Venerable John the Chozebite 10/16/2013
Saint John came from Egypt. He led an ascetic life in a cave in Chozeba during the reign of the Emperor Justinian. Whenever he performed a liturgy, the altar was filled with heavenly light. In his vicinity, the elder Ananias led an ascetic struggle. The humility of these saints was astounding. A man brought his son, possessed by an evil spirit, to Ananias to cure him with his prayers. Ananias sent him to Saint John, as being greater than him. John, for his part, could do nothing but obey the elder, so he cried out:" In the name of Jesus Christ, Ananias, and not me, commands you to get out of this boy!" And the boy was immediately cured.
