Conception of Saint John the Baptist Resource Page

Conception of St. John the Forerunner (Feast Day - September 23)

Verses

The man received a prophetic oracle from the Archangel,

You will beget a Prophet, and even greater than the prophets.

On the twenty-third the Forerunner appeared and received the womb.   

 

Synaxarion for the Conception of the Honorable Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John  

 

Conception of Saint John the Baptist: Epistle and Gospel Reading 

 

September: Day 23: Teaching 1: The Conception of the Honorable Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John

 

Homily on the Conception and Birth of Saint John the Baptist (Leontios of Constantinople)    

 

Encomium on the Conception of Saint John the Baptist (St. Sophronios of Jerusalem)

 

The Conception of Saint John the Forerunner (St. Nikolai Velimirovich)

 

On the Conception of Saint John the Baptist (St. Justin Popovich)

 

The Honorable Forerunner and his Holy Parents Zechariah and Elizabeth (Archimandrite George Kapsanis) 

Canon for the Conception of the Honorable Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John  

Why We Commemorate the Conception of Saint John the Baptist on September 23

Was Zechariah, the Father of John the Baptist, a High Priest?

The High Priesthood of Zechariah is Vital to the Liturgical Calendar of the Church

Venerable David of Hermopolis, Who Was Formerly a Robber 

Holy Prophet Zechariah, Father of John the Baptist, Resource Page

Saint John the Baptist Resource Page