February 24
From Christianity Knowledge Base
The twenty-fourth day of February.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
[edit] Feast days
- Shrove Tuesday in 2009.
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[edit] Eastern Orthodox
- First and Second Finding of the Head of St. John the Forerunner
