St. Demiana Coptic Orthodox Church

The Church This Month

2nd August (26th Abib)	The Repose of St. Joseph The Carpenter (Synaxarium; Arabic; Icon)
4th August (28th Abib)	The Departure of St. Mary Magdalene (Synaxarium; Arabic; First to See the Risen Christ; Response to Da Vinci Code; Icon)
7th August (1st Mesra)	Start of St. Mary's Fast (Pope Shenouda's Article)
13th August (7th Mesra)	The Annunciation of St. Joachim with the Birth of the Virgin Mary (Synaxarium; Arabic; Life of the Virgin St. Mary)
18th August (12th Mesra)	The Commemoration of Archangel Michael (Synaxarium; Arabic; Arabic Article; Pope Shenouda�s Book; Icons)
19th August (13th Mesra)	The Feast of Transfiguration of Our Lord (Synaxarium; Arabic; Bible Reference; Sermons about Transfiguration by Fr. Mina and Fr. Kyrillos; Icon )
22nd August (16th Mesra)	The Assumption of the Body of the Pure Virgin St. Mary (Synaxarium, Arabic; Her Life and Feasts in Synaxarium; Saint Mary in the Orthodox Concept; St. Mary Hymns and Songs; Pope Shenouda�s Book; Fr. Tadros Malaty�s Book; Apparition in El-Zeitoun; Apparition in Shubra; El-Baramus Monastery; El-Sourian Monastery; El-Muharraq Monastery; Doronka Monastery; The Hanging Church in Old Cairo; Icon)
27th August (21st Mesra)	The Commemoration of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of the Savior (Links above)
29th August (23rd Mesra)	The Martyrdom of Thirty Thousand Christians in Alexandria (Synaxarium; Arabic; Pope Dioscorus)