Coptic Calendar
Tuesday
10
Paopi
1743 AM
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
110 Mar
312 Mar
413 Mar
514 Mar
615 Mar
716 Mar
918 Mar
1120 Mar
1423 Mar
1524 Mar
1625 Mar
1827 Mar
1928 Mar
253 Apr
264 Apr
286 Apr
Feast of the LordChurch occasionSaintFasting daysHoly Fifty Days (no fasting)
Feasts and occasions in Paremhat 1740 AM
| Date | Occasion | Coptic date |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 11Mon | Great Lentuntil Saturday, May 4Fast | 2 Paremhat |
| Mar 17Sun | The Departure of Pope Shenouda IIIChurch Occasion | 8 Paremhat |
| Mar 19Tue | The Appearance of the CrossChurch Occasion | 10 Paremhat |
| Mar 21Thu | Monthly Commemoration of the Archangel MichaelChurch Occasion | 12 Paremhat |
| Mar 22Fri | Martyrdom of the Forty Martyrs of SebasteSaint | 13 Paremhat |
| Mar 26Tue | Departure of St. Lazarus, Friend of the LordSaint | 17 Paremhat |
| Mar 29Fri | The Raising of LazarusChurch Occasion | 20 Paremhat |
| Mar 30Sat | Monthly Commemoration of the Virgin MaryChurch Occasion | 21 Paremhat |
| Mar 31Sun | Departure of St. Cyril of JerusalemSaint | 22 Paremhat |
| Apr 1Mon | Departure of Daniel the ProphetSaint | 23 Paremhat |
| Apr 2Tue | The Apparition of the Virgin Mary in ZeitounChurch Occasion | 24 Paremhat |
| Apr 5Fri | The Commemoration of the CrucifixionChurch Occasion | 27 Paremhat |
| Apr 5Fri | Departure of St. Macarius the GreatSaint | 27 Paremhat |
| Apr 7Sun | The AnnunciationMajor Feast of the Lord | 29 Paremhat |
| Apr 8Mon | The Archangel GabrielChurch Occasion | 30 Paremhat |
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.