Cover Painting: "Christ carrying the cross" by Bosch.

Recorded in the Cathedral of the Dormition in Smolensk by Veprintsev and Buneyeva in 1990.

The USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir
Valeri Polyansky, conductor

Editor's info:
"O God, who gave to your servant John Chrysostom grace eloquently to proclaim your
righteousness in the great congregation, and fearlessly to bear reproach for the honor of your
Name: Mercifully grant to all bishops and pastors such excellence in preaching, and fidelity in
ministering your Word, that your people shall be partakers with them of the glory that shall be
revealed; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one
God, for ever and ever".

Psalms 49:1-8, 34:15-22
Jeremiah 1:4-10
Luke 21:12-15 (St 2).

John (c.347-407) was called "Chrysostom" ("Golden Mouth") because of his eloquence.
He was a monk and later an outstanding preacher and a priest of Antioch.

The Book of Acts (11:26) tells us - it was in Antioch that "Christians" were first called by
this name. Also, it was the Church of Antioch which sent Saints Paul and Barnabas on their
missionary journeys.

John Chrysostom warned people that to bring large sums of money to his church was
dangerous (why do we never hear this warning from most of our priests?). John made this
warning because local pickpockets found it very easy to rob his congregation. People were so
intent on his words that they did not notice what was happening with their purses.

John became so famous that the Empress in Constantinople decided she must have him for
her court. She kidnapped John and brought him to Constantinople where he was made a
bishop. His sermons against corruption in high places earned him many powerful enemies
(including the Empress), and he was sent into exile, where he died.

Along with Athanasius of Alexandria, Basil the Great, and Gregory of Nazianzus, John
Chrysostom is one of the Four Great Eastern (or Gree.......
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