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Bete Giyorgis#

Bete Giyorgis
Bete Giyorgis, January 2013, © Gerhard Huber, under CC BY-NC 4.0 +Edu

Also in the Church of Saint George, the priests have their work cut out. The date is the 5th of January, the eve of the Orthodox Christmas festival. It is celebrated in the night from the 6th to the 7th of January, because this date corresponds to 24th and 25th December according to the Coptic calendar.
Auch in der Georgskirche haben die Priester alle Hände voll zu tun. Wir schreiben den 5. Jänner, den Vorabend zum orthodoxen Weihnachtsfest. Es wird in der Nacht vom 6. auf 7. Jänner gefeiert, weil dieses Datum dem 24 und 25. Dezember nach koptischem Kalender entspricht.