الصفحة الرئيسية
المواضيع الجديدة للصفحة الرئيسية
The life and martyrdom of Saint Abadir and Irai translated from the coptic text a new translation
Their feast day is September 25th according to the Gregorian calendar and October 8th or 9th according to the Coptic calendar.
The lives of the two great martyr saints, Abadir (also pronounced Aba-Tir, Aba being a Coptic word meaning father) and Irai Also pronounced (Eraee Herai Iraja) , (some sources mention her as Irene), his sister, from the original manuscripts, transcribed from the Coptic text. Their feast day of martyrdom falls on the 28th of Thout, corresponding to October 8-9.
The Book of martyrdom of the Noble Warrior, Martyr of our Lord Jesus Christ, Saint Abadir and his sister Irai, sons of Basilides, commander of the Roman Empire, who completed their martyrdom struggle on the twenty-eighth of the month of Thout, in the peace of God, Amen.
During the reign of the rebellious and apostate king Diocletian, he fashioned idols, the work of human hands, abandoning God who created hem. He gave the names of male gods to thirty-five idols and the names of female gods to another thirty-five idols. In his ignorance, he commanded that all people should worship them—rulers and commanders, lawyers and soldiers, bishops, priests, and deacons, men and women—in short, "everyone everywhere must sacrifice to my gods." (That's what he said)
At that time in Antioch there was a holy bishop of Roman origin. This bishop performed great miracles before King Diocletian. The name of that bishop was Theopampetus, and he was the first to advance to the battle of martyrdom. Because of his strength, courage, and true faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, when the crowd saw the miracles he performed, many endured the tortures and received the incorrupt crown of martyrdom.
The king had four commanders who were very highly regarded by him. These others also left everything they had and became martyrs. They left all their wealth and all their prestige, and made a good confession, they and all their servants.
(In Antioch also) was a son of Basilides named Abadir, which means beloved of God and men. His father, Basilides, was very rich according to this world. Abadir was the only son of his father and mother, who also had two daughters, the first named Irai and the younger Calonia. Basilides, Abadir's father, loved him very much because he had no other son besides him, and he asked the king to make him a commander in the court. Abadir was twenty-two years old when the king appointed him commander of the palace, and on that occasion his father Basilides made a great feast for the king and his dignitaries.
After that, Basilides, his father, lived another ten years before the persecution came, and he and all those who were with him became martyrs for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(And one day); Abadir was consulting with a friend his name is Socrates, and Socrates said to Abadir: “Behold, my brother, we have no father now, for your father Basilides has become like my father a martyr, leaving all his wealth. Let us now rise up and become martyrs for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, for here I am, unmarried, and neither are you, for my mother wanted to marry me to her niece, who also became a martyr with her father. Truly, the Lord does not want me to take a wife. So if you hear me, come, let us go and die for Christ; for it is good for us to accept suffering in this world for the name of Christ, so that we may receive the imperishable crown in heaven.
Then Abadir rejoiced and said to him, "I tell you, my brother Socrates, that I had a dream since my father Basilides died for Christ. It seemed to me that I had not slept at all; and behold, my father was wearing a royal robe. My eyes were dazzled by the light of his face and the splendor of the clothes he was wearing. I have not seen in the whole palace clothes like those of my father Basilides. He said with a face shining with joy, “Abadir, Abadir, do not look for the glory of this temporary world, but come to me to see the light that never fades. Ask God to show you His glory. I have come to you in these humble clothes so that you may be able to bear seeing it, because if I had appeared to you in the great glory of my Lord Jesus Christ, you would not have been able to bear to see it. Blessed is everyone who is worthy to die for the name of my Lord Jesus Christ.”
“Here I am, my brother, I have told you the vision so that we may give our hearts to God in this short time, so that we may gain in heaven the time that which never ends.” Socrates said to him, “Let me think about it, my brother.” Then he went and secretly told Abadir’s mother what Saint Abadir had told him. When Saint Abadir’s mother heard this, she grabbed her clothes and tore them, and his two sisters also grabbed their clothes and tore them, because he was the only son.
When Abadir came from the palace, his mother entered and fell to the ground before him, prostrating herself and weeping. Abadir said to her, "Why are you weeping, Mother?" She said to him, "I am weeping because of you, my son and the light of my eyes." Abadir realized that Socrates had revealed to his mother the matter that he had secretly agreed upon with him. He was deeply saddened by this, yet wanting to comfort his mother, he said to her, "I was only joking. Does a person does everything he says?" When his mother sat down, she said to him, "Swear to me." Abadir replied, "I just drank a small glass of wine. Let me rest a little, and when I come tomorrow, I will swear to you." So she left him. As for Abadir, he fell on his face to the ground and prayed before God, saying: “O my Lord Jesus Christ, whose eye sees and whose ear hears all who cry out to Him; hear me also, Your servant Abadir, so that Your help may reach me and save me. I ask you, my Lord, to make me worthy to be counted among your saints who died for your holy name, for you know, my Lord, my desire for you, since you are the one who searches hearts and minds.”
When he had said this, he lay down, and behold, the Savior came to him in the form of a king’s commander, and said to him with a face full of joy: “Peace (literally, rejoice) to you, Abadir; my blessed virgin (virgin man), listen to me so that I may tell you what will happen to you, and I will command my angels for you to protect you so that no power of the forces of darkness will be able to approach you. I know that you will die in my name, and you will not be called to die in my name in this city. “Rather, go to the region of Egypt, the place where I also sojourned for your salvation in my childhood, so that you may die there in my name. My angels, who have guided you from your youth, will guard you.” When the Savior had said this to him, he vanished. When Abadir awoke from the vision, he rejoiced and believed that God was with him.
His mother said to him: “O my son Abadir, swear to me so that my heart may be at ease, for I am distressed because of you.” So he swore to her, saying: “I will not say before Diocletian that I am a Christian.” When he swore to her, her heart was reassured, but Satan whispered to her with this thought: “He is deceiving you.” And she had four very strong slaves, and she made them always be with him wherever he went, and she ordered them, saying: “If you hear him arguing with Diocletian about martyrdom, seize him and bring him to me quickly.”
As for Abadir, he pondered the words that the Savior had spoken to him, and he said to himself: "How can I escape?"
When he went to the palace, he met Socrates and said to him mockingly: “What can I say to you, Socrates? The saying of our Savior in the Holy Gospels has been fulfilled for us: ‘This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.’ And also for the hypocrites: ‘They say but do not do.’ And now you are a stranger to me, and I am a stranger to you.”
Socrates was saddened by this and said to him, "I do not want you to die, my brother, but rather that we may remain together as friends." Abadir replied, "God knows those He has chosen, and if you knew the honor bestowed upon them, you would not call their death a death, but rather an eternal life."
Twenty-five days after the Savior appeared to Saint Abadir, he was not satisfied with bread or meat, but would taste a little food for the sake of those with whom he ate, because he practiced long (literally: great) fasts and countless prostrations. Likewise, he did many alms without his mother knowing, and he used to change his appearance at night and go to draw water to the road where strangers passed by.
One night, while he was drawing water, he became very tired and said to himself, "I am tired today." Then a voice came to him from heaven, saying, "O beloved Abadir, never despair, for I am with you in all your troubles, and I am counting all your steps. Yes, you are drawing water so that you may give me to drink." Then Saint Abadir rejoiced in the Lord in all the troubles he endured.
And it happened one night that the devil envied his perseverance in toil, so he jumped on him and threw the jar to the ground (literally: downwards) so that it became in two halves, and then a voice came to the saint saying: “Do not be sad, my beloved Abadir; rather, stretch out your hand to take the two halves of the broken jar and join them together so that it becomes as it was.” So Abadir took the broken pieces of the jar and marked it (literally: sealed it) with the sign of the holy cross. And immediately it returned to its previous state. And when he came to his house he said to the doorman: “The place where you put the jar every day is not suitable, but put it in a holy place.” So the doorman obeyed him in fear.
Eight months after the Savior appeared to Saint Abadir, while he was sleeping in his room, his sister came to him at midnight and knocked on his door. When he opened it, she fell to the ground before him, saying, “Listen to me, my brother, so that I may tell you about this dream that I saw.” and she was trembling.
Abadir said to her, "What did you see, my sister Irai?" She said to him, "It happened to me while I was sleeping this night, that I raised my eyes upwards and saw my father Basilides, and you were walking beside his right, and a girl was walking with you both, clothed in great glory." My father said to me, "My daughter Irai," and it was as if he had never died. I ran to him, wanting to embrace him, and he said to me, "you are not worthy to necking me now, but if you obey me and your brother, you will not only necking me, but you will necking the Lord of all, my Lord Jesus Christ." I said to him, "I will never disobey my brother." Then he took my hand and gave it to you, saying, "Behold, I entrust my daughter into your hands; do not abandon her, for she is your deposit and your inheritance." So I said to him: “Who is this very beautiful little girl who is walking with you?!” She said to me: “I am Irai (the martyr Mahrael) from Tamouh.” Then I woke up from the dream and did not tell my mother or my sister about it until I told you first, because you are the one to whom I was delivered in the vision.”
Then Abadir said to her: “Well, my sister; rather, in all that happens to us we should glorify God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Then Saint Abadir blessed God, saying: “Jesus is my Savior… Jesus is my glory… Jesus is my apparel… Jesus is my crown… Jesus is my resurrection… Jesus is my strength… Jesus loves the souls that cling to Him. By Your goodness, draw us up with you.” "And now, my sister, do not tell anyone about the vision; not your sister, nor your mother, nor any of the slaves at all. Our memory is with God, who wants to draw us into his eternal kingdom. Yes, my sister; since you have been handed over to me in the vision, you must listen to me as you have been commanded."
Then Irai wept and said to him, “My dear brother, have I ever disobeyed you?” Abadir said to her, “Obedience to this world is one thing, but obedience to my Lord Jesus Christ is something much better. If you will obey me when I go through severe torment, then you will follow me when I reach the rest prepared for me to be with you.” Irai replied, "I will not disobey you, my brother and master, even if it costs me my life." When he said this to her, he intended to test her to see if she would accept joining the struggle or not. He also told her, "Go; tell no one, but pray constantly, saying, 'My Lord Jesus Christ, remember me in your love and do not forsake me.'"
On the night of the Holy Sunday (literally: the night of the Lord's Day), our Savior Jesus came to him, and the whole room was filled with light, so Abadir arose. When he saw the light, he said, "My Lord Jesus Christ, I know the glory of your divinity. You have come to me, my Lord." And then a voice came to him from the light, saying, "Peace (literally: Rejoice), beloved Abadir. The time for sowing has passed; now is the time for reaping." Now go out to sea, you and your sister, and you will find a ship sailing to Alexandria. Go with it. Be strong and courageous, Abadir, for my Father has already written your names in the Book of Life.” When the Savior had said this, he disappeared from his sight.
When the light dawned, Abadir got up and woke his sister Irai, and they went out to the port where they found the ship raising the scaffolding (i.e., at the last moment before departure), and they spoke with the captain and boarded the ship, with the Lord guiding them. After seven days, they arrived in Alexandria and stayed at an inn in the city.
It happened that while he was walking in the streets, a soldier met him, recognized him, and said to him: “You are lord Abadir, the great commander of the king who is stationed at the royal court!” So Abadir smiled and said to the soldier: “Many others have also told me that you resemble Abadir.” The soldier said to him, "I also said that he would never come to this city in such humble attire, nor would he leave the king to come here. And if he did come to this city, the whole city would tremble because of his high standing (literally: because of his worthiness)." Abadir said to him, "Where do I find the dignity of that man? I am but a poor man." The man said to him: "Indeed, If it hadn't been for your humble attire, I would swear that you were my master, Abadir."
Then Abadir left that street and went to another street in the city.
And it happened that when Abadir left the capital (literally: the city of the king), King Diocletian searched for him but could not find him. As for his mother, she tore her clothes and wept for him, saying: “O Abadir, my son and the light of my eyes; how could I not let you be martyred in your home, so that I might find your body and entrust it to my house to be comforted.” She did not stop crying day and night. But her husband Basilides came to her in a vision one night and comforted her. A few days after Saint Abadir left his home, it happened that a brave young lawyer named Constantine, whom the king loved very much, hurried to the king and asked him for Abadir's sister so that he might give her to him for marriage. But her mother did not agree to that, saying: “My son Abadir is not here, and his sister Irai has emigrated with him. As for his other sister, Kalonia, I will never give her to a man, but I will keep her in my house to be my comfort until the day of my death.” When Constantine heard this, he was very sad, as was the king. So the king summoned the commander Romanus, the father of Saint Victor, and said to him: “I know that you love me more than a wife, son, or brother. Constantine asked Calonia, the sister of Abadir, for marriage, but her mother did not agree. Therefore, I see that your sister will never disobey you.”
As for Romanus the wicked, he was lame and could not walk on his feet, so he made them lift him up and carry him on a sedan chair to the house of Abadir's mother - because this matter was from God - and he took hold of the hand of Calonia, the sister of Saint Abadir, and gave her to Constantine as a wife, and Calonia became Constantine's wife until the day when the Lord struck Diocletian so that Constantine might reign in his place.
After that; while Abadir was in Alexandria with his sister, she said to him: “O my brother, what should we do in this place or what should we ask for?” Abadir said to her: “We ask for eternal life!” She also said to him, "What is eternal life?" He said to her, "If we go to the place of the woman you saw in the vision, she will teach us the way of eternal life."
So Abadir arose and left Alexandria, pondering, "Where is Mother Irai in relation to that place?" He kept saying, "Will God forget us in the place of our foreignness? My Lord Jesus Christ told me, 'I will tell you what will happen to you in the city of Alexandria.'" While the blessed Abadir was praying, his body had no strength left for the ascetic practices he was undertaking. Then the place where he was standing was completely illuminated, and he saw a hand from the midst of the light pointing at him. He followed it and went out to wake his sister, but the Savior did not allow him to do so, but said to him, "Do not disturb her now." So he went out, trembling because of the voice that was following him. The Savior said to him: “Listen to me; get up so that you and your sister may go to the south of Egypt, for that place has already been blessed by my Father. Go along the beach of the river, and after five days you will reach Tarnut (now called Tarana in the Beheira Governorate), where you will cross the river. Then go south from that place to reach the fortress of Babylon, where you will ask for Abakragun (al-Batnuni), the monk from Banwan, and he will teach you the good struggle.
After that you will go south to a village called Bishnaila - a village of the city of Ashmounin, the place where I also became a guest with Mary my mother and Joseph. Do not grieve, for I also have been a stranger, I your Lord - where you will meet a man named Samuel. When you reach his village, he will love you, and he is the one who will lead you to the place of Arianus the governor. That man is the one who will cover your bodies because he is merciful. He goes to Antinoe and clothes the naked saints. I will give that village your body, which I will make a multitude of angels serve, because you left everything for my name. Go in peace, my peace be with you.
The village where your bodies will be laid will never experience distress or danger. Those who will write the book of your martyrdom and the sufferings you will endure for my name, I will write their names in the Book of Life. They will never experience pain in this world, and there will never be a leper or a blind person in their house. And if there are very sinful people in this world who, on your memorial day, are concerned with offering a book for reading prayers, or an offering, or wine, or incense, or a vessel, or oil for your holy place, I will forgive their sins and give them to you freely. And if someone gives water freely to the thirsty on your memorial day, I will forgive their sins and give it to you freely.”
When the Savior spoke these words to Saint Abadir, he forgot his suffering and his foreignness. Then he and his sister rose at dawn and arrived at Tarnut at the end of the fifth day. When they crossed the river, they traveled south to the fortress of Babylon and found Saint Apakragon the Benwani. When he saw Saint Abadir, he prostrated himself before him, saying, Well, you have come, my lord, O pillar of Antioch, commander (i.e., army commander) of Christ. Blessed are you more than any man, for my Lord Jesus Christ told me that you would come to me today, and I rejoiced greatly. Take courage, my lord brother, and never think, "I have left my possessions and my kingdom." The kingdom of this world lasts but an hour, while the kingdom of heaven is forever. Don't submit to the governor when he tries to frighten you, and do not look to the judge's tribune, for Christ is with you. What sufferings have befallen me, but my Lord Jesus has strengthened me, and in the end, I know that I will complete my martyrdom before you. Go in peace, and the Lord be with you.
When Saint Abadir heard these words, he said, "Let the Lord's will be done." Then, after they (saint abadir and apakragon) embracing one another, Abadir began his journey with his younger sister, and they came to Tamuh in Memphis. They went to the place of mother Irai, and prostrated themselves upon her body. When the gatekeeper saw them, he was alarmed, thinking they would plunder the place. He wanted to strike them to drive them away, but immediately his hand went as hard as stone, and he didn't know what to do. He cried out, weeping, "Forgive me, my lords, for I have sinned against you unknowingly." He approached to bow down before them, but he could not kneel. Saint Abadir then asked Mother Irai, "Forgive him." Then the holy martyr Ama Irai replied, saying: “Leave me to discipline him, O leader of Christ, because he treats harshly all those who come to honor my body. If someone gives him something, he welcomes him, otherwise he drives him away.”
Saint Abadir related all this to Aba Amun the administrator (the administrator of the place), who testified that the gatekeeper had indeed been doing this.
Then (the saint) healed the doorman who bowed down to them, saying: “My lords, from where are you?” They said to him: “We are strangers. When we heard about Ama Irai, we came to receive her blessing and to honor her body.” Abba Amun the administrator took them to his house for two days, showed them love, and then sent them off, thanking God.
(As for) Irai, she said to her brother Abadir: “My dear brother, you have seen these great wonders that God performs with His saints. If you hear me, let us stay in this place near the body of this martyr of Christ.” Her brother said to her, "It is not so, but let us also go and die in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." She said, "You have the authority, my brother." And Abadir said to her, "This is Ama Irai, whom you saw in Antioch." And Abadir was teaching his sister the words of life that the Savior had spoken to him in Alexandria.
Eight days later, as they were walking south, they reached the village that the Lord had told him about, and they met a man who was coming from Antinoe. Saint Abadir said to him, “What is this village, good brother?” The man said to him, “This is Bishnila.” Then Abadir asked him again, "Can we reach Antinoe at this time?" The man replied, "No, my brother, but come to the village and rest until morning." Abadir asked him, "Are you Samuel?" He said, "Yes, I am. How did you recognize me?" Abadir said to him, "The Lord revealed your name to me in Alexandria." The man said, "Who am I that my name should come from the mouth of the Savior!"
Samuel was overjoyed and led them to his house, where he served them. He pleaded with Abadir, saying, "Tell me everything that happened to you." So he told him. Samuel then bowed down to Saint Abadir, saying, "Who am I that the leader of Christ and his sister should enter my house?"
And it happened a few days after they had stayed at Samuel’s house, that he got up and walked ahead of them until they entered Antinoe with him, and they went to the house that he had taken (for their stay).
The next day, when the light shone, they went joyfully to the court, and found the governor listening to a hermit monk, Abba Paphnutius of Dandara. Irai said to her brother: “If we go up to the tribune, what will I say? I don’t know how to speak because I am young.” Abadir said to her, “Do not be afraid, my sister, but if we go up to the tribune, let us shout that we are Christians who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ publicly, and He is the one who will give us strength in all adversities, because we have put our trust in His holy name, for He says in His holy Gospels, ‘It is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit who will speak through you.’”
And Samuel followed them, encouraging them. When they reached the platform, they shouted, "We are openly Christians!" So they seized them and brought them before the governor.
The governor said to Abadir in Egyptian, "Offer a sacrifice to the gods, and do not die a wretched death." Abadir replied in the language of the scholars (that is, Greek), saying, "Hurry and pass judgment on us, and let us go to our work." The governor was astonished because the young man was full of wisdom. He said to him, "Where are you from, and what is your name?" Abadir replied, "Why do you ask my name? What we have come for it is what we ask of you."
Abadir did not want to tell him his name, lest he know that he was a man of the royal court, and therefore, he does not pass judgment on him.
The governor said to him again: “Sacrifice and do not die in misery.” Abadir said to him: “I will not sacrifice, I am a Christian.” So the governor ordered that he be hung on the breaking wheel ( wheel of swords / Hemetarim) to be tortured. Abadir said: “O my Lord Jesus Christ, help me and (look upon) the weakness of my foreignness.”
And when his sister saw him being tortured, her heart trembled and (it was) as if her soul wanted to leave her at once. The governor thought that her mind had changed, so he struck her on her back, saying: “Look, my daughter, at what they have done to your brother. Now you must sacrifice so that I may release you.” The blessed one said to him: “I will not sacrifice. Do with me as you wish, for my body is in your hands, but my soul is in the hands of my Lord Jesus Christ.”
At that time, a soldier of the governor named John was standing there. He saw Irai's beautiful appearance and desired to humiliate her. He said to the governor, "Give me this girl so that I may take her to my house, and I will persuade her to sacrifice. Do not harm her body with torture." He spoke to the governor in this way in the Egyptian (Coptic) language, and the governor gave her to him.
The soldier seized her hand and led her to a brothel, intending to humiliate her and deflower her. Two wicked women, one named Stephanieh and the other Tafsira, lay down beside him (perhaps the correct word is: beside her), and they began to deceive the virgin with their lewd and vain words. When the pure girl realized that they intended to humiliate her, she cried out at once: “O Lord Jesus Christ, help me in this dire hour.”
While she was saying this, the Lord struck John the soldier in both his eyes, and the two wicked women became like stones, unable to move to one side or the other. As for the pure virgin, when she escaped from their hands, she went out and went to the governor's house looking for her brother, but she found that the governor had left after throwing her brother into prison. When she entered the prison, she told her brother everything that had happened to her and how the Lord had saved her. So (Abadir) rejoiced greatly and said to her: “I believe, my sister, that the Lord never abandons us in all our afflictions.”
And the saints who were in prison, namely, Abba Colluthus the physician, the priest of Antinoe; Abba Ishaq al-Dafrawi; Abba Paphnuti al-Dandrawi; Abba Shamoul of Tarfiya; Abba Simeon al-Ramli; Sisinius al-Tantawi; and Tadros al-Shatbi, And Moses of Sebennytos, Philotheus of Behnsa, Macarius of Fayoum, Maximus of Ausimi, Macroni of Tuna, Shenouda of Basta, Simeon of Qaw, Ptolemy the son of the governor, Thomas of Tanbaza, and all the (other) imprisoned saints all rose up and praised the Lord.
And Saint Abadir was chanting the phrase to them, saying, "Bless the Lord, all you saints of the Lord, Amen." And the saints would respond to each phrase by saying, "Amen, Alleluia." (And he also said): “Bless the Lord, O heavens, Amen. Bless the Lord, all you angels, Amen. Bless the Lord, all you hosts of the Lord, Amen. Bless the Lord, O true Israel, Amen. Bless the Lord, O priests of the Lord, Amen. Bless the Lord, O servants of the Lord. Bless the Lord, O spirits and souls of the righteous, Amen.” Bless the Lord, all you martyrs of the Lord, Amen. Jesus is our helper, Amen. Jesus is our hope, Amen. Jesus is our protector, Amen. O Lord Jesus, look upon your servants so that they may complete their struggle, Amen.
When the light shone, the soldiers came in search of Saint Abadir. When they saw his sister, they were very surprised and said to her: "Who let you come here?" She said to them: "The one who guided me since I left my country is the one who saved me from John the soldier."
Then they were brought before the court, and Samuel followed them and wrote down everything that happened to them. The governor said to him (Abadir): “Did your heart allow you to offer sacrifice to the gods?” Saint Abadir said to him: “This will never happen from me, that I should offer sacrifice to idols.” The governor said to him, "Go and examine your situation thoroughly." Saint Abadir replied, "I have already examined myself before coming here to you." The governor asked him, "Are you speaking about yourself alone, or about yourself and your sister?" The blessed one replied, "My sister and I are one."
The governor asked about John the soldier, and they told him: "He is at home, suffering from blindness in both eyes." The governor said: "Seize him and bring him here." When they brought him in, he cried out, saying: “One (and no other) is God, the God of Saint Abadir and his sister Irai. It has been said, ‘Do not do evil, lest evil befall you.’ I intended to do evil, and evil came to me. I believe in the God of Saint Abadir, who did not count my sins against me to destroy me, but I intended to do evil to his servant Irai, and good came to me through the discipline of salvation with which he disciplined me, the sinner.”
While he was saying this, the two prostitutes came shouting, “We are publicly Christians!” Then they entered and bowed down to Irai and cried out, “Blessed are you, O holy one, and blessed is the hour when you came to this land!” The governor said to them, “What happened to you?” They said to him, “What happened to us is none of your business.” So the governor ordered that they be thrown into prison until the next day.
The next day he ordered that Abadir be brought to him, and the governor said to him: “Let us stay (literally: sit , and the intended meaning is: do not let us spend a long time here in your trial) in this place because of you.” The saint said to him: “I told you before that I will not offer a sacrifice.” The governor ordered that sixty-two long nails be brought and driven into bundles of reeds (a plant similar to bamboo) to be heated by fire. He also ordered that a boat rope be brought so that Saint Abadir could be tied up and hung high, and then dropped onto the burning nails. When they pulled him twice, his intestines spilled out of his stomach and he breathed his last. The governor ordered that his body be taken to the wilderness for the wild beasts. As for the blessed Irai, he had her thrown into prison.
After the soldiers threw the body of Saint Abadir onto the mountain and left, the Lord Jesus came immediately from heaven, raised him up, kissed him, and gave him His peace, then ascended to heaven. Saint Abadir got up and ran after the soldiers, shouting, “Wait for me until I catch up with you!” When he entered the city, the crowds saw him and shouted, “We are Christians publicly, belonging to the God of Saint Abadir!” The governor issued his decree to execute them, so their heads were taken and they received crowns of glory. They were four hundred and forty-five souls, on the ninth day of the month of Abib (16 july), in the peace of Amen.
The governor returned and said to Saint Abadir, "You see the souls that have died because of you. Now you must offer the sacrifice and not die a wretched death." Saint Abadir replied, "You immoral man, one word is enough for you." The governor became very angry, so he had them bring a copper bull and place Saint Abadir inside it and burn it for three days. After that, he said, "Take the ashes of that miserable man and throw them into the river."
While the governor was saying these words, the bull split open in the middle and spewed forth gushing water that reached even the middle of the soldiers and the people who were in the scene. Every place where the water fell was afflicted with leprosy, and they all cried out: “O martyr of Christ, help us, and do not destroy our bodies with this bad water, for we have heard that your God is forgiving.” Then the saint said to them, “Do you believe with all your hearts in our Lord Jesus Christ?” They all cried out with one voice, “We believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God, the God of Saint Abadir.” Then the saint said to the copper bull, “That is enough for you. Open your mouth and drink your water.” Then he took some water, blessed it in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and sprinkled it on the crowd, and they were cleansed from leprosy at once. And the crowd raised stones and threw them at the governor, so the soldiers drew their swords and used them against the crowd from the time of the sixth hour until the ninth hour, and they completed their struggle on the tenth day of Mesra (16 august).
Then the governor ordered that Abadir and his sister be hung on the wheel of swords to be tortured. As for the blessed virgin Irai, she suffered greatly and said to Saint Abadir: “My brother, my strength gave out and I suffered greatly.” The saint said to her: “Be courageous, my sister, so that you may receive the lasting crown in heaven. Be a prayerful person to the Lord and He will help you.”
And Saint Abadir prayed with insistence for his sister. Then Michael the Archangel descended from heaven and carried her to the heavenly Jerusalem, showing her her home, her crown, her throne, and the throne of her brother. The soldiers ceased tearing at her body and said to the governor, "We have stopped torturing her like one who tortures a piece of wood that feels nothing." So the governor made them lay her body on the ground, thinking she was dead.
And her brother wept for her from above of (top of) the wheel of swords, saying, "I bid you farewell, my sister, until I see you in the Kingdom of Heaven." Then the governor said to Abadir, "I ask you not to destroy your body with tortures, for I pity you because of your wisdom and knowledge. Truly, if you obey me, I will make you a counselor for the region of Egypt and send you to Samannud to make you its governor." The saint replied, "Let one word suffice: I will not offer a sacrifice to idols."
And it happened while they were talking, that Abba Paphnutius, the monk of Dendera, came leading some of the young boys (the biography of Saint Paphnutius of Dendera states that the number of these boys was twelve) to martyrdom. When the governor saw him, he sighed with a sound from his nose, saying: “By the right of Heracles (a pagan god); I have suffered at the hands of the Christians, and even more so from this short monk Paphnutius, but I will exile him to Antioch where the king is.” And he made them take him to prison until he wrote down what he said or did in court.
After these things, while they were preparing for Abba Paphnutius to go and be led to Diocletian, Abba Paphnutius went to visit the saints who were in prisons and to embrace them. And it happened while he was embracing Saint Abadir and kissing him; he said to him: “I bid you farewell, my brother, because I am going to be sent to Antioch, the capital.” Saint Abadir said to Abba Paphnuti: “Wait for me, my brother, until I write to you this short letter. When you are thrown into prison, give it to Philopater (not Saint Philopater Mercurius Abu Sefein), the prison gatekeeper, so that he will love you, because he is one of the sons of my house since he was young.” Then Abba Paphnutius said to him, "I ask you, my brother, to write to him so that he may show me kindness by covering my body until he sends it to Egypt." So Saint Abadir wrote a letter to Philopater, saying: In the name of my Lord Jesus Christ, I greet with the longing of my heart the honored member, my partner in the Lord, from whom I have never been separated since my childhood, for whom three crowns have been prepared in heaven without the shedding of blood. May my Lord Jesus Christ be with you all your days and grant you strength and comfort until the day of your departure. And now... I tell you about this great planet, Abba Paphnutius of dandera; If he meets you with this message from me, stay close to him, and write down the sufferings he will accept. And if it happens that the king issues a sentence against him, you should be the one to cover his holy body until you send him to Egypt by the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the God of all may he support you and save you from the evil sentence; (I wish) salvation to you by the power of the Lord.” Then he closed the letter and handed it to Saint Abba Paphnutius. When they embraced each other, the soldiers went out, dragging Abba Paphnutius to present him before the king.
While Saint Abadir was praying, our Savior the Lord Jesus appeared to him and said: “Rejoice, my chosen one, Saint Abadir the Virgin, be courageous in all your sufferings, for there are still six days until you complete your martyrdom.” Then Abadir said to him: “My Lord and my God; there is a question I ask of you.” The Savior said to him: “My chosen one, Abadir; I swear by myself that whatever you ask of me I will give you.” Abadir said to him: “I ask that I not be judged on the day of the repose (martyrdom) of one of the martyrs.” The Savior said to him: “Let it be so.”
And It happened that when the governor issued the sentence against Apa Colluthus, the priest of Antinoe, he sent for the blessed Abadir to the prison to pronounce the sentence. While he was praying, he saw in the air multitudes of martyrs, those who had reached perfection and received the crowns, calling out to him in the air, saying: O beloved leader of Christ, take heart, for the end of your struggle is near." When the saint saw them, he prayed to the Lord, saying, "Let this hour pass for me (meaning, let my life end with the end of this hour)." As for the soldiers, they were trembling when they heard the martyrs speaking among themselves.
Then the governor summoned Abadir and said to him, "I adjure you by Jesus Christ to tell me your name, what you are called, and where you are from?" The saint replied, "Swear to me that if I tell you my name, you will pronounce judgment upon me." So the governor swore to him. The blessed one said: “I am Abadir, the king’s commander, whose name was written to you in Egypt, you and your colleague the duke.” When the governor heard this, he trembled greatly and said to Saint Abadir: “Woe to me, my lord, may my soul live before you, for I will not live anymore, but I will die.” The saint said to him: “O Ariana, do not be afraid, nor break your oath, but rather pronounce judgment upon us, for I see two angels standing beside you, one an angel of light, and the other an angel of darkness. But the angel of light has not yet approached you, but after I have completed my martyrdom, the king will send for me, and as soon as you return to the Lord, the king will seek you with great anger, and you will become a martyr because a crown has already been prepared for you in heaven.” "Behold, Saint Philemon is in prison; he will teach you about struggle."
When the governor, Arianus, heard these words from him, he passed judgment. At that moment, his noble sister, Irai, suddenly jumped up and said to the governor, "O martyr of Christ, pass judgment on us, for we are your brothers in martyrdom (literally: your martyred brothers). Behold, the struggle has drawn near to you as it has to us." When he heard this, he immediately passed judgment on them both, and Samuel asked the governor to give him the bodies of the martyrs.
Then they led the saints away to be beheaded with the sword. A great multitude went with them, and many fine garments were brought to be spread under them. Bread and food were also brought, and they were encouraged to eat. Saint Irae said to them, “Very well, my brothers; may my Lord Jesus give you your reward in heavenly Jerusalem. Blessed are all who die in the name of our Lord Jesus. Listen to me so that I may tell you about heavenly blessings. Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, for the good things He has prepared for those who love Him are abundant.” Then the whole congregation kissed her head. And they said to one another, “Look at the wisdom of this little girl. She went to heavenly Jerusalem and spent fifteen days there, and then she came back to the world in the flesh.”
Then the saints stretched out their hands and prayed, saying: “O Lord God Almighty, grant us our request, that we may see our fathers in the flesh before we depart from this world.” While they were praying, an earthquake (literally: earthquakes) occurred with darkness, so that the crowd that was walking with them became like dead men. And behold, Basilides his father came, and Saint Justus and Theoclia his wife, and Apoli the son of Justus, the brother of Basilides, and Saint Apa Victor, the son of Romanus, their brother. These appeared to Abadir and embraced him and his sister, and Abba Victor said to Abadir: “My beloved brother, why are you sad?! Is it because you have parted from your fathers?! Are you better than me? But bless my Lord Jesus Christ. Come and dwell in the heavenly Jerusalem with us, the holy race.” Blessed are we, for we have forsaken the kingdoms of this fleeting world for the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our Lord Jesus Christ has given us the kingdom of heaven forever.”
While they were talking together, our Lord Jesus Christ, our good Savior, appeared to them and embraced them. Then He said to Abadir, "Come from death to eternal life." After that, the Savior raised the crowd who had died from trembling. When they saw the glory of Christ and His martyrs, they all cried out with one voice, "We are Christians publicly!" So they informed the governor about them, and he ordered that their heads be cut off on the twenty-seventh of the month of Thout (corresponding to October 7-8).
Then Saint Justus, Abadir's uncle, approached him and embraced him, saying, "Well done, my dear friend, for you have followed my example of struggle. Well done, beloved of Jesus Christ."
Then Saint Abadir turned to Samuel and said, "Remember, Samuel, the deposit I entrusted to you." Samuel replied, "God is witness between you and me." Saint Abadir then said to Samuel, "The hour is near."
Then he rose and prostrated himself before the Lord, saying, “My Lord, You know that I have been away from my home and my family for this very hour. I ask you, my Lord, to accept my soul at this opportune time.” The Savior replied, “Blessed is everyone who prostrates himself before your holy body. If anyone is in distress, whether at sea or in rivers, and prays, ‘O God of Saint Abadir and his sister Irai, help me,’ I will answer him swiftly for your sake.” And whoever offers an offering to your place, I will give to him in the heavenly Jerusalem.”
When Saint Abadir heard these words, he said to the soldiers, "Take my sister's head before mine." And the whole crowd cried out, "Remember us, our holy father!" Then they went and brought pure wine, and they pleaded with the soldier to let the saint (Irai) drink it, and they gave him three coins, saying, "One cup is enough for her." So Saint Irai stretched out her neck and they cut off her head. As for Saint Abadir, he handed over her body to Samuel, saying to him: “Remember the deposit I entrusted to you.” After that, he raised his eyes upwards towards heaven, blessed God, and made the sign of the cross over himself, and stretched out his neck, so his holy head was removed on the twenty-eighth of the month of Thout.
And Samuel took the bodies of the saints and moved them to his village of Bishnila. Every place where the bodies of the saints were placed emitted the scent of incense. The number of those who were martyred with Saint Abadir was three thousand six hundred and eighty-five souls.
I, Samuel, from the people of Bishneila, have bear witness to this martyrdom.
I,Isaac, the chief deacon, bear witness to this martyrdom.
He (i.e god) from whom glory is due...
The lives of the two great martyr saints, Abadir (also pronounced Aba-Tir, Aba being a Coptic word meaning father) and Irai Also pronounced (Eraee Herai Iraja) , (some sources mention her as Irene), his sister, from the original manuscripts, transcribed from the Coptic text. Their feast day of martyrdom falls on the 28th of Thout, corresponding to October 8-9.
The Book of martyrdom of the Noble Warrior, Martyr of our Lord Jesus Christ, Saint Abadir and his sister Irai, sons of Basilides, commander of the Roman Empire, who completed their martyrdom struggle on the twenty-eighth of the month of Thout, in the peace of God, Amen.
During the reign of the rebellious and apostate king Diocletian, he fashioned idols, the work of human hands, abandoning God who created hem. He gave the names of male gods to thirty-five idols and the names of female gods to another thirty-five idols. In his ignorance, he commanded that all people should worship them—rulers and commanders, lawyers and soldiers, bishops, priests, and deacons, men and women—in short, "everyone everywhere must sacrifice to my gods." (That's what he said)
At that time in Antioch there was a holy bishop of Roman origin. This bishop performed great miracles before King Diocletian. The name of that bishop was Theopampetus, and he was the first to advance to the battle of martyrdom. Because of his strength, courage, and true faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, when the crowd saw the miracles he performed, many endured the tortures and received the incorrupt crown of martyrdom.
The king had four commanders who were very highly regarded by him. These others also left everything they had and became martyrs. They left all their wealth and all their prestige, and made a good confession, they and all their servants.
(In Antioch also) was a son of Basilides named Abadir, which means beloved of God and men. His father, Basilides, was very rich according to this world. Abadir was the only son of his father and mother, who also had two daughters, the first named Irai and the younger Calonia. Basilides, Abadir's father, loved him very much because he had no other son besides him, and he asked the king to make him a commander in the court. Abadir was twenty-two years old when the king appointed him commander of the palace, and on that occasion his father Basilides made a great feast for the king and his dignitaries.
After that, Basilides, his father, lived another ten years before the persecution came, and he and all those who were with him became martyrs for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(And one day); Abadir was consulting with a friend his name is Socrates, and Socrates said to Abadir: “Behold, my brother, we have no father now, for your father Basilides has become like my father a martyr, leaving all his wealth. Let us now rise up and become martyrs for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, for here I am, unmarried, and neither are you, for my mother wanted to marry me to her niece, who also became a martyr with her father. Truly, the Lord does not want me to take a wife. So if you hear me, come, let us go and die for Christ; for it is good for us to accept suffering in this world for the name of Christ, so that we may receive the imperishable crown in heaven.
Then Abadir rejoiced and said to him, "I tell you, my brother Socrates, that I had a dream since my father Basilides died for Christ. It seemed to me that I had not slept at all; and behold, my father was wearing a royal robe. My eyes were dazzled by the light of his face and the splendor of the clothes he was wearing. I have not seen in the whole palace clothes like those of my father Basilides. He said with a face shining with joy, “Abadir, Abadir, do not look for the glory of this temporary world, but come to me to see the light that never fades. Ask God to show you His glory. I have come to you in these humble clothes so that you may be able to bear seeing it, because if I had appeared to you in the great glory of my Lord Jesus Christ, you would not have been able to bear to see it. Blessed is everyone who is worthy to die for the name of my Lord Jesus Christ.”
“Here I am, my brother, I have told you the vision so that we may give our hearts to God in this short time, so that we may gain in heaven the time that which never ends.” Socrates said to him, “Let me think about it, my brother.” Then he went and secretly told Abadir’s mother what Saint Abadir had told him. When Saint Abadir’s mother heard this, she grabbed her clothes and tore them, and his two sisters also grabbed their clothes and tore them, because he was the only son.
When Abadir came from the palace, his mother entered and fell to the ground before him, prostrating herself and weeping. Abadir said to her, "Why are you weeping, Mother?" She said to him, "I am weeping because of you, my son and the light of my eyes." Abadir realized that Socrates had revealed to his mother the matter that he had secretly agreed upon with him. He was deeply saddened by this, yet wanting to comfort his mother, he said to her, "I was only joking. Does a person does everything he says?" When his mother sat down, she said to him, "Swear to me." Abadir replied, "I just drank a small glass of wine. Let me rest a little, and when I come tomorrow, I will swear to you." So she left him. As for Abadir, he fell on his face to the ground and prayed before God, saying: “O my Lord Jesus Christ, whose eye sees and whose ear hears all who cry out to Him; hear me also, Your servant Abadir, so that Your help may reach me and save me. I ask you, my Lord, to make me worthy to be counted among your saints who died for your holy name, for you know, my Lord, my desire for you, since you are the one who searches hearts and minds.”
When he had said this, he lay down, and behold, the Savior came to him in the form of a king’s commander, and said to him with a face full of joy: “Peace (literally, rejoice) to you, Abadir; my blessed virgin (virgin man), listen to me so that I may tell you what will happen to you, and I will command my angels for you to protect you so that no power of the forces of darkness will be able to approach you. I know that you will die in my name, and you will not be called to die in my name in this city. “Rather, go to the region of Egypt, the place where I also sojourned for your salvation in my childhood, so that you may die there in my name. My angels, who have guided you from your youth, will guard you.” When the Savior had said this to him, he vanished. When Abadir awoke from the vision, he rejoiced and believed that God was with him.
His mother said to him: “O my son Abadir, swear to me so that my heart may be at ease, for I am distressed because of you.” So he swore to her, saying: “I will not say before Diocletian that I am a Christian.” When he swore to her, her heart was reassured, but Satan whispered to her with this thought: “He is deceiving you.” And she had four very strong slaves, and she made them always be with him wherever he went, and she ordered them, saying: “If you hear him arguing with Diocletian about martyrdom, seize him and bring him to me quickly.”
As for Abadir, he pondered the words that the Savior had spoken to him, and he said to himself: "How can I escape?"
When he went to the palace, he met Socrates and said to him mockingly: “What can I say to you, Socrates? The saying of our Savior in the Holy Gospels has been fulfilled for us: ‘This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.’ And also for the hypocrites: ‘They say but do not do.’ And now you are a stranger to me, and I am a stranger to you.”
Socrates was saddened by this and said to him, "I do not want you to die, my brother, but rather that we may remain together as friends." Abadir replied, "God knows those He has chosen, and if you knew the honor bestowed upon them, you would not call their death a death, but rather an eternal life."
Twenty-five days after the Savior appeared to Saint Abadir, he was not satisfied with bread or meat, but would taste a little food for the sake of those with whom he ate, because he practiced long (literally: great) fasts and countless prostrations. Likewise, he did many alms without his mother knowing, and he used to change his appearance at night and go to draw water to the road where strangers passed by.
One night, while he was drawing water, he became very tired and said to himself, "I am tired today." Then a voice came to him from heaven, saying, "O beloved Abadir, never despair, for I am with you in all your troubles, and I am counting all your steps. Yes, you are drawing water so that you may give me to drink." Then Saint Abadir rejoiced in the Lord in all the troubles he endured.
And it happened one night that the devil envied his perseverance in toil, so he jumped on him and threw the jar to the ground (literally: downwards) so that it became in two halves, and then a voice came to the saint saying: “Do not be sad, my beloved Abadir; rather, stretch out your hand to take the two halves of the broken jar and join them together so that it becomes as it was.” So Abadir took the broken pieces of the jar and marked it (literally: sealed it) with the sign of the holy cross. And immediately it returned to its previous state. And when he came to his house he said to the doorman: “The place where you put the jar every day is not suitable, but put it in a holy place.” So the doorman obeyed him in fear.
Eight months after the Savior appeared to Saint Abadir, while he was sleeping in his room, his sister came to him at midnight and knocked on his door. When he opened it, she fell to the ground before him, saying, “Listen to me, my brother, so that I may tell you about this dream that I saw.” and she was trembling.
Abadir said to her, "What did you see, my sister Irai?" She said to him, "It happened to me while I was sleeping this night, that I raised my eyes upwards and saw my father Basilides, and you were walking beside his right, and a girl was walking with you both, clothed in great glory." My father said to me, "My daughter Irai," and it was as if he had never died. I ran to him, wanting to embrace him, and he said to me, "you are not worthy to necking me now, but if you obey me and your brother, you will not only necking me, but you will necking the Lord of all, my Lord Jesus Christ." I said to him, "I will never disobey my brother." Then he took my hand and gave it to you, saying, "Behold, I entrust my daughter into your hands; do not abandon her, for she is your deposit and your inheritance." So I said to him: “Who is this very beautiful little girl who is walking with you?!” She said to me: “I am Irai (the martyr Mahrael) from Tamouh.” Then I woke up from the dream and did not tell my mother or my sister about it until I told you first, because you are the one to whom I was delivered in the vision.”
Then Abadir said to her: “Well, my sister; rather, in all that happens to us we should glorify God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Then Saint Abadir blessed God, saying: “Jesus is my Savior… Jesus is my glory… Jesus is my apparel… Jesus is my crown… Jesus is my resurrection… Jesus is my strength… Jesus loves the souls that cling to Him. By Your goodness, draw us up with you.” "And now, my sister, do not tell anyone about the vision; not your sister, nor your mother, nor any of the slaves at all. Our memory is with God, who wants to draw us into his eternal kingdom. Yes, my sister; since you have been handed over to me in the vision, you must listen to me as you have been commanded."
Then Irai wept and said to him, “My dear brother, have I ever disobeyed you?” Abadir said to her, “Obedience to this world is one thing, but obedience to my Lord Jesus Christ is something much better. If you will obey me when I go through severe torment, then you will follow me when I reach the rest prepared for me to be with you.” Irai replied, "I will not disobey you, my brother and master, even if it costs me my life." When he said this to her, he intended to test her to see if she would accept joining the struggle or not. He also told her, "Go; tell no one, but pray constantly, saying, 'My Lord Jesus Christ, remember me in your love and do not forsake me.'"
On the night of the Holy Sunday (literally: the night of the Lord's Day), our Savior Jesus came to him, and the whole room was filled with light, so Abadir arose. When he saw the light, he said, "My Lord Jesus Christ, I know the glory of your divinity. You have come to me, my Lord." And then a voice came to him from the light, saying, "Peace (literally: Rejoice), beloved Abadir. The time for sowing has passed; now is the time for reaping." Now go out to sea, you and your sister, and you will find a ship sailing to Alexandria. Go with it. Be strong and courageous, Abadir, for my Father has already written your names in the Book of Life.” When the Savior had said this, he disappeared from his sight.
When the light dawned, Abadir got up and woke his sister Irai, and they went out to the port where they found the ship raising the scaffolding (i.e., at the last moment before departure), and they spoke with the captain and boarded the ship, with the Lord guiding them. After seven days, they arrived in Alexandria and stayed at an inn in the city.
It happened that while he was walking in the streets, a soldier met him, recognized him, and said to him: “You are lord Abadir, the great commander of the king who is stationed at the royal court!” So Abadir smiled and said to the soldier: “Many others have also told me that you resemble Abadir.” The soldier said to him, "I also said that he would never come to this city in such humble attire, nor would he leave the king to come here. And if he did come to this city, the whole city would tremble because of his high standing (literally: because of his worthiness)." Abadir said to him, "Where do I find the dignity of that man? I am but a poor man." The man said to him: "Indeed, If it hadn't been for your humble attire, I would swear that you were my master, Abadir."
Then Abadir left that street and went to another street in the city.
And it happened that when Abadir left the capital (literally: the city of the king), King Diocletian searched for him but could not find him. As for his mother, she tore her clothes and wept for him, saying: “O Abadir, my son and the light of my eyes; how could I not let you be martyred in your home, so that I might find your body and entrust it to my house to be comforted.” She did not stop crying day and night. But her husband Basilides came to her in a vision one night and comforted her. A few days after Saint Abadir left his home, it happened that a brave young lawyer named Constantine, whom the king loved very much, hurried to the king and asked him for Abadir's sister so that he might give her to him for marriage. But her mother did not agree to that, saying: “My son Abadir is not here, and his sister Irai has emigrated with him. As for his other sister, Kalonia, I will never give her to a man, but I will keep her in my house to be my comfort until the day of my death.” When Constantine heard this, he was very sad, as was the king. So the king summoned the commander Romanus, the father of Saint Victor, and said to him: “I know that you love me more than a wife, son, or brother. Constantine asked Calonia, the sister of Abadir, for marriage, but her mother did not agree. Therefore, I see that your sister will never disobey you.”
As for Romanus the wicked, he was lame and could not walk on his feet, so he made them lift him up and carry him on a sedan chair to the house of Abadir's mother - because this matter was from God - and he took hold of the hand of Calonia, the sister of Saint Abadir, and gave her to Constantine as a wife, and Calonia became Constantine's wife until the day when the Lord struck Diocletian so that Constantine might reign in his place.
After that; while Abadir was in Alexandria with his sister, she said to him: “O my brother, what should we do in this place or what should we ask for?” Abadir said to her: “We ask for eternal life!” She also said to him, "What is eternal life?" He said to her, "If we go to the place of the woman you saw in the vision, she will teach us the way of eternal life."
So Abadir arose and left Alexandria, pondering, "Where is Mother Irai in relation to that place?" He kept saying, "Will God forget us in the place of our foreignness? My Lord Jesus Christ told me, 'I will tell you what will happen to you in the city of Alexandria.'" While the blessed Abadir was praying, his body had no strength left for the ascetic practices he was undertaking. Then the place where he was standing was completely illuminated, and he saw a hand from the midst of the light pointing at him. He followed it and went out to wake his sister, but the Savior did not allow him to do so, but said to him, "Do not disturb her now." So he went out, trembling because of the voice that was following him. The Savior said to him: “Listen to me; get up so that you and your sister may go to the south of Egypt, for that place has already been blessed by my Father. Go along the beach of the river, and after five days you will reach Tarnut (now called Tarana in the Beheira Governorate), where you will cross the river. Then go south from that place to reach the fortress of Babylon, where you will ask for Abakragun (al-Batnuni), the monk from Banwan, and he will teach you the good struggle.
After that you will go south to a village called Bishnaila - a village of the city of Ashmounin, the place where I also became a guest with Mary my mother and Joseph. Do not grieve, for I also have been a stranger, I your Lord - where you will meet a man named Samuel. When you reach his village, he will love you, and he is the one who will lead you to the place of Arianus the governor. That man is the one who will cover your bodies because he is merciful. He goes to Antinoe and clothes the naked saints. I will give that village your body, which I will make a multitude of angels serve, because you left everything for my name. Go in peace, my peace be with you.
The village where your bodies will be laid will never experience distress or danger. Those who will write the book of your martyrdom and the sufferings you will endure for my name, I will write their names in the Book of Life. They will never experience pain in this world, and there will never be a leper or a blind person in their house. And if there are very sinful people in this world who, on your memorial day, are concerned with offering a book for reading prayers, or an offering, or wine, or incense, or a vessel, or oil for your holy place, I will forgive their sins and give them to you freely. And if someone gives water freely to the thirsty on your memorial day, I will forgive their sins and give it to you freely.”
When the Savior spoke these words to Saint Abadir, he forgot his suffering and his foreignness. Then he and his sister rose at dawn and arrived at Tarnut at the end of the fifth day. When they crossed the river, they traveled south to the fortress of Babylon and found Saint Apakragon the Benwani. When he saw Saint Abadir, he prostrated himself before him, saying, Well, you have come, my lord, O pillar of Antioch, commander (i.e., army commander) of Christ. Blessed are you more than any man, for my Lord Jesus Christ told me that you would come to me today, and I rejoiced greatly. Take courage, my lord brother, and never think, "I have left my possessions and my kingdom." The kingdom of this world lasts but an hour, while the kingdom of heaven is forever. Don't submit to the governor when he tries to frighten you, and do not look to the judge's tribune, for Christ is with you. What sufferings have befallen me, but my Lord Jesus has strengthened me, and in the end, I know that I will complete my martyrdom before you. Go in peace, and the Lord be with you.
When Saint Abadir heard these words, he said, "Let the Lord's will be done." Then, after they (saint abadir and apakragon) embracing one another, Abadir began his journey with his younger sister, and they came to Tamuh in Memphis. They went to the place of mother Irai, and prostrated themselves upon her body. When the gatekeeper saw them, he was alarmed, thinking they would plunder the place. He wanted to strike them to drive them away, but immediately his hand went as hard as stone, and he didn't know what to do. He cried out, weeping, "Forgive me, my lords, for I have sinned against you unknowingly." He approached to bow down before them, but he could not kneel. Saint Abadir then asked Mother Irai, "Forgive him." Then the holy martyr Ama Irai replied, saying: “Leave me to discipline him, O leader of Christ, because he treats harshly all those who come to honor my body. If someone gives him something, he welcomes him, otherwise he drives him away.”
Saint Abadir related all this to Aba Amun the administrator (the administrator of the place), who testified that the gatekeeper had indeed been doing this.
Then (the saint) healed the doorman who bowed down to them, saying: “My lords, from where are you?” They said to him: “We are strangers. When we heard about Ama Irai, we came to receive her blessing and to honor her body.” Abba Amun the administrator took them to his house for two days, showed them love, and then sent them off, thanking God.
(As for) Irai, she said to her brother Abadir: “My dear brother, you have seen these great wonders that God performs with His saints. If you hear me, let us stay in this place near the body of this martyr of Christ.” Her brother said to her, "It is not so, but let us also go and die in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." She said, "You have the authority, my brother." And Abadir said to her, "This is Ama Irai, whom you saw in Antioch." And Abadir was teaching his sister the words of life that the Savior had spoken to him in Alexandria.
Eight days later, as they were walking south, they reached the village that the Lord had told him about, and they met a man who was coming from Antinoe. Saint Abadir said to him, “What is this village, good brother?” The man said to him, “This is Bishnila.” Then Abadir asked him again, "Can we reach Antinoe at this time?" The man replied, "No, my brother, but come to the village and rest until morning." Abadir asked him, "Are you Samuel?" He said, "Yes, I am. How did you recognize me?" Abadir said to him, "The Lord revealed your name to me in Alexandria." The man said, "Who am I that my name should come from the mouth of the Savior!"
Samuel was overjoyed and led them to his house, where he served them. He pleaded with Abadir, saying, "Tell me everything that happened to you." So he told him. Samuel then bowed down to Saint Abadir, saying, "Who am I that the leader of Christ and his sister should enter my house?"
And it happened a few days after they had stayed at Samuel’s house, that he got up and walked ahead of them until they entered Antinoe with him, and they went to the house that he had taken (for their stay).
The next day, when the light shone, they went joyfully to the court, and found the governor listening to a hermit monk, Abba Paphnutius of Dandara. Irai said to her brother: “If we go up to the tribune, what will I say? I don’t know how to speak because I am young.” Abadir said to her, “Do not be afraid, my sister, but if we go up to the tribune, let us shout that we are Christians who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ publicly, and He is the one who will give us strength in all adversities, because we have put our trust in His holy name, for He says in His holy Gospels, ‘It is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit who will speak through you.’”
And Samuel followed them, encouraging them. When they reached the platform, they shouted, "We are openly Christians!" So they seized them and brought them before the governor.
The governor said to Abadir in Egyptian, "Offer a sacrifice to the gods, and do not die a wretched death." Abadir replied in the language of the scholars (that is, Greek), saying, "Hurry and pass judgment on us, and let us go to our work." The governor was astonished because the young man was full of wisdom. He said to him, "Where are you from, and what is your name?" Abadir replied, "Why do you ask my name? What we have come for it is what we ask of you."
Abadir did not want to tell him his name, lest he know that he was a man of the royal court, and therefore, he does not pass judgment on him.
The governor said to him again: “Sacrifice and do not die in misery.” Abadir said to him: “I will not sacrifice, I am a Christian.” So the governor ordered that he be hung on the breaking wheel ( wheel of swords / Hemetarim) to be tortured. Abadir said: “O my Lord Jesus Christ, help me and (look upon) the weakness of my foreignness.”
And when his sister saw him being tortured, her heart trembled and (it was) as if her soul wanted to leave her at once. The governor thought that her mind had changed, so he struck her on her back, saying: “Look, my daughter, at what they have done to your brother. Now you must sacrifice so that I may release you.” The blessed one said to him: “I will not sacrifice. Do with me as you wish, for my body is in your hands, but my soul is in the hands of my Lord Jesus Christ.”
At that time, a soldier of the governor named John was standing there. He saw Irai's beautiful appearance and desired to humiliate her. He said to the governor, "Give me this girl so that I may take her to my house, and I will persuade her to sacrifice. Do not harm her body with torture." He spoke to the governor in this way in the Egyptian (Coptic) language, and the governor gave her to him.
The soldier seized her hand and led her to a brothel, intending to humiliate her and deflower her. Two wicked women, one named Stephanieh and the other Tafsira, lay down beside him (perhaps the correct word is: beside her), and they began to deceive the virgin with their lewd and vain words. When the pure girl realized that they intended to humiliate her, she cried out at once: “O Lord Jesus Christ, help me in this dire hour.”
While she was saying this, the Lord struck John the soldier in both his eyes, and the two wicked women became like stones, unable to move to one side or the other. As for the pure virgin, when she escaped from their hands, she went out and went to the governor's house looking for her brother, but she found that the governor had left after throwing her brother into prison. When she entered the prison, she told her brother everything that had happened to her and how the Lord had saved her. So (Abadir) rejoiced greatly and said to her: “I believe, my sister, that the Lord never abandons us in all our afflictions.”
And the saints who were in prison, namely, Abba Colluthus the physician, the priest of Antinoe; Abba Ishaq al-Dafrawi; Abba Paphnuti al-Dandrawi; Abba Shamoul of Tarfiya; Abba Simeon al-Ramli; Sisinius al-Tantawi; and Tadros al-Shatbi, And Moses of Sebennytos, Philotheus of Behnsa, Macarius of Fayoum, Maximus of Ausimi, Macroni of Tuna, Shenouda of Basta, Simeon of Qaw, Ptolemy the son of the governor, Thomas of Tanbaza, and all the (other) imprisoned saints all rose up and praised the Lord.
And Saint Abadir was chanting the phrase to them, saying, "Bless the Lord, all you saints of the Lord, Amen." And the saints would respond to each phrase by saying, "Amen, Alleluia." (And he also said): “Bless the Lord, O heavens, Amen. Bless the Lord, all you angels, Amen. Bless the Lord, all you hosts of the Lord, Amen. Bless the Lord, O true Israel, Amen. Bless the Lord, O priests of the Lord, Amen. Bless the Lord, O servants of the Lord. Bless the Lord, O spirits and souls of the righteous, Amen.” Bless the Lord, all you martyrs of the Lord, Amen. Jesus is our helper, Amen. Jesus is our hope, Amen. Jesus is our protector, Amen. O Lord Jesus, look upon your servants so that they may complete their struggle, Amen.
When the light shone, the soldiers came in search of Saint Abadir. When they saw his sister, they were very surprised and said to her: "Who let you come here?" She said to them: "The one who guided me since I left my country is the one who saved me from John the soldier."
Then they were brought before the court, and Samuel followed them and wrote down everything that happened to them. The governor said to him (Abadir): “Did your heart allow you to offer sacrifice to the gods?” Saint Abadir said to him: “This will never happen from me, that I should offer sacrifice to idols.” The governor said to him, "Go and examine your situation thoroughly." Saint Abadir replied, "I have already examined myself before coming here to you." The governor asked him, "Are you speaking about yourself alone, or about yourself and your sister?" The blessed one replied, "My sister and I are one."
The governor asked about John the soldier, and they told him: "He is at home, suffering from blindness in both eyes." The governor said: "Seize him and bring him here." When they brought him in, he cried out, saying: “One (and no other) is God, the God of Saint Abadir and his sister Irai. It has been said, ‘Do not do evil, lest evil befall you.’ I intended to do evil, and evil came to me. I believe in the God of Saint Abadir, who did not count my sins against me to destroy me, but I intended to do evil to his servant Irai, and good came to me through the discipline of salvation with which he disciplined me, the sinner.”
While he was saying this, the two prostitutes came shouting, “We are publicly Christians!” Then they entered and bowed down to Irai and cried out, “Blessed are you, O holy one, and blessed is the hour when you came to this land!” The governor said to them, “What happened to you?” They said to him, “What happened to us is none of your business.” So the governor ordered that they be thrown into prison until the next day.
The next day he ordered that Abadir be brought to him, and the governor said to him: “Let us stay (literally: sit , and the intended meaning is: do not let us spend a long time here in your trial) in this place because of you.” The saint said to him: “I told you before that I will not offer a sacrifice.” The governor ordered that sixty-two long nails be brought and driven into bundles of reeds (a plant similar to bamboo) to be heated by fire. He also ordered that a boat rope be brought so that Saint Abadir could be tied up and hung high, and then dropped onto the burning nails. When they pulled him twice, his intestines spilled out of his stomach and he breathed his last. The governor ordered that his body be taken to the wilderness for the wild beasts. As for the blessed Irai, he had her thrown into prison.
After the soldiers threw the body of Saint Abadir onto the mountain and left, the Lord Jesus came immediately from heaven, raised him up, kissed him, and gave him His peace, then ascended to heaven. Saint Abadir got up and ran after the soldiers, shouting, “Wait for me until I catch up with you!” When he entered the city, the crowds saw him and shouted, “We are Christians publicly, belonging to the God of Saint Abadir!” The governor issued his decree to execute them, so their heads were taken and they received crowns of glory. They were four hundred and forty-five souls, on the ninth day of the month of Abib (16 july), in the peace of Amen.
The governor returned and said to Saint Abadir, "You see the souls that have died because of you. Now you must offer the sacrifice and not die a wretched death." Saint Abadir replied, "You immoral man, one word is enough for you." The governor became very angry, so he had them bring a copper bull and place Saint Abadir inside it and burn it for three days. After that, he said, "Take the ashes of that miserable man and throw them into the river."
While the governor was saying these words, the bull split open in the middle and spewed forth gushing water that reached even the middle of the soldiers and the people who were in the scene. Every place where the water fell was afflicted with leprosy, and they all cried out: “O martyr of Christ, help us, and do not destroy our bodies with this bad water, for we have heard that your God is forgiving.” Then the saint said to them, “Do you believe with all your hearts in our Lord Jesus Christ?” They all cried out with one voice, “We believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God, the God of Saint Abadir.” Then the saint said to the copper bull, “That is enough for you. Open your mouth and drink your water.” Then he took some water, blessed it in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and sprinkled it on the crowd, and they were cleansed from leprosy at once. And the crowd raised stones and threw them at the governor, so the soldiers drew their swords and used them against the crowd from the time of the sixth hour until the ninth hour, and they completed their struggle on the tenth day of Mesra (16 august).
Then the governor ordered that Abadir and his sister be hung on the wheel of swords to be tortured. As for the blessed virgin Irai, she suffered greatly and said to Saint Abadir: “My brother, my strength gave out and I suffered greatly.” The saint said to her: “Be courageous, my sister, so that you may receive the lasting crown in heaven. Be a prayerful person to the Lord and He will help you.”
And Saint Abadir prayed with insistence for his sister. Then Michael the Archangel descended from heaven and carried her to the heavenly Jerusalem, showing her her home, her crown, her throne, and the throne of her brother. The soldiers ceased tearing at her body and said to the governor, "We have stopped torturing her like one who tortures a piece of wood that feels nothing." So the governor made them lay her body on the ground, thinking she was dead.
And her brother wept for her from above of (top of) the wheel of swords, saying, "I bid you farewell, my sister, until I see you in the Kingdom of Heaven." Then the governor said to Abadir, "I ask you not to destroy your body with tortures, for I pity you because of your wisdom and knowledge. Truly, if you obey me, I will make you a counselor for the region of Egypt and send you to Samannud to make you its governor." The saint replied, "Let one word suffice: I will not offer a sacrifice to idols."
And it happened while they were talking, that Abba Paphnutius, the monk of Dendera, came leading some of the young boys (the biography of Saint Paphnutius of Dendera states that the number of these boys was twelve) to martyrdom. When the governor saw him, he sighed with a sound from his nose, saying: “By the right of Heracles (a pagan god); I have suffered at the hands of the Christians, and even more so from this short monk Paphnutius, but I will exile him to Antioch where the king is.” And he made them take him to prison until he wrote down what he said or did in court.
After these things, while they were preparing for Abba Paphnutius to go and be led to Diocletian, Abba Paphnutius went to visit the saints who were in prisons and to embrace them. And it happened while he was embracing Saint Abadir and kissing him; he said to him: “I bid you farewell, my brother, because I am going to be sent to Antioch, the capital.” Saint Abadir said to Abba Paphnuti: “Wait for me, my brother, until I write to you this short letter. When you are thrown into prison, give it to Philopater (not Saint Philopater Mercurius Abu Sefein), the prison gatekeeper, so that he will love you, because he is one of the sons of my house since he was young.” Then Abba Paphnutius said to him, "I ask you, my brother, to write to him so that he may show me kindness by covering my body until he sends it to Egypt." So Saint Abadir wrote a letter to Philopater, saying: In the name of my Lord Jesus Christ, I greet with the longing of my heart the honored member, my partner in the Lord, from whom I have never been separated since my childhood, for whom three crowns have been prepared in heaven without the shedding of blood. May my Lord Jesus Christ be with you all your days and grant you strength and comfort until the day of your departure. And now... I tell you about this great planet, Abba Paphnutius of dandera; If he meets you with this message from me, stay close to him, and write down the sufferings he will accept. And if it happens that the king issues a sentence against him, you should be the one to cover his holy body until you send him to Egypt by the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the God of all may he support you and save you from the evil sentence; (I wish) salvation to you by the power of the Lord.” Then he closed the letter and handed it to Saint Abba Paphnutius. When they embraced each other, the soldiers went out, dragging Abba Paphnutius to present him before the king.
While Saint Abadir was praying, our Savior the Lord Jesus appeared to him and said: “Rejoice, my chosen one, Saint Abadir the Virgin, be courageous in all your sufferings, for there are still six days until you complete your martyrdom.” Then Abadir said to him: “My Lord and my God; there is a question I ask of you.” The Savior said to him: “My chosen one, Abadir; I swear by myself that whatever you ask of me I will give you.” Abadir said to him: “I ask that I not be judged on the day of the repose (martyrdom) of one of the martyrs.” The Savior said to him: “Let it be so.”
And It happened that when the governor issued the sentence against Apa Colluthus, the priest of Antinoe, he sent for the blessed Abadir to the prison to pronounce the sentence. While he was praying, he saw in the air multitudes of martyrs, those who had reached perfection and received the crowns, calling out to him in the air, saying: O beloved leader of Christ, take heart, for the end of your struggle is near." When the saint saw them, he prayed to the Lord, saying, "Let this hour pass for me (meaning, let my life end with the end of this hour)." As for the soldiers, they were trembling when they heard the martyrs speaking among themselves.
Then the governor summoned Abadir and said to him, "I adjure you by Jesus Christ to tell me your name, what you are called, and where you are from?" The saint replied, "Swear to me that if I tell you my name, you will pronounce judgment upon me." So the governor swore to him. The blessed one said: “I am Abadir, the king’s commander, whose name was written to you in Egypt, you and your colleague the duke.” When the governor heard this, he trembled greatly and said to Saint Abadir: “Woe to me, my lord, may my soul live before you, for I will not live anymore, but I will die.” The saint said to him: “O Ariana, do not be afraid, nor break your oath, but rather pronounce judgment upon us, for I see two angels standing beside you, one an angel of light, and the other an angel of darkness. But the angel of light has not yet approached you, but after I have completed my martyrdom, the king will send for me, and as soon as you return to the Lord, the king will seek you with great anger, and you will become a martyr because a crown has already been prepared for you in heaven.” "Behold, Saint Philemon is in prison; he will teach you about struggle."
When the governor, Arianus, heard these words from him, he passed judgment. At that moment, his noble sister, Irai, suddenly jumped up and said to the governor, "O martyr of Christ, pass judgment on us, for we are your brothers in martyrdom (literally: your martyred brothers). Behold, the struggle has drawn near to you as it has to us." When he heard this, he immediately passed judgment on them both, and Samuel asked the governor to give him the bodies of the martyrs.
Then they led the saints away to be beheaded with the sword. A great multitude went with them, and many fine garments were brought to be spread under them. Bread and food were also brought, and they were encouraged to eat. Saint Irae said to them, “Very well, my brothers; may my Lord Jesus give you your reward in heavenly Jerusalem. Blessed are all who die in the name of our Lord Jesus. Listen to me so that I may tell you about heavenly blessings. Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, for the good things He has prepared for those who love Him are abundant.” Then the whole congregation kissed her head. And they said to one another, “Look at the wisdom of this little girl. She went to heavenly Jerusalem and spent fifteen days there, and then she came back to the world in the flesh.”
Then the saints stretched out their hands and prayed, saying: “O Lord God Almighty, grant us our request, that we may see our fathers in the flesh before we depart from this world.” While they were praying, an earthquake (literally: earthquakes) occurred with darkness, so that the crowd that was walking with them became like dead men. And behold, Basilides his father came, and Saint Justus and Theoclia his wife, and Apoli the son of Justus, the brother of Basilides, and Saint Apa Victor, the son of Romanus, their brother. These appeared to Abadir and embraced him and his sister, and Abba Victor said to Abadir: “My beloved brother, why are you sad?! Is it because you have parted from your fathers?! Are you better than me? But bless my Lord Jesus Christ. Come and dwell in the heavenly Jerusalem with us, the holy race.” Blessed are we, for we have forsaken the kingdoms of this fleeting world for the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our Lord Jesus Christ has given us the kingdom of heaven forever.”
While they were talking together, our Lord Jesus Christ, our good Savior, appeared to them and embraced them. Then He said to Abadir, "Come from death to eternal life." After that, the Savior raised the crowd who had died from trembling. When they saw the glory of Christ and His martyrs, they all cried out with one voice, "We are Christians publicly!" So they informed the governor about them, and he ordered that their heads be cut off on the twenty-seventh of the month of Thout (corresponding to October 7-8).
Then Saint Justus, Abadir's uncle, approached him and embraced him, saying, "Well done, my dear friend, for you have followed my example of struggle. Well done, beloved of Jesus Christ."
Then Saint Abadir turned to Samuel and said, "Remember, Samuel, the deposit I entrusted to you." Samuel replied, "God is witness between you and me." Saint Abadir then said to Samuel, "The hour is near."
Then he rose and prostrated himself before the Lord, saying, “My Lord, You know that I have been away from my home and my family for this very hour. I ask you, my Lord, to accept my soul at this opportune time.” The Savior replied, “Blessed is everyone who prostrates himself before your holy body. If anyone is in distress, whether at sea or in rivers, and prays, ‘O God of Saint Abadir and his sister Irai, help me,’ I will answer him swiftly for your sake.” And whoever offers an offering to your place, I will give to him in the heavenly Jerusalem.”
When Saint Abadir heard these words, he said to the soldiers, "Take my sister's head before mine." And the whole crowd cried out, "Remember us, our holy father!" Then they went and brought pure wine, and they pleaded with the soldier to let the saint (Irai) drink it, and they gave him three coins, saying, "One cup is enough for her." So Saint Irai stretched out her neck and they cut off her head. As for Saint Abadir, he handed over her body to Samuel, saying to him: “Remember the deposit I entrusted to you.” After that, he raised his eyes upwards towards heaven, blessed God, and made the sign of the cross over himself, and stretched out his neck, so his holy head was removed on the twenty-eighth of the month of Thout.
And Samuel took the bodies of the saints and moved them to his village of Bishnila. Every place where the bodies of the saints were placed emitted the scent of incense. The number of those who were martyred with Saint Abadir was three thousand six hundred and eighty-five souls.
I, Samuel, from the people of Bishneila, have bear witness to this martyrdom.
I,Isaac, the chief deacon, bear witness to this martyrdom.
He (i.e god) from whom glory is due...
محاضره جميلة لقدس ابونا تيموثاوس بديع ✝️ ✅ سلسلة ميلاديات
محاضره جميلة لقدس ابونا تيموثاوس بديع
سلسلة ميلاديات **
توجد ١٠ شخصيات بارزة عاصرت احداث الميلاد **
# يوحنا المعمدان - يوسف النجار - مريم العذراء - المجوس - الرعاه - سمعان الشيخ - سالومة - حنه النبية - اليصابات - زكريا الكاهن....؛
السيد المسيح هو حلقه الربط بين العهدين اي بين ( ما ق.م وما بعد . م )
من حضر العهدين هم ( سمعان الشيخ - يوحنا المعمدان - زكريا الكاهن )....
النبوات الموجودة عن الميلاد ف العهد القديم وتحققت ف العهد الجديد :: ٦ نبوات......
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النبوة الاولي :: نوع الميلاد
السيد المسيح مولود من عذراء دون رجل
اش ٧ : ١٤ = لو ١ : ٢٧ = مت ١ : ١٨
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النبوة الثانية :: مكان الميلاد
ميخا ٥ : ٢ = مت ٢ : ٣-٦
وانتي يا بيت لحم افراته لست الصغري بين رؤساء يهوذا
هي بيت لحم اليهودية.......
افراته عبارة عن البرعم الصغير قبل تفتح الوردة لا منظر لها ولا رائحه.....
لكن انتي يا بيت لحم منك يخرج السيد والمتسلط ع الكل ويجعل لكي منظر ورائحه......
مخارجه منذ القديم : اي منذ الازل فهو ازلي ابدي.......
٣-🩶 النبوة الثالثة :: علامة الميلاد
ظهور النجم
عد ٢٤: ١٧ = مت ١ : ٢ + لو٣ : ٣٤
اراه ولكن ليس الان .... ابصره ولكن ليس قريبأ......
كوكب منير وقضيب من اسرائيل..
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النبوة الرابعه :: شهود الميلاد
المجوس ( الامم البعيدة ) اش ٦٠ = مت ٥: ١٦ قومي استنيري فتسير الامم ف نورك ... وتسابيح للرب هي زيارة المجوس للمولود والسجود له وتقديم الهدايا ...( مت ٢: ١١ + تث ١٦:١٦ )
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النبوة الخامسة :: قتل اطفال بيت لحم
ار ٣١: ١٥ = مت ٢ : ١٦-١٨
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النبوة السادسة :: هروب العائلة المقدسة الي مصر
اش ١٩ : ١ + هوشع ١١ : ١ = مت ٢: ١٣-١٥
وحي من جهه مصر ..
كانت ف هذه الفترة مصر وبابل اكثر بلدين فيها اوثان وشر .......
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يوجد 3 فئات من الناس ف تجسد السيد المسيح **
فئة فرحت به - فئة تضايقت من وجوده - فئة لن تبالي بشئ.....
الفئة الاولي ::
# يوجد ١٠ اشخاص فرحوا بوجود السيد المسيح ( ٤-٣-٣ )
# ال ٤ الاولي هم (مريم العذراء - يوسف النجار - سالومة - حنه النبية )
# ال ٣ هم بيت يوحنا (زكريا - اليصابات - يوحنا وهو جنين ف بطن امه )
# ال ٣ الاخيرة :: منهم شيخ بين العهدين هو سمعان
وبينهم فئتين هم ( الرعاه والمجوس )
الفئة الثانية ::
١- # هيرودس الثعلب الماكر الذي يريد ان يقتله
٢- # رؤساء العالم هو كل شخص فيه روح العالم وروح الشر
٣- # رؤساء الكهنة والمراؤون لخوفهم منه ان يأخذ مكانهم....
❤ الفئة الثالثة :: هم سكان بيت لحم ( سكان بجوار المزود ولن يبالوا بولادته)...
هذه الفئات الثلاثه تمثل البشر ف هذه الايام لان البشر هم بشر لا تتغير مع الزمن...
فئة منتظرة مجئ الرب ف قلبها وحياتها وبيتها ومتهلله بقدومه...
فئة اخري تقاوم اي شيء يخص المسيح يقاومون الصليب والمنارة ويقاومون اسم المسيح ( جاء لعلامة تقاوم )
فئة ثالثة لا تبالي بوجوده من عدمه.. لا يفرق معها اي شيء...
ناكل ونشرب لاننا غدأ نموت..
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معجزات صاحبت الميلاد ***
١- عذراء فقيرة :: اكبر معجزة هي الميلاد البتولي ( عذرا تحبل وتلد ناسوت كامل ) رمز لكنيسة تؤمن بالعذراوية الروحية
اذا فقدت الكنيسة عذروايتها تفقد بتوليتها...
٢- العاقر العجوز تلد ( اليصابات )
٣- الكاهن الاخرس يسبح
٤- الجنين يرقص ويرتكض ويتهلل فرحأ ويسجد ف الاحشاء
٥- حنة النبية الارمله تمجد الله
❤ ٦- سمعان الشيخ البار متوقع تعزية الروح القدس يحمل صليبه السماوي ع ذراعيه..
🩵 ٧- الملائكة تسبح
٨- الغرباء المجوس يؤمنون ويسجدون..
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شخصيات ميلادية ***
شخصية سمعان الشيخ **
معني الاسم :: المستمع - المطيع - يسمع صوت الله - التمهيد لقدوم الله....
حياة السيد المسيح ع الارض تبدأ بسمعان الشيخ ف ميلاده وتنتهي بسمعان القيرواني ف موته بالجسد وحمله الصليب....
يوجد ١٠ شخصيات بنفس الاسم بصفات جيدة.....
١- سمعان بطرس :: اسم يوناني بمعني ( صخرة - حجر )
ابوه يوأنا - اخيه اندراوس
من بيت صيدا
عندما تبع السيد المسيح سمي كيفا وهي كلمة اراميه بمعني صخرة
سمي بالعربية صفا اي صخرة
والصخرة باليونانية ( بيتروس) اي بطرس
هو صياد سمك - كانوا يقيموا ف كفر ناحوم
اختاروه من التلاميذ ال ١٢ ( مت ١٠ )
٢- سمعان القانوي ( الغيور ) مت١٠ :٤
هو احد التلاميذ الاثني عشر وينتمي لحزب الغيورين ولقب بالقانوي ( بالارامية الغيور ) لتمييزه عن سمعان بطرس... لن يذكر عنه الكثير..
٣- سمعان الاسخريوطي : يو ٦ : ٧١
هو ابو يهوذا سمعان الاسخريوطي
٤- سمعان الابرص : من بيت عنيا
بجوار بيت لعازر ومريم ومرثا
ف هذا البيت سكبت مريم الطيب ناردين خالص كثير الثمن ودهنت قدمي يسوع بالطيب...
مت ٢٦ + يو ١٢ +مر ١٤
❤ ٥- سمعان الفريسي : لو٧ : ٣٦-٣٨
ف هذا البيت المرأة الخاطئة وقفت عند قدميه من ورائه باكية وابتدات تبل قدميه بالدموع وتمسحمها بشعر راسها وتقبل قدميه وتدهنهما بالطيب......
٦- سمعان اخو الرب : اي اولاد خاله ( مت ٥٥ : ١٣+ يو ٢٥: ١٩)
هو اخو يعقوب بن حلفي ...
٧- سمعان القيرواني : من بلد قرين ف ليبيا ويسمي سمعان القوريني... اجبروه ع حمل الصليب مع السيد المسيح حتي يصلب عليه المسيح .. وهو اول قديس مسيحي من افريقيا ...
مت ٢٧ : ٣٢ هو ابو ( الكسندر وروفس ) المعروفين ف رساله رومية ( رو ١٦ :١٣ )
٨- سمعان نيجر : اع ١٣ : ١
احد الانبياء والمعلمين ف كنيسة انطاكية وكان اسود اللون...
٩- سمعان الدباغ : استضاف بطرس ف يافا... بيته عند البحر
يقال لاسباب صحيه عزلوه خارج البلد بسبب ناموس الطهارة عند اليهود.. اع ٩ : ٤٣
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الشخصيه الرئيسيه :: # ١٠- سمعان الشيخ **
نموذج خير قال لله ( احملك ف قلبي وع يدي لاني مشتاق لرؤيتك واعيش ف ظلام بدونك ولكن الان ابصر عندما رأتك عيناي )
نري سمعان الشيخ كل يوم ف الكنيسة والقداس والاجبية...
ف انجيل النوم **
الان يا سيدي تطلق عبدك بسلام
ف نصف الليل ** الان يا سيدي تطلق عبدك بسلام
ف القداس الالهي ::
1- ف اختيار الحمل :: يأخذ جزء من المياه رمز المعموديه بالتغطيس ويلف القربانه باللفافه ويحملها بالصليب ويلف حول المذبح ( احملك ع ذراعي وانت تحملني مثل ما سمعان الشيخ حملك) ويقول مجدا واكراما......... فهو هو السيد الرب ( الان يا سيدي تطلق عبدك... )
2- قبل قراءة الانجيل مباشرة :: يلف الكاهن المذبح وامامه الشماس وهو حامل البشارة ويقول الكاهن الان يا سيد تطلق عبدك بسلام .... ثم يعلن للشعب من هو ويرفع البشارة ويقول... بنشويس ... اي ربنا والهنا ومخلصنا يسوع المسيح....
3- ف تقديم الحمل الكهنه يقبلوا بعضهم اي بمعني ( الله يحفظ كهنوتك مثل كهنوت ملكي صادق وسولومون وهارون وسمعان الشيخ) الله يقبل ذبيحتك ويحفظ كهنوتك
والكاهن يقول ( اجعلني احملك ف قلبي مثلما حملك سمعان الشيخ )
صفات سمعان الشيخ ::
❤ بار - تقيا يخاف الله - متوقعا تعزية الروح القدس ومجئ المخلص......
ف ايام بطليموس الروماني سنة ٢٥٠ ق.م واحتلالهم لاورشليم واسكندريه اي ثلثين العالم فاراد ان يتودد لليهود وفكر ف ترجمه التوراه من العبريه لليونانية واعطاهم حريه واماكن للترجمه فأختاروا من كل سبط ٦ اي ٧٢ يقوموا بالترجمه فسميت الترجمه السبعينيه.. ومقابل ذلك الترجمه يطلق صراح ١٢٠ الف من اليهود الموجودين ف مصر......
كان من نصيب سمعان الشيخ ( اش ٧:١٤ ) هوذا العذراء تحبل وتلد... فوقف عند هذه الايه...
عندما كتب سمعان الشيخ ( هوذا العذراء ) اي عذراء تحبل وتلد ناسوت جسد كامل والعلامه هي ( لن تموت وتعيش الي ان تعاين المسيح الرب وتعاين هذا الحدث).....
يوم ٨ امشير راي المخلص وكانت عيناه قد ضعفت...
كان شيخ عنده ٤٣٠ سنه فقال للطفل ( يا سيد) اي معك لا اريد شيئا ع الارض...
حمله ع ذراعيه ( اي محبة الله ومحبة القريب)
اي تحب اليهود والامم...
وبارك الله ( الذي هو محور العهدين ) .....
ابونا تيموثاوس
سلسلة ميلاديات **توجد ١٠ شخصيات بارزة عاصرت احداث الميلاد **# يوحنا المعمدان - يوسف النجار - مريم العذراء - المجوس - الرعاه - سمعان الشيخ - سالومة - حنه النبية - اليصابات - زكريا الكاهن....؛ السيد المسيح هو حلقه الربط بين العهدين اي بين ( ما ق.م وما بعد . م ) من حضر العهدين هم ( سمعان الشيخ - يوحنا المعمدان - زكريا الكاهن ).... النبوات الموجودة عن الميلاد ف العهد القديم وتحققت ف العهد الجديد :: ٦ نبوات...... ١-
النبوة الاولي :: نوع الميلادالسيد المسيح مولود من عذراء دون رجل
اش ٧ : ١٤ = لو ١ : ٢٧ = مت ١ : ١٨
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النبوة الثانية :: مكان الميلادميخا ٥ : ٢ = مت ٢ : ٣-٦
وانتي يا بيت لحم افراته لست الصغري بين رؤساء يهوذا
هي بيت لحم اليهودية.......
افراته عبارة عن البرعم الصغير قبل تفتح الوردة لا منظر لها ولا رائحه.....
لكن انتي يا بيت لحم منك يخرج السيد والمتسلط ع الكل ويجعل لكي منظر ورائحه......
مخارجه منذ القديم : اي منذ الازل فهو ازلي ابدي.......
٣-🩶 النبوة الثالثة :: علامة الميلاد
ظهور النجم
عد ٢٤: ١٧ = مت ١ : ٢ + لو٣ : ٣٤
اراه ولكن ليس الان .... ابصره ولكن ليس قريبأ......
كوكب منير وقضيب من اسرائيل..
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النبوة الرابعه :: شهود الميلادالمجوس ( الامم البعيدة ) اش ٦٠ = مت ٥: ١٦ قومي استنيري فتسير الامم ف نورك ... وتسابيح للرب هي زيارة المجوس للمولود والسجود له وتقديم الهدايا ...( مت ٢: ١١ + تث ١٦:١٦ )
٥-
النبوة الخامسة :: قتل اطفال بيت لحم ار ٣١: ١٥ = مت ٢ : ١٦-١٨
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النبوة السادسة :: هروب العائلة المقدسة الي مصراش ١٩ : ١ + هوشع ١١ : ١ = مت ٢: ١٣-١٥
وحي من جهه مصر ..
كانت ف هذه الفترة مصر وبابل اكثر بلدين فيها اوثان وشر .......
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يوجد 3 فئات من الناس ف تجسد السيد المسيح **فئة فرحت به - فئة تضايقت من وجوده - فئة لن تبالي بشئ.....
الفئة الاولي ::# يوجد ١٠ اشخاص فرحوا بوجود السيد المسيح ( ٤-٣-٣ )
# ال ٤ الاولي هم (مريم العذراء - يوسف النجار - سالومة - حنه النبية )# ال ٣ هم بيت يوحنا (زكريا - اليصابات - يوحنا وهو جنين ف بطن امه )# ال ٣ الاخيرة :: منهم شيخ بين العهدين هو سمعانوبينهم فئتين هم ( الرعاه والمجوس )
الفئة الثانية ::١- # هيرودس الثعلب الماكر الذي يريد ان يقتله
٢- # رؤساء العالم هو كل شخص فيه روح العالم وروح الشر
٣- # رؤساء الكهنة والمراؤون لخوفهم منه ان يأخذ مكانهم....
❤ الفئة الثالثة :: هم سكان بيت لحم ( سكان بجوار المزود ولن يبالوا بولادته)...
هذه الفئات الثلاثه تمثل البشر ف هذه الايام لان البشر هم بشر لا تتغير مع الزمن... فئة منتظرة مجئ الرب ف قلبها وحياتها وبيتها ومتهلله بقدومه... فئة اخري تقاوم اي شيء يخص المسيح يقاومون الصليب والمنارة ويقاومون اسم المسيح ( جاء لعلامة تقاوم ) فئة ثالثة لا تبالي بوجوده من عدمه.. لا يفرق معها اي شيء... ناكل ونشرب لاننا غدأ نموت..
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معجزات صاحبت الميلاد *** ١- عذراء فقيرة :: اكبر معجزة هي الميلاد البتولي ( عذرا تحبل وتلد ناسوت كامل ) رمز لكنيسة تؤمن بالعذراوية الروحية اذا فقدت الكنيسة عذروايتها تفقد بتوليتها...
٢- العاقر العجوز تلد ( اليصابات ) ٣- الكاهن الاخرس يسبح ٤- الجنين يرقص ويرتكض ويتهلل فرحأ ويسجد ف الاحشاء ٥- حنة النبية الارمله تمجد الله❤ ٦- سمعان الشيخ البار متوقع تعزية الروح القدس يحمل صليبه السماوي ع ذراعيه..
🩵 ٧- الملائكة تسبح
٨- الغرباء المجوس يؤمنون ويسجدون...................................................................................
شخصيات ميلادية *** شخصية سمعان الشيخ ** معني الاسم :: المستمع - المطيع - يسمع صوت الله - التمهيد لقدوم الله.... حياة السيد المسيح ع الارض تبدأ بسمعان الشيخ ف ميلاده وتنتهي بسمعان القيرواني ف موته بالجسد وحمله الصليب....
يوجد ١٠ شخصيات بنفس الاسم بصفات جيدة..... ١- سمعان بطرس :: اسم يوناني بمعني ( صخرة - حجر ) ابوه يوأنا - اخيه اندراوس
من بيت صيدا
عندما تبع السيد المسيح سمي كيفا وهي كلمة اراميه بمعني صخرة
سمي بالعربية صفا اي صخرة
والصخرة باليونانية ( بيتروس) اي بطرس
هو صياد سمك - كانوا يقيموا ف كفر ناحوم
اختاروه من التلاميذ ال ١٢ ( مت ١٠ )
٢- سمعان القانوي ( الغيور ) مت١٠ :٤هو احد التلاميذ الاثني عشر وينتمي لحزب الغيورين ولقب بالقانوي ( بالارامية الغيور ) لتمييزه عن سمعان بطرس... لن يذكر عنه الكثير..
٣- سمعان الاسخريوطي : يو ٦ : ٧١هو ابو يهوذا سمعان الاسخريوطي
٤- سمعان الابرص : من بيت عنيابجوار بيت لعازر ومريم ومرثا
ف هذا البيت سكبت مريم الطيب ناردين خالص كثير الثمن ودهنت قدمي يسوع بالطيب...
مت ٢٦ + يو ١٢ +مر ١٤
❤ ٥- سمعان الفريسي : لو٧ : ٣٦-٣٨
ف هذا البيت المرأة الخاطئة وقفت عند قدميه من ورائه باكية وابتدات تبل قدميه بالدموع وتمسحمها بشعر راسها وتقبل قدميه وتدهنهما بالطيب......
٦- سمعان اخو الرب : اي اولاد خاله ( مت ٥٥ : ١٣+ يو ٢٥: ١٩)هو اخو يعقوب بن حلفي ...
٧- سمعان القيرواني : من بلد قرين ف ليبيا ويسمي سمعان القوريني... اجبروه ع حمل الصليب مع السيد المسيح حتي يصلب عليه المسيح .. وهو اول قديس مسيحي من افريقيا ... مت ٢٧ : ٣٢ هو ابو ( الكسندر وروفس ) المعروفين ف رساله رومية ( رو ١٦ :١٣ )
٨- سمعان نيجر : اع ١٣ : ١احد الانبياء والمعلمين ف كنيسة انطاكية وكان اسود اللون...
٩- سمعان الدباغ : استضاف بطرس ف يافا... بيته عند البحر يقال لاسباب صحيه عزلوه خارج البلد بسبب ناموس الطهارة عند اليهود.. اع ٩ : ٤٣
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الشخصيه الرئيسيه :: #
١٠- سمعان الشيخ ** نموذج خير قال لله ( احملك ف قلبي وع يدي لاني مشتاق لرؤيتك واعيش ف ظلام بدونك ولكن الان ابصر عندما رأتك عيناي ) نري سمعان الشيخ كل يوم ف الكنيسة والقداس والاجبية...
ف انجيل النوم **
الان يا سيدي تطلق عبدك بسلام
ف نصف الليل ** الان يا سيدي تطلق عبدك بسلام
ف القداس الالهي ::1- ف اختيار الحمل :: يأخذ جزء من المياه رمز المعموديه بالتغطيس ويلف القربانه باللفافه ويحملها بالصليب ويلف حول المذبح ( احملك ع ذراعي وانت تحملني مثل ما سمعان الشيخ حملك) ويقول مجدا واكراما......... فهو هو السيد الرب ( الان يا سيدي تطلق عبدك... ) 2- قبل قراءة الانجيل مباشرة :: يلف الكاهن المذبح وامامه الشماس وهو حامل البشارة ويقول الكاهن الان يا سيد تطلق عبدك بسلام .... ثم يعلن للشعب من هو ويرفع البشارة ويقول... بنشويس ... اي ربنا والهنا ومخلصنا يسوع المسيح.... 3- ف تقديم الحمل الكهنه يقبلوا بعضهم اي بمعني ( الله يحفظ كهنوتك مثل كهنوت ملكي صادق وسولومون وهارون وسمعان الشيخ) الله يقبل ذبيحتك ويحفظ كهنوتك والكاهن يقول ( اجعلني احملك ف قلبي مثلما حملك سمعان الشيخ )
صفات سمعان الشيخ ::❤ بار - تقيا يخاف الله - متوقعا تعزية الروح القدس ومجئ المخلص......
ف ايام بطليموس الروماني سنة ٢٥٠ ق.م واحتلالهم لاورشليم واسكندريه اي ثلثين العالم فاراد ان يتودد لليهود وفكر ف ترجمه التوراه من العبريه لليونانية واعطاهم حريه واماكن للترجمه فأختاروا من كل سبط ٦ اي ٧٢ يقوموا بالترجمه فسميت الترجمه السبعينيه.. ومقابل ذلك الترجمه يطلق صراح ١٢٠ الف من اليهود الموجودين ف مصر...... كان من نصيب سمعان الشيخ ( اش ٧:١٤ ) هوذا العذراء تحبل وتلد... فوقف عند هذه الايه...
عندما كتب سمعان الشيخ ( هوذا العذراء ) اي عذراء تحبل وتلد ناسوت جسد كامل والعلامه هي ( لن تموت وتعيش الي ان تعاين المسيح الرب وتعاين هذا الحدث)..... يوم ٨ امشير راي المخلص وكانت عيناه قد ضعفت...
كان شيخ عنده ٤٣٠ سنه فقال للطفل ( يا سيد) اي معك لا اريد شيئا ع الارض...
حمله ع ذراعيه ( اي محبة الله ومحبة القريب)
اي تحب اليهود والامم...
وبارك الله ( الذي هو محور العهدين ) .....
ابونا تيموثاوس
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خطّة القراءة من الكتاب المقدّس: متى 2: 1-2، 9-10
اليوم الخامس: النّجم – دليل السّاعين
خطّة القراءة من الكتاب المقدّس: متى 2: 1-2، 9-10
صلاة:
"يا ربّ، شكرًا لأنّك تقود رحلتي حتى عندما يكون الطّريق غير واضح. ساعدني أن أتبع نورك بثقة وقلب صادق. لِتكُن حياتي استجابة لنعمتك. آمين."
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خطّة القراءة من الكتاب المقدّس: متى 2: 1-2، 9-10
صلاة:
"يا ربّ، شكرًا لأنّك تقود رحلتي حتى عندما يكون الطّريق غير واضح. ساعدني أن أتبع نورك بثقة وقلب صادق. لِتكُن حياتي استجابة لنعمتك. آمين."
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