-COMMEMORATION OF THE PATRIARCHS: ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB

September 3, 2022 - Mesra 28, 1738 On this day, the church celebrates the holy Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 1. Our father Abraham: Who can describe the virtues of he who became father to many nations? He believed in God, obeyed Him, and did not doubt His promises. The Lord appeared to him in […]

-MARTYRDOM OF SAINTS ATHANASIUS, THE BISHOP, GERASIMUS (JARASIMUS), AND THEODOTUS

September 4, 2022 - Mesra 29, 1738 On this day, Sts. Athanasius, the Bishop, Gerasimus (Jarasimus), and Theodotus, his two servants, were martyred. Certain men laid an accusation against the bishop before Arianus, the governor, that he had baptized the daughter of Antonios, the chancellor. Arianus brought St. Athanasius and asked him to worship the […]

-ARRIVAL OF THE HOLY RELIC OF ST. JOHN, THE SHORT, TO THE WILDERNESS OF SCETIS

September 4, 2022 - Mesra 29, 1738 On this day also, in the year 515 A.D., the body of the great saint Anba John, the Short, was relocated from Al-Qulzum (Red Sea) to the wilderness of Scetis. When Pope John (Youhanna), 48th Pope of Alexandria, was in the wilderness of Scetis, some of the monks […]

-DEPARTURE OF ST. MALACHI, THE PROPHET

September 5, 2022 - Mesra 30, 1738 On this day, the great prophet, Malachi, one of the twelve minor prophets, departed. He prophesied about the return of the people from captivity in Babylon to Jerusalem. He rebuked the children of Israel because of their transgression against God and His Law. He also admonished them because […]

-DEPARTURE OF ST.EUTYCHUS

September 6, 2022 - Nasie 1, 1738 Departure of St.Eutychus On this day, St. Eutychus, the disciple of St. John the Evangelist, departed. After he spent some time with the apostle, Eutychus asked for his permission to go to St. Paul, the Apostle, and St. John allowed him. He went to St. Paul and preached […]