Hathor also known as Hatour (Coptic: ?????) is the third month of the Coptic
calendar. It lies between November 11 and December 9 of the Gregorian
calendar. The month of Hathor is also the third month of the Season of
'Akhet' (Inundation) in Ancient Egypt, where the Nile floods cover the land
of Egypt. The name of the month comes from Hathor, the Ancient Egyptian
Goddess of Beauty and Love.
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Commemorations and Anniversaries of the Coptic Month of Hatur |
| Date |
Feast /
Commemoration |
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Hatour 1 |
Martyrdom of
the Saints Maximus, Nometius, Boctor, and Philopus
Commemoration of St.Cleopas the Apostle and His Companion |
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Hatour 2
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Departure of
St.Peter the Third the Twenty-Seventh Pope of Alexandria |
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Hatour 3
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Departure of
St.Cyriacus
Departure of St.Athanasius and His Sister, Irene |
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Hatour 4
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Martyrdom of
the Saints John and James, Bishops of Persia
Martyrdom of Saints Epimachus and Azarianus |
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Hatour 5
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Appearance of
the Head of St.Longinus the Soldier
Martyrdom of St.Timothy and the Relocation of the Body of St.Theodore,
the Prince of Setb |
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Hatour 6
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Departure of
St.Felix, Pope of Rome
Consecration of the Virgin's Church in the Mouharaque Monastery in
Kuesquam Mountain |
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Hatour 7
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Martyrdom of
St.George the Alexandrian
Martyrdom of St.Nehrou
Departure of St.Mina, Bishop of Tamai
Consecration of the Church of St.George of Cappadocia |
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Hatour 8
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Commemoration
of the Four Incorporeal Beasts |
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Hatour 9
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Departure of
the Holy Father Anba Isaac, the Forty-First Pope of Alexandria
Assembly of the Universal Holy Council at Nicea |
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Hatour 10
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Martydom of
the Fifty Virgins and Their Mother
Assembly of a Council at Rome because of Epiphany of Fasting |
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Hatour 11
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Departure of
St.Hannah
Commemoration of the Martyrdom of St.Archelaus and the Martyrdom of
Elisha the Hegumen |
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Hatour 12
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Festival of
the Honored Archangel Michael |
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Hatour 13
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Departure of
St.Timothy, Bishop of Ansena
Departure of St.Zacharias, the Sixty-Fourth Pope of Alexandria |
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Hatour 14
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Departure of
St.Martinus, Bishop of the Chity of Thrace |
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Hatour 15
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Martyrdom of
St.Mari-Mina the Wonder Worker |
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Hatour 16
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Beginning of
the Advent Fasting in the Coptic Church
Consecration of the Church of St.Abu-Nofer
Martyrdom of St.Yostus, the Bishop |
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Hatour 17
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Departure of
St.John Chrysostom |
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Hatour 18
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Martyrdom of
the Two Saints Atrasis and Yoana
Martyrdom of St.Philip the Apostle |
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Hatour 19
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Consecration
of the Church of St.Sergius and St.Bacchus
Commemoration of the Preaching of St.Bartholomew, the Apostle |
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Hatour 20
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Departure of
St.Anianus, the Second Pope of Alexandria
Consecration of the Churches of Prince Theodore, the Son of John, and
Prince Theodore El-Mishreke |
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Hatour 21
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Commemoration
of the Virgin St.Mary, the Mother of God
Deparure of St.Gregory, the Wonder Worker
Departure of St.Cosma, the Fifty-Fourth Pope of Alexandria
Commemoration of the Holy Martyrs Alphaeus, Zacchaeus, Romanus and John
Commemoration of the Saints Thomas, Victor and Isaac, of the city of
Ashmunen |
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Hatour 22
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Martyrdom of
Saints Cosmas, Damian, Their Brothers and Their Mother |
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Hatour 23
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Departure of
St.Cornelius the Centurion
Consecration of the Church of St.Marina |
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Hatour 24
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Commemoration
of the Twenty-Four Priests |
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Hatour 25
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Martyrdom of
St.Mercurius known as the Saint with Two Swords |
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Hatour 26
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Commemoration
of the Martyrdom of the Saints Balaryanos and His Brother Thiborinos
Commemoration of St.Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa |
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Hatour 27
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Martyrdom of
St.James the Mangled (Sawn) |
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Hatour 28
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Martyrdom of
St.Sarabamon, Bishop of Nakiyos |
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Hatour 29
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Martyrdom of
St.Peter, the Seal of the Martyrs
Martyrdom of St.Clement, Pope of Rome |
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Hatour 30
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Departure of
St.Akakios, Patriarch of Constantinople
Martyrdom of St.Macarius
Consecration of the Church of Saints Cosmas, Damian, Their Brothers and
Their Mother |
