Today, Tuesday (24.6.2025) according to panelthe Church celebrates the birthday of the Holy Forerunner and Baptist John, the Symphony of Zachariou and Elizabeth of its generators, while honoring the memory of Hosios Henry of the Oxer.
The names that celebrate today, according to the calendar, are:
Henry, Eric *
The birthday of St. John of the Baptist and Baptist
Today, our Holy Church celebrates the birth of the glorious Prophet and Baptist John. Zacharia’s father was a priest. One day at the time of incense, he saw in the sacrificial Angel of the Lord, who announced that he would have a son he would call John. Zacharias squeezed for joy, but he was distrust.
His wife was elderly and sterile and so it was impossible to pregnancy and these doubts expressed them to the Angel who replied that the child would be born and he would be punished for his infidelity, remaining deaf until the House of God was held. Indeed, his wife Elizabeth arrested and after nine months gave birth to a son.
Eight days after the birth of the child, relatives wanted to give him the name of his father, ie Zacharias. But Zacharias wrote the name John on the board. His language was immediately resolved and all the attendees flooded joy and hope because they realized that the precursor to the presence of the expected Messiah was born.
John not only had the gift of prophecy, but also claimed the greatest joy and honor. He baptized the Messiah Christ, which he confessed throughout his life.
*There are other dates that celebrate this name.