Aziz Mina Şehitliği (7.Yüzyıl Sonu)
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Kitap
Coptic Synaxarium, Hoyland’a göre bu anlatının
yedinci yüzyılın sonundan önce yazılmış olması pek olası değildir, s.369.
Kaynakça
Coptic Synaxary, "17 Amshir" (= Ethiopic Synaxary,
"17 Yakkatit")
https://archive.org/details/copticsynaxarium0000anon/page/368/mode/2up
The Seventeenth Day of the Blessed
Month of Amshir
(The Seventeenth Day of the Blessed Month of Amshir)
The Martyrdom of St. Mina
(Menas), the Monk
On this day St. Mina the monk was martyred. This saint was born in
Akhmim to Christian parents who were farmers. Since his youth, his heart was
inclined to renounce the world, so he became a monk in one of the monasteries
of Akhmim.
For a period of time, he fasted two days at a time and he was
ascetic in his food and drink. Then he went to El-Ashmounein and dwelt in a
monastery there for 16 years without leaving it. When the Arabs ruled the
country, St. Mina heard that they denied that God had a Son from His nature and
essence, and equal with Him in Eternity. This denial of faith was painful to
the saint, so he took permission from the abbot of the monastery and went to
El-Ashmounein.
He came before the commander of the Arab camp and asked him,
"Is it true that you say that God has no Son from His nature and
essence?" The commander replied saying, "We deny that saying about
God and totally reject it." The saint told the Arab commander that it
should only be rejected if His Son was born through parental procreation, but
our belief is that the Lord Christ is God of God, and Light of Light. The
commander replied, "In our faith, this is blasphemy." The saint told
him that the Bible says, "He who believes in the Son has everlasting life;
and he who does not believe in the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God
abides in him." (John 3:36)
The commander became enraged at this and ordered his soldiers to
cut the saint into pieces and to throw him into the sea. The believers gathered
the pieces of his body, shrouded and buried it. They arranged a commemoration
of St. Mina the monk on this day.
His prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
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