Saints Preserve Us
St. Anthony the Great
This "Father of Monasticism," a 3rd-century Egyptian, fled to the desert after hearing Matthew 19:21.
Swallowed by a great fish after fleeing to Tarshish, he eventually preached to Nineveh.
Jonah
A father runs to embrace this returning son who had wasted his inheritance.
The Prodigal Son
God created light on this day of creation.
The first day
This shortest Gospel is traditionally linked to the founder of the Coptic Church in Alexandria.
Mark
Alexandrian deacon, "Pillar of the Faith," who battled Arius at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.
St. Athanasius
This prophet defeated 450 prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel by calling down fire from heaven.
Elijah
In this parable, a man helps a wounded traveler after a priest and a Levite walk by.
The Good Samaritan
Lot's wife turned into a pillar of this for looking back at Sodom.
Salt
"In the beginning was the Word" opens this Gospel.
John
This Coptic saint moved a mountain (Mokattam) by faith during the reign of Caliph Al-Mu'izz.
St. Simon the Tanner
Thrown into a den of lions for praying to God three times a day under King Darius.
Daniel
Jesus says the kingdom of heaven is like this tiny seed that grows into a great tree.
The mustard seed
This patriarch's name was changed to Israel after wrestling with an angel.
Jacob
Only Matthew records these visitors from the East who brought three gifts to the Christ child.
The Magi (Wise Men)
Patron saint of Egypt, a Roman soldier martyred under Diocletian, often shown spearing a dragon.
St. George (Mari Girgis)
God told this prophet to marry an unfaithful woman as a picture of Israel's unfaithfulness.
Hosea
Five wise and five foolish women wait for a bridegroom with their lamps in this parable.
The Ten Virgins
Joseph interpreted Pharaoh's dream of seven fat and seven lean of these animals.
Cows (cattle)
Jesus performed this first miracle at a wedding in Cana of Galilee.
Turning water into wine
Coptic pope who led the catechetical school of Alexandria and is called "the Seal of the Martyrs."
St. Peter of Alexandria
Known as the "weeping prophet," he wrote the book of Lamentations after Jerusalem's fall.
Jeremiah
In Matthew 13, an enemy sows these among the wheat while the farmer sleeps.
Tares (weeds)
Jacob worked seven years for Rachel but was tricked into first marrying her older sister.
Leah
This is the only miracle of Jesus, besides the Resurrection, recorded in all four Gospels.
The feeding of the 5,000