NOVENAS

General Historical Saint Novena — St. John Damascene
Generic saints illustration, NOT a depiction of St. John Damascene: Fra Angelico, The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs, c.1423–24, National Gallery London. Public-domain image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All-Saints.jpg

General Historical Saint Novena — St. John Damascene

Nine-day private devotion using a verified PUBLIC-DOMAIN general preparatory prayer printed by Rev. Bonaventure Hammer, O.F.M., in Mary, Help of Christians and the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers (1909). IMPORTANT EDITORIAL NOTICE: The 1909 prayer was printed for the Holy Helpers. Its use here for St. John Damascene is a modern editorial application of a historical GENERAL saint prayer, NOT a claim that this is a separately attested traditional novena written specifically for this saint. The same authentic general prayer is repeated on all nine days with the invocation of St. John Damascene. This novena is a private nine-day preparation preceding the feast, not an official liturgical requirement.

Patron of / intentions · Intercession of St. John Damascene

Novena begins
November 25, 2026
Scheduled feast day
December 4, 2026
Prayer duration
9 days
Final prayer day
Dec 3
Pray Day 1 — free

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SOURCES

  • Historical PUBLIC-DOMAIN GENERAL preparatory prayer, Rev. Bonaventure Hammer, O.F.M., Mary, Help of Christians and the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers (Benziger Brothers, 1909), Part IV, “Novena to Each of the Holy Helpers,” Preparatory Prayer. Full source: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/33596/33596-h/33596-h.htm . The book contains no specifically attested novena for St. John Damascene in this instance. Its application to this saint and nine-day feast schedule are editorial, not a proper historic text. Generic cover: Fra Angelico, The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs, National Gallery London, ca.1423–24, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All-Saints.jpg .