9 March 2025 (MIA)

Macedonian Orthodox Church Calendar

The first and the second finding of John the Baptist’s head

It is known from the evangelists that the wife of Irod asked for and received the head of John the Baptist. After she received it, she threw John’s head in the junkyard near Irod’s castle. However, some lade named Jovana found the head and buried it in the nearby Olive Forest. The head was later discovered by some man named Inokentij, which was the first finding. Later the head was found again in the fifth century when it was transported first to Halidon and later to Constantinople, today’s Istanbul.

Catholic Calendar

St. Francisca Roman

She was born in 1384 in Rome. On a request from her father, she married Lawrenco Pozinatius. She gave birth to six children. After her husband died, she and her children established a community that provided help to the poor and sick. Through her life she always felt the presence of her guardian angel. She died in 1444. The people of Rome celebrate her as protector of the city.