Saint of the Day for December 4
Saint of the Day
Liturgical calendar Saint John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church
John of Damascus
Priest and Doctor of the Church
John of Damascus or John Damascene, born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, was a Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist. He was born and raised in Damascus c. AD 675 or AD 676; the precise date and place of his death is not known, though tradition places it at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem, on 4 December AD 749. A polymath whose fields of interest and contribution included law, theology, philosophy, and music, he was given the by-name of Chrysorroas. He wrote works expounding the Christian faith, and composed hymns which are still used both liturgically in Eastern Christian practice throughout the world as well as in western Lutheranism at Easter.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- John of DamascusChristian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)
- Clement of AlexandriaChristian theologian (c.150-c.215)
- Saint Barbaraearly Christian saint and martyr, from Nicomedia (273-306)
- Heraclas of Alexandriapatriarch of Alexandria from 232 to 248
- Anno II, Archbishop of CologneArchbishop of Cologne from 1056 to 1075
- St. AdaSaint, nun, abbess
- Sigiramnusmerovingian saint
Bible Verse of the Day
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
On December 4 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.