Venerable Joannicius the Great.
Venerable Ioannikios the Great was born in Bithynia in the eighth century and served for years as a soldier before leaving the world for the monastic life on Mount Olympus in Asia Minor. There he lived in great asceticism and prayer, receiving gifts of prophecy and wonderworking, and he stood with the venerators of the holy icons in the troubled years of iconoclasm.
He reposed in peace in old age, revered by monks and hierarchs alike as one of the great ascetics of his time. He is commemorated on November 4.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Ioannikios the Great is commemorated on November 4. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on November 17 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on November 4
Nicander of Myra and Hermaeus
Hierarch, Νίκανδρος και Ερμαίος
Hieromartyrs Nicander, Bishop of Myra, and Hermaeus the Presbyter, ordained by the Apostle Titus.
Porphyrios the Mime
Martyr, Πορφύριος ο Μίμος
Holy Martyr Porphyrios the actor, who was converted while mocking Baptism on stage.
John Vatatzes the Merciful
Saint, Ιωάννης Βατάτζης ο Ελεήμων
Saint John III Doukas Vatatzes, the merciful Emperor of Nicaea.
George Karslidis
Venerable, Γεώργιος Καρσλίδης
Venerable George Karslidis the Confessor, elder of the Ascension monastery at Sipsa, Drama.
Mercurius the Faster of the Kiev Caves
Venerable, Μερκούριος ο Νηστευτής
Venerable Mercurius the Faster of the Kiev Caves Lavra.
Icon: public domain image from Wikimedia Commons.
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