Coptic Christmas

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Christian feast Nativity feast public holiday religious holiday

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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Christmas (Orthodox date) 1
Coptic Nativity 1
Coptic Orthodox Christmas 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian feast ⓘ
Nativity feast ⓘ
public holiday ⓘ
religious holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Coptic Christmas ⓘ
surface form: Coptic Nativity

Coptic Christmas ⓘ
surface form: Coptic Orthodox Christmas

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

Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
Copts ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Coptic Christmas → alsoKnownAs → Coptic Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic Orthodox Christmas
Coptic Christmas → alsoKnownAs → Coptic Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic Nativity
Coptic Christmas → alsoKnownAs → Coptic Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feast of the Nativity according to the Coptic Church
Belarusian Orthodox communities → celebrate → Coptic Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christmas (Orthodox date)
Julian calendar → definesFeastDate → Coptic Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orthodox Christmas (for churches on Julian calendar)
Copts → majorFeast → Coptic Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Genna (Ethiopian Christmas)
Coptic calendar → usedToDetermine → Coptic Christmas ⓘ