January 3

THE CHURCHES REMEMBER...

WESTERN CATHOLICS:
Joseph, husband of the virgin Mary (Spanish-Mozarabic calendar)

COPTS AND ETHIOPIANS (24 kiyahk/tahsas)
Ignatius (d. ca. 115), patriarch of Antioch, martyr (Coptic Church)
Nativity of Takla Haymanot (d. 1313), monk (Ethiopian Church)

LUTHERANS:
Gordius (3rd cent.), martyr in Cappadocia

MARONITES:
Malachi (5th cent. BC), prophet
Gordius of Caesarea, martyr

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND GREEK CATHOLICS:
Malachi, prophet
Gordius of Caesarea, martyr
Peter (d. 1326), metropolit of Russia (Russian Church)
Macarius Chachuleli (11th cent.), monk (Georgian Church)

SIRO-ORIENTALI:
Simeon of Harran (d. 734), bishop (Assyrian Church)
Kuriakose Elias Chavara (d. 1871), religious (Malabar Church)