-DEPARTURE OF ST. PALAMON, THE FATHER OF THE MONKS

August 1, 2022 - Epep 25, 1738 On this day also, of the year 316 A.M., the saint Anba Palamon the anchorite, departed. He was an anchorite in the Eastern Mount in a town called El-Kasre and El-Sayad, district of Nagaa-Hammady, governorate of Quena. The Devil was weary of tempting this father, and failed to […]

-DEPARTURE OF THE UPRIGHT ST. JOSEPH, THE CARPENTER

August 2, 2022 - Epep 26, 1738 On this day, the righteous man St. Joseph, the carpenter, who was worthy to be called the father of Christ in the flesh, departed at a good old age. The Holy Gospel bore witness that he was a righteous man, and God chose him to be betrothed to […]

-DEPARTURE OF ST. TIMOTHY, THE 22ND POPE OF ALEXANDRIA

August 2, 2022 - Epep 26, 1738 On this day also, of the year 101 A.M. (July 20th, 385 A.D.), St. Timothy, 22nd Pope of Alexandria, departed. This saint was enthroned in the seventeenth of Baramhat, 95 A.M. (March 14th, 379 A.D.). He shepherded the flock of Christ with the best of care, and guarded […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST. APAMON (ABBA AMOUN)

August 3, 2022 - Epep 27, 1738 On this day also, St. Apamon (Abba Amoun), who was from the city of Tarnut, was martyred. This saint came to Upper Egypt, and he saw the tortures which were being inflicted by the infidels upon the holy martyrs. He went to Arianus, the governor of Ansena (Antinoe), […]