Elisha Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Veneration == [[File:Elishawidowandson.JPG|thumb|left|''Elisha raises the Shunamite woman's son'', woodcut by Julius von Carolsfeld (1794–1872)]] Elisha is [[veneration|venerated]] as a [[saint]] in a number of Christian churches. His [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] is on June 14, on the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]], and [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholic]] [[Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar|liturgical calendars]] (for those churches which use the traditional [[Julian calendar]], June 14 falls on June 27 of the modern [[Gregorian calendar]]). The [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] commemorates his feast day on the Thursday following the fifth Sunday after [[Pentecost]] (July 1 in 2021).<ref>''Domar: the calendrical and liturgical cycle of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church'', Armenian Orthodox Theological Research Institute, 2003, p. 446.</ref> [[John of Damascus]] composed a [[Canon (hymnography)|canon]] in honor of Elisha, and a church was built at [[Constantinople]] in his honor. In [[Western Christianity]] Elisha is commemorated in the calendar of saints of the [[Carmelites]], a [[Catholic religious order]],<ref>[http://www.carmelite-seremban.org/Spirituality/carmelite_calendar.html Carmelite Calendar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713102022/http://www.carmelite-seremban.org/Spirituality/carmelite_calendar.html|date=July 13, 2007}}</ref> following a decree of the Carmelite [[Chapter (religion)#General chapter|General Chapter]] of 1399.<ref name=ocarm /> He is also commemorated as a prophet in the [[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Calendar of Saints]] of the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]]. Both calendars also celebrate him on June 14. Both the Orthodox and Roman Catholics believe that he was unmarried and celibate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stignatiusreading.org/Apologetics/answersindepth/Celibate_Jesus.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728055728/http://www.stignatiusreading.org/Apologetics/answersindepth/Celibate_Jesus.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-28|title=Jesus was never married|author=Paul L. Rothermel|date=2010-08-19|work=Answers In-Depth to Questions about Christianity|publisher=St. Ignatius reading }}</ref> [[Julian the Apostate]] (361–363) gave orders to burn the [[relic]]s of the prophets Elisha, [[Obadiah]] and [[John the Baptist]], who were buried next to each other in [[Sebastia, Nablus|Sebastia]],<ref>Denys Pringle, ''The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Corpus. Vol. 2: LZ (excluding Tyre)'', p. 283.</ref> but they were rescued by the Christians, and part of them were transferred to [[Alexandria]].<ref name=oca /> Today, the relics of Elisha are claimed to be among the possessions of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Orthodox]] [[Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great]] in [[Wadi El Natrun|Scetes]], [[Egypt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stmacariusmonastery.org/eabout.htm|title=The Monastery of St. Macarius the Great|access-date=2006-12-22|archive-date=2011-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709120739/http://www.stmacariusmonastery.org/eabout.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Elisha is commemorated on 20 June – translation of the relics and garments of the Apostles [[Luke the Evangelist|Luke]], [[Andrew the Apostle|Andrew]], and [[Thomas the Apostle|Thomas]], the Prophet Eliseus, and Martyr Lazarus of Persia found {{c.|960}}, during the time of the emperor [[Romanos I Lekapenos|Romanos Lakapenos]] (919–944) in a monastery of Saint Augusta into the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]] in Constantinople under [[Constantine VII|Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus]] ({{c.|956–970}}) by [[Polyeuctus of Constantinople|Saint Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople]] (956–970).<ref>{{Cite web|title=ЕЛИСЕЙ, ПРОРОК - Древо|url=http://drevo-info.ru/articles/15334.html|access-date=2022-07-16|website=drevo-info.ru|language=ru}}</ref> Eliseus is also commemorated on July 20 with [[Aaron]], [[Elijah|Elias]] and Moses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mojżesz|url=https://deon.pl/imiona-swietych/mojzesz,6365|access-date=2021-09-03|website=DEON.pl|language=pl}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page