Commemoration
Blessed Job
March 6 Old CalendarMarch 19 New Calendar
Life
Job was born in Moscow in the year 1635. Church singing and the divine service drew him to the Church. He became the spiritual father of Tsar Peter the Great, but on account of a certain slander withdrew to the Solovetsky Monastery, where he struggled with great firmness. He reposed in the Lord in the year 1720, in the eighty-fifth year of his life. Before his death he cried out: "Blessed is the God of our fathers! Since it is so, I fear not, but depart from the world with joy."
Before his death he cried out: Blessed is the God of our fathers! Since it is so, I fear not, but depart from the world with joy.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, March 6. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on March 6
The full reading for March 6 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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