Paoni

{{Contains special characters|Coptic}} {{Infobox month | native_name = {{langx|cop|Ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲓ}} | calendar = Coptic calendar | num = 10 | days = 30 | season = | gregorian = June–July | holidays = | prev_month = Pashons | next_month = Epip }} '''Paoni''' ({{langx|cop|Ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲓ}}, ''Paōni''), also known as '''Payni''' ({{langx|grc|Παϋνί}}, ''Paüní'') and '''Ba'unah'''<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> ({{langx|ar|بأونه}}, ''Ba'una''), is the tenth month of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It lasts between June 8 and July 7 of the Gregorian calendar.

Paoni is also the second month of the Season of ''Shemu'' (Harvest) in Ancient Egypt, where the Egyptians harvest their crops throughout the land.

==Name== The name "Paoni" derives from its original Egyptian name "Month of the Valley Festival" ({{langx|egy|pꜣ n in.t}}) in reference to an annual celebration of Thebes.

==Coptic Synaxarium of the month of Paoni==

{|class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:5%;"| Coptic ! style="width:5%;"| Julian ! style="width:5%;"| Gregorian ! style="width:50%;"| Commemorations |- valign="top" | Paoni 1 | May 26 | June 8 | * Martyrdom of St. Cosmas of Taha and his companions * Martyrdom of St. Zikam * Consecration of the church of St. Leontius the Syrian. * Consecration of the church of St. Phoebammon (Abu-Fam) the soldier * Departure of Fr. Matta El Meskeen. |- valign="top" | Paoni 2 | May 27 | June 9 | * Appearance of the bodies of St. John the Baptist and Elisha, the Prophet. * Departure of St. John XVIII, the 107th Pope of Alexandria. |- valign="top" | Paoni 3 | May 28 | June 10 | * Consecration of the first church of St. George in the cities of Birma, Egypt and Beer Maa, Egypt * Martyrdom of St. Alladius the Bishop * Departure of St. Martha of Egypt * Departure of St. Cosmas I, the 44th Pope of Alexandria. * Departure of St. Abraam, Bishop of Fayoum. |- valign="top" | Paoni 4 | May 29 | June 11 | * Martyrdom of St. Synesius (Sanusi) of Balqim * Martyrdom of St. Amoun & St. Sophia the Righteous * Martyrdom of St. John of Heraclea * Departure of St. Hor * Departure of St. John VIII, the 80th Pope of Alexandria |- valign="top" | Paoni 5 | May 30 | June 12 | * Departure of St. James the Oriental * Martyrdom of St. Pshay & St. Peter * Consecration of the Church of St. Victor in Shu |- valign="top" | Paoni 6 | May 31 | June 13 | * Martyrdom of St. Theodore the Monk of Alexandria |- valign="top" | Paoni 7 | June 1 | June 14 | * Martyrdom of St. Abaskhiron the Soldier |- valign="top" | Paoni 8 | June 2 | June 15 | * Commemoration of the consecration of the Church of the Holy Virgin Mary in Musturud * Martyrdom of St. Amadah and her sons, and St. Armanius and his mother St. Amah * Martyrdom of St. George the New Martyr |- valign="top" | Paoni 9 | June 3 | June 16 | * Departure of Samuel, the Prophet. * Martyrdom of St. Lucilianus, and four others with him * Relocation of the relics of St. Mercurius to Cairo, Egypt. |- valign="top" | Paoni 10 | June 4 | June 17 | * Martyrdom of St. Eudaemon, St. Epistemon, & St. Sophia * Commemoration of the closing of the pagan temples and the opening of the Christian Churches by St. Constantine the Great. * Departure of St. John XVI, the 103rd Pope of Alexandria. * Enthronement of St. Demetrius II, the 111th Pope of Alexandria. |- valign="top" | Paoni 11 | June 5 | June 18 | * Martyrdom of St. Claudius, son of Ptolemy and nephew of Numerian the Emperor * Consecration of the altar of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste at the Savior's Church in Alexandria. |- valign="top" | Paoni 12 | June 6 | June 19 | * Commemoration of Michael, the Archangel. * Departure of St. Justus, the 6th Pope of Alexandria. * Departure of St. Cyril II, the 67th Pope of Alexandria. * Departure of St. Euphemia the Widow |- valign="top" | Paoni 13 | June 7 | June 20 | * Commemoration of Gabriel the Archangel, the Announcer of Daniel the Prophet. * Departure of St. John II, Bishop of Jerusalem |- valign="top" | Paoni 14 | June 8 | June 21 | * Martyrdom of Sts. Cyrus, John, Ptolemaeus and Philip * Departure of St. John XIX, the 113th Pope of Alexandria. |- valign="top" | Paoni 15 | June 9 | June 22 | * The turning over of the relics of St. Mark the Apostle by the hand of Pope Paul VI, Pope of Rome. * Consecration of the Church of St. Menas at Maryut |- valign="top" | Paoni 16 | June 10 | June 23 | * Departure of St. Onuphrius the Anchorite * Commemoration of St. Latson the Anchorite |- valign="top" | Paoni 17 | June 11 | June 24 | * Departure of St. Latsoun El-Bahnasa * Return of the relics of St. Mark to St. Mark Cathedral |- valign="top" | Paoni 18 | June 12 | June 25 | * Departure of St. Damian, the 35th Pope of Alexandria. * Inauguration of St. Mark Cathedral in the Monastery of Anba Rowais. |- valign="top" | Paoni 19 | June 13 | June 26 | * Departure of St. Archillas, the 18th Pope of Alexandria * Martyrdom of St. George el-Mozahem. * Martyrdom of St. Bishai and St. Anoub * First Pontifical Liturgy in St. Mark Cathedral in the Monastery of Anba Rowais. |- valign="top" | Paoni 20 | June 14 | June 27 | * Departure of Elisha, the Prophet. |- valign="top" | Paoni 21 | June 15 | June 28 | * Commemoration of the first church for the Virgin Mary in the city of Caesarea Philippi * Martyrdom of St. Timothy the Egyptian of Memphis * Departure of St. Kadronos, 4th Pope of Alexandria |- valign="top" | Paoni 22 | June 16 | June 29 | * Consecration of the Church of Sts. Cosmas, Damian, their mother, and brothers |- valign="top" | Paoni 23 | June 17 | June 30 | * Departure of St. Abba Noub, the Confessor |- valign="top" | Paoni 24 | June 18 | July 1 | * Martyrdom of St. Moses the Black |- valign="top" | Paoni 25 | June 19 | July 2 | * Martyrdom of St. Jude, one of the Seventy Disciples * Departure of St. Peter IV, the 34th Pope of Alexandria |- valign="top" | Paoni 26 | June 20 | July 3 | * Departure of Joshua the Prophet, son of Nun * Consecration of the Church of Gabriel, the Archangel |- valign="top" | Paoni 27 | June 21 | July 4 | * Martyrdom of St. Ananias, the Apostle. * Martyrdom of St. Thomas of Shentalet |- valign="top" | Paoni 28 | June 22 | July 5 | * Departure of St. Theodosius, the 33rd Pope of Alexandria * Commemoration of the consecration of the Church of St. Sarabamoun, Bishop of Nikiu |- valign="top" | Paoni 29 | June 23 | July 6 | * Martyrdom of the Seven Ascetic Saints in Tounar Mount * Martyrdom of Sts. Abba Hour and his mother Theodora * Consecration of the Church of Suriel, the Archangel |- valign="top" | Paoni 30 | June 24 | July 7 | * Nativity of St. John the Baptist |}

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===Bibliography=== * [http://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Coptic-Books/Coptic-Synaxarium-or-Synaxarion_English/Eng_Senexar-Senksar-10-Beona-Coptic-Month.html Synaxarium of the month of Baona]

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