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The holy, glorious and all-laudable '''Apostle Jude''' was the brother of [[Apostle James the Just|St. James]] and son of [[Joseph the Betrothed|St. Joseph]], Betrothed to the [[Theotokos]]. Sometimes he is called Levi or Thaddaeus (some English translations call him 'Judas'). He protested along with Simon and Hosea when the elderly Joseph wanted to leave a portion of his estate to [[Jesus]] upon his death. He was often called 'brother of James' out of humility and shame for he did not believe in Christ at first, yet St. James did. | The holy, glorious and all-laudable '''Apostle Jude''' was the brother of [[Apostle James the Just|St. James]] and son of [[Joseph the Betrothed|St. Joseph]], Betrothed to the [[Theotokos]]. Sometimes he is called Levi or Thaddaeus (some English translations call him 'Judas'). He protested along with Simon and Hosea when the elderly Joseph wanted to leave a portion of his estate to [[Jesus]] upon his death. He was often called 'brother of James' out of humility and shame for he did not believe in Christ at first, yet St. James did. | ||
| − | He was one of the [[Apostles|twelve Great Apostles]] (not to be confused with the [[Apostle_Thaddeus|Thaddeus]] of the Seventy Apostles) and after the Acension he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Galilee, Idumea, Syria, Arabia, Mesopotamia, and Armenia. While preaching in the area around Ararat he was captured by pagans, crucified and killed by being shot with arrows. The Church remembers St. Jude on [[June 19]] and has canonized his epistle in the [[Holy Scripture]]s. | + | He was one of the [[Apostles|twelve Great Apostles]] (not to be confused with the [[Apostle_Thaddeus|Thaddeus]] of the Seventy Apostles) and after the Acension he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Galilee, Idumea, Syria, Arabia, Mesopotamia, and Armenia. While preaching in the area around Ararat he was captured by pagans, crucified and killed by being shot with arrows. |
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| + | The Church remembers St. Jude on [[June 19]] and has canonized his epistle in the [[Holy Scripture]]s. | ||
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Scriptural Reference(s)
Jude; Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13
Life
The holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostle Jude was the brother of St. James and son of St. Joseph, Betrothed to the Theotokos. Sometimes he is called Levi or Thaddaeus (some English translations call him 'Judas'). He protested along with Simon and Hosea when the elderly Joseph wanted to leave a portion of his estate to Jesus upon his death. He was often called 'brother of James' out of humility and shame for he did not believe in Christ at first, yet St. James did.
He was one of the twelve Great Apostles (not to be confused with the Thaddeus of the Seventy Apostles) and after the Acension he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Galilee, Idumea, Syria, Arabia, Mesopotamia, and Armenia. While preaching in the area around Ararat he was captured by pagans, crucified and killed by being shot with arrows.
Commemoration
The Church remembers St. Jude on June 19 and has canonized his epistle in the Holy Scriptures.
Source
St. Nikolai Velimirovic, The Prologue of Ohrid
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