The Departure of Saints Bioukha and Tayaban (Banayen) the priests .

On this day also, the fighters Sts . Bioukha and Banayen, departed . They were priests in thechurch of "Tunah" of the diocese of "Tanda" . Their father was the steward of this church . Ithappened when the priest Banayen was celebrating the Divine Liturgy, someone came calling himto see his father who was dying in that instant . He answered him saying, "I cannot take off mypriestly vestment before the end of the service . If God is willing, I shall see him before he dies,otherwise it will be the will of God ."His father asked for him three times, and he responded with the same answer . When he finishedthe mass, he found his father had departed . The church vessels were stored in a place known onlyby his father . Banayen the priest went to St . Daniel, the priest of the wilderness of Shiheet, who414guided him by Divine inspiration, to the place where the vessels were stored . These two saintslived a virtuous life until they departed in peace .May their prayers be with us, and Glory be to God forever . Amen