🇹🇷🇻🇦 Saint John Chrysostom
Bishop & Doctor (✝️ 407 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: September 13
🇹🇷🇻🇦 Saint Olympias
Widow (✝️ 408 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: December 17
Saints Who Worked Together
John's father died when he was little. Raised by his hardworking mother, he was drawn to fasting & prayer 🙏 He so distinguished himself as a preacher & teacher 👨🏫 in Antioch that he later earned the surname Chrysostom, or "golden-mouthed." In 398, he was made Patriarch of the capital city of Constantinople, 800 miles from his home.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chrysostom
https://gab.com/adagioforstrings/posts/108988053814680521
https://truthsocial.com/group/catholics-on-truth/posts/115193003304607101
From the time of his arrival in his new see, John spent himself in efforts for the poor, the sick 🤒 & the homeless. In this work, he drew help from the women of the city, especially Olympias . A woman of great means 💰 Olympias had been widowed not long after her marriage & showed constant concern for the poor. She was a benefactor to Gregory of Nazianzus ' Church of the Resurrection in the capital ⛪& Gregory of Nyssa dedicated his "Commentary on the Song of Songs" to her. She lived in a convent with other women & observed an austere regimen. John came to depend on her above all the others.
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https://iconandlight.wordpress.com/2018/01/26/peace-be-unto-all-st-john-chrysostom/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6HM-NDvvHb/
John was exiled twice by the Emperor Arcadius , whose wife Eudoxia resented John's frequent condemnations of her scandalous lifestyle. Olympias remained John's staunchest supporter in Constantinople & defended herself against spurious charges & frequent attacks from John's enemies. At last, she too was expelled from the city. 🚶♂️ 💨 🚶♀️ 💨 👈 🤴 👸
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https://meditationessacrae.com/2016/03/11/st-john-chrysostom-on-speaking-in-anger/comment-page-1/
We have 17 letters John wrote to Olympias 
before he died of his ill-treatment, messages of consolation from one suffering friend to another. He consoled her: "My lady most beloved by God, do not give yourself over to the tyranny of despair." 🙅♂️ 😩
Eternal Father, through the intercession of Saints John Chrysostom & Olympias , grant me companions who will remain with me all the way to the end 🫂 
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