Saint Abanoub al-Nahisy
(Nahisi, Nehisa, Nahyan) القديس أبانوب النحيسي
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On the 24th
of Abib, St. Abanoub was martyred. He was born in the city of Nehisa
(District of Talkha). His parents were pure and merciful and they
reared him in the fear of God. When he was martyred by the Roman
rule, Diocletian, who incited the persecution against the
Christian, St. Abanoub was twelve years old, and he desired to shed his
blood for the Name of Christ. On July 31 our Church celebrates his
death, as the day of his birth into eternal life. Abanoub's
relics, as well as the relics of many Christians who died with him, are
still preserved in St. Virgin Mary and St. Abanoub church in Samanoud.
It is also
said that the Holy Family visited that place during their Flight into Egypt.
The church still contains the well from which The Lord Jesus, St. Mary, and St.
Joseph drank. Numerous apparitions and miracles do occur in that church until
this very day. Abanoub was born in a town called Nehisa in the Nile
Delta. He was the only son of good Christian parents who died when he was a
young child. At age twelve Abanoub entered the church to hear the priest asking
the congregation to remain faithful during the persecutions provoked by
Diocletian, the Roman emperor.
Abanoub
received the Holy Sacraments, then he prayed to God to guide him to where
he can confess his faith in Jesus our Lord. After that Abanoub went out, and
gave all his possessions to the needy. Then he set off to a city called
Samanoud, on foot. While he was walking, he saw the Archangel Michael in
celestial glory. The sight was so extraordinary that Abanoub fell to the
ground, but the Archangel raised him up, and told him that he must suffer for
three days in Samanoud and he would witness to Jesus Christ in other places
also.
Once in
Samanoud, Abanoub went to the Roman ruler and declared his faith openly. He
also insulted the ruler's idols. The ruler was mad and gave orders to whip him
on his belly. The soldiers beat Abanoub severely until his intestines poured
out of his tummy. But the Archangel Michael miraculously healed him. Then the ruler
put him in jail with other Christians who were encouraged by his presence among
them, and later were martyred for the name of Jesus.
The
following day,the ruler took Abanoub on a boat to a city called Atrib, and as
punishment, he hung Abanoub upside down from the sail of the boat. The
soldiers, along with their ruler, started drinking and dancing and hitting
Abanoub on the mouth. Abanoub's nose bled, but then unexpectedly, the soldiers
became blind and the ruler became paralyzed. In their agony they cried to him
and said, "Please Abanoub, pray to your God to heal us. For if we are
cured, we will become Christians."
St. Abanoub
replied, "This will only happen in Atrib, so that everyone there should
know that there is no other God but Christ." When they arrived in Atrib,
they were all healed, and they cried with joy, "We are Christiansl We
believe in the God of Abanoub" Then they took off their uniforms and
threw them on the ground in front of the ruler of Atrib. The governor got very
mad, and ordered them to be killed.
In Atrib,
Abanoub was tortured severely, sometimes by whipping and sometimes by tying him
to a steel bed and igniting fire under him. But in all these tribulations, the
Lord showed his power and Abanoub was saved. As a result of these miracles,
many onlookers became Christians, and received the crown of martyrdom. The
ruler then gave orders to cut Abanoub's hands and feet. Suddenly the Angel of
the Lord came down from heaven, put the hands and feet in place, and healed
him. Then Abanoub got up and walked in front of everybody. Hundreds of people
became Christians as a result of that miracle.
Frustrated,
the ruler called some of the best magicians in the country, and asked them to
help him defeat Abanoub. They suggested that he should be thrown to the
poisonous snakes. "Those snakes have enough poison to kill two or three
hundred men." they said. So they put Abanoub in a cell with the snakes,
but God, who shut the mouths of the lions at the time of Daniel, tamed the
snakes and they did not harm Abanoub. In the morning, and to everybody's
astonishment, St. Abanoub came out from the cell alive. Then suddenly one of
the snakes crawled out of the cell and coiled itself around the ruler's neck.
The man started shaking and he cried, "In the name of Jesus your God, be
merciful on me and don't let the snake harm me." The saint who loved
everyone - friend or enemy - just as the Gospel commands, prayed from the
heart, and then ordered the snake to come down and not to hurt the ruler. On
that day, many people who were present including the three magicians believed
in Jesus.
Finally one
of the ruler's advisers told him to behead the saint and put an end to that
episode. So the ruler ordered the soldiers to kill St. Abanoub by the sword. A
faithful man called St. Julius wrapped Abanoub's body in fine linen and sent
him to his hometown Nehisa where he was buried.
In 960
A.D., his body was transferred to St. Virgin Mary's church in Samanoud where it
still lies until today. Throughout the years, Abanoub made lots of apparitions
in that church. He used to appear as a twelve-year old child and play with
children of his age. Once he interfered in a fight between some Christian and
Moslem children. This incident aggravated one of the prominent Moslems who
lived beside the church. The priest of the church, who was an old man, got mad
when he learned about what happened. In his fury he forbade the Child Saint
from appearing. Amazingly, the Saint obeyed the priest's decision and the
apparitions stopped for many years.
It was only
in 1974, when Father Abanoub Louis was ordained priest at that church, that he
summoned two bishops who came to the church and after praying fervently, they
gave permission to the saint to appear if he wished. In about two weeks time
the first apparition was witnessed followed by numerous miracles and
appearances.
A
well-known bishop visited Montreal recently and spoke about the miracles that
he witnessed himself. He said, "One day, I was visiting Samanoud, and I
participated in celebrating mass in St. Virgin Mary and St. Abanoub Church. The
mass was in the middle of the week, and was attended by few people. After we
finished, I remarked about how beautiful a Church it is, and that I really
enjoyed praying mass in it, except for one little thing." I added that
throughout the prayers a young boy kept coming in and out of the front door.
The priest told me that he did not see any young children, and that the mass
was attended by few grown-ups. Then he concluded that that young boy was St.
Abanoub.
Another man
said that after he attended mass, he went on his way carrying a brief-case.'It
was raining, and I slipped, and fell into a puddle. Then a young boy came
running at me, and helped me get on my feet. He handed me my brief case, and
told me to cross to the other side of the street. I was surprised to find out
that my clothes and my brief-case were completely dry. Then I looked for the
little boy, but he had disappeared."
May the
prayers and supplications of this great Martyr, the Child Saint Abanoub be with
us. Amen.
As posted
on: copticchurch.net
القديس أبانوب
النحيسي
São Abanoub al-Nahisy
Άγιος Abanoub al-Nahisy
Saint Abanoub al-Nahisi
Saint Abanoub al-Nahisa
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahyan
San
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Aziz
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Sant'Abanoub
al-Nahisy
聖アバヌーブ・アル・ナヒシ
Святой
Абануб ан-Нахиси
Sant'Abanoub
al-Nahisy
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
הקדוש אבאנוב
אל-נהיסי
Sanctus
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Sfântul
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Святой
Абануб ан-Нахиси
संत अबनौब अल-नाहिसी
圣阿巴努·纳希西
聖阿巴努·納希西
सेंट अबानौब अल-नाहिसी
Święty
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Heilige
Abanoub al-Nahisy
San
Abanoub al-Nahasy sat jilataw ukham lurapjjäna
Shën
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Heiliger
Abanoub al-Nahisy
ቅዱስ አባኑብ አል-ናሂሲ
Սուրբ Աբանուբ
ալ-Նահիսի
চেন্ট আবানুব আল-নাহিছি
Müqəddəs
Əbanub əl-Nahisi
Abanoub
al-Nahisy ka senuma
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
সেন্ট আবানুব আল-নাহিসি
Святы
Абануб ан-Нахісі
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
संत अबनौब अल-नाहिसी के ह
Sveti
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Свети
Абануб ал-Нахиси
ಸಂತ ಅಬನೌಬ್ ಅಲ್-ನಹಿಸಿ
Sant
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Әулие
Абануб әл-Нахиси
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Mutsvene
Abanoub al-Nahisy
ශාන්ත අබනොබ් අල්-නහිසි
संत अबानोब अल-नाहिसी हांणी केला
성자 Abanoub
al-Nahisy
San
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Sveti
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
سانت ئەبانوب
ئەلناهیسی
Sankt
Abanoub al-Nahisy
ސެއިންޓް އަބަނޫބް އަލް ނާހިސީ އެވެ
संत अबनौब अल-नहिसी
Svätý
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Sveti
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Sankta
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Püha
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Pyhä
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Sint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Naomh
Abanoub al-Nahisy
San
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Sant
Abanoub al-Nahisy
წმინდა აბანოუბ
ალ-ნაჰისი
Abanoub
al-Nahasy marangatu
સંત અબનોબ અલ-નહિસી
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Szent
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
הייליקער אבאַנאָוב
על-נהיסי
Ni San
Abanoub al-Nahasy
Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Naomh
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Abanoub
al-Nahasy Kɔkɔe
លោក Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Sent Abanɔb
al-Nahisi bin de du
Svētais
Abanubs al Nahisijs
Santu
Abanoub al-Nahasy azali moto ya mayele
Šventasis
Abanubas al Nahisy
Omutukuvu
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Свети
Абаноб ал-Нахиси
संत अबनौब अल-नाहिसी
വിശുദ്ധ അബനൂബ് അൽ-നഹിസി
संत अबनौब अल-नाहिसी
Mithianghlim
Abanoub al-Nahasy-a chuan a rawn ti a
Гэгээн
Абануб аль-Нахиси
सेन्ट अबानुब अल-नाहिसी
Den
hellige Abanoub al-Nahisy
ସନ୍ଥ ଅବାନୁବ ଅଲ-ନାହିସି |
Qulqulluu
Abaanoob al-Nahisii
سینټ ابانوب
النحیسي
سنت ابانوب
الناهیسی
ਸੇਂਟ ਅਬਨੌਬ ਅਲ-ਨਹਿਸੀ
San
Abanoub al-Nahasy sutiyuq runa
Mutagatifu
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Ыйык
Абануб аль-Нахиси
Mokgethwa
Abanoub al-Nahysy o ile a re
Свети
Абаноуб ал-Нахиси
Mohalaleli
Abanoub al-Nahisy
سينٽ ابانوب
النحيسي
Mtakatifu
Abanoub al-Nahisy
муқаддас
Абонуб ан-Наҳисӣ
นักบุญ อบานูบ อัล-นาฮิซี
செயிண்ட் அபனூப் அல்-நஹிசி
Изге
Абануб әл-Нахиси
Svatý
Abanoub al-Nahisy
సెయింట్ అబనౌబ్ అల్-నహిసీ
ቅዱስ ኣባኑብ ኣልናሂሲ
Mukwetsimi
Abanoub al-Nahasy
Keramatly
Abanoub al-Nahisy
Ɔhotefo
Abanoub al-Nahasy na ɔkyerɛwee
Святий
Абануб ан-Нахісі
ئەۋلىيا ئەبانۇب
نەھىسى
سینٹ ابانوب
النحیسی
Avliyo
Abanoub al-Nahisiy
Thánh
Abanoub al-Nahisy
eSaint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
I-Saint
Abanoub al-Nahisy
