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St Onuphrius is also known by the Hellenized form Onouphrios. Most likely, his name was Nofer. Known in Egypt as Nofer the Anchorite, he was an important figure among the Desert Fathers – the famed early Christian ascetics who retreated to the deserts of Egypt in the 4th or 5th century. These hermits sought to live in solitude, devoting themselves to rigorous prayer and asceticism in an effort to...

Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus was a 3rd-century Bishop of Carthage, theologian, and Christian martyr whose leadership and writings shaped early Latin Christianity. Converted from a wealthy pagan background around 246, he became bishop in 249 and guided the North African church through the Decian and Valerian persecutions. Known for his treatises on church unity, penance for the lapsed, and oppositi...

Honoring St. Moses of Ethiopia: A Journey Through Faith and History St․ Moses of Ethiopia, also known as St․ Moses the Black, is a significant figure in Christian history, revered for his remarkable transformation from a life of sin to one of profound faith and holiness․ His story is a powerful testament to the grace of God, illustrating how anyone, regardless of their past, can become a vessel of...

Isidora of Tabenna in Egypt, Fool for Christ Saint Isidora struggled as a Fool for Christ at the Tabenna Monastery in Egypt, North Africa in the 4th Century. She fulfilled the dirtiest and most-difficult tasks at the monastery. Instead of cooked food, she drank the dirty dish water. Many of the nuns regarded her with contempt and considered her a demoniac; but she maintained love for others, meekn...

The African Slave and Martyr George of Damascus This story is recorded in the Laodicean manuscript of the Arabic Menologion and in the Calendar of Patriarch Macarius III ibn al-Za’im of Antioch (+1672) and is included in the Synaxarion of Hieromonk Macarius of Simonopetra Monastery on Mount Athos. His memory is not retained in the present Calendars of the Patriarchates, but there still exists a ch...

On the Fifth Sunday of Lent the Orthodox Church commemorates our Righteous Mother Mary of Egypt. The feast day of Saint Mary of Egypt is April 1, however, she is also commemorated on this Sunday due to her recognition by the Church as a model of repentance. Our holy mother Mary was born in Egypt. She had left her parents at the age of twelve to go to Alexandria, where she spent the next seventeen...

The Story of Saint Isidore the Great, Priest of Scetis There is often confusion among the holy monastic fathers who bear the name "Isidore." The Isidore we are talking about here is the one whom the monastic historian Palladius called "Isidore the Great." Rufinus considered him one of the great desert teachers, along with the holy hierarchs. Saint John Cassian called him "the Priest of the Scetis...

Sts. Perpetua and Felicity were Christian martyrs who lived during the early persecution of the Church in Africa by the Roman Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus In 203 AD, Vivia Perpetua, an educated woman of noble birth, chose to embrace Christianity, despite knowing that it could result in her execution during the persecutions mandated by Emperor Severus. Ezoic Her surviving brother (one of her br...

St. Abba Macarius the Great (295-392 A.D.; also known as Macarius of Egypt) was among the most authoritative Desert Fathers of Egypt, and a disciple of St. Anthony the Great. The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates his feast day on January 19 (February 1 by Julian Calendar). The Coptic Church at April 5 (Baramhat 27), and the return of his body to his monastery at Scetis on August 25 (Mesra 19). Th...

Anthony of Egypt, St (c.251–356), Egyptian hermit, the founder of monasticism. During his seclusion in the Egyptian desert he attracted a number of followers whom he organized into a community; his hermit life is also noted for the temptations he underwent, especially from demons in the guise of beautiful women. He is said to have visited, and arranged the burial of, St Paul, the first Christian h...

Saint Pachomius the Great was both a model of desert dwelling, and with Saints Anthony the Great (January 17), Macarius the Great (January 19), and Euthymius the Great (January 20), a founder of the cenobitic monastic life in Egypt. Saint Pachomius was born in the third century in the Thebaid (Upper Egypt). His parents were pagans who gave him an excellent secular education. From his youth he had...

Saint God-bearing Father Paisios the Great I call you an Angel O Paisios, Not by nature but by your unusual life. Our Venerable and God-bearing Father Paisios the Great was from the village of Shansa in Egypt and born in 320. Παΐσιος ο Μέγας_Paisius the Great_

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Every sunday we review the latest boom bap rap albums released in that particular week, by compiling a mixtape with tracks from these various artists. https://hearthis.at/lebsesv8/

Book: Thomas Sankara and Jerry Rawlings: Intellectuals, Populists, Revolutionaries, and Pan-Africanists Human history began in Africa, and according to all available historical, biological, and anthropological sources and understanding, it is the origin of modern humans. However, things have not gone well for the continent and many of its people. Beginning in the fifteenth century, the continent h...

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Excerpts of Kwame Nkrumah’s DARK DAYS IN GHANA . I left Accra on 21st February 1966. I was seen off at the airport by most of the leading government and Party officials, and by service chiefs. I recall the handshakes and the expressions of good wishes from Harlley, Deku, Yakubu, and others. These men, smiling and ingratiating, had all the time treason and treachery in their minds. They had even pl...

The Wretched of the Earth Frantz Fanon Summary The Wretched of the Earth analyzes the postwar decolonization movement, focusing on Africa and on Algeria in particular. Fanon argues the violence of colonial rule sows the seeds of its violent overthrow. Taking violent action restores the colonized people, giving them back their humanity. The first three chapters of the book tell a narrative. The nar...

“There is no mental health for Black people without understanding racism and [whyte] supremacy; it is the major origin of stress that impacts us… There will never be peace as long as there is [whyte] supremacy.” ~Dr. Frances Cress-Welsing The Isis Papers: The Keys to Colors by Dr. France’s Cress Welsing is my favorite book. It is a collection of essays written over 18 years; inspired by Neely Full...

The Destruction of Black Civilization: Great Issues of a Race from 4500 B.C. to 2000 A.D. Chancellor Williams The Destruction of Black Civilization took Chancellor Williams sixteen years of research and field study to compile. The book, which was to serve as a reinterpretation of the history of the African race, was intended to be ""a general rebellion against the subtle message from even the most...

Kemet, Afrocentricity, and Knowledge By Molefi Kete Asante "Asante's book, Kemet,Afrocentricity,and Knowledge, continues his project of forging a new discipline out of the many strands of Black Studies. Like his previous works, this is a profound statement of the Afrocentric perspective."...C. Tsehloane Keto, Ph. D., Director of Graduate Studies, Dept of African American Studies, Temple University...

The Neteru of Kemet: An Introduction, Siuda-Legan, Tama “Three thousand years before the birth of Jesus Christ and perhaps even before, a civilization thrived on the banks of the Nile River in northern Africa that was called by its inhabitants Kemet (‘Black Land’). This land is known today by the Greek name Egypt. By virtue of extensive archaeological study, we know a great deal about this ancient...

The Kingdom of Kush: The Napatan and Meroitic Empires Derek A. Welsby "The Kingdom of Kush, lying to the south of Egypt, upstream of the first Nile cataract, flourished for a thousand years. During the eighth and seventh centuries BC its rulers controlled Egypt as pharaohs of the Twenty Fifth Dynasty. Extensive remains of pyramids, settlements and temples can still be seen. Yet, the early developm...