Venerable (Monastic) 9th century
Venerable Joannicius the Great
Also known as Ioannikios
A former soldier from Bithynia who became a great ascetic and defender of Orthodoxy during the iconoclast period.
Feast Day
November 4
Their life
A former soldier from Bithynia who became a great ascetic and defender of Orthodoxy during the iconoclast period.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints