December 23

 

THE CHURCHES REMEBER...

WESTERN CATHOLICS:
John of Kety (d. 1473), priest (Roman calendar)

COPTS AND ETHIOPIANS (14 kiyahk/tahsas):
Behnam and Sarah of Persia (4th cent.), martyrs (Coptic Orthodox Church)
Ammonaria (d. 250), martyr (Coptic Catholic Church)

LUTHERANS:
Anne Dubourg (d. 1559), witness to the point of bloodshed in France

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND GREEK CATHOLICS:
10 martyrs of Crete (3rd cent.)
John Brankovic (16th cent.; Serbian Church)