[[Image:Zacharias (Father of St. John the Baptist).jpg|frame|right|Prophet Zacharias (Father of St. John the Baptist)]]

The [[Righteous]] '''Zachariah''' (or ''' Zacharias'''), the father of the holy [[Prophet]] St [[John the Baptist]] is commemorated by the Church on [[September 5]] along with his wife [[Elizabeth]]. He is also remembered, in the Greek tradition, on [[June 24]] with the Nativity of St John the Baptist.