John the Evangelist and Apostle

St. John's birth place is unknown, but for sure he died at Ephesus c. 98 AD. He and his brother St. James the Greater were the active apostles of Jesus Christ. He and his brother were fishermen of Galilee and the fishing miracle of Jesus caused these young brothers converted to Christianity. St. John and St. Peter were the apostles chosen by Jesus to witness his transfiguration and agony in Gethsamene. St. John, again was the first to run to the tomb on the morning of Resurrection, and see the tomb empty, and the risen Jesus near the Sea of Tiberias. Also tradition relates St. John to " the disciple whom Jesus loved " who leaned on Jesus' breast at the last supper. Also we know that Jesus, before he gave his soul on the cross, trusted his mother Mary to St. John, thereafter St. John and Mary had come to the cosmopolitan center of Ephesus. St. Paul describes St. John and St. Peter as the pillars of the church in Jerusalem, a reference probably because of their strong faith. Later, St. John was exiled to the island Patmos by the Roman governor, because he was preaching the word of the Lord, and also the little island Patmos was the place where he had written his "Book of Revelation" in which he addressed to the seven churches of Asia Minor. The fourth of the Gospels and three epistles of the Bible and the Book of Revelation are his works that came to us. St. John was the only apostle who died of natural causes, at a very advanced age, he was close to his 100 when he died. The Christian community of Ephesus built a small grave for him, which was replaced by one of the largest Cathedrals of Asia Minor, built by Justinian the Great in the 6th C, whose remains are still visible today in Ephesus area.