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Mesori (

Amharic: ነሐሴ, Nähase) in the Ethiopian calendar
.

Name

N11
Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1		 N37N35AN5
Fourth Month of
Šmw[a]
in hieroglyphs
F15
Opening of the Year
Wpt Rnpt
in hieroglyphs
F31S29G43X1B3N5
Z1
Birth of the
Mswt Rꜥ
in hieroglyphs

The ancient and Coptic month is also known as Mesore[2] (Greek: Μεσορή, Mesorḗ).

In

Ra–Horus of the Horizons").[4][10]

The solar civil calendar borrowed the festivals of the earlier lunar calendar, though sometimes under other names.

Mswt Rꜥ) or Masut Ra became the namesake of the Ptolemaic Greek and Coptic month.[11][12][d]

In

Arabic
: مسرا, Masrá).

The Ethiopian month is sometimes also

transliterated Nehase,[16] Nehasa,[17] or Nehasie.[18]

Egyptian calendars

Ancient

Further information: Egyptian calendar

Until the 4th century BC, the beginning of the months of the lunar calendar were based on observation,

Ptolemaic and Roman eras
.

Torches were ritually carried on the 28th day of the month in preparation for the spiritual danger of the intercalary month that followed.[22]

New Year's Eve (Msy or Msyt) was observed on the 30th day of the month.[13]

Once the holidays were transferred to the civil calendar, Wep Renpet proper was celebrated on the first day of

Saite Period.[26]

In

Ptolemaic Egypt, the festivities began on the last day of Mesori and ran through the first nine days of Thoth.[23]

Coptic

Further information: Coptic calendar

In the present-day

AM 1816).[28] In that year, the Gregorian calendar's lack of a leap day will cause the Coptic month to advance another day relative to it[29] and it will run from August 8 to September 6. The Coptic liturgical calendar of the month consists of:[30]

Coptic Julian Gregorian Commemorations
Mesori

1

July

25

August

7

  • Martyrdom of St. Apoli, Son of Justus.
  • Departure of St. Cyril V, the 112th Pope of Alexandria.
2 26 8
  • Departure of St. Pa'esa (Athanasia) of Minuf
  • Martyrdom of St. Menas
3 27 9
4 28 10
  • Departure of Hezekiah the King.
  • Consecration of the Church of St. Anthony the Great.
5 29 11
  • Departure of St. John the Soldier.
6 30 12
  • Martyrdom of St. Julietta.
  • St. Besa, disciple of St. Shenute
7 31 13
  • Annunciation of
    Virgin Mary
    .
  • Departure of
    St. Timothy II
    , the 26th Pope of Alexandria.
  • Commemoration of St. Pasantaos the Anchorite
8 August

1

14
  • Martyrdom of the Sts. Lazarus, Salomi, His Wife and their Children.
  • Confession of
    St. Peter
    , the Apostle, that Christ is the Son of the Living God.
9 2 15
  • Martyrdom of St. Ari, the Priest of Shatanouf.
10 3 16
  • Martyrdom of St. Matra.
  • Martyrdom of St. Pigebs (Bekhebs).
  • Martyrdom of St. Yuhannis
11 4 17
  • Departure of St. Moisis, Bishop of Ouseem.
12 5 18
  • Commemoration of
    Michael
    , the Archangel.
  • Enthronement of the Righteous Emperor Constantine, the Great.
13 6 19
14 7 20
  • Commemoration of the great miracle, the Lord had manifested during the papacy of St. Theophilus, the 23rd Pope of Alexandria.
15 8 21
  • Departure of St. Mary known as Marina, the Ascetic.
  • Departure of St. Habib Girgis.
16 9 22
17 10 23
  • Martyrdom of St. James, the Soldier.
18 11 24
  • Departure of St. Alexander, Patriarch of Constantinople.
  • Martyrdom of St.
    Armant
    .
19 12 25
  • Translocation of the Body of St. Macarius to His Monastery in
    Scetis
    .
20 13 26
  • Martyrdom of the Seven Young Men of Ephesus.
21 14 27
22 15 28
  • Departure of Micah, the Prophet.
  • Martyrdom of St. Hadid of Giza.
  • Concentration of the Church of St. Mohrael.
23 16 29
  • Martyrdom of thirty thousand Christians in Alexandria.
  • Martyrdom of St. Damian in Antioch.
24 17 30
  • Departure of St. Takla Haymanot, the Ethiopian.
  • Departure of St. Thomas,
    Bishop of Marash
    .
25 18 31
  • Departure of St. Bessarion, disciple of St. Anthony
  • Departure of St. Macarius III, the 114th Pope of Alexandria.
26 19 September

1

  • Martyrdom of St. Moses and his Sister Sarah.
  • Martyrdom of St. Agabius, the Soldier, and his Sister Thecla.
27 20 2
  • Martyrdom of Sts. Benjamin and his sister Eudexia.
  • Martyrdom of St. Mary, the Armenian.
28 21 3
29 22 4
  • Martyrdom of Saints Athanasius, the Bishop, Gerasimus (Jarasimus), and Theodotus.
  • Arrival of the Holy Relic of
    Scetis
    .
30 23 5

Ethiopian calendar

Further information: Ethiopian calendar

In the present-day Ethiopian calendar, Nahase is identical to the Coptic month of Mesori, falling between August 7 and September 5.[17] It will also shift forward one day relative to the Gregorian calendar in AD 2100[31] (2092 EC).[28]

See also

Notes

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  1. ^ For variant hieroglyphic spellings of Šmw, see Season of the Harvest.
  2. ^ Alternative representations of the Opening of the Year include
    F13
    Q3 X1    		 M4X1
    Z1
    ,
    F13
    X1 Z1    		 M4X1
    Z1
    ,
    F14W3
    ,
    F14W3
    N5
    ,
    F15W3
    ,
    M4F13
    N5
    ,
    M4F13
    W3
    , and
    M4F13
    X1
    .[1]
  3. Heinrich Brugsch.[8]
  4. 20th Dynasty, but only as a synonym for the New Year's Day festival and not as a month name.[13] A single source from the 20th Dynasty refers to the fourth month of the season of the Harvest as the "Month of the Going Forth of Horus" (Pꜣ Šmt n Ḥr).[12]
  5. ^ This official vacation sometimes began as early as Mesori 25, 28,[24] or 29.[25]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Vygus, Mark (2015), Middle Egyptian Dictionary (PDF).
  2. ^ Parker (1950), p. 41.
  3. ^ a b c Jauhiainen (2009), p. 67.
  4. ^ a b Parker (1950), p. 45.
  5. ^ Parker (1950), pp. 31 & 43.
  6. ^ a b c Jauhiainen (2009), p. 74.
  7. ^ Parker (1950), p. 33.
  8. ^ Depuydt (1997), p. 61.
  9. ^ a b Parker (1950), p. 43.
  10. ^ a b c Jauhiainen (2009), p. 76.
  11. ^ a b Depuydt (1997), p. 81.
  12. ^ a b Jauhiainen (2009), p. 83.
  13. ^ a b Jauhiainen (2009), p. 82.
  14. ^ a b Gabra (2008).
  15. ^ Wassef, Medhat R., "The Coptic Calendar of Martyrs", Coptic Orthodox Church Network, Jersey City: St Mark Coptic Church, retrieved 5 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Ethiopian Calendar", Selamta, 2015.
  17. ^ a b Shinn & al. (2013).
  18. ISBN 9781412941648
    .
  19. ^ Parker (1950), p. 29.
  20. ^ Parker (1950), p. 23.
  21. ^ Parker (1950), p. 32.
  22. ^ a b Jauhiainen (2009), p. 78.
  23. ^ a b Jauhiainen (2009), p. 79.
  24. ^ Jauhiainen (2009), p. 80.
  25. ^ Jauhiainen (2009), p. 81.
  26. ^ Jauhiainen (2009), p. 77.
  27. ISBN 9780521782531
    .
  28. ^ a b Reingold & Dershowitz (2002), p. 402.
  29. ^ Von Staufer, Maria Hubert (2002), "Christmas in Egypt", The Christmas Archives.
  30. Alexandria
    : St Takla Haymanout, retrieved 6 February 2017.
  31. ^ "Ethiopian Calendar", Official site, Tesfa Community Treks, retrieved 6 February 2017.

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