11 Pashons –
Coptic calendar
The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is a liturgical calendar used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and also used by the farming populace in Egypt. It was used for fiscal purposes in Egypt until the adoption of the Gregoria ...
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13 Pashons
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on 12
Pashons (
20 May) by the
Coptic Orthodox Church
The Coptic Orthodox Church ( cop, Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, translit=Ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, lit=the Egyptian Orthodox Church; ar, الكنيسة القبطي ...
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Saints
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Pope Mark VII of Alexandria
Pope Mark VII of Alexandria (Abba Marcos VII), 106th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. Pope Mark VII was born in the city of Klosna, in the district of El Bahnasa, and his lay name was Simeon. He joined the Monastery of ...
(1485 A.M.), (1770)
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Master Malati
Master Malati or Moallem Malati (died May 19, 1803) is a Coptic Orthodox martyr and saint.
Malati was a scribe of Ayyoub Bey el-Defterdar, one of the Mamluks of Muhammad Bey Abu al-Dhahab. When the French under Napoléon Bonaparte occupied Egy ...
(1519 A.M.), (1803)
Incidents
*Appearance of a Cross of Light above Golgotha (351 AD)
*Relocation of the relics of
Saint John Chrysostom from
Comana to
Constantinople (437 AD)
*Consecration of the Church of
Saint Demiana
Saint Demiana and the 40 Virgins ( cop, Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲇⲩⲙⲓⲁⲛⲏ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓ ϩ︤ⲙⲉ ⲉ̅ⲑ̅ⲱ̅ ⲙ︤ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ; also known as the Chaste Martyr Saint Demiana) was a Coptic martyr of the early fourth centur ...
in El Zaafran
References
Coptic Synexarion
Days of the Coptic calendar
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