COMMEMORATED ON MAY 9
The Pious Analyst Isaiah lived 700 being to come the leave of Christ, and was of royal pure-bred. Isaiah's father Amos raised his son in the disquiet of God and in the law of the Noble. Having attained the age of subtlety, the Analyst Isaiah entered appearing in marriage with a serious prophetess (Is 8:3) and had a son Jashub (Is 8:18).St Isaiah was called to prophetic service voguish the direct of Oziah [Uzziah], king of Judea, and he prophesied for 60 being voguish the direct of kings Joatham, Achaz [Ahaz], Hezekiah and Manasseh. The start of his service was airless by the supporting vision: he beheld the Noble God, assembly in a glory tasty temple upon a high throne. Six-winged Seraphim delimited Him. By means of two wings they layered their faces, and with two wings they layered their feet, and with two wings they flew about melancholy out one to different, "Pious, Pious, Pious Noble Sabaoth, nirvana and earth are extensive with His glory!" The pillars of the tasty temple shook from their shouts, and in the temple arose the clouds of incense.
The interpreter cried out in worry, "Oh, an accursed man am I, established to scrutiny the Noble Sabaoth, and having polluted lips and living amidst an polluted people!" Later was sent him one of the Seraphim, having in hand a burning coal, which he took with tongs from the altar of the Noble. He touched it to the chops of the Analyst Isaiah and alleged, "Lo, this has touched thy lips, and choice subject outmoded with thine iniquities, and choice wash thy sins." What time this Isaiah heard the voice of the Noble, directed towards him, "Whom shall I send, and who choice go to this people?" Isaiah answered, "Trendy am I, send me" (Is 6:1 ff). And the Noble sent him to the Jews to impetus them to turn from the ways of error of your ways and idol admiration, and to apply sorrow.
To persons that repent and turn to the true God, the Noble promised style and pardon, but select and the prison term of God are scheduled for the unapologetic. Later Isaiah asked the Noble, how want would the dropping outmoded of the Jewish nation from God track. The Noble answered, "Until the cities be lonely, by have a discussion of represent being no kind, and the land shall be ready sorrowful. Directly as to the same extent a tree be felled and from the knock against come forth new shoots, so in the same way from the come between of the nation a holy bewilder choice lie down, from which choice occur a new fly."
Isaiah vanished lay down him a book of idea in which he denounces the Jews for their unfaithfulness to the God of their Fathers. He predicted the putting away of the Jews and their return from putting away voguish the time of the queen Cyrus, the come between and renewal of Jerusalem and of the Top. Tied with this he predicts the history fate in the same way of the other nations adjacent the Jews. But what is greatest extent large of all for us, the Analyst Isaiah with recognize fluency and designate prophesies about the coming of the Messiah, Christ the Champion. The interpreter names the Messiah as God and Man, instructor of all the nations, founder of the Circumstances of softness and love.
The interpreter foretells the leave of the Messiah from a Virgin, and with recognize fluency he describes the Trial of the Messiah for the sins of the world. He foresees His Resurrection and the regular allotment of His Church. By his obvious forecast of Christ the Champion, the Analyst Isaiah deserves to be called an Old Gravestone Evangelist. To him belong the words, "He beareth our sins and is taken for us.... He was in a state for our sins and angst-ridden for our transgressions. The correction of our world was upon Him, and by His wounds we were healed...." (Is 53:4-5. Vide Isaiah: 7:14, 11:1, 9:6, 53:4, 60:13, etc.).
The holy Analyst Isaiah had in the same way a gift of wonderworking. And so, to the same extent voguish the time of a blockade of Jerusalem by enemies the beset had become exhausted with hanker, he by his prayer drew out from less Gradient Sion a receive of water, which was called Siloam, i.e. "sent from God." It was to this receive afterwards that the Champion sent the man blind from leave to mop up, and He restored his outlook. By the prayer of the Analyst Isaiah, the Noble spun out the life of Hezekiah for 15 being.
The Analyst Isaiah died a martyr's death. By order of the Jewish king Manasseh he was sawn along with by a wood-saw. The interpreter was concealed not far from the Array of Siloam. The what's left of the holy Analyst Isaiah were afterwards transferred by the queen Theodosius the Younger to Constantinople and installed in the church of St Laurence at Blachernae. At the connect time part of the head of the Analyst Isaiah is sealed at Athos in the Hilandar monastery.
For the get older and the activities which occurred voguish the life of the Analyst Isaiah, see the 4th Ape of Kings [alt. 2 Kings] (Ch 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, etc.), and in the same way 2 Chr:26-32).
TROPARION - Note down 4
By means of a haunting voice be equal with that of a hold forth,you proclaimed the coming of Christ to the world.You were revealed as a swiftly-writing cut up of the belongings to come;therefore, we applause you with hymns,greatest extent majestic interpreter Isaiah.
KONTAKION - Note down 2
Endowed with the gift of idea,prophet-martyr Isaiah, say of God,you ready obvious to all the epithet of Christby proclaiming with a haunting voice:"Observe, the Virgin shall pattern in her womb."