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| Righteous Joseph of Arimathea was a secret
disciple of our Lord Jesus Christ. As a member of the Sanhedrin he did
not participate in the "counsel and deed" of the Jews in passing a death
sentence for Jesus Christ. After the Crucifixion and Death of the Savior
he made bold to go to Pilate and ask him for the Body of the Lord, to
Which he gave burial with the help of Righteous Nicodemus, who was also
a secret disciple of the Lord.
They took down the Body of the Savior from the Cross, wrapped it in a
winding-cloth, and placed it in a new tomb, in which no one had ever
been buried, in the Garden of Gethsemane, in the presence of the Mother
of God and the holy Myrrh-Bearing Women (St Joseph had prepared this
tomb for himself). Having rolled a heavy stone before the entrance of
the tomb, they departed (John. 19: 37-42; Mt. 27: 57-61; Mark 15: 43-47;
Luke. 24: 50-56).
St Joseph traveled around the world, proclaiming the Gospel of
Christ. He died peacefully in England.
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