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synaxarium

  1. dzheremi

    Today's reading from the Synaxarium, Oct. 30/Paope 20: the departure of Abba John the Short

    The Twentieth Day of the Blessed Coptic Month of Paope, may God make it always received, year after year, with reassurance and tranquility, while our sins are forgiven by the tender mercies of our God my fathers and brothers, Amen. Departure of Saint John the Short On this day was the departure...
  2. dzheremi

    HH Pope Cornelius (or Fabian) condemns Novatian c. 249 AD

    Hey OBOB, I was just going through today's readings in the Coptic Orthodox Church (as posted at the Southern U.S. Diocese's website) and saw that one of our commemorations from the synaxarium today heavily involves one of the historic Popes of Rome, so I figured I'd post it here for your...
  3. dzheremi

    For churches that have retained a synaxarium: how many entries per day?

    I'm just curious if there is any kind of upper limit to the number of commemorations on a given day in the Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, and other more traditional churches which have kept alive a traditional synaxarium. Usually in the morning I will check the day's Coptic synaxarium readings, and...
  4. dzheremi

    December 7 (Hator 27): Commemoration of St. James the Persian/St. James 'the Mangled'

    From the Coptic synaxarium entry for today, December 7 (Coptic calendar: Hator 27), we commemorate St. James the Persian, also known as St. James the Mangled (Sawn): 1. The Martyrdom of St. James the Mangled (Sawn). On this day, St. James the mangled, was martyred. He was one of the soldiers of...
  5. dzheremi

    The departure of HH Pope Benjamin I (622-659): the Islamic conquest of Egypt enters the Synaxarium

    One of today's entries in the Coptic synaxarium, alongside the commemoration of the Church of St. Macarius the Great, and the departure of HH Pope Andronicus (616-622). The Eighth Day of the Blessed Coptic Month of Tobe, may God make it always received, year after year, with reassurance and...