Talk:Coptic calendar

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Googling suggests that Ano Martyrum (7) -> Anno Martyrum (26).

1900 was not a leap year in our usual system. Shouldn't the entry have 1901 for 1900 throughout? PML.

1900 should stay as such whenever it refers to a Coptic new year date, because the new year occurs in September, which is after the missing leap day. --- Karl


[edit] August 29 or September 11

The article seems to contradict itself about the new year. Does it start August 29 or Sept. 11? Tmangray 05:20, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Both. It always starts August 29 (or 30) in the Julian calendar, and it starts September 11 (or 12) in the Gregorian calendar, but only between the years 1900 and 2099. The question is how to word that so that those who are not familiar with the Julian calendar (used by all European countries before 1582) don't get confused. — Joe Kress 19:12, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Who uses the coptic calendar?

Does anyone know who uses the coptic calendar? I overheard a bunch of people wishing each other Happy New Year on 9/11 and wondered if they were referring to a different calendar (hence me search on Wikipedia) or if they were referring to the 9/11 attacks 5 years ago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.95.198 (talk • contribs)

The first sentence of the article answers your first question—it is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. Read that article for more info. However, two calendars begin their year on 9/11, the Coptic calendar and the Ethiopian calendar. The latter is used by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church as well as the entire country of Ethiopia. Tout 1 is New Year's day of the Coptic calendar whereas Masakaram 1 is New Year's Day of the Ethiopian calendar. These dates are on September 11 only in years preceding Gregorian common years. September 11, 2006 does indeed precede the common year of 2007. Before Gregorian leap years, their new year is September 12. Both Gregorian dates only apply between 1900 and 2099. — Joe Kress 18:03, 12 September 2006 (UTC)