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{{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, England|Plymouth]] |isbn=9780810870574 }}.</ref> ({{lang|ar|بشنس}}, ''Bashans''), is the ninth month of the ancient [[Egyptian calendar|Egyptian]] and [[Coptic calendar]]s. 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 ''[[Season of the Harvest|Shemu]]'' (Harvest) in [[Ancient Egypt]], when the Egyptians harvest their crops throughout the land.

{{anchor|Etymology|Names}}

==Name==
The name of the month of Pashons comes from [[Khonsu]], a [[ancient Egyptian deities|deity]] of the moon or of the [[Theban Necropolis|Theban]] trinity and the son of [[Amun|Amun-Ra]] and [[Mut]].

==Coptic Synaxarium of the month of Pashons==

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|-
! 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 [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Holy Virgin St. Mary]], the Mother of God ([[Theotokos]]).
|- valign="top"

|2
|27
|10
|
* Departure of the Righteous [[Job (Biblical figure)|Job]]. 
* Departure of [[Theodore of Egypt|St. Theodore]] the disciple of [[St. Pachomius]].
* Martyrdom of [[Saint Philotheos|St. Philotheos]].
* Enthronement of [[Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria|St. Cyril VI]], the 116th Pope of Alexandria.
|- valign="top"
|3
|28
|11
|
* Departure of [[Jason|St. Jason]], one of the Seventy disciples.
* Martyrdom of [[Saint Otimus|St. Otimus]], the Priest.
* Departure of [[Pope Gabriel IV of Alexandria|St. Gabriel IV]], the 86th Pope of Alexandria.
|- valign="top"
|4
|29
|12
|
* Departure of [[Pope John I of Alexandria|St. John I]], the 29th Pope of Alexandria.
* Departure of [[Pope John V of Alexandria|St. John V]], the 72nd Pope of Alexandria.
|- valign="top"
|5
|30
|13
|
* Martyrdom of [[Jeremiah]], the Prophet.
|- valign="top"
|6
|May
1
|14
|
* Martyrdom of [[Isaac of Dafra|St. Isaac of Dafra]].
* Departure of [[Macarius of Alexandria|St. Macarius of Alexandria]].
* Departure of St. Paphnute of El-Bandarah
|- valign="top"
|7
|2
|15
|
* Departure of [[Athanasius of Alexandria|St. Athanasius the Apostolic]], the 20th Pope of Alexandria
* Nativity of St. Shenoute
|- valign="top"
|8
|3
|16
|
* [[Ascension of Jesus|Ascension of the Lord to heaven]]
* Martyrdom of [[John of Senhout|St. John of Senhout]].
* Departure of St. Daniel the Archpriest of [[Scetes]]
* Departure of [[Menassa Youhanna|Fr. Menassa Youhanna]].
|- valign="top"
|9
|4
|17
|
* Departure of [[Helena of Constantinople|St. Helena]], the Empress
* Departure of [[Pope John XI of Alexandria|St. John XI]], the 89th Pope of Alexandria
* Departure of [[Pope Gabriel VIII of Alexandria|St. Gabriel VIII]], the 97th Pope of Alexandria
|- valign="top"
|10
|5
|18
|
* Departure of the Three Young Men in the furnace: [[Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego|Hananiah, Azariah, & Mishael]].
|- valign="top"
|11
|6
|19
|
* Martyrdom of [[Saint Theoclia|St. Theoclia]], wife of St. Justus.
* Departure of [[Saint Paphnutius the Bishop|St. Paphnutius]], the Bishop.
* St. Nichomius
|- valign="top"
|12
|7
|20
|
* Appearance of a Cross of Light above [[Golgotha]] in 351
* Commemoration of [[Archangel Michael|Michael]], the Archangel.
* Relocation of the relics of [[St. John Chrysostom]] from [[Comana, Pontus|Comana]] to [[Constantinople]].
* Consecration of the Church of St. Demiana
* Departure of [[Pope Mark VII of Alexandria|St. Mark VII]], the 106th Pope of Alexandria.
* Martyrdom of [[Master Malati]]. 
|- valign="top"
|13
|8
|21
|
* Departure of [[Arsenius the Great|St. Arsenius]], tutor of [[Arcadius]] & [[Honorius (emperor)|Honorius]], the sons of Emperor [[Theodosius the Great]].
|- valign="top"
|14
|9
|22
|
* Departure of [[Pachomius|St. Pachomius]], Father of [[Cenobitic Monasticism]].
* Martyrdom of [[Epimachus of Pelusium|St. Epimachus of Pelusium]].
|- valign="top"
|15
|10
|23
|
* Martyrdom of [[Simon the Zealot|St. Simon the Zealot]].
* Martyrdom of the 400 saints in [[Dendera]]
* Commemoration of St. Mina the Deacon 
* Sidrach
|- valign="top"
|16
|11
|24
|
* Commemoration of [[John the Apostle|St. John the Evangelist]].
|- valign="top"
|17
|12
|25
|
* Departure of [[Epiphanius of Salamis|St. Epiphanius]], Bishop of [[Cyprus]].
|- valign="top"
|18
|13
|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 Route to the Monastery of St. Samuel
|- valign="top"
|19
|14
|27
|
* Departure of St. Isaac al-Qulali
* Martyrdom of St. Isidorus of Antioch
|- valign="top"
|20
|15
|28
|
* Departure of [[Saint Amun|St. Ammonius]], the Hermit.
|- valign="top"
|21
|16
|29
|
* [[Virgin mary|Holy Virgin St. Mary]], the Mother of God ([[Theotokos]]).
* Departure of St. Martinianus of [[Caesarea Maritima|Caesarea]]

|- valign="top"
|22
|17
|30
|
* Departure of [[Andronicus of Pannonia|St. Andronicus]], one of the Seventy disciples.
|- valign="top"
|23
|18
|31
|
* Departure of [[Junia (New Testament person)|St. Junia]], one of the Seventy disciples.
* Martyrdom of St. Julianus (Yulianus) and his Mother
|- valign="top"
|24
|19
|June
1
|
* Entry of the Lord [[Jesus Christ|Christ]] to [[Egypt]].
* Departure of [[Habakkuk]], the Prophet. 
* Martyrdom of the Monk [[Saint Bashnouna|St. Bashnouna]]. 
|- valign="top"
|25
|20
|2
|
* Martyrdom of [[Saint Colluthus|St. Colluthus]] of [[Antinoë]].
* Martyrdom of St. Hirutas
* Departure of [[Ibrahim El-Gohary]]. 
|- valign="top"
|26
|21
|3
|
* Martyrdom of [[Thomas the Apostle|St. Thomas the Apostle]].
|- valign="top"
|27
|22
|4
|
* Departure of [[Patriarch John III (II) of Alexandria|St. John II]], the 30th Pope of Alexandria.
* Departure of [[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]] the beloved of the Lord.
|- valign="top"
|28
|23
|5
|
* Relocation of the relics of [[Epiphanius of Salamis|St. Epiphanius]], Bishop of [[Cyprus]]. 
|- valign="top"
|29
|24
|6
|
* Departure of [[Simeon Stylites|St. Simeon the Stylite]]. 
|- valign="top"
|30
|25
|7
|
* Departure of [[Fortunatus the Apostle|St. Fortunatus]], one of the Seventy disciples.
* Departure of [[Pope Michael IV of Alexandria|St. Michael IV]], the 68th Pope of Alexandria.
* St. Dumadius & St. Simon the Little
|- valign="top"
|}

==References==
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===Citations===
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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]

{{Coptic months}}

[[Category:Months of the Coptic calendar]]
[[Category:Egyptian calendar]]
[[Category:Khonsu]]