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Koiak 7 – Coptic calendar – Koiak 9

The eighth day of the Coptic month of Koiak, the fourth month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds to December 4, of the Julian calendar, and December 17, of the Gregorian calendar. This day falls in the Coptic season of Peret, the season of emergence. This day falls in the Nativity Fast.

Commemorations

Saints

• The martyrdom of Saint Esi and his Sister, Saint Thecla
• The martyrdom of Saints Barbara and Juliana
• The departure of Saint Samuel the Confessor
• The departure of Pope Heraclas, the thirteenth Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark
• The departure of Saint Yustus the Monk, of Saint Anthony's Monastery

References

1. ^ "Coptic Reader".
2. ^ "Kiahk 8 : Lives of Saints : Synaxarium". CopticChurch.net. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
3. ^ Egypt, Michael Ghaly-. "8 Kiahk – Kyahk Month – Coptic Synaxarium (Coptic Orthodox Calendar: Daily Synaxarion)". St-Takla.org. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
4. ^ Coptic Synaxarium (PDF). Saint George Coptic Orthodox Church. 1995.

• Days of the Coptic calendar