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**popsicesHoupe** · 01-29-2010, 06:25 AM

Not wanting to directly contradict you, but I thought the head of St John Chrysostom is normally enshrined in Vatopaedi monastery on Mt Athos: it has an incorrupt ear.

The Interfax site's religion page notes the following about St. John's head:

The holy head of St John Chrysostom was brought to Russia in the 17th century from the Athos Vatopedi Monastery. It was kept in the Kremlin Assumption Cathedral up to 1922. From 1930 to 1988 the reliquary with the shrine belonged to the Foundation for Guarding of Russian Silver of the 19th century.

Several reliquaries, including the one with the hierarch’s head, were handed over to members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Church in the State Armoury Chamber on the eve of celebrating the 1000-year anniversary of Russia’s baptism on May 26, 1988. I looked at some pages describing Vatopaedi Monastery, but among those which listed the monastery's relics, none included St. John's head in the list.

In Christ,
Michael

01-29-2010, 06:25 AM	#4
popsicesHoupe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 417 Senior Member	Not wanting to directly contradict you, but I thought the head of St John Chrysostom is normally enshrined in Vatopaedi monastery on Mt Athos: it has an incorrupt ear. The Interfax site's religion page notes the following about St. John's head: The holy head of St John Chrysostom was brought to Russia in the 17th century from the Athos Vatopedi Monastery. It was kept in the Kremlin Assumption Cathedral up to 1922. From 1930 to 1988 the reliquary with the shrine belonged to the Foundation for Guarding of Russian Silver of the 19th century. Several reliquaries, including the one with the hierarch’s head, were handed over to members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Church in the State Armoury Chamber on the eve of celebrating the 1000-year anniversary of Russia’s baptism on May 26, 1988. I looked at some pages describing Vatopaedi Monastery, but among those which listed the monastery's relics, none included St. John's head in the list. In Christ, Michael
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