St. Mary of Egypt القديسة مريم المصرية

ST. MARY OF EGYPT
The fifth Sunday in Lent is dedicated to a most amazing young woman who became one of the most penitent Saints in the Orthodox Christian Church. She lived in Egypt during the reign of the Emperor Justinian (527-565).
During her young life, Mary of Egypt was an unbeliever and spent much of her time in pursuing the pleasures of life. She was a very beautiful young lady and was much sought after by the young men of Egypt. One year she visited Jerusalem on September 14th (the feast day of the Elevation of the True Cross of Christ) accompanied by several of her admirers. As she was about to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (the place where Christ was entombed and Resurrected from the dead) she suddenly discovered that it was impossible for her to enter. An unseen power was keeping her from entering the Holy Shrine in Jerusalem. A sudden change came over Mary of Egypt, and she realized that she was not worthy of entering the Holy Church of Jesus Christ. She repented of her sins and begged the Blessed Virgin Mary to help her.
Mary of Egypt became a nun in the Church and remained for 40 years in the desert near the Jordan River. Her fame spread through the land, and she became known as the penitent Saint of the Church. The Church dedicates the 5th Sunday of Great Lent to her memory to remind us of the wonderful Christian virtue of repentance. There must be this feeling of repentance in our hearts if we are to be members of the Body of Christ. If we are to receive His precious Blood and His Holy Body during the Holy Week of Easter we must truly be sorry for all the sins we have committed. This is made possible through the Sacrament of Holy Penance (Confession).

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Mary
• Egypt
• syria
• aleppo
• greek
• orthodox
• catholic
• history
• movie
• great
• lent
• jesus
• music

[TopazScorpio909]

@belladeballe No saints were perfect. The way there story is written does not include their imperfections. I actually sometimes like hearing saint stories of repentant sinners and I like saint stories where their flaws are not mentioned.

[lachosf]

Братя и сестри в Христа, нека по молитвите на света Мария Египетска, Бог да ни помилва и спаси!

[lachosf]

Света Марио, моли Бога за нас!

[Fantezism]

Thank you very much for this clip. Today is the fifth Sunday in Lent, so may Saint Mary of Egypt by the divine power that she has earned from God help you in your needs. It's amazing how the worst sinners have become God's most precious saints. How can they love God so much? How can they abandon those "delicious" sins and live a continuous prayer disregarding everything wordly? The most lustful woman of Alexandria has become a most amazing saint. Food for thought..

[Sophia9294]

Something even more spectacular happend to St. Mary of Egypt. Goggle The Life of our Venerable Mother Mary of Egypt to find out.  You won't be disappointed.

[Sophia9294]

Something even more spectacular happend to St. Mary of Egypt. Goggle The Life of our Venerable Mother Mary of Egypt.

[Valonaren]

did she enter the church after 40 years in desert?

[AegeanKing]

@cryostation You're a moron. The Apostles were all devout Jews meaning they were MONOTHEISTS and they were brought up to hate polytheism. 

[cryostation]

this story is fascinating but not in the crhistian eprspective. the desert fatehrs were influenced very much by egyptian priests of horus and osiris. the advent of modern christianity has much to do with the egyptian trinity of horus isis meri and osiris. modern christians are fools. a real christian does not live in a christian society but in a desert. and he certainly doesnt have wifes and kids. what a bunch of fools

[belladeballe]

I learned of St. Mary of Egypt this year. Very interesting story. One things I love about the Orthodox saints is that they seem such more more "real" than the saints I grew up with in the Roman Catholic Church who were impossibly "perfect."