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1088:Theophilus I
1073:Athanasius I
160:
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82:ancient text
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34:Minuf, Egypt
1253:Gabriel VII
1243:Macarius II
1213:Michael III
1118:Timothy III
1098:Dioscorus I
1068:Alexander I
1038:Demetrius I
895:Nag Hammadi
634:Evangelists
501:Bartholomew
118:on May 21.
1784:Categories
1719:Euphrosyne
1661:Paphnutius
1633:Anchorites
1493:Horsiesius
1223:Cosmas III
1203:Michael II
1168:Theodore I
1148:Benjamin I
1143:Andronicus
1138:Anastasius
1103:Timothy II
1028:Agrippinus
910:Philotheos
805:Gallicanus
740:Chiaffredo
695:Abaskhiron
225:Patriarchs
122:References
71:Synaxarion
1656:Onuphrius
1588:Petronius
1498:Hospitius
1483:Bashnouna
1248:Matthew I
1233:Zacharias
1218:Gabriel I
1208:Cosmas II
1193:Simeon II
1173:Michael I
1108:Peter III
1083:Timothy I
1048:Dionysius
1018:Markianos
905:Philomena
785:Epimachus
745:Colluthus
730:Catherine
720:Bashnouna
710:Apollonia
566:Disciples
473:Sarathiel
395:Theotokos
350:Zechariah
340:Zephaniah
116:feast day
90:Pachomius
1729:Candidus
1676:Shenouda
1568:Patapios
1488:Hilarion
1273:Cyril VI
1258:John XIV
1238:Cyril II
1198:Joseph I
1158:Simeon I
1128:Peter IV
1078:Peter II
1043:Heraclas
1023:Celadion
965:Wadamoun
960:Veronica
940:Theoclia
775:Dorothea
604:Silvanus
594:Philemon
579:Barnabas
531:Matthias
488:Apostles
468:Zedekiel
365:Jeremiah
335:Habakkuk
267:Prophets
1704:Ambrose
1686:Zosimas
1563:Parsoma
1283:Bishops
1263:Cyril V
1228:Abraham
1183:Mark II
1178:John IV
1153:Agathon
1093:Cyril I
1063:Peter I
1053:Theonas
1013:Eumenes
998:Avilius
993:Anianus
885:Mohrael
870:Maurice
770:Demiana
715:Barbara
705:Arianus
690:Abanoub
667:Martyrs
642:Matthew
614:Timothy
609:Stephen
574:Apollos
526:Matthew
478:Ananiel
458:Raphael
453:Gabriel
448:Michael
428:Zeitoun
413:Belarus
375:Ezekiel
355:Malachi
315:Obadiah
233:Abraham
110:in the
1749:Verena
1681:Thomas
1671:Pijimi
1651:Misael
1598:Poemen
1593:Pishoy
1133:Damian
1033:Julian
1008:Justus
1003:Kedron
988:Mark I
935:Thecla
900:Otimus
875:Memnon
855:Malati
825:Gereon
810:George
685:Abāmūn
680:Abāmūn
556:Thomas
546:Philip
496:Andrew
463:Suriel
423:Warraq
418:Poland
408:Assiut
380:Daniel
370:Baruch
360:Isaiah
345:Haggai
285:Samuel
248:Joseph
170:
86:Akhmim
52:May 21
1641:Karas
1558:Pambo
1478:Awgin
1436:Monks
1188:James
980:Popes
970:Wanas
955:Varus
920:Sarah
890:Moura
880:Menas
765:Dasya
619:Titus
551:Simon
541:Peter
325:Nahum
320:Jonah
305:Micah
295:Hosea
290:David
275:Moses
243:Jacob
238:Isaac
108:saint
78:Minuf
67:Egypt
48:Feast
1666:Paul
1646:Mary
1468:Amun
1440:nuns
1438:and
915:Rais
657:John
652:Luke
647:Mark
536:Paul
521:Jude
516:John
330:Noah
310:Joel
300:Amos
168:ISBN
31:Born
280:Job
61:or
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202:t
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