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Saint John the Faster, Patriarch of Constantinople 9/15/2013
He is also commemorated on 30 of August. At the beginning he worked as an engraver, and afterwards by the Divine Providence, and owing to his great virtuousness, he was ordained as a priest. In his youthful years he walked with an old monk, Eusebius, from Palestine. Suddenly Eusebius heard a voice of someone he could not see: "Abba, do not walk on the right side of John the Great". Thus the Divine voice revealed the great service to which John was soon to be called. After the death of the blessed Eutyches, John was elected Patriarch of Constantinople. He would not accept the succession at any circumstances, but having been frightened by a heavenly vision, he changed his mind and accepted it. Until the day he died he spend his time in fasting and prayer and he was also known for the miracles he worked. After his death he was found to own nothing but a wooden spoon, a linen shirt and old clothing. His writings on repentance and confession are very well known.
