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Beheading of Saint John the Forerunner (Feast Day - August 29) |
Verses
A murderous hand with a sword cuts off the head
Of him who placed his hand on the Lord’s head.
On the twenty-ninth the Forerunner was decapitated at the neck with a sword.
Synaxarion of the Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet John the Forerunner
Beheading of Saint John the Baptist: Epistle and Gospel Reading
Herod is Forever Reproved by the Words of John the Baptist
The Death of John the Baptist as a Crown
Encomium on the Beheading of the Honorable Forerunner (St. Theodore the Studite)
The Skull (Head) of St. John the Baptist
The First and Second Finding of the Honorable Head of John the Forerunner
1st and 2nd Finding of the Head of John the Baptist
Sozomen's Account of the Discovery of the Head of Saint John the Forerunner
Third Finding of the Honorable Head of Saint John the Baptist and Forerunner
The Location Where the Head of St. John the Baptist Was Found the Third Time
Saint John the Baptist Resource Page