What Year Is It In The Coptic Calendar. The coptic calendar was a very simply solar calendar, one which calculated the year as consisting of 365 and one quarter days exactly. The beginning of their year was on the first day of the month of thout, which is the first month of the coptic year.
Copts are a christian group native to northeast africa and follow the orthodox church in alexandria. The coptic calendar, also known as the alexandrian calendar, is a calendar which the coptic orthodox church uses.