Apostle Jacob Alfeev: a disciple of Christ who devoted his life to preaching the Gospeltranslated

On October 22, the Church remembers the holy Apostle James Alpheus, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ. His name is not heard as often in church conversations as the names of the apostles Peter, Paul or John the Theologian. However, his life also became part of the great history of the spread of the Christian faith - the history of people who, having heard the call of the Savior, left their former life and went to proclaim the Gospel to the world. Saint James was the son of Alpheus and, according to church tradition, the brother of the apostle and evangelist...