Who in Egypt still uses the Coptic calendar?
HINT: The Coptic calendar months are based on 3 seasons - Inundation, Cultivation and Harvest, and are related to the Nile River.
The Coptic calendar is still used by farmers today
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Red dates are symbolic of the martyrs.
Can you name all 4 symbols the red date represents?
Red = martyrs' blood.
White flesh of the date = purity.
Stony Seed = strong faith.
The head of the date = crown
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Our Coptic Orthodox Church began its own calendar of Martyrs in 284AD because of which Roman emperor?
Nero, Diocletian, Maximianus or Constantine?
Emperor Diocletian
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The Coptic New Year - Feast of the Martyrs is celebrated on which day and month?
11th September
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Who is our 1st Coptic Martyr?
St Stephen
(Acts 7:51-60)
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What is another name for Coptic New Year starting with 'N' and meaning âthe riversâ
Nayrouz
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Martyr is actually a Greek word meaning...
(a) Faith
(b) Truth
(c) Suffering
(d) Witness
(d) Witness.
A martyr is a 'witness' of Christ and is someone who suffers persecution and death for refusing to give up their Christian faith.
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How many months are in the Coptic calendar?
13 months
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Our Coptic Church is also known as ... the church of ...
The church of martyrs
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Can you identify the shortest/last Coptic month?
(a) Amshir, (b) Misra, (c) Nasie or (d) Abib?
(c) Nasie
The last and shortest month of Nasie only has 5 or 6 days!
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Can you name the Coptic month when we celebrate the Feast of the Martyrs?
