-MARTYRDOM OF ST. PIGEBS (BEKHEBS)

August 16, 2022 - Mesra 10, 1738 On 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 […]

-DEPARTURE OF ST. MOISIS, BISHOP OF OUSEEM

August 17, 2022 - Mesra 11, 1738 On 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 […]

-COMMEMORATION OF THE HONORABLE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL

August 18, 2022 - Mesra 12, 1738 On 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.

-REIGN OF THE RIGHTEOUS EMPEROR CONSTANTINE, THE GREAT

August 18, 2022 - Mesra 12, 1738 On 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 […]