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== Life ==Our father among [[image:JosephArimathea.jpg|right|thumb|St Joseph of Arimathea, who buried the saints crucified Christ.]]The holy and righteous '''Joseph of Arimathea''' was a wealthy member of the Jewish Sanherdrin [[Sanhedrin]] and a secret follower of [[Christ]] ([[Gospel of Matthew|Matt.]] 27:25; [[Gospel of John|John]] 19:38). Along with St. Nicodemus, St. Joseph removed Christ's body from the Cross and placed it in his own sepulchre. Jewish spies found out about this and told their authorities who imprisoned St. Joseph. However, the resurrected Christ appeared to St. Joseph in prison and convinced him of His [[Resurrectionfeast day]] is [[July 31]]! Some time later the Jews released St. Joseph from prison and banished him from Jerusalem. He then traveled throughout is also commemorated on the whole world preaching [[Sunday of Myrrh-bearing Women|Sunday of the Myrrhbearers]]—the second Sunday after [[gospelPascha]], eventually sowing the seeds of salvation in England, where he reposed in the Lord.
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Along with St. [[Nicodemus the Righteous|Nicodemus]], St. Joseph removed Christ's body from the Cross, prepared it for burial, and placed it in his own sepulchre. Jewish spies found out about this and told their authorities, who imprisoned St. Joseph. However, the resurrected Christ appeared to St. Joseph in prison and convinced him of his [[Resurrection]]. Some time later the Jews released St. Joseph from prison and banished him from [[Jerusalem]]. He then traveled throughout the whole world preaching the [[Gospel]], eventually sowing the seeds of salvation in Britain, where he reposed peacefully in the Lord.
== Feast Day Hymn==The Church remembers St. Joseph on [[July 31Troparion]] ([[Tone]]2) [http://www.comeandseeicons.com/j/phn43.htm]:The noble Joseph, taking down thy most pure Body from the Tree,:wrapped it in clean linen and sweet spices and laid it in a new tomb.:But on the third day thou didst rise, O Lord, granting the world great mercy.
== Source ==
*St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]''
== Source Further Reading ==*Lewis, Rev. Lionel Smithett (M.A., Late Vicar of Glastonbury). ''St. Joseph of Arimathea at Glastonbury or The Apostolic Church of Britain''. 7th ed. James Clarke & Co Ltd., London, 1955. (ISBN 0-7188-9165-1). ==External links==*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=109009 Righteous Joseph of Arimathea] ([Nikolai Velimirovic[OCA]], )*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/j/phn43.htm Icon and Story of St. Joseph of Arimathea]*[http://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints_view?contentid=517 Joseph the Righteous of Arimathea (GOARCH)] *[http://www.stjosephorthodoxchurch.ca/default.cfm?module=%2747%29%20FH%2A%2D7%20%20%20%0A St. Joseph of Arimathea Orthodox Church] - The longer version of St. Joseph''The s Life *[[Prologue w:Joseph of OhridArimathea|Joseph of Arimathea]]''at Wikipedia.
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