(St.) Mark the Apostle

(St.) Mark the Apostle
One of the seventy apostles, and of the four evangelists.
He preached Egypt and Libya.
We celebrate his martyrdom on the 30th Baramudah; the dedication of his church on the 30th Babah, and on the 15th and 17th Baounah we celebrate the occasion of moving his relic to Egypt.

Dictionary of church terms. — St. GEORGE'S COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH SPORTING - ALEXANDRIA EGYPT. .

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