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{{OldTestament}}[[Image:Zacharias (Father of St. John the Baptist).jpg|frame|right|Prophet Zacharias (Father of St. John the Baptist)]] The [[Righteous]] '''Zachariah''' (or ''' Zacharias'''), the father of the holy [[Prophet]] St [[John the Baptist]] is commemorated by the Church on [[September 5]] along with his wife [[Elizabeth]]. He is also remembered, in the Greek tradition, on [[June 24]] with the Nativity of St John the Baptist.
The holy Prophet Zachariah, a priest in the Jerusalem Temple, was the son of [[Barach]], from the lineage of [[Aaron]]. St Zachariah was told by an [[angel]] that his elderly wife would bear him a son named John, but he doubted this prediction. For his weakness of faith, Zachariah become mute. When Elizabeth gave birth to a son, motivated of the [[Holy Spirit]], she announced that his name was John. When Zachariah confirmed the name in writing, speech returned to him, and inspired by the Holy Spirit, he began to foretell about his son as the Forerunner of the Lord.
[[Category:Biblical Saints]]
[[Category:Prophets]]
[[Category:1st-century saints]]
[[elro:ΖαχαρίαςDreptul Zaharia]]
