Meshir (), also known as Mechir or Mecheir (, ''Mekhír'') and Amshir. ( ), is the sixth month of the ancient

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and

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s. It lies between February 8 and March 9 of the

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. The month of Meshir is also the second month of the Season of Proyet (Growth and Emergence) in

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, when the Nile floods recede and the crops start to grow throughout the land of

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Name

The name of the month of Meshir comes from Mechir, the Ancient Egyptian God genius of wind .

Coptic Synaxarium of the month of Meshir

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Synaxarium of the month of Amshir
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