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[[Image:Zacchaeus.JPG|frame|180px|right|Apostle Zacchaeus]]The holy , glorious and all-laudable '''Apostle Zacchaeus''', one was an apostle of the [[Apostles#The_Seventy|Seventy]], . His [[feast day]] is commemorated celebrated on [[April 20]].
==Life==The Apostle Zacchaeus was a rich publican at Jericho. Since he was short of stature, he climbed a sycamore tree in order to see the [[Jesus Christ|Savior ]] passing by. After the [[Ascension|Ascension of the Lord]], St . Zacchaeus accompanied St. [[Apostle Peter|St Peter]] on his travels. Tradition says he became followed St. Peter to [[Caesarea]], where Peter appointed him the [[Bishop]] of Caesarea in Palestine, where he . He died in peace.
==Sunday of Zacchaeus==
[[Image:Calling Zacchaeus.jpg|thumb|left|225px180px|Calling Zacchaeus]] The Church also remembers Zacchaeus on the '''Sunday of Zacchaeus''', when the [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 19:1-10is read, which describes describing his encounter with [[Christ]], is read. In the Slavic [[lectionary]], the Sunday of Zacchaeus is also the Sunday before the [[Lenten Triodion|Triodion]] begins (though in the Byzantine lectionary, it may occur earlier). It is read at this point in the liturgical year, immediately before [[Great Lent]], to teach that one should turn away from sins.
In this way the Lenten journey should begin with a recognition of sinfulness, just as Zacchaeus recognized his sins. He promised to make restitution by giving half of his wealth to the poor and by paying to those he had falsely accused four times as much as they had lost. In this, he went beyond the requirements of the Law (Ex. 22:3-12).
==External Linklinks==*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=148976 Apostle Zacchaeus] ([[OCA]])*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=545 Zacchaeus the Apostle of Caesaria] ([[GOARCH]])*[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=April&day=20 The Holy Apostle Zacchaeus] (''[[Prologue of Ohrid]]'')
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/w/inp152.htm Icon of St. Zacchaeus in the Sycamore]
[[Category:Biblical Saints|Zacchaeus]][[Category:Seventy Apostles|Zacchaeus]][[Category:Bishops|Zacchaeus]][[Category:1st-century bishops|Zacchaeus]][[Category:Lent|Zacchaeus]][[Category:Saints|Zacchaeus]][[Category:Ante-Nicene Saints]] [[ro:Apostolul Zaheu]]
