Russian Orthodox icon of the Prophet Obadiah, 18th century (Iconostasis of Transfiguration church, Kizhi monastery, Karelia, Russia). See also Eastern Orthodox Church Structure and organization The Slavic Orthodox Church is organized in a hierarchical structure An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn, "image" is a religious work of art most commonly a painting from Eastern Christianity. In Eastern Christianity an iconostasis (the plural is iconostases) also called the Templon, is a wall of Icons and religious paintings An Orthodox church as a Church building of Eastern Orthodoxy has a distinct recognizable style among Church architectures History While Kizhi (Ки́жи Кижи́ Kiži is an Island on Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia ( Medvezhyegorsky District) Russia with This article concerns the buildings occupied by monastics. For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see Monasticism. Karelia ( Karelian and Finnish Karjala, Карелия ( Kareliya) Karelen the land of the Karelian peoples, is an area in Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending

Obadiah is a Biblical theophorical name, meaning "Yahweh's servant/worshipper. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin The word "theophory" refers to the practice of embedding the name of a god or a deity in usually a proper name For information about Yahweh see God in Abrahamic religions, which provides useful links " It is cognate to the Arabic name `Ubaidallah (Obeidallah). Cognates in Linguistics are words that have a common origin They may occur within a language such as shirt and skirt as two English words descended from Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language The form of his name used in the Septuagint is Obdios. The Septuagint (ˈsɛptuədʒɪnt or simply " LXX " is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, translated in stages between the

The Prophet Obadiah

In the Old Testament

The prophet named Obadiah is credited with authorship of the shortest book in the Old Testament,^[1] consisting of a mere 21 verses in a single chapter. The Book of Obadiah is found in both the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, where it is the shortest book only one chapter long Two theories exist for the date of his ministry, due to certain historical ambiguities in the book bearing his name. The Book of Obadiah is found in both the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, where it is the shortest book only one chapter long If, as one set of scholars believe, the Book of Obadiah was written upon the destruction of Jerusalem by the Philistines , the date would fall between 848 and 840 B. Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the The Philistines ( Hebrew פלשתים plishtim) (see "other uses" below were a people who inhabited the southern coast of Canaan, C. ^[2] If, as the second major theory holds, the events recorded in his writings refer to the invasion of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the date would be nearer to 586 B. Nebuchadrezzar II, more often called Nebuchadnezzar (c 630-562 BC was a ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty, who reigned c Babylon was a City-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which can be found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq C. ^[2] The main thrust of the prophet's ministry, reflected in the themes of his book, is the ultimate victory of the people of God if they maintain their faith. Edom is used as an example of failure to manifest love toward one's neighbor in times of need, (Obadiah 1:1-17) and the eventual victory of Israel is declared in a vision of the future. The Book of Obadiah is found in both the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, where it is the shortest book only one chapter long For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. (Obadiah 1:18-21)

He was born in Sichem, and is said to have been the third centurion sent out by Ahaz against Elijah. Shechem ( Sichem, Shkhem or Shachmu, Hebrew: שְׁכֶם‎ / שְׁכָם, Standard Ahaz (אחז lit "has held" an abbreviation of Jehoahaz, "God has held" was king of Judah, and the son and successor of Jotham Elijah or Elias ( was a Prophet in Israel in the 9th century BC ^[3]

See main entry on the Book of Obadiah. The Book of Obadiah is found in both the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, where it is the shortest book only one chapter long

In Rabbinic tradition

According to the Talmud, Obadiah is said to have been a convert to Judaism from Edom,^[4] a descendant of Eliphaz, the friend of Job. The Talmud ( Hebrew: he תַּלְמוּד is a record of Rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history For the figure from the Book of Job see Eliphaz (Job. For the kibbutz near Eilat see Elifaz (kibbutz. Jobe (/'dʒoʊb/; Arabic: أَيُّوبٌ,) is a character in the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible, as well as a prophet He is identified with the Obadiah who prophesied against Edom, and it is said that he was chosen to prophesy against Edom because he was himself an Edomite. Moreover, having lived with two such godless persons as Ahab and Jezebel without learning to act as they did, he seemed the most suitable person to prophesy against Esau (Edom), who, having been brought up by two pious persons, Isaac and Rebekah, had not learned to imitate their good deeds. Ahab (or Ach'av or) was king of Israel and the son and successor of Omri ( 1 Kings 1629-34 Esau (ˈisɔ ( Hebrew, Standard Hebrew Esav, Tiberian Hebrew ʿĒśāw) is the brother of Jacob (whom God renamed According to the Hebrew Bible, Isaac ( Hebrew: Yitzchak יִצְחָק, Standard Yiẓḥaq This article is about the biblical matriarch For other uses of the word Rebecca see Rebecca (disambiguation Rebecca (also Rebekah also

Obadiah is supposed to have received the gift of prophecy for having hidden the hundred and twenty eight prophets from the persecution of Jezebel. ^[4] He hid the prophets in two caves, so that if those in one cave should be discovered those in the other might yet escape (1 Kings 18:3-4). The Books of Kings ( Sefer Melachim, ספר מלכים are a part of Judaism 's Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible.

Obadiah was very rich, but all his wealth was expended in feeding the poor prophets, until, in order to be able to continue to support them, finally he had to borrow money at interest from Ahab's son Jehoram. ^[5] Obadiah's fear of God was one degree higher than that of Abraham; and if the house of Ahab had been capable of being blessed, it would have been blessed for Obadiah's sake. ^[6]

In Christianity

Russian icon of Prophets Amos and Obadiah, 18th century. For other uses see Amos; for the programming language see AMOS (programming language.

He is regarded as a saint by several Christian churches. A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity His feast day is celebrated on January 10 in the Coptic Church. The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. History of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Apostolic foundation Egypt is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the The Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite celebrate his memory on November 19 (for those churches which follow the traditional Julian Calendar, November 19 currently falls on December 2 of the modern Gregorian Calendar). The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world This article refers to Eastern Churches in full communion with the Holy See The Byzantine Rite, sometimes called the Rite of Constantinople or Constantinopolitan Rite, is the liturgical rite used currently (in various languages Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today He is celebrated on February 28 in the Syriac and Malankara Churches, and with the other Minor prophets in the Calendar of saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on July 31. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule See Syriac (disambiguation for other uses Syriac (syr ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ leššānā Suryāyā) is an Eastern Aramaic language Malankara Church of India is the Christian church believed to be started by St A minor prophet is one of the writings in the Twelve Prophets section of the Hebrew Bible, also known to Christians as the Minor Prophets of the Old Days of observance - 2007 January 1 Third Day of the Fast of the Nativity 2 Fourth Day of the Fast of the Nativity 3 Fifth Day The Armenian Apostolic Church (Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցի Hayasdaneaytz Arakelagan Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently

According to an old tradition, Obadiah is buried in Samaria. Samaria, or the Shomron ( שֹׁמְרוֹן, Standard Šoməron Tiberian Šōmərôn

Other Obadiahs in the Old Testament

Other individuals named Obadiah in the Old Testament are listed as:

• the servant of king Ahab of Israel (1 Kings 18:3). Ahab (or Ach'av or) was king of Israel and the son and successor of Omri ( 1 Kings 1629-34 According to the tradition of the Orthodox Church, this is the same individual as the prophet. Sacred Tradition or Holy Tradition is a technical theological term used in some Christian traditions primarily in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox ^[3]
• the son of Hananiah, a descendant of king David of Israel through Solomon (1 Chronicles 3:21)
• the son of Uzzi, a descendant of the Hebrew patriarch Issachar (1 Chronicles 7:3)
• the son of Azel, a descendant of king Saul of Israel through Jonathan (1 Chronicles 8:38)
• the son of Shemaiah, a descendant of the Hebrew patriarch Levi (1 Chronicles 9:16)
• a warrior descended from the Hebrew patriarch Gad that served king David (1 Chronicles 12:9)
• the father of Ishmaiah, governor of the tribe of Zebulun during the reign of king David (1 Chronicles 27:19)
• a prince of the southern kingdom of Judah during the reign of king Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 17:7)
• a Levite, overseer of the reconstruction efforts during the reforms of king Josiah of Judah (2 Chronicles 34:12)
• the son of Joab, one of the individuals who returned from the Babylonian captivity with the priestly scribe Ezra, and possibly the Levite mentioned in (Nehemiah 8:9) as a porter of Jerusalem's gates after the city's reconstruction under Nehemiah (Ezra 8:9)

References

1. ^ Nelson's Compact Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1964, p. David, Arabic: داوود or داود dawud, "beloved" was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible King Solomon ( Ge'ez: ስለሞን Arabic: ar سليمان, Sulayman, all from the Triliteral root S-L-M, "peace" The Books of Chronicles ( Hebrew Divrei Hayyamim, דברי הימים Greek Paraleipomêna) are part of the Hebrew Bible (Jewish Hebrews (or Hebertes, Eberites, Hebreians, " Habiru " or " Habiri " Hebrew: עברים Issachar / Yissachar ( was according to the Book of Genesis, a son of Jacob and Leah (the fifth son of Leah and ninth son of Jacob and the Saul (שאול המלך (or Sha'ul) ( Arabic: طالوت,Tālūt ( (reigned 1047 - 1007 BCE is identified in the Books of Samuel, 1 Chronicles David and Jonathan is also the name adopted by recording duo Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway. This article discusses the Biblical patriarch See Levi Strauss for the inventor of jeans Levites for the Biblical tribe or Matthew the Evangelist For Gad the prophet of King David see Gad (Bible prophet Gad ( was according to the Book of Genesis, the first son of Jacob Zebulun (also Zebulon, Zabulon or Zaboules, Hebrew: זְבֻלוּן or זְבוּלֻן or זְבוּלוּן Tiberian Hebrew Zəḇūlūn Judea is a term used for the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel. See Josaphat for other meanings of the name Jehoshaphat or Jehosaphat or Josaphat or Yehoshafat ( was the successor of The Books of Chronicles ( Hebrew Divrei Hayyamim, דברי הימים Greek Paraleipomêna) are part of the Hebrew Bible (Jewish In the Jewish tradition a Levite ( is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. Josiah or Yoshiyahu ( was king of Judah, and son of Amon and Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. The Babylonian captivity, Babylonian exile, is the name typically given to the deportation and exile of the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah to Ezra ( was a Jewish Priestly Scribe who led about 5000 Israelite exiles living in Babylon to their home city of Jerusalem The Book of Nehemiah is a book of the Hebrew Bible, historically regarded as a continuation of the Book of Ezra, and is sometimes called the second book Nehemiah or Nechemya ( The Book of Ezra is a book of the Bible in the Old Testament and Hebrew Tanakh. 191, ISBN 0-8407-5636-5 
2. ^ ^{a b} The Rainbow Study Bible (Illustrated Reference Edition), Rainbow Studies, Inc. , 1998, p. 1040, ISBN 1-58170-025-3 
3. ^ ^{a b} The Lives of the Holy Prophets, Buena Vista CO: Holy Apostles Convent, 1998, p. 4, ISBN 0-944359-12-4 
4. ^ ^{a b} “Tract Sanhedrin, Volume VIII, XVI, Part II (Haggada), Chapter XI”, The Babylonian Talmud, Boston: The Talmud Society, p. 376, <http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/t08/t0814.htm>  Translated by Michael L. Rodkinson
5. ^ Midrash Exodus Rabbah xxxi. Midrash ( Hebrew: מדרש plural midrashim, lit "to repeat" is a Hebrew term referring to the not exact but comparative ( homiletic 3
6. ^ Sanh. loc. cit.

• Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. , 1924.

External links

• Prophet Obadiah (Abdias) Orthodox icon and synaxarion