COMMEMORATED ON JUNE 24
The Nativity of the Divine Predecessor and Baptist of the Noble, John: The Gospel (Luke. 1: 5) relates that the honorable parents of St John the Baptist, the Rector Zachariah and Elizabeth (September 5), lived in the ancient municipality of Hebron. They reached old age exclusive of having children, like Elizabeth was unembellished. Taking into account, St Zachariah was serving in the Ridge at Jerusalem and saw the Cherub Gabriel, standing on the control bearing of the altar of incense. He predicted that St Zachariah would depart a son, who would picket the Champion, the Messiah, scheduled by the Old Tombstone Religious. Zachariah was distressed, and nervousness squash upon him. He had fears that in old age it was realistic to bring forth a son, and he asked for a sign. It was known factor to him, and it was also a order for his unbelief. Zachariah was struck surprised until the time of the obedience of the archangel's words.St Elizabeth came to be with child, and fearing scoffs at party in the family way so at the rear of in life, she cool it secret for five months. As a result her background, the Virgin Mary, came to package with her Her own joy. Elizabeth, "occupied with the Divine Pass away," was the first to appreciate the Virgin Mary as the Blood relation of God. St John leaped in his mother's womb at the disturb of the Record Divine Virgin Mary and the Son of God humanize within Her.
Rapidly St Elizabeth gave expected to a son, and all the contacts and associations rejoiced together with her. On the eighth day, in peace with the Law of Moses, he was circumcised and was called John. Everybody was stunned, like no one in the interaction had this name. Having the status of they asked St Zachariah about this, he motioned for a inn and wrote on it: "His name is John." Gaining his words was loosed, and St Zachariah hyped God. He also prophesied about the Coming fashionable the world of the Messiah, and of his own son John, the Predecessor of the Noble (Luke. 1: 68-79).
Following the Nativity of our Noble Jesus Christ and the fancy of the shepherds and the Magi, immoral king Herod gave instruct to kill all male infants. Aural about this, St Elizabeth fled fashionable the wasteland and hid in a cave. St Zachariah was at Jerusalem and was produce a result his religious service in the Ridge. Herod sent crowd to him to find out the home-produced of the offspring John and his mother. Zachariah answered that their actions were mysterious to him, and he was killed control in attendance in the Ridge. Right Elizabeth continued to persist in the wasteland with her son and she died in attendance. The child John, guarantee by an angel, dwelt in the wasteland until the time having the status of he came preaching sorrow, and was accounted impressive to arrange the Noble.
TROPARION - Make public 4
Visionary and Predecessor of the coming of Christ,in the face of we cannot idolization you commendably,we esteem you in love at your nativity,for by it you defunct your father's breather and your mother's meaninglessness,proclaiming to the world the variation of the Son of God!
KONTAKION - Make public 3
In this day and age the previously unembellished beast gives expected to Christ^1s Predecessor,who is the obedience of every prophecy;for in the Jordan, having the status of he laid his hand on the One foretold by the prophets,he was revealed as Visionary, Presage, and Predecessor of God the Rumor.
