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happy new year!

mabsootamabsoota
in Coptic Orthodox Church
i wish all northeast africans and all coptic orthodox church members and everyone else who reads this a very beautiful and happy new year, full of the peace and grace of God, who equips us to serve Him and to defend our beautiful Christian faith.

i hope to finish writing the life stories of some british saints who i learnt about last week and post it here soon.

i visited the ancient roman ampitheatre in chester, where saints aaron and julius were martyed (sometime between AD 80 and AD 500 - there were Christians here by AD 200)
may the Lord God give them rest and may they pray for us also
:)

Comments

  • ophadeceophadece
    Dear @mabsoota,
    Belated Happy New Coptic Year to you too but please note, last year was a leap year (AM 1739) so this year AM 1740 started on the 12th of September.. I can see your post was dated the 11th of September.. Thanks a lot anyway and stay blessed..
    Fady
  • mabsootamabsoota
    church day starts on the evening before...
    ;-p
    ;)
  • ophadeceophadece
    Thanks @mabsoota - you are absolutely right.. Thanks for correcting me
  • mabsootamabsoota
    i think i posted it a bit earlier anyway, so i was sort of cheating...
    sorry!
    i did nearly get confused with the leap year, but in our church we anointed the realics a day early, as the new year's eve service was held on the monday in a small place with not enough space for everyone.
    that way no one missed out
    :)
  • mabsootamabsoota
    happy new year again!
    this time i did not post a day early ;)

    i forgot to come back and post about the british saints - the first 2 i researched are below, reply to the message if you want to see more :)
    (as there seem to be only about 4 people a month visiting the webpage - hope eveyone else is busy 'in real life' and not just addicted to continuous scrolling of 3 second videos about going to the hairdresser etc.)

    Saints Aaron and Julius

     

    The first Christians arrived in Roman Britain by 200 AD and
    soon after martyrs were recorded as Christians met opposition from the locals
    and some of the leaders who objected to the religious challenge of their faith.

    Later writes such as the monks Saint Gildas (in 500s) and
    Saint Bede (in 700s) have recorded some of their history.

    Saint Gildas wrote of the saints Aaron and Julius who were
    martyred in a Roman amphitheatre in the town that is now Chester, so it is
    clear that they lived and died in an earlier age.

    Archaeologists did not find the amphitheatre until its
    foundations were discovered in the basement of a house undergoing renovation in
    1929. It was eventually excavated before 1960 after funds were raised to dig in
    the area and around half of it (partially rebuilt from the foundations that
    were discovered) can now be visited without charge. This amphitheatre was built
    around 80 AD and enlarged around 200 AD and the post to which victims were tied
    is still there (2023) in its centre. It is the largest amphitheatre discovered
    so far in Britain.

     

    By 689, a church was built next to it (probably because of
    the martyrs who were commemorated there) and parts of the old steps which lead
    from the amphitheatre to its basement are still visible. This church was demolished
    and rebuilt around 1000, at the time of the Norman invasion and it became the
    (Catholic) cathedral of the area. Today (i wrote this in 2023) it still stands as Saint John’s church
    (currently Anglican) and parts of the old walls remain from Norman times.

  • ophadeceophadece
    Dear @mabsoota,
    Really really interesting.. Wow.. Thanks a million for sharing..
    Ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϭⲥ
  • mabsootamabsoota
    i used secondary sources (guidebook and the internet) but the primary sources were the catholic monks bede and gildas from around '700s and '500s AD
    lots of their writings are translated into (relatively) modern english and are available on line.
  • ophadeceophadece
    That is really interesting.. It is such an invaluable wealth to have the writings of the forefathers simplified and modernised so that we can all benefit in this generation..
    Ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϭⲥ
  • mabsootamabsoota
    more here:
    for example, here is a story about the bishop germanus, who sought the intercessions of saint alban, the earliest well known saint, who was martyred around 300 AD.
    a girl was healed of blindness and many people believed in the Lord Jesus Christ
    :)
  • chakU
    more here:
    for example, here is a story about the bishop germanus, who sought the intercessions of saint alban, the earliest well known saint, who was martyred around 300 AD.
    a girl was healed of blindness and many people believed in the Lord Jesus Christ
    https://ccel.org/ccel/bede/history/history.v.i.xvii.html 

    That’s an incredible story! The healing of blindness must have been a powerful moment that inspired so many to turn to faith. Saint Alban's legacy really shows the strength of early Christian martyrs.
  • mabsootamabsoota
    welcome to the site, hope you also enjoy reading about the septuagint (the old testament translation used most often by the early church)
    :)
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