Venerable (Monastic) 9th century

Venerable Joannicius the Great

Also known as Ioannikios

A former soldier from Bithynia who became a great ascetic and defender of Orthodoxy during the iconoclast period.

Feast Day
November 4
Their life

A former soldier from Bithynia who became a great ascetic and defender of Orthodoxy during the iconoclast period.