Martin Luther King Jr.

== Veneration ==
{{Infobox saint|name=Martin Luther King of Georgia|image=|caption=Icon|titles=Pastor and Martyr|feast_day=April 4<br />January 15 (Episcopalian and Lutheran)|honored_in=Holy Christian Orthodox Church<br />[[Episcopal Church (United States)]]<br />[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]]|canonized_date=September 9, 2016|canonized_place=The Christian Cathedral|canonized_by=Timothy Paul Baymon}}
King was [[Canonization|canonized]] by Archbishop [[Timothy Paul Baymon|Timothy Paul]] of the Holy Christian Orthodox Church on September 9, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Martin Luther King Jr. made a saint by American church – Premier Christian News |date=September 14, 2016 |url=https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/martin-luther-king-jr-made-a-saint-by-american-church |access-date=April 24, 2021 |website=premierchristian.news |language=en |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424165651/https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/martin-luther-king-jr-made-a-saint-by-american-church |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Holy Communion Of Churches |url=https://holycommunionofchurches.org/ |access-date=April 24, 2021 |website=Holy Communion Of Churches |language=en |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424165650/https://holycommunionofchurches.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=PAGE |first=Orthodoxy Cognate |date=September 15, 2016 |title=Martin Luther King Jr. Canonized by the Unrecognized 'Holy Christian Orthodox Church' |url=https://theorthodoxchurch.info/blog/news/martin-luther-king-jr-canonized-by-the-unrecognized-holy-christian-orthodox-church/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424165650/https://theorthodoxchurch.info/blog/news/martin-luther-king-jr-canonized-by-the-unrecognized-holy-christian-orthodox-church/ |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |access-date=April 24, 2021 |website=News {{!}} Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|title=The Holy Christian Orthodox Church Announces the Sainthood of Martin Luther King Jr. of Georgia – Standard Newswire|url=http://www.standardnewswire.com/news/4841511698.html|access-date=April 24, 2021|website=www.standardnewswire.com|archive-date=April 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424165650/http://www.standardnewswire.com/news/4841511698.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Christian Cathedral – Community. Worship. Purpose|url=https://www.thechristiancathedral.org/|access-date=April 24, 2021|language=en-US|archive-date=April 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424165652/https://www.thechristiancathedral.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref> His feast day was set as April 4, the date of his assassination. King is also honored with a Lesser Feast on the [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|liturgical calendar]] of the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://extranet.generalconvention.org/staff/files/download/21034|title=Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018|access-date=April 24, 2021|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125225221/https://extranet.generalconvention.org/staff/files/download/21034|url-status=live}}</ref> on April 4 or January 15, the anniversary of his birth. The [[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] commemorates King liturgically on January 15.<ref>{{cite web|title=Church Year and Calendar|url=http://www.stbartlutheran.org/churchyearcalendar.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216045355/http://www.stbartlutheran.org/churchyearcalendar.htm|archive-date=February 16, 2013|access-date=January 10, 2013|publisher=St. Bartholomew Lutheran Church}}</ref>