St. Job the Long-suffering
Righteous Job lived in the land of Uz during the age of the Patriarchs, a descendant of Abraham renowned for his wealth, integrity, and fear of God.
Permitted by God to be tested by Satan, he lost his children, his possessions, and his health in swift succession, yet refused to curse God and endured his afflictions with unshaken faith. God vindicated him, restoring his health and granting him double his former prosperity, and he lived many more years in blessedness. The Church reads his book during Holy Week, seeing in his innocent suffering a prefiguring of the Passion of Christ.
Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?
Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.
I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last He shall stand upon the earth.
I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You; therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Troparion · Tone 1
As an indestructible pillar of courage, you repulsed the attacks of Belial and remained unmoved in temptation. Therefore, O wise Job, the Church praises you as a model of endurance and an example of virtue; and she is made radiant by your great deeds.
Kontakion · Tone 8
You were true and just, pious, blameless and holy, O glorious servant of God. You enlightened the world by your perseverance, much-afflicted Job. Therefore, we all honor and praise your divinely-wise memory.
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