John IV of Georgia

Saint John IV of Georgia, called Chrysostom, led the Apostolic Church of Georgia from about 980 to 1001. According to the "Story of Saint Shio's Miracles" by Catholicos Basil III, his hitherto childless parents prayed at length to Saint Shio of Mgvime. After John's birth his God-⁠fearing parents sent him to be raised at Shio-⁠Mgvime Monastery. There he acquired the sanctity and wisdom for which he was later called "Chrysostom," meaning "golden mouth" in Greek, the name by which he is known throughout the history of the Georgian Church.

Another John, also called Chrysostom, was catholicos from 1033 to 1049, a disciple of the holy Catholicos-⁠Patriarch Melchizedek I and his successor as chief shepherd. His life and labors were full of the same holiness, and for this reason John IV and John V are often erroneously taken for one and the same person. John IV is commemorated on 3 March (new style; 16 March on the old calendar).