Sunday, September 11, 2005

Happy new coptic year

Today is the 9/11 I know you know it as important event in history but in Egypt it is another thing as it is the beginning of A new coptic year
yes the Coptic year or the Egyptian year according to the Egyptian copitic calender
This calender goes back to the ancient Egyptian time and romans ,it is known as the calender of Martyrs any christian historian will know how much Egyptian christians suffered under the roman rule , where they were killed and feed to the lions
This calender I think is very suitable for Egypt from the weather description ,Amshir and Toba say so ,Egyptians agree with me on that
The Coptic calendar has 13 months, 12 of 30 days each and an intercalary month at the end of the year of 5 or 6 days depending whether the year is a leap year or not. The year starts on 11 September in the Gregorian Calendar or on the 12th in the year before (Gregorian) Leap Years. The Coptic Leap Year follows the same rules as the Gregorian so that the extra month always has 6 days in the year before a Gregorian Leap Year. The names of the months and their starting dates are as follows:
Tout--------11/12 September
Baba--------11/12 October
Hator-----------10 /11 november
Kiahk-----------------10/11 December
Toba------------------------ 9/10 Jan.
Amshir---------------------------8/9 feb.
Baramouda-------------------------10 Marh
Baramhat------------------------------9 April
Bashans---------------------------------9 May
Paona--------------------------------------8 Jun
Epep------------------------------------------ 8 July
Mesra----------------------------------------------7 August
Nasie----------------------------------------------------------6 Sept

so Happy New year

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