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St. Apostle James, the Lord's brother according to the flesh Sego Ap. James, in accordance with the Divine Gospel (Matthew 13:55) and the words of Apostle. Paul (Gal.1:19), right. The Church calls the son of the betrothed from his first wife and the brother of Ap. Simon, Judas and Josiah, as well as the Lesser or Lesser (Mark 15:40), and distinguishes him from Jacob Zebedee, for whom she celebrates the celebration on the 30th day of April, and from Jacob Alpheus, for whom she celebrates the celebration on October 9th. Many consider Jacob the brother of the Lord to be the same person as Apostle. Jacob Alpheus, is ranked among the twelve and called Small to distinguish him from Ap. James Zebedee, called to the Apostleship and who died before James Alpheus. But the Church, in the preface to the Divine Service Book of the Apostle, in the Prologue under the 28th of October, and on the 4th of January in Menaion-Chetya, and in the sacred hymns under the same dates, in accordance with Scripture and tradition, clearly distinguishes James the Less, the Lord’s brother in the flesh, from James Alpheus. Celebrating the latter on the 9th day of October, the Church numbers him among the twelve Apostles, and James the Lesser, the brother of the Lord, among the council of seventy, in which he is numbered first. The difference between Jacob Alpheus and Jacob the Lesser, the brother of the Lord, is right. The Church has expressed this clearly especially in its sacred hymns. James, celebrated on the 9th day of October, is nowhere called or glorified as the brother of the Lord, bishop of Jerusalem, writer of the conciliar epistle and hieromartyr, which undoubtedly gives high advantages; but is called Jacob Alpheus, glorified by the Divine lamp of the pagans, who, fulfilling the number of twelve, fooled the Greek wisdom and went through the entire universe, preaching publicly the word of the faith of Christ. Jacob, who was hymned on the 23rd day of October, is nowhere called Alpheus, but is called the son of Joseph the woodcutter, from his first wife, the brother of Josiah, Simon and Judah (Matthew 13:55. Mark 6:3), the companion of Joseph and Mary when they departed with the Infant Christ to Egypt, and is glorified by the brother of God, the brother of Jesus, the spoken Christ; the first hierarch of Jerusalem, teaching us “to give to man a good gift and a perfect gift from the Father of lights” (James 1:17); therefore, the writer of that conciliar epistle, which among the sacred books of the New Testament bears the name of the Epistle of Jacob; finally, a holy martyr, overthrown from the wing of the church for the faith of Christ. The basis for which he is right. The Church distinguishes James the Lord's brother from James Alphaeus, partly indicated in Scripture, in which the brothers of Jesus Christ in the flesh by this very name are distinguished from His twelve disciples (for example, John 2:12,7:3–5; Mark 3:31; Luke 8:19), and are equally distinguished by the writers of the Church. So Eusebius of Caesarea, St. Cyril of Jerusalem (365–385), St. Epiphanius of Cyprus (404), Blessed Jerome (420) and others clearly distinguish James the brother of the Lord from James Alphaeus. So, the Apostle James, the brother of the Lord, according to the Church, is the son of Joseph, his companion and the Holy One. Virgin Mary to Egypt; he is also Jacob the Lesser or Lesser. After his resurrection, the Lord honored him with His special appearance (1 Cor. 15:7), and from the Lord Himself in the year 34, or, according to the legend of Eusebius, from the Apostles he was elected and installed as the first bishop of the Jerusalem Church - the mother of Christian Churches. With his holy life, the brother of the Lord earned great respect from everyone, not only from the Apostles and Christians, but also from non-believers. Ap. Peter, after his miraculous release from prison, said: tell James and the brethren about this (Acts 12:17). Ap. Paul calls him, along with Cephas and John, the pillars of the Church and between them the first name of James (Gal. 2:9). At the Apostolic Council, which took place in Jerusalem around 50 A.D. To decide whether Christians should observe the Old Testament ritual law, James, Bishop of Jerusalem presided, and his judgment was accepted by the entire council and approved by the tangible will of the Holy Spirit (Acts XV). His brother Ap is distinguished by the name of Jacob. Jude (Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13), who begins his conciliar epistle by calling himself a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James (Jude 1:1), and thereby shows the special importance of the Ap. James in the Apostolic Church. Even the Ebionite heretics boasted of virginity for the sake of Jacob, the brother of the Lord. The great universal respect for him is evidenced especially by his martyrdom, the circumstances of which are depicted in detail by Eusebius, based on ancient church traditions. He writes: “When Paul, at the request of his trial by Caesar, was sent by Festus to Rome, then the Jews, having lost hope of fulfilling their plans against Paul, turned to James, the brother of the Lord, to whom the Apostles entrusted the episcopal throne in Jerusalem. Jacob, the brother of the Lord, from the time of the Apostles and to this day called righteous by everyone, was holy from his mother’s womb, did not drink wine or strong drink, did not eat anything meat, did not cut his hair, did not anoint himself with oil and did not wash in the bath. He alone was allowed to enter the Holy Place, because he wore linen, not woolen clothes. He entered the church alone, and was found there kneeling and praying for the remission of sins of the people. From constant kneeling while praying for the salvation of the people, his knees became stiff. For this superiority of his rightness he was called righteous and ovlias (ωβλιας), which means: protection or stronghold of the people and truth. The Church of Jerusalem is especially indebted for the multiplication and strengthening of the faithful to St. To the Apostle James. According to his testimony, the Jews believed in Jesus Christ, and there were many who believed, even among the elders. Dissatisfied with the multiplication of Christians, the scribes and Pharisees began to shout and say that in this way, perhaps, the whole people would recognize Jesus as the Christ. Therefore, having gathered to Jacob, they said to him: “We ask you, restrain the people; for he is mistaken in recognizing Jesus as the Christ. Now everyone has come together for Easter. We ask you to enlighten them regarding Jesus. We trust you with this because we ourselves, together with the people, recognize that you are righteous and impartial. So convince the people not to be mistaken about Jesus. Everyone will listen to you, and we are with everyone. Stand on the roof of the church so that you can be seen from above and your words can be heard by all the people.” And at Passover then all the tribes of Judah and many pagans gathered. The mentioned scribes and Pharisees actually put Jacob on the roof of the church and then shouted to him: “Righteous One, we must all believe in you!” This people, in error, will follow Jesus crucified; tell us: what is the door of Jesus crucified?” Jacob answered with a loud voice: “Why do you ask me about Jesus, the Son of Man? He will sit in heaven at the right hand of the great Power and will come to earth again on the clouds of heaven!” By this testimony of Jacob, many were completely convinced and began to praise Jesus, exclaiming: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” And the scribes and Pharisees said to each other: “We have done a bad thing by bringing such testimony to Jesus; Let’s go up and throw Jacob down, so that others, at least out of fear, will not believe him,” and shouted: “Eh! eh! and the righteous go astray!” Running up to the top, they pushed the righteous man out and began throwing stones at him. The overthrown man did not suddenly die, but, rising, knelt down and prayed: “Lord God Father, let them go; They don’t know what they’re doing!” While stones were flying at him, a certain priest, one of the sons of Rechab, cried out: “Stop what you are doing; the righteous one prays for us.” But at this very time one of them, a cloth worker, grabbed the rolling pin on which the cloth was rolled, hit the righteous man on the head, and he died around 63 years after the Nativity of Christ. He was buried in the same place; A monument still stands over his grave near the church. Thus James was a faithful witness to both Jews and Gentiles that Jesus is the Christ. Everyone was so amazed at Jacob and respected him so much for his righteousness that impartial Jews considered his martyrdom to be the reason for the immediate siege and destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. This is what is known about James, who is said to have written the first of the so-called “epistles” of the Council. The holy Apostle James wrote this epistle around the year 59 after the Nativity of Christ to the scattered Jews, for whose salvation he was entrusted with archpastoral care. He also owns the Divine Liturgy, known under the name of the Apostle James, which is still celebrated in Jerusalem on the day of memory of this Apostle, and on the basis of which the liturgies of St. Basil the Great and St. John Chrysostom are set forth. The martyrdom of St. Jacob, the brother of the Lord, followed in the year 63 after the Nativity of Christ. If during his life the Apostle James enjoyed universal respect, then the memory of the righteous man, without a doubt, after his death was preserved with praise in the Church of Christ. In the 9th century, Theophanes of Nicaea and subsequently Byzantium wrote many hymns in honor of James, the brother of the Lord, now sung on his memorial day. In its hymns the Church glorifies St. Apostle James, brother of the Lord according to the flesh, as a disciple of the Lord who accepted the Gospel; like a martyr who has acquired indescribable bliss; as a brother of God who has boldness; like a hierarch praying for us. Calls him the first shepherd and teacher of the Jerusalemites and the faithful builder of the sacraments. In Moscow, at the Old Jerusalem Compound, part of the relics of St. Apostle James since 1853 on October 23, received from the Patriarch of Alexandria Hierotheos. † Memory of the righteous Jacob Borovichsky Who was this saint of God? No exact information has been found. “We don’t know who he is and where he comes from,” says Slavenitsky. “We only thank blessed Jacob. He shone with Christ's power of miracles, like the great saints of old. In the blessed youth, a strong and wondrous man came to us in the Russian country - to protect and observe our faith in Christ" 294. According to rumors, blessed Jacob was a simple but zealous shipowner and took upon himself severe foolishness; killed by thunder 295 died. The very first appearance of the glorified servant of God was wonderful. One must imagine the speed of the current of the Meta, especially its terribly violent force in the spring, when the strongest and most dexterous hand of an oarsman can hardly steer a boat near the shore. Along this river, against the flow of its waves, during its opening, on the third day of Easter, in 1540, a huge ice floe (nakra) was carried. It was at the formidable Borovichi rapids; but the ice floe rushed in defiance of the masses of water falling from the rapids. Thick steam, like smoke, rose from the ice floe floating between the stones. – On it they saw an oak log: a coffin without a lid, with a deceased youth. No matter how wonderful the floating of the ice floe was, the peasants were faced with the thought of being responsible for the dead body - and decided to carry out the coffin outside the village; They brought poles and used long poles to push the ice floe away from the shore. The ice floe, however, did not obey and returned to the shore. Having wrapped the deck with ropes, they pulled it along with the ice floe along the Meta River and took it two miles away from the village. Borovich. At dawn the next day, the ice floe again appeared off the coast, in the same place. She was again taken along the river; but for the third time she returned to the same place. At night, a youth appeared to the elders, not one or two, in a dream, the same one they saw in the log, and said reproachfully: “Why, being Christians, do you unmercifully persecute me, a Christian? If you want to know my name, then I am Jacob, the same name of St. To the Apostle James." “In the morning, the elders conveyed the vision to one another, and after them the people hurried to the shore to reverently remove the coffin from the ice. The relics were placed in the chapel 296. When they began to reverently kiss the incorruptible and pure body, miraculous healings appeared. They reported this to the Novgorod archpastor. In June 1544, by order of Archbishop Theodosius, the Sofia priest John, in the presence of many clergy and secular persons, examined the relics of the righteous man and the miracles performed with them. On October 6, 1544, the archbishop blessed with a letter to transfer the relics from the chapel where they stood to the nearby Church of the Holy Spirit; together it is prescribed to perform a solemn service on the day of transfer of the relics 297. After this, streams of miracles flowed from the relics of the righteous man. – In 1572, the Archbishop of Novgorod ordered that stories about miracles be strictly believed on the spot. Those sent reported, And that with the relics of St. Jacob, “many healings” are performed 298. – Slavenitsky at one time wrote: “I started writing down miracles, and when eighty and eight weeks were filled with them, I stopped writing” 299. The canon to the righteous Jacob was written, as can be seen from the acrostic, by “Ivan,” probably the same priest of Sofia, John, who for the first time testified to the relics and miracles 300. RKP. Sergius Lavra No. 8. Synod. RKP. No. 234. East. Jer. IV, 192. Dictionary of Saints. St. Petersburg 1836, p. 127. East. Jer. IV, 192. Synod. RKP. No. 234, l. 349–352. Tale L. 328. Synod. RKP. No. 234, l. 349–355. Collection l. III. 168. Miracles of St. Jacob to the synod. RKP. 234, l. 356–375. Synod. RKP. No. 234, l. 328–348. Synod. RKP. No. 234, l. 313. Transfer of the relics of Jacob Borovichi Oct. 23 d. - in the calendar of the charter and psalter of the 16th century. Tolstoy 1. No. 100. 113. Service with Tsarsky in the RKP. 1593 No. 563.