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By Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malty

MAR	* A Syrian word meaning "lord."
MARK THE APOSTLE (ST.)	* One of the seventy apostles, and of the four evangelists. * He preached Egypt and Libya. * We celebrate his martyrdom on the 30th Baramudah; the dedication of his church on the 30th Babah, and on the 15th and 17th Baounah we celebrate the occasion of moving his relic to Egypt.
MARK. LITURGY OF ST.	* One of the Eucharistic Liturgies of the Coptic Church. * A modified form of the Coptic rite(known alternatively as "The Coptic liturgy of St. Mark," or" of St. Cyril") it is still in use among us; another form of it, an Ethiopian,is used among the Ethiopians.
MARTYR	*One who sacrifices his life on refusing to deny his faith in Christ.
MARY'S FEASTS (ST.)	1- The annunciation of her birth. 2- Her birth (1st Bashans). 3- Her entrance into the Temple. 4- The flight of the Holy Family (24th Bashans). 5- Her death (21st Tubah). 6- The Assumption day (16th Misra). 7- The establishment of the first Church after her name (21st. Baounah). 8- Her apparition in the Church at Zeitoon (24th Baremhat). * We celebrate the feast of the Virgin on the 21st of every Coptic month, and on the 29th we remember the annunciation of the Lord's birth and His birth.
MATRIM0NY	* The Holy Spirit descends over the bride and groom that they may become one body. * Through the matrimonial ceremony two bridal crowns are put on the heads of both, bride and groom, that we may remember the heavenly crowns. * Through marriage a sanctified home (or a family church) that pleases God is originated.
METROPOLITAN	* He is the leader of a group of bishops.
MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL	* He is one of the seven archangels. * He is the commander of the army of the Lord who fights with his angels against Satan and his soldiers (Rev. 12). * On the 12th of every Coptic month the church celebrates his feast.
MIXED CHALICE	* The act of mixing water with wine in the chalice of the Eucharist, constitueted an allusion in the writings of Justine Martyr, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria and Cyprian. It seems that the ancient Church carried on the Eucharist what our Lord had probably practiced at the Last Supper; and, with the exception of the Armenian, the historic Liturgies all considered the act of mixing water with wine in the Eucharistic chalice and preserved this as a tradition.
MONASTERY, NUNNERY	* Monks or nuns live in a monastery, or nunnery where there is a church. * Each monastery has an archmandrite who cares for the monks. * In ancient monasteries we find fortresses where monks used to stay when wicked people attacked them.
MONASTICISM	* Monasticism is based on loving to be completely devoted to worship. * Monasticism systems: 1- Solitude (Hermits): a monk lives in a cell or cave. 2- Coenobitic discipline where monks live together, participating in some prayers and eat together. 3- Communal Order: where groupS of monks live together having the same spiritual father. They live in separate cells apart from each other. They meet together weekly, on Saturdays and Sundays.
MAUNDY THURSDAY	* Thursday in the Holy Week, commemorating the institution of the Eucharist; the day when our Lord washed the feet of His disciples.
MEDITATION	* An act of devotion, spiritual contempla tion, by which the soul seeks a close relation ship with God.
MID-LENT SUNDAY	* The fourth Sunday in Lent. In the West, it is called "Laetare Sunday," "Refreshment Sunday," and "Mothering Sunday."
MONASTIC VOWS	* Traditional vows of obedience, poverty, and celibacy made by the monks or the nuns.
MONK	* A member of a religious community of men who has made monastic vows. * Someone who loves God so much that he longed to spend all his life in worship.
MYRON (CHRISM)	* See "Chrism."

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MAR * A Syrian word meaning "lord."
MARK THE APOSTLE (ST.) * One of the seventy apostles, and of the four evangelists.
* He preached Egypt and Libya.
* We celebrate his martyrdom on the 30th Baramudah; the dedication of his church on the 30th Babah, and on the 15th and 17th Baounah we celebrate the occasion of moving his relic to Egypt.
MARK. LITURGY OF ST. * One of the Eucharistic Liturgies of the Coptic Church.
* A modified form of the Coptic rite(known alternatively as "The Coptic liturgy of St. Mark," or" of St. Cyril") it is still in use among us; another form of it, an Ethiopian,is used among the Ethiopians.
MARTYR *One who sacrifices his life on refusing to deny his faith in Christ.
MARY'S FEASTS (ST.) 1- The annunciation of her birth.
2- Her birth (1st Bashans).
3- Her entrance into the Temple.
4- The flight of the Holy Family (24th Bashans).
5- Her death (21st Tubah).
6- The Assumption day (16th Misra).
7- The establishment of the first Church after her name (21st. Baounah).
8- Her apparition in the Church at Zeitoon (24th Baremhat).
* We celebrate the feast of the Virgin on the 21st of every Coptic month, and on the 29th we remember the annunciation of the Lord's birth and His birth.
MATRIM0NY * The Holy Spirit descends over the bride and groom that they may become one body.
* Through the matrimonial ceremony two bridal crowns are put on the heads of both, bride and groom, that we may remember the heavenly crowns.
* Through marriage a sanctified home (or a family church) that pleases God is originated.
METROPOLITAN * He is the leader of a group of bishops.
MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL * He is one of the seven archangels.
* He is the commander of the army of the Lord who fights with his angels against Satan and his soldiers (Rev. 12).
* On the 12th of every Coptic month the church celebrates his feast.
MIXED CHALICE * The act of mixing water with wine in the chalice of the Eucharist, constitueted an allusion in the writings of Justine Martyr, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria and Cyprian. It seems that the ancient Church carried on the Eucharist what our Lord had probably practiced at the Last Supper; and, with the exception of the Armenian, the historic Liturgies all considered the act of mixing water with wine in the Eucharistic chalice and preserved this as a tradition.
MONASTERY, NUNNERY * Monks or nuns live in a monastery, or nunnery where there is a church.
* Each monastery has an archmandrite who cares for the monks.
* In ancient monasteries we find fortresses where monks used to stay when wicked people attacked them.
MONASTICISM * Monasticism is based on loving to be completely devoted to worship.
* Monasticism systems:
1- Solitude (Hermits): a monk lives in a cell or cave.
2- Coenobitic discipline where monks live together, participating in some prayers and eat together.
3- Communal Order: where groupS of monks live together having the same spiritual father. They live in separate cells apart from each other. They meet together weekly, on Saturdays and Sundays.
MAUNDY THURSDAY * Thursday in the Holy Week, commemorating the institution of the Eucharist; the day when our Lord washed the feet of His disciples.
MEDITATION * An act of devotion, spiritual contempla tion, by which the soul seeks a close relation ship with God.
MID-LENT SUNDAY * The fourth Sunday in Lent. In the West, it is called "Laetare Sunday," "Refreshment Sunday," and "Mothering Sunday."
MONASTIC VOWS * Traditional vows of obedience, poverty, and celibacy made by the monks or the nuns.
MONK * A member of a religious community of men who has made monastic vows.
* Someone who loves God so much that he longed to spend all his life in worship.
MYRON (CHRISM) * See "Chrism."