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.
The Coptic New Year - Feast of the Martyrs is celebrated on which day and month?
11th September
Can you name the Coptic month when we celebrate the Feast of the Martyrs?
Thout
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
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
Our Coptic Church is also known as ... the church of ...
The church of martyrs
Our Coptic Orthodox Church began its own calendar of Martyrs in 284AD because of which Roman emperor?
Nero, Diocletian, Maximianus or Constantine?
Emperor Diocletian
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!
Who is our 1st Coptic Martyr?
St Stephen
(Acts 7:51-60)
What is another name for Coptic New Year starting with 'N' and meaning ‘the rivers’
Nayrouz
How many months are in the Coptic calendar?
13 months