coptic calendar

  1. The Liturgist

    Happy Palm Sunday

    I just wanted to wish everyone on the Gregorian Calender a blessed Palm Sunday. Our Coptic and Eastern Orthodox friends including but not limited to @dzheremi @Pavel Mosko @prodromos and @HTacianas will be celebrating Palm Sunday next weekend. Reader Chrysostom ( @Greek Orthodox ) is away...
  2. dzheremi

    Hosanna Sunday celebration in the Coptic Orthodox Church

    Firstly, may all who celebrate the glorious mystery of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ's defeat of death through His holy resurrection from the dead today be blessed in their celebrations. I know things are especially hard for you all, as they are for all of us in every place, but we will...
  3. dzheremi

    Coptic Feast of Nayrouz: The celebration of the Coptic New Year and the Martyrs

    Today is the 1st of Tout on the ancient Coptic/Egyptian calendar (Sept. 11 on a non-leap year, Sept. 12 on a leap year), which marks the beginning of the Coptic year. To explain a little bit of why we celebrate the New Year today, here is an English sermon by Fr. Mikhail Mikhail of St. Mark...