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{{Contains special characters|Coptic}}
{{Infobox month
| native_name = {{langx|cop|Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ}}
| calendar    = [[Coptic calendar]]
| num         = 1
| days        = 30
| season      = 
| gregorian   = September–October
| holidays    = 
| prev_month  = [[Mesori]]
| next_month  = [[Paopi]]
}}

'''Thout''' ({{langx|cop|Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ}}, {{IPA|cop|tʰoːuːt|}}), also known as '''Thoth''' ({{langx|grc|Θωθ}}, ''Thōth'') and '''Tut'''<ref name=a2z>{{citation |last=Gabra |first=Gawdat |title=The A to Z of the Coptic Church |contribution=Coptic Calendar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UaYdpfAZDBMC |contribution-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UaYdpfAZDBMC&pg=PA70 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=UaYdpfAZDBMC&pg=PA70 70–1] |series=''A to Z Guide Series'', No. 107 |date=2008 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |location=[[Plymouth, England|Plymouth]] |isbn=9780810870574 }}.</ref> ({{langx|ar|توت}}), is the first month of the ancient [[Egyptian calendar|Egyptian]] and [[Coptic calendar]]s. It lies between 11 September and 10 October of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. 

The month of Thout is also the first month of the [[Season of the Inundation|Season of ''Akhet'' (Inundation)]] in [[Ancient Egypt]], when the [[Nile]] [[Flooding of the Nile|floods]] historically covered the land of [[Egypt]]; it has not done so since the construction of the [[Aswan High Dam|High Dam]] at [[Aswan]].

{{anchor|Etymology|Names}}

==Name==
The name of the month comes from [[Thoth]], the Ancient Egyptian God of Wisdom and Science, inventor of writing, patron of scribes, and "he who designates the seasons, months, and years." Thoth presided over the "House of Life", which were composed and copied all texts necessary for the maintenance and replenishment of life.

==Coptic Synaxarium of the month of Thout==

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|-
! style="width:5%;"| Coptic
! style="width:5%;"| Julian
! style="width:5%;"| Gregorian
! style="width:50%;"| Commemorations<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tout 1 : Lives of Saints : Synaxarium|website=CopticChurch.net|url=https://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/1_1.html?lang=en#1 |access-date=2022-10-31 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=st-takla.org |url=https://st-takla.org/zJ/index.php/index.php?option=com_katamaros&view=synaxarium-english&dbl=en |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=St-Takla.org}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|Thout 
1
|August	
29
|September
11
|
* Beginning of the [[Coptic New Year]] (Feast of El-Nayrouz).
* Martyrdom of [[Bartholomew the Apostle|St. Bartholomew the Apostle]].
* Departure of [[Pope Avilius of Alexandria|St. Avilius]], the 3rd Pope of Alexandria.
* Departure of [[Pope Mark V of Alexandria|Pope Mark V]], the 98th Pope of Alexandria
* Healing of [[Job (biblical figure)|Job]]
|- valign="top"

|2
|30
|12
|
* Martyrdom of [[John the Baptist|St. John the Baptist]].
* Martyrdom of [[Dasya|St. Dasya the Soldier]].

|- valign="top"
|3
|31
|13
|
* Assembly of the Holy Synod at [[Alexandria]] under [[Pope Dionysius of Alexandria|St. Dionysius]], the 14th Pope of Alexandria, in 243 AD.
* Great Earthquake in [[Cairo]] and Most of the Egyptian Cities in the year 1112 AD.
|- valign="top"
|4
|September
1
|14
|
* Departure of [[Verena|St. Verena]].
* Departure of [[Pope Macarius II of Alexandria|St. Macarius II]], the 69th Pope of Alexandria.
|- valign="top"
|5
|2
|15
|
* Martyrdom of St. Sophia
|- valign="top"
|6
|3
|16
|
* Departure of [[Isaiah]], the Prophet.
* Martyrdom of St. Basilissa
|- valign="top"
|7
|4
|17
|
* Departure of [[Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria|St. Dioscorus]], the 25th Pope of Alexandria.
* Departure of [[Severian of Gabala|St. Severian]], bishop of [[Jableh|Gabala]] in Syria
* Martyrdom of St. Rebecca and her children Saints Agathon, Peter, John, Amun, & Amuna 
|- valign="top"
|8
|5
|18
|
* Departure of [[Moses]], the Prophet.
* Martyrdom of [[Zechariah (New Testament figure)|Zechariah]], the Priest.
* Martyrdom of St. Diomedes (Dimides).
|- valign="top"
|9
|6
|19
|
* Martyrdom of St. Pisora, Bishop of Masil
* Miracle of [[Colossae]] in [[Phrygia]]
|- valign="top"
|10
|7
|20
|
* Martyrdom of St. Matruna
* Commemoration of St. Basin and her Children
|- valign="top"
|11
|8
|21
|
* Martyrdom of St. Basilides (Wasilides) the Minister.
* Commemoration of [[Cornelius the Centurion]].
* Departure of [[Theodora of Alexandria|St. Theodora]].
|- valign="top"
|12
|9
|22
|
* Commemoration of [[Archangel Michael|Michael]], the Archangel.
* Assembly of the [[Third Council of Ephesus|3rd Ecumenical Council]] at [[Ephesus]] in the year 431 AD.
* Translocation of the relics of St. Clemus (Aklimos) & his companions
|- valign="top"
|13
|10
|23
|
* Departure of [[Pope Matthew II of Alexandria|Pope Matthew II]], the 90th Pope of Alexandria.
* Commemoration of the Miracle performed by [[Basil of Caesarea|St. Basil the Great]], Bishop [[Caesarea Maritima|Caesarea]], [[Cappadocia]].
|- valign="top"
|14
|11
|24
|
* Departure of St. Agathon the Stylite
|- valign="top"
|15
|12
|25
|
* Translocation of the Body of [[St. Stephen]], the Archdeacon.
* Commemoration of St. Leontius of Syria
|- valign="top"
|16
|13
|26
|
* Consecration of the Church of the Resurrection ([[Holy Sepulchre]]).
* Translocation of the relics of [[John Chrysostom|St. John Chrysostom]].
* Departure of Hegumen Yakoub Saleeb Al-Masoodi
|- valign="top"
|17
|14
|27
|
* Appearance of the Holy Cross
* Departure of St. Theognosta
|- valign="top"
|18
|15
|28
|
* Second day of the Holy Cross Feast 
* Martyrdom of [[Porphyry of Gaza|St. Porphyrius]] (Prophorius).
* Martyrdom of St. Stephen the Priest & St. Niceta (Niketa)
|- valign="top"
|19
|16
|29
|
* Third day of the Holy Cross Feast 
* Commemoration of [[Gregory the Illuminator|St. Gregory the Illuminator]], Patriarch of Armenia.
|- valign="top"
|20
|17
|30
|
* Departure of [[Pope Athanasius II of Alexandria|St. Athanasius II]], the 28th Pope of Alexandria.
* Departure of St. Theopista
* Martyrdom of St. Melitina the Virgin
|- valign="top"
|21
|18
|October 
1
|
* Commemoration of the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Holy Virgin St. Mary]], the Mother of God ([[Theotokos]]).
* Martyrdom of [[Cyprian and Justina|St. Cyprian & St. Justina]].
|- valign="top"
|22
|19
|2
|
* Martyrdom of Saints Cotylas (Kobtlas), his sister Axoua, and his friend Tatas
* Martyrdom of St. Julius of Aqfahs (El-Akfehasi), the Writer of the Biography of Martyrs
|- valign="top"
|23
|20
|3
|
* Martyrdom of St. Eunapios (Onanius) & St. Andrew
* Martyrdom of [[St. Thecla]].
* Reopening of the [[Saint Mary Church (Haret Elroum)|Church of the Holy Virgin in the Haret al-Rum (Cairo)]].
|- valign="top"
|24
|21
|4
|
* Departure of St. Gregory the Ascetic
* Martyrdom of [[Quartus|St. Quadratus]], one of the [[Seventy Disciples]].
|- valign="top"
|25
|22
|5
|
* Departure of [[Jonah]], the Prophet.
* Martyrdom of [[St. Maurice]], Commander of the [[Theban Legion]].
|- valign="top"
|26
|23
|6
|
* Angel's Annunciation to [[Zechariah (priest)|Zechariah the Priest]] of the birth of [[St. John the Baptist]].
* Martyrdom of St. Eustathius and his two Sons
|- valign="top"
|27
|24
|7
|
* Martyrdom of St. Eustathius and his two Sons
|- valign="top"
|28
|25
|8
|
* Martyrdom of St. Apater (Abadir) and his sister Saint Herai (Eraee) 
|- valign="top"
|29
|26
|9
|
* Martyrdom of [[Rhipsime|St. Rhipsime]] (Arbsima) the Virgin, St. Gaiana, and her Sisters the Virgins
|- valign="top"
|30
|27
|10
|
* Commemoration of the Miracle that God performed for [[Athanasius of Alexandria|St. Athanasius the Apostolic]].
|- valign="top"
|}

==See also==
* [[Egyptian calendar|Egyptian]], [[Coptic calendar|Coptic]], and [[Islamic calendar]]s

==References==
===Citations===
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* [http://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Coptic-Books/Coptic-Synaxarium-or-Synaxarion_English/Eng_Senexar-Senksar-01-Tout-Coptic-Month.html  Synaxarium of the month of Tout]

{{Coptic months}}

[[Category:Months of the Coptic calendar]]
[[Category:Egyptian calendar]]
[[Category:Thoth]]


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