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[[Image:StMina.gif|frame|Coptic icon of St Menas the Wonder-worker]]The holy, glorious and right-victorious [[Martyr]] '''Menas''' (or ''Mina''; 285-309 A.D.), the [[Wonder-worker]], is one of the most well know known Egyptian saints in the East and the West, due to the many miracles that are performed through his [[intercession]]s. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[November 11]] (or in the [[Coptic]] church on [[Coptic Calendar|Hathor]] 15 ([[November 24]])).
The governor decided not to return St. Menas' body to its original place (in Mariut) and wanted to take it to Alexandria. On the way back, they passed by Lake Mariut, St. Menas' original place. The camel carrying the body knelt down and would not move in spite of frequent beatings. They moved the body over another camel, but this second camel did not move from its place. The governor finally realized that this was the Lord's command. He made a coffin from decay-resistant wood and placed the silver coffin in it. He then returned it to its place and invoked St. Menas' blessings before returning to his city.
Later, his burial place was revealed when a shepherd was feeding his sheep in that area and a sick lamb fell on the ground. As it struggled to get on its feet again, its scab was cured. The story spread quickly and the sick who came to this spot recovered from whatever illnesses they had just by laying lying on the ground.
During that time, the daughter of [[Zeno (emperor)|Zinon]], the Christ-loving Emperor at Constantinople (ruled 474-475, 476-491), was leprous. His advisers suggested that she should try that place, and she did. At night St. Menas appeared to the girl and informed her that his body was buried in that place. The following morning, she bathed in the well and was healed. She related her vision about St. Menas to her servants and that he cured her. Immediately, Zinon ordered the saint's body to be dug out, and a church to be built there.
==Historical significance==
==Sources==
*[http://www.stmina-monastery.org/stmina.htm St. Mina] ([[Coptic]])*[http://www.stmina-monastery.org/inotherchurches.htm Beyond the Coptic Orthodox Church] (Coptic)
==External links==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103277 Martyr Menas of Egypt] ([[OCA]])*[httphttps://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=285 Menas of Egypt] ([[GOARCH]])*[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=November&day=11 The Holy Great-martyr Menas] (''[[Prologue of Ohrid]]'')*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/m/inp09.htm Icon of St. Menas of Egypt]*[http://www.stmina-monastery.org/ St. Mina Monastery in Mariut on the Web] (Coptic)*[[w:Saint Mina|''Saint Mina]]. Wikipedia.* Great [[Synaxarion|Synaxaristes]]: {{el icon}} '' at Wikipedia][http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/1149/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Μηνᾶς ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας «ὁ ἐν τῷ Κοτυαείῳ»].'' 11 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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