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Thursday, 13th August 2020 --- 7 Misra 1736
Day 7 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Misra, may God make it always received, year after year, with reassurance and tranquility, while our sins after forgiven by the tender mercies of our God my fathers and brothers.
Amen.
The Seventh Day of the Blessed Month of Misra
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 children of Israel used to insult him because he had not begotten a
son. Because of this, these two saints were sad, and prayed continually,
and entreated God by day and by night. They vowed that the child they would
beget would be made a steward for the temple. 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 to his house, 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. Amen.
Departure of St.Timothy II (Timotheos), the 26th Pope of Alexandria
On this day also, of the year 193 A.M. (July 31, 477 A.D.) St. Timothy II, the twenty-sixth Pope of the See of St. Mark, departed. This father was chosen for the Patriarchate after the departure of the striving father Pope Dioscorus on the third of Babah, 172 A.M. (October 1, 455 A.D.). He suffered many hardships for the sake of preserving the Orthodox faith. Emperor Leo, the Great, banished him to the island of Gagra (Gangra), in Paphlognia (Pavlagonia), where he was detained for seven years until he was returned by Emperor Leo, the Less, with great honor. He spent the rest of his days in establishing the faithful in the Orthodox faith. He departed in peace after he spent twenty-one years and ten months on the throne of St. Mark.
May his blessings be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
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