PUBLICATION COUNTRY
Egypt
LANGUAGE 1
Arabic (standard)
LANGUAGE 2
Coptic
GENRE 1
Hagiography
KEYWORDS
Martyrs
,
Coptic calendar
,
Synaxarium
,
Martyrdom
,
Saints
CITATION
السنكسار (الجزء الأول), The Synaxarion (Part 1). Cairo: مكتبة المحبة (Mahabba Bookshop).
IS A TRANSLATION
No
FORM OF PUBLICATION 1
Hardcover without ISBN
PUBLISHED BY
مكتبة المحبة (Mahabba Bookshop)
PUBLICATION CITY
Cairo
CHURCH 1
Coptic Orthodox Church
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
The Coptic Synaxarion (or Synaxarium) is a compilation of Coptic hagiographies. The first part commences with the first month of the Coptic year, the month of Tout (or Thout) and ends with the sixth month - Amshir (or Meshir).
SPECIAL OCCASION 1
Liturgical materials for special occasions-N
GENERAL COMMENTS
The Coptic title probably has a spelling mistake, where a superfluous "ⲓ" (iota) was added in the word for synaxarion (most common and correct form would be: ⲥⲩⲛⲁⲝⲁⲣⲓⲟⲛ).
The Synaxarion is one of the most important books in the Coptic tradition, since it contains memorabilia/remembrances of Coptic saints and martyrs for each day of the Coptic year, as well as different Church-related events, arranged according to their anniversaries.