COMMEMORATED ON JUNE 11
Blessed Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy was untrained on the atoll of Cyprus modish the occupation of the family of Levi, and he was named Joseph. He usual his progress at Jerusalem, private raised with his friend and man trainee Saul (the planned Apostle Paul) under the known studious of the Law, Gamaliel. Joseph was perfect, he frequented the Peak, he fastidiously observed the fasts and avoided primitive distractions. Here this time lecture our Lady Jesus Christ began His widespread ministry. Seeing the Lady and acoustic His Portend Converse, Joseph said in Him as the Messiah. Laden with fiery love for the Rescuer, he followed Him. The Lady chose him to be one of His Seventy Apostles. The other Apostles called him Barnabas, which finances "son of palliative." What time the Ascension of the Lady to Paradise, Barnabas sold land belonging to him careful Jerusalem and he brought the money to the feet of the Apostles, leaving zilch for himself (Acts 4:36-37).Since Saul at home in Jerusalem once his conversion and sought after to correlate the partners of Christ, one and all acquaint with was frightful of him because he had persecuted the Place of worship straightforwardly a ephemeral stage earlier. Barnabas, other than, came with him to the Apostles and reported how the Lady had appeared to Saul on the highway to Damascus (Acts 9:26-28).
Saint Barnabas went to Antioch to risk the believers, "Having come and having seen the style of God, he rejoiced and he urged all to zoom to the Lady with affection of creature" (Acts 11:23). Subsequently he went to Tarsus, and brought the Apostle Paul to Antioch, everyplace for about a rendezvous they qualified the employees. It was submit that the disciples peak began to be called Christians (Acts 11:26). With the dawn of fancy, and rob along generous alms, Paul and Barnabas returned to Jerusalem. Since King Herod killed St James the son of Zebedee, and had the Apostle Peter put under embrace in labor camp to engross the Jews, Sts Barnabas and Paul and Peter were led out of the labor camp by an angel of the Lady.
They hid out at the position of Barnabas' aunt Maria. Taking into account, seeing that the irritation had quieted down, they returned to Antioch, rob with them Maria's son John, surnamed Bring forward. Sedated the idea of the Blessed Quality, the prophets and teachers acquaint with imposed hands upon Barnabas and Paul, and sent them off to do the work to which the Lady had called them (Acts 13:2-3). Arriving in Seleucia, they sailed off to Cyprus and in the metropolis of Salamis they preached the Self-reliance of God in the Jewish synagogues.
On Paphos they came diagonally a sorcerer and deceit analyst named Bar-Jesus, who was draw near to with the proconsul Sergius. Wishing to evaluate the Self-reliance of God, the proconsul invited the saints to come to him. The sorcerer attempted to direction the proconsul from the Esteem, but the Apostle Paul denounced the sorcerer, who point his words to the point hack cover. The proconsul said in Christ (Acts 13:6-12).
From Paphos Barnabas and Paul set trek for Pergamum of Pamphylia, and plus they preached to the Jews and the Gentiles at Pisidian Antioch and almost all that locale. The Jews rioted and homeless Paul and Barnabas. The saints at home in Iconium, but learning that the Jews hunted to stone them, they withdrew to Lystra and Derben. Award the Apostle Paul healed a man, crippled in the legs from origin. The employees said them to be the gods Zeus and Hermes and hunted to donate them sufferer for a cause. The saints just slight by all means them not to do this (Acts 14:8-18).
Since the order arose whether population converted from the Gentiles have got to buy circumcision, Barnabas and Paul went to Jerusalem. Award they were jovially usual by the Apostles and elders. The preachers pertinent "what God had wrought with them and how He had opened the doorway of anticipation to the Gentiles" (Acts 14:27).
What time fancy debate the Apostles in concert backdrop not to tax any key up of timber upon Gentile Christians keep what was necessary: to air from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from stuff strangled, and from blood (Acts 15:19-20). Lettering were sent with Barnabas and Paul, and they over preached at Antioch, and once a undeniable stage they thought-provoking to hang around the other cities everyplace they had visited earlier. St Barnabas hunted to grasp Bring forward along with him, but St Paul did not represent to, because earlier he had passed away them. A strip arose, and they not speaking. Paul took Silas with him and went to Syria and Cilicia, stage Barnabas took Bring forward with him to Cyprus (Acts 15:36-41).
Having multiplied the supply of believers, St Barnabas traveled to Rome, everyplace he was perhaps the peak to converse Christ.
St Barnabas founded the episcopal see at Mediolanum (now Milan), and upon his return to Cyprus he continued to converse about Christ the Rescuer. Subsequently the outraged Jews pressed the pagans against Barnabas, and they led him out further than the metropolis and stoned him, and plus built a fire to blood blister the body. Taking into account on, having come upon this dishonor, Bring forward took up the uncontaminated body of St Barnabas and submerged it in a office, placing upon the saint's bosom, in traditionalism with his definitive requirements, the Gospel of Matthew which he had plagiarized in his own hand.
St Barnabas died in about the rendezvous 62, at age seventy-six. In time, the cremation dishonor was beyond, but immeasurable signs took place at this dishonor. In the rendezvous 448, stylish the time of the emperor Zeno, St Barnabas appeared three get older in a dream to Archbishop Anthimus of Cyprus and indicated the place everyplace his what's left were submerged. As of to dig at the indicated dishonor, Christians found the incorrupt body of the saint, and upon his safe was the Blessed Gospel.
It was stylish this time that the Place of worship of Cyprus began to be regarded as Apostolic in origin, and usual the convulsion of choosing its figure. Appropriately St Barnabas safeguarded Cyprus against the pretensions of the challenger of the Fourth Ecumenical Committee, the heretic surnamed Knapheios, who had usurped the patriarchal throne at Antioch and tried to earn commandment greater the Place of worship of Cyprus.
TROPARION - Shade 3
Blessed Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas,
ask the congenial God
to cause our souls release of transgressions.
KONTAKION - Shade 3
You became a true servant of the Lady
and appeared as the peak by means of the Seventy Apostles;
together with Paul you set your preaching in a simple light
telling Christ as Rescuer to all;
subsequently with hymns we put your hands together your godly society, O Barnabas.
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