Job the Long-Suffering

The righteous and long-suffering Job.

The Righteous Job lived in the land of Uz in the age of the patriarchs, a man blameless and upright who feared God and turned away from evil. Tested by the loss of his wealth, his children, and his health, he refused to curse God, saying that the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.

His patience under affliction has comforted the suffering in every generation, and the Church reads his book in Holy Week, seeing in the righteous sufferer a foreshadowing of Christ. He is commemorated on May 6.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Job the Long-Suffering is commemorated on May 6. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 19 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Iov, Job

Also commemorated on May 6

• Seraphim of Dombou

  Venerable, Σεραφείμ ο εν Δομπού

  Venerable Seraphim of Levadeia, founder of the Monastery of the Savior on Mount Dombou.

  Name days: Serafeim, Seraphim, Serafim

• Sophia of Kleisoura

  Holy Woman, Σοφία της Κλεισούρας

  Venerable Sophia the Ascetic of Kleisoura, the Panagia's beloved of Macedonia.

• Barbaros the Soldier

  Martyr, Βάρβαρος ο Στρατιώτης

  Holy Martyr Barbaros the Soldier, with Bacchus, Callimachus and Dionysius, who suffered under Julian the Apostate.

  Name days: Varvaros

• Benedicta the Roman

  Holy Woman, Βενεδίκτη

  Venerable Benedicta of Rome, a nun of the sixth century.

  Name days: Benedicta, Benedikti

• Job of Pochaev

  Venerable, Ιώβ του Ποτσάεφ

  Venerable Job, abbot and wonderworker of Pochaev, defender of Orthodoxy in western Rus.

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