Hathor 16
Hathor 15 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 17
The sixteenth day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds to November 12, of the Julian calendar, and November 25, of the Gregorian calendar. This day falls in the Coptic season of Peret, the season of emergence. This is the first day of the Nativity Fast.
Commemorations
[edit]Saints
[edit]- The martyrdom of Saint Justus, the Bishop [1][2][3][4]
- The departure of Pope Mina II, the sixty-second Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark [1]
- The departure of Saint Nilus of Sinai[1]
Other commemorations
[edit]- The beginning of the Fast of the Nativity[1][2][3][4]
- The consecration of the Church of Saint Onuphrius the Hermit [1][2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Synaxarion, Hathor 16, Coptic Reader.
- ^ a b c "Hator 16 : Lives of Saints : Synaxarium". CopticChurch.net. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ a b c Egypt, Michael Ghaly-. "16 Hatour – Hatur Month – Coptic Synaxarium (Coptic Orthodox Calendar: Daily Synaxarion)". St-Takla.org. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ a b c Coptic Synaxarium (PDF). Saint George Coptic Orthodox Church. 1995.