In the eighth century, during the bitter violence of iconoclasm, the head of St. John was brought to Comana, the place of exile of St. John Chrysostom. When iconoclasm ended in the year 850 A.D., during the reign of Emperor Michael and the Patriarch Ignatius, the honorable head of St. John was translated to Constantinople…
May 25, 2014 Sunday of the Man Born Blind; Third Finding of the Precious Head of the Holy, Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John
Published on: May 13, 2014