We take our name and inspiration from one of the most gifted and most respected religious thinkers of the era of the Undivided Church, that period between Pentecost and the last of the Seven Ecumenical Councils. The quote above, under our name, comes from the "Prayer of St. Chrysostom" which closes the Morning Prayer liturgy in the Anglican Book of Common Prayer (1928). 

Known during his lifetime as John of Antioch, John was born in Antioch, Syria to a wealthy family who thought him destined for a career in the law. Instead, John choose Baptism into the Christian faith at Easter 368 A.D. His ideas and strong sense of personal discipline were formed during his theological training, including four years at an isolated monastery in northern Syria. Upon his return to Antioch in the waning months of 378 A.D., he became an administrative assistant and pamphleteer to the Bishop of Antioch. Eventually, he rose to become a Deacon, then, in 386 A.D., he was ordained by Bishop Flavian of Antioch. John's oratorical skills, combined with his reputation as a caring pastor, earned him the respect and admiration of higher officials both in the Church and at the Imperial Court. In February 398 A.D., he was appointed Bishop of Constantinople, the imperial city created by the Emperor Constantine. His memorable, plain language writing and speaking, as a Deacon, pamphlet writer, Priest and as a Bishop, earned him the title "Golden Mouth," which is the meaning of Chrysostom in Greek.   He was a strong and unwavering advocate of the Nicene creed, formulated at the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. 

Though he fell from office in a power struggle with Empress Eudoxia, it was in large measure owing to John's leadership and example that the Church at Constantinople became a Patriarchate in 451 A.D. One of the two most favored liturgies of the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, was named in his honor and contains many memorable phrases typical of his thinking, including the Communion liturgy's description of God the Father as "ineffable, inconceivable, invisible, ever-existing and eternally the same."   His last words were:  "Glory be to God for all things!"

In the Anglican Christian calendar, St. John Chrysostom is celebrated on January 27th. 

John Chrysostom's relics were placed in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople in 438 A.D..  In 1204 A.D., during the Fourth Crusade, his relics were seized by Venetians and were taken to Rome, where they were installed in St. Peter's Basilica.  After 800 years, the Roman Catholic Church has returned Chrysostom's relics, along with those of St. Gregory Nazianzos.  In ceremonies at St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday, November 27, 2004, Pope John Paul II handed the relics of the two saints to the Eastern Orthodox Church's Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I.  Chrysostom's relics are to be reinterred in the Orthodox cemetery outside Istanbul, formerly Constantinople.