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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST   Saints celebrated on the 12th of August WELCOME! SAINT ENOCH, PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM Saint Enoch, commemorated on 12 August, Patriarch of Jerusalem and Companion of the Carmelite monk Saint Angelus , passed from this earthly life in 1227 with a reputation for holiness. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 68) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Enoch may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 3rd of January WELCOME! SAINT ENOCH, PATRIARCH Saint Henoch (Greek Enoch) was the father of Mathusala (Genesis 5:18 ff.). At the time of the birth of Mathusala Henoch was sixty-five years of age, "and all the days of Henoch were three hundred and sixty-five years" (Genesis 5:23).  Instead of the clause "and he died", added to the sketches concerning the other patriarchs, the text says of Henoch: "And he walked with God, and was seen no more: because God took him" (Genesis 5:24).  BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED The inspired writer of Hebrews 11:5 adds: "By faith Henoch was translated, that he should not see death." Sirach 44:16 and 49:16 intimates the same truth about the patriarch. The Epistle of Saint Jude (14-15) shows us Henoch in the light of a prophet, announcing the judgement of God upon the ungodly.  Some writers have supposed that Saint Jude quoted these words from the so-called apo...