Raising of lazarus

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Righteous Lazarus of the Four-Days, brother of Martha and Mary Magdalene, lived in Bethany village close to Jerusalem. Jesus often visited, called L His friend, and resurrected him after 4 days in the grave. Lazarus lived 30 years more as bishop of Kiteia, Cyprus. His relics were discovered in a marble coffin inscribed "Lazarus of the Four-Days, the friend of Christ" and taken to Constantinople in 898. His resurrection is celebrated the Saturday of the 6th Week of Great Lent, "Lazarus Saturday." Raising Of Lazarus, Saint Lazarus, Order Of The Eastern Star, Russian Icons, Eastern Orthodox, Byzantine Art, Byzantine Icons, Religious Images, Religious Icons

Lazarus: Symbol of Christian Awakening The Righteous St Lazarus, the brother of Martha and Mary (Magdalene), lived in the village of Bethany, not far from Jerusalem. 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 Church remembers St Lazarus on the Saturday of the Sixth Week of…

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