The Holy Apostle John the Theologian wrote the gospel (fourth), three Epistles and the Apocalypse (Revelation).

Once St. John, bishops and priests showed three Gospels written by the Holy apostles and evangelists Matthew, mark and Luke. John confirmed them as the exact truth. Then they began to ask him to write down the conversations of Jesus Christ which are not in these three Gospels. Thus the fourth gospel was written. In his Epistles, St. John writes instructions on Christian love. In the Apocalypse there are prophecies about the Church and the world.

The Apostle John the Theologian, according to the will of the Lord Jesus Christ, took care of His most pure Mother. St. John preached in Palestine, and after its assumption in the cities of Asia Minor, where there were pagans. All the other apostles had already finished their lives, and John continued to work for the benefit of the Church. He survived the persecution of the Church by Nero, the fall of Jerusalem, and the second persecution by Domitian.

In the last years of his life, St. John spoke only one exhortation: “children, love one another.” When his disciples asked him why he always repeated it, he said, ” this is the most necessary commandment; if you do it, you will fulfill the whole law of Christ.”

St. John the Theologian, one of the 12 disciples, died a peaceful death in the one hundred and fifth (105) year of life.

The memory of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the theologian is celebrated on may 8/21, as well as on the day of his repose on September 26 / October 9.