Editing Ignatius of Antioch (section)

== Veneration ==
Ignatius' [[calendar of saints|feast day]] was kept in his own Antioch on 17 October, the day on which he is now celebrated in the [[Catholic Church]] and generally in [[western Christianity]], although from the 12th century until 1969 it was put at 1 February in the [[General Roman Calendar]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_zJJtvK2_KsC&dq=Ignatius+antioch+feast&pg=PA220 Farmer, David, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Saints''], [[Oxford University Press]], 2011 {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002222549/https://books.google.com/books?id=_zJJtvK2_KsC&dq=Ignatius+antioch+feast&pg=PA220 |date=2 October 2023 }} {{ISBN|978-0-19959660-7}}), p. 220</ref><ref>''Calendarium Romanum'' (Vatican City, 1969), p. 106</ref>

In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] it is observed on 20 December.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America |url=https://www.antiochian.org/1102795951 |access-date=25 July 2020 |website=antiochian.org |archive-date=25 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725225010/https://www.antiochian.org/1102795951 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Synaxarium]] of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]] places it on the 24th of the Coptic Month of [[Koiak]] (which is also the 24th day of the fourth month of Tahisas in the Synaxarium of the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]]), corresponding in three years out of every four to 20 December in the [[Julian Calendar]], which currently falls on 2 January of the [[Gregorian Calendar]].

Ignatius is honored in the [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Church of England]] and in the [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]] on [[October 17|17 October]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Calendar |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar |access-date=27 March 2021 |website=The Church of England |language=en |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309204842/https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bEq7DwAAQBAJ |title=Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018 |date=17 December 2019 |publisher=Church Publishing |isbn=978-1-64065-235-4 |language=en}}</ref> Likewise, [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Churches]] honor Ignatius on 17 October.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Lutheran Service Book |publisher=[[Concordia Publishing House]] |date=2006 |isbn=978-0-7586-1217-5 |pages=xiii}}</ref>