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.)