Saint Mary
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to the Coptic Orthodox Synaxaruim,
The Seventh Day of the Blessed Month of Misra
The Annunciation of St. Joachim with the Birth of the Virgin Mary.
On this
day, God sent His honorable angel Gabriel to announce to St. Joachim of the
birth of the Virgin, the mother of the incarnated God. This righteous man and
his wife St. Anna (Hannah) were stricken in years and had no children for Anna
was barren. The community of the children of
While St. Joachim was praying over the mountain, he fell into a deep sleep and Gabriel, the angel of the Lord, appeared to him and announced to him that his wife Anna would conceive and bear a child that would delight his eyes and please his heart; and likewise all the world would rejoice and be glad. When he woke from his sleep, he came home and told his wife about the vision, which she believed. Anna conceived forthwith, and brought forth our Lady, the Virgin Mary, and St. Anna became more honorable than all the women of the world.
May her intercession be with us and Glory to God forever. Amen.
The First Day of the Blessed Month of Bashans
The
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Mother of God
On this
day the church celebrates the birth of the pure Virgin St. Mary, the Mother of
God (Theotokos), through whom Salvation came to mankind. She was born in the
city of
Immediately he went down the mountain believing what the angel told him, and he told his wife Anna of what he saw and heard. She rejoiced, gave thanks to the Lord, and vowed that the child who was to be born to her would become a servant in the house of the Lord all the days of her/his life. She conceived, and gave birth to this Saint and called her Mary who had become the Queen of all women of the world, and through her we have received the grace.
May
her intercession be with us, and glory is to God forever. Amen.
The Twenty-First Day of the Blessed Month of Tubah
The Departure of Our Lady, the Virgin Mary, the Theotokos.
On this
day, Our Lady, the all pure, Virgin St. Mary, the Mother of God, departed. As
she was always praying in the holy sepulcher, the Holy Spirit informed her that
she was about to depart from this temporal world. When the time of her
departure arrived, the virgins of the
The apostles prepared the body in a fitting manner and carried it to
When
The years of her life on earth were 60 years. She was 12 years old when she left the temple. She spent 34 years in Joseph's house, until the Ascension of the Lord, and 14 years with St. John the Evangelist, according to the commandment of the Lord which he told her at the cross, "Behold, this is your son," and to St. John, "Behold, this is your mother."
Her
intercession and blessings be with us. Amen.
The Sixteenth Day of the Blessed Month of Misra
1. The Assumption of the Body of the Pure Virgin St. Mary.
On this
day, was the assumption of the body of our pure Lady St. Mary, the Mother of
God. While she was keeping vigil, praying in the Holy Sepulcher, and waiting
for the happy minute of her liberation from the bonds of the flesh, the Holy
Spirit informed her of her forthcoming departure from this vain world. When the
time drew near, the disciples and the virgins of the
On their way, some of the Jews blocked the way in the face of the disciples to prevent the burial. One of them seized the coffin. His hands were separated from his body, and remained hanging until he believed and repented for his mischievous deed. With the prayers of the holy disciples, his hands were reattached to his body as they had been before.
The Holy Spirit then told them, "The Lord did not Will to leave Her Holy body on earth." The Lord had promised his pure apostles that they would see her in flesh another time. They were waiting for the fulfillment of this truthful promise, until the sixteenth day of the month of Misra, when the promise of seeing her was fulfilled. They saw her sitting on the right hand of her Son and her Lord, surrounded by the angelic Host, as David prophesied and said, "At your right hand stands the queen." (Psalm 45:9) St. Mary's life on earth was sixty years. She spent twelve years of them in the temple, thirty years in the house of the righteous St. Joseph, and fourteen years in the care of St. John the Evangelist, as the Lord commanded her saying, "Woman behold your Son," and to St. John, "Behold your Mother."
May Her intercession be with us. Amen.