His mother died while she was sleeping\, and they buried her under the pillar. Satan became envious of the saint for all his good deeds\, and moved against him. He smote him in one of his legs with ulcerations which forced him to use the other leg for many years\, until the diseased leg rotted\, and worms dropped from it under the pillar. A chief of a band of thieves came to him and slept under his pillar. The Saint prayed to Christ on his behalf\, and he stayed for a few days\, and died. The Saint asked Christ to supply him with water\, and a spring of water sprang up at the foot of the pillar. Then he moved to a taller pillar\, where he stayed on top for thirty years. After he completed forty-eight years in worshipping\, he departed to the Lord. He preached many people\, taught them\, and brought many back to the knowledge of Christ. When the patriarch of Antioch heard about his departure from this world\, he came to him and took his body to Antioch in great veneration. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/relocation-of-the-body-of-st-simon-simeon-the-stylite-to-the-city-of-antioch-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. PA
DESCRIPTION:August 8\, 2022 – Mesra 2\, 1738 \n\nOn this day\, St. Pa’esa\, departed. She was born in Menouf\, to pious and rich parents. When her parents died\, she turned her house into a shelter for the poor and the sojourner. She accepted everyone that came to her fulfilling their every need until she ran out of money. Evil people gathered around her\, and turned her mind to the ungodly way. She turned her home into a house of prostitution. When this news reached the elders of Shiheet\, they sorrowed for her with great sorrow. The elders called upon St. John\, the Short\, and asked him to go to her\, as an act of mercy\, and to aid her in saving her soul\, in turn for the good that she had done for them. The saint obeyed the elders and asked them to support him with their prayers. When St. John came to where she lived\, he asked her maid to announce his presence. When the maid informed her\, Pa’esa adorned herself\, and called him in. As he was walking\, he was saying\, Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death\, I fear no evil. For thou art with me. (Ps. 23:4) When he sat down\, he looked to her and said\, Why did you belittle the Lord Christ\, and do this evil deed? She trembled\, and her heart was melting from the words of the Saint who bent his head and started weeping. She asked him\, Why do you weep? He answered\, Because I see the devils playing on your face\, and therefore I weep for you. She asked him\, Is there any repentance for me? He replied\, Yes\, but not in this place. She said to him\, Take me wherever you wish. Then he took her to one of the convents close by the wilderness of Shiheet. On their way it became dark. St. John told her to sleep in one place\, while he slept far away from her. When he stood up to pray the midnight prayer\, he saw a pillar of light coming down from heaven to earth\, and the angels of God were carrying the Soul of Pa’esa. When he approached her\, he found that she had departed. Then he knelt down and prayed fervently\, with tears\, asking God to reveal to him concerning her fate. He heard a voice saying\, Her repentance was accepted in the moment that she repented. After the saint had buried her\, he returned to the Elders and told them what had happened. They all glorified the Lord who accepts the repentants and forgive their sins. May her prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-pa-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. KYRILLOS V (CYRIL)\, THE 112TH POPE OF ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:August 7\, 2022 – Mesra 1\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, of the year 1643 A.M. (August 7\, 1927 A.D.) the righteous and honorable father Pope Kyrillos V\, 112th Pope of Alexandria\, departed. This father was born in the city of Tezment\, governorate of Beni-Swaif in 1831 A.D. His pious parents named him John\, brought him up well\, and raised him up in the Christian morals. He had a strong desire to study the Holy Bible and the biography of the saints. When he was 12 years old\, in 1843 A.D.\, he was ordained a deacon and carried the deaconate duties ardently. Because he was inclined at a young age to the life of asceticism\, and solitary life\, he left the world\, and went to St.Mary’s monastery (Known by El-Sourian) in Wadi El-Natrun. There he became a disciple to the spiritual elder\, the hegumen\, Fr. Girgis El-Far\, the father of confession of the monks. When John’s father discovered where he was\, he came to the monastery and brought him back\, but because of his love for the ascetic life\, he did not stay long. He returned to the wilderness\, and became a monk at El-Baramous monastery in the year 1850 A.D. He excelled in his monastic duties and became known for his asceticism\, purity\, and gentleness\, and became a good paragon to the other monks. He was ordained a priest in 1851 A.D.\, then promoted to Hegumen (Archpriest) in 1852 A.D. \nThe number of monks in the monastery then was small and its income was very little. This Father worked hard in transcribing and selling books to churches. The income was used to buy the necessities of the monks\, such as food and clothing. His virtues of knowledge\, righteousness\, and gentleness became well known. He was ordained a Patriarch\, in the 23rd of Babah\, 1591 A.M. (November 1st\, 1874 A.D.) in a venerable celebration. He directed his attention to building churches\, renovating monasteries\, being merciful to the poor\, and caring for the affairs of the monks. In 1892 A.D.\, he chose to be exiled\, rather than to squander the properties of the monasteries. Anba Youanis\, Metropolitan of El-Behara\, Menoufia\, and then the deputy of the See of St. Mark\, was also exiled with him. Afterwards\, both returned from their exile with much respect and honor. During his papacy the church was adorned by knowledgeable and holy men: among them was the great father\, the man of purity\, meekness\, and charity\, Anba Abraam\, Bishop of El-Fayoum. This bishop’s virtues had spread vastly\, and his almsgiving to the poor had reached a point where he did not save any money. All the donations he received from the benevolent\, he gave to the poor and needy. He also performed many wonders such as healing the sick and casting out evil spirits. \nAnother was the well learned\, great theologian and skillful orator\, the Hegumen (Archpriest) Philotheos Ibrahim El-Tantawy\, rector of the great St. Mark Church. Also\, the well learned father the honorable and the ascetic monk the Hegumen Fr. Abdel Messih Saleeb El-Baramousy\, who was well educated in Coptic\, Ethiopian\, Greek\, and Syrian languages. He also knew some French and English. He was characterized with immeasurable patience in research and examining religious books. In return\, he left valuable publications which speak of his prominence. Pope Kyrillos appointed the late Habib Girgis\, who was the dean of the theological seminary\, to be his deacon. He dedicated his life to the seminary and its improvement. Mr. Girgis assisted the Pope in expanding its buildings in Mahmasha. Pope Kyrillos often visited the seminary and blessed its students. This deacon was a skillful speaker. He accompanied the Pope in his pastoral visits to Upper Egypt and Sudan. He translated many religious books from foreign languages to Arabic and published El-Karma periodical\, to spread the facts of the faith in a positive way. He published many books\, among them were: The Seven Sacraments of the Church\, The Consoler of the Faithful\, The Mystery of Piety\, and many others. He taught and nurtured many generations of clerical men who flourished in the church and filled it with their sermons and religious publications. The Pope gave the utmost of his efforts to lift his flock to the highest spiritual level\, as he was prudent in printing the church books. He departed in peace\, after spending fifty-two years\, nine months and six days on the Patriarchal chair. May his prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-kyrillos-v-cyril-the-112th-pope-of-alexandria-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. APOLI\, SON OF JUSTUS
DESCRIPTION:August 7\, 2022 – Mesra 1\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. Apoli (Aboli)\, son of Justus\, son of Emperor Nomarius\, was martyred. This Saint was the crown prince of the Roman empire. He was away in war\, and when he returned to Antioch\, he found Diocletian had already established the pagan worship of idols. Although Apoli was capable of killing him and taking the empire over from him\, he preferred the heavenly everlasting kingdom. St. Apoli came forward\, and confessed Christ before Diocletian. In the beginning\, Diocletian handled him gently\, but when he failed to attract him to the worship of the idols\, he banished him along with his father\, Justus\, and his mother\, Theoclia to the city of Alexandria. He wrote to Armanius\, its governor\, to persuade them to offer sacrifice to the gods\, and if they refuse\, to separate them from each other. Armanius\, knowing their royal positions\, sent Justus (the father) to Ansena (Antinoe)\, his wife to the city of Sa\, and Apoli\, their son\, to Basta. He also left to each of them one of their servants to minister unto them. When Apoli arrived in the city of Basta\, he confessed Christ before its governor who tortured him severely. He beat him\, burned him\, and dismembered him. When the governor saw that many became Christians because of what they saw from the steadfastness of the Saint to the tortures\, and that the Lord was healing him from his wounds\, he ordered to cut off his holy head\, and thus received the crown of martyrdom. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-apoli-son-of-justus/
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SUMMARY:-St. Mary's Fast  Commemorations
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URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/st-marys-fast-commemorations/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF SAINTS MERCURIUS AND EPHRAEM
DESCRIPTION:August 6\, 2022 – Epep 30\, 1738 \nOn this day\, the two honorable Sts. Mercurius and Ephraem (Ephraim) were martyred. These saints were loving brethren in the spirit\, and kinsmen in the flesh\, and they were born in the city of Akhmim. They became monks in one of the monasteries of Upper Egypt\, and they remained their for twenty year. Satan\, the enemy of good\, brought tribulation upon the Orthodox Church\, and the followers of Arius entered the churches to offer the sacrifices upon the altars of the Orthodox. These two saints rose up and came to the church and cast aside the bread and wine which the Arians had laid on the alter and said\, He who has not been baptized in the Name of the Holy Trinity is only fit to offer up an offering on the altar of idols. The Arians seized the saints and beat them very severely\, until they delivered their souls into the hand of the Lord and they received the crown of martyrdom. May their prayers be with us\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-saints-mercurius-and-ephraem-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. QUARSHENOUFA (WARSHENOFIUS)
DESCRIPTION:August 5\, 2022 – Epep 29\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, St. Ouarshenoufa (Warshenofius) was martyred. He was well learned\, righteous\, and pious. When they asked him to become a bishop\, he fled to the city of Tahmoun (Galgamoun\, or Dalgamoun)\, and spent the night there with two God loving\, Christian brothers. The Angel of the Lord appeared to him\, and told him to go to the governor\, and confess Christ before him. When he woke up\, he told the two brothers about the vision. They all agreed to go together to go to the governor. They came to the governor\, confessed the Name of Christ before him\, and he tortured them severely. Then he took them with him to Sanhour where he continued to torture them. Then he took them to the city of Sa\, gathered all the confessors and read to them the edict of the emperor to worship the idols. St. Ouarshenoufa jumped and took the emperor’s edict and tore it to pieces. The governor was enraged and ordered him to be thrown in a fiery furnace and 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-quarshenoufa-warshenofius-2/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE TRANSLOCATION OF THE RELICS OF ST. ANDREW\, THE APOSTLE
DESCRIPTION:August 5\, 2022 – Epep 29\, 1738 \nOn this day\, the church commemorates the relocation of the relics of St. Andrew the apostle from Syria to Constantinople\, at the order of the righteous emperor Constantine. He built for his name a beautiful altar and consecrated it on this day. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-translocation-of-the-relics-of-st-andrew-the-apostle-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE
DESCRIPTION:August 4\, 2022 – Epep 28\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. Mary Magdalene\, departed. The Lord Christ cast seven demons out of her\, she followed Him\, and she served Him during His passion\, crucifixion\, death\, and burial. She came early with the other Mary to the sepulcher\, and saw the stone had been rolled back and the angel was sitting on it. When they became frightened the angel told them\, Do not be afraid\, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not her; for He is risen. (Matthew 28:1-7) The savior appeared to her and told her\, Go to my brethren\, and say to the\, I ascend to my Father\, and your Father; and to my God\, and your God. (John 20-17) She came and told the disciples about the resurrection of the Lord\, and after the ascension of the Lord\, she remained ministering to the disciples. She received the gifts of the Spirit of Comfort\, fulfilling the prophesy of Joel the prophet which said\, And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy\, your old men shall dream dreams\, your young men shall see visions. (Joel 2:28) This saint preached with the disciples\, and brought back many women to the Faith of Christ. The apostles ordained her a deaconess\, to teach the women\, and to assist in their baptism. She received many insults and humiliation from the Jews\, and she departed in peace while she was still ministering unto the disciples. May her prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-mary-magdalene-2/
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