Synaxarium

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• QPlease tell us when did the church start the practice of reading the Synaxarium and who collected the information of the Synaxarium and how many updates took place till…
• QI noticed on one Sunday that the Synaxarium of 30th of Mesore says Malachi "prophesied about the return of the people from captivity in Babylon to Jerusalem." I believe…
• QI was reading and reflecting on the Synaxarium for Paope 27 concerning the martyrdom of St. Macarius Bishop of Edkow and noticed that the reading specifically states that…
• QWhen will modern saints such as St. Archdeacon Habib Girgis and the Twenty-One Martyrs of Libya be officially added to the Synaxarium?
• QWhy are some saints not mentioned in the Synaxarium?

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