Saint Menas
Egyptian saint, martyr and wonder-worker, said to have lived 285-ca. 309 · Religious Figures · Died at 24
Saint Menas is read about 110 times a day, in 25 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 17 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A Roman soldier who chose execution over silence about his faith, this third-century martyr became one of Christianity's most invoked names - credited across centuries with enough answered prayers to make him famous in both hemispheres.
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Born in 285 in Egypt, Menas served as a soldier in the Roman army during an era when that allegiance could collide fatally with another. Around 309, he was killed for refusing to renounce Christianity. What followed his death outpaced his life: a reputation for miracles attributed to his intercession spread him across the Christian world, Coptic and beyond. His feast is now marked on November 11 in most Catholic and Revised Julian Orthodox churches, November 24 in Old Calendar Orthodox and Coptic traditions - the same moment, measured by different clocks. The soldier became a saint not for what he did in uniform, but for what he wouldn't surrender when ordered.
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