Mehari Worku has worked on PEMM in the position of Researcher, Cataloger, and Translator since September 2020. He has cataloged over 4,630 stories in over 30 manuscripts, and translated over 200 stories. He also translated over 150 of its stories from Geʿez into English. Finally, he translated the site into Amharic, including over 1000 titles.

Mehari Worku completed his doctorate in the study of the Christian Near East in the Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures at The Catholic University of America in 2024. He is now a lecturer at University of Washington in the Neareastern Studies Department.

An Ethiopian raised in the EOTC and schooled in its traditional system of education, he is an expert on Geʿez language and literature. At Addis Ababa University, he received a BA in Ethiopian Languages and Literature and a master’s in African Languages and Applied Linguistics. He went on to teach in the AAU Department of Ethiopian Languages and Literature for eight years, until 2015.

He has published his research on Ethiopian language politics, the Amharic philosophy of culture, Christian theology, and the Taʾammera Maryam (Miracles of Mary). The title of his dissertation is ‘The Fifteenth-Century Ethiopian Orthodox Ecclesiology of Giyorgis of Sagla’s መጽሐፈ፡ ምሥጢር (Mäṣhafä Məsṭir, The Book of Mystery).’

His research is posted on Academia. He and Henok Elias created a tribute to Getatchew Haile.

Translations

Mehari has translated many stories for PEMM. They include, as of January 31, 2024:

1.       Patriarch Gabriel Ibn Tarik of Alexandria who composed the Masehafa Hawi (The Book of the Collector), a collection of Christian doctrine and theology

2.       John who found a stolen book, of the Acts of Saint Juliana and Saint Barbara, on the church altar due to a vision of Mary, Juliana, and Barbara

3.       The Ethiopian abbot who did not allow the Miracles of Mary to be read in his monastery and died a sudden death

4.       A wicked man who spoke more and more blasphemously of the Virgin Mary and she cut off his hands and feet after warning him in dreams

5.       A Caananite Roman official's wife who wished to pray in Jerusalem's Holy Sepulcher was prevented from doing so by the Virgin Mary because she was insufficiently devoted [not ID 88]

6.       The monk Abraham who drank poisonous water while on a journey to visit the patriarch of Alexandria and died but was raised from the dead.

7.       King Dawit I, the 14th c. Ethiopian monarch, and the miracle concerning the golden ink during his reign

8.       Saint Menas and his jealous brother and the story of the saint's birth

9.       Pilgrim to Santiago: Part 1: The bishop for whom the Virgin Mary tailored a new sackcloth sends a penitent pilgrim to Santiago (whole or opening)

10.   A deacon prayed the prayer that contained the word 'rejoice' five times for the five joys of the Virgin Mary

11.   Saint Abba Mardari the Righteous, who overheard twelve angels talking about going to Constantinople to hear Saint John Chrysostom praise the Virgin Mary.

12.   A wealthy man to whom the Virgin Mary appeared in the form of a bird to save the countryside from pestilence.

13.   Giyorgis Haddis, the martyr, and his wife Sawla, who was visited by the Virgin Mary

14.   Awr, the sorcerer son of the princess and the magician Abrasit, who converted when confronted by the Virgin Mary

15.   Book of Felsata la-Maryam: [Chaine Part 07] Dormition: The Holy Spirit recounts the salvific events that have occurred on Sunday.

16.   Book of Ledata la-Maryam: [Chaine Part 02] Nativity: Salome's hands are burned when she tries to verify The Virgin Mary's virginity, but they are healed when she takes the Christ Child into her arms.

17.   Book of Felsata la-Maryam??: BOld?: Dormition: Part 02: Christ appears to the Apostles after the Dormition of The Virgin Mary.

18.   Saint John Chrysostom defends a woman condemned by archbishop (Nestorius) for taking communion during her monthly cycle.

19.   A woman who had poisoned her sister and married her husband is swallowed up by the earth when she anoints herself with the oil that flowed from the Virgin Mary's icon.

20.   Saint Barsuma the Great, from Egypt, is travelling by ship and the Virgin Mary rescues him

21.   Saint Barsuma the Great's disciples are visited by the Virgin Mary in the form of a dove.

22.   Saints Atrasis and Yona, virgins and martyrs, are visited by the Virgin Mary in an apparition

23.   Dabra Qalemon's Abbot Samuʾel and John of Scete and the miracles that occurred during their captivity

24.   Saint Nicholas is visited by the Virgin Mary in an apparition and she gives him priestly vestments.

25.   Saint Gregory, bishop of "the Islands" (i.e. of Nyassa) and Saint Basil's brother, is visited by the Virgin Mary in an apparition

26.   Saint Paphnutius is visited by the Virgin Mary in an apparition

27.   Dabra Qalemon's Abbot Samuʾel and his disciple Andrew, whom Mary raises from the dead.

28.   Dabra Qalemon's Abbot Samuʾel instructs his disciples on his deathbed.

29.   Saint Theodore the Anatolian is visited by the Virgin Mary in an apparition

30.   Vision of a certain saint about the fate of a priest who swore falsely.

31.   Abbas sees a vision of the Virgin Mary blessing the monks who were chanting the Psalms.

32.   King Zara Yaqob, the 14th c. Ethiopian monarch, and the judgment of his court against the Stephanites 

33.   A Jew is led to baptism by a dream about a lion and a monk; afterwards he curses a Jew at the latter's request.

34.   King Zara Yaqob, the 14th c. Ethiopian monarch, and the sorcerers who tried to cast a spell on the baptismal font and failed

35.   King Zara Yaqob, the 14th c. Ethiopian monarch, hears of Dabra Metmaq's destruction in 1452 and orders the construction of a new monastery in Ethiopia to take its place.

36.   Book of Ledata la-Maryam??: Old: Part 03: Annunciation: God sends Saint Gabriel to the Virgin Mary for the Annunciation (like IDs 295, 297, 435, 437, 536, 1296)

37.   Book of Ledata la-Maryam??: Old: Part 05: Annunciation: On the conception of Christ (like IDs 295, 297, 435, 437, 536, 1296)

38.   Book of Ledata la-Maryam??: Old: Part 07: Nativity: The Virgin Mary gives birth to Jesus Christ, who is adored by shepherds and the Magi (299, 347, 446 similar)

39.   Book of Ledata la-Maryam??: Old: Part 08: Nativity: The Virgin Mary and Joseph have the circumcision of the infant Christ performed

40.   Book of Ledata la-Maryam??: Old: Part 09: Journey: Herod orders the slaughter of the Innocents; a hunter with his dogs finds the Holy Family in flight from the king

41.   Book of Nagara Maryam: OldE: Part 01: Journey: The hunter reports to King Demateyanos, who comes to visit the Holy Family

42.   A column falls and breaks the leg of the son of an official when Muslims destroy a church of the Virgin Mary in Homs, Syria

43.   Book of Ledata la-Maryam??: OldA: Part 01: Temple: The Virgin Mary stays in the Temple (315, 316-D, 447 similar)

44.   Book of Nagara Maryam: OldF: Part 01: Journey: The rich Egyptian woman who refused to give water to the Holy Family. (321, 322, 325, 431 similar)

45.   The Ethiopian pilgrim who was expelled from the Church (of the Resurrection) in Jerusalem during the Easter services.

46.   The icon of the Virgin Mary in the church of the "Romans" that rebuked the Ethiopians for approaching with their shoes on.

47.   Saint Giyorgis of Sagla, the Ethiopian author, and the rich man who left the church because the priest was saying the Anaphora (Gwasca) written by Abba Giyorgis of Sagla

48.   King Dawit I, the 14th c. Ethiopian monarch, is summoned by the Ethiopian monasteries and asked to abdicate

49.   Dabra Maryam's priest, in Sire, has the Virgin Mary appear to him

50.   The pilgrim who was journeying to Jerusalem through Hamda.

51.   King Zara Yaqob's Enemy: Part 1: The invasion of Ethiopia by the king of Adal named Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din II

52.   King Zara Yaqob's Enemy: Part 2: The Ethiopian king is given a sign of the fall of the king of Adal named Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din II's

53.   King Zara Yaqob's Enemy: Part 3: In her church in Waybela, the Virgin Mary appears and tells the Ethiopian king about the fall of Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din II

54.   The priest from Cyprus who brought a particle of the Eucharist to a Jew.

55.   Some Christians held captive by a Muslim are freed by an angel and are brought to Cyprus.

56.   The dog that ran off with a manuscript of the Taʾammera Maryam (Miracles of the Virgin Mary)

57.   Book of Nagara Maryam??: OldM: Journey: The Virgin Mary is welcomed when she returns to Galilee.

58.   Homily on the Annunciation and the Incarnation: Part 3: The Visitation of the Virgin Mary to St. Elizabeth.

59.   King Naod, the 16th c. Ethiopian monarch, humbles his enemies with the Virgin Mary's help

60.   The Ethiopian kings are assisted by the Virgin Mary

61.   Dabra Qwesqwam's cross, used to bless, bows down when the priest saying Mass blessed.

62.   A Muslim herder starts to build a shrine to the Virgin Mary on good land; when he dies, she saves his soul from the angels of darkness.

63.   Book of Nagara Maryam: OldQ: Holy Family in Lebanon: Part 3: The prayer of King Demateyanos.[related to ID 1237]

64.   Dabra Zamaddo's church's dangerous cliff side entrance is improved by the abbot and the Virgin Mary

65.   A good monk praises the Virgin Mary in such beautiful language that he is called a fountain of praise and even the angels praise him.

66.   Book of Felsata la-Maryam??: New: Dormition: Jesus comes for the Virgin Mary and the Jews oppose the burial and later beg forgiveness (similar ID 87, 261)

67.   A dog that licked the stonemill of a church in Wandege, near Lake Tana, is frozen like a rock by the Virgin Mary

68.   Fathers vow to give the Virgin Mary a cow for healing their daughters' blindness, but both flee with the cow and the second is not forgiven.

69.   A deacon who was accused of eating with a black smith is proven pious

70.   Two bankrupt youths turn away from their blasphemy and bring incense and gifts to the Virgin Mary on the 21st of Terr.

71.   Some nobles heard the Taʾammera Maryam (Miracles of Mary) and became devotees, other nobles persecuted them (same as 62?)

72.   Gadam Martula Maryam's icon of the Virgin Mary complains to a man named Walda Iyasusis because his brother Kidane Maryam kept her next to the bed where he slept with his wife

73.   Yosef, an officer, is guarding a prisoner who vows by the Virgin Mary not to escape and she returns him when he breaks his vow.

74.   Three Mount Sinai clerics send a letter to the Bishop in Jerusalem and to Ephesus inquiring about "the Book of the Virgin Mary Written by John the Evangelist" and John appears to them in Ephesus and gives them book.

75.   Book of Nagara Maryam: Month A: Part 03: The Virgin Mary cast out the demons from an Egyptian shrine's idols and Joseph was beaten by the Egyptians in retaliation

76.   Book of Nagara Maryam: Month A: Part 05: Sixty-eight dogs complain to the Virgin Mary about their treatment and she allows them to eat their owners and turns the rest of the town into foxes

77.   Book of Nagara Maryam: Month A: Part 06: Those eaten by their dogs or turned into foxes are restored to life by the Virgin Mary, at Joseph and baby Jesus's request, and provided with clothing.

78.   Book of Nagara Maryam: Month A: Part 07: Herod searching for the Virgin Mary and kills those who block finding her as well as 63 dogs and almost a million roosters.

79.   Book of Dersana Urael: Part 01: The Holy Family meets six lions, Joseph rides on the back of one, and Jesus promises Ethiopia to his mother.

80.   Book of Dersana Urael: Part 02: The Virgin Mary gives perfume to a thief for caring for the child Jesus, the thief gives it to an adulteress he wants to marry, both get filled with the holy spirit and become cured from their sins.

81.   Book of Dersana Urael: Part 14: The Holy Family crosses the river Takazze on stones that float like boats (similar to ID 326)

82.   A bishop's prayers enable his rich dead father to move from hell, body part by body part, and then go to heaven

83.   Book of Vision of Barok the Deacon: An apocalyptic book about Baruch, the scribe of the Prophet Jeremiah, being taken on a tour of heaven and hell by the Virgin Mary in the form of a bird

84.   Saint George is asked by the Virgin Mary to leave his country and become a martyr for Christ and he does so

85.   The Virgin Mary of Guadalupe performs a miracle for a prisoner and the guard converts. (similar to ID 423)

86.   Homily on the Virgin Mary and the Biblical Patriarchs: Part 1: How the Virgin Mary was in the mind of God before the creation of the world

87.   King Kaleb, the 6th c. Ethiopian monarch, is helped by the Virgin Mary while on his campaign conquering Himyar (Yemen) and after which he becomes a monk

88.   Saint Yared, the 6th c. Ethiopian saint, to whom the Virgin Mary gives the gift for composing hymns

89.   Dabra Sedeneya's Icon: Part 1: Pilgrim reports on the adornment of the famous icon and its church at Dabra Sedeneya in Syria

90.   King Lebna Dengel (Lebna Dengel, Dawit II), the 16th c. Ethiopian monarch, is visited by the Virgin Mary who foretells his fate: Part 01

91.   King Lebna Dengel (Lebna Dengel, Dawit II), the 16th c. Ethiopian monarch, is visited by the Virgin Mary who foretells his fate: Part 02

92.   King Lebna Dengel (Lebna Dengel, Dawit II), the 16th c. Ethiopian monarch, is visited by the Virgin Mary who foretells his fate: Part 03

93.   King Lebna Dengel (Lebna Dengel, Dawit II), the 16th c. Ethiopian monarch, is visited by the Virgin Mary who foretells his fate: Part 04

94.   King Lebna Dengel (Lebna Dengel, Dawit II), the 16th c. Ethiopian monarch, is visited in the 1500s by the Virgin Mary who foretells his fate: Part 05

95.   King Lebna Dengel (Lebna Dengel, Dawit II), the 16th c. Ethiopian monarch, is visited in the 1500s by the Virgin Mary who foretells his fate: Part 06

96.   King Lebna Dengel (Lebna Dengel, Dawit II), the 16th c. Ethiopian monarch, is visited in the 1500s by the Virgin Mary who foretells his fate: Part 07

97.   King Lebna Dengel (Lebna Dengel, Dawit II), the 16th c. Ethiopian monarch, is visited in the 1500s by the Virgin Mary who foretells his fate: Part 08

98.   King Lebna Dengel (Lebna Dengel, Dawit II), the 16th c. Ethiopian monarch, is visited in the 1500s by the Virgin Mary who foretells his fate: Part 09

99.   King Lebna Dengel (Lebna Dengel, Dawit II), the 16th c. Ethiopian monarch, is visited in the 1500s by the Virgin Mary who foretells his fate: Part 10

100.           King Sarsa Dengel (sartsa Dengel), the 16th c. Ethiopian monarch, and his rise due to the Virgin Mary

101.           King Naod, the 16th c. Ethiopian monarch and his rise due to the Virgin Mary

102.           King Menelik (Menilek) II, the 19th c. Ethiopian monarch, finds a tabot that had been missing for hundreds of years and returns it to Dabra Libanos with the help of the Virgin Mary

103.           King Menelik (Menilek) II, the 19th c. Ethiopian monarch, returns items his soldiers looted in the city Agwula, Tigray, with the help of the Virgin Mary in the 1800s

104.           King Amda Seyon (Amda tseyon) I, the 14th c. Ethiopian monarch: Part 1: In the campaign of 1322 CE, with the help of the Virgin Mary, the king defeats the rebel Sebredin

105.           King Amda Seyon (Amda tseyon) I, the 14th c. Ethiopian monarch: Part 2: In the campaign of 1322 CE, with the help of the Virgin Mary, the king receives a message from the Virgin Mary through a monk

106.           King Amda Seyon (Amda tseyon) I, the 14th c. Ethiopian monarch: Part 3: In the campaign of 1322 CE, with the help of the Virgin Mary, the king encourages his soliders to fight the Muslims

107.           King Amda Seyon (Amda tseyon) I, the 14th c. Ethiopian monarch: Part 4: In the campaign of 1322 CE, with the help of the Virgin Mary, he leads the fight against 2,722 soldiers near the River Dedessa??? despite being ill

108.           King Amda Seyon (Amda tseyon) I, the 14th c. Ethiopian monarch: Part 5: In the campaign of 1322 CE, with the help of the Virgin Mary, he and his soldiers cross the River Ziba [Ziway?]

109.           King Amda Seyon (Amda tseyon) I, the 14th c. Ethiopian monarch: Part 6: In the campaign of 1322 CE, with the help of the Virgin Mary, the king advances on Talag, the capital of Adal, and they convert

110.           King Amda Seyon (Amda tseyon) I, the 14th c. Ethiopian monarch: Part 7: In the campaign of 1322 CE, with the help of the Virgin Mary, the king defeats the apostates near Talag

111.           King Amda Seyon (Amda tseyon) I, the 14th c. Ethiopian monarch: Part 8: In the campaign of 1322 CE, with the help of the Virgin Mary, one of the king's wives prays to the Virgin Mary for his safe return

112.           King Amda Seyon (Amda tseyon) I, the 14th c. Ethiopian monarch: Part 9: In the campaign of 1322 CE, with the help of the Virgin Mary, the king advances through Eastern Ethiopia all the way to the Indian Ocean and then returns

113.           King Menelik (Menilek) II, the 19th c. Ethiopian monarch, and his Life: Part 1: The Virgin Mary promises his grandfather??? father??? Sahle Selassie??? a great son in the 1800s

114.           King Menelik (Menilek) II, the 19th c. Ethiopian monarch, and his Life: Part 2: Menlik is born, just as the Virgin Mary promised

115.           King Menelik (Menilek) II, the 19th c. Ethiopian monarch, and his Life: Part 3: He survives from the age of 11 until he becomes king with the Virgin Mary's help

116.           King Menelik (Menilek) II, the 19th c. Ethiopian monarch, and his Life: Part 4: He defeats the Italians who invade Ethiopia) [Battle of Adwa?]

117.           King Menelik (Menilek) II, the 19th c. Ethiopian monarch, and his Life: Part 5: He marches with his wife Taitu into battle against the Italians and defeats them in the Battle of Adwa

118.           King Menelik II, the 19th c. Ethiopian monarch, and His Life: Part 6: He builds a beautiful church for the Virgin Mary and saves the construction workers from a great fall

119.           Prayer of Ethiopia: Part 01: Ethiopia stretches out her hands and begins to pray to the Virgin Mary

120.           Prayer of Ethiopia: Part 02: Ethiopia's petition is brought by the Virgin Mary to the Holy Trinity

121.           Prayer of Ethiopia: Part 03: Ethiopia prays for the destruction of her enemies

122.           Prayer of Ethiopia: Part 04: Ethiopia praises God for the gift of the Virgin Mary

123.           Prayer of Ethiopia: Part 05: Ethiopia prays to the Virgin Mary during the civil war of 1974??? to 1991??? (

124.           Prayer of Ethiopia: Part 06: Ethiopia praises the Virgin Mary for fulfilling the prophecy of the prophet Daniel

125.           Prayer of Ethiopia: Part 07: Ethiopia marvels at the Incarnation of God in the womb of the Virgin Mary

126.           Prayer of Ethiopia: Part 08: Ethiopia beseeches the Virgin Mary for intercession using Psalm 47???

127.           Prayer of Ethiopia: Part 09: Ethiopia praises the Virgin Mary and takes the Virgin Mary's magnificat as a prophecy

128.           Prayer of Ethiopia: Part 10: Ethiopia praises the Virgin Mary using?? the Anaphora?? of the Virgin Mary

129.           Prayer of Ethiopia: Part 11: Ethiopia expresses her zeal to defend the Virgin Mary's honor

130.           Prayer of Ethiopia: Part 12: Ethiopia prays conclusion

131.           New Ethiopian Church: Part 1: The Virgin Mary demands that the nobles of a certain Ethiopian town build her a large new church and eventually they do

132.           New Ethiopian Church: Part 2: The church is attacked during Ahmad Gran's jihad but a priest protects it

133.           A snake enters the belly of a drunk man and Mary's icon casts it out

134.           Two nuns named Sefnegya and Atlasya become pregnant and Abba Sofonyos investigates (reworking of 158)

135.           Apflsoyas, a wealthy, incestuous man from Bethlehem Shire in Tigray, sleeps with his friends and relatives but is saved from hell by the Virgin Mary

136.           A pious wealthy couple decide to become monks later in life and it makes them young

137.           A man from the town of Falaga Ganat in Ethiopia goes crazy after blaspheming the Virgin Mary but she heals him

138.           A boy from a non-Christian family secretly loves the Virgin Mary and with her help becomes a monk

139.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month A: Part 08: The Virgin Mary blesses King Dematianos [Damatyanos, Damatyanos] and Dematianos offers his kingdom to her but she decides to return to her country

140.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month B: Part 01: A demon-pig (a possessed man who turns into a pig) argues with the Virgin Mary saying that another man is worse than him and the Virgin Mary banishes him into the sea.

141.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month C: Part 01: The Virgin Mary condemns to death the wicked men, women, and children of Gedabierya and lets them stay in hell for two months

142.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month C: Part 02: An old man named Aqttisor refuses to sacrifice to idols and a sorcerer kills all 67 of his children but the Virgin Mary brings them back to life

143.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month C: Part 03: The Virgin Mary turns the people into baboons and finds people living in gemstone houses in the depths of the sea

144.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month C: Part 04: The Virgin Mary blesses the people and animals in the sea

145.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month C: Part 05: The Virgin Mary blesses the people and animals in the sea (part of 1245)

146.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month C: Part 07: After the children die who follow the boy Jesus walking on rays of light and he raises his playmates from the dead

147.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month C: Part 08: Joseph reprimands the Virgin Mary for disciplining him and Jesus goes to the sea with his friends

148.           Book of Felsata la-Maryam??: New: Dormition: A sequel to The Virgin Mary giving her shroud to Saint Thomas, with people being healed and the apostles each taking a piece

149.           Dabra Sedeneya's Icon: Part 2: The Muslim chief magistrate cannot believe the icon of the Virgin Mary is a real human being

150.           Dabra Sedeneya's Icon: Part 3: The chief magistrate goes blind due to disrespecting the icon and begins protection for all pilgrims there

151.           Dabra Sedeneya's Icon: Part 4: The chief magistrate is rebuked for his disrespect by Almeldin

152.           put in Dabra/Dayr QwasqwuamBook of Vision of Timothy of Alexandria Rev?: Part 01???: A wine carrier stumbles and breaks all the church's wine vessels and the Virgin Mary repairs them due to the prayers of Bishop Timothy in Dabra Qwasqwuam

153.           put in Dabra/Dayr QwasqwuamBook of Vision of Timothy of Alexandria Rev?: Part 01: Patriarch Timothy witnesses the mystery of the Eucharistic Celebration in Dabra Qwasqwuam and the right way to celebrate it

154.           put in Dabra/Dayr QwasqwuamBook of Vision of Timothy of Alexandria Rev?: Part 02: The Virgin Mary tells Timothy to write down what she has shown and that whoever believes in the book will receive good things and whoever doesn't will go to hell (dupe) in Dabra Qwasqwam

155.           Book of Ledata la-Maryam: New: Part 01??: Conception: Zachariah warns Hanna, the mother of the Virgin Mary, not to sleep with her husband

156.           Book of Ledata la-Maryam: New: Part 02??: Temple Jesus: The Virgin Mary and Joseph takes baby Jesus to the Temple and the virgins there see that he is the Messiah (same as 1118?)

157.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month D: Part 01: The Virgin Mary decides to return to her country and leave Damatyanos [Damatyanos]

158.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month D: Part 02: The Holy Family keeps travelling while the Virgin Mary performs miracles and Joseph and Salome prevent the Virgin Mary from harming those who try to harm them

159.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month D: Part 03: The Virgin Mary heals the governor of Besseta (sp?) by pulling a snake out of him and then travels to Mount Siki and Sem

160.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month D: Part 04: The Virgin Mary did not return to Judah by Gaza but twice turns evil people who want to stone her into stones

161.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month D: Part 05: Gabriel warns the Virgin Mary that she is too angry and she turns the stones back into people and she goes to Tebaydar, near Lake of Genesieres, and then the town of Eldas

162.           Book of Laha Maryam: Crucifixion: Mary laments the torture and death of her beloved Son and praises Joseph and Nicodemus

163.           Book of Felsata la-Maryam??: New1: Dormition: The Virgin Mary asks her son to take her without death and when she falls ill of a terrible illness he does so

164.           Book of Felsata la-Maryam??: New1: Dormition: Jesus shows the Virgin Mary the heavenly glory and the suffering of the sinners and she asks Jesus why he has created humanity

165.           Book of Felsata la-Maryam??: New1: Dormition: Jesus tells Uriel to take the Virgin Mary to show her everything that is hidden and they go to many places

166.           A rich man becomes fearful of giving alms due to Satan but when drunk he gives

167.           Saint Abba Bula, called Abuna á¾½Abib, kills a king and dies three times but is brought back to life by the Virgin Mary and Jesus and lives extremely ascetically (see ID 370 on Bula)

168.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month G: Part 01:The Virgin Mary blesses the people and animals in the sea

169.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month G: Part 03: The Virgin Mary resurrects the rich Man’s wife and parents

170.           Book of Felsata la-Maryam??: New2: Dormition: Funeral: The Virgin Mary's heavenly funeral with a royal procession

171.           Book of Felsata la-Maryam??: New2: Dormition: Hell: Jesus shows the Virgin Mary Gehenna (hell)

172.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month H: Part 01: The Virgin Mary raises Caiphas's son Sayeed (sp?) from the dead and 7,000 men and women believed

173.           Book of Felsata la-Maryam??: New2: Dormition: Jesus gives the Virgin Mary a rose from paradise and when she smells it she goes there without suffering

174.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month I: Part 01: The Sorcerer Matqul tries to destroy the Virgin Mary and her parents in the temple

175.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month I: Part 02: The Virgin Mary heals a man possessed by a demon (rewriting of Gospel demoniac story)

176.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month I: Part 03: The Virgin Mary raises a child from the dead (rewriting Gospel story)

177.           Homily on the Virgin Mary's Dormition

178.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month J: Part 01: The Virgin Mary talks to the people in the evil Egyptian woman T'eman's town

179.           Aksum Seyon: Part 1: The Kings Abraha and Asbeha Construct the Church of Our Mother Seyon in Aksum

180.           Aksum Seyon: Part 2: Zion' Victory over Unwelcome Soldiers in Aksum

181.           Aksum Seyon: Part 3: The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Church of Our Mother Seyon of Aksum

182.           Aksum Seyon: Part 4: The Open Secret at the Church of Our Mother Seyon in Aksum

183.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month A: Part 02: The Virgin Mary defeats a giant serpent/snake in Egypt and then goes to Ethiopia

184.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month A: Part 04: The Virgin Mary removes a snake from the belly of the chief official in the town of Ardiesieba

185.           Book of Nagara Maryam: Month C: Part 09: Jesus releases the sea and the Virgin Mary saves the drowned people

186.           An adulterer is snatched up to heaven and is condemned but he is saved from judgement by Mary

187.           In Cairo, a poor and feeble but pious man named Bahor, and his son La'eka Maryam, encounter a thief named Damas

188.           Saint Gabra Maryam saves a young man, who came to be his helper as a monk, when the man is snatched by a spirit and taken to Aksum

189.           Aksum Seyon: Mary brings Saint Gabra Maryam to Aksum, where she frees bound-up prisoners, as was her custom

190.           Mary heals an Egyptian man with two faces and he praises her

191.           Mary heals a man named Wafleqalone who was born blind and paralyzed

192.           A man who wants to write of Mary's wonderousness is visited by a radiant man and given a shining white cloth to write upon

193.           A woman is traveling to the king and is robbed of all her possessions and jewelry, but an official returns her stolen possessions from the thieves

194.           A young woman keeps twenty dinar of gold and silver in a tanned leather pouch, but a dog eats it and then vomits it back up

195.           Gabra Maryam is presented with a golden throne shining with twelve luminaries and twelve stars and then the Virgin Mary reveals a radiant city to him

196.           A wealthy man named Romanos in Alexandria steals another man's wife while the man is lost at sea