The Holy Apostle Luke: Some Facts from Life
The Holy Apostle Luke: Some Facts from Life
Among the Seventy Apostles of Jesus Christ,St Luke is singled out. He is the author of one of the Gospels, as well as the book of the Acts of the Holy Apostles. Like other disciples of Christ, Luke worked in the work of preaching the gospel to the masses.
The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke was fromAntioch. He had Greek roots. He was a skilful doctor and at the same time was a good painter. First Luke was a pagan, and then he accepted the Jewish faith. After the public preaching of Christ, Luke took Christianity.
Hearing the preaching of Jesus Christ, Luke becamea follower of Jesus. The Lord listed Luke as the Seventy Apostles. Luke was an apostle Paul's assistant after the latter turned to Christ. Luke was with the first-class apostle and in the capital of the empire - Rome, when Paul was imprisoned and then killed.
St. Luke wrote the Gospel for a certainTheophilus, who is believed to have been a noble Roman, and also the book of the Acts of the Apostles, in which he described the initial state of believers and the spread of the Church of Christ mainly through the labors of the holy apostles Peter and Paul.
The Holy Apostle Luke was ordained bishop inThessalonica. He painted several images of the Blessed Virgin. To icons, written by the apostle Luke, include, for example, the image of Vladimir the Virgin, as well as several others.
The apostle Luke died a martyr's death inThebes (Patrah) on the 85th year of life. The Evangelist Luke in the iconography is depicted with a calf. This is symbolic, because the apostle begins his Gospel with the story of the birth of the Forerunner of Christ, John, from the priest of Zechariah, whose duties included sacrificing, among other animals, calves. Also this symbolic animal characterizes the fact that the apostle in his gospel presented Christ as God, who gave his life for the salvation of people. This symbolizes the redeeming sacrifice of the Savior.
