April 8

 

THE CHURCHES REMEMBER...

WESTERN CATHOLICS:
Francesca Romana (d. 1440), religious (Ambrosian calendar)

COPTS AND ETHIOPIANS (30 baramhat/maggabit):
Gabriel, archangel (Coptic Church)

LUTHERANS:
Martin Chemnitz (d. 1586), theologian in Lower Saxony 

MARONITES:
Second Council of Nicea (787)

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND GREEK CATHOLICS:
Herodion, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus and Phlegon (1st cent.), apostles
Irenaeus (d. 304), bishop of Srem, hieromartyr (Serbian Church)

WEST SYRIAN ORTHODOX:
Yazdandhot of Erbil (4th cent.)