Aug 7 to Aug21, 2008
Mesore 1 to Mesore 15, 1724
The church celebrates the fast of Saint Mary from August 7 - 21 to commemorate the Dormition of her body to heaven.
Our Mother The Saint Virgin Mary
by: H.H. Pope Shenouda
There is no woman about whom the prophets prophesied, and about whom the Holy Bible cared, like the Virgin Mary.......There are numerous symbols about her in the Old Testament. In the New Testament also, there are her biography, her praise, and the miracles.
How many are the glorifying expressions and the contemplations, which were cited about the Virgin in the books of the fathers.........How full of praise are the surnames by which the Church calls her, and which
are inspired from the Spirit of the Holy Bible.......!
She is the mother of all of us, the lady of all of us, the pride of our kind, the queen at the right side of the King, the Virgin with perpetual virginity, the pure, the filled with grace, the saint Mary, the powerful and
helpful compassionate mother, the mother of the Light, the mother of mercy and salvation, the true vine.
Anba Abraam The Friend Of The Poor
