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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.