an Arab Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist, Greek patristic, doctor of the church

1. SAINT JOHN
of DAMASCUS
675-749 a.d.
John Damascene was an
Arab Christian monk,
priest, hymnographer,
and apologist-
doctor of the church

2. BIOGRAPHY
John was born in
Damascus, in 675 or
676, to a prominent
Damascene Christian
Arab family.
His father, Sarjun ibn
Mansur, served as an
official of the early
Umayyad Caliphate

3. folklore holds that during his
adolescence, John associated with the
future Umayyad caliph Yazid I and the
Taghlibi Christian court poet al-Akhtal
Al Akhtal

4. One account
identifies his tutor
as a monk by the
name of Cosmas,
who had been
kidnapped by
Arabs from his
home in Sicily,
and for whom
John's father paid
a great price

5. John excelled in music,
astronomy and theology,
soon rivalling Pythagoras in
arithmetic and Euclid in
geometry. As a refugee from
Italy, Cosmas brought with
him the scholarly traditions
of Latin Christianity

6. His father Sergius, held the position of tax collector
under the caliphate of Abdul-Meleq, and John, who
had inherited the Arab nickname of Mansur from his
grandfather, succeeded his father in his role as treasurer.

7. John entered
the “laura” of
San Sabás, the
monastery-
fortress that
still dominates
the Kidron
ravine, near
Jerusalem.

8. He was ordained a
priest by John IV,
patriarch of
Jerusalem, of
whom Damascene
himself calls
himself a disciple
and friend (Letter
on the Trisagion).

9. His profession of
faith, written on
this occasion,
is a thanksgiving
for the education
he received and
the vocation
with which he
was favored.

10. “You have fed me,
O Christ, my God, in a
fertile place, and you
have watered me with
the waters of sound
doctrine, by the hand
of your shepherds. . .
Now you have called
me, Lord, through the
voice of your Pontiff,
to the service of your
disciples."

11. Leo III reportedly sent forged documents to the
caliph which implicated John in a plot to attack
Damascus. The caliph then ordered John's right
hand be cut off and hung up in public view.

12. Some days
afterwards, John
asked for the
restitution of his
hand, and prayed
fervently to the
Theotokos before her
icon: thereupon, his
hand is said to have
been miraculously
restored.

13. In gratitude
for this
miraculous
healing, he
attached a
silver hand to
the icon, which
thereafter
became known
as the "Three-
handed", or
Tricherousa.

14. That icon is now located in the Hilandar monastery of the Holy Mountain

15. He died at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem
on 4 December 749

16. Relics
of Saint
John
are kept
at the
monastery
in Mar
Saba

17. Due to his
commitment to
iconodulism, he
was condemned
by anathema by
the iconoclastic
Council of Hieria
in 754.

18. He was later rehabilitated by the Second Council of Nicaea in 787

19. In 1890, he was
declared a Doctor
of the Church by
Pope Leo XIII
And is often
referred to as the
Doctor of the
Assumption due to
his writings on the
Assumption of
Mary.

20. STUDIES, WRITINGS
AND TEACHINGS
His fields of interest
and contribution
included law,
theology,
philosophy,
and music,

21. he was given the by-
name of Chrysorroas
(Χρυσορρόας, literally
"streaming with gold”
i.e. "the golden speaker")
because of the triple
wealth in his works:
that of holiness,
thought and style.

23. Teachings and dogmatic works
The Fountain of Knowledge,
The Fountain of Wisdom
Philosophical Chapters (Koinē
Greek: Κεφάλαια φιλοσοφικά,
Kefálea filosofiká) –
commonly called "Dialectic",
it deals mostly with logic,
Concerning Heresy
(Chapter 101) deals with the
Heresy of the Ishmaelites
An Exact Exposition of the
Orthodox Faith (Koinē Greek:

24. Other works
Against the Jacobites
Against the Nestorians
Dialogue against the Manichees
Elementary Introduction into Dogmas
Letter on the Thrice-Holy Hymn
On Right Thinking
On the Faith, Against the Nestorians
On the Two Wills in Christ
(Against the Monothelites)
Sacred Parallels (dubious)
Octoechos - (the church's liturgical
book of eight tones)
On Dragons and Ghosts

25. He wrote works expounding the Christian faith, and
composed hymns which are still used both liturgically
in Eastern Christian practice throughout the world as
well as in western Lutheranism at Easter

26. Su obra más conocida es la
Fuente del conocimiento, -
dividida en tres partes:
1 - la Dialéctica, que es una
introducción filosófica, basada
en la filosofía tomada de los
Padres y en la de Aristóteles;
2 - la Historia de las herejías,
basada en otras anteriores;
3 - y Sobre la fe ortodoxa, que es
un resumen de la enseñanza de
los Padres griegos sobre los
capítulos principales de la fe

27. He was also a prominent exponent of perichoresis, and
employed the concept as a technical term to describe both
the interpenetration of the divine and human natures of Christ
and the relationship between the hypostases of the Trinity.

28. John is at the end of the Patristic period of dogmatic development,
and his contribution is less one of theological innovation than one of a
summary of the developments of the centuries before him. In Catholic
theology, he is therefore known as the "last of the Greek Fathers".

29. In the early 8th century, iconoclasm, a movement opposed to the veneration of icons, gained
acceptance in the Byzantine court. In 726, despite the protests of Germanus, Patriarch of
Constantinople, Emperor Leo III (who had forced his predecessor, Theodosius III, to abdicate
and himself assumed the throne in 717 immediately before the great siege) issued his first
edict against the veneration of images and their exhibition in public places

30. John of Damascus
undertook a spirited
defence of holy images
in three separate
publications.
The earliest of these
works, his Apologetic
Treatises against
those decrying the
Holy Images

31. la Vida de
Barlaam y
Joasaf, una
novela con fines
didácticos
y basada en
leyendas de
Buda, de mucha
popularidad en
el medievo

33. John's writings would play an important role during the Second
Council of Nicaea (787), which convened to settle the icon dispute

34. Teaching on Islam - He is one of the first known Christian critics of
Islam. John claims that Muslims were once worshipers of Aphrodite who
followed after Muhammad because of his "seeming show of piety," and
that Mohammad himself read the Bible and, "likewise, it seems," spoke
to an Arian monk that taught him Arianism instead of Christianity

35. UMWAYYAD MOSQUE IN DAMASCUS

36. Later in the 10th
century, Antony,
superior of the
monastery of
St. Simon
(near Antioch)
translated a
corpus of John
Damascene into
Arabic

37. Pervaded by a
deep love for
Jesus Christ,
the Holy Doctor
also showed
a tender
devotion
for the Virgin
Mary

38. The
coronation
of Mary,
assumed
into
Heaven

39. Church dedicated to saint John in California

40. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH - Revised 26-8-2023
CHRIST
Resurrection – according to the gospels
Christ the King
Christ lives
Body of Christ - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Christ and his Kingdom
Sacred Heart 1 + 2 – bible and doctrine –
Haurietis aquas – the cult of the Sacred Heart
Vocation to beatitude
Vocation to evangelize with Christ
CHURCH
Divine Revelation
Priestly Ministry
Human Community
Church, Mother and Teacher
Signs of hope
youth synod
CULTURE and HISTORY
Columbus and the discovery of America
Confraternities and processions– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival of lights – Hindi feast
Football in Spain
President Trump
Russian Revolution and Communism 1, 2, 3
Sevilla's fair
Virgen del Pilar and Hispanicity
FAMILY, CHILDREN
Grandparents
Love and Marriage 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignity of women – John Paul II
God of Love (sex)
World Meeting of Families Rome 2022 – festival of families
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
GOD
Angels
Come Holy Spirit
God is Love 1,2– Benedict XVI
Man, image of God
Trinity
LITURGICAL YEAR
Advent and Christmas, 1 + 2
All departed souls
All Saints – Halloween for Christians
Carnival and Lent
Christmas – the birth of our Lord
Holy Week for adults
Holy Week for children 8+ years
Holy Week - drawings for children
Holy Week – Views of the last hours of JC – the passion
Sunday – Lord's Day – JP2
Thanksgiving
MARIA
Fatima – History of the Apparitions of the Virgin
Mary and the Bible
Mary Doctrine and Dogmas
Medjugore pilgrimage
Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico – apparitions
Virgen de Pilar – Hispanic festival
Our Lady of Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explores Jupiter
Parker Solar Test
MORAL AND ETHICAL
Christian holidays - JP2
Conscience, human community, human freedom and salvation
justification and grace, Life in Christ, merit and holiness
moral law, Morality of human acts, Passions, Sin, Sincerity
social justice, Social Life – participation, Virtue
Vocation – www.vocation.org
Vocation to evangelize
Vocation to beatitude
Pope John XXIII – Peace on Earth
Pope Paul VI
Pope Juan Pablo II –
Redeemer of man,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Pope Benedict XVII - in Germany WYD 2005
POPE FRANCIS – DOCUMENTS
love and marriage - Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 – 5.6
Christ lives - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8
LAUDATE Sii
1 – care of the common home
2 – gospel of creation
3 – The root of the ecological crisis
4 – integral ecology
5 – lines of action
6 – Ecological Education and Spirituality
LAUDATE DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – chapter 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Face of Mercy
Dear Amazonia 1,2,3,4
POPE FRANCIS – TRAVEL
Pope Francis in Africa
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in Bahrain 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Brazil WYD 2013
Pope Francis in Bulgaria and Macedonia
Pope Francis in Canada 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Central African Republic
Pope Francis in Chile 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Cyprus
Pope Francis in Colombia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Congo 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Cuba 2015
Pope Francis in Egype
Pope Francis in Slovakia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Europe – parliament
Pope Francis in Fatima
Pope Francis in Greece
Pope Francis in Holy Land, Israel, Palestine Jordan
Pope Francis in Hungary 2021 + 2023
Pope Francis in Iraq 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Ireland – world meeting of families
Pope Francis in Kenya
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Kazakhstan 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Malta
Pope Francis in Mexico
Pope Francis in Mexico 2016
Pope Francis in Mongolia
Pope Francis in Morocco
Pope Francis in Panama – WYD 2019
Pope Francis in Peru
Pope Francis in Poland - Auschwitz
Pope Francis in Poland WYD 2016
Pope Francis in Portugal 2021 + WYD 2023
Pope Francis in Romania
Pope Francis in Sudan
Pope francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Uganda
Pope Francis in United Arab Emirates
SAINTS and MARTYRS
Martyrs of Albania
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of Japan
Martyrs of Uganda
Martyrs of Vietnam
Martires North American
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony of the desert (Egypt)
Saint Bruno, founder of the Carthusians
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Clement of Rome, Pope and Martyr
Saint Ciyil y Methodius
Saint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Daniel Comboni
Saint Dominic de Guzman, Dominican founder
Saint Dominic Savio
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Philip Neri
Saint Francis of Assisi 1,2,3,4
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint Joaquin and Saint Ana
Saint Joseph, worker, husband, father
Saint John Bosco, founder of the Salesians
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint John of the Cross
Saint John Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
Saint John Henry Newman, Cardinal
Saint John N. Neumann, Bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke the Evangelist
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Nazarius and Celsus
Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus)
Saint Paul, 1 + 2
Saint Padre Pio of Pietralcina
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saint Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint James the Apostle
Saint Simon and Judah Thaddeus, apostles
Saint Zacharias and Elizabeth, parents of John the Baptist
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Valentine
Saint Vincent of Paul
Saint Zacharias and Saint Elizabeth
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint Brigid of Ireland
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr
Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Cecilia
Saint Faustina and divine mercy
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Lucia, virgin and martyr
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalene
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine
Saint Rita of Cascia
Saint Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Therese of Lisieux 1 + 2
Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
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41. LISTA de PRESENTACIONES en ESPAÑOL- Revisado 26-8-2023
CRISTO
Resurrección – según los evangelios
Cristo Rey
Cristo vive
Cuerpo de Crito - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Cristo y su Reino
Sagrado Corazón 1 + 2 – biblia y doctrina–
Haurietis aquas – el culto del Sagrado Corazón
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Vocación a evangelizar con Cristo
IGLESIA
Revelacíon Divina
Ministerio sacerdotal
Comunidad humana
Iglesia, madre y maestra
Signos de esperanza
Sinodo jovenes
CULTURA Y HISTORIA
Colón y el descubriento de America
Confraternitdades y processiones– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival de luz – Fiesta Hindi
Futbol en España
Presidente Trump
Revolución y el Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Feria de Sevilla
Virgen del Pilar y Hispanicidad
FAMILIA, HIJOS, NIÑOS
Abuelos
Amor y Matrimonio 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignidad de la mujer – John Paul II
Dios de Amor (sexo)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias - Roma 2022 – festival de ls familias
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
DIOS
Angeles
Ven Espiritu Santo
Dios es Amor 1,2– Benedicto XVI
El hombre, imagen de Dios
Trinidad
AÑO LITURGICO
Adviento y Navidad 1 + 2
Todos las Almas
Todos los Santos– Halloween para Cristianos
Carnival y Cuaresma
Navidad– el nacimiento del Señor
Semana Santa para adullos
Semana Santa para niños 8+ años
Semana Santa – dibujos para niños
Semana Santa– Vistas de las ultimas oras de JC – La Pasión
Domingo– Dia del Señor – JP2
Accion de Gracias - Thanksgiving
MARIA
Fátima – Historia de las Aparitciones de la Virgen
Maria y la Biblia
Maria Doctrina y Dogmas
Medjugore peregrinación
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico – aparitciónes
Virgen del Pilar –festival hispanica
Nuestra Señora de Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explora Jupiter
Parker Sonda Solar
MORAL Y ETICA
Vacaciones Cristianos - JP2
Conciencia, Comunidad Humana, Libertad Humana y Salvacion
Justificación y gracia, Vida en Cristo, Merito y Santidad, Ley moral
Moraliidad de actos humanos, Pasiones, Pecado , Sinceridad
Justicia social ,Vida Social– participacion,Virtud
Vocación– www.vocation.org
Vocación a evangelizar
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Papa John XXIII – Paz en la tTerra
Papa Paul VI
Papa Juan Pablo II –
Redentor del hombre,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Papa Benedicto XVII – en Alemania JMJ 2005
PAPA FRANCISCO – DOCUMENTOS
Amor y matrimonio- Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 – 5.6
Cristo vive - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8 (somos todos hermanos)
LAUDATE Sii
1 – cuidado de la casa común
2 – evangelio de la creación
3 – la raiz de la crisis ecologica
4 – ecologia integral
5 – lineas de acción
6 –Educación y Espiritualidad Ecological
LAUDATUM DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – capitulo 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Rostro del Perdón
Querida Amazonia 1,2,3,4
PAPA FRANCISCO – VIAJES
Papa Francisco en Africa
Papa Francisco en America
Papa Francisco en Bahrain 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Brazil WYD 2013
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria and Macedonia
Papa Francisco en Canada 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Central African Republic
Papa Francisco en Chile 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Chipre
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Congo 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba 2015
Papa Francisco en Egypto
Papa Francisco en Eslovaqiia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Europa – parliamento
Papa Francisco en Fatima, Portugal
Papa Francisco en Grecia
Papa Francisco en Tierra Santa, Israel, Palestine Jordan
Papa Francisco en Hungria 2021 + 2023
Papa Francisco en Iraq 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Ireanda – encuentro mundial de familias
Papa Francisco en Kenia
Papa Francisco en Japón
Papa Francisco en Kazaquistan 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Malta
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco en México 2016
Papa Francisco en Mongolia
Papa Francisco en Panama – JMJ 2019
Papa Francisco en Peru
Papa Francisco en Polonia- Auschwitz
Papa Francisco en Polonia – JMU - 2016
Papa Francisco en Portugal 2021 + JMJ 2023
Papa Francisco en Romania
Papa Francisco en Sudan
Papa Francisco en Suecia
Pope Francis en Tailandiia
Papa Francisco en Uganda
Papa Francisco en United Arab Emirates
SANTOS Y MÁRTIRES
Mártires de Albania
Mártires de Corea
Mártires de Japón
Mártires de Uganda
Mártires de Vietnam
Mártires de Nortd America
San Alberto Magno
San Alfonso Maria Liguori
San Ambrosio de Milan
San Andrés, Apostol
San Antonio de Padua
San Antonio del desierto (Egypto)
San Bruno, fundador de los cartujos
San Carlos Borromeo
San Ciril and Metodio
San Clemente de Roma, papa y martir
San Columbanus 1,2
San Daniel Comboni
San Domingo de Guzman, dundador de los Dominicos
San Dominic Savio
San Esteban, proto-martir
San Felipe Neri
San Francis co de Asís 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Xavier
San Ignacio de Loyola
San Joaquin y Santa Ana
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Bosco, fundador de los Salesianos
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la cruz
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
San Juan E. Newman, cardinal
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Filadelfia
San Juan Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
San Juan, Apostol y Evangelista
San Leon el Grande
San Lukas, Evangelista
San Marcos, Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliana Kolbe
San Nazareo y Celso, martires
San Nicolas (Santa Claus)
San Pablo, 1 + 2
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio de Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Bellarmino
Santiago, Apostol
San Simon y Judas Tadeo, apostoles
San Zacharias e Isavel, padres de Juan el Bautista
San Tomás Beckett
San Tomás de Aquinas
San Valentino
San Vincent e de Paul
San Zacharias y Santa Isabel
Sant’ Agueda, virgen and martir
Santa Bernadita de Lourdes
Santa Brigid a de Irlanda
Santa Caterina de Alexandria, virgen y martir
Santa Caterina de Siena
Santa Cecilia, virgen e martir
Santa Faustina and divine mercy
Sant’ Agnes of Rome, virgen y martir
Sant’ Isabel de Hungria
Sant’ Inés, virgen y martir
Santa Lucia, virgen y martir
Santa Margarita de Escocia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa Maria Magdalena
Santa Marta, Maria y Lazaro
Santa Monica, madre de San Augustine
Santa Rita de Cascia
Santa Teresa deAvila
Santa Teresa de Calcutta
Santa Terese de Lisieux 1 + 2
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