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Day 22 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Bashans, 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-Second Day of the Blessed Month of Bashans
Departure of St.Andronicus, One of the Seventy Disciples
On this day, St. Andronicus departed.
This disciple was chosen by the Lord to be among the seventy disciples
whom He sent before Him to preach the kingdom of God. He received the Holy
Spirit in the Upper Room on the day of the Pentecost. St. Paul mentioned
his name in (Romans 16:7) saying: "Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen
and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were
in Christ before me." He preached the Gospel in many cities in the company
of Junia, and they guided many to the Christian faith, and performed many
miracles, healed the sick, and transformed the temples of idols to churches.
When they completed their course, and the Lord willed to take them from
this world, Andronicus became ill for a short time and departed in peace.
Junia buried him in a cave, and he prayed to the Lord to take him also.
He departed on the next day.
May their prayers be with us and glory be to God forever. Amen.