Patriarch John worked to alleviate the onerous new taxes levied by Governor Nicetas. The governor left John in a passion. Let not the sun set on your anger. The admonition had its intended effect. The governor returned to John and asked for pardon.
Legend says the tin turned to finest silver on the return journey.
John's open hand never closed. Though he was not a monk himself, he came to respect them and founded two new monasteries in the city. Once a young monk begged alms for several days accompanied by an attractive young woman. As a result of the consequent scandal, John had the woman beaten and separated from the monk, who was scourged and placed in solitary confinement. That night John had a dream in which he saw the monk who told him that he had made a mistake.