The Coptic Synaxarium · Month 10 of 13
Paona
بؤونة · Paōni
Month of Archangel Michael's Feast
8 Juun – 7 Luuliyo
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
Mar Jirjis (Saint George)
Shahiidka Jaorjiyos oo Kabbadokiya ka soo jeeda | Mar Jirjis Roomaaniga * Wakhtigii shahiidnimadiisa Korriinkiisa Amiir Jaorjiyos Roomaaniga Jacaylkii taliyuhu u qabay Qiiradii Amiir Jaorjiyos Boqorka hortiisa Wuxuu ka xoog badnaa sixir iyo sun Macbadkii sanamyada Wuxuu ka xoog badnaa duufsi kasta!
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
Malaa'igta Sare Mikaa'iil
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
Malaa'igta Sare Jibriil
Maalintan, Kaniisaddu waxay xusuusataa Malaa'igta Sare Jibriil ee bishaaraha keenay, waayo sharaftiisu way ku weyn tahay Ilaah agtiisa, oo wuxuu mudnaa inuu Bikradda Maryan Quduuska ah u sheego dhalashada Wiilkiisa Madigiisa ah.
13 Paona
St. Acacios, Bishop of Jerusalem
15 Paona
Maar Markos Rasuulka
Korriinkiisa, xidhiidhkiisa Sayidka Masiix, wacdigiisa, Injiilkiisa, aasaaskii Dugsiga Laahuutiga, iyo Qaddiis Markos iyo libaaxa.
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
Mukaddas Muuse Madowga (Aabbe Muuse Xoogga badan)
Anba Muuse Madoobe (qiyaastii 332–407): addoon iyo madax budhcadeed toobad keenay gacanta Qaddiis Iisiidooros iyo Qaddiis Maqaariyos Weyn ee lamadegaanka Shiihiit; wuxuu noqday raahib, wadaad, iyo aabbe shan boqol oo walaalo ah, waana astaamaha toobadda ugu caansan taariikhda Kaniisadda. Barbariinta ayaa shahiid ka dhigay isaga iyo toddoba walaalo ah, jidhkiisuna hadda wuxuu yaal guriga raahibbada ee El-Baramuus.
27 Paona
Saynt Ananiyas Rasuulka
Maalintan ayaa la dilay (shahiidnimo) Quduuska Aristobulus, mid ka mid ah toddobaatanka rasuul ee uu Rabbigu doortay oo u diray inay wax wacdiyaan ka hor dhibaatadiisa.
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