Lazarus of Bethany facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Saint Lazarus of Bethany
Christ's raising of Lazarus, Athens, 12–13th century
Four-days dead, friend of Christ
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches Anglican Communion Lutheran Church Islam
Feast	Eastern Churches: Lazarus Saturday; March 17; October 17 Western Churches: December 17 Martyrologium Romanum (2005): July 29
Attributes	Sometimes vested as an apostle, sometimes as a bishop. In the scene of his resurrection, he is portrayed tightly bound in mummified clothes, which resemble swaddling bands.

Lazarus of Bethany, also known as Saint Lazarus, or Lazarus of the Four Days, venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church as Righteous Lazarus, the Four-Days Dead, is the subject of a prominent sign of Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus restores him to life four days after his death. The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions offer varying accounts of the later events of his life.

In the context of the seven signs in the Gospel of John, the raising of Lazarus at Bethany – today the West Bank town of Al-Eizariya, which translates to "the place of Lazarus" – is the climactic narrative: exemplifying the power of Jesus "over the last and most irresistible enemy of humanity: death. For this reason, it is given a prominent place in the gospel."

A figure named Lazarus (Latinised ultimately from the Aramaic: אלעזר, Elʿāzār, cf. Heb. Eleazar—"God helped") is also mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. The two biblical characters named "Lazarus" have sometimes been conflated historically, but are generally understood to be two separate people.

The name Lazarus is frequently used in science and popular culture in reference to apparent restoration to life; for example, the scientific term Lazarus taxon denotes organisms that reappear in the fossil record after a period of apparent extinction. There are also numerous literary uses of the term.

Images for kids

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  The Raising of Lazarus, by Duccio, 1310–11

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  Sixth-century mosaic of the Raising of Lazarus, church of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy.

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  The Raising of Lazarus, Oil on canvas, c. 1517–1519, Sebastiano del Piombo (National Gallery, London)

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  Reputed tomb of Lazarus in al-Eizariya

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  Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca

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  Autun Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Lazare d'Autun), Autun, France, also said to be built over the tomb of Lazarus

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  Revival of Lazarus by Christ. Made by Johannes Wierix.

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  The Resurrection of Lazarus, Byzantine icon, late 14th – early 15th century, (From the Collection of G. Gamon-Gumun, Russian museum)

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  The Resurrection of Lazarus, Russian icon, 15th century, Novgorod school (State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg)

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  The Raising of Lazarus, Oil on canvas, c. 1517–1519, Sebastiano del Piombo (National Gallery, London)

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  The Raising of Lazarus, Oil on canvas, c. 1609, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Museo Regionale, Messina)

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  The Raising of Lazarus, 1630–1631, Rembrandt van Rijn (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles)

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  The Raising of Lazarus, 1540–1545, Giuseppe Salviati

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  The Raising of Lazarus (after Rembrandt), Oil on paper, 1890, Vincent van Gogh (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)

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  The Raising of Lazarus, 1857, Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat

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  The Raising of Lazarus illumination on parchment, c. 1504

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  Raising Lazarus, Oil on Copper Plate, 1875, Carl Heinrich Bloch (Hope Gallery, Salt Lake City)

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  The Raising of Lazarus, 1800, William Blake, Aberdeen Art Gallery

See also

In Spanish: Lázaro de Betania para niños