June 9

BIBLICAL READINGS

Isa 61:1-3; 1 Thess 2:2-12; Lk 12:32-37

 

THE CHURCHES REMEMBER...

ANGLICANS:
Columba, abbot of Iona, missionary
Ephrem of Syria (d. 373), deacon, hymn writer, teacher of the faith

WESTERN CATHOLICS:
Ephrem, deacon and doctor of the church (Roman and Ambrosian calendar)

COPTS AND ETHIOPIANS (2 ba'unah/sane):
Finding of the relics of John the Baptist (4th cent.; Coptic Church)

LUTHERANS:
Ephrem the Syrian, hymn writer at Edessa

MARONITES:
Alexander and Antonina (4th cent.), martyrs

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND GREEK CATHOLICS:
Cyril (d. 444), archbishop of Alexandria
John the Russian (d. 1730), confessor (Russian Church)

EAST SYRIAN ORTHODOX:
Abraham mar Kurilose Kattumangat (18th cent.), bishop

OLD CATHOLICS:
Ephrem the Syrian, confessor