Mass of the Assyrian Church of the East , Mar Shimun Bar Sabbai parish, Flint, Mi 8-24-2024

Dukhrana d Mar Shimun Bar Sabbai ( The Commemoration of Mar Shimun Bar Saba'e, Patriarch and Martyr (d. 341):) Discover the story of Mar Shimun Bar Sabbae, the Assyrian Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon from Persia, who led the Church of the East during a time of intense persecution under King Shapur II of the Sasanian Empire. Executed on Good Friday in 345, Mar Shimun Bar Sabbae, along with many of his followers, became a martyr for the Christian faith. Today, he is honored as a saint in various Christian traditions.