St. Jude the Apostol / Sv. Juda Tadeáš (Apoštol) - Velké Opatovice, Czech Republic
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Baroque statue of St. Jude the Apostle near St. George Church in Velké Opatovice / Barokní socha sv. Judy Tadeáše, jednoho ze 12 apoštolu, ve Velkých Opatovicích blízko kostela sv. Jirí
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Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/10/2010
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Baroque statue of St. Jude the Apostol was according to Latin inscription on the pedestal of the statue erected in the place in 1760 and the statue was donated by Earl Karel Otto of Salm.
St. Jude, known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the Less, and a relative of Jesus. St. Jude was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus.
Ancient writers tell us that he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Idumaea, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Lybia. According to Eusebius, he returned to Jerusalem in the year 62, and assisted at the election of his brother, St. Simeon, as Bishop of Jerusalem.
He is an author of an epistle (letter) to the Churches of the East, particularly the Jewish converts, directed against the heresies of the Simonians, Nicolaites, and Gnostics. This Apostle is said to have suffered martyrdom in Armenia, which was then subject to Persia. The final conversion of the Armenian nation to Christianity did not take place until the third century of our era.
Jude was the one who asked Jesus at the Last Supper why He would not manifest Himself to the whole world after His resurrection. Little else is known of his life. Legend claims that he visited Beirut and Edessa; possibly martyred with St. Simon in Persia.
Jude is invoked in desperate situations because his New Testament letter stresses that the faithful should persevere in the environment of harsh, difficult circumstances, just as their forefathers had done before them. Therefore, he is the patron saint of desperate cases and his feast day is October 28. Saint Jude is not the same person as Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus and despaired because of his great sin and lack of trust in God's mercy.
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Socha svatého Judy Tadeáše, jednoho ze dvanácti apoštolu, byla (podle latinského nápisu na podstavci) pred kostelem svatého Jirí ve Velkých Opatovicích vztycena v roce 1760 a je darem hrabete Karla Otty ze Salmu.
Podle Bible vzdálený príbuzný a jeden ze 12 ucedníku Ježíše Krista; bratr sv. Jakuba Menšího. Spolu se sv. Šimonem hlásal víru v Arábii, Sýrii a Persii, kde byl kolem roku 80 zajat pohanskými knežími a po mnohých muceních privázán na kríž a zastrelen šípy (podle jiných podání byl ze sveta sprovozen kyjem, halapartnou nebo kopím, které se staly jeho atributy). Je uctíván jako ochránce v obtížných a nerešitelných situacích, lidé se na nej ale obraceli málo, protože byl casto zamenován s Jidášem Iškariotským, který Krista zradil. Ostatky Judy jsou uchovávány ve svatopetrském dóme v Ríme.