-DEPARTURE OF ST. TIMOTHY II (TIMOTHEOS), THE 26TH POPE OF ALEXANDRIA

August 13, 2022 - Mesra 7, 1738 On 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 […]

-MARTYRDOM OF THE SAINTS LAZARUS, SALOMI, HIS WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN

August 14, 2022 - Mesra 8, 1738 On 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 […]

-CONFESSION OF ST. PETER, THE APOSTLE, THAT CHRIST IS THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD

August 14, 2022 - Mesra 8, 1738 On 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? […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST. ARI, THE PRIEST OF SHATANOUF

August 15, 2022 - Mesra 9, 1738 On 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 […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST. MATRA

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