John of Constantinople
John of Constantinople  | |
|---|---|
| Confessor of the Faith, Venerable | |
| Born | Irinoupolis | 
| Died | 839 Aphousia (now modern-day Avşa, Turkey)  | 
| Honored in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church  | 
| Feast | 27 April (Eastern Orthodox) 19 April (Roman Catholic)  | 
John of Constantinople (died 839), also known as John the Confessor,[1] was an abbot of the Cathares Monastery, in Constantinople. He clashed with the Byzantine Emperor Leo the Armenian, who was instituting a policy of iconoclasm. John survived torture for his iconodulism. He is considered a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church[2] and the Roman Catholic Church,[3] and is celebrated by them on 27 April and 18 April respectively.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b "www.synaxaristis - ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ". www.synaxarion.gr. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
 - ^ Orthodox Holiness:: Around the Church Year With St John
 - ^ Saint of the Day, April 27 at SaintPatrickDC.org. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
 - ^ "POMOG - Protection of the Mother of God Church, Rochester NY". archive.ph. 2012-06-29. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2024-08-16.