Optional Memoral of St. John Damascene, 676-749; followed his father in a government position under the Arabs; resigned, and went to the monastery of St. Sabas; known for his writings against the iconoclasts, for his treatise, “Exposition of the Orthodox Faith,” and as a poet
Optional Memoral of St. John Damascene, 676-749; followed his father in a government position under the Arabs; resigned, and went to the monastery of St. Sabas; known for his writings against the iconoclasts, for his treatise, “Exposition of the Orthodox Faith,” and as a poet