Daily Coptic Synaxarium (Coptic Orthodox Calendar)

6) Amshir Month
(First Egyptian Month -6- Meshir)

Meshir also known as Amshir is the sixth month of the Coptic calendar. It lies between February 8 and March 9 of the Gregorian calendar. The month of Meshir is also the second month of the Season of 'Proyet' (Growth) in Ancient Egypt, where the Nile floods recede and the crops start to grow throughout the land of Egypt. The name of the month of Meshir comes from Mechir, the Ancient Egyptian God genius of wind.

Commemorations and Anniversaries of the Coptic Month of Amsheer
Date	Feast / Commemoration
Amshir 1	Commemoration of the Universal Ecclesiastical Council in Constantinople Commemoration of the Consecration of the First Church, Built after the Name of St.Peter, the Seal of the Martyrs
Amshir 2	Departure of the Great Saint Anba Paul, the First Hermit Departure of St.Longinus, the Abbot of El-Zugag Monastery
Amshir 3	Departure of St.James the Monk
Amshir 4	Martyrdom of St.Agabus, One of the Seventy Disciples
Amshir 5	Departure of St.Agrippinus, the Tenth Pope of Alexandria Commemoration of the Saints Anba Bishay and Anba Abanoub Departure of St.Apollo, the Companion of Anba Abib Commemoration of the Relocation of the Relics of the Forty-Nine Elders of the Wilderness of Shiheet
Amshir 6	Appearance of the Body of St.Apolidus, the Pope of Rome Martyrdom of the Saints Abakir, John, the Three Virgins and Their Mother
Amshir 7	Departure of St.Alexandros the Second, the Forty-Third Pope of Alexandria Departure of St.Theodorus (Theodor), the Forty-Fifth Pope of Alexandria
Amshir 8	Feast of Presenting the Lord Christ to the Temple
Amshir 9	Departure of St.Barsauma, the Father of the Syrian Monks Martyrdom of St.Paul the Syrian
Amshir 10	Martyrdom of St.James the Apostle, the Son of Alphaeus Martyrdom of St.Justus, the Son of Emperor Numerian Departure of St.Isidore of Pelusium Martyrdom of St.Philo, the Bishop of the Persians
Amshir 11	Martyrdom of St.Fabian (Fabrianus), Pope of Rome
Amshir 12	Commemoration of the Archangel Michael Departure of St.Gelasius
Amshir 13	Martyrdom of St.Sergius of Atripe and His Father, Mother, Sister, and Many Others with Them Departure of St.Timothy the Third, the Thirty-Second Pope of Alexandria
Amshir 14	Departure of St.Severus, the Patriarch of Antioch Departure of St.James, the Fiftieth Pope of Alexandria (St.Yacobus)
Amshir 15	Departure of St.Zechariah the Prophet Consecration of the First Church Dedicated for the Forty Martyrs from Sebaste Departure of St.Paphnoute
Amshir 16	Departure of St.Elizabeth, the Mother of St.John the Baptist
Amshir 17	Martyrdom of St.Mina the Monk
Amshir 18	Departure of St.Malatius the Confessor, Patriarch of Antioch
Amshir 19	Commemoration of the Relocation of the Relics of St.Martianus the Monk
Amshir 20	Departure of St.Peter, the Twenty-First Pope of Alexandria Commemoration of the Saints Basil, Theodore and Timothy, the Martyrs
Amshir 21	Commemoration of the Virgin St.Mary Martyrdom of St.Onesimus, the Disciple of St.Paul Departure of St.Gabriel, the Fifty-Seventh Pope of Alexandria Departure of St.Zacharias, Bishop of Sakha
Amshir 22	Departure of St.Maruta (Marouta) the Bishop
Amshir 23	Martyrdom of St.Eusebius, Son of Basilides the Minister
Amshir 24	Departure of St.Agapetus the Bishop Martyrdom of St.Timothy and St.Matthias
Amshir 25	Martyrdom of St.Archippus, St.Philemon and St.Lycia the Virgin Martyrdom of St.Quona and St.Mina
Amshir 26	Departure of St.Hosea the Prophet Martyrdom of St.Zadok and the One Hundred and Twenty-Eight who were with him
Amshir 27	Departure of St.Eustathius, Patriarch of Antioch
Amshir 28	Martyrdom of St.Theodore the Roman
Amshir 29	Martyrdom of St.Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
Amshir 30	Appearance of the Head of St.John the Baptist

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

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Daily Coptic Synaxarium (Coptic Orthodox Calendar)

6) Amshir Month (First Egyptian Month -6- Meshir)

6) Amshir Month
(First Egyptian Month -6- Meshir)