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Coptic Feasts and Fasts

The Coptic Fasts and Feasts 2023/2024

Feast
Date
The Nayrouz Feast (Coptic New Year)
September 11
Commemoration of Archangel Raphael
September 08
Assumption of St. Mary's Body
August 22
Transfiguration Feast
August 19
St. Mary's Fast
August 7–21
The Apostles' Feast (Martyrdom of St. Peter & St. Paul)
July 12
The Apostles' Fast
June 5 – July 11
The Holy Pentecost Feast
June 4
The Holy Feast of Ascension
May 25
Entry of the Lord into Egypt
June 01
Thomas’ Sunday
April 23
Martyrdom of St. Mark the Evangelist
May 08
Glorious Feast of the Resurrection
April 16
Holy Paskha
April 10–14
Entry of our Lord into Jerusalem (Hosanna Sunday)
April 9
Lazarus Saturday
April 8
Annunciation Feast
April 7
The Feast of the Cross
March 19
Holy Great Fast
February 20
Jonah's (Nineveh) Feast
February 9
Jonah's (Nineveh) Fast
February 6-8
Presentation of the Lord into the Temple
February 15
Feast of the Wedding of Cana of Galilee
January 21
The Holy Epiphany
January 19
The Circumcision Feast
January 14
Commemoration of the Departure of St. John the Beloved
January 12
The Holy Nativity Feast
January 7
Holy Nativity Fast
November 26-January 6
The Feast of the Cross (Three days)
September 28
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