841
edits
Changes
m
no edit summary
[[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]].
His emblem is the calf, the third symbolical beast mentioned by [[Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel]] (1:10), which is a symbol of [[Christ]]'s sacrificial and [[priest]]ly office, as pointed out by St. [[Irenaeus of Lyons|Irenaeus]]. His [[feast day]]s are celebrated on [[October 18]]; on [[April 22]] with Apostles [[Apostle Nathaniel|Nathaniel]] and [[Apostle Clement|Clement]]; on [[June 20]] on which day his [[relics]], among others, were translated to the [[Church of the Holy Apostles (Constantinople)|Church of the Holy Apostles]] in Constantinople; and on [[January 4]], the [[synaxis]] of the Seventy.