- Aug 27, 2014
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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 today there are 9 entries. This is a lot, and made all the impressive by the fact that it is read from publicly as part of the liturgy in the Coptic tradition. So today, the celebrating clergy read:
- The departure of St. Thecla, contemporary of St. Paul
- The martyrdom of St. Isaac (of Shama, in the district of Ashmoun)
- The martyrdom of St. Hilaria
- The martyrdom of St. Thecla (different than above) and St. Mouji
- The martyrdom of St. Anthony of Beba
- The martyrdom of St. Apakragoun the Soldier
- The martyrdom of St. Domatius the Syrian
- The consecration of the church of St. Mercurius
- The departure of Abba Palamon, the father of monks (c. 600 AD, or 316 'anno martyrum' as per the Coptic calendar)