January 7

THE CHURCHES REMEMBER...

WESTERN CATHOLICS:
Raymond de Peñafort (d. 1275), priest (Roman and Ambrosian calendars)
Julian and Basilissa of Antinoe (3rd-4th cent.), martyrs (Spanish-Mozarabic calendar)

COPTS AND ETHIOPIANS (28 kiyahk/tahsas):
Eve of the glorious Nativity 

LUTHERANS:
Martyrs of the Holy Books (d. 303-304), in North Africa
Jakob Andreä (d. 1590), theologian from Württemberg

MARONITES:
Praise to John the Baptist

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND GREEK CATHOLICS:
Synaxis of John the Baptist

WEST SYRIAN ORTHODOX:
John the Baptist

EAST SYRIAN ORTHODOX:
Decollation of John the Baptist