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Christian feast day: Aidan of Lindisfarne (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
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Aidan of Lindisfarne
Irish monk and saint (died 651)
Aidan of Lindisfarne was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria. He founded a ministry cathedral on the island of Lindisfarne, known as Lindisfarne Priory, served as its first bishop, and travelled ceaselessly…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Largest Lutheran denomination in the United States
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA was officially formed on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies. As of December 31, 2024, it has approximately 2.68 million…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)