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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ELISHA THE PROPHET
DESCRIPTION:June 27\, 2022 – Paona 20\, 1738 \nOn 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 Elijah the prophet into heaven\, he went with him to the river Jordan. Elijah said to Elisha\, Ask what I shall do for you\, before I be taken away from you. Elisha asked\, I pray you\, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me\, and it was as he asked. (2 Kings 2:23-24) \nA certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha\, saying\, Your servant my husband is dead\, and the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves. So Elisha said to her\, What shall I do for you? Tell me\, what do you have in the house? And she said\, Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil. Then he said\, Go\, borrow vessels from everywhere\, from all your neighbors; empty vessels; do not gather just a few. With his prayers the Lord blessed the oil and all the vessels became full. The woman sold the oil and paid off her debt. (2 Kings 4:1-7) He also raised the son of the Shunammite woman from the dead. When Naaman the Syrian came to him\, he healed him from his leprosy. Naaman offered him much money and costly clothes\, but he refused them. Nevertheless\, when his servant Gehazi took them for himself\, the prophet knew that by the spirit. Elisha became angry and told him\, Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and your descendants forever. Elisha had performed many signs and miracles. He prophesied for about fifty years. When Elisha died\, they buried him. And the raiding bands from Moab invaded the land in the spring of the year. So it was\, as they were burying a man\, a plundering band was seen\, and they cast the man in the tomb of Elisha; and when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha\, he revived\, stood on his feet\, and went back to his people. (2 Kings 13:20-21) May His prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-elisha-the-prophet-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST.BISHAI ANOUB
DESCRIPTION:June 26\, 2022 – Paona 19\, 1738 \nMartyrdom of St.Bishai Anoub\nOn 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 went to the governor and confessed his faith in the Lord Christ before him. The governor tortured him\, then sent him to the governor of Ansena (Antinoe). St. Bishai openly declared his faith in Christ before Arianus\, the governor of Ansena\, who tortured him severely. Finally\, he ordered his head cut off outside the city. A great multitude followed him outside of the city. One of them\, was the keeper of the lions of Arianus\, the governor\, and he had with him two lions bound with chains. One of them rushed forward\, broke the chain\, and attacked the Saint to devour him. Immediately\, the angel of the Lord appeared\, took the Saint and brought him to the city of Ain-Shams where his martyrdom was consummated.\nMay his prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-bishai-anoub-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. GEORGE (GIRGIS) KNOWN AS EL-MEZAHEM
DESCRIPTION:June 26\, 2022 – Paona 19\, 1738 \n\nThis 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 them was this Saint\, and they called him El-Mezahem. He used to go with his mother to the church at a young age. He also used to see the children of the Christians dress in white on the days that they partook of the Holy Mysteries. He longed that his mother would dress him like them\, and allow him to eat from whatever they ate at the altar. His mother told him that could not be\, unless he was baptized. She gave him a portion of the blessed Eulogia bread\, that they distributed to the people\, and it tasted in his mouth like that of honey. He meditated in his heart and said\, If the taste of this bread that was not consecrated by prayers tastes like this\, what will be the taste of the Offering? His longing for the faith in Christ increased from that time. When he grew up\, he married a Christian woman\, and he told her that he wished to become a Christian. She told him that he had to be baptized. He went to Birma\, was baptized there and was called George (Girgis). When this matter became known\, he went to Domiat. The Moslems there recognized him\, seized him and tortured him. Then he escaped and fled to the city of Saft Abu-Trab\, where he stayed for three years. When his matter became known again he went to the city of Katurah\, and remained there serving the church of St. George\, then went back to Demerah. \nWhen the Moslems of the city of Demerah knew his history\, they seized him\, and delivered him to the governor who put him in prison. The Moslems assembled and broke the door of the prison. They beat the Saint severely\, split open his head\, and left him between life and death. When some of the believers came on the morrow to bury him\, for they thought that he was dead\, they found him alive. The Moslems convened a council\, and threatened him\, but he did not change his conviction. They hung him up on the mast of a ship\, but the governor ordered that he be taken down and cast him up in prison. His wife strengthened him\, and comforted him. She taught him to believe that the punishment which had come upon him was because of his sins; lest Satan lead him astray and he might boast that he became like the martyrs. The angel of the Lord appeared to him\, comforted him\, strengthened him\, and informed him that he would receive the crown of martyrdom on the next day. On the next morning\, the Moslems gathered with the governor and demanded from him that the head of El-Mozahem be cut off. He handed him over to them. They took him\, and cut off his head near the church of the angel Michael in the city of Demerah. They cast his body in hot fire for a day and a night. But his body did not burn\, so they put him in a barrel and threw him into the river. By the Will of God the barrel landed on the shore of an island\, which was inhabited by a believing woman. She took his body\, shrouded him\, hid him in her house until they built a church for him\, in which they laid his body. May his intercession be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-george-girgis-known-as-el-mezahem-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF POPE ARCHELAUS\, THE EIGHTEENTH POPE OF ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:June 26\, 2022 – Paona 19\, 1738 \n\nOn 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 and gathered the bishops. They ordained Archelaus the priest a Patriarch instead of Pope Peter\,as he commended before his departure from this world. When he was enthroned on the patriarchal chair in the 19th of Kiahk\, 28 A.M. (December 24th\, 311 A.D.)\, a group of people came to him and asked him to accept Arius in the church. He accepted their petition against the command of his father Pope Peter\, but he did not remain on the Chair longer than six months\, then departed. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-pope-archelaus-the-eighteenth-pope-of-alexandria-2/
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SUMMARY:-FIRST PONTIFICAL LITURGY IS THE NEW ST. MARK CATHEDRAL IN THE MONASTERY OF ANBA ROWAIS
DESCRIPTION:June 26\, 2022 – Paona 19\, 1738 \nOn this day\, of the year 1684 (Wednesday\, June 26th\, 1968)\, the church celebrated the first Pontifical Liturgy in the new St. Mark Cathedral in the monastery of Anba Rowais\, which was known as Dair El-Khandaq\, where the relics of St. Mark were placed after his return from Venice and Rome. On the morning of Wednesday the 19th of Baounah (June 26th) at about six o’clock\, Pope Kyrillos took the box of the relics of St. Mark\, that he had placed on the altar of the old St. Mark Cathedral in El-Azbakiah upon its arrival. He brought it in his private car to the new St. Mark Cathedral. The Pontifical Divine Liturgy that was celebrated on this occasion was headed by H.H. Pope Kyrillos the Sixth\, and participating with him were the patriarch Mari Ignatius Yacoub the Third\, the Antiochian Patriarch for the Syrian Orthodox\, and a number of Syrian\, Indian and Armenian Orthodox bishops. This celebration was attended by Emperor Haile Selassie the First\, Emperor of Ethiopia\, Cardinal Doval\, the head of the Roman Papal delegation and Cardinal of Algeria\, many of the heads of different religions and representatives of churches from all around the world\, and more than six thousand Egyptians and foreigners. During the Liturgy\, the box that contained the relics of St. Mark the Apostle was placed on a table in the middle of the eastern part of the altar of the Cathedral\, and remained there till the end of the liturgy. Right after the liturgy\, Pope Kyrillos went down carrying the box along with the Emperor\, the Syrian Orthodox Patriarch and the heads of the churches in a magnificent procession. They went to the sanctuary that was prepared for St. Mark under the main altar of the Cathedral. Pope Kyrillos placed the box inside the marbled altar\, which was covered by a large marble slab and on it was the altar table. The different choral groups then sang\, successively in different languages\, songs and hymns that befit the occasion in salutation for St. Mark. They sang in Coptic\, Ethiopian\, Syrian\, Armenian\, Greek\, Latin\, and in Arabic. The day was a joyous day and one of the most blessed days in the history of the church of Alexandria. May the blessings of St. Mark be with us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/first-pontifical-liturgy-is-the-new-st-mark-cathedral-in-the-monastery-of-anba-rowais-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.DAMIANOS\, THE 35TH POPE OF ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:June 25\, 2022 – Paona 18\, 1738 \nDeparture of St.Damianos\, the 35th Pope of Alexandria\nOn this day also\, of the year 321 A.M. (June 25th\, 605 A.D.) St. Damianos\, 35th Pope of Alexandria\, departed. He became a monk in his early years in the desert of Scete. He continued to fight and to devote himself to God for sixteen years. He was ordained a deacon in the monastery of St. John the Short. Then he went to the monastery of the fathers which is to the west of Alexandria\, and there he increased his asceticism. When Pope Peter (34) was enthroned on the See of St. Mark\, he brought and appointed Damianos a private secretary. Damianos pursued a good course of life and everyone loved him. When Pope Peter departed\, the bishop unanimously agreed to ordain him a patriarch. He was enthroned a patriarch on the second of Abib 285 A.M. (June 26th\, 569 A.D.). He cared for his flock well and he wrote many epistles and discourses. In the wilderness of Scete\, there were some followers of Melitius El-Assyuty\, who drank wine a few times during the night before they intended to partake of the Holy Communion. They claimed that the Lord Christ gave to His disciples two cups: the first He did not say\, This is My Blood but when he gave them the second cup he said\, This is My Blood. St. Damianos showed them their error. He clarified to them that the first cup was the cup of the Jewish passover\, and He nullified it with the second cup. He also told them that the canons of the church ban those that eat before communion from partaking of the Holy Eucharist. Some of them turned from their evil\, but those that did not turn from their evil council were driven out of the wilderness. When Anba Theophanius\, the Antiochian Patriarch departed\, they ordained a successor to him called Peter\, who sent a letter to Pope Damianos which said\, There is no need for us to say that God is the three Persons. When Pope Damianos read this letter he became enkindled with zeal. He wrote him a letter which explained that God is\, in no doubt\, one in His Godhead\, one in essence\, but He is Three persons\, God the Father\, God the Son\, God the Holy Spirit\, One God. He wrote to him many testimonies from the Holy Scriptures and from the sayings of the holy fathers. Nevertheless\, Peter refused to return to the truth\, and insisted on his error. Pope Damianos ordered that his name not be mentioned in the Divine Liturgy for twenty years until the heretic died. Pope Damianos remained for thirty five years\, eleven month\, and sixteen days\, teaching and preaching to his flock. He departed at a good old age.\nMay his prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-damianos-the-35th-pope-of-alexandria-2/
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SUMMARY:-INAUGURATION OF THE NEW ST. MARK CATHEDRAL IN THE MONASTERY OF ANBA ROWAIS
DESCRIPTION:June 25\, 2022 – Paona 18\, 1738 \nOn this day\, of the year 1684 A.M.\, that coincided with Tuesday the 25th of June\, 1968 A.D.\, and in the tenth year of the papacy of Pope Kyrillos the Sixth\, 116th Pope of Alexandria\, the holy church celebrates the inauguration of the new St. Mark Cathedral in Dair El-Anba Rowais\, which was known also as Dair El-Khandaq. For this occasion and for the return of the relics of St. Mark the Apostle from Rome\, after being in the city of Venice in Italy for eleven centuries\, i.e. since the ninth century\, a great religious celebration was organized. The celebration was headed by H.H. Pope Kyrillos the Sixth and was attended by President Gamal Abdel Naser\, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt\, Emperor Haile Selassie the First\, Emperor of Ethiopia\, and many of the heads of different religions and representatives of churches from all around the world. Among those religious leaders was Mari Ignatius Yacoub the Third\, the Antiochian Patriarch for the Syrian Orthodox. Many momentous speeches\, were delivered in different languages for this occasion. The speakers were\, Pope Kyrillos the Sixth\, the Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox\, Cardinal Doval\, the head of the Roman Papal delegation\, the Catholicos Patriarch of Ethiopia\, the secretary general of the World Council of Churches\, and the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia. They all expressed their joy on this happy and blessed day\, saluting the church of Alexandria\, which had a glorious history\, with salutation of appreciation and respect. At the end of the speeches the Pope along with the President of Egypt and the Emperor of Ethiopia went to the entrance of the new Cathedral. They unveiled the curtains from the commemorative plaque that was prepared to perpetuate this historical day. This celebration was attended by the journalists\, the international news agencies’ reporters\, radio\, television and more than six thousand Egyptians and foreigners. May the blessings of St. Mark be with us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/inauguration-of-the-new-st-mark-cathedral-in-the-monastery-of-anba-rowais-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.LATSOUN EL-BAHNASAWY
DESCRIPTION:June 24\, 2022 – Paona 17\, 1738 \nDeparture of St.Latsoun El-Bahnasawy\nOn this day also\, the great saint Anba Latsoun of El-Bahnesa\, departed. One day\, he went to the church and heard the words of the Lord Christ in the Holy Gospel saying: For whoever desires to save his life will lose it\, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what advantage is it to a man if he gains the whole world\, and is himself destroyed or lost? (Luke 9:24-25) These words kindled his heart\, so he left the world and went to the wilderness of Scetis (Sheahat). There he fought a great fight with ceaseless fasting and prayers. The angel of the Lord appeared to him and commanded him to go to St. Isidore\, to clothe him with the holy Eskeem. He went to him\, and after forty days St. Isidore clothed him with it. He increased in his asceticism\, then he lived a solitary life in the wilderness. There\, he was visited by St.Balamon (Palaemon). Satan had appeared to him disguised as a woman. Satan tried to persuade him to marry her by mentioning some of the Old Testament men that were married but yet were righteous. St. Balamon realized that he was the devil. He crossed himself with the sign of the cross\, and prayed to the Lord to save him. The devil became like smoke and disappeared. St. Balamon went to St. Latsoun to take his advice on devil warfare. He instructed him on how to overcome the devil and his deception. St. Balamon then went back to his abode. As of St. Latsoun\, he increased in his asceticism until he departed in peace.\nMay his prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-latsoun-el-bahnasawy-2/
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SUMMARY:-RETURN OF THE RELICS OF THE GREAT ST. MARK TO THE NEW ST. MARK CATHEDRAL
DESCRIPTION:June 24\, 2022 – Paona 17\, 1738 \nOn this day\, of the year 1684 A.M.\, that coincided with Monday the 24th of June\, 1968 A.D.\, and in the tenth year of the papacy of Pope Kyrillos the Sixth\, 116th Pope of Alexandria\, the relics of the great saint\, the beholder of God\, St. Mark the Apostle\, the Evangelist of the Egyptian land and the first Patriarch of Alexandria\, were returned to Egypt. Pope Kyrillos had delegated an official delegation to travel to Rome to receive the relics of St. Mark the Apostle from Pope Paul VI. The papal delegation consisted of ten metropolitans and bishops\, seven of them were Coptic and three Ethiopians\, and three of the prominent Coptic lay leaders. The Alexandrian delegation received the relics of St. Mark the Apostle on Saturday the 22nd of June\, 1968 A.D. from Pope Paul VI. The moment of handing over the holy relics\, after eleven centuries\, during which the body of St. Mark was kept in the city of Venice\, in Italy\, was a solemn and joyful moment. The next day\, Sunday 16th of Baounah (June 23rd)\, the Alexandrian Papal delegation celebrated a festive pontifical liturgy in the church of St. Athanasius the Apostolic in Rome. The ten metropolitans\, bishops\, and the priests accompanying the delegation\, all served in the liturgy. Members of the Roman Papal delegation\, the Copts who accompanied the Delegation\, and those who lived in Rome\, newspaper and news agency reporters\, and many foreign dignitaries attended the liturgy. \nThe Alexandrian Papal delegation carrying the holy relics\, on Monday the 24th of June\, 1968 A.D.\, went to the airport in an official procession\, preceded by the motorcycles and police escort. They boarded a plane which came especially from Cairo. The plane arrived at Cairo airport at ten thirty P.M. of the same day. Awaiting the arrival of the relics were\, Pope Kyrillos the Sixth\, Mari Ignatius Yacoub\, the Antiochian Patriarch for the Syrian Orthodox\, a great number of coptic and foreign bishops\, the head of various denominations and religions\, Egyptian and foreign\, and thousands of the Egyptian masses\, Christian and Moslems. They sang and chanted enjoyable religious songs\, waiting for the arrival of the plane. When the plane landed\, H.H. Pope Kyrillos went up the stairs of the aircraft\, and received the precious box that contained the relics of St. Mark the Apostle\, from the head of the delegation. Many\, and especially those who were in the balcony of the airport\, at this particular moment\, saw three white doves flying over the aircraft. Since pigeons do not fly during the night\, these were not ordinary pigeons. Perhaps\, it was the spirits of the saints welcoming the relics of the great St. Mark. It is worthy to note also that the plane was suppose to arrive at five o’clock but it was delayed for no apparent reason till it was dark. Perhaps also\, it was just for the spectators to witness and see these flying doves. \nThe Pope disembarked the aircraft carrying the box on his shoulder in the middle of the chanting and singing of the deacons\, followed by a tremendous procession of thousands chanting with the deacons in joy and jubilation. The head of the Roman Papal delegation\, Cardinal Doval\, Cardinal of Algeria\, was amazed by this tremendous religious rally. He also expressed that he was deeply touched by the devoutness of the Copts and their great honor and veneration for St. Mark. He said that what he saw far exceeded his expectations\, especially that the masses had to wait from five o’clock P.M.\, the expected time of arrival of the aircraft\, till ten thirty or even later. Pope Kyrillos returned to the old St. Mark Cathedral in El-Azbakiah with the box of the relics. He placed the box on top of the main altar which was consecrated in the name of St. Mark the Apostle. The box remained there till the third day of its arrival\, when the Pope carried it to the new St. Mark Cathedral in its inauguration. May the blessings of St. Mark be with us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/return-of-the-relics-of-the-great-st-mark-to-the-new-st-mark-cathedral-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.ABBA NOFER THE ANCHORITE
DESCRIPTION:June 23\, 2022 – Paona 16\, 1738 \nDeparture of St.Abba Nofer the Anchorite\nOn this day\, the ascetic father\, Abba Nofer the Anchorite\, departed at a good old age\, and of a glorious memory\, in the desert of Upper Egypt. The grace of God had moved St. Paphnoute (Paphnutius)\, and he longed to see the servants of God\, the Anchorites. He saw many of them\, among them St. Abba Nofer\, and wrote their biographies. He said that once he went into the desert and found a well of water and a palm tree. Then he saw the saint coming to him\, naked\, and the hair of his head and beard covered his body. When St.Paphnutius saw him\, he was afraid and thought that he was a spirit. Saint Abba Nofer encouraged him\, made the sign of the cross\, and prayed the Lord’s prayer\, then said to him\, Welcome O Paphnoute. When he called him by his name\, St. Paphnutius calmed down. They prayed together\, then sat\, and talked about the greatness and goodness of God. St. Paphnutius asked Abba Nofer to tell him about his life and how he came to that place. Abba Nofer replied\, I was in a monastery wherein lived holy and righteous monks. I heard them talking about the greatness of those anchorites who dwelled in the desert and their good virtues. I said to them\, ‘Are there any who are better than you?’ They said to me\, ‘Yes\, those anchorites who dwell in the wilderness. We live near the world\, if we are sorrowful or sad\, we find someone to console us; if we are sick\, we find someone to visit and treat us; if we are naked\, we find someone to clothe us. Those who live in the wilderness lack all these things.’ When I heard that from them\, my heart became anxious. When the night came\, I took a little bread and I went out from the monastery. Then I prayed to the Lord Christ and asked Him to guide me to the place where I was to live. The Lord facilitated my way and I found a holy and righteous man. I dwelt with him\, and he taught me all about the life and the ways of the hermits and the anchorites. After I came to this place\, I found a palm tree\, and a well. The tree bore twelve clusters of dates each year. One cluster of dates is enough food for me for a month\, and I drink water from this well. I have lived here for sixty years during which I have never seen the face of a man except yours. While they were talking together the angel of the Lord came down\, and told St. Abba Nofer that his departure was near. Straightway\, his color changed and became like fire\, then he bowed his knees and worshipped God. After he embraced St. Paphnutius\, he delivered up his pure soul. St.Paphnutius wrapped him\, and buried him in his cave. St. Paphnutius wished to live in the place of Abba Nofer. But after he had buried him\, the palm tree dried and fell down and the water of the well dried up. That happened by the Will of God\, so St. Paphnoute would return to the world and tell us about the holy hermits that he had seen.\nMay Their prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-abba-nofer-the-anchorite-2/
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SUMMARY:-CONSECRATION OF THE CHURCH OF MARI MINA AT MARYUT
DESCRIPTION:June 22\, 2022 – Paona 15\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, is the commemoration of the appearance of the body of the honorable saint\, and great martyr Mari Mina\, and the consecration of his church at Maryut (Mareotis). Now\, the body of this saint was hidden\, and the Lord wished to reveal it. It came to pass that there was a shepherd\, who pastured his sheep near the place where the body of the saint was buried. One day\, one of his sheep\, which was sick of a skin disease (mangy)\, dipped itself in the water of a pond which was near that place. It then went out of the water\, and rolled itself in the sand of that place\, and it was healed straightway. When the shepherd saw this wonder\, he marvelled\, and took the sand of that place and mixed it with the water of the pond. He smeared every mangy sheep\, or any that had a deformity\, and they were healed immediately. The report of this shepherd became widespread in all the regions of the empire\, until the emperor of Constantinople heard of it. He had an only daughter who was leprous. Her father sent her there. She questioned the shepherd about how she could get rid of her illness\, and he told her. She took some of that sand and mixed it with the water. She retired to her quarters and smeared her body with the mixture and slept that night in that place. She saw in a dream St. Mina and he told her\, Rise up early and dig in this place and you shall find my body. When she woke up from her sleep\, she found herself healed. She dug in that place\, and she found the holy body. She sent to her father to inform him about what had happened. He rejoiced exceedingly\, thanked God and praised His Holy Name. He sent men and money and built a church in that place which was consecrated on this day. When Arcadius and Honorius reigned they ordered a city to be built there which was called Maryut. The masses came to this church interceding with the blessed Mari Mina. God had honored him by the miracles and wonders that were manifested from his pure body\, until the Moslems occupied the city and destroyed it. The biography of this saint is mentioned under the fifteenth day of Hatour. May his intercession be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
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SUMMARY:-TURNING OVER THE RELICS OF THE GREAT ST. MARK THE APOSTLE BY THE HAND OF POPE PAUL THE SIXTH\, POPE OF ROME
DESCRIPTION:June 22\, 2022 – Paona 15\, 1738 \n\nOn this day\, of the year 1684 A.M.\, that coincided with Saturday the 22nd of June\, 1968 A.D.\, and in the tenth year of the papacy of Pope Kyrillos the sixth\, 116th Pope of Alexandria\, the official delegation of the Pope of Alexandria received the relics of the great St. Mark the Apostle\, the evangelist of the Egyptian land and the first Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from the hand of Pope Paul the Sixth\, Pope of Rome\, in the Papal palace\, Vatican City. The delegation consisted of ten metropolitans and bishops\, seven of them were Coptic and three Ethiopians\, and three lay leaders. The Alexandrian papal delegation left Cairo on Thursday the 23rd of Baounah\, 1684 A.M. (June 20th\, 1968 A.D.) on a special plane accompanied by 90 of the Coptic personalities\, among them\, seven priests. They were received by a delegation of cardinals and priests delegated by Pope Paul the Sixth\, and the ambassador of Egypt to the Vatican\, at the airport in Rome. Twelve o’clock\, the morning of Saturday the 15th of Baounah (June 22nd)\, was the appointed time for the Alexandrian Papal delegation to meet the Pope of Rome and receive the relics of St.Mark the Apostle. At the appointed time\, the delegation went in headed by Anba Marcus\, metropolitan of Abu-Teeg and Tahta\, and were received by Pope Paul VI in his private office. Pope Paul greeted the delegation\, commending Pope Kyrillos the sixth\, and the church of Alexandria. He congratulated the delegation on the opening of the new St. Mark Cathedral and the receiving of the relics of St. Mark. Anba Marcus\, the head of the delegation\, replied with a short speech\, in which he carried the greetings of his brother\, the Pope of Alexandria. Then he handed him a letter from Pope Kyrillos the sixth\, thanking him and introducing the members of the delegation. \nPope of Rome\, along with the head of the Alexandrian delegation\, then carried the box that contained the relics of St. Mark. They all walked in a procession to a grand room\, which was prepared to receive the Copts\, accompanied by the official delegates to witness this historical and joyful moment. The box containing the relics was placed on a special table. The Roman Pontiff came forward and knelt before the box and kissed it. He was followed by Anba Marcus\, the head of the Alexandrian Papal delegation\, who was followed by the members of the delegation. During the veneration of the relics of St. Mark the Apostle\, the Coptic priests and deacons present chanted appropriate ecclesiastical hymns. Joy filled the hearts of everyone\, Egyptian and foreign. An atmosphere of spirituality and holiness filled the room. The Roman Pope then sat on his throne\, and Anba Gregorius\, bishop of higher studies and scientific research\, gave a speech in English\, representing the delegation. He expressed in it the greetings of Pope Kyrillos the Sixth\, and the joy of the Christians of Egypt and Ethiopia for the return of the relics of St. Mark the Apostle after eleven centuries. During which the body of St. Mark was absent from the country in which he was martyred. \nPope of Rome\, replied in an official speech in French\, that he read while sitting on the throne. In it he exalted the history of the Alexandrian church\, and its long struggle in the field of dogma. He also praised its heros\, and its learned people such as Athanasius the apostolic\, Kyrillos (Cyril) the Pillar of Faith\, Pantaenus and Clement. He hoped that the celebration of the day would be a sign of love and a bond between the church of Alexandria and the church of Rome. The Roman Pope asked in his speech also from the head\, Cardinal Doval\, and members of the Roman Papal delegation to carry his greetings\, admiration\, and appreciation to Pope Kyrillos the Sixth\, the clergy of the church of Alexandria\, Egypt and its people. Afterwards\, the Pope and Anba Marcus\, the head of the delegation\, rose up to exchange the commemorative gifts. Anba Marcus gave the Pope the presents which were sent by H.H. Pope Kyrillos. Pope of Rome admired the precious gifts and asked Anba Marcus to convey his thanks to H.H. Pope Kyrillos. The Pope in return gave the members of the delegation commemorative presents. The Roman Pope\, then gave Anba Marcus\, the head of the Alexandrian Papal delegation\, an official document dated May 28th\, 1968 A.D. testifying that the relics were authentic and belonged to St. Mark the Apostle\, and were taken from their original place with veneration. The document was signed by Cardinal Porfeer\, the deputy of Vatican City. Thus\, the official celebration of handing over the relics of St. Mark the Apostle ended\, and the delegation went back to their hotel. May the blessings of St. Mark be with us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/turning-over-the-relics-of-the-great-st-mark-the-apostle-by-the-hand-of-pope-paul-the-sixth-pope-of-rome-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF THE SAINTS APAKIR\, JOHN\, PTOLEMY\, AND PHILIP
DESCRIPTION:June 21\, 2022 – Paona 14\, 1738 \nMartyrdom of the Saints Apakir\, John\, Ptolemy\, and Philip\nOn this day also\, Sts. Apakir\, John\, Ptolemy and Philip\, were martyred. St. Apakir was born in the city of Damanhur\, and had a rich brother called Philip. They had agreed with two priests\, one called John and the other called Ptolemy\, to receive the crown of martyrdom. They went to the city of Kartsa (Kartes)\, and confessed the name of the Lord Christ before the Governor. The governor ordered to shoot them to death with arrows\, but the arrows did not touch them. They were then cast into red hot fire\, but the angel of the lord delivered them from it. Then the governor commanded to tie them to the tails of horses\, and to drag them from Kartes to the city of Damanhur\, but the Lord guarded them from any harm. The governor commanded that their heads be cut off outside the city of Damanhur. They received the crown of martyrdom. People from the city of Sa came and took the body of St. Apakir\, built for him a church\, and laid his body inside it. Many signs and wonders took place through him. The people of Damanhur came and took the bodies of John\, Ptolemy\, and Philip\, wrapped them in expensive shrouds and buried them there.\nMay his prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-the-saints-apakir-john-ptolemy-and-philip-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF POPE YOANNIS THE NINETEENTH\, THE 113TH PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:June 21\, 2022 – Paona 14\, 1738 \n\nOn this day\, of the year 1658 A.M. (1942 A.D.) Pope Yoannis the Nineteenth\, 113th Patriarch of Alexandria\, departed. He was born in the village of Dair Tasa\, Asyiut governorate in the year 1571 A.M. (1855 A.D.). His parents were righteous\, therefore he was raised on piety and godliness. He drank the love of virtuous life and loved\, since his young age\, to read the biographies of saints. He longed to follow their example\, accordingly he went to the monastery of the Virgin Lady known as El-Baramous in Wadi El-Natroun\, in the month of Baramoudah\, 1591 A.M. He became a monk on the third of Kiahk\, 1592 A.M. (1876 A.D.). Because of his fervent worship\, intelligence\, and intellect\, the fathers unanimously agreed to nominate him to be a priest. Pope Kyrillos the fifth\, 112th Patriarch\, ordained him a priest in the year 1593 A.M.\, then hegumen in Baramhat\, 1594 A.M.\, and appointed him on the same day to be the head of the monastery. He remained the head of the monastery for ten years\, during which he was an example of\, ambition\, honesty\, purity of conduct\, firmness\, godliness\, and good management. When the Chair of the diocese of El-Biharah became vacant\, the people chose Yoannis a metropolitan for that Chair. He was ordained on the twelfth of Baramhat\, 1603 A.M. (1887 A.D.) and also was appointed as a deputy of the See of St. Mark. After the departure of Anba Yoannis\, metropolitan of El-Menofaya at that time\, the people of the diocese nominated him to care for them. The diocese of El-Menofaya was added to his duties in the year 1610 A.M. (1894 A.D.)\, and he became the metropolitan of El-Biharah\, El-Menofaya\, and the deputy of the See of St. Since his official seat was in Alexandria\, he established there a theological school to educate the monks. He sent from its students a mission to Athens for higher theological studies. \nThe revenue of the church properties was inconsiderable. By his good judgement\, the revenue increased year after year. Because of the highrise buildings that he built and the renovation of the old ones. He also gave great care for the Coptic schools\, elementary and high\, until their standard became equivalent to the best schools. He built and renovated most of the churches in his parish. He also gave special attention to the monasteries in his jurisdiction\, which were improved greatly because of his good care and close supervision. Because of his foresight\, and prudence\, the government chose him as a representative for the Copts in many councils and committees at the general assembly\, the committee for formulating the constitution and many others. He spent forty-two years as a metropolitan\, which were full of splendid works. When the blessed Pope Kyrillos the fifth\, departed\, on the first of Misra\, 1643 A.M. (August 7th\, 1927 A.D.) the Holy Synod convened on the fourth of Misra. They unanimously agreed to chose him Acting Pope to run the affairs of the church until ordaining a patriarch. As a result of that\, the Holy Synod had received many nominations from the parishes approving that choice. He performed his duties as Acting Patriarch for one year\, four months\, and ten days. During this period he administered the affairs of the See of St. Mark very well\, during which also the Holy Synod\, with Anba Yoannis presiding\, issued a canon to regulate the affairs of the monasteries and the monks. He organized a committee to oversee the church properties and those of the monasteries and to review their accounts. \nFrom what everyone knew of his purity\, virtuous life\, good character\, asceticism\, and piety\, they all unanimously agreed to chose him a patriarch with nominations from the bishops\, priests and lay leaders. He was enthroned a patriarch on Sunday the seventh of Kiahk 1645 A.M. (December 16th\, 1928 A.D.) in the great St. Mark cathedral in Cairo (Azbakiah). That took place with a great celebration attended by the representatives of the King\, princes\, ministers\, important Egyptian personalities\, the metropolitans of different denominations eastern and western\, and ambassadors of foreign countries. After his ordination\, Pope Yoannis directed his attention to caring for the affairs of the Coptic People and the church. He established a higher theological institution for the education of the monks in the city of Helwan. He ordained for the kingdom of Ethiopia\, a Coptic Metropolitan and four well-learned Ethiopian bishops. He travelled to Ethiopia to reaffirm the unity between the Coptic and Ethiopian churches. He stayed there for thirteen days where they received him with great honor and respect. In Addis Ababa\, he ordained the head of the Ethiopian monks (the successor of St. Takla Haymanot) a bishop. With the will of God\, he made the Holy Oil (Myron) in the year 1648 A.M. (1930 A.D.). The last time the oil was made was one hundred and ten years earlier during the papacy of Pope Peter\, 109th Pope of Alexandria. Pope Yoannis made the Holy Oil a second time\, specially for the kingdom of Ethiopia\, attended by Anba Kyrillos\, metropolitan of Ethiopia\, and Anba Peter\, an Ethiopian bishop. His contributions\, too numerous to be mentioned completely\, include watching over the welfare of the church\, kindness to the needy\, support for charitable organizations\, moral and financial support for the Coptic teaching institutions\, and assistance on valuable projects that financially and spiritually benefitted the Copts. \nDuring Pope Yoannis’ papacy\, a war broke out between Ethiopia and Italy\, during which most of the Ethiopian bishops died except Anba Abraam and another bishop. When Italy occupied Ethiopia\, the Emperor departed from his country. Anba Kyrillos\, the metropolitan of Ethiopia\, was exiled to Egypt\, for he refused to agree with Italy on separating the Ethiopian church from the Coptic Orthodox church. In November\, 1937 A.D.\, the Italian governor of Ethiopia decided the independence of the Ethiopian church and its separation from the Alexandrian See. He appointed Anba Abraam\, the Ethiopian bishop\, a patriarch for Ethiopia. Nevertheless\, God punished him for his betrayal. He became blind and died shortly after. The Alexandrian Holy Synod decided to excommunicate him\, not recognizing him nor the bishops that he ordained. This situation in Ethiopia did not last long; during the Second World War the Emperor of Ethiopia regained his kingdom from Italy. Anba Kyrillos returned to his church with great honor\, in May 1942 A.D. When Pope Yoannis had realized the return of the Ethiopian church to its mother church\, the Coptic Church\, he was stricken with the ailments of old age. He departed in peace on Sunday 14th of Baounah\, 1658 A.M. (June 21st\, 1942 A.D.) May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-pope-yoannis-the-nineteenth-the-113th-patriarch-of-alexandria/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE ARCHANGEL GABRIEL\, THE ANNOUNCER OF DANIEL THE PROPHET
DESCRIPTION:June 20\, 2022 – Paona 13\, 1738 \nCommemoration of the Archangel Gabriel\, the Announcer of Daniel the Prophet\nOn this day also\, the church in Egypt celebrates a feast for the honorable angel Gabriel. The angel Gabriel announced Daniel with the return of the children of Israel from captivity\, the coming of the Lord Christ\, the time of His coming\, that He would be killed\, the destruction of Jerusalem\, and that no other Messiah would come after Him except the anti-Christ. This angel is the one who announced to Zachariah the birth of John\, and six months later\, he came with the glad tidings of the salvation of the world when he announced to the Virgin Mary saying\, And behold\, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son\, and shall call His name JESUS. He will be great\, and will be called the Son of the Highest; … And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever\, and of His kingdom there will be no end. (Luke 1:31-33) Therefore\, our church has arranged this feast to venerate this honorable angel.\nMay his intercession be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-archangel-gabriel-the-announcer-of-daniel-the-prophet-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.JOHN\, BISHOP OF JERUSALEM
DESCRIPTION:June 20\, 2022 – Paona 13\, 1738 \nDeparture of St.John\, Bishop of Jerusalem\nOn this day\, of the year 419 A.D.\, the holy father St. John the second\, bishop of Jerusalem\, departed. He became a monk in the monastery of St. Hilarion\, with the great father St.Epiphanius\, bishop of Cyprus. His virtues and knowledge became well known\, so they chose him a bishop for Jerusalem in the year 388 A.D.\, after the ordination of St. Epiphanius\, bishop of Cyprus. After the ordination of St. John a bishop\, the enemy of good led him astray through the love of money. He gathered much money\, made silver vessels for his table\, and neglected the poor and the needy. When St. Epiphanius heard that\, he was troubled for what he knew about his friend St.John\, from asceticism\, righteousness\, worshipping and being merciful. St. Epiphanius\, because of his old friendship with St. John\, came from Cyprus to Jerusalem. He made it appear that he had come to visit and worship the holy places\, and visit the saints\, but in fact he came to meet Abba John. When he arrived in Jerusalem\, Abba John invited him for a visit. He prepared a table for St.Epiphanius and put these silver vessels on the table before him. When St.Epiphanius saw that\, his heart was in pain\, for he saw that his friend Abba John had in him no mercy for the poor and the needy. St. Epiphanius devised a plan to put his hands on these silver vessels. He went to one of the monasteries of Jerusalem\, and sent to Abba John asking to borrow these vessels from him. He pretended that some of the elders of Cyprus came to visit him and he wished to offer them food using them. When Abba John sent the vessels to St. Epiphanius\, he took them\, sold them and gave the money as alms to the poor and needy.\nA few days later\, Abba John asked for the vessels\, but St. Epiphanius asked him to wait a while on him. Abba John repeated his demand a second and a third time. When St. Epiphanius did not return them\, Abba John seized him by the hem of his garment in the church of Resurrection and said to him\, I will not let you go until you give me back my silver vessels. St. Epiphanius prayed to the Lord Christ\, and entreated Him for the sake of his old friend. Abba John became blind. He wept\, and entreated St. Epiphanius to help him. St. Epiphanius prayed for his sake and one of his eyes was healed. He looked at him and said\, Behold\, the Lord Christ has left blind one of your eyes as a reminder for you. He reminded him of his earlier benevolent life\, and told him that he had sold his vessels and gave their price as alms. He also told Abba John that he only came to Jerusalem to substantiate what he had heard about his greed and love of the world. Abba John awoke from his foolishness and inadvertence. He walked diligently in the path of charity beyond what can be described. He gave as alms all that he owned of money\, clothes\, and the vessels. He forsake all things worldly to the point that they did not find even a Dirham with him when he departed. God granted him the gift of healing the sick and performing signs. After he finished in his episcopate thirty one years\, he departed in peace.\nMay his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-john-bishop-of-jerusalem-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.EUPHEMIA
DESCRIPTION:June 19\, 2022 – Paona 12\, 1738 \nDeparture of St.Euphemia\nThis day also\, marks the martyrdom of St. Euphemia. She was the wife of a man who feared God\, and gave much alms. He kept three festivals each month: the commemoration of the angel Michael\, on the twelfth day; the commemoration of the Mother of God (Theotokos)\, on the twenty-first day; and the commemoration of the Nativity of our Lord\, on the twenty-ninth day of each month. When the day of his departure drew near\, he commanded his wife\, to keep this custom\, to not stop the giving of alms\, and to do the acts of charity especially on these three festivals. He painted a picture of the honorable angel Michael and gave it to her. After the departure of her husband\, she continued to fulfill his will. Satan was jealous of her\, and he came to her disguised as a monk\, who talked to her expressing his pity for her. He advised her to get married\, to bring forth children\, and to refrain from doing charitable deeds lest she finish her money. He told her also that her husband had received the Kingdom and he had no need of the alms giving. She answered saying\, I have vowed not to consort with another man after my husband. She went on saying\, If birds as the doves and the ravens do not take second mates\, how then can men who are created in the form and likeness of God do this? The devil left her angry.\nWhen the feast of the Angel had come\, and she had prepared all what she needed as her custom\, Satan appeared to her in the form of an angel and said to her\, Peace be to you\, the angel Michael has sent me to you\, commanding you to cease from these alms\, and to marry a believing man. Then he told her\, A woman without a man is like a ship without a captain\, and he began to bring her proofs out of the Holy Bible in regard of Abraham\, Isaac\, Jacob\, David\, and others like them who married wives and pleased God. She replied saying\, If you are an angel of God\, where is the Cross\, the symbol of your military service? For the soldier of the King never goes to any place without this symbol with him. When Satan heard these words from her\, he returned to his original form\, and jumped on her to choke her. She cried for the angel Michael\, whose feast she was celebrating\, and he delivered her immediately from him. The angel Michael told her\, Go and arrange your affairs\, for you shall depart from this world today. And behold the Lord has prepared for you what eye has not seen\, and ear has not heard\, nor has it occurred to the heart of man\, then he gave her the greeting of peace\, and went up into heaven. After\, St. Euphemia had celebrated the feast of the angel Michael\, she sent for the father the bishop and the priests. She gave them all her money to give to the poor and the needy. Then\, she took the Picture of the honorable angel Michael and prayed before it. She laid it upon her face and breast\, then departed in peace.\nMay her prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.KYRILLOS THE SECOND\, THE 67TH POPE OF ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:June 19\, 2022 – Paona 12\, 1738 \nDeparture of St.Kyrillos the Second\, the 67th Pope of Alexandria\nOn this day also\, the twelfth of Baounah\, 808 A.M. (June 6th\, 1092 A.D.)\, the great Pope\, St.Kyrillos the Second\, the 67th Pope of Alexandria\, departed. He became a monk in Sawma’et (Cell) of Singar. Because of his knowledge and righteousness\, they chose him a Patriarch\, a successor to St. Christodolus\, the 66th Pope. His enthronement was on 22nd of Baramhat\, 794 A.M. (March 18th\, 1078 A.D.). Some of the bishops disobeyed the Pope and decided to depose him. They assembled a council from forty-seven bishops for this purpose. When the Fatimid governor knew of this dissension\, he called the bishops to his orchard. He harshly talked to them with words God had put in his mouth. The overseer of the orchard (Yaseeb) sided with those who opposed the Pope. Peter\, the pope’s disciple\, reproved him and an exchange of words took place between them while the Pope was coming out of the meeting. The Pope told the overseer\, If the Governor has authority\, Christ has authority over the heaven and earth. The Pope dismounted his horse\, and made a matonia before him\, which was on Saturday the 23rd of Misra\, 802 A.M. On the next Saturday\, the governor became enraged with the overseer of his orchard. He went there and ordered the beheading of the overseer. That was in the same place where the Pope had made the matonia to him and in the same hour. The Governor told the dissenting bishops\, You all should be in accordance\, and obey your Archbishop. Thus\, they all were reconciled\, and went to the church of St. Marcurius. They celebrated the Divine liturgy on Saturday and Sunday and then went to their parishes rejoicing. This Pope remained on the Chair for fourteen years\, two month\, and thirteen days\, then departed in peace.\nMay his prayers be with us. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-kyrillos-the-second-the-67th-pope-of-alexandria-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.JUSTUS\, THE SIXTH POPE OF THE SEE OF ST.MARK
DESCRIPTION:June 19\, 2022 – Paona 12\, 1738 \nDeparture of St.Justus\, the Sixth Pope of the See of St.Mark\nOn this day also\, of the year 135 A.D.\, St. Justus\, the Sixth Pope of the See of St. Mark\, departed. This saint was an honorable and learned man before his ordination. He was baptized by St. Mark the Apostle\, along with his father\, his mother and others. St. Anianus\, the second pope\, ordained him a deacon\, then a priest\, and appointed him to preach\, and teach the people. He was chosen for the papacy to succeed Pope Primus. He shepherded his people with the best of care for ten years. He departed at a pleasing good old age.\nMay his prayer be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-justus-the-sixth-pope-of-the-see-of-st-mark-2/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF ARCHANGEL MICHAEL
DESCRIPTION:June 19\, 2022 – Paona 12\, 1738 \nCommemoration of Archangel Michael\nOn this day\, the church celebrates the commemoration of the angel Michael\, the Archangel\, the intercessor of the human race. The one who appeared to Joshua the son of Nun\, encouraged him\, and told him\, Nay\, but as captain of the hosts of the Lord am I now come. He made the city of Jericho to fall into his hands\, and he stopped the sun for him.\nMay his intercession be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-archangel-michael-4/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE CONSECRATION OF THE ALTAR OF THE FORTY MARTYRS IN ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:June 18\, 2022 – Paona 11\, 1738 \nCommemoration of the Consecration of the Altar of the Forty Martyrs in Alexandria\nOn this day also\, the church celebrates the commemoration of the consecration of the altar of the Forty martyrs of Sebastia\, in the church of the Savior\, in Alexandria.\nMay their intercession be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST.CLAUDIUS
DESCRIPTION:June 18\, 2022 – Paona 11\, 1738 \nMartyrdom of St.Claudius\nOn this day\, the honorable St. Claudius\, was martyred. He was the son of Ptolemy (Abtelmawos)\, who was Emperor Numerianus’ brother. He was loved by the people of Antioch for his courage and good appearance. Because they loved him so greatly\, they painted a picture of him on the doors of the city of Antioch. When Diocletian reneged the faith and incited the persecution against the Christians\, this Saint agreed with St. Boctor (Victor) Ebn Romanus to be martyred for the sake of the Name of Christ. Satan appeared to them in the form of an old man and told them\, O my sons\, you are young men\, the sons of nobility\, and I am afraid for you from this infidel Emperor; so if he asked you to worship the idols\, accept his command\, and in your houses you can worship Christ in secret. They realized that he was satan disguised as an old man and told him\, O you who are filled with all evil\, go away from us. Straightway the old man changed his appearance and became like a black slave and told them\, Behold\, I will go before you to the Emperor and instigate him to shed your blood.\nThe Emperor brought St. Claudius and proposed to him the worship of the idols\, and promised to give him his father’s position. Claudius neither accepted his promise\, nor submitted to his order. He spoke to him boldly and fearlessly reviling him for worshipping the idols. The Emperor did not dare to harm him for the people of Antioch loved him. Romanus\, St. Victor’s father\, advised the Emperor to send him to Egypt to be killed there. He sent him with a letter to the Governor of Ansena (Antinoe) stating in it: Claudius neither obeyed our orders\, nor hearkened our words. Persuade him with all your power first\, and if he does not return on his counsel\, cut off his head. When the Saint heard that\, he called Sidrakhos\, his sister’s husband\, asked him to care for his sister\, his possessions and bid him farewell. The Saint went with the soldiers to Egypt. When he arrived to Arianus\, the governor of Ansena\, he received him standing\, kissed his hand\, and said\, O my master Claudius\, do not transgress the command of the Emperor. The Saint replied\, I was not sent to you for you to lead me astray by your words\, but that you might fulfil what the emperor commanded. They argued with each other till Arianus became enraged with the answers of the Saint\, and he drove the spear into the Saint. He delivered up his pure spirit and received the crown of martyrdom. Some of the believers\, took his body and shrouded it. They placed it with the body of St. Victor who was martyred shortly before that. After the end of the time of persecution\, Victor’s mother came\, and took their bodies to Antioch.\nMay their prayers be with us. Amen.
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SUMMARY:-ENTHRONEMENT OF POPE DEMITRIUS THE SECOND\, THE 111TH PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:June 17\, 2022 – Paona 10\, 1738 \nEnthronement of Pope Demitrius the Second\, the 111th Patriarch of Alexandria\nOn this day also\, of the year 1578 A.M. (15th of June\, 1862 A.D.)\, is the commemoration of the enthronement of Pope Demitrius the second\, the 111th Patriarch. This father was born in the village of Galda\, the governorate of El-Menia. He became a monk in the monastery of St. Macarius. When the abbot of the monastery departed\, he was chosen to become the new abbot. He did well in managing the monastery. For his good virtues\, he was ordained a Pope to succeed the great Pope Abba Kyrillos the fourth\, the 110th Patriarch. He completed the construction of St. Mark Cathedral\, built many buildings in the patriarchate\, and in his monastery in the area of Atrees. In 1869 A.D.\, he attended the celebration for the opening of the Suez Canal\, and met many kings. He was well respected by Sultan Abdel-Aziz. When this Pope came before him to greet him\, the Pope kissed the sultan on his chest. The Sultan was troubled\, and the guards asked the Pope why he did that. The Pope said\, The book of God says: ‘The king’s heart in the hand of the Lord’ (Proverbs 21:1)\, when I kissed his heart\, I have kissed the hand of God. The Sultan was pleased with his answer\, and gave him many farm lands to help the poor and the schools. The Pope traveled on a governmental boat to visit the churches in Upper Egypt. He regained those who were lost and strengthened the faithful. After he had completed in the papacy seven years\, seven months\, and seven days\, he departed in peace\non the eve of Epiphany\, the 11th of Tubah\, 1586 A.M. (Jan. 18th\, 1870 A.D.).\nMay his prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/enthronement-of-pope-demitrius-the-second-the-111th-patriarch-of-alexandria-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.YOANNIS THE 16TH\, THE 103RD POPE OF ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:June 17\, 2022 – Paona 10\, 1738 \nDeparture of St.Yoannis the 16th\, the 103rd Pope of Alexandria\nToday also\, of the year 1434 A.M. (June 15\, 1718 A.D.)\, Pope Yoannis the Sixteenth\, the 103rd Patriarch of Alexandria\, departed. This Pope was known by the name Yoannis El-Tokhi. His parents were Christians from Tokh El-Nasara\, the diocese of El-Menoufia. They brought their son\, whose name was Ibrahim\, with the best of care. They provided him with the best of education. God blessed him from his youth\, thus he grew up in virtue and in a chaste life. When his father departed\, he forsake the world and desired the monastic life. He went to the monastery of St. Antony in the wilderness of Araba\, and became a monk there. He put on the garb of the monk and attired with the holy Eskeem. When he showed his dedication in worship and asceticism\, the fathers the monks chose him to be a priest. Pope Mattheos\, the Fourth\, ordained him a priest for the monastery\, in the church of the Virgin Lady in Haret Zeewailah. He became more righteous in his new priestly rank\, and increased his worship\, until his godliness\, humility and meekness became well known. When Pope Mattheos departed\, the bishops\, priests and lay leaders\, met to choose a good shepherd. They elected a number of priests and monks\, among whom was this father. They casted an altar lot after they had celebrated the holy liturgy for three consecutive days\, asking God to guide them to the one who is fit to shepherd His people. When the lot was made\, it fell on this father. They knew and realized that God had chosen him for this office. He was ordained on Sunday\, the ninth of Baramhat\, 1392 A.M. (May 5th\, 1676 A.D.). He was called Yoannis the 16th. The celebration of his enthronement was splendid and the joy prevailed everywhere in Egypt.\nHe gave his attention to the restoration of the monasteries and the churches. He restored the holy places in Jerusalem and paid off its debts. He renovated many churches and monasteries which he consecrated by his blessed hands. He gave special attention to the monastery of St. Paul\, the first hermit\, in mount Nemra. The monastery was desolate for a period of more than one hundred years. He opened it\, restored it\, reestablished the monastic life in it\, and made it better than before. He prepared books\, veils\, altar accessories\, and relics of saints for it\, and consecrated it himself. He ordained many priests\, deacons and monks for it on Sunday the 19th of Bashans\, 1421 A.M. (May 25\, 1705 A.D.). He visited the monastery of the great St. Antony\, the father of the monks\, in mount El-Kalzam\, four times: the first was in the month of Kiahk\, 1395 A.M. (1678 A.D.)\, accompanied by the head of the monastery\, and some monks. The second was in the 20th of Baramouda\, 1411 A.M. (1695 A.D.) at the end of the holy fast. He was accompanied by Fr. John the Virgin\, the priest of the church of the Virgin in Haret El-Room and the honorable deacon El-Moallem Girgis El-Toukhy Abu Mansour\, and El-Moallem Soliman El-Sarraf El-Shenrawi. The third time was in Misra 1417 A.M. (1701 A.D.)\, and the fourth time was in 1421 A.M. (1705 A.D.) to consecrate the monastery of St. Paul.\nIn the blessed month of Abib\, 1417 A.M.\, a great tribulation befell the Orthodox Christians of Egypt\, during the reign of the governor Mohammed Pasha. An accusation had reached him that the Coptic Christians had built new buildings in their churches. The Governor appointed an Agha\, architects\, and judges to go and investigate the accusation. They came back with the evidence that there were many new constructions in the churches. However\, God did not forsake His people by the prayers of this godly Pope. Many honorable people in Egypt went to the Governor to intercede on behalf of the Christians. The Governor ordered that a fine be paid as a penalty. The Pope met with the lay leaders El-Moallem Youhanna Abu Masri\, El-Moallem Girgis Abu Mansour\, and El-Moallem Ibrahim Abu Awad. They agreed unanimously that the Pope would visit the Christians in their homes\, and collect what needed to be collected. The penalty was collected and paid to the Governor. The lay leaders were able to pay it back to the people and every one rejoiced. The churches were opened\, and there was peace. The Pope took it hard going to the homes of the believers asking for money\, so he went to the monastery of St. Antony on the 7th of the month of Misra\, 1417 A.M. for a retreat.\nIn 1419 A.M.\, the Pope desired to make the Holy Oil (Myron). The Lord answered his request\, and moved the heart of a Christian\, the great lay leader\, El-Moallem Girgis Abu Mansour\, the administrator of the churches of El-Muallakah and Haret El-Roum. He was charitable to the poor and the needy\, cared for the places of the saints and martyrs. He participated in every good deed with the Pope. He prepared what was needed (oil\, spices\, perfumes)\, and the Holy Myron was cooked and consecrated by the Pope in the Church of the Virgin in Haret El-Roum. The Myron had not been made for a period of two hundred and forty seven years\, during which\, 18 Popes sat on the throne of St. Mark. He was also the first to build the Patriarchate residence in Haret El-Roum\, and dedicated properties and revenue for it. In 1425 A.M. (1709 A.D.)\, this Pope visited Jerusalem\, with some of the bishops\, many archpriests\, priests\, and laymen. The honored deacon El-Moallem Girgis Abu Mansour El-Toukhy\, paid all the expenses of this trip. He also paid all the expenses for the renovation of the church of the Virgin known as El-Muallakah in Old Cairo. The Pope visited the churches\, and monasteries. He also visited St. Mark church in Alexandria. He traveled everywhere in both Lower and Upper Egypt. In his time\, he allowed the Holy Elements (the Body and the Blood of Christ) to be taken to the sick and those who could not come to the church. This Pope was loved by everyone\, and he was honored and respected for his humility\, meekness\, and his love for the poor. His door was always open to everyone who would call upon him. The days of his papacy were quiet. The Lord was with him\, and delivered him from all his sorrows. He accepted his prayers and supplications and he lived to a good old age. When he completed his course\, he became sick for a short time. Then he departed in peace\, with his friend the honorable lay leader Girgis Abu Mansour within one week. Many mourned him\, and the bishops\, the priests\, and the lay leaders attended the prayers on his body. They carried him with great honor\, and placed the body in the tomb of the Patriarchs in the church of St. Mercurius Abu Saifain in Old Cairo\, in the 10th of Baounah\, 1434 A.M.\, after he had been on the throne of St. Mark for forty two years and three months.\nMay his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-yoannis-the-16th-the-103rd-pope-of-alexandria-2/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE CLOSING OF THE PAGAN TEMPLES AND OPENING OF THE CHURCHES
DESCRIPTION:June 17\, 2022 – Paona 10\, 1738 \nCommemoration of the Closing of the Pagan Temples and Opening of the Churches\nOn this day also\, of the year 312 A.D.\, the righteous Emperor Constantine the great\, issued his Edict to close all the pagan temples\, and open all the churches throughout the whole Roman Empire. The news of the Edict arrived to Alexandria on this day\, and all the people rejoiced exceedingly along with the heavenly hosts. All the Christians made this day a great feast day. This was at the beginning of the enthronement of Pope Alexandros the first\, the 19th Patriarch of Alexandria.\nMay his prayers be with us. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-closing-of-the-pagan-temples-and-opening-of-the-churches-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST.DABAMON
DESCRIPTION:June 17\, 2022 – Paona 10\, 1738 \nMartyrdom of St.Dabamon\nOn this day\, St. Dabamon\, was martyred. A man named Warshenoufa (Ouarshenoufa) was called upon to be a bishop\, but he fled to kahmoun (Tahmoun)\, diocese of Bana. There\, he found a lodging with two brothers called Dabamon (Eudaeman) and Bastamon (Episteman). That night\, the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said\, Why are you asleep while the fight is on\, and the crowns are prepared? Arise and go to the governor and confess Christ to receive the crown of martyrdom. When he rose up\, he told the two brothers about his vision. They all agreed to receiving the crowns. They went to the governor and professed the Name of the Lord Christ before him. The Governor tortured them\, and put them in prison. Then\, he took them with him from Benchileel to Sanhour. He asked them to raise incense for the idols\, but they refused. The Governor tortured them again and the Lord sent his angel to comfort them. Then he took them to Sa\, where the priest of the idols told the governor that a woman named Dabamon from Degwah had cursed the gods. She was a righteous and charitable woman who had a daughter named Youna. They weaved fabrics and painted beautiful drawings on them. They sold it and gave whatever was left as alms. The governor sent an executioner named Eulogi. When he saw her righteousness and her good nature\, he refrained from killing her\, and took her with him to the governor. There she met St. Warshenoufa and his two companions. The governor tortured her excessively and ordered to squeeze her with the press. The Lord strengthened her and raised her whole again. Meanwhile\, Eulogi\, the executioner that brought her\, professed the Lord Christ. He was beheaded\, and received the crown of martyrdom. The governor also ordered Dabamon to be beheaded outside the city. They took her out\, and the women were around her weeping\, but she was rejoicing. They cut her head off and she received the crown of martyrdom. \nMay her prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-dabamon-2/
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SUMMARY:-RELOCATION OF THE RELICS OF ST.MERCURIUS TO CAIRO
DESCRIPTION:June 16\, 2022 – Paona 9\, 1738 \nRelocation of the Relics of St.Mercurius to Cairo\nToday also\, we celebrate the commemoration of the relocation of the relics of St. Marcurius Abu-Saifain to his church in Cairo. That was during the papacy of Pope Yoannis (94th Pope of Alexandria). \nMay his prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/relocation-of-the-relics-of-st-mercurius-to-cairo-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST.LUCILIANUS AND FOUR OTHERS WITH HIM
DESCRIPTION:June 16\, 2022 – Paona 9\, 1738 \nMartyrdom of St.Lucilianus and four others with him\nOn this day also\, St. Lucilianus and four others with him\, were martyred. He was a priest for the idols during the reign of Emperor Aurelianus Caesar. He witnessed the torturing of the martyrs\, their beating\, burning\, and being hacked to pieces. He also witnessed many being thrown into the fire without being harmed. He marvelled and realized that his idols did not posses the power to do likewise and the God that does these signs is the true God. Straightway\, he cried saying\, I am Christian\, I am Christian. They seized him\, and brought him before the Emperor who rebuked him for that. He promised him many gifts\, then threatened him. Since he did not return from his firm intention\, he tortured him severely then cast him into prison. Then the Emperor brought him again with the other four Christians and threw them into the fire. God sent heavy rain and it quenched the fire. Finally\, they hung him upon a wooden cross and nailed his body with long nails. Thus he delivered up his soul in the hand of the Lord. As for the other four\, they cut off their heads and they all received the crown of martyrdom.\nMay his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-lucilianus-and-four-others-with-him-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF SAMUEL THE PROPHET
DESCRIPTION:June 16\, 2022 – Paona 9\, 1738 \nDeparture of Samuel the Prophet\nOn this day\, of the year 2947 of the world\, the upright and great\, Samuel the Prophet\, departed. This righteous man was born in Ramathaim Zophim\, of the mountains of Ephraim. His father’s name was Elkanah and his mother was Hannah. She was barren\, and by continual supplication\, the Lord gave her Samuel. She raised him in her house for three years\, and then she offered him to the temple of God as she vowed before she conceived him. He served Eli the priest until he grew up. Eli’s two sons had behaved badly and defiled the temple. While Samuel was lying down to sleep\, the LORD called Samuel. And he answered\, Here I am! So he ran to Eli and said\, Here I am\, for you called me. And Eli said\, I did not call; lie down again. And he went and lay down. And the LORD called yet again\, Samuel! So Samuel arose and went to Eli\, and said\, Here I am\, for you called me. And Eli answered\, I did not call\, my son; lie down again. Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD\, nor was the word of the LORD yet revealed to him.\nAnd the LORD called Samuel again a third time. Then Samuel arose and went to Eli\, and said\, Here I am\, for you did call me. Then Eli perceived that the LORD had called the boy. Therefore Eli said to Samuel\, Go\, lie down; and it shall be\, if He calls you\, that you must say\, ‘Speak\, LORD\, for Your servant hears.’ So Samuel went and lay down in his place. Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times\, Samuel! Samuel! And Samuel answered\, Speak\, for Your servant hears. Then the LORD said to Samuel: Behold\, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house\, from beginning to end. For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows\, because his sons made themselves vile\, and he did not restrain them. And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever. (1 Samuel 3:1-14) Afterward\, the Lord commanded Samuel to anoint Saul the son of Kish\, a king for Israel. When Saul disobeyed the Lord Samuel anointed David\, the son of Jesse\, a king by the command of the Lord. He prophesied and judged for the people of Israel for twenty years.\nMay Her prayers be with us all. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-samuel-the-prophet-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF GEORGE (GIRGIS) THE NEW MARTYR
DESCRIPTION:June 15\, 2022 – Paona 8\, 1738 \nMartyrdom of George (Girgis) the new martyr\nThis day also marks the martyrdom of George (Girgis)\, the new martyr. He was an Ishmealite as was his father. He believed in the Lord Christ and became a monk. They seized\, and punished him severely. They took him before the Governor El-Zaher\, where he confessed his faith in the Lord Christ. The Governor attempted to make him forsake his faith by offering him expensive gifts\, but he refused. The Governor ordered to cut his neck off\, and he received the crown of martyrdom in the year 1103 A.M. (1387 A.D.).\nMay his intercession be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-george-girgis-the-new-martyr-2/
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