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    (238 BC- )
    Born in Alexandria, Egypt
    Also known as Alexandrian calendar
    Similar time keeping as the Ethiopian calendar
    3 seasons of 4 months
    12 months of 30 days and one month of 5 days
    Thout
    Paopi
    Hathor
    Koiak
    Tobi
    Meshir
    Paremhat
    Paremoude
    Pashons
    Paoni
    Epip
    Mesori
    Pi Kogi Enavot (Short Month)
    A leap day is added to the short month every 4 years

Why Coptic Calendar might be annoying:

    Until 25 B.C.E., Egyptian priests rejected adding a leap day.
    Augustus Caesar reconciled the Coptic calendar with the Julian calendar (25 B.C.E.).
    Prayers accompany the beginning of each season.
    The new year (Feast of Neyrouz) starts on the Julian day of August 29th.
    Since 1901 their New Year coincides with Gregorian day of September 11th or 12th.
    Because the Coptics follow the rules of the Julian calendar, Christmas is now on January 7th.

Why Coptic Calendar might not be annoying:

    It is the Coptic version of the Ancient Egyptian Calendar.
    It is still used for agriculture.
    It claimed Christ was conceived on March 25th and set December 25th as his birth (Christmas).
    It is thought that Koiak 29 (December 25th) was selected for Christmas to counter a pagan holiday on that day (Roman Saturnalia/Brumalia).
    Easter occurs on the Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox.

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