Thursday, February 21, 2013

St John "Scholasticus", Patriarch of Constantinople

Commemorated on February 21

Saint John Scholasticus, Patriarch of Constantinople, was born in Sirimion near Antioch, and studied law. He was ordained a priest because of his great holiness and piety. Later he was elevated to the patriarchal throne, where he spent the years 565 to 577.

While still a presbyter, he compiled a collection of Church Rules in Fifty Chapters, and later during his time as patriarch he made a Codex of civil laws relating to the Church. From these collections was compiled the Nomocanon (i.e. "Law-canon"), used in church administration. St John also composed the "Cherubic Hymn", and "Of Thy Mystical Supper."



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