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Day 11 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Babah, 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 Eleventh Day of the Blessed Month of Babah
Departure of St.James the Patriarch of Antioch
On this day was the departure of the holy father Abba James, the patriarch of Antioch. Great tribulations befell him, and he was exiled for keeping the Orthodox faith. After he remained in exile for a period of time, the people of the city gathered and brought him back. Then the Arians went back and exiled him again and he stayed in exile for seven more years, then departed in peace.
May his prayers and blessings be with us all. Amen.
Departure of St.Pelagia
On
this day also departed St.Pelagia. This righteous woman was born in the
city of Antioch from pagan parents, and she had both a corrupt faith and
a corrupt manner of life. She met a holy bishop whose name was Paul who
preached to her. She believed in the Lord Christ through him, and confessed
to him everything which she had done. He encouraged her and taught her
not to despair but to repent with a true determination. Then he baptized
her in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and she was
illuminated by the grace of baptism. She led a penitent life with a firm
heart and a pure determination, and she consumed her body with strenous
worship. Then she dressed herself in the garb of men and went to Jerusalem
and worshipped in its sanctuaries. She met Abba Alexandros the patriarch
of Jerusalem who sent her to one of the convents outside Jerusalem. She
dwelt there for forty years and departed in peace.
May her prayers and blessings be with us all, and Glory be to God forever. Amen.