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'''John Chrysostom''' ({{c.}} 347–407) was an Archbishop of [[Constantinople]] and an important [[Early Church]] Father. He is known for his powerful and persuasive words in preaching and public speaking. After his death in 407 C.E., he was given the [[Greek language|Greek]] title "chrysostomos", meaning "golden mouthed" in English.

The [[Orthodox]] and [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] see him as a [[saint]]. He is also recognized by the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and the [[Catholic Church]] as a saint. [[Western Churches]], including the [[Roman Catholic Church]], some [[Anglican Churches]], and parts of the [[Lutheran Church]], celebrate him by making 13 September a holiday. They also celebrate an Eastern feast day of 27 January. The [[Coptic Orthodox Church]] of [[Alexandria]] also recognizes John Chrysostom as a saint.

John is known mainly as a [[preacher]] in [[Christian]]ity, as well as a [[theologian]] and [[liturgy|liturgist]].

== John Chrysostom Media ==
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File:Augustins - Saint Jean Chrysostome et l'Impératrice Eudoxie - Jean Paul Laurens 2004 1 156.jpg|John Chrysostom confronting [[Aelia Eudoxia]], in a 19th-century [[anti-clerical art|anti-clerical painting]] by [[Jean-Paul Laurens]].

File:John Chrysostom Louvre OA3970.jpg|[[Byzantine]] 11th-century [[soapstone]] [[relief]] of John Chrysostom, [[Louvre]]

File:Nicephorus III and chrysostome BnF Coislin79 fol2v.jpg|The Byzantine emperor [[Nicephorus III]] receives a book of homilies from John Chrysostom; the [[Archangel Michael]] stands on his left (11th-century illuminated [[manuscript]]).

File:Hosios Loukas (nave, south east conch) - John Chrysostom - detail.jpg|11th-century [[semi-dome|conch]] mosaic of John Chrysostom from the south-east apse of the [[nave]] of the [[Hosios Loukas]] monastery

File:Three Holy Hierarchs (Novgorod).jpg|John Chrysostom with [[Basil of Caesarea]] and [[Gregory of Nazianzus]] on a late-15th-century icon of the [[Three Holy Hierarchs]] from the [[Cathedral of St Sophia, Novgorod]]

File:St.Patrick's Cathedral NYC2.jpg|A sculpture of John Chrysostom in [[St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York|Saint Patrick's Cathedral]], New York City

File:Menologion of Basil 061.jpg|The return of the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]] in [[Constantinople]]
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== Other websites ==
*[http://www.zenit.org/article-20539?l=english On St. John Chrysostom's Antioch Years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218074747/http://www.zenit.org/article-20539?l=english |date=2007-12-18 }} by [[Pope Benedict XVI]]

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