"Saint Menas" redirects here. For other uses, see Saint Menas (disambiguation).
Saint
Menas of Egypt
Martyr and wonder-worker
Born
285 Nikiou, Egypt, Roman Empire
Died
c. 309 Phrygia, Anatolia, Roman Empire (modern-day Turkey)
Venerated in
Oriental Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Major shrine
Monastery of Saint Mina Church of Saint Menas (Cairo)
Feast
15 Hathor (Coptic Orthodox Church) (which coincides with 11 November on the Julian Calendar or 24 November on the Gregorian Calendar
11 November (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches)[1][2]
Attributes
Christian Martyrdom, man with his hands cut off and his eyes torn out; man with two camels; young knight with a halberd, an anachronistic depiction of his time in the Roman army
Menas of Egypt (also Mina, Minas, Mena, Meena; Greek: Άγιος Μηνάς, Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲙⲏⲛⲁ; 285 – c. 309), a martyr and wonder-worker, is one of the most well-known Coptic saints in the East and the West, due to the many miracles that are attributed to his intercession and prayers. Menas was a Coptic soldier in the Roman army martyred because he refused to recant his Christian faith. The common date of his commemoration is November 11, which occurs 13 days later (November 24) on the Julian calendar.
His feast day is celebrated every year on 15 Hathor in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, which corresponds to November 24 on the Gregorian Calendar. In Eastern Orthodox churches that follow the old style or Julian calendar, it is likewise celebrated on November 24. In the Eastern Orthodox churches that follow the new style or Revised Julian calendar, as well as in the Catholic Church, it is celebrated on November 11.
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