The Coptic Synaxarium · Month 4 of 13
Kiahk
كيهك · Koiahk
Mwa lwanj Nativite yo
10 décembre – 8 janvier
30 days
15 saint commemorations
Kiahk se mwa jèn Nativite a ak gwo lwanj minwi yo: semèn apre semèn Legliz la ap veye avèk Manman Bondye a, ap chante tasbeha a jouk solèy leve. Pawòl li a se yon pawòl moun renmen anpil — «Kiahk, maten ou se aswè ou» — epi nan fen li limyè Betleyèm nan leve sou Lejip.
Kept Every Month
Fixed commemorations the Church keeps in every Coptic month
Saints & Feasts of the Month
Every saint commemorated in Kiahk, ordered by day
4 Kiahk
Sen Andre Apot la
Sen Andre Apot la, frè Sen Pyè, Legliz la fete li nan Sinaksè Kopt la jou 4 Kiahk.
8 Kiahk
St. Abouna Youstos El-Antony
Naguib was born around 1910 in Zarabi, near the ancient Monastery of Al-Muharraq in Assiut. His father was a tailor, and the boy learned the trade with his hands. He also learned Arabic and Coptic, and served as a reader in the church.
10 Kiahk
St. Arsecius the Confessor / Ursacius
10 Kiahk
St. Nicholas of Myra
10 Kiahk
St. Samuel the Confessor
Also on this day the saint Abba Samuel, the head of El-Qualamon Monastery, departed. He was born in the city of Dakluba, diocese of Masil, from holy parents and he was their only child
11 Kiahk
St. Abba Pijimi
This day marks the departure of the saint Abba Pijimi. He was a native of Feesha, diocese of Masil
12 Kiahk
Akanj Souryèl, Gran Chèf Zanj yo
Sinaksè Kopt (Kalandriye Kopt Otodòks) 27 Toba (Vennsetyèm Jou nan mwa beni Touba a): Memwa Akanj Souryèl. Nan menm jou sa a tou, Legliz la fete memwa gran Akanj Souryèl la, ki onorab anpil.
14 Kiahk
Abba Hor
This day marks the departure of the saint Abba Hor, the monk. This father was a native of the city of Abraht, district of Ashmunein. He was a chosen monk that surpassed many saints in his worship. He loved the solitary life so he lived in seclusion in the desert
14 Kiahk
St. Christodoulos
On this day also was the departure of St. Christodoulos the jeweler. He was from the city of Ayn-Shems. One day a beautiful woman brought him a broken vessel of gold and tried to tempt him
18 Kiahk
Saints Arsenius and Philemon
21 Kiahk
Sen Banabas Apot la
Sen Banabas, youn nan Swasanndis Apot yo, fete nan Sinaksè Kopt la nan 21 Kiyak.
22 Kiahk
Pope Anastasius of Alexandria
On this day also of the year 611 A.D., St. Anastasius, 36th Pope of Alexandria, departed. He was one of the great noblemen of Alexandria. Before he became a Pope, he was an overseer of the patriarchal court, then he became a priest for the church of Alexandria
23 Kiahk
St. Karas the Anchorite
دخوله البرية القس بموا ينطلق إلى البرية مع القديس سمعان القلاع السائح مع الأنبا بلامون القلاع رؤيته نفس الأنبا شنودة نياحته
26 Kiahk
Saints Barbara and Juliana
On this day also Sts. Barbara and Juliana, were martyred. Barbara was the daughter of a noble man from one of the countries in the east, called Dioscorus, during the days of Maximianus the Emperor, in the beginning of the third Christian century
27 Kiahk
Anba "Bisadi" (Psote)
On this day, the great saint Bisadi, the Bishop of "Ebsay", was martyred. When Emperor Diocletian heard that Anba Bisadi and Anba "Ghellanicus" were confirming the Christians in the faith and hampering the worship of idols, he sent to bring them before him