-DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT PROPHET JOSHUA SON OF NUN

July 3, 2022 - Paona 26, 1738 On this day, of the year 2570 of the world, the great prophet Joshua Son of Nun, departed. He was born, in the year 2460 of the world, in Egypt (Fifty three years before the deliverance of the people of Israel from the bondage of Pharaoh). He was […]

-CONSECRATION OF THE CHURCH OF ARCHANGEL GABRIEL

July 3, 2022 - Paona 26, 1738 On this day also, is the commemoration of the consecration of a church in the name of the honorable angel Gabriel the announcer, on the Naklon mount, in El-Fayyoum. May his intercession be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.

-MARTYRDOM OF ST. ANANIAS, THE APOSTLE

July 4, 2022 - Paona 27, 1738 On this day, St. Ananias, the apostle, departed. The apostles ordained this saint bishop for the city of Damascus. He preached therein with the life-giving gospel, as he preached also in the city of Beth-Gabriel and converted many of its people to the faith, and baptized them and […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST. THOMAS OF SHENTALET

July 4, 2022 - Paona 27, 1738 On this day also, St. Thomas of Shentalet (Sandalat) was martyred. Michael, the angel of the Lord, appeared to this Saint when he was twenty-one years old, while he was sleeping in the field tending the pigs. The angel Michael commanded him to go and confess the Lord […]

-DEPARTURE OF ST.THEODOSIUS, THE 33RD POPE OF ALEXANDRIA

July 5, 2022 - Paona 28, 1738 Departure of St.Theodosius, the 33rd Pope of Alexandria On this day, of the year 283 A.M. (June 22nd, 567 A.D.) St. Theodosius, the thirty-third Pope of Alexandria, departed. After the departure of Pope Timothy, the bishops and the Orthodox Christians gathered and ordained this father a patriarch. He […]