Coptic calendar

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Egyptian calendar calendar system liturgical 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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All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
Coptic calendar canonical 21
Alexandrian liturgical calendar 4
Alexandrian calendar 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian calendar ⓘ
calendar system ⓘ
liturgical calendar ⓘ
alignedHistoricallyWith Julian calendar ⓘ
alternativeName Alexandrian calendar ⓘ
Coptic calendar ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian calendar of the martyrs
basedOn Coptic calendar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ancient Egyptian civil calendar
closelyRelatedTo Ethiopian calendar ⓘ
CopticChristmasCorrespondsTo 7 January Gregorian ⓘ
derivedFrom ancient Egyptian calendar ⓘ
epagomenalMonthLengthCommonYear 5 days ⓘ
epagomenalMonthLengthLeapYear 6 days ⓘ
epochAssociatedWith Diocletianic Persecution ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

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

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