Call Toll Free : 1-800-560-4999Saint John was born in the year 344 in the town of Antioch. His mother’s name was Anthusa and she was not Christian, and his father served in the military. His father passed away when he was still quite young. Anthusa took over all the duties of raising Saint John Chrysostom. Saint John Chrysostom is known as the patron saint of education because he valued his education very much when he was young. His first teacher was Libanius, who was a very well known preacher of that time.
Saint John Chrysostom chose to live as a hermit when he was finished with his education. He remained in the mountainous region just outside of Antioch for twelve years.
John’s health was not so great after spending so many years living in the wild, so he came back to civilization when it became too much to handle. John rested and was nursed back to health upon his return to Antioch, and was promptly ordained a priest once his health allowed it.
Saint John was given a high position in Constantinople after many years as a priest. He did great things for the Church while he was in this position, but that was unfortunately not very long.
Saint John had many people who disapproved of the life John had lead. A group of these people ganged up on John and got him kicked off the council and banished.
While Saint John Chrysostom was in exile, he realized that he had done no wrong. This brought solace to John and allowed him to become much more religious and spiritual than ever before.
John’s enemies who had him banished got word that Saint John was not upset with his punishment at all. This angered them all greatly, and they attempted to have John banished further away. They were successful in their attempts and John was forced to move to the city of Pythius, which was very far from Antioch.
Saint John Chrysostom would pass away before he could ever reach Pythius. His actual date of death is September 14, 407. His feast day falls on September 13th each year.
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