Description
The Book of Acts relates how Philip was traveling along the road in the desert towards Gaza when he met the servant of the Ethiopian Queen Candace. According to tradition, the name of the servant is Djan Darada. Philip, moved by the Spirit, came up to Djan and heard him reading the book of Isaiah. The servant could not understand the passage he read, which ran as follows:
"He was led as a sheep to the slaughter;
And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
In His humiliation His justice was taken away,
And who will declare His generation?
For His life is taken from the earth."
-Acts 8:26-39, Orthodox Study Bible
Philip explained that this spoke of the crucifixion of Jesus, and he went on to preach Christ's salvation to him. Djan harkened to Philip's words and was baptized that very day.
According to many of the Church Fathers, the eunuch returned to Ethiopia and preached the Gospel among his people. Some say he was even martyred for his faith. He is commemorated on January 4 and June 17.
The Saint's personal name is not given in the Gospel. "Djan Darada" may be a corruption of the Ethiopian Amharic word janiderebà, which means eunuch. The Ethiopian Church refers to him as "Bakos" or "Simeon Bacchus," but these names are not part of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. Some Eastern Orthodox sources name him "Aetius."
This icon is offered by Legacy Icons with the permission of the iconographer, Brian Matthew Whirledge.
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Portrait |
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Male |
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Martyr |
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