06 — Veneration

The glorification of St. Joseph and the Damascus Martyrs by the Holy Synod of Antioch in 1993, the feast of 10 July, and the growth of their cult in the Antiochian Church and its worldwide diaspora.

Tradition: Antiochian Orthodox (Arab New-Martyr of the Patriarchate of Antioch)

This section treats how the Church receives St. Joseph: the 1993 act of glorification that formalized a long-carried memory, the fixed feast of 10 July, and the spread of the veneration — especially in North America, where the Antiochian diaspora, itself descended in part from the displacement of 1860, has made St. Joseph one of its own patrons.

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glorification-1993.md The 1993 glorification of Joseph and the Damascus Martyrs by the Holy Synod of Antioch; the feast of 10 July; and what the glorification did and did not certify.
the-cult-in-the-antiochian-church.md The growth of the cult — parishes, hymnography, iconography, and the diaspora’s embrace of the saint.

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