Author: Saint Mary Coptic Church

The Commemoration of the Birth of St Mary The First Day of Bashans (May 9) Today, on the first day of the Coptic month of Bashans, we celebrate the birth of the Virgin St Mary. It is the second of the Seven Feasts of St. Mary. The beloved Mother of Jesus Christ was born to...

The Commemoration of the Martyrdom of the Great Saint Mark the Evangelist It was on the 30th day of the Coptic month of Baramouda in the year 68 A.D. that St Mark - he who established the first church in Egypt, and he who wrote the Gospel which bears his name - was martyred in Egypt....

Saint George, Prince of Martyrs The commemoration of the martyrdom of the great St George is on the 23rd of Baramouda, which usually corresponds to the first of May. His martyrdom occurred in 307 A.D. As the Coptic Synaxarium tells us, St. George was a young Christian man who went to the Emperor Diocletian, and...