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Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › Prayer, Fasting and Worship

5 questions

• QWas Jesus really born in 4 B.C.? What does it mean by A.D. (is it after Christ?)
• QWhy do Copts celebrate Christmas and Easter on different days than other Christians?
• QRegarding the Coptic Calendar, why does the Coptic Church keep a calendar that seems to promote false gods? Is this to simply be part of one's past history as an…
• QBecause the Coptic Church uses the Julian Calendar, is this why the feast of the Nativity is celebrated on Jan 7th? Is this because it is the original calendar, which was…
• QWhy does the Orthodox Church still follow the Julian calendar today? I was reading a few articles online and it said the Gregorian calendar is a more accurate version of…

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