-MARTYRDOM OF ST. ARI, THE PRIEST OF SHATANOUF

August 15, 2022 - Mesra 9, 1738 On this day, St. Ari (Ori), the priest of Shatanouf, was martyred. He was exceedingly merciful, pure in soul and body, to the […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST. MATRA

August 16, 2022 - Mesra 10, 1738 On this day, St. Matra was martyred during the papacy of Pope Demetrius, the twelfth patriarch of Alexandria, and in the days of […]

-MARTYRDOM OF ST. PIGEBS (BEKHEBS)

August 16, 2022 - Mesra 10, 1738 On this day also, St. Pigebs (Bekhebs) was martyred. He was from the city of Ashmoun-Tanah. He was a soldier under the command […]

-DEPARTURE OF ST. MOISIS, BISHOP OF OUSEEM

August 17, 2022 - Mesra 11, 1738 On this day, the holy father Anba Moisis (Moses), Bishop of Ouseem, departed. He was pure and chaste from a young age. He […]

-COMMEMORATION OF THE HONORABLE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL

August 18, 2022 - Mesra 12, 1738 On this day, the church celebrates the commemoration of the honorable Archangel Michael. With his supplications God brings the water of the Nile […]