Koiak 16

Koiak 15 – Coptic calendar – Koiak 17

The sixteenth day of the Coptic month of Koiak, the fourth month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds to December 12, of the Julian calendar, and December 25 of the Gregorian calendar. This day falls in the Coptic season of Peret, the season of emergence. This day falls in the Nativity Fast.

Saints

 * The departure of the Righteous Gideon, the Judge of Israel
 * The martyrdom of Saints Harouadj, Ananias, and Khouzi
 * The martyrdom of Saints Eulogius and Arsanius, the patron Saints of Al-Hadid Monastery
 * The martyrdom of Saint Amash of Qift

Other commemorations

 * The consecration of the Church of Saint James the Persian