September 12, 2021 - Tout 2, 1738 On this day Saint John the Baptist, son of Zacharias the priest, became a martyr by the order of King Herod. When St. John, the prophet, rebuked Herod because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip whom he had taken to be his wife, and said to […]

September 12, 2021 - Tout 2, 1738 On this day also departed Daysa the soldier, a native of the city of Tanda. Arianus the governor of Ansena inflicted great tortures on this Saint because of his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He cut off his head with a sword, and Daysa received the crown […]

October 1, 2021 - Tout 21, 1738 We celebrate on this day the commemoration of the pure Lady St. Mary the Virgin, the Mother of God, the Word through whom was the salvation of Adam and his offspring. May her intercession be for us all. Amen.

October 1, 2021 - Tout 21, 1738 On this day also in the year 257 A.D. the honorable St. Cyprianus and St. Justina were martyred. Cyprianus was an infidel and a magician. He learned magic in the countries of the west until he excelled over his fellows. His excessive impudence and his arrogance made him […]

October 2, 2021 - Tout 22, 1738 On this day was the martyrdom of Saints Kobtlas and his sister, Aksu, the children of Sapor the King of Persia and Kobtlas' friend, Tatos. Safor was a worshipper of fire and of the sun. He inflicted many tortures on the believers, and no man throughout the country […]