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
Khonso, a god of the moon, or of the Theban trinity and the son of Amoun-Re
and Mout. In the Ethiopian calendar, the month is called Ginbot.
Commemorations and Anniversaries of the Coptic Month of Pashanse |
Date |
Feast /
Commemoration |
Bashans 1
|
Nativity
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother
of God |
Bashans 2
|
Departure
of the righteous Job
Departure of St.Tadros (Theodore), the
Disciple of St.Pachomius
Martyrdom of St.Philothaos |
Bashans 3
|
Departure
of St.Jason, one of the Seventy
Disciples
Departure of St.Otimus, the Priest
Departure of Pope Gabriel IV, the 86th
Patriarch of Alexandria |
Bashans 4
|
Departure
of Pope John (Youhanna) the First, the
29th Patriarch of the See of St.Mark
Departure of Pope Yoannis the Fifth, the
72nd Patriarch |
Bashans 5
|
Martyrdom
of St.Jeremiah the Prophet |
Bashans 6
|
Martyrdom
of St.Isaac El-Defrawi
Departure of St.Macarius of Alexandria
Departure of Father Paphnute of
El-Bandarah |
Bashans 7
|
Departure
of St.Athanasius the Apostolic, the 20th
Pope of Alexandria |
Bashans 8
|
Martyrdom
of St.John of Senhout
Departure of St.Daniel the Archpriest of
Sheahat (Scetis) |
Bashans 9
|
Departure
of St.Helena, The Empress
Departure of Pope Yoannis the Eleventh,
the 89th Patriarch of Alexandria
Departure of St.Gabriel the Eighth, the
97th Patriarch of Alexandria |
Bashans 10
|
Departure
of the Three Hebrew Young Men :
Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael |
Bashans 11
|
Martyrdom
of St.Theoclia, the wife of St.Justus
Departure of St.Paphnotius
(St.Paphnuti), the Bishop |
Bashans 12
|
Commemoration of the Consecration of the
Church of St.Demiana
Commemoration of the Relocation of the
Relics of St.John Chrysostom
Commemoration of the Appearance of a
Cross of light above Golgotha
Departure of Pope Mark the Seventh, the
106th Patriarch of Alexandria
Commemoration of the Martyrdom of Master
(Moallem) Malati |
Bashans 13
|
Departure
of St.Arsanius, the Tutor of the
Emperor's Children |
Bashans 14
|
Departure
of St.Pachomius (Pakhom), the Father of
the Spiritual Communal Monastic Life
(Cenobitic Life)
Martyrdom of St.Epimachus (Ephimachus)
of Pelusium |
Bashans 15
|
Martyrdom
of St.Simon the Zealot, the Apostle
known as (Simon the Canaanite)
Martyrdom of 400 martyrs in Dandara
(Denderah)
Commemoration of St.Mina the Deacon |
Bashans 16
|
Commemoration of St.John the Evangelist |
Bashans 17
|
Departure
of St.Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus |
Bashans 18
|
Departure
of St.George (Ga'orgi), the Friend of
St.Abraam
Commemoration of the feast of Pentecost |
Bashans 19
|
Commemoration of the Departure of Abba
Isaac, the Priest of El-Qalali (Cells)
Commemoration of the Martyrdom of
St.Isidorus (Isidore) of Antioch |
Bashans 20
|
Departure
of St.Ammonius the Hermit |
Bashans 21
|
Commemoration of the Holy and Pure
Virgin Mary
Departure of St.Marcian (Martinianus) |
Bashans 22
|
Departure
of St.Andronicus, One of the Seventy
Disciples |
Bashans 23
|
Departure
of St.Junia, One of the Seventy
Disciples
Martyrdom of St.Julian (Yulianus) and
his mother in Alexandria |
Bashans 24
|
Commemoration of the Entry of the Lord
Christ to Egypt
Departure of the Prophet Habakkuk
Martyrdom of the Monk St.Bashnouna
El-Maqari |
Bashans 25
|
Martyrdom
of St.Colluthus of Antinoe (Known as Abu
Colta)
Departure of the most honored Layman
Ibrahim El-Gohari |
Bashans 26
|
Martyrdom
of St.Thomas, the Apostle |
Bashans 27
|
Departure
of Pope Youannis the Second, the 30th
Patriarch of the See of St.Mark
Departure of Lazarus the beloved of the
Lord |
Bashans 28
|
Commemoration of the Relocation of the
Body of St.Epiphanius |
Bashans 29
|
Departure
of St.Simon the Stylite |
Bashans 30
|
Departure
of Pope Mikhail the First, the 68th
Patriarch of Alexandria
Departure of St.Fournous, one of the
Seventy Disciples |