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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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