![]() ![]() When Martha reproached Our Lord for not arriving sooner, Christ assured her that Lazarus would rise. When He arrived, Lazarus had already been in his tomb for four days. The Lord tarried where He was, later perceiving Lazarus' death. On His way to Jerusalem before the Passover, the sisters had sent word to Jesus and His Apostles that Lazarus was ill. Kalliope received the incorrupt crown of glory, and entered into the joy of her Bridegroom Christ.According to the Gospel of John, Lazarus lived in the town of Bethany (approximately two miles outside of Jerusalem in the present day West Bank) with his two sisters, Mary and Martha. In the end, they beheaded her, and thus St. Thus, having been whipped mercilessly, and having had her breasts cut off, they burned her with lit torches, and poured vinegar and salt on her wounds. ![]() This enraged the eparch, who saw that his hopes were proving false, ordered that she be immediately be tortured terribly until death. But Kalliope remained indifferent to his promises and unshakable in her faith. He immediately observed Kalliope's beauty, and was occupied by evil thoughts and desires, and sought with promises and flattery to convince her to fulfill his guilty desires. During the persecution of Christians of that era, she was arrested and led before the eparch for judgment. She was known for her bodily and spiritual beauty, and also for her clear and deep piety. It is unknown where the Holy Martyr Kalliope was from, who suffered during the years of the Emperor Decius (249-251 AD). Orthodox icon of Saint Kalliope, Kalliopi, Calliope. The Byzantine emperor Leo the Wise (886-911) gave orders to transfer the relics of St Lazarus to Constantinople in the year 898 and place them within the church of the Righteous Lazarus. They were within a marble coffin, upon which was inscribed: Lazarus of the Four-Days, the friend of Christ. The holy relics of St Lazarus were discovered in Kiteia. Righteous Lazarus is mentioned in the Holy Gospel once more: when the Lord had come again to Bethany six days before the Passover, Lazarus was also there (John 12:1-2, 12:9-11).Īfter his raising, St Lazarus lived another thirty years as a bishop on the island of Cyprus, where he spread Christianity and peacefully fell asleep in the Lord. Because of this the High Priests also wanted to kill Lazarus. ![]() Being persuaded of the reality of this most remarkable wonder, they became followers of Christ. Many of the Jews, when they heard about this, came to Bethany. The Church remembers St Lazarus on the Saturday of the Sixth Week of Great Lent, Lazarus Saturday. During His earthly life the Lord Jesus Christ often visited the house of Lazarus, whom He much loved and called His friend (John 11:3,11), and when Lazarus had died and lain four days already in the grave, the Lord raised him from the dead (John 11:1-44). The Righteous St Lazarus, the brother of Martha and Mary (Magdalene), lived in the village of Bethany, not far from Jerusalem. The Transfer of the relics of Righteous Lazarus of the Four Days, Bishop of Kiteia on Cyprus, took place in the ninth century. ![]()
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