Date: Not before 0529Event Factoid: John prophesied
that Christians would not be able to find ordaining bishops throughout
the empire.After 529,
John observed
that potential priests could go to Alexandria,Constantinople without
gaining ordination.
Sources:
E. W Brooks, trans.,Lives of the Eastern Saints II,Patrologia Orientalis 18.4 (1924), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient18pariuoft#page/n521/mode/2up, p: 522.