December 21
THE CHURCHES REMEMBER...
WESTERN CATHOLICS:
 Peter Canisius (d. 1597), priest and doctor of the church (Roman calendar)
 Thomas, apostle (Spanish-Mozarabic calendar)
COPTS AND ETHIOPIANS (12 kiyahk/tahsas):
 Hadra of Assuan (4th-5th cent.), monk and bishop (Coptic Orthodox Church)
 Immaculate conception of the blessed virgin Mary (Coptic Catholic Church)
 Samuel of Waldebba (14th-15th cent.), monk (Ethiopian Church)
LUTHERANS:
 Thomas, apostle
ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND GREEK CATHOLICS:
 Juliana of Nicomedia (d. ca. 304), martyr
 George the Great, the Builder (11th cent.; Georgian Church)