June 7, 2022 - Bashans 30, 1738 Departure of Pope Mikhail the First, the 68th Patriarch of Alexandria On this day of the year 818 A.M. (May 25th., 1102 A.D.), the holy father Pope Mikhail, the sixty eighth Pope of Alexandria, departed. He was knowledgeable in the church books from his youth, and recited them […]
June 7, 2022 - Bashans 30, 1738 Departure of St.Fournous, one of the Seventy Disciples On this day also, the disciple Phorus (Fournous), one of the seventy disciples, departed. He served Christ for 3 years. After the ascension of the Lord, he served the apostles, and was filled with the Holy Spirit, the comforter on […]
June 8, 2022 - Paona 1, 1738 Consecration of the Church of St.Leontius of Tripoli This day marks the commemoration of the consecration of the church of St. Leontius (Laventius) the Syrian. This Saint was martyred in the city of Tripoli on the twenty-second of Abib. A Christian woman, the wife of a great nobleman […]
June 8, 2022 - Paona 1, 1738 Martyrdom of St. Qozman El-Tahawy and his companions. On this day also, St. Qozman (Cosmas) El-Tahawy and his companions were martyred. May their prayers be with us. Amen.
June 8, 2022 - Paona 1, 1738 Consecration of the Church of St. Abe-Fam (Epipham) the soldier Today also, the church commemorates the great saint Abe-Fam (Bifam or Phoebammon) the soldier. This Saint was born in the city of Oseem (Giza). His father's name was Anastasius, who had a high ranking position, and his mother […]