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Christian feast day: Henry Martyn (Anglican Communion)
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Henry Martyn
English Anglican priest and missionary in India and Persia
Henry Martyn was an Anglican priest and missionary to the peoples of India and Persia. Born in Truro, Cornwall, he was educated at Truro Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge. A chance encounter with Charles Simeon led him to become a missionary. He was ordained a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Anglican Communion
International Christian communion
The Anglican Communion is a Christian communion consisting of the Church of England and other autocephalous national and regional churches in full communion. The archbishop of Canterbury in England acts as a focus of unity, recognised as primus inter pares, but does not exercise…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)