The Coptic Synaxarium · Month 11 of 13

Epip

أبيب · Epēp

Mwa fèt Apot yo

8 juillet – 6 août 30 days 32 saint commemorations

Epip fèmen jèn Apot yo avèk fèt yo a nan senkyèm jou li a, martir Pyè ak Pòl. Nil la ap gonfle pandan semèn li yo, epi Sinaksè a plen ak apot, mati ak papa yo ki te wouze Lejip avèk lapriyè yo.

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Fixed commemorations the Church keeps in every Coptic month

Saints & Feasts of the Month

Every saint commemorated in Epip, ordered by day

2 Epip Sen Jid Tade Apot la Sen Jid Tade, ke yo rele tou Lebe ak Tade, yo sonje l kòm youn nan Douz yo, epi Legliz la fete l le 2 Abib. 5 Epip Sen Pyè Apot la Sen Pyè Apot la, frè Sen Andre a epi premye pami temwen apostolik yo, Legliz la fè memwa li ansanm ak Sen Pòl nan dat 5 Abib. 5 Epip Swasanndis Apot yo Nan jou sa a, gran sen Friska oswa Onezifò, youn nan swasanndis apot yo, te mouri. Apot sa a te yon Izrayelit ki te soti nan branch Benjamen. 6 Epip Sen Aoulimpas Apot la Senaksè Kopt la fè memwa Sen Aoulimpas Apot la nan dat 6 Abib. 7 Epip St. Shenouda the Archimandrite The Archimandrite Abba Shenouda was the abbot of the hite Monastery of Atribe in the desert of Thebes for more than 65 years. He ruled over 2200 monks and 1800 nuns 8 Epip Saints Piroou and Athom On this day also, St. Piroou and St. Athom were martyred. These two Saints were born in the city of "Sonbat", of Christian parents who were righteous, loving works of righteousness and charitable deeds. Their father's name was John and their mother's was Mary. St 8 Epip Sen Bichoy (Anba Bichoy) Nan jou sa a, Sen Bichoy, ki gen yon memwa onorab, zetwal dezè a, te ale jwenn Senyè a. Li te fèt nan yon vil yo rele Chanchà ann Ejip, e li te gen sis frè. 8 Epip St. Asterias the Priest 9 Epip Sen Simon Kleopas Apot la Sinaksè Kopt la fete Sen Simon Kleopas Apot la nan dat 9 Abib. 11 Epip Saints Isaiah and Poesius the Spaniards الآباء إشعياء وبسويس الأسبانيان * 11 Epip Sen Pòl Premye Èmit la | Anba Bola Nan jou sa a nan lane 341 apre Jezikri, gran sen an, Anba Pòl, premye èmit la, ale jwenn Senyè a. Sen sa a te soti nan vil Aleksandri, e li te gen yon frè ki te rele Pyè. Apre papa yo te ale jwenn Senyè a, yo te separe eritaj la ant yo. 11 Epip St. Abba Isaiah of Scetis St. Abba Isaiah of Scetis * With St. Arsenius — Lessons in Spiritual Struggle — His Counsels to Novices — Prayer — Spiritual Struggle — Befriending the Great — Chastity and Guarding the Senses — Repentance — Love — Not Judging 11 Epip St. Nofer, the Hermit القديس أبو نفر السائح | الأنبا نوفير * في دير الأشمونين انطلاقه في البرية مع القديس بفنوتي نياحته 11 Epip St. Pelagia the Penitent Hermit On this day also, St. Pelagia, departed. This righteous woman was born in the city of Antioch to pagan parents. Besides a corrupt faith, she had a corrupt manner of life also. She met a holy bishop, whose name was Paul, who preached to her 11 Epip St. Thomas the Hermit The Monastery of St. Anba Thomas the Hermit is an ancient archaeological monastery dating from the fourth century A.D., located in the village of Arab Bani Wasel at the foot of the Eastern Mountain, about 16 kilometers north of the city of Akhmim. (Fourth century A.D.) St. Anba Thomas the Hermit was born in the village of Shenshif… 12 Epip Abba Hour El-Siriakousy On this day also, St. Abba Hour, was martyred. He was born in Siriakous to a father, who was an iron worker. He wished to become a martyr, so he went to El-Farma where he confessed the Lord Christ before its Governor 15 Epip Saints Cyriacus and Julitta الشهيدان قرياقوس وجوليتا | قرياقص و يوليطة | يوليطا * القديسة يوليطة إلى سلوكية ثم إلى طرسوس دعوة للاستشهاد محاكمة يوليطا استشهاد الطفل كيرياكوس استشهاد القديسة يوليتة جسدا الشهيدين 18 Epip Sen Jak Apot la, Evèk Jerizalèm Sen Jak Apot la, Evèk Jerizalèm, Sinaksè Kopt la fete li 18 Abib. 19 Epip Anba Andrew On this day, St. Andrew the Apostle, the brother of St. Peter, was martyred. He was chosen to go to the city of Lydd and to Kurdistan. He entered the city of Lydd, where most of its people had believed at the hands of St. Peter 22 Epip St. Basilides (Wasilides) On this day, the great St. Macarius, the son of Basilidis the Chancellor , was martyred. When the messengers reviewed the order of Emperor Diocletian, which dictates the worship of idols, with Macarius, he did not heed them 22 Epip St. Macarius of Alexandria St. Macarius of Alexandria * (Abba Macar | Abba Macarius | Abba Macara the Alexandrian | Macarius the Younger) His upbringing; his asceticism and worship; his instruction of the Pachomians through labor; with Lydia the solitary; his clarity of vision; the war of vainglory; the cluster of grapes; his miracles… 22 Epip St. Macarius the Great / Abu Makar القديس مقاريوس الكبير | الأنبا مكاريوس الكبير أو الأنبا مقارة | أبو مقار الكبير | الأنبا مكاري الكبير * نشأته وزواجه في الإسقيط حبه للوحدة رجل الحب مواهبه القديس مقاريوس والمرأتان نياحته من أقواله 23 Epip Sent Marina Mwàn nan Nan menm jou sa a tou, nou sonje matiriz sent benediksyon Marina, ki te venk Dyab la. Li te youn nan pitit fi nòb yo nan vil Antiòch. Paran li yo te payen. Lè manman li mouri, papa li te voye li bò kote yon gadyèn pou leve li, e gadyèn sa a te yon kretyen 23 Epip St. Ignatius of Antioch Theophoros On this day also, St. Ignatius was martyred in Rome in the year 107 A.D. He was chosen Bishop for Antioch, succeeding St. Peter the Apostle, in the year 69 A.D., during the reign of Emperor Trajan 25 Epip Isaac of Nineveh 25 Epip Pope Isaac of Alexandria / Isaac the Just On this day, of the year 679 A.D., the great holy father Anba Isaac, 41st Pope of Alexandria, departed. This father was born in El-Borolos from rich, God-fearing parents. They begot him long after their marriage 25 Epip St. Isaac of Shama 25 Epip St. Isaac the Confessor حياة هذا المتوحد 25 Epip St. Isaac the Priest of the Cells On this day, the church commemorates the holy father Abba Isaac, the priest of El-Qalali (Cells). He was born in an Egyptian village from poor parents, but he was rich in his righteous works 25 Epip St. Isaac the Syrian القديس إسحق السرياني | ماراسحق أسقف نينوى | القديس مار إسحاق النينوي * (القرن السادس/السابع الميلادي) من كلماته 25 Epip St. Thecla, St. Paul's Disciple القديسة تكلة الشهيدة الأولى | القديسة تقله العجائبية * إيمانها اهتمامها ببولس في السجن وسط الأتون عذاباتها في إنطاكية في جبال القلمون تنقلاتها نياحتها 27 Epip Abba Fam On this day, was the consecration of the church of St. Abba Fam. May his intercession be with us. Amen. 2. The Martyrdom of St. Apamon (Abba Amoun). On this day also, St. Apamon (Abba Amoun) , who was from the city of Tarnut, was martyred