3 El Nasiy
(The Third Day of the Blessed Month of El-Nasi)
The Departure of St. Yoannis
XIV, 96th Pope of Alexandria
On this day also, of the year
1302 A.M. (September
6,
1586 A.D.), and during the reign of the
Ottoman Sultan Mourad III, Pope Yoannis XIV,
96th Pope of Alexandria, departed. He was
from Manfalout, and he was known by Yoannis El-Manfalouty. He became a monk at
El-Baramous monastery, in Wadi El-Natroun. He was ordained Patriarch during the
reign of the Ottoman Sultan Selim II, on the
22nd day of Baramoudah,
1287 A.M. (April
17th,
1571 A.D.). During his Papacy the
Christians were forced to wear black turbans (head cover). He received a letter
from the Pope of Rome and he answered him back. Sultan Selim asked him to
collect head taxes from the Christians, and every one complied. He went to
Alexandria, and on his way back, he felt weak and ill at the city of El-Nahrawiah.
He departed there and was buried at the Church of St. George in Birma. His body
was relocated later on to El-Sourian monastery. He was on the Chair for fifteen
years, four months, and nineteen days.
May his prayers be with us and Glory be to our God
forever. Amen.
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