Meshir
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Meshir (Coptic: Ⲙⲉϣⲓⲣ), also known as Mechir (Greek: Μεχίρ, Mekhír) and Amshir[1] (Egyptian Arabic: أمشير [ʔæmˈʃiːɾ]), is the sixth month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lies between February 8 and March 9 of the Gregorian calendar. The month of Meshir is also the second month of the Season of Proyet (Growth and Emergence) in ancient Egypt, when the Nile floods recede and the crops start to grow throughout the land of Egypt.
Name
The name of the month of Meshir comes from Mechir, the Ancient Egyptian God genius of wind [citation needed].
Coptic Synaxarium of the month of Meshir
Coptic | Julian | Gregorian | Commemorations |
---|---|---|---|
Meshir
1 |
January
26 |
February
8 |
|
2 | 27 | 9 |
|
3 | 28 | 10 |
|
4 | 29 | 11 |
|
5 | 30 | 12 |
|
6 | 31 | 13 |
|
7 | February
1 |
14 |
|
8 | 2 | 15 |
|
9 | 3 | 16 |
|
10 | 4 | 17 |
|
11 | 5 | 18 |
|
12 | 6 | 19 |
|
13 | 7 | 20 |
|
14 | 8 | 21 |
|
15 | 9 | 22 |
|
16 | 10 | 23 |
|
17 | 11 | 24 |
|
18 | 12 | 25 |
|
19 | 13 | 26 |
|
20 | 14 | 27 |
|
21 | 15 | 28 |
|
22 | 16 | March
1 |
|
23 | 17 | 2 |
|
24 | 18 | 3 |
|
25 | 19 | 4 |
|
26 | 20 | 5 |
|
27 | 21 | 6 |
|
28 | 22 | 7 |
|
29 | 23 | 8 |
|
30 | 24 | 9 |
|
References
Citations
- ^ Gabra, Gawdat (2008), "Coptic Calendar", The A to Z of the Coptic Church, A to Z Guide Series, No. 107, Plymouth: The Scarecrow Press, pp. 70–1, ISBN 9780810870574.
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