February 24
Reading:
The first finding came to pass during the middle years of
the fourth century, through a revelation of the holy Forerunner to two
monks, who came to Jerusalem to worship our Saviour's Tomb. One of them
took the venerable head in a clay jar to Emesa in Syria. After his
death it went from the hands of one person to another, until it came
into the possession of a certain priest-monk named Eustathius, an Arian.
Because he ascribed to his own false belief the miracles wrought
through the relic of the holy Baptist, he was driven from the cave in
which he dwelt, and by dispensation forsook the holy head, which was
again made known through a revelation of Saint John, and was found in a
water jar, about the year 430, in the days of the Emperor Theodosius the
Younger, when Uranius was Bishop of Emesa.
Apolytikion of 1st & 2nd Finding of the Head of the Forerunner in the Fourth Tone
The Forerunner's sacred head, having dawned forth from the earth,
doth send incorruption's rays unto the faithful, whereby they find
healings of their ills. From on high he gathereth the choirs of the
Angels and on earth he summoneth the whole race of mankind, that they
with one voice might send up glory to Christ our God.
Kontakion of 1st & 2nd Finding of the Head of the Forerunner in the Second Tone
Since we have obtained thy head as a most sacred rose from out of
the earth, O Forerunner of grace divine, we receive sure healing in
every hour, O Prophet of God the Lord; for again, now as formerly, thou
preachest repentance unto all the world.
SOURCE:
SAINT OR FEAST POSTED THIS DATE 2014(with 2013's link here also and further:, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and even 2008!):
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