The Departure of Pope Youannis the Second, the 30th . Patriarch of the See of St . Mark .

On this day of the year 232 A .M . (may 22nd ., 516 A .D .), the saint Pope Youannis the second,the 30th . Patriarch of Alexandria, departed . He was a monk since his youth, and lived a solitary362life . His reputation, because of his godly life spread everywhere, and was chosen a patriarch of thegreat city of Alexandria on the third of Baouna, 221 A .M . (May 29th ., 505 A .D .) . He wrote thebiographies of the saints and sermons . The church lived in peace and tranquility at the time of theOrthodox Emperor Anastasius . St . Sawirus was the patriarch of Antioch, and he wrote a messageto Pope Youannis on the one nature of Christ saying: "Jesus Christ after the union with flesh hasbecome of one nature with one Will without separation, and I believe in the same faith of PopeCyril and Pope Dioscorus ."When Pope Youannis received this message, he was pleased, and he replied with a message filledwith faith that testified to the union of the essence of God, and the trinity of His characters, andby the incarnation of the eternal Son of God, the Divine and the human nature have become oneand no longer two natures, without separation, mingling, or confusion . He anathematized thosewho separate the two natures, those who confuse them and those who said that the sufferingcrucified Christ was only a man, and those who say that His Divine nature also suffered and died .He said that the Orthodox faith was to profess that God the word suffered by the flesh that unitedwith . When Abba Sawiris read his message, he received it with joy, and made it public in allAntioch .This Pope continued to take care about his people for 10 years, 10 months, and 23 days, and hedeparted .May his prayers be with us . Amen .