June 19
Reading:
The Apostle Jude was of the choir of the Twelve, and by
Luke was called Jude, the brother of James the Brother of God (Luke
6:16; Acts 1:13), and therefore also a kinsman of the Lord according to
His humanity. But by Matthew (10:3), he is called Lebbaeus, surnamed
Thaddeus (he is not the Thaddeus who healed the suffering of Abgar, as
Eusebius says in his Eccl. Hist., 1:13; see Aug. 21). Saint Jude
preached in Mesopotamia, Arabia, Idumea, and Syria, and, it is said,
completed the path of his divine apostleship by martyrdom in Beirut in
the year 80. Written after the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, his is
the last of the Catholic (General) Epistles to the believing Jews in
the Diaspora. His name (a variant of Judah) means "Praise."
Apolytikion in the First Tone
We know thee as a kinsman of Christ and we laud thee with sacred
hymns and songs as a most steadfast Martyr who trampled on error and who
courageously kept the Faith. As we celebrate today thy holy
remembrance, we receive forgiveness of our sins and transgressions, O
Jude, through thy holy prayers.
Kontakion in the First Tone
Sprung from a noble root, thou art risen before us, a branch
bestowed by God, ever feeding the whole world upon the fruits of thy
words, O eyewitness of God the Lord, O thou brother of our God, and
Christ's all-wise herald, who hast taught the Lord's pure Orthodox Faith
to all men, initiate of His grace.
SOURCE:
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