History Series: St. Mark
History of St. Mark the Evangelist
Which Mark?
5 min readApr 25, 2024
Mark the Evangelist is the author of the earliest written gospel, the Gospel of Mark, which appeared about 30 years after the crucifixion of Jesus in the late AD ’60s.
His feast day is April 25 for Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. He is significant historically both as the writer of the…