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Tuesday
10
Paopi
1743 AM

October 20, 2026

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717 Dec
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2131 DecVirgin Mary
221 JanArchangel Gabriel
232 JanDavid the Prophet
243 JanSt. Ignatius
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Feasts and occasions in Koiak 1740 AM

Occasions in Koiak 1740 AM
DateOccasionCoptic date
Dec 12TueDeparture of St. Hermina the AnchoriteSaint2 Koiak
Dec 13WedThe Entrance of the Virgin Mary into the TempleChurch Occasion3 Koiak
Dec 14ThuMartyrdom of St. Andrew the ApostleSaint4 Koiak
Dec 14ThuTranslation of the Bodies of St. Pishoy and St. Paul of TammahSaint4 Koiak
Dec 16SatDeparture of Pope Abraham ibn ZaraaSaint6 Koiak
Dec 18MonDeparture of St. Samuel the ConfessorSaint8 Koiak
Dec 18MonMartyrdom of St. BarbaraSaint8 Koiak
Dec 20WedDeparture of St. Nicholas, Bishop of MyraSaint10 Koiak
Dec 21ThuDeparture of St. Bigimi the AnchoriteSaint11 Koiak
Dec 22FriMonthly Commemoration of the Archangel MichaelChurch Occasion12 Koiak
Dec 24SunMartyrdom of St. Behnam and His Sister SarahSaint14 Koiak
Dec 25MonChristmas in the Western ChurchesNote15 Koiak
Dec 29FriDeparture of St. John, Bishop of Burullus, Compiler of the SynaxariumSaint19 Koiak
Dec 30SatDeparture of Haggai the ProphetSaint20 Koiak
Dec 31SunMonthly Commemoration of the Virgin MaryChurch Occasion21 Koiak
Jan 1MonFeast of the Archangel GabrielChurch Occasion22 Koiak
Jan 2TueDeparture of David the Prophet and KingSaint23 Koiak
Jan 3WedMartyrdom of St. Ignatius the God-BearerSaint24 Koiak
Jan 5FriParamoun of the Nativityuntil Saturday, January 6Fast26 Koiak
Jan 7SunThe Nativity of Christ (Coptic Christmas)Major Feast of the Lord28 Koiak
Jan 9TueThe Adoration of the MagiChurch Occasion30 Koiak
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About the Coptic calendar

The Coptic Orthodox Church keeps its feasts by the Coptic calendar, the old calendar of Egypt. It has twelve months of thirty days and a short thirteenth month, Nasie, of five days (six in a leap year). Its years are counted from AD 284, when the persecution of Diocletian began, so it is called the Calendar of the Martyrs and its years are written AM (Anno Martyrum). The year begins on 1 Thout, the Feast of El-Nayrouz, in September.

Most feasts keep the same Coptic date every year, such as the Nativity on 29 Koiak (January 7) and the Theophany on 11 Tobi (January 19). Easter is reckoned each year, and the Fast of Nineveh, Great Lent, the Ascension, Pentecost and the Apostles' Fast move with it.