Coptic calendar
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coptic-calendar-208-8436625
title:
Coptic calendar
text:
The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is a liturgical calendar used by the Coptic Catholic Church and also used by the farming populace in Egypt. It was used for fiscal purposes in Egypt until the adoption of the Gregorian calendar on 11 September 1875. This calendar is based on the ancient Egyptian calendar. To avoid the calendar creep of the latter, a reform of the ancient Egyptian calendar was introduced at the time of Ptolemy III which consisted of adding an extra day ev
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Egyptian liturgical calendar
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_calendar
date created:
2002-09-19T03:14:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T09:03:31Z
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13
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