The Coptic Synaxarium · Month 11 of 13
Epip
أبيب · Epēp
Month of the Apostles' Feast
8 Sulet – 6 Ut
30 days
32 saint commemorations
Epip closes the fast of the Apostles with their feast on its fifth day, the martyrdom of Peter and Paul. The Nile swells through its weeks, and the Synaxarium fills with apostles, martyrs, and the fathers who watered Egypt with their prayers.
Kept Every Month
Fixed commemorations the Church keeps in every Coptic month
Saints & Feasts of the Month
Every saint commemorated in Epip, ordered by day
2 Epip
Sëtu bi Yudaa Tadeyus, Apoot bi
Sëtu bi Yudaa Tadeyus, bu ñu xamewoon it ci Lebeyus ak Tadeyus, dañu koy fàttaliku ni kenn ci Fukk ak Ñaar ñi, te Réewum Ñasin di na ko màggal ci 2 Abib.
5 Epip
Sëriñ Piyeer Apotar bi
Sëriñ Piyeer Apotar bi, rakkam Sëriñ Andare te kilifa gu jëkk ci seede yu apotar yi, ñu ngi koy fàttali ak Sëriñ Pool ci 5 Abib.
5 Epip
Ñaar-fukki Ndaw yi ak Fukk
Ci bés bii la Sëriñ bu mag bi Saint Friska walla Onesiforus, kenn ci ñaar-fukki ndaw yi ak fukk, jóge ci àddina. Ndaw bii ab Israayil la woon bu bokk ci giir gu Banyamin.
6 Epip
Sëriñ Aoulimpas Ndawal mi
Sëriñ Aoulimpas Ndawal mi, ñu ngi koy fàttaliku ci Sinaksaaru Kopt ci 6 Abib.
7 Epip
St. Shenouda the Archimandrite
The Archimandrite Abba Shenouda was the abbot of the hite Monastery of Atribe in the desert of Thebes for more than 65 years. He ruled over 2200 monks and 1800 nuns
8 Epip
Saints Piroou and Athom
On this day also, St. Piroou and St. Athom were martyred. These two Saints were born in the city of "Sonbat", of Christian parents who were righteous, loving works of righteousness and charitable deeds. Their father's name was John and their mother's was Mary. St
8 Epip
St. Asterias the Priest
8 Epip
Sëriñ bu sell Bishoy (Anba Bishoy)
Ci bés bii la sëriñ bu sell Anba Bishoy, mi ñuy fàttaliku ak teraanga, biddéewu màndiŋ mi, faatu. Juddu na ci dëkk bu ñuy wax Shansa ci Misra, te amoon na juróom-benni rakk ak mag.
9 Epip
Saint Simoŋ Kléophas Apóstal bi
Saint Simoŋ Kléophas Apóstal bi, Sinaksaar gu Kopt gi dafa koy fàttaliku ci 9 Abib.
11 Epip
Saints Isaiah and Poesius the Spaniards
الآباء إشعياء وبسويس الأسبانيان *
11 Epip
St. Abba Isaiah of Scetis
St. Abba Isaiah of Scetis * With St. Arsenius — Lessons in Spiritual Struggle — His Counsels to Novices — Prayer — Spiritual Struggle — Befriending the Great — Chastity and Guarding the Senses — Repentance — Love — Not Judging
11 Epip
St. Nofer, the Hermit
القديس أبو نفر السائح | الأنبا نوفير * في دير الأشمونين انطلاقه في البرية مع القديس بفنوتي نياحته
11 Epip
St. Pelagia the Penitent Hermit
On this day also, St. Pelagia, departed. This righteous woman was born in the city of Antioch to pagan parents. Besides a corrupt faith, she had a corrupt manner of life also. She met a holy bishop, whose name was Paul, who preached to her
11 Epip
St. Thomas the Hermit
The Monastery of St. Anba Thomas the Hermit is an ancient archaeological monastery dating from the fourth century A.D., located in the village of Arab Bani Wasel at the foot of the Eastern Mountain, about 16 kilometers north of the city of Akhmim. (Fourth century A.D.) St. Anba Thomas the Hermit was born in the village of Shenshif…
11 Epip
Sëriñ Pool, Njëkku Anachoret bi
Ci bés bii ci atum 341 G.J., sëriñ bu mag bi Anba Pool, njëkk anachoret bi (njëkku waay yu dëkk ci àll bi), dem na. Sant bii dëkkoon na ca dëkku Alegsàndiri, te amoon na rakk bu tuddoon Piyeer. Bi seen baay demee, séddoo nañu ndono li ci seen biir.
12 Epip
Abba Hour El-Siriakousy
On this day also, St. Abba Hour, was martyred. He was born in Siriakous to a father, who was an iron worker. He wished to become a martyr, so he went to El-Farma where he confessed the Lord Christ before its Governor
15 Epip
Saints Cyriacus and Julitta
الشهيدان قرياقوس وجوليتا | قرياقص و يوليطة | يوليطا * القديسة يوليطة إلى سلوكية ثم إلى طرسوس دعوة للاستشهاد محاكمة يوليطا استشهاد الطفل كيرياكوس استشهاد القديسة يوليتة جسدا الشهيدين
18 Epip
Saŋ Saak Apóstal, Ebék bu Yerusalem
Saŋ Saak Apóstal, Ebék bu Yerusalem, ñu ngi koy fàttaliku ci Sinaksaar bu Kopt ci 18 Abib.
19 Epip
Anba Andrew
On this day, St. Andrew the Apostle, the brother of St. Peter, was martyred. He was chosen to go to the city of Lydd and to Kurdistan. He entered the city of Lydd, where most of its people had believed at the hands of St. Peter
22 Epip
St. Basilides (Wasilides)
On this day, the great St. Macarius, the son of Basilidis the Chancellor , was martyred. When the messengers reviewed the order of Emperor Diocletian, which dictates the worship of idols, with Macarius, he did not heed them
22 Epip
St. Macarius of Alexandria
St. Macarius of Alexandria * (Abba Macar | Abba Macarius | Abba Macara the Alexandrian | Macarius the Younger) His upbringing; his asceticism and worship; his instruction of the Pachomians through labor; with Lydia the solitary; his clarity of vision; the war of vainglory; the cluster of grapes; his miracles…
22 Epip
St. Macarius the Great / Abu Makar
القديس مقاريوس الكبير | الأنبا مكاريوس الكبير أو الأنبا مقارة | أبو مقار الكبير | الأنبا مكاري الكبير * نشأته وزواجه في الإسقيط حبه للوحدة رجل الحب مواهبه القديس مقاريوس والمرأتان نياحته من أقواله
23 Epip
St. Ignatius of Antioch Theophoros
On this day also, St. Ignatius was martyred in Rome in the year 107 A.D. He was chosen Bishop for Antioch, succeeding St. Peter the Apostle, in the year 69 A.D., during the reign of Emperor Trajan
23 Epip
Sëtu Marina Moonk bi
Ci bés bii itam, dañuy fàttaliku shahaadaay Sëtu Marina ji barke, mi daan Seytaane. Mu doon kenn ci doomi njiiti Antakiya yi. Waajuram ñoo doon jaambur (yu doul yoonu Yàlla). Bi ndeyam faatoo, baayam yónni na ko ci jenn jigéen ju koy yar, ju doon kirisen.
25 Epip
Isaac of Nineveh
25 Epip
Pope Isaac of Alexandria / Isaac the Just
On this day, of the year 679 A.D., the great holy father Anba Isaac, 41st Pope of Alexandria, departed. This father was born in El-Borolos from rich, God-fearing parents. They begot him long after their marriage
25 Epip
St. Isaac of Shama
25 Epip
St. Isaac the Confessor
حياة هذا المتوحد
25 Epip
St. Isaac the Priest of the Cells
On this day, the church commemorates the holy father Abba Isaac, the priest of El-Qalali (Cells). He was born in an Egyptian village from poor parents, but he was rich in his righteous works
25 Epip
St. Isaac the Syrian
القديس إسحق السرياني | ماراسحق أسقف نينوى | القديس مار إسحاق النينوي * (القرن السادس/السابع الميلادي) من كلماته
25 Epip
St. Thecla, St. Paul's Disciple
القديسة تكلة الشهيدة الأولى | القديسة تقله العجائبية * إيمانها اهتمامها ببولس في السجن وسط الأتون عذاباتها في إنطاكية في جبال القلمون تنقلاتها نياحتها
27 Epip
Abba Fam
On this day, was the consecration of the church of St. Abba Fam. May his intercession be with us. Amen. 2. The Martyrdom of St. Apamon (Abba Amoun). On this day also, St. Apamon (Abba Amoun) , who was from the city of Tarnut, was martyred