April 28

 

THE CHURCHES REMEMBER...

ANGLICANS:
Peter Chanel (d. 1841), missionary in the South Pacific, martyr 

WESTERN CATHOLICS:
Peter Chanel, priest and martyr (Roman and Ambrosian calendars)
Prudentius (7th-8th cent.), bishop and martyr (Spanish-Mozarabic calendar)

COPTS AND ETHIOPIANS (20 barmudah/miyazya):
Paphnutius of Denderah (3rd-4th cent.), hermit and martyr (Coptic Church)

LUTHERANS:
Johann Gramann (d. 1541), poet in Prussia

MARONITES:
Jason and Sosipatros (1st cent.), martyrs

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND GREEK CATHOLICS:
9 martyrs of Cyzicus (3rd cent.)
Jason and Sosipatros, apostles (Melkite Church)

WEST SYRIAN ORTHODOX:
Daniel of Edessa (7th cent.), bishop