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  WELCOME! ST LAZARUS OF BETHANY IN THE GOSPELS ➡️ Saint Lazarus of Bethany, Bishop of Marseilles Lazarus (Greek Lazaros, a contraction of Eleazaros – see 2 Maccabbees 6:18 — meaning in Hebrew "God hath helped") He was the brother of Martha and Mary of Bethania; all three were beloved friends of Jesus (John 11:5). At the request of the two sisters Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:41-44).  HE TOOK PART IN A BANQUET Soon thereafter, the Saturday before Palm Sunday, Lazarus took part in the banquet which Simon the Leper gave to Jesus in Bethania (Matthew 26:6-16; Mark 14:3-11; John 12:1-11).  Many of the Jews believed in Jesus because of Lazarus, whom the chief priests now sought to put to death. The Gospels tell us no more of Lazarus.  (From Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913)

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of December   Regarding the Feast of SS. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus WELCOME! SAINT LAZARUS OF BETHANY ⬅️ Saint Lazarus of Bethany in the Gospels Reputed first Bishop of Marseilles, died in the second half of the first century. According to a tradition, or rather a series of traditions combined at different epochs, the members of the family at Bethany, the friends of Christ, together with some holy women and others of His disciples, were put out to sea by the Jews hostile to Christianity in a vessel without sails, oars, or helm, and after a miraculous voyage landed in Provence at a place called today the Saintes-Maries. IT IS RELATED THAT THEY PREACHED THE GOSPEL IN GAUL It is related that they separated there to go and preach the Gospel in different parts of the southeast of Gaul.  Saint Lazarus of whom alone we have to treat here, went to Marseilles, and, having converted a number of its inhabitants to Chr...