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What day is St. Samuel the Confessor's Feast every year?
December 17.
St. Samuel the Confessor was the disciple of who?
Abba Aghathon.
What is the name of St. Samuel the Confessor's Monastery current Abbot?
H.G. Bishop Bassilous.
How did St. Samuel the Confessor lose his eye?
After St. Samuel ripped up Leo's Tome he was beaten up and one of the strikes hit his right eye.
How many children did St. Samuel's parents have?
1 only.
How old was St. Samuel the Confessor when he departed?
99 years old.
What was the name of St. Samuel's father?
Arselaos the Priest.
St. Samuel's monastery is located in what area?
Mount Qalamoun, Egypt.
What was the name of the decree that St. Samuel the Confessor refused to accept?
Leo's Tome.
What is unique about St. Samuel the Confessor?
Monk with one eye.
When was St. Samuel the Confessor born?
597 A.D.
What is the name of the city where St. Samuel the Confessor was born?
Daklube, Egypt.
What did St. Mary say to St. Samuel the Confessor when she appeared to him?
“This place shall be my abode forever because I like the stay with my son Samuel for his purity and patience and I’ll stay with him and his Holy disciples who have the fear and obedience of God to the end of the days."
What is the Coptic date for the departure of St. Samuel the Confessor?
Kiahk 8
What was included in Leo's Tome?
The letter was Nestorian in nature and was adopted by the council of Chalcedon 451 AD and say's that Christ has 2 separate natures. Our Church believes in the 1 nature of Christ (His Divinity parted not from his Humanity).
When did St. Samuel the Confessor depart?
696 A.D.
What was the name of the famous Pope during the era of St. Samuel the Confessor?
Pope Benjamin, 38th.
When the Berbers attacked the Monastery, what did the Angel tell St. Samuel the Confessor to do and did he listen?
- “Do not be afraid, go inside the church and do not speak I’ll not let them see you."
- When he tried to protect the place he heard voice saying “Why did you disobey the word of the Lord when He said go inside the church and do not speak?
What was a very hard tribulation that St. Samuel went through?
He was tied with a maiden.
What was the vision seen by St. Samuel the Confessor's father?
"Your son must be entrusted with a large congregation, for he is chosen by the Lord to be His all the days of his life."
When was the Council of Chalcedon held?
451 A.D.
If we can describe St. Samuel the Confessor using one word, what would it be?
Faithfulness.
What is the name of a very famous monk that recently lived in the monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor?
Abouna Andrawes El-Samuely.
What are 3 prophecies St. Samuel the Confessor prophesized about?
1.) Stray away from the Coptic language.
2.) Feel lazy worshiping God.
3.) If they go to church they will go late not knowing what are the readings of the day.
Who did Heraclius the Byzantine Emperor send to force the Egyptian Christians to follow the Chalcedonian faith?
Heraclius instructed El Muqawqis to send 200 soldiers to the Scetis to achieve the Emperor’s desire.