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The tomb works miracles even today. In His [[December 22miracle]]-working relics were transported to Constantinople during the 4th-century, under the reign of Emperor Constantius (357AD), 1997 at 1the son of Constantine.30pm myrrh appeared on In 1204, the tomb's marble Crusadors of the IV Crusade stole the relic from Constantinople and transported it to Padova in Italy and since then it is still located there in the interior Catholic church of Santa Justina at the marble sarcophagus is fragrantcentre of the city.
His [[miracle]]-working relics were transported to Constantinople during the 4th-centuryIn 1992, under the reign then Metropolitan Ieronymos of Emperor Constantius Thebes and Levathia (357ADcurrently the Archbishop of Greece), requested the return of a "a significant fragment of the son relics of ConstantineSt. In 1204, Luke to be placed on the site where the holy tomb of the Crusadors Evangelist is located and venerated today". This prompted a scientific investigation of the IV Crusade stole relics in Padua, and by numerous lines of empirical evidence confirmed that these were the relic from Constantinople remains of an individual of Syrian descent who died between 130 and transported it 400 A.D. The Bishop of Padua then delivered to Metropolitan Ieronymos the rib of St. Luke that was closest to his heart to Padova be kept at his tomb in Italy Thebes, Greece. [http://www.traces-cl.com/archive/2000/novembre/luca.htm] The tomb works miracles even today. In [[December 22]], 1997 at 1.30pm myrrh appeared on the tomb's marble and it since then the interior of the marble sarcophagus is fragrant.The olive tree is still located there living to the right side of the cemetery in Thebes. On the Catholic right side of the sanctuary of this church is the roman sarcophagus where the body of Santa Justina at St. Luke had been placed. This tomb belonged to a Roman family of the 2nd-century BC but later on it was emptied and the centre Christians of the cityThebes used it as "honour" for St. Luke's relic since it was a majestic tomb.
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/l/ysm03.htm Icon and Story of St. Luke, Evangelist & Iconographer]
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[[Image:Luke_first_icon.jpg|right|frame|Apostle and Evangelist Luke, the first iconographer]]
The holy, glorious and all-laudable '''Apostle and Evangelist Luke''' is the [[evangelist|author]] of the [[Gospel of Luke]], the companion of the Apostle Paul ([[Book of Philemon|Phil]] 1:24, [[II Timothy|2 Tim]] 4:10-11), and is numbered among the [[Apostles#The Seventy|Seventy Apostles]]. He was a native of Syrian [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]] and a physician, and is the founder of [[iconography]].
::—[http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/learntochant/paraklesis.asp The Service of the Small Paraklesis] ([[GOARCH]])
==The olive tree is still living to the right side of the cemetery in Thebes. On the right side of the sanctuary of this church is tthe roman sarcophagus where the body Relics of St. Luke had been placed. This tomb belonged to a Roman family of the 2nd-century BC but later on it was emptied and the Christians of Thebes used it as "honour" for St. Luke's relic since it was a majestic tomb. ==
==Hymns==
*[http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=246 Luke the Evangelist] (GOARCH)
*[http://www.unicorne.org/orthodoxy/avrilmai/stluc.htm Icons of St. Luke] by Dr. Alexander Roman
[[Category:Biblical Saints|Luke]]
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[[ro:Apostolul Luca]]
