Calendar for May 8 - Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark - Mark's Day
Companion and helper of the apostle Peter, who calls him his son (I Peter 5, 13). When he was in Rome, at the request of the faithful, he wrote the Holy Bible, which the apostle Peter confirmed as that's true. Apostle Peter made him a bishop and sent him to Egypt to preach. Egypt was all in paganism, idolatry, fortune-telling... But he managed to sow the seed of Christ. more science. In Aleksandria, he founded the Church of God and appointed bishops, priests and deacons to it. In Alexandria, he was caught by strangers and dragged through the streets shouting: "Let's drag the ox into the pen." In the dungeon, first an angel appeared to him, and then the Lord himself. The next day, when they dragged him through the streets again, he gave his soul to God. Many miracles happened over his remains.
Saint Anianus, the second bishop of Alexandria.
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