Orthodox icon of Saint John the Apostle, Evangelist and Theologian (5).
Commeemorated May 8.
The feast is in honour of the holy Apostle John commemorates the miracle taking place each year in Ephesus, in which a certain dust or powder, called manna, suddenly poured forth from his tomb and was used by the faithful for deliverance from maladies of both soul and body. For an account of his life, see September 26.
