John the Apostle John the Apostle John the Apostle ( ; ; Koine Greek: Ἰωάννης; ; Latin: "Ioannes"; ) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament, which refers to him as Ἰωάννης. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he was the son of Zebedee and Salome or Joanna. His brother was James, who was another of the Twelve Apostles. The Church Fathers identify him as John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, John the Elder and the Beloved Disciple, and testify that he outlived the remaining apostles and that he was the only one to die of natural
Church of the Holy Apostles (Thessaloniki) Camii ("Mosque of the Cold Water"). As was their usual practice, the Ottomans covered the mosaics and frescoes with plaster, after they removed the gold "tesserae". The church's modern name, "Holy Apostles", was not attributed to the building until the 19th century. Restoration and the gradual revealing of the frescoes began in 1926. After the 1978 earthquake, the building was strengthened, and in 2002, the mosaics were cleaned up. Church of the Holy Apostles (Thessaloniki) The Church of the Holy Apostles () is a 14th-century Byzantine church in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. The church is located at the