 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Maererano nekutenda kwechiKristu chepamutemo, muna June 1942, mukati meNorth-Africa mushandirapamwe uyo wakanga wakasarudzika mugumisiro weHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, mauto eGermany pasi pekutungamirirwa kwaGeneral Rommel akanga ari munzira kuenda kuAlexandria, uye akaitika kumira pedyo nenzvimbo iyo vaArab vanodana kuti El Alamein. Chechi yekare yakaparadzwa iri pedyo muAbu Mena yakatsaurirwa kuna Saint Menas; ikoko vamwe vanhu vanoti akavigwa. Pano mauto eAllied akanga asina kusimba, kubatanidza vamwe vaGiriki, akatarisana neuto reGermany rakanga rakakura munhamba uye mune zvechiuto, uye mugumisiro wehondo yaEl Alamein yakanga ichiuyazvairatidzika kuva zvechokwadi. Mukati mousiku hwokutanga hwokuvimbisana, pakati pousiku, Saint Menas akabuda muchechi yake yakaparadzwa ndokuoneka pakati pemusasa wechiGermany ari pamusoro pekaravhani yemakamera, chaizvo sezvaakaratidzwa pamadziro echechi yakaparadzwa mune imwe yemifananidzo inoratidza zvishamiso zvake. Ichi chiitiko chinoshamisa uye chinotyisa chakaderedza zvikuru tsika dzechiGermany zvokuti chakabetsera kukunda kwakajeka kweVasonganiri. Winston Churchill akati nezvokukunda uku: Zvino uku hakusati kuri mugumo. Hakusati kuri kunyange mavambo omugumo, asi ndiko, zvichida, mugumo wokutanga. Akanyorawo kuti: Pamberi peAlamein takanga tisati tambowana rukundo. Pashure peAlamein, hatina kutongokundwa. 