Feast of the Coptic New Year

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Christian feast Coptic Orthodox feast liturgical celebration

The Feast of the Coptic New Year, or Nayrouz, is a Christian liturgical celebration marking the start of the Coptic calendar and commemorating the martyrs of the Coptic Church.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Coptic New Year	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast ⓘ Coptic Orthodox feast ⓘ liturgical celebration ⓘ
alsoCalled	Coptic New Year NERFINISHED ⓘ Feast of Nayrouz NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedSymbol	guava ⓘ palm branches ⓘ red dates ⓘ
associatedWith	Era of the Martyrs NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Alexandrian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
calendarEraStart	AD 284 ⓘ
calendarType	solar calendar ⓘ
celebratedWith	Divine Liturgy NERFINISHED ⓘ processions in some churches ⓘ
chronologicalRelation	precedes other Coptic feasts in the liturgical year ⓘ
commemorates	Coptic martyrs NERFINISHED ⓘ martyrs of the early Christian Church in Egypt ⓘ
commemorativeAspect	beginning of the Era of the Martyrs ⓘ
countryOfPrimaryObservation	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext	Egyptian Christian culture ⓘ
followsCalendar	Coptic calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDevotionalText	doxologies for the new year ⓘ hymns for the martyrs ⓘ
hasFocus	remembrance of persecuted Christians ⓘ thanksgiving for the witness of martyrs ⓘ
hasName	Nayrouz NERFINISHED ⓘ Nayruz NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme	faithfulness under persecution ⓘ martyrdom ⓘ new beginnings ⓘ
includes	church readings about martyrdom ⓘ commemoration of saints and martyrs ⓘ special liturgical prayers ⓘ
languageOfName	Arabic ⓘ Coptic ⓘ
linkedTo	Diocletian persecution NERFINISHED ⓘ
liturgicalColor	red ⓘ
marks	start of the Coptic year ⓘ
observanceType	annual feast ⓘ
observedBy	Coptic Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian Christians of the Coptic tradition ⓘ
occursOn	1 Thout ⓘ
partOf	Coptic liturgical year NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition	Coptic Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
season	beginning of the Coptic year ⓘ
typeOfDay	holy day ⓘ

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

Nayrouz → alsoKnownAs → Feast of the Coptic New Year ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic New Year