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Mikhail Ibrahim

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The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church headed by H.H. Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria declared at the end of its meeting on May 22, 2026 the official recognition by the Church of Abouna Mikhail Ibrahim as Saint.

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Basil the Great

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 “The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist.” —Charles Baudelaire, Paris Spleen (Le Spleen de Paris)
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 “As for all those who pretend to confess sound Orthodox Faith, but are in communion with people who hold different opinion, if they are forewarned and still remain stubborn, you must not only be in communion with them, but you must NOT even call them brothers.” —St. Basil the Great, Patrologia Orientalis, Vol. 17, p. 303
 “It is a commandment of the Lord that we should not be silent when the Faith is in peril. So, when it is a matter of the Faith, one cannot say, ‘Who am I? A priest, a ruler, a soldier, a farmer, a poor man? I have no say or concern in this matter.’ Alas! The stones shall cry out, and you remain silent and unconcerned?” —St. Theodore the Studite

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	“The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist.” —Charles Baudelaire, Paris Spleen (Le Spleen de Paris)		“The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist.” —Charles Baudelaire, Paris Spleen (Le Spleen de Paris)
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		+	“For someone to live alone one must be either a beast or a god.” —Aristotle, Politics, Book I, 1253a

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 | [[St. Stephen's Course in Orthodox Theology]] / Antiochian House of Studies (Distance/Boliver, Pennsylvania)|| 200 * || 192 || 9 (3) || Pan-Orthodox (Antiochian) <ref>https://www.ats.edu/member-schools/antiochian-house-of-studies</ref>
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-| [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]] (Jordanville, New York)|| 40 || 3|| 9 || ROCOR <ref>https://www.hts.edu/news_210904_1</ref>
+| [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]] (Jordanville, New York)|| 40 || 32|| 9 || ROCOR <ref>https://www.hts.edu/news_210904_1</ref>
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	“He who refuses to give in to his passions does the same as he who refuses to bow down and worship idols.” —St. Theophan the Recluse		“He who refuses to give in to his passions does the same as he who refuses to bow down and worship idols.” —St. Theophan the Recluse
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		+	“Just as the eye is the window to the soul, all true icons are intended to be windows to Christ. Whatever saint is on the icon, by his presence, life, and image (created in the likeness of God), is intended to point us to Christ. So, as we venerate the saint on the icon, we are directed through this veneration to worship Christ.” —Tonia Howell

	“Concerning the charge of idolatry: Icons are not idols but symbols. Therefore, when an Orthodox venerates an icon, he is not guilty of idolatry. He is not worshiping the symbol, but merely venerating it. Such veneration is not directed toward wood, or paint or stone, but towards the person depicted. Therefore relative honor is shown to material objects, but worship is due to God alone.” —St. John of Damascus		“Concerning the charge of idolatry: Icons are not idols but symbols. Therefore, when an Orthodox venerates an icon, he is not guilty of idolatry. He is not worshiping the symbol, but merely venerating it. Such veneration is not directed toward wood, or paint or stone, but towards the person depicted. Therefore relative honor is shown to material objects, but worship is due to God alone.” —St. John of Damascus

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 * Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Phyle. [http://www.synodinresistance.org/pdfs/2014/03/20/20140320aAnnouncement.pdf Official Notification: Thursday of the Third Week of the Great Fast, March 7/20, 2014 - The Ecclesiastical Union of the [Church of the] True Orthodox Christians and the Orthodox Community in Resistance]. March 7/20, 2014. 6 pp.
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	He departed on the 26th of March, 1975 at the age of 76 after a full life of service to God crowned with 24 blessed years in the priesthood. He served God with dedication and full sacrificial life. When the news of his departure became known, the whole Coptic community headed by the Coptic Orthodox patriarch, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III was weeping the departure of a great man of God. They wanted to bury him near the church where he served, others suggested the village of his birth, or a 100 other places. The Pope of Alexandria had another plan, he requested that Abouna Ibrahim be buried under the Altar of St. Mark Great Cathedral because as his holiness said: "we all needed his prayers for our generation and the generations to come".		He departed on the 26th of March, 1975 at the age of 76 after a full life of service to God crowned with 24 blessed years in the priesthood. He served God with dedication and full sacrificial life. When the news of his departure became known, the whole Coptic community headed by the Coptic Orthodox patriarch, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III was weeping the departure of a great man of God. They wanted to bury him near the church where he served, others suggested the village of his birth, or a 100 other places. The Pope of Alexandria had another plan, he requested that Abouna Ibrahim be buried under the Altar of St. Mark Great Cathedral because as his holiness said: "we all needed his prayers for our generation and the generations to come".
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		+	'''The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church headed by H.H. Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria declared at the end of its meeting on May 22, 2026 the official recognition by the Church of Abouna Mikhail Ibrahim as Saint.'''

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 His Eminence Metropolitan '''Athenagoras (Peckstadt) of Belgium''' is a hierarch of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. Since 2013 he has served as Metropolitan of Belgium and Exarch of the Netherlands and Luxemburg.
-Yves Peckstadt was born on [[March 24]], 1962, in Ghent, Belgium, the son of [[Archpriest]] Ignace Peckstadt (who served there in Ghent) and Marie-Thérèse Janssens. After some years of law school at the University of Ghent, he began study at the University of Thessaloniki in Greece, having received a scholarship granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. He successfully graduated with a Master's degree in Theology. He continued his studies at the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey (University of Geneva), graduating with a thesis entitled ''History of Orthodox presence in Benelux and its importance to the ecumenical movement''.
+Yves Peckstadt was born on [[March 24]], 1962, in Ghent, Belgium, the son of Ignace Peckstadt and Marie-Thérèse Janssens. After some years of law school at the University of Ghent he graduated with highest honors in Theology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He subsequently undertook postgraduate studies at the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey (University of Geneva). After that he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Theology by Radboud University Nijmegen, following the public defence of his doctoral dissertation entitled ''The orthodox parish of Saint Catherina in Amsterdam (1752–1886)''.
-In November of 1989 he was [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[deacon|diaconate]] by [[Metropolitan]] [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew of Philadelphia]] (presently the Ecumenical Patriarch), who also gave him the name of Athenagoras in honor of the great [[Patriarch]] [[Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople|Athenagoras I]]. Later, Metr. [[Panteleimon (Kontogiannis) of Belgium]] ordained him as a [[priest]]. In September of 1996 he was elevated to the rank of [[archimandrite]] and then as Episcopal Vicar of the Archdiocese of Belgium.
+In 1989, he was ordained to the diaconate in Brussels by [[Metropolitan]] [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew of Philadelphia]] (now the Ecumenical Patriarch). On that occasion, he was given the name Athenagoras, in memory of the great [[Patriarch]] [[Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras]], and entrusted with the mission of continuing to advance the ecumenical dialogue among Christians. He served as archdeacon of the Orthodox Metropolis of Belgium until his ordination to the priesthood in 1996. He was subsequently appointed Episcopal Vicar for the western-language parishes of the Metropolis.
-For more than five years he functioned as religion teacher in different high schools in Flanders. At the beginning of 1994, Metr. Panteleimon named him as producer for the Belgian radio and television Orthodox broadcasts in French and Flemish. In the same year, the [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate made him a collaborator of the newly established Liaison Office of the Orthodox Church to the European Union, located in Brussels, o f which he is today the supervisor. By 1995, Archdeacon Athenagoras had founded with the blessing of Metr. Panteleimon an Orthodox parish in Bruges, under the patronage of SS. [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]] and [[Helen]], where he served as the first dean. He later founded also the orthodox parish of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Ostende and the parish of the Three Hierarchs in Hasselt. He functioned as Orthodox [[Chaplain]] of the International Airport of Brussels since several years, and is also a member in the Concertation of Christian Churches in Belgium, in the committee "A Soul for Europe," and president of the E.I.I.R. (International and Interconfessional Association for Meetings of Monks and Nuns), after serving as President of the Interecclesiastical Committee of Brussels.
+From 1993 to 1998, he taught Orthodox Religious Education in several secondary schools throughout Flanders. From 1994 to 2014, he served as producer and presenter of the Orthodox Church’s broadcast programmes on the Belgian public broadcasters VRT and RTBF. In that same year, he was appointed by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as a collaborator of the Liaison Office of the Orthodox Church to the European Union. For many years, he has also served as the Orthodox chaplain at Brussels Airport. As a priest, he founded parishes in Bruges, Ostend, and Hasselt.
-He speaks Flemish, Greek, French, English, and German.
+He led the parish in Bruges from 1995 until his unanimous election in 2003 by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as auxiliary bishop to the Metropolitan of Belgium, with the distinguished title of Bishop of Sinope. His episcopal consecration took place in the Orthodox Cathedral of Brussels. In 2013, he was unanimously elected by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as Metropolitan of Belgium and Exarch of the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
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 :''For other uses, see [[Basil (disambiguation)]]''
-[[File:01 basil2.jpg|right|frame|Icon of Saint Basil at Skete.com]]Our father among the saints '''Basil the Great''' (ca. 330 - [[January 1]], 379), was [[bishop]] of [[Caesarea]], a leading churchman in the 4th century, known especially for his [[philanthropic]] labors and theological works.  The Church considers him a [[saint]] and one of the [[Three Holy Hierarchs]], together with Saints [[Gregory the Theologian]] (Gregory Nazianzus) and [[John Chrysostom]]. Basil, Gregory the Theologian, and Basil's brother Saint [[Gregory of Nyssa]] are called the [[Cappadocian Fathers]].
+[[File:01 basil2.jpg|right|frame|Icon of Saint Basil at Skete.com]]Our father among the saints '''Basil the Great''' (ca. 330 - [[January 1]], 379), was [[bishop]] of [[Caesarea in Cappadocia]], a leading churchman in the 4th century, known especially for his [[philanthropic]] labors and theological works.  The Church considers him a [[saint]] and one of the [[Three Holy Hierarchs]], together with Saints [[Gregory the Theologian]] (Gregory Nazianzus) and [[John Chrysostom]]. Basil, Gregory the Theologian, and Basil's brother Saint [[Gregory of Nyssa]] are called the [[Cappadocian Fathers]].
 Basil's memory is celebrated on [[January 1]]; he is also remembered on [[January 30]] with the [[Three Holy Hierarchs]]. In Greek tradition, he is supposed to visit children and give presents every [[January 1]]. This festival is also marked by the baking of [[Vasilopita|Saint Basil's bread]] (Gr. ''Vasil&oacute;pita''), a sweet bread with a coin hidden inside.

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−	Our Father among the [[saint]]s '''Peter of Sebaste''' was the youngest member of a large family of distinguish Christians that included Ss [[Macrina the Elder]], [[Basil the Elder]], [[Emily]], [[~~Gregory~~ the ~~Elder~~]], [[Macrina the Younger]], [[Basil the Great]], [[Naucratius]] and [[Gregory of Nyssa]]. He served as [[bishop]] of Sebaste in Armenia and participated in the [[Second Ecumenical Council]]. He is commemorated on [[January 9]].	+	Our Father among the [[saint]]s '''Peter of Sebaste''' was the youngest member of a large family of distinguish Christians that included Ss [[Macrina the Elder]], [[Basil the Elder]], [[Emily]], [[Theosebia the Deaconess]], [[Macrina the Younger]], [[Basil the Great]], [[Naucratius]] and [[Gregory of Nyssa]]. He served as [[bishop]] of Sebaste in Armenia and participated in the [[Second Ecumenical Council]]. He is commemorated on [[January 9]].

	==Life==		==Life==