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== Leap years == | == Leap years == | ||
Leap years are synchronized with the Julian calendar and are once every four years, with a sixth leap day being added to the Little Month. | Leap years are synchronized with the Julian calendar and are once every four years, with a sixth leap day being added to the Little Month. Due to the Coptic calendar's alignment with the Julian calendar and not the Gregorian calendar, holidays such as Christmas are celebrated on different dates than in the Gregorian calendar: for example Christmas is Koiak 29 or December 25 in the Julian calendar, which lands on January 7 in the Gregorian calendar. | ||
== Week == | == Week == | ||