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Commemoration of the Apostle St James and Evangelist St John

28 Dec 2023

 

St James was the son of the fisherman Zebedee, the senior brother of the Evangelist St John. He was one of the closest and most reliable disciples of Jesus and the witness of the important events related to Jesus.

When Samaritans refused to receive Christ, James and his brother asked Jesus to send fire down on the people, as prophet Elijah did. Jesus reproached them for their groundless behavior. Because of such events Jesus called them “Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder” (See Mk 3:17). James is the only apostle about whose death is told in the “Acts of the Apostles”. Herod arrested James and stabbed him.

The name of this apostle is closely related to the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. According to Armenian  tradition, the head of St James was brought to James, brother of Jesus, who buried it in the garden of his house. Later the Cathedral of St James was built in that same place. On the northern wall of the chapel, the tomb of the apostle’s head is shown.

Evangelist St John is the author of the fourth Gospel, three letters and the Revelation. He deserved the title of the “beloved disciple” of Christ. Jesus loved and trusted him so much that at the moment of crucifixion asked him to take care of the Holy Mother of God. He passed away in 100 AD, in Ephesus, at the age of 95.

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28 Dec 2023
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28 Dec 2023
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