Coptic Christmas

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Coptic Christmas is the principal celebration of the Nativity in the Coptic Orthodox Church, observed on January 7 according to the Julian calendar-based liturgical tradition.

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Generate an image of Coptic Christmas (Coptic Christmas is the principal celebration of the Nativity in the Coptic Orthodox Church, observed on January 7 according to the Julian calendar-based liturgical tradition.)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian feast ⓘ
Nativity feast ⓘ
public holiday ⓘ
religious holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Coptic Nativity ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas

Coptic Orthodox Christmas ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas

Feast of the Nativity according to the Coptic Church ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
associatedWithFood traditional Coptic Christmas meal after the fast ⓘ
associatedWithTheme incarnation of Christ ⓘ
joy and salvation ⓘ
celebratedBy Coptic Christians ⓘ
linked to: Copts

Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
Egyptian Copts ⓘ
linked to: Copts

Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
centralPlaceOfCelebration Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in Egypt ⓘ
Coptic Orthodox churches ⓘ
commemorates Nativity of Jesus ⓘ
birth of Jesus Christ ⓘ
countryObservedIn Egypt ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
diaspora communities worldwide ⓘ
followsCalendar Coptic calendar ⓘ
Julian calendar ⓘ
hasDate 28 Koiak (Coptic calendar) in Coptic leap years ⓘ
29 Koiak (Coptic calendar) in most years ⓘ
7 January (Gregorian calendar, 20th–21st centuries) ⓘ
hasLiturgicalSeason Nativity season in the Coptic Church ⓘ
includesRitual Divine Liturgy ⓘ
midnight liturgy ⓘ
processions and hymns ⓘ
isPublicHolidayIn Egypt ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
liturgicalLanguageUsed Arabic ⓘ
Coptic ⓘ
Ge'ez ⓘ
local vernacular languages ⓘ
observanceBegins evening of 6 January (Gregorian) with vigil services ⓘ
partOf Christian liturgical year ⓘ
Coptic Orthodox liturgical year ⓘ
precededBy Advent fast in the Coptic Church ⓘ
Nativity Fast ⓘ
relatedTo Eastern Orthodox Christmas on 7 January ⓘ
Western Christmas on 25 December ⓘ
usesCalendarBasis Julian calendar-based liturgical tradition ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Copts → majorFeast → Coptic Christmas ⓘ
Julian calendar → definesFeastDate → Orthodox Christmas (for churches on Julian calendar) ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Coptic calendar → usedToDetermine → Coptic Christmas ⓘ
Coptic Christmas → alsoKnownAs → Coptic Orthodox Christmas ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Coptic Christmas → alsoKnownAs → Coptic Nativity ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Coptic Christmas → alsoKnownAs → Feast of the Nativity according to the Coptic Church ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → majorFeast → Genna (Ethiopian Christmas) ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Belarusian Orthodox communities → celebrate → Christmas (Orthodox date) ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
January → containsFixedDateHoliday → Orthodox Christmas (January 7, Julian-based churches) ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Rastafari holy days → include → Ethiopian Christmas ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Bete Maryam → pilgrimagePeakTime → Ethiopian Christmas (Genna) ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Bete Giyorgis → pilgrimagePeakTime → Ethiopian Christmas (Genna) ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Koiak → hasFeast → Feast of the Nativity (when using the Coptic calendar date) ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Koiak → relatedConcept → Coptic Nativity ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Timkat → relatedFeast → Ethiopian Christmas (Genna) ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Coronation Day → relatedTo → Ethiopian Christmas ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Genna → alsoKnownAs → Ethiopian Christmas ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Church of Bete Maryam → pilgrimageEvent → Ethiopian Christmas (Genna) ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Church of Bete Golgotha → pilgrimageSeason → Ethiopian Christmas (Genna) ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
House of the Saviour of the World → hasPilgrimagePeak → Ethiopian Christmas (Genna) ⓘ
linked to: Coptic Christmas
Coptic culture → celebrates → Coptic Christmas ⓘ
Coptic Egypt → hasFeast → Coptic Christmas ⓘ