Fourth Sunday of Great Lent
Venerable John Climacus of Sinai, Author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent
Forms of name: John
Ascetic of the 6th/7th century, spiritual child of Abba Martyrius. Best known for writing The Ladder of Divine Ascent, a manual for monastics written at the request of St. John, Igumen of Raithu Monastery.