John Moschus

St. John Moschus
Born550
Damascus
Died619
Rome
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Feast11 March [O.S. 24 March (where the Julian calendar is used)][1]

John Moschus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Μόσχος, c. 550 – 619; name from the Ancient Greek: ὁ τοῦ Μόσχου, romanizedo tou Moschou, lit.'son of Moschos'), surnamed Eucrates, was a Byzantine monk and ascetical writer. He is primarily known for his writing of the Spiritual Meadow. The Spiritual Meadow, alongside the Bibliotheca of Photios, are the main sources from which his life is known.[2]

  1. ^ http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/johns.htm "Orthodox Holiness Around the Church Year with St John — John Moschos - March 11", Retrieved 2011-09-13
  2. ^ Wortley 1992, p. xvi.