The Coptic Synaxarium · Month 10 of 13
Paona
بؤونة · Paōni
Month of Archangel Michael's Feast
8 Yuni – 7 Yuli
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
Mai Shahada Girgis na Kabadokiya | Mar Girgis Baroma
Mai Shahada Girgis na Kabadokiya | Mar Girgis Baroma * Lokacin shahadarsa Girmansa Sarki Girgis Baroma Kaunar gwamna gare shi Himmar Sarki Girgis A gaban sarki Ya fi sihiri da guba karfi A cikin haikalin gumaka Ya fi kowace jaraba karfi!
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
Babban Mala'ika Mika'ilu
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
Shugaban Mala'iku Gabriyel
A wannan rana, Coci na tunawa da Shugaban Mala'iku Gabriyel mai shelar albishir, gama girmansa yana da yawa a wurin Allah, ya cancanci ya yi shelar haihuwar Ɗan Allah makaɗaici ga Budurwa Maryamu Mai Tsarki.
13 Paona
St. Acacios, Bishop of Jerusalem
15 Paona
Mai Tsarki Markus Manzo
Mai Tsarki Markus Manzo kuma Mai Wa'azin Bishara, Mai Wa'azin Bangaskiyar Kirista a Afirka. Mai Tsarki Markus ya kasance dan kasar Libiya da ke Arewacin Afirka. An haife shi a birnin Sairin da ke Bentafolis, yankin yamma na Libiya, yamma da iyakar Masar. Mai Tsarki...
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
Mai Tsarki Musa Baƙar Fata (Anba Musa Mai Ƙarfi)
Anba Musa Baƙar Fata (wajen 332–407 Miladiyya): bawa kuma shugaban 'yan fashi wanda ya tuba a hannun tsarkaka Isidorus da Makariyus Babba a hamadar Shihit, ya zama sufi da firist da uba ga 'yan'uwa ɗari biyar, ɗaya kuma daga cikin fitattun alamomin tuba a tarihin Ikilisiya. Barbarawa sun kashe shi tare da 'yan'uwa bakwai a matsayin shahidi, jikinsa kuwa yana yanzu a gidan sufaye na El-Baramous.
27 Paona
Mai Tsarki Hananiya Manzo
A wannan rana ne aka yi wa Mai Tsarki Aristobulus shahada, daya daga cikin manzanni saba'in da Ubangiji ya zaba ya kuma aika su yi wa'azi kafin azabarsa.
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