An elderly priest and his wife quietly served the Lord. Zechariah, , ministered in the temple; Elizabeth, was righteous before God, “walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.” Yet they had no child, and their prayers for one had long since faded into habit. As the people prayed outside, the angel Gabriel appeared bbeside the altar and announced the impossible: “Thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.”

Feast Day: October 18 Τετραευάγγελο Ε140 της Μεγίστης Λαύρας. Ευαγγελιστής Λουκάς. 15ος αιώνας Luke the Evangelist, Unknown artist 1450, PUBIC DOMAIN Luke has always been my favorite physician, historian, and storyteller. For a doctor, he has a great bedside manner, and his patients get healed. As a historian, he is impeccable, interviewing the Virgin Mary for details about Jesus. . Luke writes about the founding and early history of the Christian Church. He gave us the Good