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The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is a liturgical calendar used by the farming populace in Egypt and used by the Coptic Orthodox and Coptic Catholic churches. It was used for fiscal purposes in Egypt until the adoption of the Gregorian calendar on 11 September 1875 (1st Thout 1592 AM). [ 1 ]
This corresponds to 14 September on the Julian Calendar (or, in years following a Coptic leap year, one day later) which will correspond to 27 September on the Gregorian Calendar until AD 2099. The second Feast of the Cross commemorates the Appearance of the Holy Cross on 10 Paremhat according to the Coptic calendar.
The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church.Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days.
Holy Trinity Day 8th Kiros and Abba Banuda 9th Thomas (not the Apostle) 10th Kidus Meskel (Feast of the Holy Cross) 11th Hanna we Iyaqem (St Anne and St. Joachim, parents of the Holy Virgin Mary) and Fasilides: 12th Michael the Archangel, Samuel, and Yared: 13th Feast of Igziabher Ab (God the Father) and Raphael the Archangel: 14th
This means that Copts abstain from all animal products for up to two-thirds of each year. [1] [2] Coptic Orthodox fasts have evolved over time to become more lengthy and severe. A lifestyle involving such fasts may have contributed to the pacifist mindset of the Coptic people for centuries. [3]
The Coptic calendar has 13 months, 12 of 30 days each and an intercalary month at the end of the year of 5 or 6 days, depending whether the year is a leap year or not. The year starts on 29 August in the Julian Calendar or on the 30th in the year before (Julian) Leap Years.
The Coptic Orthodox Church Celebrates the feast of transfiguration on the 13th of Mesri according to the Coptic calendar (i.e. 6 August O.S. or 19 August N.S.). The Transfiguration always falls during St Mary's Fast so it is observed as a fasting feast. The feast is considered one of the seven minor Feasts of the Lord, and is celebrated in the ...
In the present-day Coptic calendar, the intercalary month remains the same as the Alexandrian dates in the Julian calendar. In terms of the Gregorian calendar , it has begun on 6 September [ 1 ] and ended on 10 September in common years and 11 September in leap years since AD 1900 ( AM 1616) [ 35 ] and will continue to do so until AD 2100 ( AM ...