May 12

THE CHURCHES REMEMBER...

WESTERN CATHOLICS:
Nereus and Achilleus (3rd-4th cent.), martyrs
Pancras (3rd-4th cent.), martyr (Roman and Ambrosian calendars)

COPTS AND ETHIOPIANS (4 basans/genbot):
John I (d. ca. 503), 29th patriarch of Alexandria (Coptic Orthodox Church)

LUTHERANS:
Pancras, martyr at Rome

MARONITES:
Epiphanius (d. 403), bishop of Salamina

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND GREEK CATHOLICS:
Epiphanius, bishop of Salamina
German (d. ca. 740), archbishop of Constantinople and confessor
Basil of Ostrog (d. 1671), bishop and thaumaturge (Serbian Church)
John Vlachos (d. 1662), neomartyr (Romanian Church)

WEST SYRIAN ORTHODOX:
'Azizail of Samosata (d. 304), martyr