Dionysius, President of the Council of Bishops at Alexandria
On this day the General Council of Bishops took place in the city of Alexandria in the second year of the rule of the glorious father Abba Dionysius the archbishop.
From the Synaxarium
Meskerem 3 · September 13
5 commemorations
Earthquake in Egypt, A.D. 1112
On this day a great earthquake took place in the country of Egypt and in all its borders, and the church of Dasya fell down at the time of the third hour of the day.
Dioscurus the martyr, the martyrs in Tensel Yakoton, and certain martyrs in Persia
On this day are commemorated Dioscoros the martyr, and Archbishop Dionysius, and the martyrs who were in Tensel Yakoton, and many martyrs in Persia.
Death of 'Anbas the Ethiopian
The book records the name only.
Death of Moses of Scete
On this day died Abba Muse (Moses) of the desert of Scete.
From the Synaxarium, the Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, in the translation of Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (1928). Summarised — the full account is longer.
