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100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 Life in this world is a period
of separation from God, which is full of sorrow, and pain:
Sorrow is the bedstead, Pain the fiber with
which it is woven, And separation is the quilt. See this is the
life we lead, O Lord. Absorption in the affairs of the world, in forgetfulness of God, is regarded by Sheikh Farid as desertion by a woman of her husband and going over to an alien house. 1266 Baba Sheikh Farid Ji |
1350 B.C. Job
The righteous (whose name means "persecuted"), God's faithful
servant, was the perfect image of every virtue |
900 b.c. Elijah
(the Lord's strength) The Holy Prophet is one of the greatest of the
prophets and the first dedicated to virginity in the Old Testament. He was
born in Tishba of Gilead into the Levite tribe 900 years before the Incarnation
of the Word of God; Elijah then declared to Ahab, as punishment neither rain
nor dew upon the ground, and the drought would cease only by his prayer; power
of his prayer flour and oil were not depleted in the home of the widow
for the duration of the famine: he raised the dead son of the widow |
9th v. BC June
14 Elisha The
Holy Prophet was a native of the village of Abelmaum, near Jordan.
By the command of the Lord he was called to prophetic service by the holy
Prophet Elias (July 20). He spent more than 65 years in prophetic
service, under six Israelite kings (from Ahab to Joash). While Elisha lived,
he did not tremble before any prince, and no word could overcome him (Sirach
48: 13 ["Sirach" is called "Ecclesiasticus" in Catholic Bibles ]). June 27 Elisha, the Prophet |
- 650 bc The Holy Prophet Habakkuk
8th of the Twelve Minor Prophets foresaw destruction of Jerusalem Temple,
the Babylonian Captivity and later return of captives to their native land. descended from Tribe of Simeon he prophesied 650 B.C. |
-626 bc Prophet
Zephaniah eliminate idol-worship prophesied calamities to come for people
of Judea and Gaza, Ascalon, Crete, and against Moabites, Ammonites and Ninevites
contemporary of the Prophet
Jeremiah
and the Prophetess Oldama If 626 BC is accepted, then the ministries of Jeremiah and Zephaniah began in the same year" (Homer Hailey). Prophet Zephaniah {means "defended by God."} { (Hebrew -- Tsephan-yah) means "Yahweh hides" or "Yahweh has hidden." (Sophonias) {(means "the Lord is my secret")} was a contemporary of the Prophet Jeremiah and the Prophetess Oldama. He was from the tribe of Simeon, and was the ninth of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. |
600 B.C. May
01 The
Holy Prophet Jeremiah, one of four great Old Testament prophets regarded as a wonderworker |
900 b.c. Elijah
(the Lord's strength) The Holy Prophet is one of the greatest of the
prophets and the first dedicated to virginity in the Old Testament. He was
born in Tishba of Gilead into the Levite tribe 900 years before the Incarnation
of the Word of God; Elijah then declared to Ahab, as punishment neither rain
nor dew upon the ground, and the drought would cease only by his prayer; power
of his prayer flour and oil were not depleted in the home of the widow
for the duration of the famine: he raised the dead son of the widow In monte Carmélo sancti Elíæ
Prophétæ. On Mount Carmel, the holy prophet
Elijah.
900 b.c. Elijah
(the Lord's strength) The Holy Prophet is one of the greatest of the prophets
and the first dedicated to virginity in the Old Testament. He was born in
Tishba of Gilead into the Levite tribe 900 years before the Incarnation of
the Word of God; Elijah then declared to Ahab, as punishment neither rain
nor dew upon the ground, and the drought would cease only by his prayer; power
of his prayer flour and oil were not depleted in the home of the widow
for the duration of the famine: he raised the dead son of the widow
In monte Carmélo sancti Elíæ
Prophétæ. On Mount Carmel, the holy prophet
Elijah.
St Epiphanius of Cyprus gives the following
account about the birth of the Prophet Elijah:
"When Elijah was born, his father Sobach saw in
a vision angels of God around him.
They swaddled him with fire and fed him with flames." The name Elijah
(the Lord's strength) given to the infant defined his whole life. From the
years of his youth he dedicated himself to the One God, settled in the wilderness
and spent his whole life in strict fasting, meditation and prayer.
Called to prophetic service, which put him in conflict with
the Israelite king Ahab, the prophet became a fiery zealot of true faith
and piety.During this time the Israelite
nation had fallen away from the faith of their Fathers, they abandoned the
One God and worshipped pagan idols, the worship of which was introduced by
the impious king Jereboam. Jezebel, the wife of king Ahab, was devoted to
idol worship. She persuaded her husband to build a temple to the pagan god
Baal, which led many Israelites away from the worship of the true God.
Beholding the ruin of his nation, the Prophet Elijah began to denounce King
Ahab for impiety, and exhorted him to repent and turn to the God of Israel.
The king would not listen to
him. The Prophet Elijah then declared to him, that as punishment there would
be neither rain nor dew upon the ground, and the drought would cease only
by his prayer. Indeed, the word of Elijah was a torch (Eccles. 48: 1) The
heavens were closed for three and a half years, and there was drought and
famine throughout all the land.
During this time of tribulation, the Lord sent him to a cave beyond the Jordan. There he was miraculously fed by ravens. When the stream Horath dried up, the Lord sent the Prophet Elijah to Sarephta to a poor widow, a Sidonian Gentile who suffered together with her children, awaiting death by starvation. At the request of the prophet, she prepared him a bread with the last measure of flour and the remainder of the oil. Through the prayer of the Prophet Elijah, flour and oil were not depleted in the home of the widow for the duration of the famine. By the power of his prayer the prophet also performed another miracle: he raised the dead son of the widow. After the end of three years of drought the Merciful Lord sent the prophet to appear before King Ahab, and promised to send rain upon the earth. The Prophet Elijah told the king to order all of Israel to gather upon Mount Carmel, and also the priests of Baal. When the nation had gathered, the Prophet Elijah proposed that two sacrificial altars be built: one for the priests of Baal, and the other for the Prophet Elijah who served the True God. The Prophet Elijah told them
to call on their gods to consume the sacrificial animals with fire, and he
would call on his. Whichever was first to send fire on the sacrifice would
be acknowledged as the true God. The prophets of Baal called out to their
idol from morning till evening, but the heavens were silent. Towards evening
the holy Prophet Elijah built his sacrificial altar from twelve stones, the
number of the tribes of Israel. He placed the sacrifice upon the wood, gave
orders to dig a ditch around the altar and commanded that the sacrifice
and the wood be soaked with water. When the ditch had filled with water,
the prophet turned to God in prayer. Through the prayer of the prophet fire
came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, and even the
water. The people fell down to the ground, crying out: "Truly, the Lord is
God!" Then the Prophet Elijah had all the pagan-priests of Baal put to death,
and he began to pray for rain. Through his prayer the heavens opened and
an abundant rain fell, soaking the parched earth.
King Ahab acknowledged his error and repented of his sins, but his wife Jezebel threatened to kill the prophet of God. The Prophet Elijah fled into the Kingdom of Judea and, grieving over his failure to eradicate idol worship, he asked God to let him die. An angel of the Lord came before him, strengthened him with food and commanded him to go upon a long journey. The Prophet Elijah traveled for forty days and nights and, having arrived at Mount Horeb, he settled in a cave. The Lord told him that the next day Elijah would stand in His presence.There was a strong wind that crushed the rocks of the mountain, then an earthquake, and a fire, but the Lord was not in them. The Lord was in "a gentle breeze" (3 Kings 19: 12). He revealed to the prophet, that He would preserve seven thousand faithful servants who had not worshipped Baal. Later, the Lord commanded Elijah to anoint Elisha into prophetic
service.
Because of his fiery zeal for the Glory of God the Prophet Elijah
was taken up alive into Heaven in a fiery
chariot. The Prophet Elisha received Elijah's
mantle, and a double portion of his prophetic spirit.
According to Tradition of Holy Church, Prophet
Elijah will be the Forerunner of the Dread Second Coming of Christ.
He will proclaim the truth of Christ, urge all to repentance, and will be slain by the Antichrist. This will be a sign of the end of the world. The life of the holy Prophet
Elijah is recorded in the Old Testament books (3 Kings; 4 Kings; Sirach/Ecclesiastes
48: 1-15; 1 Maccabees 2: 58).
At the time of the Transfiguration, the Prophet Elijah conversed
with the Savior upon Mount Tabor (Mt. 17: 3; Mark 9: 4; Luke.
9: 30).Orthodox Christians of all times,
and in all places, have venerated the Prophet Elijah for centuries. The first
church in Russia, built at Kiev under Prince Igor, was named for the Prophet
Elijah. After her Baptism St Olga (July 14) built a temple of the holy Prophet
Elijah in his native region, at the village of Vibuta.
In iconography the Prophet Elijah is depicted ascending to Heaven in a fiery chariot, surrounded with flames, and harnessed to four winged horses. We pray to him for deliverance
from drought, and to ask for seasonable weather.
Elijah (Elias), Prophet (RM)
8th century BC. The eventful life of Elijah, the great prophet of the Old
Testament, is recorded for us in 1 and 2 Kings. He was a real but almost
legendary figure, like Saint John the Baptist: hairy, dressed in animal skins,
coming out of the wilderness to terrify the whole country with his announcements
of impending calamity, and then disappearing. Elijah lived during
the reign of Ahab, at a time when the Jewish people had again turned to pagan
gods. He appeared before Ahab and announced an extended drought. Yet no one
repented, so he hid himself by the brook Cherith, where he was fed by ravens
each morning and evening.
When the brook dried up, Elijah
moved to Zarephath, where he met a poor widow preparing a last meal for herself
and her son before they died of starvation. Nevertheless, the widow extended
hospitality to the limit of her ability and was rewarded. God, through Elijah,
constantly and miraculously renewed her supply of oil and grain. When her
son died, Elijah restored him to life.
After three years of drought, God ordered Elijah to return to Ahab. During Elijah's absence, Ahab's wife, Jezebel, had ordered that all prophets of God by executed. Obadiah, one of the king's ministers and a minor prophet, hid 50 of them in a cave, where he met Elijah on his way to Ahab's court. Obadiah panicked when Elijah commanded him to tell Ahab that "Elijah is here" because there was a standing order to kill every prophet on sight. Nevertheless, Obadiah took Elijah to his king. Ahab accused Elijah of bringing trouble to Israel. Elijah replied: "I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father's house, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and have followed Ba'alam." Then he proposed a public contest: "Gather all Israel on Mount Carmel, and 450 prophets of Baal." The king agreed, so the met at the appointed time and place. Elijah admonished the people to choose between Baal and Yahweh--whichever proved stronger. The prophet of God and the prophets of Baal would each chose a bullock, cut it, and lay it on wood. The true God would be the one who would cause a holocaust. The prophets of Baal began first. For days and nights they prayed and danced about and leapt upon the altar, until Elijah derided them: "Cry louder. Perhaps your god is asleep and needs to be awakened." Baal prophets redoubled their efforts and added self mutilation. But nothing happened. Then it was Elijah's turn. He calmly prepared the altar, slaughtered the bullock, set the wood, drenched everything with water, and then prayed. At once a fire came and consumed everything. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and prayed to the living God. Elijah rounded up the priests of Baal, took them to the brook of Kishon, and killed them. Then he went to Ahab and said,
"Eat and drink, for there will be an abundance of rain." And it rained.
Jezebel was furious when Ahab
told her what had happened.
Elijah's association with Mount Carmel is the reason that the
Carmelite Order liturgically commemorates this feast of it principal patron
(Benedictines, Encyclopedia).She sent a message to Elijah that she was mete out to him the following day the same fate he gave to Baal's priests. Elijah fled into the desert, where he was fed by an angel. He set out for Mount Horeb (Sinai) by walking forty days without food or rest. Elijah was near despair when God visited him on a mountainside: "And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke the rocks into pieces before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind was an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake was a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, a still small voice" that told him to anoint Elisha as a prophet. He found Elisha plowing a field. "Elijah passed by him and cast his mantle upon him. And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah." Before Elijah was taken up by God in a whirlwind, he asked what he should do for his successor Elisha. Elisha responded: "I pray, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me." And so it was. As they walked together along the Jordan "there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up in a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and cried, 'My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof...' He took up the mantle of Elijah that fell from the saint, and went back..." |
9th v. BC June 14 Elisha The
Holy Prophet was a native of the village of Abelmaum, near Jordan.
By the command of the Lord he was called to prophetic service by the holy
Prophet Elias (July 20). He spent more than 65 years in prophetic
service, under six Israelite kings (from Ahab to Joash). While Elisha lived,
he did not tremble before any prince, and no word could overcome him (Sirach
48: 13 ["Sirach" is called "Ecclesiasticus" in Catholic Bibles ]). June 27 Elisha, the Prophet |
-626 bc Prophet
Zephaniah eliminate idol-worship prophesied calamities to come for people
of Judea and Gaza, Ascalon, Crete, and against Moabites, Ammonites and Ninevites
contemporary of the Prophet
Jeremiah
and the Prophetess Oldama If 626 BC is accepted, then the ministries of Jeremiah and Zephaniah began in the same year" (Homer Hailey). Prophet Zephaniah {means "defended by God."} { (Hebrew -- Tsephan-yah) means "Yahweh hides" or "Yahweh has hidden." (Sophonias) {(means "the Lord is my secret")} was a contemporary of the Prophet Jeremiah and the Prophetess Oldama. He was from the tribe of Simeon, and was the ninth of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. |
600 B.C.
May 01 The Holy Prophet
Jeremiah, one of four great Old Testament prophets regarded as a wonderworker |