Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Johnof the Ladder

Climacus · of Sinai

Venerable· Green: Colour of the Holy Spirit and eternal life

“The saint called his work 'The Ladder', for the book is 'a fixed ladder leading from earthly things to the Holy of Holies....'”
St. John of the Ladder

Dates of commemoration for saint

Synaxes & other dates of commemoration

Birth

6th century

Constantinople, Byzantine Empire

Death

7th century

Sinai, Egypt

Connected Sts.

Life path

  • Monk
  • Abbot
  • Author

Undertakings & Callings

  • Asceticism
  • Sleep abstinence
  • Spiritual direction
  • Anchorism

God's Gifts

  • Spiritual vision
  • Clairvoyance
  • Wonderworking

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