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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. SIMON THE STYLITE
DESCRIPTION:June 6\, 2022 – Bashans 29\, 1738 \nOn this day of the year 461 A.D.\, St. Simon departed. He was born in Antioch in 392 A.D. His father’s name was John\, and his mother’s name was Martha. Many miraculous things happened because of him. Before his mother had conceived of him\, St. John the Baptist appeared to her in a dream and told her of her conception and what he would become. At age sixteen\, he became a monk in the mountain of Antioch\, and he led a great ascetic life in worship and prayer. An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and guided him in his monastic life to the life of St.Pachomius. He excelled in his worship to a level beyond the normal human level\, so that he lived alone on a high place like a pillar\, for 45 years\, during which he ate grass. This father wrote many useful ascetic teachings\, and explained many church books. He departed in peace. May his prayers be with us\, and glory be to God forever. Amen.
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE RELOCATION OF THE BODY OF ST. EPIPHANIUS
DESCRIPTION:June 5\, 2022 – Bashans 28\, 1738 \nOn this day of the year 403 A.D.\, the body of St. Epiphanius (His biography is under the 17th. of Bashans)\, arrived to the island of Cyprus. The boat that carried his body arrived to Cyprus from Constantinople on the 28th. day of Bashans. The priests and the people came with crosses\, gospels\, candles and incense and carried his body to the church. When they started to dig his tomb\, two deacons did not allow them. They were excommunicated by the saints for their bad reputation. The body remained in the church for four days without a change or a stench. His body looked as if he was asleep. A saintly deacon came near the body and said: I know of your relationship with God\, and that you can restrain these evil opponents. He then took an ax and hit the ground with it. The two opposing deacons fell on their faces immediately\, and they were carried to their homes and died on the third day. The body of the Saint was anointed and wrapped\, they buried him in a marble sarcophagus in he church. Many miracles appeared from his body. May his prayers be with us\, and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-relocation-of-the-body-of-st-epiphanius-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF LAZARUS THE BELOVED OF THE LORD
DESCRIPTION:June 4\, 2022 – Bashans 27\, 1738 \n\nOn this day also\, St. Lazarus\, the brother of mary and Martha\, and the beloved of the Lord\, departed after he had become the bishop of Cyprus. After he had been raised from the dead by Our Lord\, he followed the disciples. After the pentecost\, they ordained him a bishop over Cyprus. He lived for forty years\, and departed in peace. May his prayers be with us\, and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-lazarus-the-beloved-of-the-lord-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF POPE YOUANNIS THE SECOND\, THE 30TH PATRIARCH OF THE SEE OF ST.MARK
DESCRIPTION:June 4\, 2022 – Bashans 27\, 1738 \nOn this day of the year 232 A.M. (May 22nd.\, 516 A.D.)\, the saint Pope Youannis the second\, the 30th. Patriarch of Alexandria\, departed. He was a monk since his youth\, and lived a solitary life. His reputation\, because of his godly life spread everywhere\, and was chosen a patriarch of the great city of Alexandria on the third of Baounah\, 221 A.M. (May 29th.\, 505 A.D.). He wrote the biographies of the saints and sermons. The church lived in peace and tranquility at the time of the Orthodox Emperor Anastasius. St. Sawirus was the patriarch of Antioch\, and he wrote a message to Pope Youannis on the one nature of Christ saying: ‘Jesus Christ after the union with flesh has become of one nature with one Will without separation\, and I believe in the same faith of Pope Cyril and Pope Dioscorus.’ When Pope Youannis received this message\, he was pleased\, and he replied with a message filled with faith that testified to the union of the essence of God\, and the trinity of His characters\, and by the incarnation of the eternal Son of God\, the Divine and the human nature have become one and no longer two natures\, without separation\, mingling\, or confusion. He anathematized those who separate the two natures\, those who confuse them and those who said that the suffering crucified Christ was only a man\, and those who say that His Divine nature also suffered and died. He said that the Orthodox faith was to profess that God the word suffered by the flesh that united with. When Abba Sawiris read his message\, he received it with joy\, and made it public in all Antioch. This Pope continued to take care about his people for 10 years\, 10 months\, and 23 days\, and he departed. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-pope-youannis-the-second-the-30th-patriarch-of-the-see-of-st-mark-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. THOMAS\, THE APOSTLE
DESCRIPTION:June 3\, 2022 – Bashans 26\, 1738 \nOn this day St. Thomas the apostle was martyred. He was born in Galilee\, and the Lord chose him among the twelve disciples (Mathew 10:3). When the Lord wanted to go to raise Lazarus from the dead\, Thomas said to the other disciples: ‘ (John 11:16). He also asked the Lord at the supper: ‘ (John 14:5-6). When the Lord Christ appeared to the disciples after the resurrection\, and said to them ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’\, Thomas was absent. On his return\, the disciples told him\, ”We have seen the Lord.’ He said to them: ‘ (John 20:19-29). After the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost in the Upper room in Zion\, the apostles dispersed everywhere to preach the Gospel\, Thomas went to India. He worked there as a slave at one of the friends of the king\, whose name was Lukios\, who brought him to the king who inquired about his profession. Thomas said: ‘I am builder\, carpenter and a physician. He preached in his master’s palace\, and Lukios’ wife believed and all his household. The king asked him about his achievements\, and he said: ‘The palaces that I built were the souls that have become the temples of the King of Glory; the carpentry that I did was the Gospel that removes the thorns of sin; and the medicines I practiced are the Holy Mysteries which heal the poison of the evil one. The king became angry and tortured him\, and bound him among four poles\, cut off his skin and rubbed his wounds with salt and lime. The apostle Thomas endured the pains. Lukios’ wife saw him suffering\, and she fell from the window and died. Lukios came to him and said: ‘If you raise my wife from the dead\, I believe in your God.’ Thomas went to the room where the dead body was\, and said: ‘Arsabona (Arsonia)\, rise up in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.’ She rose instantly and bowed to the Saint. When her husband saw that\, he believed and many more with him from the people of the city\, and Thomas baptized them. Once the sea drove a huge tree to the shore that no one could lift it up. St. Thomas asked the king for permission to lift it up and to use its wood in building a church. He got the permission\, he made the sign of the cross\, and he raised it and later he built the church\, to which he ordained a bishop and priests. \nSt. Thomas left and went to a city called ‘Kantoura’ (Kontaria)\, where he found an old man weeping bitterly because the king killed his six children. The Saint prayed over them\, and the Lord raised them up. The idol priests were angry\, and wanted to stone him. The first raised a stone to throw it at him\, and his hand was paralyzed. The Saint prayed over his hand\, he was healed instantly\, and all the idol priests believed in the Lord Christ. Then St. Thomas went to the city of ‘Parkenas’ and other cities\, where he preached in the Name of Jesus Christ. The king heard about him\, and he put him in prison. When he found out that he was teaching the prisoners the way of God\, he tortured him\, and at last he cut his head off\, and he received the crown of martyrdom. He was buried in ‘Melibar’\, then his body was relocated to El-Raha. May His prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-thomas-the-apostle-2/
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SUMMARY:- Ascension
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF THE MOST HONORED LAYMAN IBRAHIM EL-GOHARI
DESCRIPTION:June 2\, 2022 – Bashans 25\, 1738 \nOn this day also of the year 1511 A.M. (1795 A.D.)\, the great layman Ibrahim El-Gohari\, departed. He was born in the eighteenth century\, and his parents were poor. His fathers name was Yousef El-Gohari whose trade was making clothing in Kalube. They taught him writing and arithmetic\, and he excelled in them. He used to trans-scribe the religion books\, and distribute them to the church at his own expense. He brought the books to Pope John (Youhanna) the Eighteenth\, and 107th patriarch of Alexandria Who was enthroned from 1486-1512 A.M. (1769-1796 A.D.) The many books presented to the church by Ibrahim El-Gohari got the attention of the pope\, together with the high cost of transcribing the books and binding them. The pope asked Ibrahim about his resource\, and Ibrahim revealed to them his zealously and his godly life. The pope blessed him saying:’may the lord uplift your name and bless your work\, and keep your memory forever.’ The relation between Ibrahim El-Gohari and the pope became stronger from that time. When he started to work\, Ibrahim was a scribe to one of the mamalik- The pope mediated with Moalem Rizk the chief scribe\, and he took him as his private scribe. He continued in his position until the end of Ali Bek El-Kebir when Mohammed Abu- El-Daheb became the governor\, and Ibrahim El-Gohari became the chief scribe of all of egypt\, a position which is equal to prime minister today. \nIbrahim El-Gohari became more humble\, generous\, and charitable. He attracted to him the hearts of all the people. Ibrahim then married a righteous woman who shared with him his good nature and character. She helped him in his charitable deeds\, and encouraged him to build and maintain churches. A son was born to them whom they called joseph\, and a daughter whom they called Demiana. They lived in a place called ‘Kantaret-ElDekka’. When his son grew up\, his father prepared for him a private home furnished with the best of furniture\, and prepared for his wedding day. But God chose that his son be with him before his marriage\, and Ibrahim was greatly grieved. He then closed the home\, and it remained closed. The death of his son was the most shocking event in his life\, but his desire to help the widows\, the orphans and the poor intensely increased. Everyone was so astonished for his endurance\, patience\, and his great control over his disappoint When his wife resented the will of god\, St. Anthony the great appeared to her in a dream\, and comforted her saying\,’you must know that god loved your son\, and he took him in his youth\, and he loves his father for a reason\, to keep his name pure\, for the popularity of his father might have caused his son to shame him and ruin his reputation. this is a reward from God to your husband for his godliness and his righteousness. Be comforted\, and continue in your good deeds.’ St. Anthony also appeared to Ibrahim El-Gohari\, and he comforted him and strengthened his faith. When his wife rose up\, and told her husband about her dream\, he told her that he also saw the same dream that same night. They surrendered their will to god\, and they changed their mourning clothes \, and put on regular clothes. Their hearts were filled with comfort\, and continued in their good and charitable deeds. Their Daughter Demiana also died shortly afterwards and she was a young virgin. \nIbrahim El-Gohari remained in his office until a coup occurred which forced Ibrahim Bek and Murad Bek together with Ibrahim El-Gohari to flee to upper egypt. The new Governor Hasan Qubtan persecuted the copts and forbade them to ride horses with saddles\, and forbade them to use moslems as servants in their homes\, and did not allow them to buy slaves. The Copts responded by hiding in their homes and not leaving for many days. He also ordered to have an account of the endowments that Ibrahim El- Gohary’s wife hid herself in a moslem home to which her had made great favors. But some of those who did not honor his favors\, betrayed him by telling his wile was hiding. the governor forced her to tell him about the places they hied their possessions\, and they confiscated all the silver and gold utensils and their horses saddles\, and sold them for low prices. Some also Guided the governor to the house of his son which was looked after his death\, and they also confiscated all its contents of furniture\, and took them many days to sell them for they were plenty. The governor was called back to istanbul\, and Ibrahim Bek and Mourad Bek returned to cairo on August 7\, 1791 A.D. and Ibrahim El-Gohari returned to his former position\, but he did not continue for more than four years\, and he was loved by everyone. The people called Ibrahim El-Gohari the ‘The Sultan of the Copts’ as it is indicated on the iconstasis of one of the churches in the monastery of St. Paula in the eastern desert\, and also in the ‘Katamares’ kept in the same monastery. \nThe famous historian El-Gabarty said about him: ‘He had made Egypt great by his capability which endured for long time. He was one of the great world statesmen with a great decisive mind. He treated everyone according to their abilities\, and did things that attracted the hearts and the love of the people to him. In Ramadan\, he used to send gifts to prominent and non-prominent moslems. In his days\, many churches and monasteries were built and maintained\, and many endowment of the best of land were given\, with the necessary provisions and salaries. Anba Yousab the bishop of Girga and Ekhmim said about him: ‘He was one of the great people of his day\, who was God-loving\, giving all his possessions to the poor\, and caring about the construction of churches. He loved all people of different religions\, making peace with all\, filling all the needs of everyone without prejudice.” His religious work is as follows: Ibrahim El-Gohari was famous for his love of the construction of churches and monasteries\, and repairing what was destroyed by the evil hands. Because of his influential position in the government\, and his great favor to the moslem rulers\, he was able to issue regulations (Fatawi) to permit Copts to rebuild the destroyed churches and monasteries. He also donated many endowment of good land and money for the reconstruction\, that amounted to 238 endowments as documented in the patriarchate. He was also popular for the trans-scrubbing of rare books\, and giving them as gifts to the churches and monasteries. He was the first to build St. Mark cathedral in El-Azbakiya. The Copts were not allowed to build new churches or to repair the old ones\, unless they get permission from the government\, which were rarely granted. \nOne of the princesses came from Istanboul (Estana) on a pilgrimage to Mecca passing by Egypt\, Ibrahim El-Gohari made everything possible to her comfort during her stay\, and offered her many gifts. She wanted to reward him\, and he asked her to get an order from the Sultan (Faraman) to permit the construction of a church in El-Azbakiya where he lived\, and asked her about some other things needed by the Copts. The Sultan issued the permit\, but he died before the construction of the church\, and his brother Girgis El-Gohari completed it. In order that the time of prayers be maintained in the church of the Virgin in Haret-Zoweila\, he built a small church after the name of St. Mercurius (Abu-Saifain) beside it. This allowed him and the government Christian employees to attend the services and return to their work as the government allowed. He also prepared the materials for the oil of Chrism (Myroun) from his own money\, and his brother Girgis carried them to the Pope. In 1499 A.M. (1783 A.D.)\, Ibrahim El-Gohari built all the northern wall of St. Antonios monastery\, and built a water wheel. He built before that the southern and the western walls in 1498 A.M. The wall is known until today as El-Gohari’s wall. He also renovated the building of the church of the Virgin in Haret El-Roum in 1508 A.M. (1792 A.D.). He also built the church of Abu Saifain in the monastery of St. Paula in the Eastern desert\, and in the monastery of El-Baramouse\, he built the church of Sts. Apollo and Abib (The church was demolished in 1881 A.D. to enlarge the church of St. John). He also built palaces to the Lady Virgin in El-Baramouse and the Syrian monastery. He also built an extension to the southern end of the monastery of El-Baramouse\, with a wall around it\, and the extension was about 2400 square meter. \nIn summary\, he built and maintained many churches and monasteries. He took care of the monks\, and offered many offerings\, candles\, oil\, veils\, and church books to all the churches of Egypt. He also distributed charities among the poor and the needy everywhere\, and gave them food and clothing. He gave special attention to widows and the orphans who had no one to help them\, and provided monthly provisions for all their needs. his deeds were made known in his funeral eulogy by Pope Youannis\, the 107th. Patriarch. He departed to his eternal home on Monday the 25th. of Bashans\, 1511 A.M. (May 31st.\, 1795 A.D.) everyone grieved his departure including the governor Ibrahim Bek who walked in his funeral procession to honor him as he had honored him before his death. Pope Youannis eulogized him for his great love to him. He was buried in the private tomb that he built for himself beside the church of St. George in Old Cairo which had an oil lamp that was lit day and night. He died without leaving a posterity\, but his memory lives forever. The society for the revival of the Coptic churches in Cairo took action to renovate his tomb in Old Cairo\, and it has become a tourist attraction to all those who have heard about Ibrahim and his brother Girgis El-Gohari. The biography of his brother Girgis is under the 17th. day of the month of Tute. He departed on the 17th. of Tute\, 1557 A.M. (September 27th.\, 1810 A.D.) May Their prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-the-most-honored-layman-ibrahim-el-gohari-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. COLLUTHUS OF ANTINOE (KNOWN AS ABU COLTA)
DESCRIPTION:June 2\, 2022 – Bashans 25\, 1738 \n\nOn this day\, St. Colluthus of Antinoe was martyred. He was the son of God fearing parents. His father was a governor over Antinoe. He was praying to the Lord Jesus to give him a son\, and God gave him this saint. He taught him the Christian principles and the church doctrine. He was pure from his youth. His father wanted him to get married\, but he did not accept. However\, his sister was married to Arianus who became the governor after her father. When the Saint’s parents departed\, he built a hostel for the strangers. He also studied medicine and practiced it to cure the sick without charging them money. When Diocletian apostatized\, Arianus the governor followed him to keep his position\, and started to persecute Christians. Then St. Colluthus rebuked him for forsaking the worship of the True God\, and the Saint cursed the idols of the Emperor. Arianus did not hurt him for the sake of his sister\, but he sent him to the governor of El-Bahnasa\, where he was in prison for three years. His sister meditated for his release until another governor took over who threatened the saint and tortured him. The angel of the lord came to him to comfort and strengthen him. At last\, the governor cut off his head\, and he was granted the crown of Martyrdom. His family prepared his body for burial and kept him in a place until the end of the persecution\, when they built a church for him. Many miracles appeared from his body. The saint has a church from antiquity in ‘Refa’ near Assuit. A memorial is celebrated every year on the day of his martyrdom. The visitors who come are blessed by the saint and his intercessions\, For they are healed from their sicknesses. It is worth it to mention that this church contains a stone which has a great influence to keep scorpions away until this day. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-colluthus-of-antinoe-known-as-abu-colta-2/
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SUMMARY:- Entrance into Egypt
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF THE MONK ST. BASHNOUNA EL-MAQARI
DESCRIPTION:June 1\, 2022 – Bashans 24\, 1738 \n\nOn this day also\, of the year 880 A.M. (May 19th.\, 1164 A.D.)\, St. Bashnouna was martyred. He was a monk in St. Macarius (Abu Maquar) monastery. During the fighting between the men of prince Dergham and the men of El-Wazir Shawer in the Fatimid rule\, the monk was arrested. He was threatened with death if he did not convert to Islam\, but he refused. They burned him alive\, and he received the crown of martyrdom. The faithful took his bones and carried them to the church of Abu Serga in Old Cairo\, in the place of wax\, and they buried him there. May his prayers be with us\, and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-the-monk-st-bashnouna-el-maqari-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF THE PROPHET HABAKKUK
DESCRIPTION:June 1\, 2022 – Bashans 24\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, the prophet Habakkuk departed. He was one of the twelve minor prophets\, and he was from the tribe of Levi. He was a singer using stringed musical instruments as it is indicated in this verse: ‘The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet\, and He will make me walk on my high hills. To the chief musician. With my stringed instruments.’ (Habakkuk 3:19). He prophesied at the time of king Jehoiakim. He lived long enough to see the return of the children of Israel from exile\, and he prayed saying: (Habakkuk 3:2) He prophesied about the Incarnation of Christ and His birth\, saying: (Habakkuk 3:3). He finished his course\, and departed in peace. A church after his name was built in Bartsa – El-Behera in Egypt at the time of the Christian Emperor Anastasius\, and consecrated on the twenty fourth of Bashans. \nMay the prayers of this prophet be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-the-prophet-habakkuk-2/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE ENTRY OF THE LORD CHRIST TO EGYPT
DESCRIPTION:June 1\, 2022 – Bashans 24\, 1738 \nOn this day\, our Lord Jesus Christ came to the land of Egypt when He was a two years old child\, as the Bible says in (Mt. 2:13) that the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream\, saying: ‘Arise\, take the young Child and His mother\, flee to Egypt\, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.’ This was for two reasons: \nA. If He fell in the hand of Herod\, and Herod could not kill Him\, he would have thought that His flesh was a phantom. \nB. The second reason was to bless the people of Egypt by being among them\, so that the prophecy of Hosea (11:1) could be fulfilled which says: ‘… out of Egypt I called My Son.’ And also the prophecy of Isaiah (19:1) be fulfilled: ‘Behold\, the Lord rides on a swift cloud\, and will come into Egypt\, the idols of Egypt will totter at His presence\, and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.’ The Lord Jesus came to Egypt with Joseph\, and His Virgin mother\, and Salome. They passed in an estate called ‘Basta’ where the Holy Family drank from a well\, and the water of the well became a curing water for all sicknesses. Then they went to ‘Meniet Samannoud’ and crossed the Nile to the western side. In this place\, the Lord Jesus put His foot on a stone\, and the trace of His foot appeared\, and the stone was called ‘Picha Isos’ in Coptic (or The heal of Jesus). From there\, they went westward to Wadi El-Natroun\, and St. Mary blessed the place\, for her knowledge that many monasteries would be built there. Then they went to ‘Al-Ashmoneen’ where they settled for several days\, after which they went to Mount ‘Qosqam’\, where the monastery of St. Mary was later built\, which has been known with the name ‘El-Moharrak monastery’. When Herod died\, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream saying: ‘Arise\, take the young Child and His mother\, and go to the land of Israel\, for those who sought the young Child’s life are dead.’ (Mt. 2:20-21). They came back to Cairo\, and on their return they stayed in a cave which is today located in the church of Abu-Serga in Old Cairo. Then they passed by El-Mataryia\, and they washed there from a well\, and the well has been blessed since\, and a tree of Balsam grew beside it\, from its oil the Chrism (El-Myroun) is made which is used to consecrate new churches. From there\, the Holy Family walked to El-Mahama (Mustorod)\, and from there to Israel. We ought to celebrate this feast spiritually with joy\, for Our Lord Jesus honored our land. \nGlory to His Holy Name for ever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-entry-of-the-lord-christ-to-egypt/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST.JULIAN (YULIANUS) AND HIS MOTHER IN ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:May 31\, 2022 – Bashans 23\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, St. Julian and his mother were martyred in the city of Alexandria. \nMay their prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-julian-yulianus-and-his-mother-in-alexandria-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.JUNIA\, ONE OF THE SEVENTY DISCIPLES
DESCRIPTION:May 31\, 2022 – Bashans 23\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. Junia\, one of the seventy disciples\, departed. He was born in Beth Gubrin (Jibrin) from the tribe of Judah. He was chosen by the Lord to be one of the seventy disciples\, and received the Holy Spirit. He preached the Gospel with the disciples and suffered many hardships. He accompanied St. Andronicus in his preaching of the Gospel as it is mentioned on the 22nd. day of Bashans. St. Junia buried St. Andronicus\, and he prayed that the Lord would take him also\, and he departed in the following day. St. Paul mentioned him in Romans Chapter 16. \nMay his prayers be with us. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-junia-one-of-the-seventy-disciples-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.ANDRONICUS\, ONE OF THE SEVENTY DISCIPLES
DESCRIPTION:May 30\, 2022 – Bashans 22\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. Andronicus departed. This disciple was chosen by the Lord to be among the seventy disciples whom He sent before Him to preach the kingdom of God. He received the Holy Spirit in the Upper Room on the day of the Pentecost. St. Paul mentioned his name in (Romans 16:7) saying: ‘Greet Andronicus and Junia\, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners\, who are of note among the apostles\, who also were in Christ before me.’ \nHe preached the Gospel in many cities in the company of Junia\, and they guided many to the Christian faith\, and performed many miracles\, healed the sick\, and transformed the temples of idols to churches. When they completed their course\, and the Lord willed to take them from this world\, Andronicus became ill for a short time and departed in peace. Junia buried him in a cave\, and he prayed to the Lord to take him also. He departed on the next day. \nMay their prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-andronicus-one-of-the-seventy-disciples-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.MARCIAN (MARTINIANUS)
DESCRIPTION:May 29\, 2022 – Bashans 21\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, St. Marcian departed. He was born in the city of Caesarea of Palestine. He became a monk since his young age at an elderly holy man living on a mountain near by his town called mount El-Safina (The ship). He fought a great and strenuous fight with many worships and he lived there for sixty six years\, and his virtues became known. An evil woman heard of him\, and she said to some of those who talked about his virtues: ‘For how long you will continue to praise him\, while he is in a wilderness where he does not see the face of a women? If he saw me\, I would stain his virginity and defile his holiness’. They rebuked her for what she said\, because of what they knew of the purity and holiness of this Saint\, but she made a wager with them that she would go to him and make him fall in sin. She straightway\, rose up\, took her ornaments\, her expensive apparels and her perfumes in a piece of cloth\, and put on an ugly dress and covered her face. She went to a place close by where the Saint was and waited until the evening\, then knocked on the door of his cell\, weeping\, pretending that she had lost her way\, and asked him to let her stay with him until the morning. The Saint pondered about her\, if he left her outside\, the wild beasts might eat her\, and if he brought her in\, the warfare would increase against him because of her. Finally\, he opened the door to her\, and went to another place in the cell. She arrayed herself in her beautiful apparel\, adorned and perfumed herself\, then attacked him tempting him to commit sin with her. He knew that she was a snare of Satan plotted up for him. He told her: ‘Wait a little for me until I look at the road\, for some people are used to come to me here every now and then.’ He went out and lighted a great fire\, and he started throwing himself in the fire time after time saying to himself: ‘If you can’t bear the pain of a little fire\, how can you bear the torment of the fire of hell?’ Then he fell on the ground weeping from the severity of the pain from the burns that he suffered on his feet and his fingers. As he tarried\, she came out and saw him in that condition. She was terrified and she returned to her senses. She stripped off her expensive raiment\, knelt at his feet\, and begged him to help her to save her soul. He started to preach her telling her about the vanity of this world and its lusts\, and she repented with all her heart. He took her to one of the convents\, and asked the abbess to take charge of her and she lived there a life of purity and ascetism that was pleasing to God to the end of her life. She reached a high degree of holliness\, received the gift of healing and she healed many from their infermities. But as for St. Martinianus\, fearing lest the enemy might bring to him another woman\, departed to an island in the middle of the sea. \nHe made an agreement with a sailor to sell the works of his hand\, and to bring him food. However\, a ship was wrecked near by the island\, and a woman managed to hang on to one of the planks\, and the waves washed her to this island. When the Saint saw her\, he was preplexed and wanted to leave the island. The woman asked him to make her a nun and he did as she wished then gave her all what he had of bread. He crossed himself with the sign of the cross\, and threw himself in the sea\, hanging on the plank that she hung on and he put himself in the hand of the Almighty. The waves threw him on the land\, and he wandered about in the mountains and deserts for two years until he arrived to the city of Athens\, where he became ill. He called the bishop\, and told him all what had happened to him\, and then he gave up his soul in the hand of the Lord\, and they buried him with great honor. The woman that remained on the island\, the sailor continued to bring her food until she departed\, then he took her body to his country. \nMay the prayers of this saint be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-marcian-martinianus-2/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE HOLY AND PURE VIRGIN MARY
DESCRIPTION:May 29\, 2022 – Bashans 21\, 1738 \nOn this day\, the church commemorates the pure and Virgin St. Mary\, the mother of the Savior of the world\, the intercessor of all the Christians\, from whom came the salvation of Adam and his posterity. \nMay her intercession be for us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-holy-and-pure-virgin-mary-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.AMMONIUS THE HERMIT
DESCRIPTION:May 28\, 2022 – Bashans 20\, 1738 \nOn this day\, of the year 73 A.M. (357 A.D.)\, the holy father Abba Ammonius departed. He was born in 294 A.D.\, in a village near Mariot. He was\, as St. Antony was\, born to a righteous and rich Christian family. He lost his parents while he was young and became under the guardianship of his uncle. He longed for the life of purity\, chastity\, and holiness. Nevertheless\, his uncle forced him to be engaged to a rich girl against his will. Since he could not disobey his uncle\, he talked to his bride to be\, with a spiritual dialogue and through his holy life\, he was able to have a good influence on her. He made her long to the life of purity and planted in her heart the desire to consecrate her self a bride for the True Bridegroom Jesus Christ. Thus they decided to accept the marriage but decided to live as a brother and sister. \nThey remained like this for seventeen years\, keeping themselves pure and chaste\, after which his wife departed to the eternal bliss. The Saint saw in a vision St. Antonios calling him to put on the monastic garb. When he woke from his sleep\, he rose up and went to St. Isidore\, who put on him the holy Eskeem. He dwelt with him for some time\, after which he went to mount Tounah\, where was St. Antonios. \nSt. Ammonius remained with St. Antonios for a while and became his disciple\, and studied on his hands the cannons of the holy monasticism. He built for himself a cell in mount Tounah. He fervently worshipped God there\, and the devil envied him. He came to him in the form of a nun and knocked his door. When he opened and asked the devil to pray with him\, the devil became like a flame of fire. Then the devil went and dwelt in a woman and moved her to entice the Saint to fall in sin with her. She wore the best of her clothing and came to him at dusk\, and knocked the door of his cell\, saying: ‘I am a traveling woman\, and I had lost my way\, and it is dark now. Please do not let me stay outside lest the wild beasts kill me\, and you become responsible for my blood.’ When he opened the door and knew the snare of the devil who sent her\, he started to preach her and put the fear in her heart of the tortures of hell which is awaiting the sinners\, and indicated to her the delight and the bliss which is awaiting the righteous. God opened her heart\, and she understood what he said to her. She knelt to his feet weeping and asked him to accept her and assist her in saving her soul. She took off her apparel and he put on her a sackcloth of hair. He cut off her hair and called her ‘The simple minded or the naive’. He taught her the way to righteousness and she excelled through many prayers and fasting\, and surpassed many saints by her fasting and perpetual prayers. \nThe devil tried to snare him again. This time in the form of a monk who went around in the monasteries weeping and saying: ‘Abba Ammonius the hermit had married and he kept the woman with him in his cell. He had put the monks to shame and disgraced the monastic garb.’ When Abba Apollo (Ebelo)\, who was like the angels\, heard of that\, he took with him Abba Yousab and Abba Nohi (Bohi)\, and came to mount Tounah to the cell of Abba Ammonius. They knocked on the door of the cell\, and when she opened to them they realized the matter. They entered and prayed together as the custom and sat to talk about the greatness of God. At the end of the day\, Abba Ammonius told them\, let us go to see the ‘Naive’ for she was baking some bread. When they went out to where she was\, they saw her standing in the midst of a great fire\, and her hands were stretched out towards heaven praying. They marvelled exceedingly and glorified God. After they had eaten the bread\, everyone went separately to sleep and the angel of the Lord revealed the story of the ‘Naive’ with St. Ammonius to Abba Apollo\, and that God brought them there to be present at the time of her departure. \nAbout the third hour of the night\, she became sick with fever. She knelt down and delivered up her soul at the hand of the Lord. They swathed her\, and after praying over her\, they buried her. Then Abba Ammonius told them about her virtues\, and that for the eighteen years that she stayed with him\, she never raised her face to look at him\, and that her food was bread and salt. \nAfter this\, St. Antonios sent him to El-Natroun valley to establish there new monasteries\, and many believers followed him. He organized for them their livelihood and directed them with excellence. Soon after\, this holy father departed in peace. \nMay his prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-ammonius-the-hermit-2/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE MARTYRDOM OF ST.ISIDORUS (ISIDORE) OF ANTIOCH
DESCRIPTION:May 27\, 2022 – Bashans 19\, 1738 \nThis day also marks the commemoration of the martyrdom of St. Isidore. He was born in Antioch and his father’s name was Bandalaon\, who was one of the noble men in the empire of Diocletian\, and his mother’s name was Sofia. He had a sister whose name was Ophimia\, and their parents taught them the Christian faith. \nWhen Diocletian apostatized\, St. Bandalaon and his son Isidore left all their possessions and went secretly to a mountain where they lived with a holy man whose name was Abba Samuel. \nWhen the Emperor knew of what had happened\, he brought them before him\, and he tried to persuade Bandalaon with promises\, then threatened him. When he refused\, not paying attention to what he was saying\, he cut off his head. St. Isidore\, who was only twelve years old\, was tortured with different kinds of tortures. His mother and sister were beside him\, comforting him and strengthening him to endure. Then the Emperor ordered them to be beheaded. They received the crowns of life. \nGod performed many miracles on the hands of this Saint\, and many believed through him and were martyred. \nMay his prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-martyrdom-of-st-isidorus-isidore-of-antioch-2/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE DEPARTURE OF ABBA ISAAC\, THE PRIEST OF EL-QALALI (CELLS)
DESCRIPTION:May 27\, 2022 – Bashans 19\, 1738 \nn this day\, the church commemorates the holy father Abba Isaac\, the priest of El-Qalali (Cells). He was born in an Egyptian village from poor parents\, but he was rich in his righteous works. He took the opportunity of the presence of the elders of the monks in the village to sell the works of their hands\, and followed them to the wilderness. He served them under the yoke of obedience. When he became a monk\, he excelled in asceticism and worship to the point that he never possessed two garments at the same time. They asked him once: ‘Why don’t you possess two garments?’ He answered: ‘Because when I was in the world before being a monk\, I did not have two garments at the same time.’ \nHe wept very often during his prayers\, and he mixed his bread with the ashes of the censer and ate it. Once he became sick of a grievous sickness\, and some of the brethren brought him food\, but he did not eat it. One of the brethren described to him the benefits of food and urged him again to eat some of it. He insisted on not eating anything of it\, and said to him: ‘Believe me my brother that I desire to remain sick for thirty years.’ \nWhen he became seasoned and everyone heard about his virtues\, the fathers by consensus decided to ordain him a priest. He fled and disappeared among the fields. When they were looking for him\, they passed by the field\, where he was hiding in and sat to rest. They had with them a donkey\, which went into the field and stood where the father was. When they went after the donkey to catch it\, they found him\, and they wanted to bind him so that he could not escape again. He said to them: ‘I will not escape now\, for I know that this is the will of God.’ He went with them\, and they ordained him a priest\, and he increased in obedience to the elders and in teaching the beginners the virtues. When the time of his departure drew near\, they asked him: ‘What can we do after you leave us?’ He told them: ‘Do exactly as you have seen me do\, if you wish to steadfast in the wilderness’\, then he departed in peace. \nMay his prayer be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-departure-of-abba-isaac-the-priest-of-el-qalali-cells-2/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF THE FEAST OF PENTECOST
DESCRIPTION:May 26\, 2022 – Bashans 18\, 1738 \nThis day also marks the commemoration of the coming down of the Holy Spirit upon the holy disciples in the upper room of Zion. They spoke with different tongues and it is called the feast of Pentecost. \nMay the blessings of the Pentecost be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-feast-of-pentecost-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.GEORGE (GA'ORGI)\, THE FRIEND OF ST.ABRAAM
DESCRIPTION:May 26\, 2022 – Bashans 18\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. George (Ga’orgi)\, the companion of St. Abraam\, departed. He was born to saintly Christian parents\, and he shepherded the sheep of his father. He desired to become a monk\, so he left the tending of the sheep\, and he was fourteen years old. He went to the wilderness of St. Macarius. While he was walking on the road\, the devil appeared to him in the form of an old man\, and said to him: ‘Your father thought that a wild beast has killed you\, and he rent his garment\, grieving over you. It is meet that you should return to your father to comfort his heart first then return to the wilderness’. The Saint was astonished for that\, and thought in himself saying: ‘The Holy Bible says: ‘He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me.” (Matthew 10:37) When he said that\, the devil became like smoke and fled from him. Immediately\, the angel of the Lord in the form of a monk appeared to him\, and guided him to the monastery of Abba Orion (Arion). He remained there under the guidance of a holy monk for ten years\, during which he never ate any cooked food or fruit and never drank wine. \nHe then desired to live alone in the inner wilderness and went to the monastery of the Roman Saints Maximus and Domadius in Scetis. At the same time\, St. Abraam arrived to the monastery. They went together to the monastery of St. Macarius and met St. Yoannis\, the archpriest of Sheahat. He gave them a cell close by him to live in\, which was known as the cell of Bageeg\, where St. Abraam departed\, and after him St. George departed also\, and he was seventy-two years old. \nMay their prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-george-gaorgi-the-friend-of-st-abraam-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.EPIPHANIUS\, BISHOP OF CYPRUS
DESCRIPTION:May 25\, 2022 – Bashans 17\, 1738 \nOn this day\, of the year 402 A.D.\, the great father St. Epiphanius\, Bishop of Cyprus\, departed. He was born to Jewish parents\, his father died\, and left him with a sister and their mother brought them up well. \nHis father left him an untrained donkey and his mother asked him to sell it. He met a Christian man called Philotheus who wanted to buy the donkey\, but the donkey kicked Epiphanius in his thigh\, and he fell down on the ground unconscious. Philotheus made the sign of the cross over the place of injury and Epiphanius was cured of his pain instantly. Then Philotheus cried out over that donkey asking God that the donkey would die God answered his prayer\, and the donkey fell down and died. Epiphanius inquired about the secret of the donkey’s death and Philotheus told him that it was the cross. He guided him to the crucified Christ\, the Son of God\, Whom the Jews crucified in Jerusalem by His own will for the Salvation of the world. This remained in the mind of Epiphanius. \nWhen one of the rich Jewish men died and had no one to inherit him\, he left all his inheritance to Epiphanius. He used this inheritance to spend on the teachers of religion and Law. Once\, when he was walking in the road\, he saw a poor man asking for charity from one of the monks\, and as the monk did not have any money to give\, he took off his garment and gave it to him. As the poor man took this garment\, St. Epiphanius saw a white dress coming down from heaven upon the monk instead off the garment that he gave away. He was astonished and went to the monk and asked him: ‘Who are you and what is your faith?’ The monk told him that he was Christian. He asked the monk to guide him to the facts of the Christian faith. The monk brought him to the bishop who taught him the law of the Christian faith and baptized him. \nEpiphanius desired to become a monk\, and the bishop sent him to the monastery of St. Lucianus. He became a disciple to St. Hilarion\, and the grace of God was with him. He excelled in the church subjects\, monastic virtues\, and its cannons. \nSt. Hilarion prophesied that he would become a bishop and commanded him to go to Cyprus\, and not to refuse the office of bishop if it was offered to him. When the bishop of Cyprus departed\, it happened that Epiphanius entered the city to buy certain necessities\, and he had two monks with him. A saintly bishop was inspired to go to the market place to choose the monk that had two clusters of grapes\, whose name was Epiphanius\, to ordain him a bishop for Cyprus. When the bishop went to the market\, he found him with the other two monks\, with two clusters of grapes in his hand. He asked him about his name and he knew that he was the chosen one by God. He took him to the church and ordained him deacon\, priest\, then bishop. He revealed to the people his vision about him and the prophecy of St. Helarion was fulfilled. \nSt. Epiphanius followed a right course of conduct in his diocese\, which was well pleasing to God. He wrote many books and discourses and he always preached about mercy. It happened that John\, bishop of Jerusalem\, was not merciful\, so St. Epiphanius borrowed from him some of his gold and silver table vessels\, and sold them and gave its price to the poor and the needy. When Abba John asked him to return them\, he struck him in his eyes and he became blind. John asked the Saint to pray to heal him\, and he prayed\, and God opened one of John’s eyes. \nIn the year 402 A.D.\, Empress Eudoxia called Epiphanius to help her to drive out St. John Chrysostom (Of the Golden Mouth) from Constantinople. However\, he tried to reconcile them together\, but he failed. She threatened him that she would open the temples of idols and close the churches if he did not work on his removal. But since he could not reconcile the differences between her and St. John\, he returned to Cyprus and departed in the same year. (His body was relocated on the 28th. of Bashans). \nMay his prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-epiphanius-bishop-of-cyprus-2/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
DESCRIPTION:May 24\, 2022 – Bashans 16\, 1738 \nOn this day the church commemorates St. John the Evangelist and his preaching in Asia Minor\, the city of Ephesus\, and the cities that are around it. Commemorates\, the afflictions that he suffered and what befell him from the evil men who worshipped idols until he brought them to the knowledge of God and delivered them from the error of Satan by his teachings. The miracles that God performed through him. The writing of his Gospel\, uttering in it with the eternity of the Son and His incarnation. His ascension to heaven in the Spirit\, he saw the heavenly ranks and heard their praising and wrote about it in the book of Revelation. \nThis was during the reign of Emperor Domitianus (Domitian)\, when he exiled St. John\, after he placed him in a cauldron filled with boiling oil\, and was not harmed\, to the island of Patmos\, where he wrote the book of Revelation. \nAfter Domitian had been killed in the year 96 A.D.\, St. John returned to Ephesus. He found some heretics of the Nicolaitans (Rev. 2:6) who taught that Christ’s birth was a natural birth from both Joseph and Mary. For this reason\, he wrote his Gospel to refute their heresy. \nSt. John had ardent zeal for the salvation of sinners. Once he saved a youth\, delivered him to the bishop\, and told him: ‘I entrust you with the safe keeping of this soul\,’ but the youth\, because of his bad conduct and the evil company that he kept\, spoiled his morals and he became the head of a band of robbers. When St. John returned\, he asked the bishop about the young man\, who expressed his sorrow to St. John for the condition that became of this young man and told him what had happened. St. John rode a horse\, took with him a guide\, and travelled to his place. When he arrived to that place\, he was caught by the thieves and they took him to their leader. When the leader saw St. John\, he knew him\, and was ashamed and tried to flee. St. John told him: ‘My son\, be merciful to yourself\, because the door of hope is still open for your salvation\, and I will be your intercessor before the Lord Christ.’ Then\, the young man wept\, returned repenting\, and St. John administered to him the Holy Communion to strengthen him. \nThe biography of St. John is written under the 4th day of Tubah. This feast is a commemoration for his evangelism\, and also because on this day a church was consecrated after his name in the city of Alexandria. May his prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-st-john-the-evangelist-2/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF ST.MINA THE DEACON
DESCRIPTION:May 23\, 2022 – Bashans 15\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, is the commemoration of Deacon Mina the anchorite. \nMay his prayers guard us\, and glory be to our God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-st-mina-the-deacon-2/
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220503T115503Z
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF 400 MARTYRS IN DANDARA (DENDERAH)
DESCRIPTION:May 23\, 2022 – Bashans 15\, 1738 \nOn 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. \nMay Their prayers be with us. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-400-martyrs-in-dandara-denderah-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST.SIMON THE ZEALOT\, THE APOSTLE KNOWN AS (SIMON THE CANAANITE)
DESCRIPTION:May 23\, 2022 – Bashans 15\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. Simon the Zealot\, the apostle of our Lord (Whose name also is Nathanael\, Jn 1:45-55)\, was martyred. He was born in Cana of Galilee\, and was expert in the Law and books of the prophets. He had a fervor zeal\, so he was called the Zealot\, and he was righteous\, pious\, and did not show favor to anyone. So when Philip the Apostle said to him: ‘We have found Him of whom Moses in the law\, and also the prophets\, wrote; Jesus of Nazareth\, the son of Joseph.’ Nathanael said to him\, ‘Can anything good come out of Nazareth?’ Philip said to him\, ‘Come and see.’ Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him\, and said of him\, ‘Behold\, an Israelite indeed\, in whom is no guile!’ Nathanael said to Him\, ‘How do You know me?’ Jesus answered and said to him\, ‘Before Philip called you\, when you were under the fig tree\, I saw you.’ Nathanael\, who realized that He knew the hidden secrets\, answered and said to Him: ‘Rabbi\, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!’ It was said that when he was a young man\, he quarrelled with a man\, killed him\, and buried him under the fig tree\, and no one knew about it. It was also said that at the time of the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod\, his mother hid him under a fig tree that was in her house. She nursed him during the night and hid him during the day\, and continued to do so until the persecution of Herod died down. His mother did not tell him about this until he was fully grown and he never told anyone about this. When Jesus revealed that to him\, he realized that He was the omniscient God\, bowed before him\, and was obedient to Him. He believed\, followed Him\, and became one of His twelve disciples. After he had received the grace of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost\, he spoke with tongues\, enlightened the world with his evangelism\, and returned many to the faith in the Lord Christ. He preached in Africa\, and in the country of El-Bejah which extended from Aswan to the Red sea. He also preached in the island of Bertanah\, which was probably one of the islands by the shore of the Red sea. He preached there with the Name of Christ\, and many tribulations befell him\, but God added to his courage and strength. God manifested on his hands many signs\, and finally he was martyred\, crucified on a tree\, and he received the crown of martyrdom. \nMay his intercession be with us. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-simon-the-zealot-the-apostle-known-as-simon-the-canaanite-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST.EPIMACHUS (EPHIMACHUS) OF PELUSIUM
DESCRIPTION:May 22\, 2022 – Bashans 14\, 1738 \nOn 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 of this world\, then he bade them farewell and went to El-Bakroug\, which was near Demera. He came to the Governor who was torturing a woman\, and then threw her in a furnace. The fiery furnace became like cool dew to her. The Governor then took her out of the furnace and cut off her head. \nWhen Epimachus saw that\, he came before the Governor\, and confessed the Lord Christ\, to Him is the glory. The Governor tortured him severely. He was twenty-seven years old. Then he ordered him to be squeezed on the wheel\, and a drop of his blood splashed on the eyes of a blind maiden\, and right away she was able to see. Her family believed in the Lord Christ. They were all martyred and received the crown of martyrdom. The Governor became angry and ordered him to be crucified\, and then his head to be cut off. The executioner drew his sword but his strength failed and was unable to raise his sword. The same thing happened when another executioner tried and so with fourteen other executioners. When they failed to cut off his head\, they tied a rope around his neck and dragged him until he delivered his soul into the hand of the Lord and received the crown of martyrdom. \nOne of the soldiers\, who was deaf and dumb\, carried the body to cast it away. When he touched the body\, instantly he heard and spoke. Some of the believers from the city of Edku came and took the body and many signs and wonders took place from it. \nWhen the people from Demera came to console his family and saw the signs and wonders which were revealed through him\, they believed and were baptized. They numbered one thousand\, seven-hundred and fifty\, men\, women\, and children. His kinsfolk carried him to El-Barmoun with great honor. The Governor of El-Barmoun shrouded him with expensive shrouds from his own money and they built a church after his name. \nMay his prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-epimachus-ephimachus-of-pelusium-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.PACHOMIUS (PAKHOM)\, THE FATHER OF THE SPIRITUAL COMMUNAL MONASTIC LIFE (CENOBITIC LIFE)
DESCRIPTION:May 22\, 2022 – Bashans 14\, 1738 \nOn this day\, of the year 64 A.M. (348 A.D.)\, Abba Pachomius\, the father of the spiritual communal life (Cenobitic life)\, departed. He was born in Thebes (Luxor) from pagan parents\, who forced him to worship idols. He rejected and mocked this worship\, then became a monk with St. Balamon (Palaemon). He lived in submission to him for many years\, and he mastered well the ways of the monastic life. Then the angel of the Lord appeared to him and commanded him to establish a communal and holy monastic life. Many monks gathered together to him\, and he built for them many monasteries and established for them a system of manual labor\, the times of prayers\, and eating. He was the father of them all\, with an Abbot in every monastery. He visited all the monasteries\, from Aswan to Edfu to Donasa to the end of Upper Egypt to the north. He did not permit any one of his sons to become a priest for the sake of the vainglory of this world\, and not to overlook the purpose of their monastic life of worship by being away from the world. He invited a priest from outside for each monastery to officiate the Divine Liturgy. When Pope Athanasius wanted to ordain him a priest\, he fled from him. St. Athanasius asked his disciples to tell him that he who built his house on the rock that can not be shaken\, and fled from the vainglory of the world\, is blessed\, and his disciples are also blessed. \nHe desired once to see Hades\, and he saw in a night vision the habitation of the sinners and places of torment. \nHe remained the father of the Cenobites for forty years. When the time of his departure drew near\, he called the monks\, strengthened their faith\, and appointed someone to take over his place after him\, then departed in peace. \nMay his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-pachomius-pakhom-the-father-of-the-spiritual-communal-monastic-life-cenobitic-life-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.ARSANIUS\, THE TUTOR OF THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
DESCRIPTION:May 21\, 2022 – Bashans 13\, 1738 \nOn 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 with great Christian values. When Emperor Theodosius the Great sought for a good and wise man to teach his sons Honorius and Arcadius\, he could not find a better person than Arsanius. He brought him to his palace and entrusted the teaching of his sons to him. St. Arsanius taught them and admonished them\, as was fitting. Since he devoted much exertion and toil in teaching them\, he inflicted them once with painful beatings. When Emperor Theodosius their father died\, Honorius reigned over Rome and Arcadius reigned over Constantinople. \nThe Saint remembered that he once beat them\, and that Honorius desired to do him harm. While he was thinking of this\, a voice came from the Lord saying: ‘O Arsani\, get out from this world and you shall be saved.’ Once he heard this voice\, he did not tarry\, changed his clothing\, and came to the city Alexandria. Then he went to the wilderness of St. Macarius (Sheahat – Scete)\, where he fought a great fight with fasting\, prayer and long vigils. At the beginning of his monastic life\, he reviewed his thoughts to a simple monk for advice. The monks were surprised and said to him: ‘Does someone like Arsanius who is very well versed in Greek and Roman culture\, need the advice of this simple monk?’ He told them that the Coptic Alpha Beta of this monk had not been mastered by Arsanius. He meant by this the virtues of that monk. A messenger came from Rome carrying a will of one of St. Arsanius’ relatives who had departed\, granting all his possessions to the Saint. The Saint asked: ‘When did this man die?’ The messenger answered: ‘One year ago.’ The Saint said: ‘I have died eleven years ago\, and those who died to the world can not inherit others who died.’ \nOne of the noble women of Rome came to visit him because she heard of his righteousness. After she visited with him for a short while\, she asked him to remember her in his prayer. He said to her: ‘May God erase all your memory from my mind.’ She returned sorrowful and complained to the Pope in objection to this statement. Pope Theophylus clarified to her what he meant\, that he was afraid\, that the devil might use her memory to tempt him. When Arsanius started his monastic life\, he used to select for himself the white beans for his food. When the Abbot of the monastery noticed\, he gently struck the monk\, who was sitting beside Arsanius saying: ‘It is not right that you distinguish yourself from your brethren by selecting the white beans.’ Arsanius said: ‘This stroke is directed to you\, O Arsanius!’ Arsanius mastered the virtue of silence. When he was asked about that\, he said: ‘Many times I regretted that I have spoken\, but I have never regretted on being silent.’ He was a very humble and modest man\, who lived from selling the works of his hands by pleating palm leaves\, and giving the rest to the poor. He put down many useful sayings and teachings. Whenever he entered the church\, he hid behind a pillar of the church so no one would see him. His appearance was good\, his face was bright and very cheerful. He was tall in stature\, but he became bowed because of his age. He visited Jerusalem when he was seventy years old\, to be blessed by the holy places\, and then he returned to Sheahat. \nWhen he departed\, he was ninety-five years old: He spent forty years in Rome\, forty years in the wilderness of St. Macarius\, ten years in Mount Torah\, three years in the monasteries of Alexandria\, then he returned to Mount Torah and lived there for two years. He had commanded his disciples to throw his body on a certain mountain\, so that wild beasts and vultures would eat him. However\, fear gripped him\, just before his soul departed from his body and his disciples said to him: ‘Is someone like Arsanius fearing death?’ He replied: ‘Since I had become a monk\, I dreaded this hour.’ He became calm\, his soul was comforted\, and a peaceful look covered his face as if he was saying: ‘ Yea\, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death\, I will fear no evil; For You are with me’ (Psalms 23:4). He departed in peace in the year 445 A.D. When Theodosius II\, the son of Arcadius\, knew of his death\, he brought his body to Constantinople. He built a monastery on the same place where he departed\, which was known in history as the monastery of El-Kosair. From his sayings: An old monk was sitting in his cell\, heard a voice saying to him: ‘Go out so I might show you the deeds of people.’ When he went out\, he saw a man cutting wood. When he tried to carry it\, he could not\, and instead of reducing his load\, he increased it\, and tried to carry it again\, but failed\, and did this again and again. Then he walked away and saw another man getting water from a well and pouring it in a pot with a hole in it\, and the man could not fill it. Then he saw two men riding on two horses\, carrying a pole from each side. When they came to the door\, their pride prevented that one would stay behind in order to get the pole in\, and therefore they remained outside. St. Arsanius explained this vision to them\, saying: ‘The wood cutter was a man with a multitude of sins. Instead of repenting\, he added more and more to his sins.’ The man who wanted to fill the pot with water was a charitable man who gave alms from what he earned unjustly\, and his reward was lost. The two men carrying the pole were carrying the burden of our Lord Christ\, but with great pride\, and therefore they both stayed outside the kingdom. \nMay his prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-arsanius-the-tutor-of-the-emperors-children-2/
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