john's father zacharias was a jewish priest, and during the service he was honored with an appearanceel gabriel, who announced to him about the future birth of an unusual baby. but looking at his advanced age, zechariah doubted the possibilities of what the archangel said. therefore, for his unbelief, he was deprived of the opportunity to speak until the birth of john. and here we can emphasize an important lesson for ourselves. spiritual doubts happen to everyone, even through fasting and prayer, but one can say that the lord himself prepared the holy spirit in these circumstances of the life. him to great service. ioan pritecha wore rough clothes and ate bitter honey from wild bees and locusts. when he was 30 years old, the lord commanded him to come out of the desert and preach the coming of christ. john came to the jordan river, in which the jews traditionally performed religious ablutions. here he began to tell the people about repentance and baptism. for the remission of sins, and also baptized people in the jordanian waters. this was not the sacrament of baptism as we know it n