-DEPARTURE OF ST.ARSANIUS, THE TUTOR OF THE EMPEROR’S CHILDREN

May 21, 2022 - Bashans 13, 1738 On this day, of the year 445 A.D., the ascetic, fighter, and wise father St. Arsanius departed. He was born in Rome from a very rich Christian parents. They taught him church subjects and ordained him a deacon. He was highly knowledgeable in the Greek culture and endowed […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST.EPIMACHUS (EPHIMACHUS) OF PELUSIUM

May 22, 2022 - Bashans 14, 1738 On this day also, St. Epimachus was martyred. He was born in Pelusium (Farma). He was a weaver along with his two companions: Theodore and Callinicos. When he heard that 'Youlamis' the governor of Egypt, had come to torture the Christians, he preached his friends explaining the vainglory […]

-MARTYRDOM OF 400 MARTYRS IN DANDARA (DENDERAH)

May 23, 2022 - Bashans 15, 1738 On this day also, four hundred Saints were martyred in Dendera, after they had suffered many tortures. This was at the end of the reign of Emperor Diocletian. May Their prayers be with us. Amen