Paopi ( cop, Ⲡⲁⲱⲡⲉ, ''Paōpe''), also known as Phaophi ( grc-gre, Φαωφί, ''Phaōphí'') and Babah. ( ar, بابه, ''Baba''), is the second month of the ancient

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and Coptic calendars. It lasts between 11 October and 9 November of the

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, unless the previous Coptic year was a leap year. The month of Paopi is the second month of the Season of '' Akhet'' (Inundation) in Ancient Egypt, when the

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inundated the land. (They have not done so since the construction of the High Dam at

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Paopi means "that of Opet", for the month originally celebrated the "Beautiful feast of Opet". The ancient Egyptians believed that during this month, the sun deity

Amon-Ra Amun (; also ''Amon'', ''Ammon'', ''Amen''; egy, jmn, reconstructed as (Old Egyptian and early Middle Egyptian) → (later Middle Egyptian) → (Late Egyptian), cop, Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ, Amoun) romanized: ʾmn) was a major ancient Egyptian ...

travelled from

Karnak The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak (, which was originally derived from ar, خورنق ''Khurnaq'' "fortified village"), comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt. Constr ...

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to celebrate the famous festival of Opet.

Coptic Synaxarium of the month of Paopi

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Synaxarium of the month of Babah
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Coptic Synaxarium of the month of Paopi

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