The twenty-fourth day of February.
Events[]
- 303: Diocletian begins his persecution of Christians.
- 1527: Various Protestant traditions join under the Anabaptist banner (according to the polygenesis theory).
- 1527: Mennonites adopt the Schleitheim Confession
- 1931: Athenagoras Spyrou assumes his position as Orthodox Archbishop of North and South America.
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Feast days[]
- Shrove Tuesday in 2009.
Roman Catholic[]
Eastern Orthodox[]
- First and Second Finding of the Head of St. John the Forerunner