A great saint is commemorated today in the Orthodox calendar. What believers need to know

The great prophecies of Isaiah refer to the incarnation of the Lord, to His birth from the Virgin Mary, to John the Baptist and to many events in the life of Christ the Savior. This Prophet also received the gift of working miracles. Thus, when Jerusalem was besieged by enemies and there was a terrible drought, Isaiah prayed to God and water flowed from under Mount Zion.

This water was called Siloam, which means “sent”. Later, the Lord would direct the steps of the one born blind to this water, in which to bathe and thus regain his sight.

During the reign of King Manasseh, the Holy Prophet Isaiah stood up against pagan customs. This was the reason why he was taken out of the fortress and cut in two with the saw.

Isaiah lived and prophesied seven hundred years before the coming of the Savior Christ. He was called the “Evangelist of the Old Testament” due to the fact that he prophesied the birth of the Messiah from the Virgin Mary, His divinity, His miracles, passions and death, and finally His glorification.

It should be mentioned that Isaiah is the one who spoke the words that the Church sang in the evenings of Denia: “The people who lived in darkness will see the great light and you who live in the shadow of death, the light will shine on you” (9, 1). And he also announced the Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem: “Light up, light up, Jerusalem, for your light is coming, and the glory of the Lord has risen over you!” (60, 1).

Bringing the relics of Saint Hierarch Nicholas to Bari:

On May 9 we commemorate the Bringing of the relics of Saint Hierarch Nicholas to Bari. In the time of the good-faith Greek emperor Alexius and the patriarch of Constantinople, Nicholas, ruling in Russia the Christ-loving great lord of Kiev, Vsevolod Yaroslavich, and Vladimir the good-born, his son, the lord of Chernihiv, who was afterwards called Monomakh, there was an invasion of the Ishmaelites over the Greek rule on the other side of the sea, because, starting from Kherson, the enemies of the Cross of Christ, enslaved the Christian land as far as Antioch and Jerusalem and devastated with fire and sword all the cities and villages, churches and monasteries .

Also today, we commemorate:

– to the Holy Martyr Christopher;
– To the Holy Martyrs Calinica and Achilina;
– To the Holy Martyrs Epimachus and Gordian;
– To the Holy Pious Martyr Nicholas the New from Vunena.
– Saint Joseph from Optina

Tomorrow, we commemorate the Holy Apostle Simon the Zealot.

Source: CrestinOrtodox.ro