The Coptic Synaxarium · Month 6 of 13
Amshir
Amshir · Mshir
Month of Winds
8 فروری – 9 مارچ
30 days
10 saint commemorations
Amshir is the month of winds, when storms sweep the valley and shake the palms. Within it falls the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, and — most years — the Fast of Nineveh calls the Church to repentance as the Great Lent draws near.
Kept Every Month
Fixed commemorations the Church keeps in every Coptic month
Archangel Michael
Monthly commemoration on day 12
St Mary the Theotokos
Monthly commemoration on day 21
The commemoration of the 29th (Annunciation, Nativity & Resurrection) is not kept in Tubah and Amshir.
Saints & Feasts of the Month
Every saint commemorated in Amshir, ordered by day
5 Amshir
Pope Agrippinus of Alexandria
On this day of the year 181 A.D., the holy father Anba Agrippinus, 10th Pope of Alexandria, departed. This father was holy and pure and he feared God. He was ordained a priest on the church of Alexandria
5 Amshir
شہید اَبانوب
سینٹ اَبانوب، بچہ شہید
اَبانوب اپنی عمر کے بارہویں سال سے زیادہ کا نہ تھا جب اُس نے رومی والی کے ہاتھوں شہادت کا تاج پایا۔ اور اکتیس جولائی کو ہماری کلیسیا اُس کی وفات کی یاد مناتی ہے، یہ سمجھ کر کہ یہ ابدی زندگی میں اُس کی پیدائش کا دن ہے۔
6 Amshir
Saints Abakir and John
On this day also, the saints Abakir; John; the three virgins, Theodora (which means the gift of God), Theopisti "Theophana" (which means the faithfulness of God), and Theodosia (which means the glory of God); and their mother, Athanasia (which means the immortal), were martyred
7 Amshir
Pope Alexander II of Alexandria
البابا ألكسندروس الثاني البابا الثالث والأربعون * سيامته متاعبه
10 Amshir
مقدّس یعقوب رسول، حلفیٰ کا بیٹا
مقدّس یعقوب حلفیٰ کا بیٹا، بارہ رسولوں میں سے ایک، جس کی یادگاری کلیسیا 10 اَمشیر کو مناتی ہے۔
10 Amshir
St. Isidore of Pelusium
Isidore was born into a world where words mattered. Alexandria could sharpen a young mind quickly: Scripture was preached there, Greek learning was prized there, arguments over Christ could fill churches, schools, and streets.
17 Amshir
سینٹ مینا / ماری مینا عجائب نگار
اِسی دن مبارک امین کہلانے والے سینٹ مینا شہید ہوئے۔ اُن کے والد اودکسیوس شہر نقیوس (نکیو) کے باشندے اور اُسی شہر کے والی تھے۔ اُن کے بھائی نے اُن سے حسد کیا اور بادشاہ کے سامنے اُن کی شکایت کی۔
21 Amshir
St. Tadros disciple of Amon
24 Amshir
St. Agapius
On this day St. Agapetus (Agapius), the bishop, departed. He was born of Christian parents during the time of the infidel emperors Diocletian and Maximianus. His parents brought him up in a Christian upbringing, and he was ordained a deacon
27 Amshir
Saints Eustace, Eustachius, Eustathius / Saints Eustachius and his Companions