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#Feasts of #Megabit_17

✞✞✞On this day we commemorate the departure of the Apostle Saint Lazarus✞✞✞

✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞

✞✞✞Saint Lazarus the Apostle✞✞✞
=>St. Lazarus lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. And as all three were pure virgins and served the Lord, He counted Lazarus with the 72 Disciples and Mary alongside Martha with the 36 Holy Women.

✞And it is shown in the Gospel that our Lord loved them. (John 3:11) This was not because our Lord loves one more than the other. Rather, the account is telling us emblematically that they were found doing deeds that made them to be loved.

✞The Lord used to be hosted as a guest in Lazarus’ and his sisters’ house as the Holy Bible tells us (John 12:1). And it was in the home of these Saints that on Holy Thursday He gave from His Holy Body and Honorable Blood to the Apostles.

✞Later on, St. Lazarus became very ill and departed on this day. And his holy sisters buried him in great sorrow on the same day (John 11).

✞✞✞And our Good Lord will go 4 days later to raise him. May He grant us from his blessing. (Until then - until we commemorate the raising of Lazarus from the dead.)

✞✞✞ Annual feasts celebrated on the 17th of Megabit
1. St. Lazarus the Righteous Apostle
2. St. Theocritus the Anagnostis/Reader (A Martyr)
3. St. Talasius/Belasius the Martyr
4. St. Joseph the Bishop
5. St. George the Ascetic/Fighter

✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts
1. St. Stephen Archdeacon (Protomartyr)
2. St. James the Apostle (Son of Zebedee)
3. St. Epiphanius the Church Father (of the Island of Cyprus)
4. Holy Fathers Maximus and Domatius/Domadius
5. Abba Gerima of Medera
6. Abba Palaemon /Balamon the Wanderer
7. Abba Latsoun the Meek

✞✞✞“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that Thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.”✞✞✞
John 11:25-27

✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞

(Translated by Mhr. Esuendale Shemeles with the permission of Dn. Yordanos Abebe)

††† እንኳን ለሐዋርያው ቅዱስ አልዓዛር ዓመታዊ በዓል በሰላም አደረሳችሁ፤ አደረሰን። †††

††† በስመ አብ ወወልድ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ አሐዱ አምላክ አሜን! †††

††† አልዓዛር ሐዋርያ †††

††† ቅዱስ አልዓዛር በሃገረ ቢታንያ ከእህቶቹ ማርያና ማርታ ጋር ይኖር ነበር:: ሦስቱም ድንግልናቸውን ጠብቅው ጌታችንን ያገለግሉት ነበርና አልዓዛርን ከ72ቱ አርድእት ማርያና ማርታን ደግሞ ከ36ቱ ቅዱሳት አንስት ቆጥሯቸዋል::

በወንጌል ጌታችን ይወዳቸው እንደነበር ተገልጧል:: (ዮሐ. 11:3) ጌታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሲወድ የሚያበላልጥ ሆኖ አይደለም:: ይልቁኑ በምሥጢር እነርሱ ተወዳጅ የሚያደርጋቸውን ሥራ ይሠሩ እንደነበር ሲነግረን ነው እንጂ::

ቅዱስ መጽሐፍ እንደ ነገረን ጌታችን በነ አልዓዛር ቤት በእንግድነት ይስተናገድ ነበር:: (ዮሐ. 12:1) በመጨረሻዋ ምሴተ ሐሙስም ቅዱስ ሥጋውንና ክቡር ደሙን ለሐዋርያቱ ያቀበላቸው በእነዚህ ቅዱሳን ቤት ውስጥ ነው::

ቅዱስ አልዓዛር በጽኑዕ ታሞ በዚሕች ቀን አርፏል:: ቅዱሳት እህቶቹ ማርያና ማርታ ከታላቅ ለቅሶ ጋር ዕለቱኑ ቀብረውታል:: (ዮሐ .11)

††† ቸር ጌታችን ክርስቶስ ከ4 ቀናት በሁዋላ ሊያስነሳው ይመጣልና ከበረከቱ ይክፈለን:: (ይቆየን)

††† መጋቢት 17 ቀን የሚከበሩ ዓመታዊ የቅዱሳን በዓላት
1.ቅዱስ አልዓዛር ጻድቅ ሐዋርያ
2.ቅዱስ ቴዎቅሪጦስ አናጉንስጢስ (ሰማዕት)
3.ቅዱስ ተላስስ ሰማዕት
4.ቅዱስ ዮሴፍ ኤዺስ ቆዾስ
5.ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ መስተጋድል

††† ወርኀዊ በዓላት
1.ቅዱስ እስጢፋኖስ ሊቀ ዲያቆናት (ቀዳሜ ሰማዕት)
2.ቅዱስ ያዕቆብ ሐዋርያ (ወልደ ዘብዴዎስ)
3.ቅዱስ ኤዺፋንዮስ ዘቆዽሮስ
4.ቅዱሳን አበው መክሲሞስና ዱማቴዎስ
5.አባ ገሪማ ዘመደራ
6.አባ ዸላሞን ፈላሢ
7.አባ ለትጹን የዋህ

††† "ጌታ ኢየሱስም:- 'ትንሳኤና ሕይወት እኔ ነኝ:: የሚያምንብኝ ቢሞት እንኩዋ ሕያው ይሆናል:: የሚያምንብኝም ሁሉ ለዘለዓለም አይሞትም:: ይህን ታምኛለሽን?' አላት:: እርስዋም (ማርታ):- 'አዎን ጌታ ሆይ: አንተ ወደ ዓለም የሚመጣው ክርስቶስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆንህ እኔ አምናለሁ::' አለችው::"†††
(ዮሐ. 11:25-27)

††† ወስብሐት ለእግዚአብሔር †††

✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts
1. St. Stephen the Archdeacon (Protomartyr)
2. St. Epiphanius of Cyprus
3. Abba Gerima of Medera
4. Abba Palaemon /Balamon the Wanderer
5. Abba Latsoun the Meek
6. St. James the Apostle (Son of Zebedee)

✞✞✞ “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”✞✞✞
1Cor. 13:4-7

✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞

(Translated by Mhr. Esuendale Shemeles with the permission of Dn. Yordanos Abebe)

And there, they lived serving, worshipping God and by fasting, praying and with humility.✞One day, Abba Agabius called them and said, “My children! Be blessed! I am gladdened because of you. This night the chief of all the monks, the Great Abba Macarius, appeared to me in a revelation and said, ‘Give them to me so that they become my children’. And so go to the monastery of Scetis in Egypt when I depart”.

✞However, when Abba Agabius passed away, they did not go according to his instructions, as they feared vainglory. But there in Syria they performed many miracles because they had reached perfection in a short time. And they became much loved by the people.

✞And they became famous all over Syria. During that time, a big serpent rose and killed the people and animals of the surrounding. And the people went to the Saints and wept before them.  And at that instant, St. Maximus took out a sheet of paper and wrote upon it as follows, “O serpent, when this paper comes to you, go out of your dwelling, die and let birds devour you.”

✞And he said to them, “Go and drop this at its entrance”.   One brave man stood, took the writing, and dropped it where the serpent used to come out while all the people watched. Immediately, the serpent came out and died. Then ravens gathered and consumed it. And from this great miracle the people adored the God of the Saints. 

✞And many more miracles were performed in the names of the Saints. Evil spirits used to flee when they heard their names. The sick were healed when their names were called where they were not present. And they became a grace to the people as the populous of the area were saved from their difficulties by calling their names and beseeching in them.

✞Sailors, on the other hand, used to write the Saints’ names on their boats to be safe from tempests. However, one day because the servant of the Emperor Lavendius saw this writing and was suspicious, he brought the sailor before the Emperor.

✞And when the Emperor asked, “Whose names did you write?” The sailor answered, “The names of the 2 brother Saints that are found in Syria”. Questioning they were his sons, he sent the Empress and his daughter (their sister) led by the sailor as they were heartbroken from grief.

✞And when they reached Syria and found them, they screamed and cried out of joy. But when they asked the Saints, “Let’s go back to Rome”, they replied, “No! We are Christ’s” and the royal family returned in sadness. Nevertheless, when the Emperor heard this, he was joyous. And he praised them with, “They have understood the temporal nature of this world”.

✞Later, when word was heard that said, “They should become the Archbishops of Rome”, Saints Maximus and Domatius left Syria and went to Egypt. And they reached where the Great St. Macarius was and implored him to be his disciples. 

✞And when he asked them, “My children! Won’t the desert be difficult for you?”, they replied “Let us try”. There, he carved them below the mountain a cell and they stayed there in silence for 3 years. And one day, St. Macarius the Great was astounded when he saw a pillar of light that reached the heavens coming out of the mouths of the Saints while they prayed.

✞And at the beginning of the 5th century on Tir 14 (January 22) St. Maximus passed away.  And all the saints descended from heaven and took his soul with hymns. And after 3 days his brother St. Domatius passed away.

✞The saints similarly took his soul and St. Macarius the Great buried both of them in their cell. And the place was called “Debre Barmos (Baramas)/El-Baramus/Paromeos Monastery”. And it (Pa-Romeos) means “The Monastery of the Romans [that of Maximus and Domatius]”.

✞✞✞May the God of the Saints give us His love which abounded in them. And may He help us to bear the fruits of virtue and the fruits of honor. And may He not deprive us of their glory.

✞✞✞ Annual feasts celebrated on the 17th of Tir
1. Our Fathers Sts. Maximus and Domatius who are Holy and Honored

Memhir Esuendale:
#Feasts of #Tir_17

✞✞✞On this day we commemorate the departure of the Honorable, Righteous Saints Maximus and Domatius (Dumatheus/Domadius)✞✞✞

✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞

✞✞✞Our Fathers Maximus and Domatius (Dumatheus/ Domadius)✞✞✞
=>These Saints were brothers and they are fathers that are much loved in the history of the Church. And when we call them we say “Our holy fathers, who are honored, Roman [spiritual] fighters and who are bright stars”. They were born in Rome and their father was called Lavendius (Walendianus/ Valentinian).

✞This Emperor while he reigned, in the 4th century, an Empire like Rome, was found being a good man. The 2 stars are worth mentioning from those he bore from his good wife (Empress). And because the 2 Saints were born in a short interval from one another, they are considered as twins.

✞And the Emperor Lavendius gave to his children, whom God gave him, the names Maximus to the elder and Domatius to the younger. And the Saints were taught Christianity by the good will of their father.

✞Even though they were children of the Emperor and were princes, they did not grow up spoiled. As comfort has ended many and their father understanding this, raised them in the correct manner thus they would find favor before God.

✞After the Saints Maximus and Domatius grew up; they were diligent to read Holy Books. Particularly, they could not have enough of reading the Acts of the Saints. And they were obedient with prayer and fasting to God and worshiped Him with love.

✞One of the things that makes these Saints exceptional is this. It is astounding that while gold and silver poured before them and while they stepped on it, while all of the people bowed before them, while exquisite food was presented before them, and while their beds were made of fine coverings…they shunned it all for the love of Christ.

✞And because they despised the world by being in the love of Christ, they thought to leave their father’s palace. And their thought was not from discussion but as the fathers say, “As of one heart and as of one tongue”, it was by the guidance of the Lord.

✞When they thought of going to the desert and adoring God, as they were looking for a way to leave, a means was revealed to them. Then, they went to their father, the Emperor, and asked, “Father! We want to go to Nicaea (Asia Minor) and receive blessing”.

✞And the time was when the city had become famed for the 318 Holy Fathers (Scholars). And as their father was a spiritual man, he allowed them with joy. And he sent them on their way with much gold and many soldiers (entourages). 

✞Saints Maximus and Domatius stayed for a bit praying and being blessed in Nicaea. Then, they gathered their father’s soldiers (entourages) and sent them to Rome with a letter that said, “Since we are going to hold vigils of fasts and prayers for weeks, we will come ourselves [later on]”.

✞After they sent the soldiers, the Saints went to a monastery and they revealed their secret to a sincere monk. However, when he knew that they were the sons of the Emperor Lavendius, he said no to their request, which said, “Tonsure us monks”.

✞And when they asked, “Why?” he replied, “I don’t want to dismay your kind father. Nevertheless, if you want your wish to come true, go to Syria. There, you will find a righteous monastic named Abba Agabius” and he sent them to Syria.

✞In the land of Rome, especially around the palace, when the disappearance of the 2 princes was heard, a great lamentation and mourning took place. Even though the Emperor searched all ends of the earth, he was not able to find them. He was completely grieved and their mother was unable to be consoled.

✞But Maximus and Domatius entered the land of Syria and became the disciples of Abba Agabius. After they learned from him all the good deeds and virtues that were necessary for monasticism, he tonsured both of them monks.

✞✞✞ Annual feasts celebrated on the 11th of Tir
1. Epiphany – The Baptism of the Lord at Jordan
2. St. John the Baptist
3. Abune Hara Dingel the Righteous
4. Abba Wakris (Evagrius) the Ascetic
5. Abba John the Archbishop
6. St. Anatolius the Martyr

✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts
1. St. Yared (Jared), Priest
2. Mar Claudius Martyr
3. St. Basilides the Martyr
4. St. Anna the Blessed

✞✞✞“And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”✞✞✞
Matt. 3:16-17

✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞

(Translated by Mhr. Esuendale Shemeles with the permission of Dn. Yordanos Abebe)

In the sixth month, when the Lord of all creation was conceived (assumed flesh -human nature), the Queen of Heaven our Lady the Virgin Mary came to Elisabeth through the hill country. The two Saints were daughters of sisters (cousins).

✞And when the Theotokos (the Mother of God) reached and saluted them, the Holy Spirit descended upon the mother and child; hence, Elisabeth praised and John while in the womb leaped (prostrated) with joy. Then, he was born on Sene 30 (July 07) and Zacharias, his father, spoke as he named him “John.”

✞When St. John was 2 years and 6 months old, because the wise men came, Herod the great slaughtered the children in Israel. Later, the Jews told Herod about the holy child [St. John]. They said to him, “Because there is a child who had shut his father’s mouth and opened it when he was born. Kill him as well [since he might be a potential threat].”

✞And when St. Elisabeth, his mother, took him and fled, they killed the priest Zacharias in the middle of the Temple. The old woman, Elisabeth, raised the child and stayed in the Desert of Zifata for 3 (5) years. When St. John was 5(7), his mother passed away in the desert. And Zacharias with Simeon descended from heaven and buried her.

✞And when the child John cried, the Virgin Mary heard him from far away, as she was also in exile. She went with the Lord upon a cloud and comforted him. Then she asked the Lord, “Shall we take him?” However, our Lord answered, “Until I call him for ministry let him stay here.” Thereafter, after she blessed and consoled him, and they departed.

✞After that, St. John, in that desert, lived in asceticism wearing a raiment of camel's hair and a leathern girdle about his loins. And for 25 (23) years, while living in purity, he did not see anyone except beasts of the field and heavenly hosts. He did not taste this rebellious world as well.

✞Then when he became 30, God spoke to him from heaven. As the prophets had prophesied about it, He said to him, “Go! Pave the way for My Son” (Isa. 40:3/Mal. 3:1). Also, Zacharias, his father had said, “And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways” about his forerunning (Luke 1.76).

✞At this time, St. John, filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, came hurriedly to Judea from the desert. All those who saw him feared and respected him. This was because he was a hermit whose stamina was upright, whose beard came down like woven silk, whose hair was as dark as a raven, whose appearance was complete and had an impression that triggered fright.

✞He immediately preached to the people to repent. And he baptized many unto repentance. After six months in this ministry, our Lord came to him. John was alarmed when the Creator, Who holds heaven and earth with everything in them in His hands, came saying, “Baptize Me.” He [St. John] did not know where to go.

✞He said, “No my Lord! You baptize me.” However, the Lord replied, “I permit it [for St. John to baptize].” Thence, he baptized Him. And because of this, he will always be called, “Metmeqe Melekot” (the Baptist). Finally, St. John rebuked Herod (Antipas). And the king imprisoned him for 7 days because of a grudge.

✞And when he [Herod] celebrated his birthday, the daughter of Herodias entrapped him with music and had him make a vow. And he gave her the head of the great prophet in a charger, after decapitating him. The scholars regarding the matter say, “He should have swallowed up [have not honored] his vow.” Then the decapitated head of St. John flew away and his disciples buried his body (Matt. 3:1/ Mark 6:14/ Luke 3:1/ John 1:6).=>Names of St. John the Baptist
1. Prophet
2. Apostle
3. Martyr
4. Righteous
5. Priest
6. Hermit/Ascetic
7. Baptist [Metmeqe Melekot]
8. Forerunner
9. Virgin
10. Bridge (that joins the Old and the New)
11. Herald (The voice that crieth)
12. Teacher and Rebuker
13. Greater from All

✞✞✞ May the God of the Saints sanctify us by His baptism. And may He grant us from the blessing of His baptism.

Memhir Esuendale:
#Feasts of #Tir_11

✞✞✞On this day we hold the annual feast of the Baptism of our Savior Jesus Christ (Epiphany)✞✞✞

✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞

✞✞✞The Feast of Epiphany✞✞✞
=>Epiphany is taken from the Greek word ἐπιφάνεια (epiphaneia) meaning “manifestation or appearance”. In a soteriological understanding, epiphaneia means, “The unseen was seen and the Divine was revealed through His incarnate nature”.
As the “Arke” in the Synaxarium says,
“The unseen was revealed to us
Our God, a fire Who consumes”

✞Also as the day of His Baptism was a day when the oneness and threeness that was hidden was revealed, the feast is called Epiphany. Our Savior Christ to save Adam and his children descended from His throne in the heavens and lived for 33 years on earth according to His humanity by the flesh He assumed from St. Mary.

✞And when His time came, He went to the River Jordan to be baptized by John. Our Savior went from Galilee to Jordan on Tir 10 (January 18) at dusk and because of His humility waited in line all night and at 4:00 AM, in the morning, He went closer to be baptized as His turn had reached.

✞It (His baptism) occurred at 4:00AM in the morning so that people will not doubt that it was the Holy Spirit that had descended in the form of a dove. And that was because doves do not fly at night.

✞When our Savior approached St. John, the Saint noticed that He was his Creator and asked, “Why would You, my Creator, come to me? How could You be baptized with my hands?” as humility was the custom of the mother and child (Elisabeth and John). However, the Lord said, “It becometh us to fulfil all righteousness” and allowed the Saint to baptize Him. (Matt. 3:15)

✞Then St. John asked, “In Whose name would I baptize You as the name of the Father dwells in you, the Son is Your name, and the name of the Holy Spirit is also in You?”

✞Hence, the Lord said, “Say ‘Son of the Blessed Father (of His essence), Illuminator, have mercy on us. As You are the Priest of the world after the order of Melchizedek’” and “Baptize Me”.

✞Then when the Lord entered into the river Jordan the water was startled and was driven back. (Ps. 76 (77):16, 113 (114):3). And Jordan being vexed moved left and right. The waters boiled as Divinity stood there. However, by the orders of the Lord it held its ground.

✞The heavens opened after the Lord was baptized, after He established the rite of baptism, made Jordan an illuminating womb and annulled our ledger of debt. Which means a new mystery was revealed.

✞The Father from the clouds said, “This is My hypostatic Son Whom I begot, love and in Whom I am worshipped as I dwell in Him” and by the Father’s Word/Logos, Who is hypostatic, He witnessed to Christ’s perfect incarnation. And the Holy Spirit descended in the form of a dove and rested upon Him. And He gripped Christ’s head. And by this, the oneness and Threeness of the Holy Trinity was revealed.

✞And when St. John received the great honor from which he would be called “the Baptist – Metmeqe Melekot – Baptizer of the Son Incarnate”, Jordan also became a holy river from which sonship would come from.

✞✞✞Saint John the Baptist✞✞✞
=>St. Luke in his Holy Gospel says [about the parents of John] “And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.”(Luke 1:6)

✞These, holy husband and wife, because they were barren, their age was far gone without bearing a child. According to the Tradition of the Church, the age of Elisabeth was 90 and Zacharias had reached 100.

✞Nonetheless, the Lord who saw their patience, sent the Angel of Annunciation, St. Gabriel, to give them [to annunciate the birth of] a great prophet, who was greater than men and about whom a prophecy was told (Isaiah 40.3/ Mal. 3.1).✞St. Zacharias, because he was a mortal and argued from joy, was made dumb. Nevertheless, Saint Elisabeth conceived the great man on Meskerem 26 (October 6) and concealed herself for 6 months.

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