ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST OUR PATRON
- St. John the Baptist Is The Patron Saint Of St. Johns School Ledhupur, Varanasi. John The Baptist Was Born In 7 B.C. His Father Was A Priest And His Mother Was Related To Mary, The Mother Of Jesus. Thus John And Jesus May Have Been Cousins.
- John The Baptist Was Dedicated To God From His Birth. When He Grew Up He Knew That God Had Called Him For A Special Task. He Went Out To Live A Hard And Strict Life In The Desert. About 28 A.D., He Began His Ministry At A Fort In The River Jordan Which Travelers Had To Cross. There He Preached, Calling People To Repentance. He Proclaimed That He Was A Messenger, A Herald Preparing The Way For Jesus the Redeemer. When Jesus Was Baptized In The River Jordan John Was Glad, For He Saw That His Preaching Would Be Fulfilled.
- He Openly Condemned Herod, The King At That Time, For Divorcing His Wife And Marrying His Brother S Wife Named Herodias. Herod Already Afraid Of The Popular Prophet, Had John Thrown Into Prison And There To Please Herodias, Had Him Beheaded. His Feast Is On June 24.
- The Feast will be celebrated in the school on first Saturday of July.
