Damaskin John Biography

Article from the Encyclopedia "Tree": Drevo-info. VII - approx. Byzantine theologian, philosopher, poet, systematizer of Greek patrician, one of the fathers of the Eastern Church. Leading ideological opponent of iconocraticism. The author of the chants that contributed to the design of the Byzantine system of osmogliness. On December 4, John was from Damascus on December 4, he wore a hereditary nickname Mansur, which means: "Victive." The year of his birth is precisely indefinitely, it was the end of the VII century.

The father of John, named Sergius Ibn-Serjun, was a Christian, served at the Caliph’s court, with the rank of “Great Logofet”, that is, a tax collector, more or rather, a salesman or an weteror. Taking advantage of his high position, he redeemed captive Christians, delivered death from his threatening and provided the necessary assistance. Subsequently, he was replaced by John himself.

Caliph John received a good education. According to legend, he studied with the foster brother of Kosma subsequently Mayum from a certain prisoner monk from Calabria, also by the name of Kosm. He had theological interests very early. John Damaskin. XIV century. Anna on Athos when in Byzantium arose and quickly spread the heresy of the iconocraticism, supported by Emperor Leo III Isaur -, Rev.

John defended Orthodox icon reverence and wrote three treatises “Against the censer of the holy icons”. Provinging the dogmas of icon veneration, he cited the words of St. Basil the Great, who taught that veneration of the icon dates back to its primary. The wise, godless scriptures of St. John and their influence on the consciousness of people led the emperor as a rage.

But, since their author was not a Byzantine subject, he could neither imprison nor execute him. The emperor resorted to slander. On his order on behalf of John, a fake letter was compiled, in which the latter seemed to offer the emperor his help in the conquest of the Syrian capital. The emperor Lev Isaurus sent this letter to the caliph. The caliph, not suspecting the forgery, ordered John from his post, cut off his right hand brush and hang her in the city center for public display.

In the evening, at the request of St. John Caliph, he ordered him to return his cut off his hand. Exhausted, he dozed off in prayer and saw the Mother of God. The Mostble said that his hand was healthy, and ordered her to work hard to her for the glory of God. Waking up, St. John felt his hand and saw it healed. In memory of this marvelous miracle, the Monk John wore boards on his head, which his cut -off hand was charged, and all his future life with gratitude and love praised the Most Holy Theotokos in his works.

Since then, such a right hand has been drawn on all lists from a miraculous image, called the “Three -Man” see monk. John Damaskin, having learned about the miracle, the caliph realized that St. John was not guilty, asked him for forgiveness and wanted to return his former position. But the Rev. distributed his wealth and, together with his foster brother, went to Jerusalem.

They were accepted by simple novices in the laurel of the Monk Savva Sanctified. Florovsky writes: "We do not know exactly when John retired from the yard and shut up in the monastery of St. Savva. It can be assumed that already before the beginning of the iconoclastic unrest." None of the monastery fraternity, knowing that the novice John is wise and noble, did not agree to be his spiritual mentor.

Only one simple old man agreed to this, who began to strictly educate the spirit of obedience and humility in the student.

He forbade St. John to write and instructed to forget all worldly sciences. Once the old man gathered a lot of baskets made by the monks of the monastery, and sent the Monk to Damascus to sell them at an excessively high price. Having made a painful path under the sultry sun, the former nobleman, dressed in poor clothes, walked around the Damascus market. Those who want to buy baskets, hearing their price, scolded and insulted John.

The Monk was recognized by his former servant, was surprised at his beggarly appearance and humility and bought all the baskets at the appointed price. After some time in the monastery, one of the monks died in the monastery. His brother asked the Monk John to write a tombstone for consolation. The Monk John refused for a long time, afraid to break the elder’s ban, but out of mercy lost his requests and wrote his famous tombstones: “Kaya everyday sweetness is not involved in disobedience the elder expelled the Monk John from his cell, but the monks began to ask for him.

Then the elder imposed a heavy penance on the Monk John: to clean all the latrine in the monastery. The reverend with diligence fulfilled this obedience; Even a harsh mentor was surprised at such humility. A few days later, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in a night vision of the elder and said: “Why did you bargain a source that could exude sweet and abundant water not to prevent the source from leaking in these works of the Monk encouraged and helped him the adoptive brother of Cosmas, which was later put into the bishop of the Mayum by the Jerusalem by Patriarch John.The same Patriarch ordained the Monk John to the priest and appointed him a preacher at his department no later than a year.

But the Monk John soon returned to the laurel of St. Savva, where he worked until the end of his days. The death, according to St. John at the Constantinople Cathedral, exposed the iconoclastvo for the year. He was concluded and tortured, which the Monk John stubbornly suffered and, by the grace of God, survived, stopped by about a year at the age of years and being buried in the laurel of St.

Savva [2]. Saint Dimitri Rostov in his lives indicates the same age and death of about a year. However, Archpriest George Florovsky says that: “We don’t know the death of the Rev., we can think that he died before the iconoclastic cathedral of the year. The place of burial entrance to the cave on the left and the tomb of St. John Damaskin in the center. Laurine of the Rev.

Savva of the Steaded. Jewish desert. Is located north of the Arkhangelsk Church, higher The last professor of Josef from the Institute of Archeology of the University of Jercheology indicates that the chapel was arranged in the cell of John Damaskin after his death and consecrated in his honor [3]. John Damaskin - John the Baptist [5]. The veneration of Shuits is the left hand of the Monk John Damaskin.

Voskresensky Novodevichy Convent. Despite the great significance of his works, we know a little about the great importance of his works, we know a little, since his lives known to us were composed in the XI century, and it is not easy to single out indisputable and reliable in them. Under the Byzantine emperor Andronik II, the holy relics of St. John were transferred to Constantinople.

Part of the relics is also located in the Kazan Church of the Novodevichy Monastery in St. Petersburg. In troparia, voice 3 from the Greek Minea [7]. Minea literature - December, volume of the Moscow Patriarchate, - Florovsky, Turan Denis. Ru, October 3 years:.