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[[File:Saint Joannicius the Great.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Eastern Orthodox Icon of Saint Joannicius the Great.]] |
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Venerable Saint '''Joannicius the Great''', in original Greek '''Ioannikios the Great''' ({{lang-el|Όσιος Ιωαννίκιος ο Μέγας}} 752, village [[Marikat]], [[Bithynia]] - † November 4, 846 in [[Antidium]]) - respected [[Byzantine]] Christian [[saint]], [[Wise old man|sage]], theologian, [[prophet]] and wonderworker, the hermit of [[Uludağ|Mount Olympus]] (today known as [[Uludağ]], near ancient [[Prussa]], modern [[Bursa]], [[Turkey]]), [[monk]] and abbot. One of the greatest monks of Christian East. |
Venerable Saint '''Joannicius the Great''', in original Greek '''Ioannikios the Great''' ({{lang-el|Όσιος Ιωαννίκιος ο Μέγας}} 752, village [[Marikat]], [[Bithynia]] - † November 4, 846 in [[Antidium]]) - respected [[Byzantine]] Christian [[saint]], [[Wise old man|sage]], theologian, [[prophet]] and wonderworker, the hermit of [[Uludağ|Mount Olympus]] (today known as [[Uludağ]], near ancient [[Prussa]], modern [[Bursa]], [[Turkey]]), [[monk]] and abbot. One of the greatest monks of Christian East. |
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==Monastic life and studies== |
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While he was at a monastery near [[Bursa]], second [[iconoclastic movement]] came in 818, although Joannicius earlier supported the iconoclasts, but this time we see him as a strong opponent of them. He was a respected saint along with other saints of his time, and on occasions consulted by [[Saint Theodore the Studite]] and [[Saint Methodius of Constantinople]]. |
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==Miracles and spiritual gifts== |
==Miracles and spiritual gifts== |
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Revision as of 17:57, 26 December 2010
Venerable Saint Joannicius the Great, in original Greek Ioannikios the Great (Greek: Όσιος Ιωαννίκιος ο Μέγας 752, village Marikat, Bithynia - † November 4, 846 in Antidium) - respected Byzantine Christian saint, sage, theologian, prophet and wonderworker, the hermit of Mount Olympus (today known as Uludağ, near ancient Prussa, modern Bursa, Turkey), monk and abbot. One of the greatest monks of Christian East.
Miracles and spiritual gifts
His feast day is November 4 (in Catholic Church, new Gregorian calendar) / November 17 (in Orthodox Church, old Julian calendar)
Links and references
Categories:
- Byzantine hermits
- Eastern Catholic monks
- Roman Catholic monks
- Eastern Orthodox monks
- Eastern Catholic saints
- Roman Catholic saints
- Eastern Orthodox saints
- Byzantine saints
- 752 births
- 846 deaths
- Church Fathers
- Byzantine theologians
- Greek Christian monks
- Saints from Anatolia
- Anatolian Roman Catholic saints
- Greek Roman Catholic saints
- Greek saints
- 8th-century Byzantine people
- 9th-century Byzantine people
- 9th-century Christian saints
- Byzantine Iconoclasm