Coptic calendar

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The Coptic calendar is the liturgical and agricultural calendar used by the Coptic Orthodox Church, derived from the ancient Egyptian calendar and still employed in Egypt for religious feasts and seasons.

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Generate an image of the Coptic calendar (The Coptic calendar is the liturgical and agricultural calendar used by the Coptic Orthodox Church, derived from the ancient Egyptian calendar and still employed in Egypt for religious feasts and seasons.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian calendar ⓘ
calendar system ⓘ
liturgical calendar ⓘ
alignedHistoricallyWith Julian calendar ⓘ
alternativeName Alexandrian calendar ⓘ
Egyptian calendar of the martyrs ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
basedOn ancient Egyptian civil calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
closelyRelatedTo Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
CopticChristmasCorrespondsTo 7 January Gregorian ⓘ
derivedFrom ancient Egyptian calendar ⓘ
epagomenalMonthLengthCommonYear 5 days ⓘ
epagomenalMonthLengthLeapYear 6 days ⓘ
epochAssociatedWith Diocletian persecution ⓘ
epochStartsInYear 284 ⓘ
follows solar year ⓘ
hasEpoch Anno Martyrum ⓘ
hasMonth Epip ⓘ
Hathor ⓘ
Koiak ⓘ
Meshir ⓘ
Mesori ⓘ
Paoni ⓘ
Paopi ⓘ
Paremhat ⓘ
Paremoude ⓘ
Pashons ⓘ
Pi Kogi Enavot ⓘ
Thout ⓘ
Tobi ⓘ
hasNumberOfDaysInCommonYear 365 ⓘ
hasNumberOfDaysInLeapYear 366 ⓘ
hasNumberOfMonths 13 ⓘ
hasStructure 12 months of 30 days plus 1 epagomenal month ⓘ
influenced Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
leapYearRule every fourth year without exception ⓘ
newYearFestival Nayrouz ⓘ
newYearMonth Thout ⓘ
offsetFromGregorian 13 days between 1900 and 2099 ⓘ
originRegion Alexandria ⓘ
primaryDomain Coptic Orthodox liturgy ⓘ
usedBy Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
Coptic communities in diaspora ⓘ
usedFor agricultural seasons ⓘ
church seasons ⓘ
fasts ⓘ
liturgical feasts ⓘ
usedIn Egypt ⓘ
usedToDetermine Coptic Christmas ⓘ
date of Coptic Easter ⓘ

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Copts → calendar → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Coptic Rite → usesCalendar → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Ethiopian calendar → follows → Alexandrian calendar tradition ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Ethiopian calendar → relatedTo → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Ethiopian calendar → influencedBy → ancient Egyptian calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Coptic Orthodox Church → calendarUsed → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Coptic calendar → alternativeName → Egyptian calendar of the martyrs ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Coptic calendar → basedOn → ancient Egyptian civil calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Coptic Christmas → followsCalendar → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → usesCalendar → Alexandrian liturgical calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Liturgy of Saint Cyril → usedOnOccasions → Coptic Orthodox liturgical year ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Coptic Synaxarion → organizedBy → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Coptic Synaxarion → associatedWith → Coptic calendar of saints ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Coptic Catholic Church → usesCalendar → Coptic calendar (for some liturgical purposes) ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church → usesCalendar → Alexandrian (Coptic) calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Alexandrian Rite → hasCalendar → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Sothis → associatedWith → Egyptian calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Sothis → influenced → Egyptian civil calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Festal Letters → associatedWith → Alexandrian liturgical calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
3rd Dynasty of Egypt → usedCalendar → Ancient Egyptian calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Yekatit → isAlignedWith → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Nehase → calendarAlignmentBasis → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Thout → usedIn → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Thout → containsFeast → Coptic New Year feast ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Thout → isPartOf → Coptic year ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Thout → isPartOf → Coptic liturgical calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Paopi → calendarSystem → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Paopi → partOf → Coptic liturgical year ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Paopi → calendarFamily → Alexandrian calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Paopi → relatedTo → Coptic New Year cycle ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Koiak → partOf → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Koiak → usedIn → Coptic liturgical year ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Koiak → eraReference → Anno Martyrum (Coptic era) ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Paremoude → calendarSystem → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Pashons → calendarSystem → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Pashons → usedIn → Coptic Orthodox Church liturgical calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Paoni → partOf → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Epip → partOf → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Epip → calendarSystem → Alexandrian calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Epip → derivedFrom → Ancient Egyptian calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Mesori → isFinalMonthOf → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Mesori → partOf → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Mesori → derivedFrom → Ancient Egyptian calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Mesori → calendarEra → Anno Martyrum (Coptic era) ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Pi Kogi Enavot → usedIn → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Nayrouz → calendar → Coptic calendar ⓘ
Eritrean Orthodox liturgy → followsCalendar → Alexandrian liturgical calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Spdt → playsRoleIn → Egyptian calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar
Eparchy of Barentu → usesCalendar → Alexandrian liturgical calendar ⓘ
linked to: Coptic calendar