Holiday / observanceDecember 23

Psote

Christian Feast Day: Psote (Coptic Church)

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December 23
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Holiday / observanceA holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
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Psote, also known as Bisada, Besada, Psate/Psati, Abashadi, Abassadius, or Beshada, was a bishop of Ebsay in Upper Egypt. He was martyred by beheading at Antinoe. St. Apa Psote was a revered Coptic Orthodox bishop from the city of Psoi, known for his devout faith and martyrdom during the Diocletianic Persecution, a time of severe repression against Christians in the Roman Empire.

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