Koiak 7 - Coptic Calendar - Koiak 9
The eighth day of the Coptic month of Koiak, the fourth month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds to December 4, of the Julian Calendar, and December 17, of the Gregorian Calendar. This day falls in the Coptic season of Peret, the season of emergence. This day falls in the Nativity Fast.
Commemorations
Saints
The martyrdom of Saint Esi and his Sister, Saint Thecla
The martyrdom of Saints Barbara and Juliana
The departure of Saint Samuel the Confessor
The departure of Pope Heraclas, the thirteenth Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark The departure of Saint Yustus the Monk, of Saint Anthony's Monastery