Elijah, whose name means “My God is Yahweh,” is one of the most prominent and powerful prophets in the Hebrew Bible, specifically in the Book of Kings. He lived during the 9th century BCE in the northern Kingdom of Israel, a time of great turmoil and apostasy under the reign of King Ahab and his

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Isaiah was a prophet in the 8th-century BCE Kingdom of Judah, and one of the most significant and prolific prophets in the Hebrew Bible. His life and prophecies are recorded in the Book of Isaiah.Isaiah’s ministry spanned the reigns of four kings of Judah: Uzziah (also known as Azariah), Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, covering approximately

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Saint Anthony

He was born to Christian parents on about 251 AD in the village of Kemmen El-Arous, near the city of Beni Suef. This small village was located in the middle of Egypt. As a youth St. Anthony grew up in the church absorbing all its biblical teachings. His love for Christ grew as each day

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Saint Abanoub

He 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.

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