Kata Markon

[Libyad817 AT aol.com]

Hello,

http://www.saintmark.com says;

   "St. Mark was a native of the North Africa country of Libya. He was born 
in the city of Cyrene in Pentapolis, the western part of Libya, west of the 
border of Egypt. St. Mark was born of Jewish parents three years after the 
birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. His original name was John and 
his surname was Mark. . . . St. Mark's parents, Aristopolos his father and 
Mary his mother, migrated to Palestine shortly after the birth of St. Mark 
because of the Berber attacks on their town and property. They settled in 
Cana of Galilee not far from Jerusalem. A few years later his father died and 
Peter Simon, who was married to a relative of St. Mark's father, took care of 
Mark and considered him a son. Peter Simon saw to it that Mark gota good 
education. St. Mark studied law and the classics.

Coptic church tradition states that Mary, St. Mark's mother, was admirer of 
Jesus Christ and followed Him everywhere.

There is much more on this website.

David