{{Contains special characters|Coptic}} {{Infobox month | native_name = {{langx|cop|Ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ}} | calendar = Coptic calendar | num = 9 | days = 30 | season = | gregorian = May–June | holidays = | prev_month = Parmouti | next_month = Paoni }} '''Pashons''' ({{langx|cop|Ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ}}, {{IPA|[paˈʃons]}}), also known as '''Pachon''' ({{langx|grc|Παχών}}, ''Pakhṓn'') and '''Bachans'''<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 |isbn=9780810870574 }}.</ref> ({{lang|ar|بشنس}}, ''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.
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==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==
{|class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:5%;"| Coptic ! style="width:5%;"| Julian ! style="width:5%;"| Gregorian ! style="width:50%;"| Commemorations |- valign="top" | Pashons 1 | April 26 | May 9 | * Nativity of the Holy Virgin St. Mary, the Mother of God (Theotokos). |- valign="top" | Pashons 2 | April 27 | May 10 | * 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. |- valign="top" | Pashons 3 | April 28 | May 11 | * 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. |- valign="top" | Pashons 4 | April 29 | May 12 | * Departure of St. John I, the 29th Pope of Alexandria. * Departure of St. John V, the 72nd Pope of Alexandria. |- valign="top" | Pashons 5 | April 30 | May 13 | * Martyrdom of Jeremiah, the Prophet. |- valign="top" | Pashons 6 | May 1 | May 14 | * Martyrdom of St. Isaac of Dafra. * Departure of St. Macarius of Alexandria. * Departure of St. Paphnute of El-Bandarah |- valign="top" | Pashons 7 | May 2 | May 15 | * Departure of St. Athanasius the Apostolic, the 20th Pope of Alexandria. * Nativity of St. Shenoute |- valign="top" | Pashons 8 | May 3 | May 16 | * Ascension of the Lord to Heaven. * Martyrdom of St. John of Senhout. * Departure of St. Daniel, Archpriest of Scetes. * Departure of Fr. Menassa Youhanna. |- valign="top" | Pashons 9 | May 4 | May 17 | * 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. |- valign="top" | Pashons 10 | May 5 | May 18 | * Departure of the Three Young Men in the furnace: Hananiah, Azariah, & Mishael. |- valign="top" | Pashons 11 | May 6 | May 19 | * Martyrdom of St. Theoclia, wife of St. Justus. * Departure of St. Paphnutius, the Bishop. * St. Nichomius |- valign="top" | Pashons 12 | May 7 | May 20 | * 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. |- valign="top" | Pashons 13 | May 8 | May 21 | * Departure of St. Arsenius, tutor of Arcadius and Honorius, sons of Emperor Theodosius the Great. |- valign="top" | Pashons 14 | May 9 | May 22 | * Departure of St. Pachomius, Father of Cenobitic monasticism. * Martyrdom of St. Epimachus of Pelusium. |- valign="top" | Pashons 15 | May 10 | May 23 | * Martyrdom of St. Simon the Zealot. * Martyrdom of the 400 saints in Dendera. * Commemoration of St. Mina the Deacon. * Sidrach |- valign="top" | Pashons 16 | May 11 | May 24 | * Commemoration of St. John the Evangelist. |- valign="top" | Pashons 17 | May 12 | May 25 | * Departure of St. Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus. |- valign="top" | Pashons 18 | May 13 | May 26 | * 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. |- valign="top" | Pashons 19 | May 14 | May 27 | * Departure of St. Isaac al-Qulali. * Martyrdom of St. Isidorus of Antioch. |- valign="top" | Pashons 20 | May 15 | May 28 | * Departure of St. Ammonius, the Hermit. |- valign="top" | Pashons 21 | May 16 | May 29 | * Commemoration of the Holy Virgin St. Mary, the Mother of God (Theotokos). * Departure of St. Martinianus of Caesarea. |- valign="top" | Pashons 22 | May 17 | May 30 | * Departure of St. Andronicus, one of the Seventy disciples. |- valign="top" | Pashons 23 | May 18 | May 31 | * Departure of St. Junia, one of the Seventy disciples. * Martyrdom of St. Julianus (Yulianus) and his mother. |- valign="top" | Pashons 24 | May 19 | June 1 | * Entry of the Lord Christ into Egypt. * Departure of Habakkuk, the Prophet. * Martyrdom of the monk St. Bashnouna. |- valign="top" | Pashons 25 | May 20 | June 2 | * Martyrdom of St. Colluthus of Antinoë. * Martyrdom of St. Hirutas. * Departure of Ibrahim El-Gohary. |- valign="top" | Pashons 26 | May 21 | June 3 | * Martyrdom of St. Thomas the Apostle. |- valign="top" | Pashons 27 | May 22 | June 4 | * Departure of St. John II, the 30th Pope of Alexandria. * Departure of Lazarus, the beloved of the Lord. |- valign="top" | Pashons 28 | May 23 | June 5 | * Relocation of the relics of St. Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus. |- valign="top" | Pashons 29 | May 24 | June 6 | * Departure of St. Simeon the Stylite. |- valign="top" | Pashons 30 | May 25 | June 7 | * 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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===Bibliography=== * [http://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Coptic-Books/Coptic-Synaxarium-or-Synaxarion_English/Eng_Senexar-Senksar-09-Bashans-Coptic-Month.html Synaxarium of the month of Bashans]
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