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Happy Feast Day

Saint Luke the Evangelist

Died: 85

Feast day: October 18

Patronage: artists, bachelors, bookbinders, brewers, butchers, doctors, glassworkers, goldsmiths, notaries

Saint Luke, an early convert of paganism to Christianity, was a physician who was born in Antioch, Syria. Luke was a close companion of St. Paul, whom he accompanied in prison on two different occasions. St. Luke is the writer of the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles; his account of events is firsthand history

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Today we celebrate the memory of the Holy and Glorious Apostle Luke the Evangelist. Saint Luke was a doctor by trade and came to Palestine when he heard of the teachings of Jesus Christ. Having left everything to follow Him, Saint Luke became one of the 70 Apostles being sent out to preach the Word of God. He is also the Luke mentioned in the Gospel to whom Christ appeared while he was with Cleopas on the road to Emmaus. The Evangelist wrote not only the Gospel bearing his name, but also the Acts of the Apostles - a continuation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He also painted the very first icons of the Most Holy Theotokos, whom she herself blessed them, some of these icons surviving even until today. May he intercede for us always + #saint #apostle #luke #saintluke #apostleluke #evangelistluke #evangelist #gospel #bible #gospelofluke #acts #actsoftheapostles #apostles #seventy #icon #panagia #theotokos #mostholytheotokos #cleopas #emmaus #roadtoemmaus #orthodox #saintoftheday (at Thíva, Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj07KQlrtQz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It is believed that the Tikhvin icon of the Mother of God was one of the first images painted by Saint Luke the Evangelist. In the featured picture, you can see a 19th-century example of this particular icon painted by an anonymous master in the Vladimir region. The holy work features 16 border scenes designed in a way to tell about the appearances and revelations of the Tikhvin icon throughout history. It is now part of our Russian Orthodox icon collection.