Holy Prophet Nahum

Life

Nahum was from the tribe of Simeon, from the place of Elkesem beyond the Jordan. He lived seven hundred years before Christ. Two hundred years after the Prophet Jonah, he prophesied the destruction of Nineveh. Because of Jonah's preaching the Ninevites had repented, wherefore God spared them and did not destroy them. But in time they forgot God's mercy and became corrupt again. The Prophet Nahum prophesied their destruction. And since there was no repentance, there was no mercy either. From earthquake, flood, and fire the whole city perished, so that its very place could no longer be recognized. Holy Nahum lived forty-five years and reposed in the Lord, leaving a small book of his true prophecies.

From the Hymn of Praise

God shows mercy to the merciful,And never ceases to show mercy,He hears their prayers,He gives them gifts a hundredfold.