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Holy Apostle James Zebedee, one of the 12 In the guise of the Holy Apostles, the Orthodox Church glorifies the three Jacobs - James Zebedee, James Alphaeus and James the Lesser. Unlike James Alphaeus and James the Lesser, James Zebedee, called to the apostleship earlier than them, who was among the three most chosen disciples of Christ, was crowned with a martyr's crown before all of them, and may be due to the seniority of his age, is also called the Greater. He is the son of the fisherman Zebedee and Solomia, the brother of the Apostle John the Theologian (Mark 3:17). He was called to the rank of Apostleship from fishing, together with his brother John (Matthew 4:21-22). How For Simon, for his firm confession of faith, the Lord, the Knower of the Heart, gave the name Peter (Matthew 16:13–19); Thus, the Lord foreshadowed the name Boanerges, that is, the son of thunder (Mark 3:11), as an omen for Jacob Zebedee, as the saints say. Gregory the Theologian and Chrysostom, his loud preaching of the Gospel and, perhaps, in general, his great zeal for distinguishing himself in the title of Apostle of Christ (Luke 9:54). Together with Peter and John, James Zebedee witnessed the resurrection of Jairus's daughter, the Transfiguration of the Lord and His mysterious prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. Apostle James Zebedee, the first of the 12 Apostles, died for His Divine Teacher. Herod Agrippa I, the king of Judea, who initiated persecution against the Church of Christ, beheaded him in Jerusalem about 42 years AD (Acts 12:2). According to the legend of Eusebius, a certain Josiah, who brought the innocent Apostle to the judgment seat, seeing how unshakably he confessed the faith, was so moved by his firm confession that he declared himself a Christian. So, the defendant and the informer were both taken to torture. On the way, the latter asked for forgiveness from the Apostle. The Apostle answered: Peace be with you, and kissed him. Both were beheaded. Relics of St. The Apostle James, according to Western writers, was transferred to Spain and placed in Galicia - in Compostella. During the Saracen invasions, the Apostle James repeatedly showed his help to the Spanish Christians; therefore they honor James Zebedee chiefly as their Apostle. Holy New Martyr Argyra Originally from Brussa, the daughter of pious parents. As soon as she married a Christian, she attracted the unclean gaze of one Turk. This, not having time to persuade her into a criminal relationship, slandered her in her desire to accept the Mohammedan faith, which is why they sent her to Constantinople, where, as if she had renounced her intention, she was kept and tortured in prison for fifteen years; died in 1725. Three years later, her relics were found incorrupt and, with the permission of Patriarch Paisius, were transferred to the church, where they are now located.