October 17: Prophet Hosea is celebratedtranslated

Today, October 17, the Church commemorates the Prophet Hosea, the Saints Anargyri Leontius, Anthim, Euprepius, Cosmas and Damianus, who were brothers in the flesh and came from Arabia, and finally the Holy Martyr Andrew in Crisis, who came from Crete and lived in the 8th century.

Written by Theodoros Rokas, Theologian – PhD Candidate in Hermeneutical Theology

The prophet Hosea and his allegorical wedding The prophet Hosea, as his book informs, was the son of Beiri and came from the northern kingdom. According to the title of his book (Hosea 1,1) he acted during the days of Uzzi (787-736 BC), Joatham (756-741 BC), Ahaz (741-725 BC) and Hezekiah (725-697 BC) kings of Judah and Jeroboam II son of Joash (787-747 BC) of the kings of Israel. His preaching activity is placed in the 8th BC. century, after Amos and before Isaiah.

Despite the fact that the kingdom was going through a period of prosperity and material wealth, nevertheless the religious sector was going through a crisis due to the influx of foreign deities into the religion. The priests of the time practiced worship purely professionally, promoting the worship of Baal, against which…