January 27 (old calendar) / February 9 (new) Translation of the Relics of St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople (438). New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. Translation of the Relics of St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople Saint John Chrysostom This great ecumenical teacher and hierarch died in the city of Comana in the year 407 on his way to a place of exile. He had been condemned by the intrigues of