August 14

THE CHURCHES REMEMBER...

ANGLICANS:
Maximilian Kolbe (d. 1941), friar, martyr

WESTERN CATHOLICS:
Maximilian Maria Kolbe, priest and martyr (Roman calendar)
Simplicianus (4th cent.), bishop of Milan (Ambrosian calendar)

COPTS AND ETHIOPIANS (8 misra/nahasse):
The Maccabee martyrs (d. 166 a.C.; Coptic Church)

LUTHERANS:
Georg Balthasar (d. 1629), witness to the point of bloodshed in Bohemia
Florence Nightingale (d. 1910), benefactrice in England

MARONITES:
Marcellus (4th cent.), bishop of Apamea, martyr; Michea (8th cent. BCE), prophet

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND GREEK CATHOLICS:
Forefeast of the Dormition of the most holy Mother of God
Michea, prophet