Saints

According to Christianity nowadays, a person becomes a saint by following a process named canonization. However, hundreds of years ago, the title of saints was accomplished in different ways. In the Eastern Orthodox religion John the Baptist would be considered a major religious figure. He was a prophet and even before Christ was born, he preached that the Messiah was coming. Herod, the leader at the time, got jealous and scared of the existence of Messiah and the thought of his power being endangered. Therefore he cruelly ordered that all new born male babies would be killed, however he didn't manage to achieve his goal. John the Baptist is also believe to be the man the baptized Jesus and many other in the Jordan River. His death is interesting as well. St. John was beheaded by Herod after being imprisoned. He was imprisoned because he reproved Herod for divorcing his wife and marrying his brother's wife, Herodias. Herodias felt alarmed. On Herod's birthday Herodias's daughter danced and impressed her father. He granted her anything, and when his wife heard that, she made the innocent girl ask for St. John's head.