Meshir 21 Explained

Meshir 20 – Coptic calendar – Meshir 22

The twenty-first day of the Coptic month of Meshir, the sixth month of the Coptic year. In common years, this day corresponds to February 15, of the Julian calendar, and February 28, of the Gregorian calendar. This day falls in the Coptic season of Shemu, the season of the Harvest.

Commemorations

Feasts

• Monthly commemoration of the Virgin Mary, the Theotokos^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Martyrs

• The martyrdom of Saint Onesimus, the disciple of Saint Paul the Apostle

Saints

• The departure of Pope Gabriel I, the 57th Patriarch of the see of Saint Mark
• The departure of Saint Zacharias, Bishop of Sakha

References

1. Web site: Fasts & Feasts – St. Demiana Coptic Orthodox Church of San Antonio . 2022-12-01 .
2. Synaxarion, Meshir 21, Coptic Reader. https://suscopts.org/coptic-reader/
3. Web site: Egypt . Michael Ghaly- . 21 Amshir – Amcheer Month – Coptic Synaxarium (Coptic Orthodox Calendar: Daily Synaxarion). 2022-12-01 . St-Takla.org.
4. Web site: Amshir 21 : Lives of Saints : Synaxarium. CopticChurch.net. 2022-12-01 .
5. https://stnoufer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/coptic-synexarium.pdf Coptic Synaxarium