Feast Day: July 10th
The Life of Saint Joseph: Following the tradition of the Priests in Damascus, Father Joseph used to keep the Communion kit at his house. During the massacre of 1860 he hid his Communion kit under his sleeves, and went jumping from one roof to another toward the Cathedral. He spent the whole night strengthening and encouraging the Christians to face the situation, for the attackers can kill the body but cannot kill the Soul (Matthew 10:28); the Crowns of Glory have been prepared for those who committed themselves to God through Jesus Christ. In relating to them the Martyrdom of some Saints, he called them to emulate their life…
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Prayers
Troparion – Tone 5: O faithful, let us honour the Martyr of Christ, the Priest of the Church of Antioch, who Baptized the land, the Churches, and the people of Syria, in the Word of the Lord, in his blood and in the blood of his companions. Being Baptized, since his youth, by the Light of the Gospel, he laboured, taught and kept the Church of Christ with Her sheep. Therefore, O Joseph the Damascene, be our example and our protector and our fervent intercessor with the Saviour.
