December 23: The Tunic of John The Baptist Is Recovered
The Christian army of the Byzantine Empire sacked Aleppo in 962 A.D. and regained the relic.
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On December 23rd of the year 962 A.D. the city of Aleppo was sacked by Byzantine troops belonging to Emperor Nicephorus II Phocas.
Aleppo had been conquered 18 years before by a formidable Muslim leader: Sayf al-Dawla (which means: “Sword of the Dynasty”) who ruled most of northern Syria.
He was the chief Arab power against the Byzantine Empire, and his life was spent in warfare against them. In a short span from 945-946 A.D. it was said that al-Dawla engaged the Byzantines in over forty battles.
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