Parmouti 17

Parmouti 16 – Coptic calendar – Parmouti 18

The seventeenth day of the Coptic month of Parmouti, the eighth month of the Coptic year. In common years, this day corresponds to April 12, of the Julian calendar, and April 25, of the Gregorian calendar. This day falls in the Coptic season of Shemu, the season of the Harvest.

Martyrs

 * The martyrdom of Saint James son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve Apostles

Saints

 * The departure of Saint Nicodemus