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Tuesday, 15th October 2019 --- 4 Babah 1736
Day 4 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 Fourth Day of the Blessed Month of Babah
The Martyrdom of St. Bacchus the Companion of St. Serguis
On this day was the martyrdom
of St. Bacchus the companion of St. Serguis. When the Emperor Maximianus
seized these saints, he tortured them with severe tortures after having
stripped them from their army ranks. After this he sent them to Antiochus,
King of Syria, who imprisoned St. Serguis, but ordered that St. Bacchus
be stoned and slain, then cast into the river of Euphrates. God protected
the body and the water waves brought it to the coast near two anchorites,
ascetic holy men who were brothers. The angel of the Lord appeared and
commanded them to go and carry away the body of the Saint. When they came
to where the body was, they found an eagle and a lion protecting it, having
spent the whole day and night guarding it without harming it although they
were flesh eating beasts, for they had been commanded by God to protect
the body. The two holy men took the body with great honor, singing hymns
until they came to their cave where they buried it.
May his prayers and blessings be with us all, and Glory be to God forever. Amen.
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