-DEPARTURE OF SAINTS BIOUKHA AND TAYABAN (BANAYEN) THE PRIEST

July 8, 2022 - Epep 1, 1738 On this day also, the fighters Sts. Bioukha and Banayen, departed. They were priests in the church of Tunah of the diocese of Tanda. Their father was the steward of this church. It happened when the priest Banayen was celebrating the Divine Liturgy, someone came calling him to […]

-DEPARTURE OF ST.THADDAEUS, THE APOSTLE

July 9, 2022 - Epep 2, 1738 On this day, St. Thaddaeus, the Apostle, departed. The Lord had chosen him among the twelve disciples. When he received the grace of the Comforter along with the disciples, he travelled around the world preaching the Gospel. He returned many of the Jews and Gentiles to the knowledge […]

-DEPARTURE OF ST. KYRILLOS (CYRIL) THE FIRST, THE TWENTY-FOURTH POPE OF ALEXANDRIA

July 10, 2022 - Epep 3, 1738 On this day, of the year 160 A.D. (June 27th, 444 A.M.), the great father, the pillar of faith and the lamp of the Orthodox church, St. Kyrillos (Cyril) the First, the Alexandrian Pope, and the twenty-fourth Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, departed. This saint was […]

-DEPARTURE OF ST. CELESTINE, POPE OF ROME

July 10, 2022 - Epep 3, 1738 On this day also, the great Pope Celestine, bishop of the city of Rome, departed (July 27th, 432 A.D.). This saint was the disciple of St. Boniface, bishop of Rome. At the time of his death, he commended that father Celestine would succeed him, and then he cautioned […]

-COMMEMORATION OF THE RELOCATION OF THE RELICS OF SAINTS APAKIR AND JOHN

July 11, 2022 - Epep 4, 1738 On this day, the church commemorates the relocation of the relics of the honorable Sts. Apakir and John. After they received the crown of martyrdom as it is mentioned in the account of the sixth day of the month of Amshir, some of the believers took their bodies. […]