Iconographer: KartsonaionCommemorates on: December 4.Saint John was born in Damascus about die year 675 ,the son of wealthy and pious parents,
of the family of Mansur. He was reared together with Saint Cosmas (see Oct. 14). who had been adopted by Joints father Sergius, a man of high rank in the service of the Caliph of Damascus. Both of these young men were instructed by a certain monk,also named Cosmas, who had been taken captive in Italy by the Arabs and later ransomed by Johns Father. Saint John became a great philosopher and enlightener of the age in which he
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Commemorates on : November 13Saint John was surnamed Chrysostom (Golden-mouth) because of his eloquence.He was born in Antioch the Great in the year 344 or 347 and gave up his soul to the Lord near Comana in Pontus, at the chapel of the Martyr Basiliscus, who had appeared to him shortly before, foretelling the day of his death, which came to pass on September 14, 407. His last words were Glory be to God for all things.He made exhaustive commentaries on the divine Scriptures and was the author of more works than any other Church Father, leaving us complete commentaries
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Iconographer: Ginala Mar.Commemorates on : November 12 Saint John was born in 555 on the island of Cyprus in the city of Amathus; his father, Epiphanius, was a ruler of Cyprus. The Saint was consecrated Archbishop of Alexandria in 608. A man of exemplary uprightness, in his zeal for Orthodoxy he strove mightily to fight the many heresies among the Christians in Egypt; but above all, he was famous for his singular generosity, humility, and sympathy towards all, especially the poor. His mercy was so great that the report of it reached the Persian invaders of Jerusalem, who desired to
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Iconographer: Holy Monastery of St.Ioannis KalybitesCommemorates on: January 15Saint John, who was from Constantinople, was the son of illustrious parents Eutropius the Senator and Theodora. At twelve years of age he departed secretly from his home and went to the Monastery of the Unsleeping. Aflame with longing for his parents, he returned after six years to his fathers home in the guise of a pauper and beggar. Living in a small hut at the gates of his parents house (wherefrom he is called “hut-dweller”), he remained unknown therein for many years, and suffered mockery at the hands of those who
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Iconographer: Sister KassianiCommemorates on: May 8This Apostle was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and the brother of James the elder. First a fisherman by trade, he became an Apostle and the beloved Disciple of Christ. Only he of all the Disciples followed Him even to the Cross, and was entrusted with the care of our Saviours Mother, as it were another son to her, and a brother of Christ the Teacher. After this, he preached throughout Asia Minor, especially in Ephesus. When the second persecution against the Christians began in the year 96
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APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST SAINT JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN, THE VISHagiographer
HOLY MONASTERY OF SAINT JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN, PATMOS, GREECE
This Apostle was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and the brother of James the elder. First a fisherman by trade, he became an Apostle and the beloved Disciple of Christ. Only he of all the Disciples followed Him even to the Cross, and was entrusted with the care of our Saviours Mother, as it were another son to her, and a brother of Christ the Teacher. After this, he preached throughout Asia Minor, especially in
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APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST SAINT JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN WITH SAINT PROCHORUS THE APOSTLE, IN CAVE, FULL BODY
Iconographer: MONK MELETIOS SYKIOTES, MOUNT ATHOSCommemorates on: May 8This Apostle was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and the brother of James the elder. First a fisherman by trade, he became an Apostle and the beloved Disciple of Christ. Only he of all the Disciples followed Him even to the Cross, and was entrusted with the care of our Saviours Mother, as it were another son to her, and a brother of Christ the Teacher. After this, he
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Iconographer: Sister KassianiCommemorates on: July 29Saint Kallinikos was from Cilicia. Because he preached Christ and turned many pagans away from the idols, he was seized by Sacerdon the Governor, who subjected him to many tortures, then had him shod with shoes in which nails had been fixed upright, and compelled him to run to the city of Gangra, where he was burned alive in a furnace.
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Iconographer: Holy Monastery Of St.Meletios,OinoiSaint Julitta was from the city of Iconium. Fearing the persecution of Diocletian, she took her son Cyricus, who was three years old, and departed for Seleucia; but finding the same evil there, she went over to Tarsus in Cilicia, where the ruler arrested her. He took her son from her and tried with flatteries to draw the youth to himself. But the little one, in his childish voice, called on the Name of Christ and kicked the ruler in the belly so hard, that the tyrant became enraged and cast him down the steps of
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Iconographer: Vranos Nik.Commemorates on: August 10This Saint, who was born in Spain, was the Archdeacon of the Church of Rome, caring for the sacred vessels of the Church and distributing money to the needy. About the year 257, a harsh persecution was raised up against the Christians by Valerian. Pope Sixtus, who was from Athens, was commanded to worship the idols, and refused; before his martyrdom by beheading, he committed to Laurence all the sacred vessels of the Church. When Laurence was arrested and brought before the Prefect, he was questioned concerning the treasures of the Church; he asked for
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