-MARTYRDOM OF ST. GEORGE, PRINCE OF MARTYRS

May 1, 2022 - Baramouda 23, 1738 On this day, of the year 307 A.D., the great among the martyrs St. George, was martyred. He was born in Cappadocia; his father's name was Anastasius, and his mother's name was Theobaste. When he was twenty years old, his father died, and he went to Emperor Diocletian […]

-DEPARTURE OF POPE SINUTHIUS (SHENOUDA I), 55TH POPE OF ALEXANDRIA

May 2, 2022 - Baramouda 24, 1738 On this day, of the year 596 A.M. (April 19th., 880 A.D.), the great father Pope Sinuthius (Shenouda I), 55th Pope of the See of St. Mark, departed. This holy father was a monk in the monastery of St. Macarius. He advanced in righteousness and worship, and was […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST.SARAH, AND HER TWO SONS

May 3, 2022 - Baramouda 25, 1738 On this day, St. Sarah and her two sons, were martyred. She was from the city of Antioch, the wife of a man whose name was Socrates, one of the governors of Emperor Diocletian. This Governor had denied Christ to please Diocletian, pretending before his wife that he […]

-DEPARTURE OF POPE YOUANNIS VII, 78TH PATRIARCH

May 4, 2022 - Baramouda 26, 1738 On this day also, of the year 1009 A.M. (April 21st, 1293 A.D.), Pope Youannis VII, 78th Patriarch, departed. After the lay leaders of Cairo had nominated Pope Gabriel III for the Papacy, some of the lay leaders of Egypt agreed to choose Youannis Ebn Abi-Saaid El-Soukary. They […]