PROPHET ELIAS' Feast Day on July 20th
“And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the
strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
“(1 Kings 19:8)
From Fr. Justin’s Blog:
This year (2016) also we were able to celebrate the
Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Prophet Elias on his feast day.
Father Akakios and Father Ioakeim decided to ride up
on camels.
Our guide was Muhammad. It was his second climb to the
top that morning.
"And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in
the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of
God. And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word
of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the
children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and
slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek
my life, to take it away.
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount
before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind
rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord
was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in
the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the
fire: and after the fire a still small voice."
Or, as it says in the Greek of the Septuagint, φωνὴ
αὔρας λεπτῆς, ‘the voice of a gentle
breeze’.
"And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he
wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of
the cave." (I Kings 19:8-13)
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