Sunday
3 Paremhat 1767
March 12, 2051
1st Sunday of Paremhat
Litany Season: Air and Fruits
Sunday before the Great Fast
Special Observance
The Sunday before the Great Fast is the last day before the beginning of Great Lent. The faithful prepare for the Lenten journey with readings that call to repentance and spiritual watchfulness.
Synaxarium
The Departure of St. Cosmas, the Fifty-Eighth Pope of Alexandria
On this day of the year 648 A.M. (27th of February 932 A.D.) the blessed father Anba Cosmas, the Fifty-Eighth Pope of Alexandria, departed.
The Martyrdom of St. Porphyry
On this day also St. Porphyry (Porphorius) was martyred. He was one of the most nobles of Banias, most charitable and caring for the poor.
The Departure of St. Hadid the priest
On this day also, the blessed father and the lover of God Anba Hadid the priest departed.