Coptic Synaxarion
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The Coptic Synaxarion is a liturgical book of the Coptic Orthodox Church that contains brief lives of saints and accounts of feasts arranged according to the Coptic calendar for daily reading in worship.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| English Synaxarion of the Coptic Orthodox Church | 0 | 1 |
| Synaxarion of the Saints | 0 | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hagiographical collection
→
liturgical book → |
| associatedWith |
Coptic Orthodox Church
→
surface form: "Coptic Patriarchate of Alexandria"
Coptic calendar →
surface form: "Coptic calendar of saints"
|
| contains |
accounts of feasts
→
brief lives of saints → |
| dateSystem | Anno Martyrum (Coptic era) → |
| genre | synaxarion → |
| hasFormat |
digital text
→
manuscript → printed book → |
| hasPart |
accounts of church consecrations
→
accounts of confessor saints → accounts of martyrdoms → accounts of miraculous events → entries for each day of the Coptic month → |
| hasTranslation |
Coptic Synaxarion
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form: "English Synaxarion of the Coptic Orthodox Church"
French translations of the Coptic Synaxarion → |
| includesSaintsFrom |
Egypt
→
Ethiopia → Nubia → wider Christian world → |
| influencedBy | earlier Greek synaxaria → |
| language |
Arabic
→
Coptic → English → |
| liturgicalFunction |
linking liturgical year to saints’ commemorations
→
proclamation of the saint of the day → |
| organizedBy | Coptic calendar → |
| preserves |
Coptic ecclesiastical history
→
traditions of Coptic martyrs → |
| purpose |
commemoration of saints
→
instruction of the faithful → preservation of Coptic hagiography → |
| readAfter |
Liturgy of the Catechumens
→
surface form: "Pauline Epistle in the Coptic liturgy"
|
| relatedTo |
Byzantine Synaxarion
→
Roman Martyrology → |
| religiousTradition |
Coptic Orthodox Church
→
surface form: "Coptic Orthodox Christianity"
|
| timeCoverage | from early Christian centuries to medieval period → |
| tradition |
Alexandrian Rite
→
surface form: "Alexandrian rite"
|
| usedBy |
Coptic Orthodox Church
→
Coptic clergy → Coptic laity → |
| usedFor | daily reading in worship → |
| usedIn |
Coptic liturgical services
→
Divine Liturgy → |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "English Synaxarion of the Coptic Orthodox Church"
this entity surface form: "Synaxarion of the Saints"