Holy Apostle James, Brother of the Lord
Doxology. Kept with the Great Doxology.
Commemorated today
- Holy Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord and First Bishop of Jerusalem (63)Apostle life on this site
The life we have written
Holy Apostle James, Brother of the Lord
The man who grew up in the same house as Jesus, did not believe Him, and ended up leading the church in Jerusalem and dying for it.
- Era
- First century, died about AD 62
- Region
- Nazareth and Jerusalem
- Category
- Apostle, first bishop of Jerusalem, and martyr
- Principal feast for this profile
- October 23
- Saint Macarius the Roman of Mesopotamia (?)
What is known
The title places them at Mesopotamia.
Beyond this, no life of them survives that could be checked — which is true of most of the saints kept on any given day. The commemoration is the record.
- Our Righteous Father Ignatius, Patriarch of ConstantinopleHierarch
What is known
A hierarch is a bishop — including patriarchs, metropolitans and archbishops. The Church commemorates bishops in this rank whether they are remembered chiefly for teaching, for governing, or for holding a see through a difficult century.
The title places them at Constantinople.
Beyond this, no life of them survives that could be checked — which is true of most of the saints kept on any given day. The commemoration is the record.
Appointed readings
About this page. This is the Menaion date — the fixed calendar. Parishes on the New Calendar keep it on October 23 by the civil calendar. On the Julian calendar this same commemoration is kept on November 5 by the civil calendar. The movable cycle, which turns on the date of Pascha and changes every year, is on the calendar page. Where a life has been written on this site the name links to it; where it has not, only what the commemoration itself attests is shown, and nothing is added to it.