Commemoration
Saint Lazarus the Four Days Dead
October 17 Old CalendarOctober 30 New Calendar
Life
His principal feast is on March 17 and on Lazarus Saturday before Holy Week. On today's date the translation of his relics from the island of Cyprus to Constantinople is celebrated. Emperor Leo the Wise built a church dedicated to Saint Lazarus in Constantinople, and his relics were translated to that church in the year 890. When, after nearly one thousand years, the grave of Lazarus was unearthed in the city of Kition on Cyprus, a marble slab was found, on which was written: "Lazarus the Four Days Dead, friend of Christ."
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, October 17. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on October 17
The full reading for October 17 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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