-DEPARTURE OF POPE ARCHELAUS, THE EIGHTEENTH POPE OF ALEXANDRIA

June 26, 2022 - Paona 19, 1738 On this day also, of the year 28 A.M. (June, 312 A.D.) Pope Archelaus, the Eighteenth Pope of Alexandria, departed. He was a priest in the church of Alexandria. When Pope Peter the first, the seal of martyrs, received the crown of martyrdom, the believers in Alexandria agreed […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST. GEORGE (GIRGIS) KNOWN AS EL-MEZAHEM

June 26, 2022 - Paona 19, 1738 This day also, in the year 675 A.M. (June, 959 A.D.), marks the martyrdom of St. George, the new martyr, known as El-Mezahem. His father was a Moslem bedouin. He married a Christian woman from the city of Demerah El-kibliah. He had from her three sons, one of […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST.BISHAI ANOUB

June 26, 2022 - Paona 19, 1738 Martyrdom of St.Bishai Anoub On this day also, St. Bishai Anoub, which means fine gold, was martyred. He was from the city of Banios, in the diocese of Domiat. He was one of the soldiers of Cyprianus, governor of Athribis. When persecution was incited against the Christians, he […]

-DEPARTURE OF ELISHA THE PROPHET

June 27, 2022 - Paona 20, 1738 On this day, of the year 3195 of the world, the holy prophet Elisha, departed. This prophet was born in one of the villages of Israel called Alamut. His father's name was Shaphat. Elisha was a servant to the holy prophet Elijah. When the Lord would take up […]

-COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST CHURCH FOR THE VIRGIN MARY IN THE CITY OF PHILIPPI

June 28, 2022 - Paona 21, 1738 On this day, the church celebrates the commemoration of the first church to be built in the name of the Virgin Lady, the All pure St. Mary, the Theotokos (Mother of God), through whom the salvation of Adam and his posterity was fulfilled. When the two apostles Paul […]