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Christian feast day: Shemon bar Sabbae
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Shemon bar Sabbae
Patriarch of the Church of the East
Mar Shimun Bar Sabbae was the Syriac Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, from Persia, the de facto head of the Church of the East, until his death. He was bishop during the persecutions of King Shapur II of the Sasanian Empire of Iran, and was executed along with many of his…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
April 17
Day of the year
April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 258 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)