December 18
THE CHURCHES REMEBER...
WESTERN CATHOLICS:
Holy Mary (Spanish-Mozarabic calendar)
COPTS AND ETHIOPIANS (9 kiyahk/tahsas):
Poemen (4th cent.), martyr without bloodshed (Coptic Church)
LUTHERANS:
Winnebald (d. 761) and Willibald (d. 787), apostles in Franconia
MARONITES:
Daniel (6th cent. BC), prophet
ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND GREEK CATHOLICS:
Sebastian of Rome and companions (d. ca. 287), martyrs
Daniel Sihastrul (d. 1482), hesychast (Romanian Church)
EAST SYRIAN ORTHODOX:
Miracle of the cross of St Thomas (Malabar Church)