Het Koptische Synaxarium · Maand 4 van 13
Kiahk
كيهك · Koiahk
Maand van de Geboortelofzangen
10 december – 8 januari
30 dagen
15 heiligengedachtenissen
Kiahk is de maand van de Geboortevasten en de grote middernachtelijke lofzangen: week na week waakt de Kerk met de Theotokos en zingt zij de tasbeha tot de dageraad. Zijn geliefde spreuk luidt — “Kiahk, je morgen is je avond” — en aan zijn einde breekt het licht van Bethlehem door over Egypte.
Elke maand gevierd
Vaste gedachtenissen die de Kerk in elke Koptische maand houdt
Heiligen en feesten van de maand
Elke heilige die in Kiahk wordt herdacht, geordend per dag
4 Kiahk
De heilige apostel Andreas
De heilige apostel Andreas, de broer van de heilige Petrus, wordt in het Koptische Synaxarium herdacht op 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
De Aartsengel Suriël
Koptisch Synaxarium (Koptisch-Orthodoxe kalender) 27 Tuba (de zevenentwintigste dag van de gezegende maand Tuba): de gedachtenis van de Aartsengel Suriël. Ook op deze dag viert de Kerk de gedachtenis van de eerbiedwaardige Aartsengel Suriël.
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
De heilige apostel Barnabas
De heilige Barnabas, een van de Zeventig Apostelen, wordt in het Koptische Synaxarium herdacht op 21 Kiahk.
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