Troparion \u2014 Tone 8<\/h4>\nThe image of God was truly preserved in you, O Father, \/ for you took up the Cross and followed Christ. \/ By so doing you taught us to disregard the flesh for it passes away \/ but to care instead for the soul, since it is immortal. \/ Therefore your spirit, venerable David, rejoices with the angels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Saint John, Bishop of the Goths<\/h2>\n
The saint made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and spent three years visiting all the holy places. Then he returned to his native country. At that time the emperor Constantine Copronymos the Iconoclast (741-775) banished the Gothic bishop, and the Goths fervently entreated Saint John to become their bishop.<\/p>\n
Saint John went to Georgia, which was isolated from the Iconoclast heresy. There he was ordained. Upon his return to the Goths he was soon compelled to depart from them. Hidden away from the pursuing Khazars, he settled at Amastridia, where he dwelt for four years.<\/p>\n
Hearing about the death of the Khazar kagan (ruler), the saint said, \u201cAfter forty days I shall go to be judged with him before Christ the Savior.\u201d Indeed, the saint died forty days later. This took place when he returned to his people, in the year 790.<\/p>\n
The saint\u2019s body was conveyed to the Parthenit monastery in the Crimea, at the foot of Mount Ayu-Dag, where the saint once lived in the large church he built in honor of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul.<\/p>\n
The image of God was truly preserved in you, O Father, \/ for you took up the Cross and followed Christ. \/ By so doing you taught us to disregard the flesh for it passes away \/ but to care instead for the soul, since it is immortal. \/ Therefore your spirit, venerable David, rejoices with the angels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Saint John, Bishop of the Goths<\/h2>\n
The saint made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and spent three years visiting all the holy places. Then he returned to his native country. At that time the emperor Constantine Copronymos the Iconoclast (741-775) banished the Gothic bishop, and the Goths fervently entreated Saint John to become their bishop.<\/p>\n
Saint John went to Georgia, which was isolated from the Iconoclast heresy. There he was ordained. Upon his return to the Goths he was soon compelled to depart from them. Hidden away from the pursuing Khazars, he settled at Amastridia, where he dwelt for four years.<\/p>\n
Hearing about the death of the Khazar kagan (ruler), the saint said, \u201cAfter forty days I shall go to be judged with him before Christ the Savior.\u201d Indeed, the saint died forty days later. This took place when he returned to his people, in the year 790.<\/p>\n
The saint\u2019s body was conveyed to the Parthenit monastery in the Crimea, at the foot of Mount Ayu-Dag, where the saint once lived in the large church he built in honor of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul.<\/p>\n
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