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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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DTSTAMP:20260616T080846
CREATED:20220503T100335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220503T100827Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210930T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210930T170000
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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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210928T170000
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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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SUMMARY:- Departure of St. Theognosta
DESCRIPTION:September 27\, 2020 – Tout 17\, 1737 \nOn this day also departed the blessed Theognosta. She lived in the days of the righteous Emperors Honorius and Arcadius. It happened one day that an envoy came with gifts from the King of India to the two emperors. On the way back\, they found this Virgin Theognosta holding in her a hand a book which she was reading. They seized her and took her back with them to their country. She became the head of the King’s attendants and his wives. One day\, the son of the King fell sick with a grievous sickness. She laid him in her bosom and made over him the sign of the Cross\, and he recovered immediately. This report spread throughout that land\, and since that day she was set free. \nWhen the King went to war\, there came upon him thick clouds and fog\, and knowing of the sign of the Cross that St. Theognosta used to make\, the King made the sign of the Cross over the winds and it became clear again\, and with the sign of the Cross\, he vanquished his enemies. When the King returned home from the war\, he bowed down at the feet of the Saint\, and asked her for the holy baptism for him and for the people of his city. She told them that it was not for her to baptize. They sent to Emperor Honorius to inform him of their acceptance of the faith and asked him to send a priest to baptize them. He sent to them a priest who was a saintly anchorite\, and he baptized them all and he gave them the Holy Body and Blood of our Lord Christ. The virgin rejoiced for his coming and they blessed each other. She built a monastery for herself and many virgins who desired to go into the monastic life. \nWhen the priest returned to the Emperor and related to him how the people of the city entered into the faith of our Lord Christ\, he rejoiced exceedingly. The Emperor agreed with the Archbishop to ordain the priest a bishop and to send him back to them\, and they rejoiced greatly. They had built a big church and they need pillars. There was a large temple for idols which had pillars so they took them to build this church. The rest of the people of this city joined the faith of the Lord Christ. The virgin rejoiced for all that had happened then departed to that nunnery among the virgins. May her prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-theognosta/
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SUMMARY:- Feast Day of the Appearance of the Honorable Cross
DESCRIPTION:September 27\, 2020 – Tout 17\, 1737 \nOn this day the church celebrates the appearance of the Honorable Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was revealed by the lover of God\, Queen Helena\, mother of Emperor Constantine\, from under the pile of Golgotha\, after she ordered its removal. As to the reason for how this great pile of dirt came into being\, it was thus: the Jewish leaders when they saw all the signs and wonders which were made manifest from the sepulcher of our Savior\, such as raising the dead and healing the sick\, became angry\, and they sent forth throughout Judea and Jerusalem ordering all the people to cast the sweepings of their houses and the dirt over the sepulcher of Jesus of Nazareth. And they continued to do so for more than two hundred years\, until it became a very great heap. \nWhen St. Helena came to Jerusalem\, and asked the Jews about the whereabouts of the Cross\, they did not inform her. Finally\, some of them told her about an old Jew called Judas who knew the place. She called him\, and he denied at first but when she urged him\, he told her about the pile. She ordered its removal and the Holy Cross was found. she built a church for it and consecrated it and celebrated it on the seventeenth day of the month of Tute. All Christian people make pilgrimages to that place every year as they do in the feast of the Resurrection. \nA certain Samaritan called Isaac\, as he was traveling with his family among the people going to Jerusalem\, reproved the people for taking such trouble in going to Jerusalem to worship a piece of wood. Among the people was a priest whose name was Okhidus. While traveling along the road\, they became thirsty. They found no water and they came to a well where the water was foul and bitter. The people became dismayed. Isaac the Samaritan started mocking them saying\, If I witness a power by the name of the Cross\, I will become a believer of Christ. The priest Okhidus was moved with divine zeal and prayed over that foul water and made the sign of the Cross on it\, and it became sweet. All the people and their animals drank\, but when Isaac drank\, the water was bitter and wormy. He regretted and cried and came to the saint\, Father Okhidus\, and he bowed down at his feet and believed in the Lord Christ. Then he drank from the water\, and he found it sweet. That water had the power of becoming sweet for the believers and bitter for the others. A cross of light appeared in the well and a church was built there. \nWhen Isaac the Samaritan arrived in Jerusalem\, he went to its bishop who baptized him and his family. The appearance of the Honorable Cross at the hands of Queen Helena was on the tenth of Baramhat. And because this always comes during fasting\, it was substituted by the fathers for the Seventeenth of Tute which is the day of consecration of its church. Glory and worship be to Jesus Christ our Lord forever and ever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/feast-day-of-the-appearance-of-the-honorable-cross/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210926T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210926T170000
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SUMMARY:- Transfer of the Relics of St. Chrysostom (of the Golden Mouth)
DESCRIPTION:September 26\, 2020 – Tout 16\, 1737 \nOn this day also the church commemorates the transfer of the relics of St. John Chrysostom (of the Golden Mouth) from the city of Komanah\, where he died in exile\, to Constantinople thirty years after his departure\, which was in the year 437 A.D. during the reign of Emperor Theodosius the Small. May his prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/transfer-of-the-relics-of-st-chrysostom-of-the-golden-mouth/
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210926T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T080846
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SUMMARY:- Commemoration of the Consecration of the Sanctuaries of the Resurrection
DESCRIPTION:September 26\, 2020 – Tout 16\, 1737 \nToday we celebrate the consecration of the sanctuaries of the Resurrection in Jerusalem in the year 326 A.D. In the twentieth year of the reign of Emperor Constantine and after the meeting of the Holy Council at Nicea\, Quee Helena told her son Constantine that she had vowed to go to Jerusalem to get the blessings of the holy places and to search for the wood of the life giving Cross. He rejoiced at this and gave her much money\, and he sent with her a large number of soldiers. When she arrived there and received the blessings of the holy places\, she searched for the wood of the Cross and found it after much toil. She praised it with great praises and paid to it much reverance and honor. She commanded the building of the sanctuaries of the Resurrection – the Golgotha\, Bethlehem and the manger\, the fortress of Zion\, Gethsemane and the sanctuaries\, and other holy places – and that they be inlaid with pearl and covered with gold and silver. \nThere was in Jerusalem a saintly bishop who advised her not to do that saying\, For after a while foreign people will come and seize this place and destroy it and take the precious stones and the silver and the gold. But is preferable to build good and strong buildings and the remainder of the money be given to the poor and the needy. She accepted his words and gave him the money and set him in charge of the work. When she returned back to her son and told him what she had done\, he rejoiced\, and sent large sums of money and commanded to pay the workers their wages in full so they would not complain. When the building of the holy places was finished in the thirtieth year of the reign of Emperor Constantine\, he sent vessels and precious vestments for the altars. He sent word to the Archbishop of Constantinople and to St.Athanasius\, the Pope of Alexandria to take their bishops and to go to Jerusalem where they would meet the Archbishop of Antioch and the Bishop of Jerusalem. \nThey tarried there until the sixteenth of the month of Tute\, when they consecrated all the altars that had been built. On the seventeenth day they marched with the Honorable Cross around all the holy places and they worshipped God therein\, and gave offerings\, and they glorified the Cross and honored it. Then they returned to their chairs. May their prayers be with us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-consecration-of-the-sanctuaries-of-the-resurrection/
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210925T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T080846
CREATED:20210528T095631Z
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SUMMARY:- Transfer of the Body of St. Stephen the Archdeacon
DESCRIPTION:September 25\, 2020 – Tout 15\, 1737 \nWe celebrate on this day the transfer of the body of St. Stephen the archdeacon and protomartyr. Very many years had passed since his martyrdom\, more than three hundred. After the reign of Emperor Constantine and when noble worship has spread\, St. Stephen\, the Striver and martyr\, appeared to Lucianus in the village where the honored body was buried and which was called the Village of Gamaliel\, near Jerusalem. He appeared to him several times and told him his name and where his body was buried. That man went to the bishop of Jerusalem and informed him of what he had seen in his sleep. The bishop rose up and took him with two bishops and the people of the church and went to the place where the body was and when they dug the ground\, a mighty earthquake took place. The coffin wherein the holy body was lying was revealed. There came out from it the odor of a magnificent spice. They heard voices of angels praising God and saying\, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace\, good will toward men. This praise was repeated three times and the bishops bowed down before the coffin. They carried it away in the midst of songs and hymns and candles until they came to Zion. And after this\, a man whose name was Alexander and who was from Constantinople\, built a church for St. Stephen in Jerusalem and placed the holy body in it. \nFive years later\, Alexander departed\, and his wife buried him by the side of the coffin of the Saint. And eight years later\, Alexander’s wife decided to go to Constantinople and to take her husband’s body with her. She came to the church\, and she took the coffin wherein the body of St. Stephen had been laid thinking that it was the coffin wherein was her husband’s body. She carried it away to Ascalon\, and there she embarked with it in a ship to Constantinople. In the middle of the sea she heard singing and many praises coming from the coffin\, and she marvelled exceedingly. She rose up and examined the coffin and she knew that it was the coffin wherein the body of St. Stephen\, and this was the Will of God\, so she gave thanks to the Lord and went on her way until she arrived in Constantinople. \nThen she went to the King and informed him about what had happened. The King\, the archbishop\, priests and the people of the city went forth to the ship\, and they carried the coffin on their heads to the royal palace. And both on the ship and in the royal palace\, God made manifest many signs. \nThey laid the holy body in a palanquin carried by two mules\, and when they came to a place called Constantinious\, the two mules stopped. When they beat the mules\, they did not move but they heard the voice of one of them saying\, It is meet to place the Saint here. All those who saw and heard this marveled and they knew that He who had made the donkey of Balaam speak was He who had made this animal carrying the body of the Saint speak. The King ordered that a church be built for the Saint in that place. And they laid therein the pure gem\, the holy body of St. Stephen\, the apostle and the martyr. May his prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/transfer-of-the-body-of-st-stephen-the-archdeacon/
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SUMMARY:- Departure of St. Agatho the Stylite
DESCRIPTION:September 24\, 2020 – Tout 14\, 1737 \nOn this day departed St. Agatho the Stylite. He was from the city of Tenis. The name of his father was Matra and his mother’s name was Mariam. They were righteous and feared God\, and they loved to give alms and gifts to the poor and needy. The thought of monasticism moved in his mind continually. When he was thirty-five years old\, he was ordained priest\, he devoted himself and served the church continually. He asked the Lord Christ by day and by night to facilitate for him his departure from this world\, and to help him to depart to the desert. The Lord Christ answered his request and he went out from the city and came to Ternot (Mareot) and then to the desert where the angel of God appeared to him in the form of a monk who journeyed with him and brought him to the monastery of St. Macarius in Scete. He came to the holy old men Abba Abraham and Abba Gawargah and he became their disciple and lived with them for three years. After this they took him before the altar and in the presence of Hegomen Abba Yoanis\, they remained three days in prayer over his garb of monasticism. Then they dressed him in the holy Eskeem. From that hour he exerted all his efforts in continuous fasting and prayer and fought a great fight. He used to sleep on the ground till his skin cleaved to his bones. He read continually the history of the striving of Abba Simon the Stylite\, and he thought of leading a solitary life. He took counsel with the holy fathers concerning that\, and they approved his opinion. They prayed for him and then he left and came near the city of Sakha where he dwelt in a little church. the believers built a place for him on a pillar and he went up on it and labored strenuously leading an ascetic life for fifty years. \nIn his days there appeared a man in whom there was an obstinate devil and who led many people away. He used to sit in the midst of church and the people would gather around to hear him\, and they carried branches of trees. Abba Agatho sent for the posseddsed and had him brought to him\, and he prayed over him. He cast out the devil who used to lead the people astray. \nSimilarily\, a woman claimed that St.Mina conversed with her and she commanded the people of her city to dig a well after the name of St. Mina to heal everyone who bathed therein. St. Agatho prayed over that woman until he cast out from her that unclean spirit and St. Agatho commanded the people to cover up that well with earth. At the hands of this holy man\, St. Agatho\, God worked many miracles\, and he healed very many sick people and cast out devils. The devils appeared to him in the form of angels\, singing sweet songs and imparting blessings unto him\, but by the might of the Lord Christ he knew their guile\, and he made the sign of the Cross over them\, and they flew away defeated. \nWhen God wished to give him rest from the labors of this world\, he fell sick shortly and delivered up his soul into the hand of God. All the people who had benefited from his sermons and teachings and gathered around him and wept bitterly. This holy father lived for one hundred years\, of which he spent forty years in the world and ten years in the desert and fifty years in solitude upon that pillar. May his prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-st-agatho-the-stylite/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210923T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210923T170000
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SUMMARY:- Commemoration of the Miracle made by St. Basilius\, Bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia
DESCRIPTION:September 23\, 2020 – Tout 13\, 1737 \nOn this day also is the commemoration of the great miracle made by St. Basilius\, Bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia with a young man who loved his master’s daughter. Satan\, his enemy and the enemy of the human race\, deceived him and made him resort to a magician who made him write a covenant to deny the faith and to surrender completely to Satan that he might grant him his wish. Satan kindled lust in the heart of the girl\, and she loved the young man exceedingly. She asked her father insistingly not to object to her marriage to that young man. Eager for his honor and fearing for her life\, he married her to him. \nWhen she had spent with him many days\, and had seen that he did not enter the church or partake of the Holy Sacraments\, or make the sign of the Holy Cross over himself\, she revealed to him her doubt about his faith and his love to God. He told her what had happened to him\, and how he had written to Satan a covenant of obedience till death. She cried exceedingly and rebuked him for his deed and straightaway\, he took him to St. Basilius\, Bishop of Caesarea\, who listened to his confession and saw his grief and desire to go back to the life of worship\, fellowship\, and righteousness. St.Basilius asked him to stay with him for a while in seclusion\, fasting and praying. He shut him up in a room near him for three days. On the third day St. Basilius visited him and he made known to him that the evil spirits did not cease disturbing and fighting him in many ways. He strengthened him\, calmed him down\, gave him food and prayed for him. He asked him to keep staying in seclusion for for praying and fasting. After a few days\, he came back to visit him again. The young man told him that he did not see any more but he still heard their cries and threats. He fed him again and prayed for him and left him to the life of seclusion to fight and pray\, and the bishop went to pray for him also. And this went on until forty days were completed. When the Saint came to him and asked him about his state\, he told him that he saw him (the Saint) fighting against Satan on his behalf\, and he vanquished him and finally was victorious. \nThe Bishop gathered all the priests and the monks and prayed for that young man all night. On the following morning he led him into the church while everyone was crying\, Lord have mercy upon us\, and they continued to cry out until that writing\, which the young man had written as a covenant to deny the faith and to surrender to Satan\, fell down in the midst of all the people. \nThe Bishop\, the young man and his wife\, and all the people were exceedingly glad. The Bishop blessed that man and administered to him the Holy Sacraments. The man and his wife departed to their house full of joy for their salvation\, and exalted for the remission of their sins. They praised God and thanked St.Basilius by whose prayers they were saved. May his prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/commemoration-of-the-miracle-made-by-st-basilius-bishop-of-caesarea-of-cappadocia/
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210923T170000
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SUMMARY:- Departure of Pope Mattheos the Second\, Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
DESCRIPTION:September 23\, 2020 – Tout 13\, 1737 \nOn this day of the year 1182 of martyrs\, departed the exalted father Abba Mattheos the Second\, the Ninetieth of the Popes of the See of St. Mark. He was a monk in El-Muharraq monastery. His selection and ordination for the papacy was in the year 1169 of martyrs and he sat on the throne of St. Mark for thirteen years and then departed in peace. May his prayers and blessings be with us all. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/departure-of-pope-mattheos-the-second-patriarch-of-the-see-of-st-mark/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210922T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210922T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T080846
CREATED:20210528T094401Z
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SUMMARY:- Transfer of Relics of St. Aklimos and His Companions
DESCRIPTION:September 22\, 2020 – Tout 12\, 1737 \nOn this day also we celebrate the transfer of the relics of St. Aklimos the amrtyr and his companions to the city of Alexandria. May their prayers and blessings be with us all\, and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/transfer-of-relics-of-st-aklimos-and-his-companions/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210922T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210922T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T080846
CREATED:20210528T094323Z
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SUMMARY:- Assembly of the Third General Council at Ephesus for Trying Nestor\, Archbishop of Constantinople
DESCRIPTION:September 22\, 2020 – Tout 12\, 1737 \nOn this day of the year 431 A.D. assembled the Holy Council at Ephesus which was attended by two hundred bishops. It was the third of the Ecumenical Councils. This was in the twentieth year of the reign of Theodosius the Small\, the Son of Arcadius\, the son of Theodosius the Great. \nThey assembled because of the heresy of Nestor who was Archbishop of Constantinople. He believed that St. Mary did not give birth to the incarnated God\, but only to a man\, and that afterwards the Son of God dwelt in him\, not the dwelling of unity but just the dwelling of desire and will\, and therefore\, Christ had two Natures and two Wills. \nSo these fathers convened and they debated that with him\, and they showed him the He\, was born of the Virgin\, was the incarnated God\, as the angel said\, God be with thee; He who shall be born of thee is Holy and shall be called the Son of the Highest. (Luke 1:28-32) And according to the saying of Isaiah\, Behold\, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son\, and shall call his name Emmanuel\, (Isaiah 7:14) and also\, His name shall be called Wonderful\, Counselor\, the Mighty God\, the Everlasting Father. (Isaiah 9:6) St.Cyril discussed this with him saying\, Natures cannot be separated after they have become one by their unity\, and we believe that the Word of God which became man has One Nature only. But Nestor would not turn from his teaching nor change his mind. St.Cyril with the whole Council rebuked him and threatened that they would excommunicate him. He would not accept the words of the Council\, and they therefore excommunicated him and exiled him from his chair. \nThey confirmed that the Virgin St. Mary had given birth to the Incarnated God thw Word. They drew up the Canon and laid down the Laws. These are the laws of the faithful till this day. If it is said that the Nestorians do not say that today\, we reply saying because they have mingled with the Christians of the East\, and that some of them have turned from their erroneous opinion.We beseech our God and our Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ to guide us in the way of salvation – to whom be praise and glory and worship now and ever. Amen.
URL:https://stsmaryandmenari.org/event/assembly-of-the-third-general-council-at-ephesus-for-trying-nestor-archbishop-of-constantinople/
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