The Coptic Synaxarium · Month 3 of 13

Hathor

هاتور · Hathōr

Month of Scattered Gold

10 Noofeembar – 9 Diseembar 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 Qaddiis Kaleyoobas Rasuulka Qaddiis Kaleyoobas Rasuulka iyo saaxiibkiis waxaa lagu xusuustaa Sinaksariumka Qibtiga ah 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 Rasuul Filibos Rasuul Filibos, oo ka mid ahaa Laba-iyo-tobankii, waxaa lagu xusaa Sinaksaariga Qibtiga maalinta 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 Bartholomew Rasuulkii Quduuska ah Bartholomew Rasuulkii Quduuska ah wuxuu wacdiyey Oaasiska Khargah ee Masar, waxaana lagu xusaa 1 Tout iyo 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