Photo Source: Flickr Creative Commons by Harrison Staab https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/harrystaab\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>As they now stand amid the white-robed multitudes, and behold the Throne of the Almighty One, let us speak their names in prayer. As they shimmer within the great cloud of witnesses, let us \u2014 in the Communion of Saints \u2014 ask their intercession before the Lamb.<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Milad Makeen Zaky, pray for us, and for the whole world,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Abanub Ayad Atiya, pray for your ISIS murderers,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Maged Solaimain Shehata, pray for their salvation,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Yusuf Shukry Yunan, pray for the release of all their captives,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Kirollos Shokry Fawzy, pray for all in the path of ISIS,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Bishoy Astafanus Kamel, pray for the displaced, for those made refugees by ISIS,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Somaily Astafanus Kamel, pray for the protection of our Holy Lands and our history,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Malak Ibrahim Sinweet, pray for those who act now in resistance against ISIS,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Tawadros Yusuf Tawadros, pray for those in immediate danger from forces of evil,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Girgis Milad Sinweet, pray for those infected with the virus of hatred and extremism,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Mina Fayez Aziz, pray for families being challenged, throughtout the world, by ISIS,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Hany Abdelmesih Salib, pray aid workers may work together unmolested, to give assistance,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Bishoy Adel Khalaf, pray for the targeted clergy and religious of the Near East churches,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Samuel Alham Wilson, pray for all people of good will, in every religion, every nation,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Whose name we do not know \u2014 you \u201cWorker from Awr village\u201d \u2014 pray for those in leadership, whose names we know all too well, that that their motives may be purified of political intrigue, and for their salvation,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Ezat Bishri Naseef, pray for Jews, throughout the world, chosen of God and so despised,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Loqa Nagaty, pray for the \u201ctwo lungs\u201d of Christianity, East and West, to breathe together,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Gaber Munir Adly, pray for the illumination of that which is All-Good,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Esam Badir Samir, pray that in beholding it, we will wish to serve it,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Malak Farag Abram, pray for the generation in power, that their egos may be put aside and their hearts might be opened to the Way, the Truth and the Life,<\/span>
+Holy Martyr Sameh Salah Faruq, pray for the generations to come.<\/span>
O new martyrs, now numbering among the ancients through a malevolent force as old as Eden, keep us particularly in your prayers. Once again, we are focused on the mysterious lands where humanity first came into being, and into knowing, and where all will finally be revealed. Pray that we may put aside all that is irrelevant to the moment and, looking forever to the East, prepare our spirits for the engagements into which we may be called, whether we live amid these places of ancient roads and portals, or in the most modern of dwellings.<\/span>
Mary, the God-bearer, pray for us,<\/span>
Saint Michael the Archangel, pray for us,<\/span>
Saint John the Forerunner, pray for us,<\/span>
All Holy Men and Women, pray for us.<\/span>
Amen, Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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