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IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD.  AMEN. On this day Saint Sanusi, from the city of Balkim, became a martyr.  When this saint was a young man he used to tend his father’s sheep, and he used to give his food to the shepherds each day,...

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD.  AMEN. On this day died the holy, pure and devoted fighter Martha.  This holy woman was a native of the city of Mesr (Cairo), and her parents were very rich.  She loved fornication and unchastity from...

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD.  AMEN On this day the body of Saint John the Baptist and the body of Saint Elisha, the prophet, the disciple of Elijah, the zealous, appeared in the city of Alexandria.  In his days Julian, the...

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD.  AMEN. On this day took place the consecration of the church of Laventius, in the country of Syria, where many signs and wonders appeared.  This holy man became a martyr in the city of Tarablos, on...

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD.  AMEN On this day died the pure and holy father Abba Michael, the sixty-eighth Archbishop of the city of Alexandria.  This father was a learned man, and he studied the Books of the Church from his...

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD.  AMEN On this day is celebrated the festival of the Birth of our Lord and God and Redeemer, Jesus Christ; the sons of the Church celebrate it each month, and beg for mercy and forgiveness for their...

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD.  AMEN On this day Kerlos (Cyril) and his five and forty sons became martyrs. [A certain Paul and his forty-five sons are according to the Bodleian MS. to be commemorated on the 28th day of Ginbot.]...

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD.  AMEN On this day died the holy father, Abba John, the thirtieth Archbishop of the city of Alexandria.  This saint was a Christian, and a good man, and he became a monk in his early years, and he...

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD. AMEN On this day Saint Thomas the apostle and martyr, who was called “Didymus,” that is to say “Twin,” became a martyr, after he had preached in the country of India and Kantara. And this saint having...

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD. AMEN On this day died Saint Salome, the sister of our holy Lady, the Virgin Mary, the Godbearer.She was the daughter of Matata, the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Aaron the priest; now...

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD. AMEN On this day our Lord Jesus Christ came to the land of Egypt, and He was a child whose days were two years, even as the Holy Gospel saith. And the angel of God appeared unto Joseph in a dream,...

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD. AMEN On this day died Saint Julian, the apostle. This saint was a son of the house of Gabriel, [who was] of the children of Israel and of the tribe of Judah. Our Lord Jesus Christ chose him among the...