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Showing posts with label O.T. - Jonah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label O.T. - Jonah. Show all posts
September 21, 2022

The Comparison of the Prophet Jonah and Hercules

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Hercules wrestles Triton In the second troparion of the sixth ode of the iambic canon that was composed by Saint John of Damascus for the fe...
September 21, 2021

Homily on the Prophet Jonah and on the Repentance of the Ninevites (St. Ephraim the Syrian)

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  By St. Ephraim the Syrian 1. Jonah the Hebrew came up from the sea, and preached in Nineveh to the uncircumcised. The prophet went into th...
September 21, 2019

The Story Behind the Only Church in Greece Dedicated to the Prophet Jonah

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The only church in Greece dedicated to the Prophet Jonah is in the village of Anoskeli in Kisamos on the island of Crete. It was consecrate...

The Great Mystery in the History of Jonah (St. Methodios of Olympus)

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By St. Methodios of Olympus I. The history of Jonah contains a great mystery. For it seems that the whale signifies Time, which never stan...
March 26, 2018

The Drowning of Mary, A Woman Who Was a Sinner

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By St. John Moschos Palladius also told us that he had heard a certain sea captain once tell him about a voyage of his when he had several...
September 21, 2017

How Jesus Was Greater Than Jonah (Sts. John Chrysostom & Cyril of Jerusalem)

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By St. John Chrysostom ( Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew , Homily 43.3) "Behold, a greater than Jonah is here." (Matt. 12:41)...

The Flight of Jonah (St. Gregory the Theologian)

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By St. Gregory the Theologian (Excerpt from Oration 2: In Defense of his Flight to Pontus ) Jonah was fleeing from the face of God, or ra...

The Great Mystery of the Prophet Jonah (St. Methodios of Olympus)

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By St. Methodios of Olympus (A Fragment of the Lost Book on the Resurrection ) The history of Jonah contains a great mystery. For it seem...
September 27, 2016

Saint Jerome's Commentary on the Book of Jonah (5 of 5)

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...continued from part four. CHAPTER FOUR 1. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly and he was very angry. And he prayed unto the Lord, and...
September 26, 2016

Saint Jerome's Commentary on the Book of Jonah (4 of 5)

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...continued from part three. CHAPTER THREE 1-2. And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, arise, go unto Nineveh...
September 23, 2016

Saint Jerome's Commentary on the Book of Jonah (3 of 5)

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...continued from part two. CHAPTER TWO 1. Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.  LXX: And the Lord ordered a g...
September 22, 2016

Saint Jerome's Commentary on the Book of Jonah (2 of 5)

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...continued from part one. CHAPTER ONE 1. Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, th...
September 21, 2016

Synaxarion of the Holy Prophet Jonah

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Holy Prophet Jonah (Feast Day - Gr. September 21; Slav. September 22) Verses You fled far from the face of God of old, Now Jonah his fa...

Saint Jerome's Commentary on the Book of Jonah (1 of 5)

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By St. Jerome PROLOGUE About three years have now passed since I first started writing the commentaries on the five Prophets: Micah, Nahu...

Prophet Jonah Resource Page

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Holy Prophet Jonah (Feast Day - September 21) Verses You fled far from the face of God of old, Now Jonah His face do you behold.   Syna...
September 21, 2015

Was the Prophet Jonah Really Swallowed By a Whale?

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By John Sanidopoulos Many Christians are inclined to interpret the story of Jonah in the Old Testament as an allegory that was never meant...

Holy Prophet Jonah as a Model for our Lives

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Prophet Jonah (Feast Day - September 21) By Protopresbyter Fr. George Papavarnavas The Prophet Jonah was the son of Amittai and lived d...
August 20, 2015

Saints Reginos and Orestes of Cyprus

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Sts. Reginos and Orestes (Feast Day - August 20) Saints Reginos and Orestes are not included in the official lists of saints of the Chur...