Commemoration Of the Appearance Of The Glorious Cross.
19th March - 10th Baramhat
The church celebrates the appearance of the glorious Cross of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ twice: The First on the sixteenth day of the month of Tute, 326 A.D. by the hands of the righteous Empress St. Helen, the mother of Constantine the great, the righteous Emperor. This Saint when her son Constantine accepted the Faith in the Lord Christ, she vowed to go to Jerusalem. Her righteous son prepared everything needed to fulfill this holy visit.
When she arrived to Jerusalem with multitude of soldiers, she asked about the place of the Cross but no one would tell her. She took one of the jewish elders and pressured him by hunger and thirst until he was forced to direct them to the place where they might find the Cross at the hill of Golgotha. She ordered them to clear out the site of Golgotha where they found three crosses and that was in the year 326 A.D. However, they did not know the cross upon which Our Lord Christ was crucified, they brought a dead man and they laid upon him one of the crosses and then the other but he did not rise up but when they laid the third cross upon him he rose up immediately, then they realized that this was the Cross of Our Lord Christ. The Empress and all the believers kneeled down before the Holy Cross, and she sent a piece of it with the nails to her son Constantine. Immediately after, she built the churches that were mentioned on the Sixteenth day of the blessed month of Tute. The Second celebration that the church commemorates the Cross is on the Tenth day of the month of Baramhat by the hands of Emperor Heraclius, in 627 A.D. When the Persians were defeated by Heraclius they retreated from Egypt to their country. On their way back they passed through Jerusalem, a persian prince entered the church of the Cross which was built by Empress Helen. He saw a great light shinning from a piece of wood located on a place decorated with gold. He thrust his hand to it and there went forth from it fire which burned his fingers. The Christians told him that this is the base of the Holy Cross and they told him how it was discovered and no one was able to touch it except a Christian. He deceived the two deacons who were standing to guard it and gave them much money so they would carry this piece and go with it with him to his country. They took it and put it in a box and went with him to his country along with those who were captured from the city of Jerusalem.
When Emperor Heraclius heard that, he went with his army to Persia, fought with them and slew many of them. He traveled about this country searching for this piece of the Holy Cross but he could not find it, for the Persian prince had dug a hole in his garden and ordered the two deacons to put the box in it and buried it and then he killed them. One of the captives of that Persian prince which was the
ةنلايه ةسيدقلا دي ىلع بيلصلا روهظ م 326 ةنس ةكلملا تاهمرب ١٠ - سرام ١٩ ميركلا بيلصلا روهظب ةسينكلا لفتحت : حيسملا عوسي انصلخمو انبرل يذلا رهش نم رشع سداسلا مويلا ىف لولأا ةرابلا ةكلملا ىلع م 326 ةنس توت روطاربملإا ةدلاو ، ةنلايه ةسيدقلا - ةسيدقلا هذه نلأ ، ريبكلا نيطنطسق ناميلإا نيطنطسق اهنبا لبق نأ تقو ميلشروأ ىلا ىضمت نأ ترذن - حيسملاب هذه مامتلإ ئش لك رابلا اهنبا دعأف . ميلشروأ تلصو املو . ةسدقملا ةرايزلا ناكم نع تلأسو ميظع ركسع اهعمو اخيش تذخأف دحأ هب اهملعي مل بيلصلا عوجلاب هيلع تقيضو ، دوهيلا نم داشرلإا- ىلا رطضا ىتح ، شطعلاو بيلصلا دوجو لمتحي يذلا ناكملا نع فيظنتب تراشأف– . ةثجلجلا ناميكب هيف ، نابلص ةثلاث ىلع ترثعف ، ةثجلجلا اوفرعي مل املو . م 326 ةنس ىف كلذو حيسملا ديسلا هيلع بلص يذلا بيلصلا دحأ هيلع اوعضوو اتيم اورضحأ رخلآا ىف اولمع اذكو ، مقي ملف نابلصلا ماق ثلاثلا هيلع اوعضو امل مهنكلو ، ديسلا بيلص هنأ كلذب اوققحتف . هتقول بعشلا لكو ، ةكلملا هل تجسف حيسملا اهنبا ىلا هنم اءزج تلسرأو ، نمؤملا تعرسأو ، ريماسملا عم نيطنطسق مويلا ىف ةروكذملا سئانكلا دييشت ىف . كرابملا توت رهش نم رشع سداسلا ةسينكلا هيف ميقت يذلا يناثلا لافتحلااو رهش نم رشاعلا مويلا ىف بيلصلا راكذت روطاربملإا دي ىلع ناكو . تاهمرب كلذو . ةيدلايم 627 ةنس ىف لقره رصم نم نيمزهنم سرفلا دترا امل هنأ دنع هنأ ثدح ، لقره مامأ مهدلاب ىلا ءارمأ دحأ سدقملا تيب ىلع مهرورم اهتديش ىتلا بيلصلا ةسينك سرفلا عشي اعطاس اءوض ىأرف . ةنلايه ةكلملا ناكم ىلع ةعوضوم ةيبشخ ةعطق نم ، اهيلإ هدي ريملأا دمف . بهذلاب ىلحم - . هعباصأ تقرحأو ران اهنم تجرخف بيلصل ةدعاق هذه نأ ىراصنلا هملعأف رمأ اضيأ هيلع اوصق امك ، سدقملا اهسمي نأ . عيطتسي لا هنأو ، هفاشتكا اناك نيسامش ىلع لاتحاف . ىحيسملا لاإ ءاطعلا امهل لزجأو ، اهتسارحب نيمئاق اهب ابهذيو ةعطقلا هذه لامحي نأ ىلع يف اهاعضوو اهاذخأف ، هدلاب يلإ هعم نم عم هدلاب يلإ هعم اهب ابهذو قودنص لقره عمسو ميلشروأ بعش نم مهابس يلإ هشيجب بهذف ، كلذب مورلا كلم مهنم لتقو مهلذخو مهبراحو سرفلا دلاب دلابلا كلت يف فوطي لعجو . نيريثك . اهيلع رثعي ملف ةعطقلا هذه نع ثحبي
daughter of one of the priests, was looking out of the window by chance and saw what happened. She went to Heraclius the Emperor and told him what she saw. He went with the bishops, priests and the soldiers to the place. They dug there and found the box, they took the piece of the Holy Cross out, in 628 A.D., wrapped it in magnificent apparel and Heraclius took it to the city of Constantinople and kept it there. May the blessings of the Holy Cross be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
The Commemoration of the revealing of the virginity of St. Demetrius the Twelfth Pope of Alexandria.
21st March - 12th Baramhat
On this day also the church celebrates the commemoration of the revealing of the virginity of St. Demetrius the Twelfth Pope of Alexandria. The angel of the Lord appeared to St. Julian, the Eleventh Pope, before his departure and said: “You are going to the Lord Christ, the one who will bring you tomorrow a cluster of grapes, is the one fit to be a Patriarch after you.” On the morrow, this saint came with a cluster of grapes, Abba Julian held him and told the people: “This is your Patriarch after me,” and told them what the angel told him. After the departure of Abba Julian they took him and ordained him Patriarch on the 9th day of Baramhat (March 4th., 188 A.D.) and he was married. Since no married Patriarch ever before this father been enthroned over the See of Alexandria, satan entered the hearts of the laity and made them talk and grumble against the Patriarch and the one who recommended him. The angel of God appeared to St. Demetrius and told him about that and ordered him to remove the doubt from their hearts by revealing to them his relation with his wife. When St. Demetrius refused, the angel told him: “It is not meet that you save your self alone and let others be perished because of you. But because you are a shepherd you should fight to save your people also”. On the next day, after he had finished celebrating the Divine Liturgy, he asked the people not to leave the church. He brought flamed charcoal, and brought his wife from the place of the women and the congregation wondered at his action, not knowing what he was going to do. He prayed and walked on the blazing fire, he took a piece of the blazing fire and put it in his shawl, then he took another piece and put it in his wife’s shawl. He prayed again for a long time and both shawls did not burn. The congregation marvelled and asked him to tell them why he did that. He told them of his strife with his wife, and how his father and her father married them against their will, and they have lived together as a brother and sister since they were married forty-eight years ago, the angel of the Lord each night covered them with his wings, and no one knew that before that time until the angel of the Lord ordered him to reveal his
ةرفح هناتسب يف رفح دق ناك ريملأا نلأ قودنصلا اذه عضوب نيسامشلا رمأو ىدحإ كلذ تأرو . امهلتق مث اهمدرو اهيف علطتت تناكو ،ةنهكلا دحأ ةنبا يهو هايابس ىلا تعرسأف ةفدصلا قيرطب ةقاط نم هتأر دق تناك امب هتملعأو كلملا لقره ركسعلاو ةنهكلاو ةفقاسلاا هعمو دصقف يلع اورثعف اورفحو . عضوملا كلذ ىلا ةسدقملا ةعطقلا اوجرخأف هيف امب قودنصلا ةرخاف بايث ىف اهوفلو م 628 ةنس ىف ةينيطنطسقلا ةنيدم ىلا لقره اهذخأو . امئاد دجملا انبرلو . كانه .اهعدوأو . نيمآ ىردنكسلاا سويرتميد ابابلا ةيلوتب روهظ ١2 2 لا تاهمرب ١2 2 - سرام 2١ ١ راكذتب ةسينكلا ديعت مويلا اذه لثم ىف ابنلأا ميظعلا سيدقلا هيلوتب روهظ يناثلا ةيسقرملا ةزاركلا اباب سويرتميد ابابلا سونايلوي سيدقلا نأ كلذو . رشع كلام هل رهظ ةحاين ةليل رشع يداحلإ ديسلا ىلا ضام تنأ « : هل لاقو برلا دوقنع هعمو ادغ كيلإ لخدي يذلاف حيسملا اكريرطب نوكي نأ حلصي يذلا وه ، بنع سيدقلا اذه لخد دغلا ناك املف . ! كدعب سونايلوي بلأا هكسمأف بنع دوقنع هعمو « ىدعب مككريرطب اذه « : بعشلل لاقو هوكسمأف . كلاملا هل هلاق امب مهفرع مث . 4 ( تاهمرب ٩ ىف اكريرطب هوماقأو + اجوزتم ناكو ) م ١88 ةنس سرام ةيردنكسلإا ىسرك ىلع مسر نكي ملو لخدف . بلأا اذه لبق جوزتم كريرطب مهتلعجو سانلا ةماع بلق ىف ناطيشلا . همدق نمو وه هنومذيو هرمأب نوثدحتي .! ب كلذب هملعأو برلا كلام هل رهظف راهظإب بولقلا نم كشلا عزني نأ هرمأو . لاوأ عنتماف بعشلا مامأ هتأرما عم ةرمآ صلخت لا نأ بجي «( : كلاملا هل لاقف . كببسب كلهي كريغ عدتو طقف كسفن كبعش صلاخ ىف دهتجاف عار كنلأو ، سادقلا ةمدخب ماق دغلا ناك املف.اضيأ ةياهن دعب فارصنلاا مدعب بعشلا رمأ مث بلطو ، ةدقوم اران رضحتساو ، ةمدخلا بعشلا ناكو . ءاسنلا تيب نم هتجوز اذام نوردي لا مهو ، كلذ نم بجعتي رانل ا ىلع فقوو ىلصو . كلذب دصقي ةيمك اهنم ذخأ مث ، ةدقتم يهو هيمدقب ىرخأ ةيمك عضو مث ، هرازا ىف اهعضوو وهو لايوط اتقو ثبلو ، هتجوز رازا ىف نيرازلاا نم ئش ١ قرتحي ملو ، ىلصي يذلا ببسلا نع هولأسو بعشلا بجعتف . عم هربخب مهملعأف ، لمعلا اذهل هعفد ريغب امهجاوز امهيوبأ نا لاقو ، هتأرما ذنم ةنس نيعبراو نامث امهل ناو امهتدارأ ، تخأو خأ ةشيع ناشيعي امهو امهجاوز مل ادحأ ناو ، هيحانجب برلا كلام امهللظي
The congregation marvelled for what they had seen and heard, they praised and glorified God asking the Saint to pardon them for what they had done or said and to forgive them. He accepted their apology, forgave them, blessed them, and sent them to their homes glorifying the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit talking about what they saw of wonders from this Saint.
May his prayers be with us. Amen.
The Martyrdom of the Forty Martyrs of Sebastia. 22nd March - 13th Baramhat
On this day also the holy forty martyrs of the city of Sebastia were martyred. Emperor Constantine the great had appointed his friend Lecius ruler for the east and commanded him to treat the Christians well. When he arrived to his headquarter, he ordered his subordinate to worship the idols but they refused and cursed his idols. That night some of the soldiers and their children, from the city of Sebastia, made an agreement among themselves to go to the governor confessing their faith. While they were sleeping the angel of the Lord appeared to them, strengthened them and comforted their hearts.
In the morning they stood before the Governor and confessed their faith in the Lord christ, he threatened them but they were not afraid. He commanded his men to stone them, but the stones came back upon those who stoned them. He ordered to throw them in a nearby lake, which was icy. Their organs were severed because of the excessive cold. One of them whose strength was weakened, went out of the icy water and entered the bath house nearby the lake. The heat in the bath house melted the ice that was on him but he died quickly, and lost his reward.
One of the guards saw angels descending from the heaven and in their hands crowns, they placed them over the heads of the thirty nine martyrs and remained one crown in the hand of the angel. The guard went down into the lake shouting “I am christian...I am christian.” He took the crown that was in the hand of the angel and was counted among the martyrs.
Among the martyrs, were young men, whose mothers encouraged and strengthened them. Because they remained in the lake for a long time and they did not die, the Governor wished to break their legs, but the Lord took their souls and reposed them. He ordered to burn their bodies and to cast them after that into the sea. As they were carrying them out of the lake, they found a young man alive, so they left him. His mother took him and tried to threw him on the wagon with his mates but they put him off the wagon again for he was still alive. His mother took him and he died in her bosom so she put him back on the wagon. They took them outside the city and cast them into the fire which did not harm them, then they casted them into the river. On the third day those holy martyrs appeared to the Bishop of Sebastia in a vision and told him: “Go to the river and
secret.
كلام هرمأ نأ ىلا ، نلآا لبق كلذ فرعي . كلذ راهظإب برلا اوحبسو اوعمسو اوأر امم بعشلا بجعتف زواجتي نأ سيدقلا نم نيبلاط ىلاعت الله مهرذع لبقف. . مهل رفغيو مهنم طرف امع ىلا مهفرص مث ، مهكرابو ، مهل رفغو ؟ حورلاو نبلااو بلأا نيدجمم مهتويب اذه بئاجع نم هوأر ام نيعيذم ، سدقلا . نيمآ انعم نوكت هتلاص . سيدقلا ةيطسبسب اديهش نيعبرلاا داهشتسا تاهمرب ١3 3 - سرام 22 نوسيدقلا دهشتسا مويلا اذه لثم ىف كلذو . ةيطسبس ةنيدمب اديهش نوعبرلأا ىلو دق ناك ريبكلا نيطنطسق كلملا نأ قرشلا ىلع هلبق نم هقيدص سويكيل لصو امل هنكلو اريخ نييحيسملاب هاصوأو ةدابعب هيسوؤرم رمأ ةيلاولا رقم ىلا ىفو . هتهلآ اومتشو اوعنتماف مانصلأا مهدلاوأو دونجلا ضعب قفتا يلايللا ىدحإ هيلإ اومدقتي نأ ىلع ةيطسبس ةنيدم نم رهظ نومئان مه امنيبو مهناميإب نيفرتعم . مهبولق تبثو مهعجشو برلا كلام مهل يلاولا– بجاح مامأ اوفقو حابصلا ىفو كلملا– مهددهف حيسملا ديسلاب اوفرتعاو ةراجحلاب اومجري نأ رمأو . اوفاخي ملف .اهيلسرم ىلع دترت ةراجحلا تناكف ، رمأف . ةدمجتم ءام ةكرب مهراوجب ناكو تعطقتف مهوحرطف هيف اوحرطي نأ . دربلا ةدش نم مهؤاضعأ ىوق تراخو مامح ةكربلا راوجب ناكو تباذأو مامحلا اذه ىلا دعصف مهدحأ تلخناف هيلع ناك يذلا ديلجلا هترارح راص اذكهو . ةعرسب تامو هباصعأ . ءادهشلا فاصم نمض ةكئلام ىأر سارحلا دحأ ناف نوقابلا امأ اهوعضو ليلاكأ مهديبو ءامسلا نم تلزن . نيثلاثلاو ةعستلا ءادهشلا سوؤر ىلع سراحلا عرسأف . كلاملا ديب ليلكإ ىقبو انأ « : حيصي وهو ةكربلا ىلا لزنو ليلكلإا ذخأف . « يحيسم انأ . يحيسم ىلا مضناو ، كلاملا ديب اقلعم ناك يذلا ءادهشلا نيب ناكو . ءادهشلا فوفص مهتاهمأ تناكو ، نسلا راغص ضعب ةكربلا ىف اوثكم ذإو . مهتبثتو مهيوقت رسكي نأ كلملا دارأ ، اوتومي ملو انامز مهحارأو مهسوفن برلا ذخأف ، مهناقيس اوحرطيو ةلجع ىلع اوطحي نأ رمأف . مهنيب ناكو . اوقرحي نأ دعب رحبلا ىف همأ هتلمحف هوكرتف ، تمي مل ريغص ىبص هولزنأف هئاقفر عم ةلجعلا ىلع هتحرطو ىلع تامو همأ هتذخأف يح هنلا ايناث مهب اوجرخو . مهعم هتعضوف . اهقنع ملف رانلا ىف مهومرو ةنيدملا جراخ ىلا ىفو . رحبلا ىف مهومر مث . ىذأب مهسمت ةيسبس فقسلا نوسيدقلا رهظ ثلاثلا مويلا ذخو رهنلا ىلا مله : هل اولاقو ايؤر ىف
take our bodies.” He went with the priests, deacons and the people to the river and found the bodies. They carried the bodies with great honor and placed them in a beautiful shrine, and their strife was heard in all th e countries. May their prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
The text of the addition to the Synaxarium book on the 12th of Baramhat regarding Saint Hegomen Bishoy Kamel )Inside the file submitted to the Holy Synod to declare His Holiness)
Also on this day, we commemorate the departure of the venerable father, Archpriest Bishoy Kamel, the priest of St. George Church – Sporting - in Alexandria. He was born in Damanhour on December 6, 1931, from a pious Christian family. Then he moved to Alexandria for university studies, and obtained a Bachelor of Science in 1951, then a Bachelor of theological Seminary in 1955, and also a diploma in psychology. He began to participate in the Sunday school service at the Church of the ST. Virgin Mary in Moharem Bek , until he became superintendent for youth service in Alexandria. After which he was ordained a priest to the new church named after Martyr Saint George in Sporting, on December 2, 1959.
Hegomen Bishoy was distinguished by his purity of life, fiery service, love of prayer and solitude, and a paternal spirit full of tenderness and encouragement. He used to stand before the Altar at Mass, listening fervently, like a blazing fire. It was as if he had been ignited by the fire of the Divine Sacrifice slaughtered for the life of the world. His rich experience with the Divine Liturgy was an inexhaustible spiritual fuel, igniting his meek heart with kindness, holiness, joy, and the spirit of giving. He used to say: The benefit of our attendance at the Mass lies when we discover the secret of love in the sacrifice, and that it embodies divine love, so our heart breaks with love for that love that we came to see sacrificed for us on the Altar. Hence, our souls and hearts are crushed before this Divine secret.
Hegomen Bishoy Kamel, by the grace of God, was able to build seven new churches in the city of Alexandria, under very difficult adverse conditions. And he cared about providing them with priests and deacons from among his spiritual children. He also founded the first church in the American West in 1970, then another church in New Jersey in 1974 AD. .
Abouna Bishoy was preoccupied with spreading the kingdom of God. He was seeking every soul so that it might taste the tenderness of the bosom of the Heavenly Father, and enjoy union with Christ. He cared about childhood, and he was the first to open a nursery in the bosom of the church in 1972 AD, so that
دجوو ةنهكلا ذخأو ماقف . انداسجأ اهعضوو مارتحاب اهلمحف داسجلأا ىف مهركذ عاشو . صاخ لحم ىف . انعم نوكت مهتاولص . راطقلأا لك نيمآ . امئاد دجملا انبرلو ١2 موي راسكنسلا باتكل ةفاضلاا صن يوشيب صمقلا سيدقلا صوصخب تاهمرب لماك سدقملا عمجملل مدقملا فلملا لخاد( )هتسادق نلاعلإ ةحاين راكذتب ديعن اضيأ مويلا اذه لثم يف نهاك ،لماك يوشيب صمقلا ليلجلا بلأا سجرج رام ةسينك .ةيردنكسلإاب جنتروبس 6 يف روهنمدب دلو نم ،م١٩3١ربمسيد مث ،ةيقت ةيحيسم ةرسأ ةساردلل ةيردنكسلإل لقتنا لصحو ،ةيعماجلا مولعلا سويرولاكب ىلع مث ،م١٩5١ ماع يف ةيكيريلكلإا سويرولاكب اضيأو ،١٩55 ماع يف ..سفنلا ملع يف ةمولبد ةمدخ يف كراشي أدب ةديسلا ةسينكب دحلأا سادم يتح ،كب مزحمب ءارذعلا بابشلا ةمدخل ائيمأ راص ةسينكلا ىلع انهاك ميس مث .ةيردنكسلإاب سجرج رام ديهشلا مسا ىلع يتلا ةئشانلا ١٩5٩ ربمسيد 2 يف ،جنتروبسب ،ةريسلا ةواقنب يوشيب صمقلا زيمت ،ةولخلاو ةلاصلا بحو ،ةيرانلا ةمدخلاو ..عيجشتلاو ونحلاب ةؤلمملا ةوبلأا حورو يغصي ،سادقلا يف حبذملا مامأ فقي ناك رانب لعتشا دق هنأكو .ةبهتلم رانك ،ةرارحب ..ملاعلا ةايح نع ةحوبذملا ةيهللإا ةحيبذلا يهللإا سادقلا عم ةينغلا هتربخ تناكو عيدولا هبلق لعشي ،بضني لا ايحور ادوقو ..لذبلا حورو ،حرفلاو ةسادقلاو ةيحملاب سادقلل انروضح ةدئاف نمكت :لوقي ناكو اهنأو ،ةحيبذلا يف بحلا رس فشتكن امدنع يف ابح انبلق رطفنيف ،يهللإا بحلل دسجت احوبذم هارنل انرضح يذلا بحلا كلذ انبولقو انسوفن قحسنتف ،حبذملا ىلع انلجلأ “.يهللإا رسلا اذه مامأ ،الله ةمعنب لماك يوشيب صمقلا نكمت ةنيدم يف ةديدج سئانك عبس ءانب نم ةسكاعم فورظ لظ يف ،ةيردنكسلإا ءابآب اهديوزتب متهأو ،ةبوعصلا ةغلاب امك ..نييحورلا هئانبأ نم ةسمامشو ةنهك يكيرملأا برغلا يف ةسينك لوأ سسأ يسرجوين يف ىرخأ ةسينك مث ،١٩70ماع
they could breastfeed them with unadulterated milk. He also opened in 1976 a orphanage for children who are subjected to harsh conditions, and called it “St. George’s House”.
He was a student of his holy Bible, so the Lord opened his mind, discovered its treasures, and delved into its depths. Henceforth, he produced many deep spiritual pamphlets and books, which were characterized by simplicity and tenderness, with a richness of spirit in them.
Patients were the luckiest people to feel his tenderness. He would spend the nights standing beside them, listening, and encouraging them to carry the cross with thanks and joy. He used to call cancer the “paradise disease”, as in it a person is preparing to go to heaven. God allowed him in his last years to be afflicted with this disease, and he continued in his faithful service despite weakness of the flesh, until the end.
He endured the cross of illness with thanksgiving and praise, and his soul was released into the heavenly kingdom on Wednesday 12 Baramhat, corresponding to March 21, 1979 CE. His Holiness Pope Shenouda III attended the prayer on his pure body, along with many bishops and priests, and nearly fifty thousand people, who filled the church, its courtyard and the surrounding streets. His body was placed in a shrine at Saint George Sporting Church.
+ From his sayings:
+ Through baptism we have taken all the graces, blessings and capabilities. And through repentance we benefit from these possibilities.
+ We carry Christ in our lives, and the Church believes that Christ never leaves us. This belief means that we have become more than ourselves. It means that there is an unlimited divine addition to our limited humanity.
+ Christianity is not ethics, but the life of Christ in people. Ethics without Christ is self-glory, but in Christ is the sweet fragrance of Christ.
+ The Church is compassionate towards the world, to lift up the souls that have been stricken by the waves of the world to drown them. Hence, the church is a rescue ship and a ship for survival. It does the Good Samaritan’s works with all races.
+ The first work of the church today is to be poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice of the faith of her children (Philippians 2:17), through prayer, fasting, teaching, and liturgies. Then she sends them out into the world, to serve, to endure, and to love endlessly; to the possibility of Christ who is in them. The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church recognized his holiness on June 9, 2022 AD. The blessing of his prayers be with us, and glory be to God forever, Amen.
.م١٩74 ماع يف ناكف .الله توكلم راشتناب يوشيب انوبأ لغشنا بلآا نضح نانح قوذتت ىتح سفن نك ءرو ىعسي .حيسملاب داحتلااب عتمتو ،يوامسلا يف ةناضح راد حتتفا نم لوأ ناكف ،ةلوفطلاب متهأ مهعضري ىتح ،م١٩72 ماع يف ةسينكلا نضح أجلم ١٩76 ماع يف حتتفا امك ..شغلا ميدعلا نبللا هامسأو ،ةيساق فورظل نوضرعتي نيذلا دلاولأل “سجرج رام تيب” ،هنهذ برلا حتفف ،سدقملا هباتك ىلع ذملتت جرخأف ..هراوغأ يف صاغو ،هزونك فشتكاو ،ةقيمعلا ةيحورلا تابيتكلاو تاذبنلا نم ديدعلا ىنغ عم ،ةقرلاو ةطاسبلا عباطب تمستا يتلاو .اهيف حورل١ ىضقي ناكف .هنانحب اعتمت سانلا رثكأ ىضرملا ناك لمح ىلع مهعجشيو ،يغصي مهبناجب افقاو يلايللا بيلصلا ناطرسلا ضرم ىلع قلطي ناكو .حرفو ركشب ناسنلإا أيهتي هيف ذإ ،“سودرفلا ضرم” مسا هتاونس يف هل الله حمسو ..ءامسلا ىلإ قلاطنلال يف ارمتسم لظو ،ضرملا اذهب باصي نأ ةريخلأا نم مغرلا ىلع ةنيملأا هتمدخ .ةياهنلا ىثح ،دسجلا فعض تقلطناو ،حيبستو ركشب ضرملا بيلص لمتحا ١2 ءاعبرلأا موي ةيئامسلا رادخلأا ىلإ هحور رضح دقو .م١٩7٩ سرام 2١ قفاوملا ،تاهمرب ةدونش ابابلا ةسادق ،رهاطلا هدسج ىلع ةلاصلا امو ،ةنهكلاو ةفقاسلأا ءابلآا نم ديدعلا عم ،ثلاثلا ةسينكلا اولأم ،صخش فلأ نيسمخ نم برقي هدسج عدوأو .اهب ةطيحملا عراوشلاو اهءانفو .جنتروبس سجرج رام ةسينكب صاخ رازم يف :هلاوقأ نم + تاكربلاو معنلا لك انذخأ ةيدومعملاب نحن + .تايناكملإا هذهب عفتنن ةبوتلابو ،تايناكملإاو نمؤت ةسينكلاو ،انتايح يف حيسملا نولماح نحن + اننأ ينعي ناميلإا اذه ...ادبأ انقرافي لا حيسملا نأ ةيهلإ ةفاضإ كانه نأ ينعي .انسفنأ نم رثكأ انرص .ةدودحملا انتيرشبل ةدودحم ريغ حيسملا ةايح يه لب ،تايقلاخأ تسيل ةيحيسملا + ميخضت يه حيسملا نودب تايقلاخلأا ...رشبلا يف ،تاذلل .ةيكذلا حيسملا ةحئار يه حيسملا يف نكل يتلا سوفنلا لشتنتل ،ملاعلا ىلع ونحت ةسنكلا + ذاقنإ ةنيفس ةسنكلاف .اهقرغتل ملاعلا جاومأ اهتمطلا ةنيفسو لك عم حلاصلا يرماسلا لمع لمعت ،ةاجن .سانجلأا ىلع بكسنت نأ وه مويلا ةسنكلل لولأا لمعلا + ةلاصلاب ، )١7 :2يف( اهدلاوأ ناميإ ةحيبذ ،ملاعلا ىلإ مهلسرت مث ،تاسادقلاو ميلعتلاو موصلاو ىلإ ...ةياهن لاام ىلإ اوبحيو اولمتحيو اومدخيل .مهيف دوجوملا حيسملا ةيناكمإ ةيطبقلا ةسينكلل سدقملا عمجملا فرتعا دقو .م2 022 ماع وينوي ٩ موي هتسادقب ةيسكذوثرلأا ىلإ مئادلا دجملا انبرلو ،انعم نوكت هتلاص ةكرب .نيمآ ،دبلأا
+ Fourth Sunday of the Blessed Blessed Holy
Lent – Feast of te Holy Cross.
Today Sunday 19th March 2023 – 10th Baramhat 17396 of the Coptic calendar of martyrs, is fourth Sunday of the Holy Lent and it is the Feast of the Holy Cross. This feast is a Lord feast and the readings are from the Feast of the Cross readings as follows:
Pauline: 1 Corinthians 1:17-31 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God 1Corinthians 1:18).
Catholicon (Universal Letters): 1 Peter 2:1-15 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness by whose stripes you were healed (1 Peter 2:24).
Apraxis: Acts of the Apostles 10:34-42 He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead. To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins (Acts 10: 42-43).
Holy Bible: John 10:22-38 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand (John 10:27-28).
+ My sheep hear My voice, and I know them: They hear Him … recognize His voice among all other voices … love Him … yearn for Him.
+ Hear Him … and respond to Him … at the time when the world rejects to listen to Him … but His sheep listens to Him … Noah … at a time when the whole generation were complacent … even, despised God’s commandments … he listened to God’s voice (Genesis 6) …
Abraham … hears the voice … leave your land and people (Genesis 12) … then, he leaves and spend all his life estranged … Gideon … the angel of the Lord calls him … the LORD is with you, you mighty man of val-
ريبكلا موصلا نم عبارلا دحلأا + سدقملا بيلصلا ديع – سدقملا 20١3 سرام ١٩ دحلأا مويلا وه ءادهشلل ١73٩ توت ١7ريبكلا موصلا نم عبارلا دحلأا ١0 موي قفاوي وهو شدقملا سدقملا بيلصلا ديع تاهمرب دايعلاا نم وه بيلصلا ديع نلأو مويلا أرقت كلذلف ىرغصلا ةيديسلا : ىهو بيلصلا ديع لوصف :١ ىلولأا سوثنروك :سلوبلا دنع بيلصلا ةملك نلأ 3١ - ١7 ةلاهج نيكلاهلا وهف نيصلخملا نحن اندنع امأو الله ةوق :2 ىلولأا سرطب :نوكيلوثاكلا ىلع اناياطخ عفر ىذلا ١ ه - ١ انتم اذا ام ىكل هدسجب ةبشخلا متيفش ىذلاو ربلاب ايحنف اياطخلاب هتاحارجب :١0 لسرلا لامعأ :سيسكربلأا نم نيعملا وه اذه 42 - 34 اذهو تاوملأاو ءايحلآل أنايد الله لك نا ءايبنلأا عيمج هل دهش ىذلا نارفغ همساب لاني هب نمؤي نم .اياطخلا 22 :١0 انحوي :سدقملا ليجنلأا ىتوص عمست ىفارخ نلأ 38اهيطعأ انأو ىنعبتتف اهفرعأ انأو لاو دبلأا ىلا كلهت نلو ةيدبأ ةايح .ىدي نم دحأ اهفطخي انأو ىتوص عمست ىفارخ + :اهفرعأ نم هريغ نع هزيمت ..هعمست اهنأ هيلا قاتشت ..هبحت ..تاوصلأا يف ..هل بيجتستو .. هعمست + نأ هلك ملاعلا ضفري يذلا تقولا ..هعمست هفارخ نكلو ..هيلا عمتسي هيف نواهت ىذلا تقولا يف .. حون الله ةيصو اورقتحأ لب .. عيمجلا .. الله توصل وه عمتسأ .. جرخأ .. توصلا عمسي .. ميهاربأ جرخيف .. كتريشعو كضرأ نم
our … the amazing voice of the Lord in the midst a life of tribulations and miseries … and Gideon listened … the Lord ordered him to go and save the Israelites from the hand of the Midianites … so, he emerged with strength and integrity to destroy the idols of Baal and took with him an army of three hundred men only to defeat all the armies of the medians (Judges 6-7)
Samuel … the Lord’s voice was very clear to him since his childhood … at the time when God’s word was scarce … the Lord spoke to Samuel … and since Samuel listened and recognized the Lord’s voice … (even) at the time of choosing Saul as a king (for the Israelites) … the Lord revealed it to Samuel before Saul (1st Samuel 9:15) And at choosing David as king … the Lord said … arise and anoint him for this is the one (1 Samuel 16:12) … and thus the deeper one lives in Holy life with God, the more God’s voice is clears in one’s life … At the beginning, maybe it is like a whisper … then a calling … and finally a language … Gradually God’s voice will become your voice … and you will feel that God’s voice is the only voice you will hear and all the voices of the world will completely disappear from around you …
+ Recognize His Voice … and amazingly, there are many who recognize God’s voice but they ignore it
The voice which calls you to repent … who reproaches you for your sins
The voice which invites you to pray … the one who leads you to good deeds …
The voice which comforts your heart at the times of pain … who offers your soul solace at times of hardship …
Do you recognize this voice … there is a great difference between this voice and other voices … for there is another voice who calls for laziness, complacency and deferring
.. ابرغتم هتايح لك ىضقيو برلا .. برلا كلام هيداني .. نوعدج برلا توص .. سأبلا رابجاي كعم .. بعتلاو ةلذملا ةايح طسو بيجعلا برلا هرمأي .. نوعدج هل عمتسيو فك نم ليئارسأ صلخيو بهذي نأ مطحي ةوقو ةزع يف موقيف .. نايدم نم اشيج هعم ذخأيو لعبلا ليثامت شيج لك مطحيو طقف لجر ةئامثلاث (7 – 6 ةاضق( نايدم احضاو برلا توص ناك .. ليئومص ىذلا تقولا يفف .. هتلوفط ذنم هل برلا ملكت .. ةزيزع الله ةملك تناك عمسي ليئومص راصو .. ليئومص عم .. برلا توص زيميو برلا فشك .. اكلم لواش رايتخأ يف .. لواش ءىجم لبق ليئومص نذأ (١5 :٩ لولأا ليئومص( .. برلا لاقف .. اكلم دواد رايتخأ يف ليئومص( .. وه اذه نلأ هحسمأ مق (١2 :١6 لولأا ةايح يف ناسنلأا قمعت املك اذكهو الله توص راص املك الله عم ةسدقم .. هتايح يف احضاو ءادن مث .. سمه درجم امبر ةيادبلا يف .. ثيدح مث .. وه الله توص ريصي جيردتلابو وه الله توص نأ رعشتو .. كتوص لك نأو هعمست ىذلا ديحولا توصلا كلوح نم امامت تفتخأ ملاعلا تاوصأ .. نوريثك كانه نأ بيجعلاو .. هزيمت + هنولهاجتي مهنكلو الله توص نوزيمي .. ىذلا .. ةبوتلل كوعدي ىذلا توصلا كاياطخ ىلع كبنؤي .. ىلصت نأ كنم بلطي ىذلا توصلا .. ريخلا لمع كنم بلطي ىذلا ملالآا تقو كبلق حيري ىذلا توصلا .. بعتلا يف كسفن ىزعي ىذلا .. قرف كانه .. توصلا اذه زيمت له تاوصلأاو توصلا اذه نيب ريبك .. ىرخلأا
repentance …
And another voice tempting you to continue with bad (and evil) habits, illicit friendships. Beloved, when you hear and recognize God’s voice… do not shut the doors to your heart … today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts (Hebrews 3:15) …
For, the land which swallows lots of water and yields no produce … is an arid land … and near being cursed.
Love Him and yearn for Him …
The queen of Sheba (the south) … she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed, a greater than Solomon is here (Matthew 12:42).
+ Neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand …
How beautiful is this promise …?
Beloved, your soul is very dear to God … God
Who will not accept for the world to snatch you out of His hand … then how do you accept offering yourself (by yourself) … to humiliation, shame and the domination of evil habits … the soul which Christ died for … how can it be enslaved to the lusts and vanities of the world … the whispering gentle and comforting voice of the Lord … has disappeared among the loud of the world … with its chaos and concerns … till when?? How did we become like this, easily and under the guides of advancements and the world deceiving slogans, we have taken off our cloak of righteousness and we left the life of virtue … we became like people of world in their actions and appearance … but, we even make others stumble and cause the loss of these simple and pure souls … (and for what) for running after the western traditions and we let foreigners into our lives and we are following them without any control or discernment …
Beloved … be careful …for we are surrounded by devouring wolves which deceives us with the clothing of lambs … and they will have no
لسكلل كوعدي رخآ توص كانهف .. ةبوتلا ليجأتو يخارتلاو رارمتسلااب كيرغي رخآ توصو تاقادصلاو ةريرشلا تاداعلا يف .. ةراضلا برلا توص تعمس نا بيبحلا اهيأ .... كبلق قلغت نأ كايأ .. هتزيمو اوسقت لاف هتوص متعمس نا مويلا .. مكبولق لاو ارثك اءام برشت يتلا ضرلأا .. ءادرج ضرأ يه .. اعرز تبنت .. ةنعللا نم ةبيرق .. هيلا قاتشتو هبحت + يصاقأ نم تتأ .. أبس ةكلم .. ناميلس ةمكح عمستل ضرلأا .. انهاه ناميلس نم مظعأ اذوهو .. ىدي نم دحأ اهفطخي لا + .. دعولا اذه لمجأ ام ادج ةيلاغ كسفن نأ بيبحلا اهيأ نأ ادبأ لبقي لا الله .. الله ىدل فيكف .. هدي نم كسفن ملاعلا فطخي ناوهلل .. كسفن ملست نأ تنأ لبقت .. ةريرشلا تاداعلا ةطلسو ةلذملاو .. اهلجلأ حيسملا تام يتلا سفنلا ملاعلا تاوهشل دبعتست تراص فيك .. هليطابأو سماهلا نونحلا برلا توص جيجض طسو ىفتخأ .. ىزعملا .. هتليلوغشمو هبخصو .. ملاعلا اذكه انرص فيكو ؟؟ ىتم ىتح ديدجتلا تاوعد تحتو ةطاسببو انرص ةعداخملا ملاعلا تاراعشو ةايح نع ىلختنو ةفعلا بوث علخن ملاعلا لهأ هباشن انرص .. ةليضفلا انرص لب .. مهتئيهو مهتافرصت يف عايض يف ببستنو نيرخلآا رثعن .. ةئيربلا ةطيسبلا سوفنلا كلاهو لخدو ةبيرغلا دئاقعلا ءارو انيرجو كلسن انرصو لب انتايح ءابرغلا .. قيقدت وأ بيترت لاب مهعم نحنف .. سرتحأ .. بيبحلا اهيأ يف انعدخت ةفطاخ بائذب نيطاحم وأ انيلع قفشت لاو .. نلامح بايث
mercy upon us or upon our young’s … for they are devouring wolves … God wants and loves you and will not allow anyone to snatch you from His hand ever … as long as you hear His voice and follow Him … but, the day you shut your ears and burden your heart to hearing His voice, the wolves will come and find the doors to your heart wide open without any control then the wolves will snatch you one following the other … Be aware beloved … for they are unmerciful wolves … and (they will devour you fully) till nothing is left of you … remember you are just a young lamb among these wolves … But, with the Good Shepherd and among His other lambs, you are much stronger than all the wolves.
Amen, Lord here I am, your servant is listening to Your voice … Lord, let Your voice penetrate my heart, thoughts and soul that I hear nothing but Your Holy Voice in all my life. (Amen)
ةريثك بائذ اهنأ .. انراغص ىلع .. ةفطاخ ادبأ حمسي لاو كبحيو كديري للهأ تمد ام .. هدي نم دحأ كفطخي نأ مويلا نكلو .. هعبتتو هتوص عمست نع كبلق لقثتو كنذأ هيف دست ىذلا دجتو بائذلا ىتأت فوسف هعامس طباض لاب ةحوتفم كبلق باوبأ دعب ادحاو بائذلا كفطاختتو .. رخلآا بائذ اهنأ .. بيبحلا اهيأ كرذحأو .. ائيش كنم ىقبت نل .. محرت لا ريغص لمح درجم كنأ ىسنت لا .. بائذلا هذه طسو نيبو نيملأا ىعارلا عم نكلو نم ىوقأ تنأ ىرخلأا فارخلا ... بائذلا لك عماس كدبع وهاه يبر - نيما كتوص لخديل يبر ... كتوصل يتح يحور و يلقع و يبلق يلا لك طقف سودقلا كتوص عمسأ .نيمأ . يتايح مايإ
THE FEAST OF THE CROSS
BY HIS HOLINESS POPE SHENOUDA III,
The Church celebrates the feast of the Cross on the 17th of Tot, (27th or 28th of September), the day of the apparition of the Cross to the Emperor Constantin, and on the 10th of Baramhat (19th of March), the day when the Empress Helen found the wood of the Holy Cross. We want to -day to speak about the spiritual meaning of the Cross, and about the importance and benediction of the Cross, in our lives. The Cross is every difficulty which we suffer in view of our love for God, or for our love for people, for the K kingdom of God in general.
THE LORD CHRIST AND THE CROSS
The Lord invited to bear the Cross and said: “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me” (Matt. 16:24) (Mark 8:34). And He said to the rich young man: “Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, ....... and come, take up the cross, and follow Me” )Mark 10:21(.
He made the bearing of the Cross a condition for the discipleship to Him. He said: “And whoever does n ot bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple” )Luke 14:27(.
He Himself, during all the period of His Incarnation on earth, lived bearing the Cross.
Since His Nativity, Herod wanted to kill Him, and He run away with His mother to Egypt. When He began his mission, he suffered the fatigue of the service, and had “nowhere to lay His head” )Luke 9: 58(. He lived a life of pain, so that Isaiah said about Him that He is: “A Man of sorrow and acquainted with grief” )Isaiah 53:3(. He was bitterly persecuted by the Jews. Once they “took up stones again to stone Him” )John 10:31(. Another time they wanted to “throw Him down over the cliff” )Luke 4:29(. As for their insults and their accusation of Him, they are very numerous. All these are crosses which are other than the Cross on which He was crucified........
THE CROSS IN THE LIVES OF SAINTS
The disciples of Christ also placed the Cross before their eyes. They preached continually....... and said about that: “but w e preach Christ cru-
cified” although He is “to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness” )1 Cor. 1:23(. The apostle saint Paul said: “For I determined not to know anyting among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” )1 Cor. 2:2(. He rather boasted in the Cross saying: “But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world” )Gal. 6:14(. Even the angel who announced the Resurrection, used this expression “ Jesus who was crucified”. He said to the two Mariam: “I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. he is not here; for He is risen, as He said” )Matt. 28:5(. Thus he called Him “Jesus who was crucified” although He was already risen. The expression “ who was crucified” remained attached to him, and our fathers the apostles used it and concentrated their predication on it. As saint Peter said to the Jews “know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ” )Acts 2:36(. The Cross is the narrow gate in which the Lord invited us to enter (Matt.7:13). He said to us: “In the world you will have tribulation” )John 16:33(; “And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake” )Matt. 10:22(; “yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service” )John 16:2(;
“If you were of the world, the world would love its own.Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you” (John 15:19).
Thus the apostle saint Paul taught: “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God” )Acts 14:22(.
The life of the Cross is evident in the lives of the martyrs, the abbots, and the ascetics.
In view of the faith, the martyrs and the confessors suffered unbearable torments and agonies. The majority of the early apostles and bishops marched in the way of martyrdom. When the Lord called Saul of Tarsus to become an apostle for the gentiles, He said about him “For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake” )Acts 9:16(. We can mention as an example, the apostolic saint Athanassius of the abbots and the cross which they carried. He was exiled three times and he was exposed to bad accusations; and saint John Chrysostom who was also exiled...... and the incarceration and ostracisation to which the fathers were exposed. As for the fathers monks, the Church surnames them “the cross bearers”. They have borne the cross of solitude and aloofness from every human consolation, and the cross of asceticism in which they were denuded from every corporal desire. They suffered the pains of hunger, thirst, cold, heat, poverty, and penury, in view of the greatness of their love the King Christ. They also suffered the afflictions and the warfare of the devils in various ways and kinds, as in the life of saint Antonios, and the lives of the wandering anchorites.
Sunday 19th March - 10th Baramhat Feast of the Holy Cross Service at St Mary’s Church
5am Early Morning Prayers & Procession of the Cross
6 - 7:45am First Liturgy
7:45 - 9:30am Second Liturgy
9:30 - 11:15am Third Liturgy
تاهمرب 10 - سرام 19 دحلأا ديجملا بيلصلا ديع ميرم ءارذعلا ةسيدقلا ةسينكب ةمدخلا ديعاوم بيلصلا ةرودو ركاب روخب عفر ةلاص احابص 5 لولأا سادقلا احابص 7:45 - 6 ىناثلا سادقلا احابص 9:30 - 7:45 ثلاثلا سادقلا احابص 11:15 = 9:30
