Jacob Alfeev

Jacob Alfeyev , son of Alpheus ( Heb. יעקב בן-חלפַי , Yaakov Ben Halfay) is one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ . The brother of the apostle Judas Iakovlev , possibly the brother of the apostle and Evangelist Matthew . In the three Gospels, his name is given in the list of the twelve ( Matt. 10: 3 ; Mark 3:18 ; Luke 6:15 ), but no other information is given about him.

Jacob Alfeev
Jacob Alfeev, Greek icon of the 13th century.
Birth
Death	62 ( 0062 )
Is revered	in all Christian churches
In the face	the apostles
Main shrine	relics in Rome , Italy ( Santi Apostoli )
Day of Remembrance	October 9 (22) and June 30 ( July 13 )
Asceticism	apostolic sermon

According to the life, Jacob was a publican , preached in Judea , and then, together with the apostle Andrew, went to Edessa . After he conducted a sermon on his own in Gaza and Eleuferopol (South Palestine).

Because of mixing with other James, it is rather difficult to trace his path in the Christian tradition. There are several versions of his death and burial. For some authors, for example, for Pseudo-Simeon Logofet , he accepts death in Marmarik (“stoned by the Jews”), for others - he was martyred on the road to Egypt in the city of Ostracin (crucified on the cross).

Jacob Alfeyev should be distinguished from the apostle Jacob Zebedeev or James the Elder, as well as from James, the “brother of the Lord” , an apostle from among 70, the first bishop of Jerusalem , called James the Younger. The confusion among some authors in the past was facilitated by the fact that Jacob Alfeyev is also sometimes called Jacob the Younger. The relics of the apostle are stored in Rome in the church of Santi Apostoli (Temple of the Twelve Apostles). ^[1] There is also a particle of the relics of Jacob in Bari , in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas . And his head is in Venice in the Cathedral of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark . A particle of relics from the head of the Holy Apostle is also located on Mount Athos in the Greek Orthodox monastery Esfigmen .

The crypt in Santi Apostoli in Rome, where the relics of Philip and Jacob Jr. rest.

The memory in the Orthodox Church takes place on October 9 (22) according to the Julian calendar and in the Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles on June 30 ( July 13 ); in the Catholic Church on May 3.