Paoni 10

Paoni is the tenth month of the Coptic calendar; the tenth day of Paoni corresponds to the seventeenth day of June in the Gregorian calendar.

Fixed commemorations

Several fixed commemorations are celebrated on Paoni 10 by the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Saints

• Martyrdom of Saint Dabamon and her mother Sophia
• Departure of Pope John XVI of Alexandria (1434 A.M.), (1718 A.D.)

Commemorations

• Commemoration of the closing of the pagan temples and the opening of the Christian churches during the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great (312 A.D.)
• Enthronement of Pope Demetrius II of Alexandria