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COMMENT=Updated June 25, 2017 \nAM = Anno Martyrum, in the year of the martyrs \nCoptic calendar see: Cal. Coptic months

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;Major Feasts

OxEs-7Dy  =Coptic, Palm Sunday          ;Note=Major feast
OxEs      =Coptic, Easter, Resurrection ;Note=Major feast
OxEs+39Dy =Coptic, Ascension            ;Note=Major feast
OxEs+49Dy =Coptic, Pentecost            ;Note=Major feast

{Coptic 29.4.}  =Coptic, Holy Nativity (29 Kijak #0284 AM)            ;Note=Major feast
{Coptic 06.5.}  =Coptic, Circumcision of our Lord (6 Tubeh #0284 AM)  ;Note=Major feast
{Coptic 29.7.}  =Coptic, Feast of Annunciation (29 Barmahat #0284 AM) ;Note=Major feast

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;Minor feasts

OxEs-3Dy  =Coptic, Maundy Thursday ;Note=Minor feast
OxEs+7Dy  =Coptic, Thomas's Sunday ;Note=Minor feast

{Coptic 11.5.}  =Coptic, Feast of Epiphany (11 Tubeh #0284 AM)                     ;Note=Minor feast
{Coptic 13.5.}  =Coptic, 1st Miracle of our Lord Jesus at Cana (13 Tubeh #0284 AM) ;Note=Minor feast
{Coptic 08.6.}  =Coptic, Entrance of our Lord into the Temple (8 Amschir #0284 AM) ;Note=Minor feast
{Coptic 24.9.}  =Coptic, Entrance into Egypt (24 Beschnes #0284 AM)                ;Note=Minor feast
{Coptic 13.12.} =Coptic, Transfiguration (13 Misra #0284 AM)                       ;Note=Minor feast

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OxEs-69Dy =Coptic, Fast of Ninevah
OxEs-55Dy =Coptic, the Great Lent
OxEs-2Dy  =Coptic, Good Friday

{Coptic 01.1.}  =Coptic, Feast of Neyrouz (1 Tut #0283 AM)
{Coptic 17.1.}  =Coptic, 1st Feast of the Holy Cross (17 Tut #0283 AM) ;Note=dedication of the Church of the Holy Cross built by Queen Helen, the mother of Emperor Constantine
{Coptic 16.3.}  =Coptic, Christmas Fast (16 Hatur #0283 AM)
{Coptic 03.4.}  =Coptic, Presentation of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple (3 Kijak #0283 AM)
{Coptic 21.5.}  =Coptic, Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (21 Tubeh #0284 AM)
{Coptic 10.7.}  =Coptic, 2nd Feast of the Holy Cross (10 Barmahat #0284 AM) ;Note=discovery of the Holy Cross by Queen Helen, the mother of Emperor Constantine in AD 326
{Coptic 24.7.}  =Coptic, apparition over the Church of Zeitoon of the Mother of God (24 Barmahat #0284 AM)
{Coptic 01.9.}  =Coptic, birth of the Most Holy Theotokos (1 Beschnes #0284 AM)
{Coptic 11.10.} =Coptic, Tears of Isis (11 Bauneh #0284 AM) ;Note=inundation of the Nile caused by the tears of Isis {c}
{Coptic 15.10.} =Coptic, Laylat al-saratjan (15 Bauneh #0284 AM) ;Note=Sun enters Cancer {c} ;English=Night of the Crab
{Coptic 18.10.} =Coptic, Saint Pilate and Procula Day ;Note=18 Bauneh/Paoni/Ba'unah, Pontius Pilate and his wife Claudia Procula {c}
{Coptic 21.10.} =Coptic, Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos (21 Bauneh #0284 AM)
{Coptic 05.11.} =Coptic, Apostles' Feast (5 Ebib #0284 AM)
{Coptic 01.12.} =Coptic, St Mary's Fast (1 Misra #0284 AM)
{Coptic 07.12.} =Coptic, annunciation of the birth of the Most Holy Theotokos (7 Misra #0284 AM)
{Coptic 16.12.} =Coptic, apparition of the body of the Most Holy Theotokos to the Apostles (16 Misra #0284 AM)


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