SAINT JUDE THE APOSTLE

The Holy, Glorious and All-Laudable Apostle Jude Thaddeus was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and his brother, along with Saint James the Apostle, by virtue of being the son of Saint Joseph the Betrothed. He is also called Levi and sometimes the name Jude is rendered as Judas, but he is not to be confused with Judas Iscariot, the Apostle Matthew (also called "Levi"), or the Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy. He is referenced in the Synoptic Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, and wrote anepistle which is part of the New Testament.

Saint Jude often calledhimself 'brother of James' out of humility and shame for he did not believe in Christ at first, yet Saint James did.

After the Ascension he andhisparter in the Gospel Saint Bartholomew the Apostle preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Galilee, Idumea, Syria, Arabia, Mesopotamia, and finally Armenia. While preaching in the area around Ararat he was captured by pagans, crucified and killed by being shot with arrows.