Commemorated on August 30
St. John the Faster governed the Church during the reign of the wicked Emperor Anastasius, the acephalite heretic. He died in the year 595 AD.Β
Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion β Tone 4
O God of our Fathers, / always act with kindness towards us; / take not Your mercy from us, / but guide our lives in peace / through the prayers of the Patriarchs Alexander, John, and Paul.
Kontakion β Tone 8
Set aflame by the love of Christ, O glorious ones, / you took up the yoke of His precious Cross revealing yourselves as followers in His footsteps by your way of life, / and you became partakers of His divine glory, / divinely-wise Alexander, with wonderful John and glorious Paul. / As you stand before His throne, earnestly pray for our souls.