On this day in the year 481 A.D., the Great Saint Abba Peter III, 27th Pope of Alexandria, departed. He was chosen patriarch after the departure of St. Timothy, 26th Pope. Shortly after his enthronement upon the apostolic throne, he received a letter from St. Acacius, Patriarch of Constantinople, confessing in it the one nature […]

On the second day of the Coptic month of Paopi, the Coptic Orthodox Church commemorates the entry of St. Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, into Egypt in the days of Eustinos the Emperor. This Emperor opposed the Orthodox belief, following that of the council of Chalcedon. However Queen Theodora, his wife, was an Orthodox and she […]

 On this day, the church celebrates the commemoration of the transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Mount Tabor. The disciples, Peter, James and John, were with Him, and about whom the Lord said, " …. there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man […]

The two saints were kinsmen (in the flesh). Born in the city of Akhmim, they went to one of the monasteries of Upper Egypt, became monks, and stayed their for twenty years. When the Arian heresy attacked the church through the mediation of the devil, the Arians came in the church, brought offerings, and were […]

St. Abanoub was born to pure, Christian parents who raised him in the upright faith. Diocletian came to reign, ruling that all Christians should be martyred. When St. Abanoub heard of that (at the age of 12), he longed to shed his blood for Christ. When he got to church one day, he heard the […]

Thursday, July 30th, 2009, is the commemoration of St. Marina the Martyr who overcame the Devil. St. Marina was born to noble pagan parents in Antioch. Her mother passed away, so her father sent to her to be raised by a nanny. The nanny played a great role in the life of St. Marina, especially […]

St. John was born in the city of Rome to a wealthy family. His father’s name was Atrofius (Trabius). His father gave him a copy of the Gospel of St. John written in letters of gold with a golden cover: That is the reasoning for his name. There was a monk, visiting from Jerusalem, who […]

On the 15th of Abib, the 22nd of July, our church commemorates our venerable father, St. Ephraim the Syrian (c. 306 – 373). He was born in the city of Nissibis in Mesopotamia, at the beginning of the fourth century (around the year 306 AD). Certain sources maintain that he was born form Christian parents, […]

On Sunday, July 19, the church celebrates the commemoration of the honorable Archangel Michael, the perpetual intercessor of the human race before God the Pantocrator. Scripture and Tradition The name Michael means "like unto God" or "Who is like unto God?" Michael first appears in the Old Testament in the book of Joshua’s account of […]

St. Pishoy was born in 320 A.D. in Shansa, which corresponds to present-day Al Manoufia. His mother saw an angel in a vision asking her to give God one of her children, St. Pishoy, despite the fact he was the smallest and most frail of his brothers. When the mother tried to give the angel […]

On this day, the ascetic father, St. Shenoute the Archimandrite, departed. As a child, he was entrusted with his father’s sheep. He spent his days tending the sheep and fasting. One day, his father took him to Abba Pigol, his uncle, for a blessing. A voice came from heaven saying, "Shenoute has become the Archimandrite." […]

The Fast of the Apostles follows the Great Feast of Pentecost and precedes the Feast of the Apostles, which commemorates the martyrdom of Sts. Peter and Paul on Abib 5 (July 12.)

"And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them." Acts 2:2, 3. Quote: Today He bestows on us this Descent of the Holy […]

The Feast of the Ascension is celebrated on the fortieth day after the feast of the Resurrection, always on a Thursday. In this feast we recall Him Who raises and lifts us up to sit with Him in heaven (Ephesians. 2:6). Quote: For after having gone down hence into Hades, and come up again to […]

The church celebrates the Holy Fifty Days after the Lord’s Resurrection from April 20 through June 7, 2009. Quote: But when our Lord rose from death and trampled it down, when He bound the strong man and set man free… He died to restore life to us; He was buried to raise us up. Quote […]