John the Baptist
Birthplace	Jerusalem
Known for	Being a gift from God to his father Zachariah, Prophesying with the scripture, Attaining wisdom in youth

John the Baptist

Saint New Testament the son of Zacharias and Elizabeth and the cousin and forerunner of Jesus, whom he baptized. He was beheaded by Herod (Matthew 14:1--2). Feast day: June 24

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John the Baptist

prophet who baptized crowds and preached Christ’s coming. [N.T.: Matthew 3:1–13]

See: Baptism

John the Baptist

head presented as gift to Salome. [N.T.: Mark 6:25–28]

See: Decapitation

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

John the Baptist

According to gospel mythology, the closest predecessor of Jesus Christ; he prophesied the coming of the messiah (the Christ).

John the Baptist lived in the wilderness (in imitation of the Old Testament prophet Elijah), denounced the evils of society, and called on people to repent; he baptized Jesus Christ. A reference is made to John the Baptist by Josephus Flavius (first century A.D.) stating that John lived when Galilee was ruled by Herod Antipas (first half of the first century). To please his mistress Herodias, Herod had John the Baptist imprisoned and later ordered him decapitated. John the Baptist has been the subject of many paintings (A. del Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci, P. Brueghel, A.A. Ivanov) and sculptures (Donatello, Rodin). In medieval iconography John the Baptist was one of the three necessary figures for the Deisus (Christ, the mother of god, and John the Baptist).

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Maude ParsonsHorst, rector of St. John the Baptist Anglican Church.

The Elizabetlitown Chapel: A Plaque Unveiled

Anne Barrett, daughter of Mr and Mrs B Barrett, of Coventry Road, Baginton, and Neil Rushfirth, son of Mr and Mrs B Rushfirth, of Kippax, Leeds, at St. John The Baptist Church, Baginton.

WEDDINGS

Another water-themed thanksgiving event in Dinalupihan town, Bataan province, in honor of its patron St. John the Baptist.

THIS WEEK'S FESTIVALS: June 23-29, 2019

Balanga Bishop Ruperto Santos has encouraged the faithful to just attend a Holy Mass to celebrate the feast of St. John the Baptist on Monday, June 24, amid the water shortage that is affecting several cities in Metro Manila.

Prelate to Faithful: Go to Holy Mass, intercede St. John to bless us with necessary rain waters

24 at 11:30 am at St. John the Baptist Church, 0S233 Church St., Winfield, IL.

STACHNIAK

He was a member of St. John the Baptist Church.The funeral will be held Tuesday, Sept.

William Kularski

After authoring a plethora of flowery statements in the controversy about the relics of St. John the Baptist found near Sozopol, Bulgarian diaspora minister Bozhidar Dimitrov has now started to spread rumors that the relics are working miracles.

Minister Spreads Rumors of Miracles by St. John in Bulgaria

Not only do we find the dramatic Massacre of the Innocents from the Harrach Collection outside of Vienna, The Beheading of St. John the Baptist in the Prado, the monumental Pieta in the Certosa di San Martino, and the witty and striking Woman with a Cock in San Francisco - all previously shown in an important exhibition of Neapolitan painting in London and Washington in 1982-83 - but we are also introduced to new works.

Massimo Stanzione: L'opera completa

Eileen was an active member of St. John the Baptist CCW, a 4-H leader and a community volunteer.

RANAHAN