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Feasts and occasions in Meshir 1745 AM

Occasions in Meshir 1745 AM
DateOccasionCoptic date
Feb 8ThuThe Second Ecumenical Council at ConstantinopleChurch Occasion1 Meshir
Feb 9FriDeparture of St. Paul the First HermitSaint2 Meshir
Feb 12MonGreat Lentuntil Saturday, April 7Fast5 Meshir
Feb 12MonDeparture of St. Bishai of the Red MonasterySaint5 Meshir
Feb 15ThuThe Entrance of Christ into the TempleMinor Feast of the Lord8 Meshir
Feb 15ThuThe Martyrs of LibyaSaint8 Meshir
Feb 16FriDeparture of St. Barsoum, Father of the Syrian MonksSaint9 Meshir
Feb 19MonMonthly Commemoration of the Archangel MichaelChurch Occasion12 Meshir
Feb 21WedDeparture of St. Severus of AntiochSaint14 Meshir
Feb 22ThuDeparture of Zechariah the ProphetSaint15 Meshir
Feb 23FriDeparture of St. Elizabeth, Mother of John the BaptistSaint16 Meshir
Feb 28WedMonthly Commemoration of the Virgin MaryChurch Occasion21 Meshir
Mar 5MonDeparture of Hosea the ProphetSaint26 Meshir
Mar 8ThuMartyrdom of St. Polycarp, Bishop of SmyrnaSaint29 Meshir
Mar 8ThuMonthly Commemoration of the Three Major FeastsChurch Occasion29 Meshir
Mar 9FriDeparture of Pope Cyril VISaint30 Meshir
Mar 9FriThe Finding of the Head of St. John the BaptistSaint30 Meshir
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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.