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The following is a list of saints commemorated by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. ... Abratacus (feast day April 16) [1] Acacius, bishop of Jerusalem;
All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, [3] the Feast of All Saints, [4] ... The day is the start of the Coptic new year, and of its first month, Thout.
As a result, the Coptic Christmas advances a day each time the Gregorian calendar drops a leap day (years AD 1700, 1800, and 1900). [13] This is the reason why Old-Calendarists (using the Julian and Coptic calendars) presently celebrate Christmas on 7 January, 13 days after the New-Calendarists (using the Gregorian calendar), who celebrate ...
The following is a list of all of the Coptic Orthodox popes who have led the ... canonized as saints, in the Coptic ... (6 years, 6 months, 1 day) St. John IX ...
For his importance among the Desert Fathers and to all later Christian monasticism, he is also known as the Father of All Monks. His feast day is celebrated on 17 January among the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches and on Tobi 22 in the Coptic calendar .
Pages in category "Coptic Orthodox saints" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Theodore Stratelates (Ancient Greek: Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Στρατηλάτης, transl. 'the General' or 'Military Commander'; Coptic: ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ), also known as Theodore of Heraclea (Ancient Greek: Θεόδωρος Ἡρακλείας; AD 281–319), was a martyr and warrior saint in the Eastern Orthodox, Catholic and Oriental Orthodox Churches.
It lists of hundreds of saints from Ireland and beyond. [1] In various religions, a saint is a revered person who has achieved an eminent status of holiness, known as sainthood. The word saint comes from the Latin word sanctus, meaning ' holy ', and although saint has been applied in other religious contexts, the word has its origins in ...