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Icons of St. Joseph of
Arimathea, called also St. Joseph of Glastonbury, the Uncle of Our
Saviour Jesus Christ (1st c.)
Feast: Sun. after Nativity of
Christ, July 31 (in Western rite, Mar. 27)
According to a set of
traditions, St. Joseph brought the Christian Faith to England after the
Ascension of Christ. In the background is the Tor or great hill at
Glastonbury, where the tower of St. Michael now stands. In St. Joseph's
hands is the Holy Grail, which by tradition he brought with him from
Jerusalem. It was in St. Joseph's tomb that Our Lord was buried.
Top Icon: by the hand of Aidan
Hart, Oecumenical Patriarchate, UK.
Next Icon: by the hand of
Aidan Hart.
Next Icon from an unknown
source, apparently a Deposition from the Cross icon.
Next Icon: available from St.
George Orthodox Information Service in England.
Next Icon: by the hand of J.
Cole
Next Icon: from Holy
Transfiguration Monastery, Boston.
Bottom-most Icon: of unknown
provenance, showing the tradition that St. Joseph took to England with
him the Holy Grail, that is, the chalice which Our Saviour used at the
Last and Mystical Supper.
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