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Saturday, 4th May 2024 --- 26 Baramoudah 1740
Holy Pascha Week
Bright Saturday of Pascha Week
Season Bright Saturday of Pascha Week
Tune : Attribis
Strict Abstinence
Theme of the day :
+ Jesus in the sepulchre.
Verse of the Day : Matthew 28:2
Songs and Prayers of Holy Saturday
Psalms 151:1-7Exodus 15:1-21
Deuteronomy 32:1-43
1 Samuel 2:1-10
Habakkuk 3:2-19
Jonah 2:1-10
Isaiah 38:10-20
Isaiah 26:9-20
Isaiah 25:1-12
Isaiah 26:1-9
Lamentations 5:16-22
Baruch 2:11-15
1 Kings 18:36-39
1 Chronicles 29:10-13
1 Kings 8:22-30
Daniel 9:4-19
Daniel 3:1-23
Daniel 3:31-90
Daniel 3:24-30
Luke 1:46-55
Luke 1:68-79
Luke 2:29-32
First Hour
1 Corinthians 5:7-13Psalms 88:4,5
Psalms 44:23,26
Psalms 126:2,3
Matthew 27:62-66
Third Hour
Jeremiah 13:15-22Psalms 16:10,11
Matthew 16:24-28
Sixth hour of the day of Holy Saturday
Isaiah 50:10-51:8Psalms 130:1-2
Psalms 142:7
Matthew 5:3-12
Revelation 1:1-20
Revelation 2:1-29
Revelation 3:1-22
Revelation 4:1-11
Revelation 5:1-14
Revelation 6:1-17
Revelation 7:1-17
Revelation 8:1-13
Revelation 9:1-21
Revelation 10:1-11
Revelation 11:1-19
Revelation 12:1-17
Revelation 13:1-18
Revelation 14:1-20
Revelation 15:1-8
Revelation 16:1-21
Revelation 17:1-18
Revelation 18:1-24
Revelation 19:1-21
Revelation 20:1-15
Revelation 21:1-27
Revelation 22:1-21
Ninth hour of the day of Holy Saturday
Isaiah 45:15-20Jeremiah 31:31-34
Psalms 41:10,5
John 5:21-30
Holy Saturday Liturgy
1 Corinthians 15:1-231 Peter 1:1-9
Acts 3:12-21
Psalms 3:5,3
Psalms 82:8
Matthew 28:1-20
Psalms 68:1
Luke 24:1-12
Not to be read in the Church during this time of the year.
Synaxarium
Day 26 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Baramoudah, 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 Twenty-Sixth Day of the Blessed Month of Baramoudah
Martyrdom of St.Sousenyos
On this day, St. Sousenyos was martyred. This Saint was the son of one of the friends of Emperor Diocletian. The angel of the Lord appeared to him and strengthened his heart on receiving the crown of martyrdom, and he kept this in his heart. The Emperor sent him to the city of Nicomedia to restore the worship of idols. This Saint sorrowed exceedingly. He sent and brought a priest who taught him the doctrine of the church, the facts of the faith and baptized him. When his father knew that, he accused him to the Emperor that he did not worship the idols. The Emperor ordered to torture him with severe tortures, but the Lord strengthened and comforted him. Finally, they cut off his head, and he received the crown of martyrdom. The number of those who had seen him during his torture and believed because of him, were eleven hundred and seventy. They were martyred and received the crown of martyrdom,
May His prayers be with us. Amen.
Departure of Pope Youannis VII, 78th Patriarch
On this day also, of the year 1009 A.M. (April 21st, 1293 A.D.), Pope Youannis VII, 78th Patriarch, departed. After the lay leaders of Cairo had nominated Pope Gabriel III for the Papacy, some of the lay leaders of Egypt agreed to choose Youannis Ebn Abi-Saaid El-Soukary. They threw an altar lot which fell on Gabriel, but Youannis, the above mentioned, along with his supporters, quarreled with Gabriel. Youannis nullified the result of the lot and was enthroned in the 6th. of Tubah 978 A.M. (January 15th., 1262 A.D.), after the departure of Pope Athanasius III, his predecessor. He remained on the Patriarchal Chair six years, nine months, and nineteen days, then he was dismissed. Pope Gabriel took over his place from the 24th. of Babah 985 A.M. to the 6th. of Tubah 987 A.M., then he was dismissed. Youannis was reinstated by the order of El-Sultan on the 7th. of Tubah. During Pope Youannis' days, in the year 980 A.M., El-Sultan ordered to dig a huge pit and throw the Christians in it, to be burned. He brought the Patriarch and mandated him to pay fifty thousand Dinars, which took two years to collect. Consequently, they released the Christians who suffered much tribulations in his time, and the bishops suffered much afflictions. Pope Gabriel, his predecessor, departed during Pope Youannis second period of heading the church, so he was listed in the list of the Patriarchs before Youannis. Pope Youannis remained on the Chair in his second time of heading the church 22 years, 3 months, and 19 days, and departed in peace in the 26th. of Baramoudah 1009 A.M. He was buried in the gardens of El-Nastour monastery.
May His prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.