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[[File:Holy Prophet Zephaniah.jpg|thumb|Russian icon, Iconostasis of Kizhi monastery, early 18th c.]]
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The Holy '''Prophet Zephaniah''', or "Sophonias" in Greek, is the ninth of the [[Prophet|Twelve Minor Prophets]]. He was born of the tribe of Levi and was active around 640 B.C.
His name is interpreted in the Greek Synaxarion in various ways, from "watch-tower of the Lord" to other meanings exemplifying the prophet's view in the mysteries of God's will, such as "to hide" or "Yahweh has hidden".
==Sources==
*Holy Apostles Convent. (2002). The Holy Prophet Sophonias. In ''The Great Synaxaristes of the Orthodox Church'' (pp. 143-154).
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