Pashons (, ), also known as Pachon (, Pakhṓn) and Bachans (, Bashans), is the ninth month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lasts 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, when the Egyptians harvest their crops throughout the land.
Name
The name of the month of Pashons comes from Khonsu, a deity of the moon or of the Theban trinity and the son of Amun-Ra and Mut.
Coptic Synaxarium of the month of Pashons
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! style="width:5%;"| Coptic
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! style="width:50%;"| Commemorations
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| Pashons 1
| April 26
| May 9
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- Nativity of the Holy Virgin St. Mary, the Mother of God (Theotokos).
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| Pashons 2
| April 27
| May 10
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- Departure of the Righteous Job.
- Departure of St. Theodore, the disciple of St. Pachomius.
- Martyrdom of St. Philotheos.
- Enthronement of St. Cyril VI, the 116th Pope of Alexandria.
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| Pashons 3
| April 28
| May 11
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- Departure of St. Jason, one of the Seventy disciples.
- Martyrdom of St. Otimus, the Priest.
- Departure of St. Gabriel IV, the 86th Pope of Alexandria.
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| Pashons 4
| April 29
| May 12
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- Departure of St. John I, the 29th Pope of Alexandria.
- Departure of St. John V, the 72nd Pope of Alexandria.
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| Pashons 5
| April 30
| May 13
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- Martyrdom of Jeremiah, the Prophet.
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| Pashons 6
| May 1
| May 14
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- Martyrdom of St. Isaac of Dafra.
- Departure of St. Macarius of Alexandria.
- Departure of St. Paphnute of El-Bandarah
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| Pashons 7
| May 2
| May 15
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- Departure of St. Athanasius the Apostolic, the 20th Pope of Alexandria.
- Nativity of St. Shenoute
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| Pashons 8
| May 3
| May 16
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- Ascension of the Lord to Heaven.
- Martyrdom of St. John of Senhout.
- Departure of St. Daniel, Archpriest of Scetes.
- Departure of Fr. Menassa Youhanna.
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| Pashons 9
| May 4
| May 17
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- Departure of St. Helena, the Empress.
- Departure of St. John XI, the 89th Pope of Alexandria.
- Departure of St. Gabriel VIII, the 97th Pope of Alexandria.
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| Pashons 10
| May 5
| May 18
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- Departure of the Three Young Men in the furnace: Hananiah, Azariah, & Mishael.
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| Pashons 11
| May 6
| May 19
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- Martyrdom of St. Theoclia, wife of St. Justus.
- Departure of St. Paphnutius, the Bishop.
- St. Nichomius
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| Pashons 12
| May 7
| May 20
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- Appearance of a Cross of Light above Golgotha in 351.
- Commemoration of Michael, the Archangel.
- Relocation of the relics of St. John Chrysostom from Comana to Constantinople.
- Consecration of the Church of St. Demiana.
- Departure of St. Mark VII, the 106th Pope of Alexandria.
- Martyrdom of Master Malati.
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| Pashons 13
| May 8
| May 21
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- Departure of St. Arsenius, tutor of Arcadius and Honorius, sons of Emperor Theodosius the Great.
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| Pashons 14
| May 9
| May 22
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- Departure of St. Pachomius, Father of Cenobitic monasticism.
- Martyrdom of St. Epimachus of Pelusium.
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| Pashons 15
| May 10
| May 23
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- Martyrdom of St. Simon the Zealot.
- Martyrdom of the 400 saints in Dendera.
- Commemoration of St. Mina the Deacon.
- Sidrach
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| Pashons 16
| May 11
| May 24
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- Commemoration of St. John the Evangelist.
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| Pashons 17
| May 12
| May 25
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- Departure of St. Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus.
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| Pashons 18
| May 13
| May 26
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- Commemoration of the Feast of Pentecost.
- Departure of St. George (Ga'orgi), friend of St. Abraam of Scetes.
- Consecration of the Church of St. Paul at Alexandria.
- Commemoration of St. Shenoute.
- Martyrdom of men, women, and children on the route to the Monastery of St. Samuel.
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| Pashons 19
| May 14
| May 27
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- Departure of St. Isaac al-Qulali.
- Martyrdom of St. Isidorus of Antioch.
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| Pashons 20
| May 15
| May 28
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- Departure of St. Ammonius, the Hermit.
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| Pashons 21
| May 16
| May 29
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- Commemoration of the Holy Virgin St. Mary, the Mother of God (Theotokos).
- Departure of St. Martinianus of Caesarea.
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| Pashons 22
| May 17
| May 30
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- Departure of St. Andronicus, one of the Seventy disciples.
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| Pashons 23
| May 18
| May 31
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- Departure of St. Junia, one of the Seventy disciples.
- Martyrdom of St. Julianus (Yulianus) and his mother.
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| Pashons 24
| May 19
| June 1
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- Entry of the Lord Christ into Egypt.
- Departure of Habakkuk, the Prophet.
- Martyrdom of the monk St. Bashnouna.
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| Pashons 25
| May 20
| June 2
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- Martyrdom of St. Colluthus of Antinoë.
- Martyrdom of St. Hirutas.
- Departure of Ibrahim El-Gohary.
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| Pashons 26
| May 21
| June 3
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- Martyrdom of St. Thomas the Apostle.
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| Pashons 27
| May 22
| June 4
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- Departure of St. John II, the 30th Pope of Alexandria.
- Departure of Lazarus, the beloved of the Lord.
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| Pashons 28
| May 23
| June 5
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- Relocation of the relics of St. Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus.
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| Pashons 29
| May 24
| June 6
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- Departure of St. Simeon the Stylite.
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| Pashons 30
| May 25
| June 7
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- Departure of St. Fortunatus, one of the Seventy disciples.
- Departure of St. Michael IV, the 68th Pope of Alexandria.
- St. Dumadius & St. Simon the Little
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References
Citations
Bibliography
- Synaxarium of the month of Bashans