Troparion in Tone 2
We celebrate the memory
of Your prophet prophet Habbakuk, O Lord;
through him we beseech You:
Save our souls.
The Holy
Prophet Habakkuk, the eighth of the Twelve Minor Prophets, was descended
from the Tribe of Symeon, and he prophesied around 650 B.C.
The Prophet Habakkuk foresaw the
destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, the Babylonian Captivity and the later
return of the captives to their native land. During the war with the
Babylonians the prophet withdrew to Arabia, where the following miracle
occurred. When he was bringing dinner to the reapers, he met an angel of the
Lord, and instantly by the strength of his spirit he was transported to
Babylon, where at the time the Prophet Daniel was languishing in prison. The
food intended for the reapers assuaged the hunger of the exhausted Prophet
Daniel (Dan. 14:33-37).
After the end of
the war with the Babylonians, the Prophet Habakkuk returned to his homeland
and died at a great old age. His relics were found at the time of Emperor
Theodosios he Younger (408-450), together with the relics of the Prophet
Micah (August 14).
The Fourth Ode of the Psalter ("O Lord, I have heard thy
report, and was afraid...") is based on Habakkuk 3:2-19
