Scriptural Reference(s)[[Image:Apostle Jude.jpg|right|frame|Apostle Jude]]The holy, glorious and all-laudable '''Apostle Jude; ''' was one of the Twelve [[Apostles]] of [[Jesus Christ]] and his brother, along with St. [[Apostle James the Just|James]], by virtue of being the son of St. [[Joseph the Betrothed]]. He is also called '''Levi''' or '''Thaddeus''' and sometimes the name ''Jude'' is rendered as ''Judas'', but he is not to be confused with [[Judas Iscariot]], the [[Apostle Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:16; ]] (also called "Levi"), or the [[Apostle Thaddeus]] of the [[Apostles#The_Seventy|Seventy]]. He is referenced in the Synoptic [[Gospels]], the [[Acts 1:13of the Apostles]], and wrote an [[Book of Jude|epistle]] which is part of the [[New Testament]]. His [[feast day]] is on [[June 19]].

Background:== Life ==Sometimes called Levi or Thaddaeus (some English translations call him ‘Judas’), St. Jude was the brother of St. [[Apostle James the Just|St. James]] and son of St. [[Joseph the Betrothed|St. Joseph]] , Betrothed to the [[Theotokos]]. Sometimes he is called Levi or Thaddeus (some English translations call him "Judas"). He protested along with Simon and Hosea when the elderly Joseph wanted to leave a portion of his estate to [[Jesus ]] upon his death. He was often called ‘brother 'brother of James’ James' out of humility and shame for he did not believe in Christ at first, yet St. James did.

He was one of the [[Apostles#The_Twelve|twelve Great Twelve Apostles]] (not to be confused with the [[Apostle_ThaddeusApostle Thaddeus|Thaddeus]] of the Seventy Apostles) and after the Acension [[Ascension]] he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Galilee, Idumea, Syria, Arabia, Mespotamia Mesopotamia, and Armenia. While preaching in the area around Ararat he was captured by pagans[[pagan]]s, crucified and killed by being shot with arrows. The  ==Hymns==[[Troparion]] ([[Tone]] 1) [http://www.oca.org/FSTropars.asp?ID=101752]:Divinely we praise you, O Jude, as a faithful witness,:Knowing you to be the brother of Christ.:You trampled on delusion,:And so preserved the faith.:Today as we celebrate your holy memory,:By your intercessions we receive remission of sins.[[Kontakion]] (Tone 2):You were chosen as a disciple for your firmness of mind::An unshakable pillar of the Church remembers of Christ,:You proclaimed His word to the Gentiles,:Telling them to believe in one Godhead.:You were glorified by Him, receiving the grace of healing,:Healing the ills of all who came to you,:O most praised Apostle Jude! == Source ==*St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]'' ==See also==*[[Missionary]] ==External links==*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=101752 Apostle Jude on the Brother of the Lord], June 19 and has canonized his epistle in ([[OCA]])*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=101853 Apostle Jude, the Holy ScripturesBrother of James], June 30 (OCA)*[http://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints_view?contentid=93 Thaddeus (Jude) the Apostle & Brother of Our Lord] ([[GOARCH]]) [[Category:Biblical Saints|Jude]][[Category:Martyrs|Jude]][[Category:Saints|Jude]][[Category: 1st-century saints]] [[el:Απόστολος Ιούδας]][[ro:Apostolul Iuda]]