The life of St Job the Longsuffering
After long suffering borne in patience, God answered him and restored to him double what he had lost. The Church reads his book in Holy Week, seeing in the righteous sufferer a type of Christ.
St Job the Longsuffering
Righteous Job the Longsuffering
Job was a righteous and God-fearing man of the land of Uz, blessed with children and great wealth, whom God permitted Satan to test. In a single day he lost his children and all he had, and his body was struck with sores, yet he did not sin or curse God but blessed His name.
Feast day
Coming feasts: Thursday, May 6, 2027
The name day for Job
Also commemorated on May 6
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Questions
- When is the feast day of St Job the Longsuffering?
- The Orthodox Church commemorates St Job the Longsuffering on May 6 on the New Calendar and May 19 on the Old Calendar.
- Whose name day is the feast of St Job the Longsuffering?
- It is the name day for those named Job.
- Who else is commemorated on that day?
- The Church also remembers St Barbarus the Soldier, St Job of Pochaev and St Sophia the Righteous.
- When is the feast of St Job the Longsuffering in 2027?
- In 2027, on the New Calendar, it falls on Thursday, May 6.
In Orthros
On the feast day Orthros sets the life of St Job the Longsuffering before you, beside the day's fast and readings, free to read.