Complete reference guide for the Coptic year 1720, featuring major feast days, fasting periods, 13-month layout, and full monthly grid.
Coptic year 1720 corresponds to Fri, 12 Sep 2003 – Fri, 10 Sep 2004 in the Gregorian calendar. 2003 / 2004
Fixed feast dates are tied to the Coptic liturgical calendar. Movable feasts are calculated according to the Orthodox Easter cycle.
| Observance / Event | Coptic date | Gregorian date | Category | Significance & Tradition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nayrouz (Coptic New Year) | 1 Thout | Fri, 12 Sep 2003 | Fixed Feast | Beginning of the Coptic liturgical year and Feast of the Martyrs. |
| Feast of the Holy Cross | 17 Thout | Sun, 28 Sep 2003 | Fixed Feast | Commemoration of the Exaltation of the Glorious Cross in the Coptic tradition. |
| Feast of the Nativity (Coptic Christmas) | 29 Koiak | Thu, 8 Jan 2004 | Fixed Feast | Celebration of the Birth of Jesus Christ in the Coptic Orthodox Church. |
| Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany) | 11 Toba | Tue, 20 Jan 2004 | Fixed Feast | Commemoration of the Baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River. |
| Palm Sunday | Movable Feast (Paschal Cycle) | Sun, 4 Apr 2004 | Movable Feast | Triumphal Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem. |
| Feast of the Annunciation | 29 Baramhat | Wed, 7 Apr 2004 | Fixed Feast | Annunciation of the Incarnation to the Holy Virgin Mary. |
| Good Friday | Movable Feast (Paschal Cycle) | Fri, 9 Apr 2004 | Movable Feast | Commemoration of the Passion, Crucifixion, and Burial of Christ. |
| Feast of the Resurrection (Coptic Easter) | Movable Feast (Paschal Cycle) | Sun, 11 Apr 2004 | Movable Feast | Central feast of the Coptic Christian liturgical year. |
| Feast of Pentecost | Movable Feast (Paschal Cycle) | Sun, 30 May 2004 | Movable Feast | Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. |
| Entry of the Holy Family into Egypt | 24 Bashans | Tue, 1 Jun 2004 | Fixed Feast | Commemoration of the journey and refuge of the Holy Family in Egypt. |
| Feast of Saints Peter and Paul | 5 Epip | Mon, 12 Jul 2004 | Fixed Feast | Commemoration of the martyrdom of the Apostles Peter and Paul. |
| Feast of the Transfiguration | 13 Mesori | Thu, 19 Aug 2004 | Fixed Feast | Celebration of the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor. |
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Each cell displays the Coptic day and its corresponding Gregorian date below. Highlighted cells mark major feast days.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 12 Sep | 2 13 Sep | 3 14 Sep | ||||
| 4 15 Sep | 5 16 Sep | 6 17 Sep | 7 18 Sep | 8 19 Sep | 9 20 Sep | 10 21 Sep |
| 11 22 Sep | 12 23 Sep | 13 24 Sep | 14 25 Sep | 15 26 Sep | 16 27 Sep | 17 28 Sep |
| 18 29 Sep | 19 30 Sep | 20 1 Oct | 21 2 Oct | 22 3 Oct | 23 4 Oct | 24 5 Oct |
| 25 6 Oct | 26 7 Oct | 27 8 Oct | 28 9 Oct | 29 10 Oct | 30 11 Oct | |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 12 Oct | ||||||
| 2 13 Oct | 3 14 Oct | 4 15 Oct | 5 16 Oct | 6 17 Oct | 7 18 Oct | 8 19 Oct |
| 9 20 Oct | 10 21 Oct | 11 22 Oct | 12 23 Oct | 13 24 Oct | 14 25 Oct | 15 26 Oct |
| 16 27 Oct | 17 28 Oct | 18 29 Oct | 19 30 Oct | 20 31 Oct | 21 1 Nov | 22 2 Nov |
| 23 3 Nov | 24 4 Nov | 25 5 Nov | 26 6 Nov | 27 7 Nov | 28 8 Nov | 29 9 Nov |
| 30 10 Nov |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 11 Nov | 2 12 Nov | 3 13 Nov | 4 14 Nov | 5 15 Nov | 6 16 Nov | |
| 7 17 Nov | 8 18 Nov | 9 19 Nov | 10 20 Nov | 11 21 Nov | 12 22 Nov | 13 23 Nov |
| 14 24 Nov | 15 25 Nov | 16 26 Nov | 17 27 Nov | 18 28 Nov | 19 29 Nov | 20 30 Nov |
| 21 1 Dec | 22 2 Dec | 23 3 Dec | 24 4 Dec | 25 5 Dec | 26 6 Dec | 27 7 Dec |
| 28 8 Dec | 29 9 Dec | 30 10 Dec | ||||
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 11 Dec | 2 12 Dec | 3 13 Dec | 4 14 Dec | |||
| 5 15 Dec | 6 16 Dec | 7 17 Dec | 8 18 Dec | 9 19 Dec | 10 20 Dec | 11 21 Dec |
| 12 22 Dec | 13 23 Dec | 14 24 Dec | 15 25 Dec | 16 26 Dec | 17 27 Dec | 18 28 Dec |
| 19 29 Dec | 20 30 Dec | 21 31 Dec | 22 1 Jan | 23 2 Jan | 24 3 Jan | 25 4 Jan |
| 26 5 Jan | 27 6 Jan | 28 7 Jan | 29 8 Jan | 30 9 Jan | ||
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 10 Jan | 2 11 Jan | |||||
| 3 12 Jan | 4 13 Jan | 5 14 Jan | 6 15 Jan | 7 16 Jan | 8 17 Jan | 9 18 Jan |
| 10 19 Jan | 11 20 Jan | 12 21 Jan | 13 22 Jan | 14 23 Jan | 15 24 Jan | 16 25 Jan |
| 17 26 Jan | 18 27 Jan | 19 28 Jan | 20 29 Jan | 21 30 Jan | 22 31 Jan | 23 1 Feb |
| 24 2 Feb | 25 3 Feb | 26 4 Feb | 27 5 Feb | 28 6 Feb | 29 7 Feb | 30 8 Feb |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 9 Feb | 2 10 Feb | 3 11 Feb | 4 12 Feb | 5 13 Feb | 6 14 Feb | 7 15 Feb |
| 8 16 Feb | 9 17 Feb | 10 18 Feb | 11 19 Feb | 12 20 Feb | 13 21 Feb | 14 22 Feb |
| 15 23 Feb | 16 24 Feb | 17 25 Feb | 18 26 Feb | 19 27 Feb | 20 28 Feb | 21 29 Feb |
| 22 1 Mar | 23 2 Mar | 24 3 Mar | 25 4 Mar | 26 5 Mar | 27 6 Mar | 28 7 Mar |
| 29 8 Mar | 30 9 Mar | |||||
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 10 Mar | 2 11 Mar | 3 12 Mar | 4 13 Mar | 5 14 Mar | ||
| 6 15 Mar | 7 16 Mar | 8 17 Mar | 9 18 Mar | 10 19 Mar | 11 20 Mar | 12 21 Mar |
| 13 22 Mar | 14 23 Mar | 15 24 Mar | 16 25 Mar | 17 26 Mar | 18 27 Mar | 19 28 Mar |
| 20 29 Mar | 21 30 Mar | 22 31 Mar | 23 1 Apr | 24 2 Apr | 25 3 Apr | 26 4 Apr |
| 27 5 Apr | 28 6 Apr | 29 7 Apr | 30 8 Apr | |||
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 9 Apr | 2 10 Apr | 3 11 Apr | ||||
| 4 12 Apr | 5 13 Apr | 6 14 Apr | 7 15 Apr | 8 16 Apr | 9 17 Apr | 10 18 Apr |
| 11 19 Apr | 12 20 Apr | 13 21 Apr | 14 22 Apr | 15 23 Apr | 16 24 Apr | 17 25 Apr |
| 18 26 Apr | 19 27 Apr | 20 28 Apr | 21 29 Apr | 22 30 Apr | 23 1 May | 24 2 May |
| 25 3 May | 26 4 May | 27 5 May | 28 6 May | 29 7 May | 30 8 May | |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 9 May | ||||||
| 2 10 May | 3 11 May | 4 12 May | 5 13 May | 6 14 May | 7 15 May | 8 16 May |
| 9 17 May | 10 18 May | 11 19 May | 12 20 May | 13 21 May | 14 22 May | 15 23 May |
| 16 24 May | 17 25 May | 18 26 May | 19 27 May | 20 28 May | 21 29 May | 22 30 May |
| 23 31 May | 24 1 Jun | 25 2 Jun | 26 3 Jun | 27 4 Jun | 28 5 Jun | 29 6 Jun |
| 30 7 Jun |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 8 Jun | 2 9 Jun | 3 10 Jun | 4 11 Jun | 5 12 Jun | 6 13 Jun | |
| 7 14 Jun | 8 15 Jun | 9 16 Jun | 10 17 Jun | 11 18 Jun | 12 19 Jun | 13 20 Jun |
| 14 21 Jun | 15 22 Jun | 16 23 Jun | 17 24 Jun | 18 25 Jun | 19 26 Jun | 20 27 Jun |
| 21 28 Jun | 22 29 Jun | 23 30 Jun | 24 1 Jul | 25 2 Jul | 26 3 Jul | 27 4 Jul |
| 28 5 Jul | 29 6 Jul | 30 7 Jul | ||||
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 8 Jul | 2 9 Jul | 3 10 Jul | 4 11 Jul | |||
| 5 12 Jul | 6 13 Jul | 7 14 Jul | 8 15 Jul | 9 16 Jul | 10 17 Jul | 11 18 Jul |
| 12 19 Jul | 13 20 Jul | 14 21 Jul | 15 22 Jul | 16 23 Jul | 17 24 Jul | 18 25 Jul |
| 19 26 Jul | 20 27 Jul | 21 28 Jul | 22 29 Jul | 23 30 Jul | 24 31 Jul | 25 1 Aug |
| 26 2 Aug | 27 3 Aug | 28 4 Aug | 29 5 Aug | 30 6 Aug | ||
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 7 Aug | 2 8 Aug | |||||
| 3 9 Aug | 4 10 Aug | 5 11 Aug | 6 12 Aug | 7 13 Aug | 8 14 Aug | 9 15 Aug |
| 10 16 Aug | 11 17 Aug | 12 18 Aug | 13 19 Aug | 14 20 Aug | 15 21 Aug | 16 22 Aug |
| 17 23 Aug | 18 24 Aug | 19 25 Aug | 20 26 Aug | 21 27 Aug | 22 28 Aug | 23 29 Aug |
| 24 30 Aug | 25 31 Aug | 26 1 Sep | 27 2 Sep | 28 3 Sep | 29 4 Sep | 30 5 Sep |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 6 Sep | 2 7 Sep | 3 8 Sep | 4 9 Sep | 5 10 Sep | ||
Approximate fasting date ranges provided for planning; local parish practices may vary slightly.
| Fast | Approx. Gregorian range | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nativity Fast (Coptic Advent) | Wed, 26 Nov 2003 - Wed, 7 Jan 2004 | 43 days | 43-day fasting period preceding the Feast of the Nativity. |
| Great Lent and Holy Week | Mon, 16 Feb 2004 - Sat, 10 Apr 2004 | 55 days | Main annual fasting period leading up to Coptic Easter. |
| Apostles' Fast | Mon, 31 May 2004 - Sun, 11 Jul 2004 | 42 days | Fasting season of variable length following Pentecost. |
| Fast of the Holy Virgin Mary | Sat, 7 Aug 2004 - Sat, 21 Aug 2004 | 15 days | 15-day fasting period in the month of Mesori dedicated to St. Mary. |
Overview of the 13 Coptic months for understanding the liturgical rhythm and historical date references.
| # | Coptic month | Gregorian span in this year | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thout | Fri, 12 Sep 2003 - Sat, 11 Oct 2003 | 30 |
| 2 | Paopi | Sun, 12 Oct 2003 - Mon, 10 Nov 2003 | 30 |
| 3 | Hathor | Tue, 11 Nov 2003 - Wed, 10 Dec 2003 | 30 |
| 4 | Koiak | Thu, 11 Dec 2003 - Fri, 9 Jan 2004 | 30 |
| 5 | Toba | Sat, 10 Jan 2004 - Sun, 8 Feb 2004 | 30 |
| 6 | Amshir | Mon, 9 Feb 2004 - Tue, 9 Mar 2004 | 30 |
| 7 | Baramhat | Wed, 10 Mar 2004 - Thu, 8 Apr 2004 | 30 |
| 8 | Baramouda | Fri, 9 Apr 2004 - Sat, 8 May 2004 | 30 |
| 9 | Bashans | Sun, 9 May 2004 - Mon, 7 Jun 2004 | 30 |
| 10 | Paona | Tue, 8 Jun 2004 - Wed, 7 Jul 2004 | 30 |
| 11 | Epip | Thu, 8 Jul 2004 - Fri, 6 Aug 2004 | 30 |
| 12 | Mesori | Sat, 7 Aug 2004 - Sun, 5 Sep 2004 | 30 |
| 13 | Nasie | Mon, 6 Sep 2004 - Fri, 10 Sep 2004 | 5 |
It is an Alexandrian solar calendar used by the Coptic Orthodox Church, comprising 12 months of 30 days plus a short 13th month (Nasie) of 5 or 6 days.
To provide believers, scholars, and visitors with a complete liturgical overview of the Coptic year.
Fixed feasts remain on the same Coptic date every year, while movable feasts depend on the date of Orthodox Easter.
The three traditional agricultural seasons of the Nile Valley, historically shaping Egyptian agrarian life.
| Season | Typical months | Description & Characteristics |
|---|---|---|
| Akhet (Inundation / Flooding) | Thout, Paopi, Hathor, Koiak | The season of the Nile flooding, marking the start of the Coptic agricultural and liturgical year. |
| Peret (Planting & Growing) | Toba, Amshir, Baramhat, Baramouda | The season of sowing seeds and crop emergence in the Egyptian agrarian cycle. |
| Shemu (Harvest) | Bashans, Paona, Epip, Mesori, Nasie | The harvest season, ending with the short 13th month (Nasie) at the close of the year. |
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