The Coptic Synaxarium · Month 10 of 13
Paona
بؤونة · Paōni
Month of Archangel Michael's Feast
8 June – 7 July
30 days
15 saint commemorations
Paona brings the first heat of summer and the whisper of the rising Nile. Its twelfth day is the great feast of Archangel Michael, intercessor for the river's flood, and through its weeks the Church often walks the fast of the Apostles.
Kept Every Month
Fixed commemorations the Church keeps in every Coptic month
Saints & Feasts of the Month
Every saint commemorated in Paona, ordered by day
2 Paona
St. John the Baptist
On this day we celebrate the commemoration of the appearance of the head of St. John the Baptist. Herod commanded his head to be cut off and brought on a platter and given to Herodias, according to her request
3 Paona
Abouna Yassa Mikhael
In the village of Kom Gharib in Upper Egypt, the life of Yassa Mikhael began without the sound of trumpets. He was born into a devout family around 1877, and from childhood the church became the place where his heart learned to breathe. He loved Scripture, hymns, and the mysteries of the Church.
3 Paona
Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Καππαδόκης | Γεώργιος ὁ Ῥωμαῖος
Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Καππαδόκης | Γεώργιος ὁ Ῥωμαῖος * Ὁ καιρὸς τοῦ μαρτυρίου αὐτοῦ. Ἡ ἀνατροφὴ αὐτοῦ. Ὁ ἄρχων Γεώργιος ὁ Ῥωμαῖος. Ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ ἡγεμόνος πρὸς αὐτόν. Ὁ ζῆλος τοῦ ἄρχοντος Γεωργίου. Ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως. Ἰσχυρότερος ἀπὸ τὴν μαγείαν καὶ τὸ δηλητήριον. Ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῶν εἰδώλων. Ἰσχυρότερος ἀπὸ πάντα πειρασμόν!
5 Paona
Anba Bshay (Ebsoy) and Anba Botros (Peter)
On this day also, the two great Sts. Anba Bshay (Ebsoy) and Anba Botros (Peter) were martyred. Their relics are located in Sedfah, the governorate of Asyut. May their prayers be with us. Amen. 3. The Commemoration of the Consecration of the church of St
12 Paona
Μιχαὴλ ὁ Ἀρχάγγελος
12 Paona
Pope Justus of Alexandria
On this day also, of the year 135 A.D., St. Justus, the Sixth Pope of the See of St. Mark , departed. This saint was an honorable and learned man before his ordination. He was baptized by St. Mark the Apostle, along with his father, his mother and others. St
13 Paona
Γαβριὴλ ὁ Ἀρχάγγελος
Ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ μνημονεύει ἡ Ἐκκλησία Γαβριὴλ τοῦ ἀρχαγγέλου τοῦ εὐαγγελιστοῦ· μεγάλη γὰρ ἡ τιμὴ αὐτοῦ παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἠξιώθη εὐαγγελίσασθαι τὸν τόκον τοῦ μονογενοῦς Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ τῇ Παρθένῳ τῇ ἁγίᾳ Μαρίᾳ.
13 Paona
St. Acacios, Bishop of Jerusalem
15 Paona
Μᾶρκος ὁ Ἀπόστολος
Μᾶρκος ὁ Ἀπόστολος καὶ Εὐαγγελιστής, ὁ κῆρυξ τῆς Χριστιανικῆς πίστεως ἐν τῇ Ἀφρικῇ. Ὁ ἅγιος Μᾶρκος ἦν ἐκ τῆς ἐν βορείῳ Ἀφρικῇ χώρας τῆς Λιβύης. Ἐγεννήθη ἐν τῇ πόλει Κυρήνῃ τῆς Πενταπόλεως, ἐν τῷ δυτικῷ μέρει τῆς Λιβύης, πρὸς δυσμὰς τῶν ὁρίων τῆς Αἰγύπτου.
16 Paona
Abouna Salib Ava Mina
Before he was known as Abouna Salib Ava Mina, he was Emil Aziz, born on 12 June 1925. His story does not begin in the desert, but in the disciplined world of family, school, church service, and work.
19 Paona
St. George El-Mozahem
Mozahem first learned longing before he learned the words for it. He was a boy in a divided house: his father belonged to one faith and his mother to another, and Egypt itself seemed to carry many such divisions in its streets, markets, and villages. Yet his mother did not argue him into Christ.
22 Paona
Pope Damian of Alexandria
قداسة البابا دميانوس البابا الخامس والثلاثون * في دير باتيرون باباويته حفظ الإيمان المستقيم
24 Paona
Ἀββᾶς Μωϋσῆς ὁ Μέλας (ὁ Ἰσχυρός)
Ὁ ἀββᾶς Μωϋσῆς ὁ Αἰθίοψ, ὁ Μέλας (περὶ 332–407 μετὰ Χριστόν)· δοῦλος καὶ ἀρχιλῃστὴς μετανοήσας διὰ τῶν ἁγίων Ἰσιδώρου καὶ Μακαρίου τοῦ Μεγάλου ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῆς Σκήτεως, ἐγένετο μοναχὸς καὶ πρεσβύτερος καὶ πατὴρ πεντακοσίων ἀδελφῶν, ὑπόδειγμα μετανοίας ἐπισημότατον ἐν τῇ ἱστορίᾳ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας. Ἐμαρτύρησεν ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων σὺν ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοῖς, καὶ τὸ λείψανον αὐτοῦ ἔστι νῦν ἐν τῇ μονῇ Παραμοῦς.
27 Paona
Ἀνανίας ὁ Ἀπόστολος ὁ Ἅγιος
Ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐμαρτύρησεν ὁ ἅγιος Ἀριστόβουλος, εἷς τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα ἀποστόλων, οὓς ἐξελέξατο καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Κύριος κηρύξαι πρὸ τοῦ πάθους αὐτοῦ.
29 Paona
Abba Hour and his Mother Theodora
On this day also, Sts. Abba Hour and his mother Theodora, were martyred. Abba Hour was a soldier in the army of Antioch. He came to Alexandria, and confessed the Lord Christ before its governor