Memory of the Finding of the Head of Timios Prodromos 25 May
His honest head Baptist John while it was hidden for many years, it appeared through the earth and shone like gold.
And while at first it was placed in a special pitcher, it was found in a silver vase and in sacred place. The search was made following information provided by a priest from Komana, Cappadocia, who saw the exact spot in a holy awakening.
From there the sacred head was transported to Constantinople (in the Monastery of the Studio), where a magnificent reception was made, in the presence of the emperor of the Patriarch and the faithful and flag-bearing people of Vassilevousa.
We also find news about the holy relics of Timios Prodromos in various chronographs. Zonaras mentions that in 968 AD. Nikiforos Phokas found in Edessa, Mesopotamia, "a baptismal font of John the Baptist", who moved to Constantinople.
Five years earlier he came to Constantinople from Veria, Syria, around April 963 AD, part of the robe of the Holy Forerunner.
According to another testimony, Nikiforos Fokas found in Crete "the garment of the Prophet made of camel hair and around the crocheted neck".
The Gathering of the Finding of the Holy Head of St. John the Baptist took place in his Prophethood, which was located at the site called Forakiou.