Orthodox Calendar April 27, 2024. Saint James the Apostle is celebrated on Holy Tuesday of Passion Week. The prayer to say today

• Dry Tuesday of Passion Week is celebrated on April 30, 2024
• On Holy Tuesday of Passion Week, Saint James the Apostle is celebrated

Even today, the Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Ignatius Briancianinov, Saint Clement, Saint Maximus the Martyr, Saint Basil the Martyr (bishop of Amasia), Saint Donatus (bishop of Evria) and Saint Arghira the Martyr.

On Holy Tuesday of Passion Week, Saint James the Apostle is celebrated

We know about St. James the Apostle that he was the brother of St. John the Evangelist and one of the 12 apostles of the Savior. He chose to leave his father and follow the way of the Savior and his teachings.

Saint James preached the Gospel after Pentecost and thus managed to reach Spain. He then returned to Jerusalem, where he was subjected to terrible torture by the Jews.

St. Apostle Jacob was sentenced to death in the year 45, writes crestinortodox.ro.

What a good prayer to say today, on Holy Tuesday of Passion Week

In the lines below you can find the prayer that is good to say today, on Holy Tuesday of Passion Week:

“My God! Condemned I stand before Your Holy Face, and I confess my unworthiness, helplessness and great poverty. For this I pray Thee, O sweet Spring and fountain of mercy, open the floodgates of heaven and rain upon me the goodness of Thy mercy, so that I may shed tears, weep, wash and cleanse my soul from the impurity of sins, with strong repentance and true.

And in order to give me this Gift, Lord, I place John the Forerunner as an intercessor, to whom I say: O teacher of the faith and magnified Prophet, who are greater than all the prophets, as the Son of God Himself called you in the Holy Gospel , you who showed the people the Lord Christ, you who baptized Him in Jordan and saw the heavens open, you who heard the voice of the Heavenly Father and saw the Holy Spirit like a dove descending on Him . Please, help me with your intercession, you who sit in heaven before the Eternal judge, and make him have mercy on me, because you have a lot of boldness before Him.

Reach out that hand, with which you baptized Him and destroy my evil thoughts, and strengthen me to spend my life on the good path of God. O Prophet! Enlighten my mind with the commandments of the Lord, so that I remember them and keep them, until the end of my life. And to stay by my side in the hour of my death, to take me repentantly before my Master, God.

Pray also for the whole world, that God will help Christians, both the living and the deceased, and give them rest from their many needs, give them all they need and make them worthy of His Kingdom. Amen.”