March 23

 

THE CHURCHES REMEMBER...

WESTERN CATHOLICS:
Turibius de Mongrovejo (d. 1606), bishop (Roman calendar)

COPTS AND ETHIOPIANS (14 baramhat/maggabit):
Eugenius, Agathodorus and Elpidius of Cherson (4th cent.), bishops and martyrs (Coptic Orthodox Church)
Dionysius (d. 264), patriarch of Alexandria (Coptic Catholic Church)

LUTHERANS:
Wolfgang von Anhalt (d. 1566), supporter of the Reformation

MARONITES:
Nikon (d. 251), martyr
Rebecca ar-Rayyes (d. 1914), nun

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND GREEK CATHOLICS:
Nikon of Sicily and his 199 companions, monks and martyrs
John Chachuleli (10th-11th cent.), monk (Georgian Church)