Scripture Readings – June 30 I 6th Sunday after Pentecost I Feast of the Twelve Apostles (Tresar Slihe Qadise)

Evening: Luke 17: 1-10 Morning: Mark 6: 30-46 Holy QurbanaOld Testament ReadingsExodus 30: 34-38, Joshua 10: 33 -37, 2 Samuel 3: 17-21, Isaiah 14: 22-27Epistle Readings Acts 1: 15-18; 1 Corinthians 8: 1-8Gospel Proclamation Luke 13: 22-35 *Feast of the Twelve Apostles Evening: Matthew 9: 36-10: 5Morning: John 21:15-25; (Matthew Read more…

St Pachomius the Great – May 15 I The Hermit, Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism

St. Pachomius, the Great, venerable hermit father, was an early Egyptian ascetic, both a desert Father and a founder of coenobitic monasticism in Egypt. He was born in Thebes (Upper Thebaid), Egypt around A.D. 290, to pagan parents. His name, in his native Coptic, Pachom, means ‘eagle’. He received an excellent secular education, had a good character, Read more…