1723/1724 2007 Display Kiahk 4 23 January 1 1 The Nativity Fast http://www.coptic.net/pictures/Icon.MosesAndTheBurningBush.jpg 291 384 The Burning Bush "And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed." (Exodus 3:2) church/exod_3.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1104890543 Major Fast Kiahk 4 27 January 1 5 Nativity Paramoune (Preparation) pictures/nativity.jpg 448 336 Birth of Christ "And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed." (Exodus 3:2) church/exod_3.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076774211 Major Fast Kiahk 4 28 January 1 6 Nativity Paramoune (Preparation) pictures/nativity.jpg 448 336 Birth of Christ "For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." (Luke 2:11) church/luke2_1_20.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076774211 Major Feast Kiahk 4 29 January 1 7 Glorious Feast of the Nativity pictures/nativity.jpg 448 336 Birth of Christ "For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." (Luke 2:11) church/luke2_1_20.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076631908 Minor Feast Toba 5 6 January 1 14 Feast of the Christ's Circumcision pictures/presentation_to_temple.jpg 233 413 Circumcision of Christ "And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called JESUS, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb." (Luke 2:21) church/luke2_21_39.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1137132877 Major Fast Toba 5 10 January 1 18 Epiphany Paramoune (Preparation) pictures/baptism_of_christ.jpg 291 425 Baptism of Christ "I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather the wheat into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire." (Luke 3:16-17) church/luke_3_1_18.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076773303 Major Feast Toba 5 11 January 1 20 Glorious Feast of the Epiphany pictures/baptism_of_christ2.jpg 248 334 Baptism of Christ "And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, "You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." " (Mark 1:11) church/john_1_18_34.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1137539880 Minor Feast Toba 5 13 January 1 22 Feast of the Wedding at Cana of Galilee pictures/cana.jpg 230 300 Wedding at Cana of Galilee "Jesus said to them, 'Fill the water pots with water' and they filled them to the brim" (John 2:7) church/john_2_1_11.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1137773899 Minor Feast Toba 5 21 January 1 30 The Dormition of Our Lady, the Virgin Mary, the Theotokos pictures/mary_bw.gif 261 360 Dormition of the Virgin St. Mary "Listen, O daughter, Consider and incline your ear; Forget your own people also, and your father's house; So the King will greatly desire your beauty; Because He is your Lord, worship Him. " (Psalm 45:10-11) church/pslm45.html saints/st_mary_departure.html Minor Feast Toba 5 22 January 1 31 The Feast of St. Antony the Great pictures/ss/StAnthony.jpg 101 150 St. Antony the Great "Jesus said to him, 'If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.'" (Matthew 19:21) church/matt19_16_30.html http://suscopts.org/resources/literature/248/getting-to-know-the-fathers-of-the-churchbran-inte/ Minor Feast Amshir 6 8 February 2 15 Feast of Presenting the Lord Christ in the Temple pictures/presentation_to_temple.jpg 233 413 Presenting the Lord Christ in the Temple "Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord." (Luke 2:22) church/luke2_21_39.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1139480172 Fast Amshir 6 10 February 2 18 Fast of Jonah http://www.suscopts.org/images/messages/jonah.jpg 165 202 Prophet Jonah "Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." (Jonah 1:17) church/jonah_1_1_17.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076778727 Minor Feast Amshir 6 13 February 2 21 Passover of Jonah http://www.suscopts.org/images/messages/jonah.jpg 165 202 Prophet Jonah "Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." (Jonah 1:17) church/jonah_1_1_17.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076773080 Fast Amshier 6 23 March 3 3 The Holy Great Fast pictures/christ_temptation.jpg 300 309 Christ in the Wilderness "Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry." (Matthew 4:1-2) church/matt6_14_18.html http://www.suscopts.org/pdf/journeythroughtheholyfast.pdf Minor Feast Paramhat 7 10 March 3 19 Feast of the Cross http://www.suscopts.org/images/messages/sthelen.jpg 165 263 St. Helen finds the Holy Cross "I determined not to know anything except Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (1 Cor 2:2) church/1cor2.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076556339 Display Paramhat 7 11 March 3 20 The Holy Great Fast pictures/christ_in_wilderness.jpg 369 300 Christ in the Wilderness "Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry." (Matthew 4:1-2) church/matt6_14_18.html http://www.suscopts.org/pdf/journeythroughtheholyfast.pdf Minor Feast Paramhat 7 29 April 4 7 Feast of the Annunciation of the Birth of Christ pictures/annunc.jpg 252 360 Annunciation of the Birth of Christ "Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary." (Luke 1:26) church/luke1_26_38.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1096205093 Display Paramhat 7 30 April 4 8 The Holy Great Fast pictures/christ_temptation.jpg 300 309 Christ in the Wilderness "Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry." (Matthew 4:1-2) church/matt6_14_18.html http://www.suscopts.org/pdf/journeythroughtheholyfast.pdf Fast Baramouda 8 10 April 4 18 Last Friday of the Great Fast pictures/healing_man_born_blind.jpg 153 201 Christ Heals the Man born blind "Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord." (James 5:7-14) church/james_5_7_16.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076784864 Fast Baramouda 8 11 April 4 19 Lazarus' Saturday pictures/lazarus.jpg 280 519 The Raising of Lazarus "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died." (John 11:21) church/john11_1_44.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1148408584 Major Feast Baramouda 8 12 April 4 20 Entry into Jerusalem (Hosanna Sunday) pictures/entryintojerusalem.jpg 525 215 "All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: "Tell the daughter of Zion, "Behold, your King is coming to you, Lowly, and sitting on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey."' (Matthew 21:4) church/matt21_1_17.html church/passover_lamb.html Fast Baramouda 8 13 April 4 21 Holy Pascha Week pictures/Judas_betrays.jpg 300 270 Judas Betrays Christ "And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all, nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish." (John 11:49-50) church/john11_45_57.html church/meditations_on_cross.html Major Feast Baramouda 8 16 April 4 24 Covenant Thursday (The Last Supper) pictures/ChristWashingTheApostlesFeet.jpg 250 461 The Last Supper "And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body." Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you." " (Matthew 26:26-27) church/matt26_17_30.html church/passover_lamb.html Fast Baramouda 8 17 April 4 25 Great (Passion) Friday pictures/Icon.Crucifix-3.gif 529 353 The Crucifixion of Christ "And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center." (John 19:17-18) church/john19.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1113416905 Fast Baramouda 8 18 April 4 26 Bright (Joyous) Saturday pictures/Burial_of_Christ.jpg 250 350 Christ' Burial "So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard." (Matthew 27:66) church/matt27_62_66.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076781938 Major Feast Baramouda 8 19 April 4 27 Glorious Feast of the Resurrection pictures/resurrection1.jpg 317 392 The Holy Resurrection of Christ "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay." (Matthew 28:5-6) church/matt28_1_10.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1114870170 Minor Feast Baramouda 8 26 May 5 4 Thomas' Sunday pictures/thomas_sun.gif 400 Thomas touching His side "Then He said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing." (John 20:26) church/john_20_19_31.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076772703 Display Pashons 9 3 May 5 11 Glorious Feast of the Resurrection pictures/resurrection1.jpg 317 392 The Holy Resurrection of Christ "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay." (Matthew 28:5-6) church/matt28_1_10.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1084917322 Minor Feast Pashans 9 24 June 6 1 Feast of Christ's Entry into Egypt pictures/HolyFamilyOnRiverNile.jpg 425 220 Christ's Entry into Egypt "Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst." (Isa 19:1) church/matt2_13_23.html special/entry_into_egypt/ Major Feast Pashons 9 28 June 6 5 Glorious Feast of the Ascension http://mouskeo.free.fr/images/ascension_50.jpg 300 399 The Ascension Into Heaven "Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight." (Acts 1:9) church/acts1_1_14.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1085192109 Major Feast Paouna 10 8 June 6 15 Glorious Feast of the Pentecost pictures/pentecost.gif 250 443 The Descent of the Holy Spirit "And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting." (Acts 2:2) church/acts2_1_47.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1086324755 Fast Paouna 10 9 June 6 16 Apostles' Fast http://www.holyapostleschurch.com/images/12apostles.jpg 248 350 The Apostles of Christ "And He appointed twelve, whom He also named APOSTLES, to be with Him and to be sent out..." (Mark 3:14) church/mark3_13_19.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076554918 Minor Feast Apip 11 5 July 7 12 Apostles' Feast (Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul) http://www.apostle1.com/woca1/woca1-images/peter_paul.jpg 312 466 St. Peter and St. Paul "Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church." (Acts 12:5) church/acts12.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1165184047 Display Apip 11 10 July 7 17 The Christian Monasteries of Egypt http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/gabriel4.jpg 550 332 Monastery of the Archangel Gabriel in Fayoum, Egypt "Be humble so that God guards and strengthens you, because God looks to the humble. Be humble so that God fills you with wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, because it is written that He guides the humble and teaches His ways to the meek." (St. Pachomius, founder of coenobitic monasticism) http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/monasteries.htm http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1125121322 Fast Mesra 12 1 August 8 7 Virgin Mary's Fast pictures/mary_lifestory.gif 357 421 Life Story of Virgin Mary "Listen, O daughter, Consider and incline your ear; Forget your own people also, and your father's house; So the King will greatly desire your beauty; Because He is your Lord, worship Him. " (Psalm 45:10-11) church/pslm45.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076776011 Minor Feast Mesra 12 13 August 8 19 Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ http://www.coptic.net/pictures/Icon.Transfiguration.jpg 294 384 Transfiguration of Christ "There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light." (Matthew 17:2) church/matt17_1_13.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076617856 Minor Feast Mesra 12 16 August 8 22 Virgin Mary's Feast (Assumption of her body) pictures/mary_assumption.jpg 180 295 Assumption of the Body of Virgin St. Mary "Listen, O daughter, Consider and incline your ear; Forget your own people also, and your father's house; So the King will greatly desire your beauty; Because He is your Lord, worship Him. " (Psalm 45:10-11) church/pslm45.html saints/st_mary_assumption.html Minor Feast Tute 1 1 September 9 11 Feast of the Nayrouz - Coptic New Year http://www.copticmedical.com/images/saints.jpg 362 362 Saints Cosmas and Damian, their brothers and their mother "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:10) church/matt5_1_11.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076556077 Minor Feast Tute 1 17 September 9 28 Feast of the Cross http://www.suscopts.org/images/messages/sthelen.jpg 165 263 St. Helen finds the Holy Cross "I determined not to know anything except Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (1 Cor 2:2) church/1cor2.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1076556339 Display Tute 1 20 October 10 1 The Tabernacle http://www.revelationillustrated.com/gallery2/images/tabernacle.jpg 420 391 The Tabernacle "Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine woven linen and blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim you shall weave them." (Exodus 26:1) church/exod26.html http://www.suscopts.org/literature/print.php?id=1114358143 Fast Hathor 3 16 November 11 25 The Nativity Fast http://www.coptic.net/pictures/Icon.MosesAndTheBurningBush.jpg 291 384 The Burning Bush "And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed." (Exodus 3:2) church/exod_3.html http://www.suscopts.org/resources/literature/234/incarnation-of-the-word/ Display Hathor 3 16 November 12 31 The Nativity Fast http://www.coptic.net/pictures/Icon.MosesAndTheBurningBush.jpg 291 384 The Burning Bush "And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed." (Exodus 3:2) church/exod_3.html http://www.suscopts.org/resources/literature/234/incarnation-of-the-word/