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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. MACARIUS OF ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:May 14\, 2022 – Bashans 6\, 1738 \nOn this day also of the year 395 A.D.\, the blessed father St. Macarius of Alexandria departed. He was a contemporary of St. Macarius the great (Senior)\, the father of the monks\, and for this reason\, he was called St. Macarius\, the Junior. He became a monk at one of the monasteries near by Alexandria. For his asceticism\, he became the father and the spiritual guide for all the monk’s cells in the area that near by Alexandria\, so he was also called the father of the cells. He practiced many worships and possessed many virtues in his ascetic life. Among these practices\, he once stayed for five days with his thoughts in heaven\, occupied with early Saints\, prophets\, angels\, apostles and the Lord Christ\, while he was standing on his sleeping mat. After two nights\, the devils started to scratch his feet\, twisting themselves as snakes around his feet. They also showed him fire in his cell\, however with patience\, the fire and the phantoms disappeared. On the fifth day\, he could not control his thoughts with regards to the needs of life. This happened so that he would not become proud of what he had spiritually achieved. He said to himself: ‘I have remained in the ascetic life for 50 years\, and they had not been like these five days.’ After he had managed the schools of those were seeking to be baptized\, he lived alone (Recluse) in the year 335 A.D. in el-Natroun desert\, where he became the abbot of all the monasteries in this desert. \nIt happened that he walked in the desert for several days in unpaved road\, and was placing sticks of reed during the way to help him recognize the way to come back. When he wanted to return\, he found the devil had removed all the sticks to mislead him. When he became thirsty\, God sent him a wild cow\, and he drank from its milk\, until he returned to his cell. One day a hyena came to him and pulled his garment. He followed her to her den\, and it brought out her three young ones. He found that they were all malformed\, and was amazed from the intelligence of the animal. He prayed and put his hands on them\, and they were healed. The hyena disappeared for a while\, and she came back with a sheep skin which he used to sleep on until his departure. At one time\, the thoughts of pride disturbed him until he was weary of it. These thoughts invited him to come to Rome to heal the sick there\, instead of them suffering the travel to him. He slept in his cell\, and extended his feet outside the cell\, and said to his thoughts: ‘You can travel now if you can.’ When his thoughts went on disturbing him\, he carried on his shoulder a basket full of sand\, and walked in the desert until he became physically tired\, the thoughts of pride left him\, and he rested. \nOnce\, he went to the monastery of St. Pachomius in a layman’s garment\, and stayed there during the forty days of Lent. No one saw him eating or sitting down. He was making baskets of palm leaves while he was standing. The monks said to St. Pachomius: ‘Cast out this man from here\, for he is not human.’ He asked them to be patient until God reveals his story to them. St. Pachomius inquired of God about him\, and God told him that he was St. Macarius of Alexandria. They were all happy to hear that\, they welcomed him and received his blessings. When he found that his virtues have been revealed\, he returned to his monastery. It happened that it did not rain for some time in Alexandria\, and the Patriarch called him. When he arrived to Alexandria\, the rain started to fall\, and it continued to rain until they asked him to stop it. He prayed and God stopped it. Emperor Valens exiled him with St. Macarius the great to one of the islands. They guided its people to the Christian faith\, and then they returned to their monasteries. He considered that the virtue that was revealed and became known to everyone\, was rendered useless. When he heard that someone had a virtue that he did not have\, he practiced this virtue until he mastered it more than him. He completed his life in a good spiritual conduct until he reached a good old age\, and departed in peace. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-macarius-of-alexandria-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. ISAAC EL-DEFRAWI
DESCRIPTION:May 14\, 2022 – Bashans 6\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. Isaac El-Defrawi was martyred. He was born in the city of Defra\, district of Tanta. When he grew up\, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a vision\, and told him to go to the town of Towwa\, district of Beba\, to receive the crown of martyrdom. He instantly went to his parents to bid them farewell\, they wept and forbade him from doing that. The angel of the Lord appeared to him again and took him out of the town. When he arrived to Towwa\, he professed his faith before the Governor saying: ‘I believe in the Lord Christ’. The Governor placed him under guard until he had returned from the city of Nakyos. It happened when St. Isaac was passing by\, with the soldier\, a blind man\, was sitting on the wayside\, asked him to give him sight. He said to him: ‘Do not say give me\, but let it be according to your faith’\, and then he prayed to the Lord Christ for his sake\, and the man was given sight straightaway. When the soldier saw that\, he believed. When the Governor returned\, the soldier confessed the Lord Christ before him\, he ordered to cut off his head\, and received the crown of martyrdom. \nThe Governor became angry at St. Isaac\, and tormented him severely\, then sent him to the city of El-Bahnasa to be tortured there. It happened when he was in the boat\, he asked for a drink\, and a sailor gave him little of water\, and the man was with one eye. The Saint took some of the water and poured it over him\, and the man received the sight in his blind eye immediately. When the Saint arrived to El-Bahnasa\, the Governor tortured him severely\, but the Lord comforted and healed him and finally the Governor ordered him to be beheaded\, and he received the crown of life. Some of the faithful took his body and carried it to his town Defra and buried him there. Then they built a church after his name. May his intercession be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-isaac-el-defrawi-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. JEREMIAH THE PROPHET
DESCRIPTION:May 13\, 2022 – Bashans 5\, 1738 \nOn this day\, the prophet Jeremiah\, one of the major prophets\, the son of Hilkiah the priest\, was martyred. He prophesied in the days of Josiah son of Amon\, king of Judah and Jehoiakim son of Josiah. God had chosen him for He said: ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations’ (Jr 1:5). He rebuked the children of Israel for they left the worship of God and rejected His Commandments. He warned them of the anger of God if they did not return on their transgressions. When he saw their hard hearts and the fast approaching judgement of the Lord\, he prayed fervently weeping so that God might forgive the sins of his people. God rejected his prayers with regard to those who did not obey him\, and He moved Nebuchadnezzar to besiege Jerusalem. His soldiers conquered it under the leadership of Nebuzardan who killed many of them inside the city. After they had taken all the precious possessions of the temple\, the king’s palace\, and the nobles of the people\, they took with them all those who were left alive to Babylon. Among those who were driven to exile was the prophet Jeremiah. Nevertheless\, when Nebuzardan saw him bound with the rest\, he set him free. He then wrote his ‘Lamentations’ for the destruction of the city of Jerusalem\, the temple and the exile of his people for 70 years in babylon. This Prophet prophesied about the coming of Our Lord and Savior\, and His sufferings and passion. His life ended when the jews themselves stoned him in Egypt\, and he died a martyr in prison. May his prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-jeremiah-the-prophet-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF POPE YOANNIS THE FIFTH\, THE 72ND PATRIARCH
DESCRIPTION:May 12\, 2022 – Bashans 4\, 1738 \nOn this day also of the year 882 A.M. (April 29th.\, 1166 A.D.)\, Pope Yoannis the fifth\, the 72nd. Patriarch of Alexandria\, departed. He was John the monk from the monastery of Abu-Yehnis (John). He was enthroned on the 2nd. of El-Nasi (Intercalary days)\, year 863 A.M. (August 25th.\, 1147 A.D.) He was a holy\, righteous\, and pure man. In his days\, the Copts (El-Nasarah – Christians) were persecuted by the Moslem governors (Emams) and Khalifas\, and many were killed or sold as slaves. A monk named ‘Bashnouna’ from the monastery of St. Macarius was martyred on the 24th. of Bashons year 880 A.M. (1164 A.D.) and his body was burned for he refused to change his faith. The bones of this Saint were preserved in the church of Abu-Serga. They also destroyed the church of St. Mina in Haret El-Rome\, and the church of El-Zohari and many other churches in different parts of Cairo after they plundered what was in them. But God permitted these churches to be rebuilt by the Coptic layman Abu El-Fakher Salib Ebn-Mikhail. The Patriarch was arrested during the days of El-Aadel Ebn El-Selar and was imprisoned because he refused to ordain a Metropolitan for Ethiopia instead of its Metropolitan who was still alive. The metropolitan name was Anba Michael El-Atfihi who was ordained by Pope Macarius. The Pope was released two weeks later because of the death of El-Aadel. During the days of this Patriarch\, the words ‘Life-giving’ was added to the confession which became: ‘This is the life-giving Flesh that Thine Only-Begotten Son\, Our Lord\, God and Savior\, Jesus Christ\, took from our Lady …’ He departed after he had been on the throne of St. Mark for 18 years\, 8 month\, and 4 days. May his prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-pope-yoannis-the-fifth-the-72nd-patriarch-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF POPE JOHN (YOUHANNA) THE FIRST\, THE 29TH PATRIARCH OF THE SEE OF ST. MARK
DESCRIPTION:May 12\, 2022 – Bashans 4\, 1738 \nOn this day of the year 221 A.M. (April 29th.\, 505 A.D.)\, Pope John the first\, the twenty ninth Pope of Alexandria\, departed. This father was born in Alexandria to Christian parents\, and was attracted since his youth to the monastic life. He became a monk in the wilderness of St.Macarius\, and he was chosen Patriarch after the departure of his predecessor Pope Athanasius the second. He did not accept but was taken by force by the bishops\, priests\, and lay leaders and ordained him on the first of Babah of the year 213 A.M. (September 29th.\, 496 A.D.). After his enthronement\, he gave special attention to education and preaching for the edification and the steadfastness of the faithful in the Orthodox faith. He was the first Patriarch to be chosen from among the monks. The Roman Emperor in Constantinople\, at that time\, was the righteous Emperor Zenon. For this reason the hand of the Patriarch was strengthened in spreading the Orthodox faith in all of Egypt. The Emperor sent all the needs of the monasteries from wheat\, oil\, wine and money to renew the buildings of their cells and to restore their churches. All the days of this pope were days of peace and tranquility. When he finished his good course\, he became sick for a short time\, and then departed in peace\, after he had been on the throne of St. Mark for eight years and seven month. May his prayers be with us. Amen\,
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-pope-john-youhanna-the-first-the-29th-patriarch-of-the-see-of-st-mark-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF POPE GABRIEL IV\, THE 86TH PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:May 11\, 2022 – Bashans 3\, 1738 \nOn this day also of the year 1094 A.M. (April 1378 A.D.)\, Pope Gabriel the fourth\, the 86th Patriarch\, departed. He was the abbot of the monastery of El-Moharrak. He sat on the apostolic throne on the 11th day of Tubah\, 1086 A.M. (January 6th\, 1370 A.D.). \nHe was a great scholar and righteous ascetic. During his time\, in the year 1370 A.D.\, a great light appeared during the night which looked like a day light and lingered until dawn. In 1371 A.D.\, there was a great flood in the river Nile valley which threatened to drown all the land. \nHe was contemporary of El-Sultan Shabaan and El-Sultan Ali Ebn-Shabaan El Mansour. He sat on the throne for 8 years\, three months\, and twenty two days. He was buried beside Simeon the shoe maker. May his prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-pope-gabriel-iv-the-86th-patriarch-of-alexandria-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. OTIMUS\, THE PRIEST
DESCRIPTION:May 11\, 2022 – Bashans 3\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, St. Otimus the priest was martyred. He was born in Fowwa\, and because of his righteousness\, he was ordained a priest for his city. He taught and confirmed the faithful in the faith. Afterwards\, he moved to mount Ansena. When Emperor Diocletian incited the persecution against the Christians\, the account of this Saint reached Arianus the governor of Ansena. He brought him and offered him to worship the idols\, and the Saint did not hearken to his orders. He tortured him much\, but the Lord strengthened him. When the Governor became weary of his torturing\, he ordered him to be burned. He was burned and received the crown of martyrdom. \nHis body was taken by a God fearing priest\, who shrouded the body and hid it in a place until the end of the time of persecution. They built him a church where God revealed many miracles. It is believed that his body still exists in the city of Kalabsha near El-Santa. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-otimus-the-priest-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST. JASON\, ONE OF THE SEVENTY DISCIPLES
DESCRIPTION:May 11\, 2022 – Bashans 3\, 1738 \nOn this day St. Jason\, one of the seventy disciples who were chosen by the Lord\, departed. He ministered with the disciples before the passion of the Savior\, and performed many signs and wonders. Then he was supported by the grace and power on the day of Pentecost. \nHe was born in Tarsus\, and was the first to believe from this city. He accompanied St. Paul on his evangelical missions\, and journeyed with him to many countries. He was arrested with St. Paul and Silas in Thesalonica\, and when they had taken security from Jason and the rest\, they let them go. (Acts 17:9) \nHe was ordained bishop by St. Paul over Tarsus where he shepherded the church of Christ with the best of care. He preached the Gospel also in the city of Korkiras\, many believed on his hands and he baptized them. He built for them a church in the name of St. Stephen the Archdeacon. \nWhen the Governor of the city knew about this\, he arrested him and imprisoned him. He met seven thieves in the prison\, taught them the faith and baptized them. They confessed their faith in the Lord Christ openly before the Governor who put them in a caldron filled with tar and sulphur\, they departed and were granted the crown of martyrdom. \nThen\, the Governor brought St. Jason from the prison\, and tortured him with much torture but he was not harmed. The daughter of the Governor watched this torture from her window and she believed in the Lord Christ\, the God of St. Jason. She took off her jewelry and ornaments and distributed them among the poor\, and confessed that she was Christian and believed in the God of Jason. Her father became angry\, he threw her in prison\, and ordered to throw arrows at her. She gave up her pure spirit in the hand of Christ whom she loved. \nThe Governor sent St. Jason to one of the islands to be tortured there. He took a boat with some soldiers to this island\, and God drowned them all and saved St. Jason\, who continued to teach and preach for many years until another Governor was installed. The new Governor brought him and the Christians who were with him\, and tortured them much. When the Governor saw that his torture did not harm their bodies\, he and all those in his city also believed in the Lord Christ Who only Has the power to protect His chosen one. The Saint baptized them all\, taught them the commandments of the Gospel\, and built for them churches. God performed through him many miracles and signs. He departed in a good old age. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-jason-one-of-the-seventy-disciples-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.TADROS (THEODORE)\, THE DISCIPLE OF ST.PACHOMIUS
DESCRIPTION:May 10\, 2022 – Bashans 2\, 1738 \nOn this day also St. Tadros (Theodore) the disciple of St. Pachomius\, the father of the spiritual monastic communal life (Coenobitic system)\, departed. He became monk at a young age under the guidance of Anba Pachomius and showed great asceticism\, with extraordinary obedience\, so that St. Pachomius loved him and he delegated him to preach to the brethren. \nWhen St. Pachomius departed\, St. Tadros replaced him. He was a good example in meekness and patience. When he completed his course\, and finished his strife\, he departed to the Lord whom he loved. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-tadros-theodore-the-disciple-of-st-pachomius-3/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.TADROS (THEODORE)\, THE DISCIPLE OF ST.PACHOMIUS
DESCRIPTION:May 10\, 2022 – Bashans 2\, 1738 \nOn this day also St. Tadros (Theodore) the disciple of St. Pachomius\, the father of the spiritual monastic communal life (Coenobitic system)\, departed. He became monk at a young age under the guidance of Anba Pachomius and showed great asceticism\, with extraordinary obedience\, so that St. Pachomius loved him and he delegated him to preach to the brethren. \nWhen St. Pachomius departed\, St. Tadros replaced him. He was a good example in meekness and patience. When he completed his course\, and finished his strife\, he departed to the Lord whom he loved. May his prayers be with us. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-tadros-theodore-the-disciple-of-st-pachomius-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF THE RIGHTEOUS JOB
DESCRIPTION:May 10\, 2022 – Bashans 2\, 1738 \n\nOn this day the righteous Job departed. He was a righteous man in his generation and upright in his time\, as the bible testified about him: ‘… there is none like him on the earth\, a blameless and upright man\, one who fears God and shuns evil?’ (Job 1:8) The devil envied him and asked God to allow him to harm Job and to destroy his wealth. God allowed that\, because of His foreknowledge of the patience and perseverance of Job and that he would be an example and a model for those who come after him as the bible said: ‘You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord’ (James 5:11). In one day\, Job lost his sons and daughters\, his cattle\, and all his wealth. In addition\, the evil one also stricken his body with a Leprosy from his head to his feet. In all this Job offered thanksgiving and praise to God\, and never murmured or grumbled against his Creator. All what he said was: ‘May the day perish on which I was born’ (Job 3:3). He said also about the loss of his children: ‘The LORD gave\, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.’ (Job 1:21) ‘In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong’ (Job 1:22). \nThe thing that hurt Job the most\, was the harsh words of his wife and his friends. His wife advised him to blaspheme\, but Job refused\, and rebuked her saying: ”You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God\, and shall we not accept adversity?’ In all this Job did not sin with his lips’ (Job 2:10). \nJob remained sick for 30 years until he was purified as gold is purified with fire. At last the Lord spoke to him from the clouds and healed him from his sickness and doubled the wealth he had and gave him other sons and daughters. He lived to a good old age and departed in peace. May his prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-the-righteous-job-2/
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SUMMARY:-NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY\, THE MOTHER OF GOD
DESCRIPTION:May 9\, 2022 – Bashans 1\, 1738 \nOn this day the church celebrates the birth of the pure Virgin St. Mary\, the Mother of God (Theotokos)\, through whom Salvation came to mankind. She was born in the city of Nazareth\, where her parents lived. Her father was grieved in his heart for he could not offer an offering to God for he did not have any children. In the fullness of time according to the Divine Will\, the angel of the Lord was sent to announce Joachim\, her father\, while he was on the mountain praying\, and said to him: ‘The Lord will give you offspring through whom salvation comes to the world.’ \nImmediately he went down the mountain believing what the angel told him\, and he told his wife Anna of what he saw and heard. She rejoiced\, gave thanks to the Lord\, and vowed that the child who was to be born to her would become a servant in the house of the Lord all the days of her/his life. She conceived\, and gave birth to this Saint and called her Mary who had become the Queen of all women of the world\, and through her we have received the grace. May her intercession be with us\, and glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-the-mother-of-god-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF THE GREAT SAINT MARK\, THE APOSTLE\, THE EVANGELIST OF THE LAND OF EGYPT
DESCRIPTION:May 8\, 2022 – Baramouda 30\, 1738 \n\nOn this day\, which coincided with the 26th. of April 68 A.D.\, the great apostle St. Mark\, the evangelist of the land of Egypt\, was martyred. He was the first Pope of Alexandria and one of the Seventy Apostles. \nHis name was John\, as the Holy Bible says: ‘He came to the house of Mary\, the mother of John whose surname was Mark\, where many were gathered together praying’ (Acts 12:12). He was the one that the Lord Christ\, to Whom is the glory\, meant when He said: ‘Go into the city to a certain man\, and say to him\, The Teacher says\, My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples’ (Matthew 26:18). \nHis house was the first Christian church\, where they ate the Passover\, hid after the death of the Lord Christ\, and in its upper room the Holy Spirit came upon them. \nThis Saint was born in Cyrene (One of the Five Western cities\, Pentapolis – in North Africa). His father’s name was Aristopolus and his mother’s name was Mary. They were Jewish in faith\, rich and of great honor. They educated him with the Greek and Hebrew cultures. He was called Mark after they emigrated to Jerusalem\, where St. Peter had become a disciple to the Lord Christ. St. Peter was married to the cousin of Aristopolus. Mark visited St. Peter’s house often\, and from him he learned the Christian teachings. \nOnce Aristopolus and his son Mark were walking near the Jordan river\, close by the desert\, they encountered a raving lion and a lioness. It was evident to Aristopolus that it would be his end and the end of his Son\, Mark. His compassion for his son compelled him to order him to escape to save himself. Mark answered\, ‘Christ\, in whose hands our lives are committed\, will not let them prey on us.’ Saying this\, he prayed\, ‘O\, Christ\, Son of God protect us from the evil of these two beasts and terminate their offspring from this wilderness.’ Immediately\, God granted this prayer\, and the two beasts fell dead. His father marvelled and asked his son to tell him about the Lord Christ. He believed in the Lord Christ at the hands of his son who baptized him. \nAfter the ascension of the Lord Christ\, he accompanied Paul and Barnabas to preach the Gospel in Antioch\, Seleucia\, Cyprus\, Salamis\, and Perga Pamphylia where he left them and returned to Jerusalem. After the Apostolic Council in Jerusalem\, he went with Barnabas to Cyprus. \nAfter the departure of Barnabas\, with the order of the Lord Christ\, St. Mark went to Afrikia\, Berka\, and the Five Western cities. He preached the Gospel in these parts\, and believed on his hands most of its people. From there\, he went to Alexandria in the 1st. of Bashans 61 A.D. \nWhen he entered the city\, his shoe was torn because of the much walking in preaching and evangelism. He went to a cobbler in the city\, called Anianus\, to repair it. While he was repairing it the awl pierced his finger. Anianus shouted in Greek saying ‘EIS THEOS’ which means ‘O\, ONE GOD’. When St. Mark heard these words his heart rejoiced exceedingly. He found it suitable to talk to him about the One God. The Apostle took some clay\, spat on it and applied it to Anianus’ finger\, saying in the Name of Jesus Christ the Son of God\, and the wound healed immediately\, as if nothing happened to it.Moses\, who brought the children of Israel out of Egypt\, and gave them the Law\, the captivity of the children of Israel to Babylon\, and the prophecies that foretold the coming of Christ. \nAnianus invited him to go to his house and brought to him his children. The Saint preached and baptized them in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. \nWhen the believers in the Name of Christ increased and the pagan people of the city heard that\, they were raged with anger and thought of slaying St. Mark. The faithful advised him to get away for a short while for the sake of the safety of the church and its care. St. Mark ordained St. Anianus a Bishop for Alexandria\, three priests and seven deacons. He went to the Five Western Cities\, remained there for two years preaching\, and ordained bishops\, priests\, and deacons. \nHe returned to Alexandria where he found the believers had increased in number\, and built a church for them in the place known as Bokalia (The place of cows)\, east of Alexandria on the sea shore. \nIt came to pass\, when he was celebrating the feast of the Resurrection on the 29th day of Baramudah\, year 68 A.D.\, the same day coincided with the great pagan Celebration for the feast of the god Syrabis\, a multitude of them assembled and attacked the church at Bokalia and forced their way in. They seized St. Mark\, bound him with a thick rope and dragged him in the roads and streets crying\, ‘Drag the dragon to the place of Cows.’ They continued dragging him with severe cruelty. His flesh was torn and scattered everywhere\, and the ground of the city was covered with his blood. They cast him that night into a dark prison. \nThe angel of the Lord appeared to him and told him: ‘O Mark\, the good servant\, rejoice for your name has been written in the book of life\, and you have been counted among the congregation of the saints.’ The angel disappeared\, then the Lord Christ appeared to him\, and gave him peace. His soul rejoiced and was glad. \nThe next morning (30th of Baramudah)\, the pagans took St. Mark from the prison. They tied his neck with a thick rope and did the same as the day before\, dragging him over the rocks and stones. Finally\, St. Mark delivered up his pure soul in the hand of God\, and received the crown of martyrdom\, the apostolic crown\, the crown of evangelism\, and the crown of virginity. \nNevertheless\, St. Mark’s death did not satisfy the rage of the pagans and their hatred. They gathered much firewood and prepared an inferno to burn him. A severe storm blew and heavy rains fell. The pagans became frightened\, and they fled away in fear. \nThe believers came and took the holy body\, carried it to the church they built at Bokalia\, wrapped it up\, prayed over him and place it in a coffin. They laid it in a secret place in this church. The prayers of this great Saint and honorable Evangelist be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-erastus-the-apostle-3/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.ACACIUS\, BISHOP OF JERUSALEM
DESCRIPTION:May 7\, 2022 – Baramouda 29\, 1738 \nOn this day also\, St. Acacius\, Bishop of Jerusalem\, departed. He was a pure and righteous man. He was persecuted for a long time\, and God wrought many signs and wonders by his hands\, then departed in peace. \nHis prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-acacius-bishop-of-jerusalem-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF ST.ERASTUS\, THE APOSTLE
DESCRIPTION:May 7\, 2022 – Baramouda 29\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. Erastus\, one of the Seventy Apostles\, departed. He received the grace of the holy spirit in the upper room of Zion with the Disciples. He preached\, ministered\, and suffered along with them frequently. \nThey laid the hands on him\, and ordained him bishop for Jerusalem. He taught there and in many other places\, and God worked great signs and wonders on his hands. As example he changed bitter salty water to sweet water. \nHe labored with St. Paul the apostle in his many journeys\, for he ministered unto him. He is mentioned in chapter nineteen of the Acts of the Apostles. After he reached a good old age\, he departed in peace. \nHis prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-erastus-the-apostle-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST.MILLIUS\, THE ASCETIC
DESCRIPTION:May 6\, 2022 – Baramouda 28\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. Milius\, the ascetic\, was martyred. This father was an ascetic and fighter all the days of his life. He dwelt in a cave with his two disciples in mount Khurasan. The two sons of the king of Khurasan went out to hunt wild animals and they set up their nets. This Saint fell in their net\, and he was dressed in sackcloth made of hair\, and his hair was exceedingly long. When they saw him they were afraid of him and asked him: ‘Are you a man or a demon?’ He answered: ‘I am a sinful man and I dwell here in this mount to worship the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God.’ They told him: ‘There is no God except the sun and the fire\, offer the sacrifices to them lest we kill you.’ He answered them: ‘These things have been created by God. You are not aware of the truth. It is preferable for you to worship the true God\, the creator of all these things.’ They asked him: ‘Do you claim that he Whom the Jews crucified is God?’ He said to them: ‘Yes\, He Who was crucified for our sins\, and Who was killed and died\, is God indeed.’ The two princes were raged of him. They seized his two disciples\, tortured\, and then slew them. As for St. Milius\, they continued to torture him for two weeks. Finally\, they made him stand up between them and shot arrows at him until he departed in peace. On the following day they went on hunting\, followed a wild beast\, and shot arrows at him\, and God turned their arrows into their own hearts killing them. \nMay The prayers of this Saint be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-millius-the-ascetic-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST.BOCTOR EBN ROMANUS
DESCRIPTION:May 5\, 2022 – Baramouda 27\, 1738 \nOn this day\, which coincided with the 26th. of April 68 A.D.\, the great apostle St. Mark\, the evangelist of the land of Egypt\, was martyred. He was the first Pope of Alexandria and one of the Seventy Apostles. \nHis name was John\, as the Holy Bible says: ‘He came to the house of Mary\, the mother of John whose surname was Mark\, where many were gathered together praying’ (Acts 12:12). He was the one that the Lord Christ\, to Whom is the glory\, meant when He said: ‘Go into the city to a certain man\, and say to him\, The Teacher says\, My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples’ (Matthew 26:18). \nHis house was the first Christian church\, where they ate the Passover\, hid after the death of the Lord Christ\, and in its upper room the Holy Spirit came upon them. \nThis Saint was born in Cyrene (One of the Five Western cities\, Pentapolis – in North Africa). His father’s name was Aristopolus and his mother’s name was Mary. They were Jewish in faith\, rich and of great honor. They educated him with the Greek and Hebrew cultures. He was called Mark after they emigrated to Jerusalem\, where St. Peter had become a disciple to the Lord Christ. St. Peter was married to the cousin of Aristopolus. Mark visited St. Peter’s house often\, and from him he learned the Christian teachings. \nOnce Aristopolus and his son Mark were walking near the Jordan river\, close by the desert\, they encountered a raving lion and a lioness. It was evident to Aristopolus that it would be his end and the end of his Son\, Mark. His compassion for his son compelled him to order him to escape to save himself. Mark answered\, ‘Christ\, in whose hands our lives are committed\, will not let them prey on us.’ Saying this\, he prayed\, ‘O\, Christ\, Son of God protect us from the evil of these two beasts and terminate their offspring from this wilderness.’ Immediately\, God granted this prayer\, and the two beasts fell dead. His father marvelled and asked his son to tell him about the Lord Christ. He believed in the Lord Christ at the hands of his son who baptized him. \nAfter the ascension of the Lord Christ\, he accompanied Paul and Barnabas to preach the Gospel in Antioch\, Seleucia\, Cyprus\, Salamis\, and Perga Pamphylia where he left them and returned to Jerusalem. After the Apostolic Council in Jerusalem\, he went with Barnabas to Cyprus. \nAfter the departure of Barnabas\, with the order of the Lord Christ\, St. Mark went to Afrikia\, Berka\, and the Five Western cities. He preached the Gospel in these parts\, and believed on his hands most of its people. From there\, he went to Alexandria in the 1st. of Bashans 61 A.D. \nWhen he entered the city\, his shoe was torn because of the much walking in preaching and evangelism. He went to a cobbler in the city\, called Anianus\, to repair it. While he was repairing it the awl pierced his finger. Anianus shouted in Greek saying ‘EIS THEOS’ which means ‘O\, ONE GOD’. When St. Mark heard these words his heart rejoiced exceedingly. He found it suitable to talk to him about the One God. The Apostle took some clay\, spat on it and applied it to Anianus’ finger\, saying in the Name of Jesus Christ the Son of God\, and the wound healed immediately\, as if nothing happened to it.Moses\, who brought the children of Israel out of Egypt\, and gave them the Law\, the captivity of the children of Israel to Babylon\, and the prophecies that foretold the coming of Christ. \nAnianus invited him to go to his house and brought to him his children. The Saint preached and baptized them in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. \nWhen the believers in the Name of Christ increased and the pagan people of the city heard that\, they were raged with anger and thought of slaying St. Mark. The faithful advised him to get away for a short while for the sake of the safety of the church and its care. St. Mark ordained St. Anianus a Bishop for Alexandria\, three priests and seven deacons. He went to the Five Western Cities\, remained there for two years preaching\, and ordained bishops\, priests\, and deacons. \nHe returned to Alexandria where he found the believers had increased in number\, and built a church for them in the place known as Bokalia (The place of cows)\, east of Alexandria on the sea shore. \nIt came to pass\, when he was celebrating the feast of the Resurrection on the 29th day of Baramudah\, year 68 A.D.\, the same day coincided with the great pagan Celebration for the feast of the god Syrabis\, a multitude of them assembled and attacked the church at Bokalia and forced their way in. They seized St. Mark\, bound him with a thick rope and dragged him in the roads and streets crying\, ‘Drag the dragon to the place of Cows.’ They continued dragging him with severe cruelty. His flesh was torn and scattered everywhere\, and the ground of the city was covered with his blood. They cast him that night into a dark prison. \nThe angel of the Lord appeared to him and told him: ‘O Mark\, the good servant\, rejoice for your name has been written in the book of life\, and you have been counted among the congregation of the saints.’ The angel disappeared\, then the Lord Christ appeared to him\, and gave him peace. His soul rejoiced and was glad. \nThe next morning (30th of Baramudah)\, the pagans took St. Mark from the prison. They tied his neck with a thick rope and did the same as the day before\, dragging him over the rocks and stones. Finally\, St. Mark delivered up his pure soul in the hand of God\, and received the crown of martyrdom\, the apostolic crown\, the crown of evangelism\, and the crown of virginity. \nNevertheless\, St. Mark’s death did not satisfy the rage of the pagans and their hatred. They gathered much firewood and prepared an inferno to burn him. A severe storm blew and heavy rains fell. The pagans became frightened\, and they fled away in fear. \nThe believers came and took the holy body\, carried it to the church they built at Bokalia\, wrapped it up\, prayed over him and place it in a coffin. They laid it in a secret place in this church. \nThe prayers of this great Saint and honorable Evangelist be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-boctor-ebn-romanus-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST.SOUSENYOS
DESCRIPTION:May 4\, 2022 – Baramouda 26\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. Sousenyos was martyred. This Saint was the son of one of the friends of Emperor Diocletian. The angel of the Lord appeared to him and strengthened his heart on receiving the crown of martyrdom\, and he kept this in his heart. \nThe Emperor sent him to the city of Nicomedia to restore the worship of idols. This Saint sorrowed exceedingly. He sent and brought a priest who taught him the doctrine of the church\, the facts of the faith and baptized him. \nWhen his father knew that\, he accused him to the Emperor that he did not worship the idols. The Emperor ordered to torture him with severe tortures\, but the Lord strengthened and comforted him. Finally\, they cut off his head\, and he received the crown of martyrdom. \nThe number of those who had seen him during his torture and believed because of him\, were eleven hundred and seventy. They were martyred and received the crown of martyrdom. \nHis prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-sousenyos-2/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF POPE YOUANNIS VII\, 78TH PATRIARCH
DESCRIPTION:May 4\, 2022 – Baramouda 26\, 1738 \n\nOn this day also\, of the year 1009 A.M. (April 21st\, 1293 A.D.)\, Pope Youannis VII\, 78th Patriarch\, departed. After the lay leaders of Cairo had nominated Pope Gabriel III for the Papacy\, some of the lay leaders of Egypt agreed to choose Youannis Ebn Abi-Saaid El-Soukary. They threw an altar lot which fell on Gabriel\, but Youannis\, the above mentioned\, along with his supporters\, quarreled with Gabriel. Youannis nullified the result of the lot and was enthroned in the 6th day of Tubah 978 A.M. (January 15th.\, 1262 A.D.)\, after the departure of Pope Athanasius III\, his predecessor. \nHe remained on the Patriarchal Chair six years\, nine months\, and nineteen days\, then he was dismissed. Pope Gabriel took over his place from the 24th day of Babah 985 A.M. to the 6th day of Tubah 987 A.M.\, then he was dismissed. Youannis was reinstated by the order of El-Sultan on the 7th day of Tubah. \nDuring Pope Youannis’ days\, in the year 980 A.M.\, El-Sultan ordered to dig a huge pit and throw the Christians in it\, to be burned. He brought the Patriarch and mandated him to pay fifty thousand Dinars\, which took two years to collect. Consequently\, they released the Christians who suffered much tribulations in his time\, and the bishops suffered much afflictions. Pope Gabriel\, his predecessor\, departed during Pope Youannis second period of heading the church\, so he was listed in the list of the Patriarchs before Youannis. \nPope Youannis remained on the Chair in his second time of heading the church 22 years\, 3 months\, and 19 days\, and departed in peace in the 26th. of Baramoudah 1009 A.M. He was buried in the gardens of El-Nastour monastery. \nHis prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen. \n 
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-pope-youannis-vii-78th-patriarch-2/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST.SARAH\, AND HER TWO SONS
DESCRIPTION:May 3\, 2022 – Baramouda 25\, 1738 \nOn this day\, St. Sarah and her two sons\, were martyred. She was from the city of Antioch\, the wife of a man whose name was Socrates\, one of the governors of Emperor Diocletian. This Governor had denied Christ to please Diocletian\, pretending before his wife that he did that because of his fear from the Emperor. \nSarah had two sons\, she could not baptize in Antioch\, because of her fear from the Emperor and her husband. She took them and sailed to Alexandria to baptize them there. God willed to reveal the greatness of her faith as a lesson to the generations to come. God brought forth a great tempest and the ship was about to be wrecked and drown. Sarah was afraid that her sons would be drowned without being baptized. She prayed a long prayer\, then she wounded her right breast\, took some of her blood\, anointed them making the sign of the cross upon the foreheads\, and over the hearts. Then she dipped them in the sea three times saying: ‘In the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.’ \nAfter that\, the winds died down\, a great calm came on the sea\, and the ship sailed toward Alexandria. When she arrived\, took her sons\, went to the church\, and handed them to Pope Peter\, the seal of the martyrs. He baptized them\, together with the children of the city. When the Pope carried one of her sons to baptize him\, the water froze. The Pope went on baptizing other children and came back to her sons\, but the water froze again. The same thing occurred on the third attempt. The Pope was amazed and asked their mother about her story. She told him about all what happened to her at sea and what she did for her sons. He glorified God and said: ‘It is indeed one baptism.’ \nWhen the woman returned to Antioch\, her husband denounced what she had done. He related what happened to the Emperor accusing his wife with adultery. The Emperor brought her and reproached her saying: ‘Why did you go to Alexandria to commit adultery with the Christians?’ The Saint answered him: ‘Christians do not commit adultery\, and do not worship idols\, and after this do what you wish\, for you will not hear another word from me.’ \nThe Emperor asked her: ‘Tell me what did you do in Alexandria?’ When she did not answer him\, he ordered to tie her hands behind her\, and to place her two sons on her belly\, and to bum all three of them. She turned her face to the east and prayed. They burnt her\, with her sons. She delivered up her pure soul along with her sons\, and they all received the crown of martyrdom. \nTheir prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-sarah-and-her-two-sons/
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SUMMARY:-COMMEMORATION OF SAINTS BABNUDA (PAPHNUTE) THE HERMIT\, THEODORE THE WORSHIPPER\, AND THE 100 MARTYRS
DESCRIPTION:May 3\, 2022 – Baramouda 25\, 1738 \nThis day also marks the commemoration of Sts. Babnuda (Paphnute) the hermit\, Theodore the worshipper\, and the One hundred martyrs\, who were martyred in Persia. \nTheir prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-saints-babnuda-paphnute-the-hermit-theodore-the-worshipper-and-the-100-martyrs/
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SUMMARY:-DEPARTURE OF POPE SINUTHIUS (SHENOUDA I)\, 55TH POPE OF ALEXANDRIA
DESCRIPTION:May 2\, 2022 – Baramouda 24\, 1738 \nOn this day\, of the year 596 A.M. (April 19th.\, 880 A.D.)\, the great father Pope Sinuthius (Shenouda I)\, 55th Pope of the See of St. Mark\, departed. This holy father was a monk in the monastery of St. Macarius. He advanced in righteousness and worship\, and was ordained archpriest for the monastery. \nShortly after\, he was chosen for the Patriarchate with the recommendation of the people and bishops. He was enthroned on the 13th day of Tubah 575 A.D. (January 8th.\, 859 A.D.)\, and great tribulations and severe persecutions befell him. God performed through him many signs and healed many grievous sicknesses. \nOnce there was a drought in the city of Mariout for three years\, the wells dried up and the farm land became barren. This father came to the church of St. Mina\, celebrated the Divine Liturgy\, and supplicated God to have mercy upon His creation. At the setting of the sun of that day\, the rain began lightly then ceased. This father entered his room and stood up praying and he said: ‘O My Lord Christ\, have mercy on Thy people with the riches of Thy compassion\, and let them be filled with Thy good pleasure.’ Before he finished his prayer\, mighty thunders and lightnings started\, and the rain descended like a flood\, until the wells\, the vineyards\, and the farms were filled with water. The people rejoiced\, glorifying God the wonder worker. \nWhen this father was in the wilderness visiting the monasteries\, the Arabs of Upper Egypt came to the desert of Scetis to plunder the monasteries and kill the monks. The Pope took his staff that had the sign of the cross on it and he went forth to meet them\, when they saw the Cross they retreated and fled away. (The account of this wonder is mentioned in the 9th day of Baramoudah \nSome men\, in a village called Boukhnessa\, one of the villages of Mariout\, said that He Who suffered for us was only a man and that the Divinity had departed from Him. This Pope wrote a letter and sent it during the Holy Fast (Lent) to be read in all the churches. He said in it\, ‘God the Word suffered for us in His Body\, and His Divinity was not separated from His humanity\, not for a twinkling of an eye. The pain and suffering did not touch and affect the Divinity\, as when you hammer a red hot iron\, the iron suffers from the hammering but not the flame. For the passion of the Humanity to be of value\, the Hypostatic union with the Divinity was a must\, and through this passion Christ redeemed all the humanity.’ \nAlso\, some men from the city of El-Balyana\, and their bishops\, said that the Divine Nature died. When the father heard that\, he wrote to them saying: ‘The Nature of God\, the Word\, is unknowable\, intangible\, and impassable for it was impossible for the pain to affect its essence. The participation of the Divinity with the humanity in passion is moral participation\, to give a value to these sufferings\, to pay the debt of the humanity to God the Omnipresent\, and that would only be possible if the Divinity would participate morally without affecting His essence. So we say ‘Holy God\, Who was crucified for us\, have mercy upon us.” When his letter reached them\, they turned from their error\, and the bishops came and confessed the true and right faith before the Pope and asked for forgiveness. \nPope Shenouda I\, cared greatly for the churches\, their buildings\, and their needs. He also cared for the places wherein pilgrims sojourned\, and what money has left to him\, he gave to the poor and the needy. \nWhen he finished his good course\, he departed in peace. He stayed on the Chair of St. Mark for 21 years\, 3 months and 11 days.His prayers be with us. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-pope-sinuthius-shenouda-i-55th-pope-of-alexandria/
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SUMMARY:-MARTYRDOM OF ST. GEORGE\, PRINCE OF MARTYRS
DESCRIPTION:May 1\, 2022 – Baramouda 23\, 1738 \n\nOn this day\, of the year 307 A.D.\, the great among the martyrs St. George\, was martyred. He was born in Cappadocia; his father’s name was Anastasius\, and his mother’s name was Theobaste. When he was twenty years old\, his father died\, and he went to Emperor Diocletian to take over his father’s position. He found that the Emperor had apostatized the faith and ordered the worship of idols. George was sorrowful\, and he gave all his wealth to the poor and needy and set free his slaves. \nWhen he saw the edict of the Emperor against the Christians\, he became raged and tore it. They took him before the Emperor\, and he cried in their middest saying: ‘For how long you shall pour your anger against the innocent Christians\, and force those who know the true faith to adopt the faith that you are in doubt of because it is fraudulent? So\, either you believe on this true faith\, or at least do not disturb with foolishness those who are steadfast in it.’ The Emperor asked Mephnanius\, one of his ministers\, to pacify and persuade him. He asked him: ‘Who taught you to be daring like this.’ The Saint answered: ‘It is the truth\,’ then started to explain it to him. The Emperor interrupted\, reminding the Saint with the ranks that he bestowed on him\, and promised him with more if he denied his Christ. The Saint refused with pride all these vain propositions. The Emperor tortured him severely\, but the Lord strengthened him and healed all his wounds. \nWhen the Emperor was weary of torturing him\, he brought a magician\, whose name was Athanasius\, who gave the Saint a cup full of poison to drink. St. George made the sign of the cross over the cup then drank it. When no harm came upon him\, the magician believed in the Lord Christ\, and received the crown of martyrdom. The Emperor became raged and ordered to squeeze him until he delivered up his soul\, and they cast his body out side the city. \nThe Lord Christ raised him up\, and the Saint returned to the city. When the people saw him\, three thousand and seven hundred souls believed. The Emperor ordered to cut off their heads and they received the crown of martyrdom. \nWhen St. George stood before Emperor Diocletian\, along with seventy kings that were sitting around him\, they asked the Saint: ‘We wish you to make these chairs that we are sitting on to put forth leaves\, and bear fruit.’ The Saint prayed to the Lord Christ\, the Lord accepted his supplication and the chairs put forth leaves and bore fruit. \nThey took him once to a cemetery and asked him to raise the dead therein. He prayed to the Lord Christ. The Lord raised them and after they talked to them\, they returned to their graves and died. \nA poor woman\, brought her son\, who was blind\, deaf and dumb\, he prayed to the Lord Christ then made the sign of the cross over him\, and he was healed right away. \nDiocletain\, during all that\, went on torturing St. George\, until he was weary and bored of that. He started to be pleasant to the Saint and promised to give him his daughter in marriage if he would offer the incense to his gods. The Saint pretended that he accepted his offer\, and the Emperor rejoiced and brought him into the royal palace. While St. George was praying the Psalms\, the Empress heard him and asked him to explain to her what he had said. He began to interpret to her all the events from the creation of the world to the Incarnation of the Lord Christ\, and his words entered her heart and she believed in the Lord Christ\, to Whom is the Glory. \nThe Emperor ordered to call upon all the men of the city to gather\, in order to see Saint George offering the incense to the Emperor’s gods. When multitude gathered by the idols\, Gawargios (George) stood and cried at the idols in the Name of the Lord Christ the Savior of the world. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed all the idols. The Emperor and all those who were with him were ashamed and he returned to his palace full of fury and wrath. The Empress told him: ‘Didn’t I tell you not to oppose the Galileans\, for their God is strong and mighty?’ The Emperor was exceedingly wrath with her\, for he knew that St. George had brought her also to his faith. The Emperor with rage ordered to comb her body with a steel comb\, then cut off her head\, and she received the crown of martyrdom. Finally\, Diocletian decided to put an end to the humiliation that befell him\, so he ordered to cut off the head of St. George\, and he received the crown of martyrdom. A Christian took the body\, wrapped it in expensive shrouds\, and took it to the city of Lydda\, his home town\, and they built a great church on his name there. His intercession be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-george-prince-of-martyrs-2/
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SUMMARY:- Martyrdom of St. Baslantya
DESCRIPTION:September 16\, 2020 – Tout 6\, 1737 \nOn this day also the holy Saint Baslantya was martyred in the days of Diocletian the infidel. When this pious Christian lady was only nine years old\, she was arrested\, her hands and feet were bound and she was cast into the fire\, but she did not get burned because of the mighty power of God. At her prayers\, God caused water to come down and she drank\, and then she committed her soul to God. May her prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-baslantya/
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SUMMARY:- Departure of St. Theopesti
DESCRIPTION:September 30\, 2020 – Tout 20\, 1737 \nAlso today we commemorate the departure of St. Theopesti. She was married and had a son. Her husband died while she was still young. She took it upon herself to become a nun. She started to practice the spiritual life. She persisted in fasting and continual prayers and worshipping day and night. She went to the saintly father Abba Macarius\, bishop of Nekios\, she bowed to him and took his blessings\, then she asked him to pray on her and put on her garb of monasticism. The bishop advised her to try herself for a year and he promised her that would put on her the garb of monasticism after that year. \nShe went to her house and enclosed herself in a small room and closed its door\, and then made a small opening in it. Her son\, who was then twelve years old\, was taking care of her needs. She embarked in strenuous worships with asceticism and devotion. The year elapsed\, and the bishop had forgotten that he had promised this saint that he would put on her the garb of monasticism. He saw her in his sleep in a shining figure\, telling him\, My father\, how did you forget me till now\, and I am passing away tonight? and he saw as if he were awake. He prayed on her the prayer for ordaining monks\, and he did not find a Kalansowa (cover for the head)\, he took off his own and put it on her head. Then he put on her the holy Eskeem. He asked his disciple for another Kalansowa and put it on. She had a silver cross in her hand which she gave to him saying: �Accept this from your disciple.� And it was said that when he awakened\, he found the cross in his hand and he looked attentively at the cross which was beautifully made. He was amazed and glorified God. \nEarly in the morning he went with his disciple to the house of this blessed woman. Her son received him crying with tears. When he asked him why he was crying\, he replied saying\, My mother called me in the middle of the night and bid me farewell and told me whatever the bishop tells you\, do and do not break it. I will depart this night to go to the Lord Christ. She prayed over me and advised me saying: �Keep all that I commanded you and do not go against the opinion of our father\, the bishop\, and here now I am in your hands.� The bishop came to where the saint was lying and knocked on the door\, but she did not answer. He said this blessed saint had departed indeed\, and he ordered his disciple to open the door. When the bishop entered\, he found she had given up her soul. She had on her the Eskeem that he had put on her in his vision and also the Kalansowa that he had on. His eyes were filled with tears. He praised and glorified God who works out the satisfaction of His saints. The bishop shrouded her as was the habit of the monks and called the priests who carried her to the holy church and prayed over her with great honor. There was in the city a paralytic infidel man\, suffering from evil spirits. When he heard the chanting of priests\, he asked his people to carry him and take him where the body of the saint was. When they brought him to the church\, he drew near to the holy body with faith and he was cured instantly. The devil came out of him\, and he became well straightaway. He and his people believed in the Lord Christ and the bishop baptized them. And everyone who had a disease or a deformity would come to the church and touch the holy body and would be healed immediately. And when the governor heard about these wonders\, he and most of the city believed in the Lord Christ. He came to the church and carried the body and buried it with honor. May his prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-theopesti/
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SUMMARY:- Martyrdom of St. Malatini the Virgin
DESCRIPTION:September 30\, 2020 – Tout 20\, 1737 \nOn this day also is the commemoration of the martyrdom of St. Malatini the Virgin. May her prayers be with us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-malatini-the-virgin/
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SUMMARY:- Departure of Pope Athanasius the Second\, the Twenty-Eighth Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
DESCRIPTION:September 30\, 2020 – Tout 20\, 1737 \n\nOn this day of the year 512 A.D.\, departed the righteous father St. Athanasius the Second\, the twenty-eighth patriarch of the See of St. Mark. This father was the steward of the churches of Alexandria. When the saintly father Abba Peter departed\, the bishops and elders and the people agreed to ordain him patriarch for what they had known about his orthodox faith and knowledge. He was a good man\, filled with the Holy Spirit and faith. When he became patriarch\, he shepherded the flock of the Lord Christ exceedingly well\, and he protected them from the snatching wolves with his teachings and prayers. He sat on the Episcopal throne for three years and nine months. Then he departed in peace. May his prayers be with us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-pope-athanasius-the-second-the-twenty-eighth-patriarch-of-the-see-of-st-mark/
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SUMMARY:- Commemoration of St. Gregory\, Patriarch of the Armenians
DESCRIPTION:September 29\, 2020 – Tout 19\, 1737 \nOn this day we commemorate the martyrdom of St. Gregory\, Patriarch of the Armenians\, who became a martyr without bloodshed. He made himself a slave of the country of the Armenia in the days of King Dertades about the year 270 A.D. This king was not Christian. When he came into the temple to offer up incense to the idols\, he summoned the saint to offer up incense with him\, but he would not do it. The king inflicted upon him severe tortures and finally cast him in an empty pit. The Saint lived there for fifteen years. \nNear the pit lived an old widow\, and she saw in a vision someone telling her to make bread regularly and cast it into this pit\, and she continued to do this for fifteen years. It happened that the king ordered the killing of the virgins of Arbsima and Ghabata\, and their friends. Because he wished to marry St. Arbsima\, he became exceedingly sad at her killing\, and he was attacked by a serious illness from which he did not recover until his sister saw in a dream someone telling her\, Unless you bring up Gregory out of the pit\, your brother will not be cured. They brought the saint out of the pit\, and he prayed over the king\, and he was cured from his sickness. May his prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-st-gregory-patriarch-of-the-armenians/
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SUMMARY:- Commemoration of Stephen the Priest and Niceta the Martyr
DESCRIPTION:September 28\, 2020 – Tout 18\, 1737 \nOn this day also is the commemoration of Stephen the priest\, and Niceta the martyr. May their prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-stephen-the-priest-and-niceta-the-martyr/
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SUMMARY:- Martyrdom of St. Bropharius
DESCRIPTION:September 28\, 2020 – Tout 18\, 1737 \nOn this day we celebrate the martyrdom of St. Bropharius. He was a comedian and jester and non-Christian. When Constance\, the son of Constantine departed\, Julian the infidel reigned after him and was killed by St. Macarius. This infidel was the nephew of Constantine. On his birthday\, he gathered jesters\, comedians\, and people of the circus; Bropharius was one of them. The infidel emperor ordered him to imitate the Christians. When he came to the ritual of the holy baptism and made the sign of the Cross over the water in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\, the Lord enlightened his mind and he perceived a divine grace coming down on the water and light shone from it. He immersed into the water three times\, then went up from it and put on his clothes. He confessed that he became Christian. The Emperor rebuked and threatened him. Then the emperor promised to give him many gifts. In spite of that\, the Saint went on saying\, I am Christian. I am Christian. Finally\, the emperor ordered his neck to be cut off and he earned the crown of martyrdom. May his intercession be for us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/martyrdom-of-st-bropharius/
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