The Coptic Synaxarium · Month 3 of 13
Hathor
هاتور · Hathōr
Month of Scattered Gold
10 November – 9 December
30 days
13 saint commemorations
Hathor is the month of scattered gold, as the old proverb says — wheat sown across the black earth of the valley. Its days are rich with martyrs and desert fathers, and at its close the Church prepares her heart for the fast of the Nativity.
Kept Every Month
Fixed commemorations the Church keeps in every Coptic month
Saints & Feasts of the Month
Every saint commemorated in Hathor, ordered by day
1 Hathor
St. Cleopas the Apostle
St. Cleopas the Apostle and his companion are commemorated in the Coptic Synaxarium on 1 Hator.
4 Hathor
Saints Epimachus and Azarianus
On this day also, Sts. Epimachus and Adrianus (Azarianus), who were from the city of Rome, were martyred. Some people accused them of being Christians to the Governor, who was appointed by Maximianus the Emperor. He brought them and questioned them about their belief
11 Hathor
St. Archelaus
16 Hathor
St. Anba Wanas
In Luxor, where the river carries the old memory of Thebes, a poor Christian couple received their only child as a gift. They named him Youanis, but the people came to know him with affection as Wanas. He did not grow like a child who was waiting for holiness to arrive later.
17 Hathor
St. John Chrysostom
This day also marks the commemoration of the relocation of the relics of St. John Chrysostom (Of the Golden Mouth), from the city of Cuma, where he departed to the city of Constantinople, in the year 437 A.D., with honor and respect befitting him
18 Hathor
St. Philip the Apostle
St. Philip the Apostle, one of the Twelve, is commemorated in the Coptic Synaxarium on 18 Hator.
18 Hathor
St. Atrasis
18 Hathor
St. Simon the Tanner
Simon did not stand where famous men stand. He worked with leather in Old Cairo, among the smells, stains, tools, and rough necessities of a trade most people passed without honor. Some called him a tanner, some a shoemaker, some a cobbler.
19 Hathor
St. Bartholomew the Apostle
St. Bartholomew the Apostle preached in Egypt's Khargah Oasis and is commemorated on 1 Tout and 19 Hator.
21 Hathor
St. Cosma
Also on this day, in the year 809 A.D., St. Cosma II, 54th Pope of Alexandria, departed. He was born in Samanoud and became a monk in the monastery of St. Macarius. When the papal chair became vacant, the bishops and the people, with one accord, agreed to choose this father
29 Hathor
St. Clement of Rome
This day also marks the martyrdom of St. Clement, Pope of Rome. This Saint was born in Rome to an honorable father whose name was Fostinus; who was a member of the Senate. His father educated him and taught him Greek literature. When St
30 Hathor
St. Acacius, the Righteous
30 Hathor
St. Agathus / Acacius