14 Baramudah 1746
Readings for Holy Pascha
The Holy Pascha Week of our Good Saviour
Monday of the Holy Pascha Week
Season Pascha Week
Tune : Attribis
Strict Abstinence
Theme of the day : Bear fruits and have faith.
Verse of the Day : Mark 11:23
First Hour
Genesis 1:1-2:3Third Hour
Isaiah 5:20-30Sixth Hour
Exodus 32:7-15Ninth Hour
Genesis 2:15-3:24Eleventh Hour
Isaiah 50:1-3First Hour of Eve of Tuesday
Zechariah 1:1-6Sixth Hour of eve of Tuesday
Malachi 1:1-9Sixth Hour of eve of Tuesday
Hosea 4:15-5:7Ninth Hour of eve of Tuesday
Hosea 10:12-11:2Eleventh Hour of eve of Tuesday
Amos 5:6-14Synaxarium
Day 14 of the Blessed Coptic Month of Baramudah.
May God make it always received, year after year, with reassurance and tranquility, while our sins are forgiven by the tender mercies of our God my fathers and brothers. Amen.
The Fourteenth Day of the Blessed Month of Baramudah
Departure of the Holy Father Anba Maximus, the Fifteenth Pope of Alexandria
On this day, that coincides with the ninth of April, 282 A.D., the holy father Anba Maximus, 15th Pope of Alexandria, departed. This father was born in Alexandria from Christian parents who raised and educated him well. He excelled in the Greek language. Then he learned the doctrine of the church and was a man that feared God. Pope Heraclas, 13th Pope, ordained him deacon on the church of Alexandria. Then Pope Dionysius, 14th Pope, ordained him priest. Because of his advancement in virtues and knowledge, the fathers the bishops chose him for the Episcopal Chair after the departure of Pope Dionysius, and he was ordained on the twelfth of Hatur (November 9th., 264 A.D.). Shortly after his enthronement, he received a letter from the council of Antioch, which included the grounds for excommunicating Paul of Samosata and his followers. He read it to the priests of Alexandria and issued a letter and sent it along with the letter of the council to all the cities of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Nuba. This was to warn them from the heresy of Paul of Samosata, which was abolished by the death of this heretic. Pope Maximus fought and guarded his flock, confirmed them in the faith with sermons and admonitions for seventeen years and five days, then departed in peace.
May his prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen.