Pashons

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Pashons also known as Bashans is the ninth month of the Coptic calendar. It lies between May 9 and June 7 of the Gregorian calendar. The month of Pashons is also the first month of the Season of 'Shemu' (Harvest) in Ancient Egypt, where the Egyptians harvest their crops throughout the land of Egypt. The name of the month of Pashons comes from Khenti, a form of Horus and the Ancient Egyptian God of metal.

In the Ethiopian calendar, the month is called Ginbot.

[edit] Coptic Commemorations of the month of Pashons

• 1 Pashons
  • Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• 2 Pashons
  • Departure of the righteous Job
  • Departure of Saint Theodore the disciple of Saint Pachomius
  • Martyrdom of Saint Philotheos
• 3 Pashons
  • Departure of Saint Jason
  • Martyrdom of Saint Otimus
  • Departure of Pope Gabriel IV of Alexandria (1094 A.M.), (1378 A.D.)
• 4 Pashons
  • Departure of Pope John I of Alexandria (221 A.M.), (505 A.D.)
  • Departure of Pope John V of Alexandria (882 A.M.), (1166 A.D.)
• 5 Pashons
  • Martyrdom of Prophet Jeremiah
• 6 Pashons
  • Martyrdom of Saint Isaac of Dafra
  • Departure of Saint Macarius of Alexandria (395 A.D.)
  • Departure of Saint Paphnutius of Al Bandarah
• 7 Pashons
  • Departure of Pope Athanasius the Apostolic (373 A.D.)
• 8 Pashons
  • Martyrdom of Saint John of Senhout
  • Departure of Saint Daniel of Scetes
• 9 Pashons
  • Departure of Saint Helena (327 A.D.)
  • Departure of Pope John XI of Alexandria (1168 A.M.), (1452 A.D.)
  • Departure of Pope Gabriel VIII of Alexandria (1319 A.M.), (1601 A.D.)
• 10 Pashons
  • Departure of the three Young Youths Shadrach, Meshack, and Abednego
• 11 Pashons
  • Martyrdom of Saint Theoclia
  • Departure of Saint Paphnutius the Bishop
• 12 Pashons
  • Departure of Pope Mark VII of Alexandria (1485 A.M.), (1770 A.D.)
  • Martyrdom of Master Malati (1519 A.M.), (1803 A.D.)
  • Appearance of a Cross of Light above Golgotha (351 A.D.)
  • Relocation of the relics of Saint John Chrysostom from Comana to Constantinople (437 A.D.)
  • Consecration of the Church of Saint Demiana in El Zaafran
• 13 Pashons
  • Departure of Saint Arsenius (450 A.D.)
• 14 Pashons
  • Departure of Saint Pakhom (64 A.M.), (348 A.D.)
  • Martyrdom of Saint Epimachus of Pelusium
• 15 Pashons
  • Martyrdom of Saint Simon the Zealot
  • Martyrdom of the 400 saints in Dendera
  • Departure of Saint Mina the Deacon and Anchorite
• 16 Pashons
  • Commemoration of the Evangelism of Saint John the Evangeslit, and the consecration of his church in Alexandria
• 17 Pashons
  • Departure of Saint Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis in Cyprus (403 A.D.)

• 23 Pashons
  • Departure of Saint Junia
  • Martyrdom of Saint Julian of Alexandria and his Mother

• 29 Pashons
  • Departure of Saint Simeon the Stylite (459 A.D.)