February 24. The 1st and 2nd Finding of the Honorable Head of the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John
After the beheading of Saint John the Baptist, the impious queen Herodias secretly buried his honorable head in a dung heap in her garden. One of John’s myrrh-bearing disciples, Joanna, the wife of Chuza, the steward of King Herod, learned of this. In secret, she unearthed the honorable head, placed it in a clay vessel,…