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
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

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Miyazya calendarFamily Coptic calendar
this entity surface form: Alexandrian calendar