Saint of the week
August 27th – September 2nd, 2011
August 27th, 2011
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The Commemoration of the Virgin, the Mother of God
On this day, the church celebrates the commemoration of the All pure St. Mary, the
Mother of God the Word, who intercede for us before her beloved Son…
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The Departure of St. Irene (Eirene)
Her own father tied her up to the tail of an untamed horse and released it but the Lord did
not allow anything to happen to her; instead the horse turned on her father and killed him
but the Lord raised him up through her prayers…
August 28th, 2011
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The Departure of Micah, the Prophet
He prophesied about many things…
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The Martyrdom of St. Hadid
On this day also, St. Hadid, was martyred; he was from the Giza Governorate…
August 29th, 2011
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The Martyrdom of Thirty Thousand Christians in Alexandria
They received the crown of martyrdom when Emperor Marcianus sent his soldiers out to
kill the Christians…
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The Martyrdom of St. Damian in Antioch
St. Demian was martyred in the city of Antioch; he suffered many tortures and endured
severe afflictions until he delivered up his soul in the hand of the Lord…
August 30th, 2011
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The Departure of St. Takla Haymanot, the Ethiopian
When he was about one and half years old, a famine befell Ethiopia; but with the power
of God he dipped his hand in a plate with a little bit of flour in it and the flour increased
until it was pouring onto the floor…
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The Departure of St. Thomas, Bishop of Mar'ash (Syria)
He was an ascetic worshipper, who fasted and prayed continually, with many merciful
deeds; even though he was severely tortured by Emperor Diocletian who flogged,
dismembered, and then cast him in an abandoned prison for twenty-two years…
August 31st, 2011
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The Departure of St. Bessarion, the Great
He possessed absolutely nothing of this world, and he had only one coarse hairy sackcloth…
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The Departure of St. Macarius III, 114th Pope of Alexandria
He devoted himself to worship and to the study of the Holy Bible, ecclesiastical books,
and Coptic rituals; he was distinguished for transcribing books and his Coptic and Arabic
penmanship was exquisite…
September 1st, 2011
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The Martyrdom of St. Moses (Moisees) and his Sister Sarah
They received the crown of martyrdom when Emperor Decius ordered them beheaded,
after severely torturing them, for confessing the name of the Lord…
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The Martyrdom of St. Agabius, the Soldier, and his Sister Thecla
They received the crown of martyrdom when Julian the Infidel cast them to the lions for
confessing the name of the Lord…
September 2nd, 2011
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The Martyrdom of Sts. Benjamin and his Sister Eudexia
They received the crown of martyrdom when the governor ordered them beheaded, when
they returned to him the second time, for confessing the name of the Lord…
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The Martyrdom of St. Mary, the Armenian
She received the crown of martyrdom when she threw herself in the fiery pit that was
prepared to her by the Moslems who captured her and tried to persuade her to deny
Christ…
May their prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever and ever, Amen.