Who are celebrating today, Monday, September 26?

Today, Monday, September 26, is the metastasis of the evangelist John the theologian, Saint and righteous Gideon.

He is not celebrating a name today. The metastasis of Saint John the Theologian is, however, a great celebration of Orthodoxy.

The Metastasis of Saint John the Theologian

John was the son of Zebedee and Salome and the brother of the Apostle James and before he was called to the apostolic office he was a fisherman by profession. John together with Peter and his brother James was always in the first row of the Apostles and he alone followed Jesus Christ to the Cross and then took the Virgin Mary under his protection.

After the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans (70) he settled in Ephesus and from there he was later exiled to Patmos, where, according to tradition, he wrote the book of Revelation. From Patmos he returned to Ephesus, where he stayed and died peacefully in a very old age about the year 100.

In the last years of his life he repeated the same phrase to everyone: “my children, love one another”. They asked him why that is all he constantly says, and he answered that it is the Lord’s command and that is enough.

John wrote the fourth Gospel, which begins with the well-known words “In the beginning was the Word…” and deals with the divinity of the Divine Word, that is, Jesus Christ. For this reason, John the Evangelist is called by the Church a Theologian.

The New Testament, in addition to the Gospel and the Apocalypse, also includes the three Catholic Epistles, written by John. In all his works, more than the other Evangelists and Apostles, he preaches love, which is why, along with the other titles, he is also called the Evangelist of love.

With information from ekklisiaonline

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