Coptic Synaxarium (Coptic Orthodox Calendar)

4) Kiahk Month
(First Egyptian Month -4- Koiak)

Koiak also known as Kiahk is the fourth month of the Coptic calendar. It lies between December 10 and January 8 of the Gregorian calendar. The month of Koiak is also the fourth month of the Season of 'Akhet' (Inundation) in Ancient Egypt, where the Nile floods cover the land of Egypt. The name of the month of Koiak comes from Ka Ha Ka, which means Good of Good, a name of the Ancient Egyptian sacred Apis Bull.

Commemorations and Anniversaries of the Coptic Month of Keyahk
Date	Feast / Commemoration
Kiahk 1	Departure of St.Peter Elrahawy, Bishop of Gaza Consecration of the Church of the Saint, Anba Shenouda
Kiahk 2	Departure of Saint Abba Hor, the Monk
Kiahk 3	Entrance of Saint Mary into the Temple in Jerusalem
Kiahk 4	Martyrdom of St.Andrew the Apostle, the Brother of St.Peter
Kiahk 5	Departure of the Holy Prophet Nahum Martyrdom of St.Victor (Boctor) Martyrdom of St.Isidore
Kiahk 6	Martyrdom of St.Anatolius Departure of St.Abraam, the Sixty-Second Pope of Alexandria
Kiahk 7	Departure of St.Matthew the Poor
Kiahk 8	Departure of St.Heraclas, the Thirteenth Pope of Alexandria Martyrdom of the Saints : Barbara and Juliana Martyrdom of the Saints : Esi and His Sister Thecla Departure of St.Samuel the Abbot of the Qualamon Monastery (Abba Samuel the Confessor)
Kiahk 9	Departure of St.Poemen the Confessor
Kiahk 10	Relocation of the Body of Saint Abba Severus, Archbishop of the City of Antioch Departure of St.Nicholas, Bishop of Mora
Kiahk 11	Departure of Saint Abba Pijimi
Kiahk 12	Commemoration of the Honorable Angel Michael the Archangel Departure of St.Hedra, Bishop of Aswan Commemoration of St.John the Confessor Assembly of a Council in Rome against Benates (or Novatus) the Priest
Kiahk 13	Martyrdom of St.Barsanuphius Departure of St.Abracius Consecration of the Church of St.Misael, the Anchorite
Kiahk 14	Martyrdom of Saints Behnam and Sarah, His Sister Departure of Saint Christodoulos Martyrdom of Saints Simeon of Menouf, Abba Hor and Abba Mina the Elder Martyrdom of Saint Ammonius, Bishop of Esna
Kiahk 15	Departure of St.Gregory, Patriarch of the Armenians
Kiahk 16	Departure of The Righteous Gideon, One of the Judges of Israel Martyrdom of Saints Harouadj, Ananias, and Khouzi Consecration of the Church of St.James, the Persian
Kiahk 17	Commemoration of the Departure of St.Luke the Stylite and the Relocation of His Sacred Relics
Kiahk 18	Commemoration of the Relics of St.Titus to Constantinople Commemoration of St.Heracleas the Martyr and St.Philemon the Priest
Kiahk 19	Departure of St.John, Bishop of El-Borollos Who Gathered the Biographies of the Saints
Kiahk 20	Departure of the Upright Haggai the Prophet
Kiahk 21	Commemoration of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God Martyrdom of St.Barnabas, One of the Seventy Apostles
Kiahk 22	Commemoration of the Archangel Gabriel Departure of St.Anastasius, the Thirty-Sixth Pope of Alexandria
Kiahk 23	Departure of David, the Prophet and King Departure of St.Timothy the Anchorite
Kiahk 24	Martyrdom of St.Ignatius, the Patriarch of Antioch Departure of St.Philogonus, the Patriarch of Antioch Birth of St.Takla-Haymanot, the Ethiopian
Kiahk 25	Departure of St.John Kama
Kiahk 26	Martyrdom of St.Anastasia Commemoration of St.Juliana the Martyr
Kiahk 27	Martyrdom of St.Anba Bisadi (Psote) the Bishop
Kiahk 28	Martyrdom of One Hundred and Fifty Men and Twenty-Four Women from Ansena
Kiahk 29	Feast of the Glorified Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Christmas)
Kiahk 30	Departure of St.John, Archpriest of Scetis

Index of Coptic Months:
Toot - Baba - Hatoor - Kiahk - Toba - Amshir - Baramhat - Bermoda - Bashans - Baoona - Abib - Mesra - Nesea

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4) Kiahk Month (First Egyptian Month -4- Koiak)

4) Kiahk Month
(First Egyptian Month -4- Koiak)