St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople

by | Feb 1, 2022 | Saints

St. John Chrysostom is a Doctor of the Church. Together with St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory the Theologian, he is called one of the Three Hierarchs. Raised by his virtuous widowed mother, John was born in 344/347 in Antioch, Syria. He was baptized around the age...

St. John the Almsgiver

by | Jan 24, 2021 | Saints

JANUARY 23 is the traditional Catholic memorial of ST. JOHN THE ALMSGIVER (+c. 619). St. John is also known as St. John the Merciful, John the Almoner, Patriarch John V of Alexandria and John Eleymon. The son of Epiphanius, the governor of Cyprus, he was born in...