Mesori

Mesori (Coptic: Ⲙⲉⲥⲱⲣⲓ), also known as Mesra, is the twelfth month of the Coptic calendar. It lies between August 7 and September 5 of the Gregorian calendar. The month of Mesori is also the fourth month of the Season of 'Shemu' (Harvest) in Ancient Egypt, where the Egyptians harvest their crops throughout Egypt. The name of the month of Mesori comes from Mes-en-ra, an Ancient Egyptian word that means Birth of the Sun.

Coptic Synaxarium of the month of Mesori

Coptic	Julian	Gregorian	Commemorations
Mesori 1	July 25	August 7	Martyrdom of St. Apoli, Son of Justus. Departure of St. Cyril V, the 112th Pope of Alexandria.
2	26	8	Departure of St. Pa'esa (Athanasia) of Minuf Martyrdom of St. Menas
3	27	9	Relocation of the Body of St. Simeon the Stylite to the city of Antioch. Departure of St. Abriamus (Primus), the 5th Pope of Alexandria.
4	28	10	Departure of Hezekiah the King. Consecration of the Church of St. Anthony the Great.
5	29	11	Departure of St. John the Soldier.
6	30	12	Martyrdom of St. Julietta. St. Besa, disciple of St. Shenute
7	31	13	Annunciation of St. Joachim with the Birth of the Virgin Mary. Departure of St. Timothy II, the 26th Pope of Alexandria.
8	August 1	14	Martyrdom of the Sts. Lazarus, Salomi, His Wife and their Children. Confession of St. Peter, the Apostle, that Christ is the Son of the Living God.
9	2	15	Martyrdom of St. Ari, the Priest of Shatanouf.
10	3	16	Martyrdom of St. Matra. Martyrdom of St. Pigebs (Bekhebs). Martyrdom of St. Yuhannis
11	4	17	Departure of St. Moisis, Bishop of Ouseem.
12	5	18	Commemoration of Michael, the Archangel. Enthronement of the Righteous Emperor Constantine, the Great.
13	6	19	Feast of Transfiguration of Our Lord on Mount Tabor.
14	7	20	Commemoration of the great miracle, the Lord had manifested during the papacy of St. Theophilus, the 23rd Pope of Alexandria.
15	8	21	Departure of St. Mary known as Marina, the Ascetic. Departure of St. Habib Girgis.
16	9	22	Assumption of the Body of the Pure Virgin St. Mary. Departure of St. Matthew IV, the 102nd Pope of Alexandria.
17	10	23	Martyrdom of St. James, the Soldier.
18	11	24	Departure of St. Alexander, Patriarch of Constantinople. Martyrdom of St. Eudaemon, of Armant.
19	12	25	Translocation of the Body of St. Macarius to His Monastery in Scetis.
20	13	26	Martyrdom of the Seven Young Men of Ephesus.
21	14	27	Commemoration of the Holy Virgin Saint Mary, the Mother of God (Theotokos). Departure of St. Irene (Eirene).
22	15	28	Departure of Micah, the Prophet. Martyrdom of St. Hadid of Giza.
23	16	29	Martyrdom of thirty thousand Christians in Alexandria. Martyrdom of St. Damian in Antioch.
24	17	30	Departure of St. Takla Haymanot, the Ethiopian. Departure of St. Thomas, Bishop of Marash.
25	18	31	Departure of St. Bessarion, disciple of St. Anthony Departure of St. Macarius III, the 114th Pope of Alexandria.
26	19	September 1	Martyrdom of St. Moses and his Sister Sarah. Martyrdom of St. Agabius, the Soldier, and his Sister Thecla.
27	20	2	Martyrdom of Sts. Benjamin and his sister Eudexia. Martyrdom of St. Mary, the Armenian.
28	21	3	Commemoration of the Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
29	22	4	Martyrdom of Saints Athanasius, the Bishop, Gerasimus (Jarasimus), and Theodotus. Arrival of the Holy Relic of St. John the Short, to the Wilderness of Scetis.
30	23	5	Departure of Malachi, the Prophet.

Preceded by Epip	Coptic calendar days: 30 days	Succeeded by Pi Kogi Enavot

References

Synaxarium of the month of Mesori

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