Koiak 17

Koiak 16 – Coptic calendar – Koiak 18

The seventeenth day of the Coptic month of Koiak, the fourth month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds to December 13, of the Julian calendar, and December 26, 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 Saint Elias, in Mount Bashwash
 * The departure of Saint Luke the Stylite

Other commemorations

 * The relocation of the body of Saint Luke the Stylite