The Feast of Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary to India and Persia (Iran) d. 1831

Lord,  I love the house in which you dwell and the place where your glory abides. 
        Psalm 26:8
The Blue Mosque in Istambul

Henry Martyn translated both the New Testament and The Book of Common Prayer into Hindi and the New Testament into Persian. He also revised an Arabic translation of the New Testament.  He died in on his way to Constantinople  (Istanbul) at the age of 31. 

Photograph by Melinda Murdock - the mosque not Henry !