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The Departure of the Upright St . Joseph, the Carpenter .

The Departure of the Upright St . Joseph, the Carpenter .

On this day, the righteous man St . Joseph, the carpenter, who was worthy to be called the father of Christ in the flesh, departed at a good old age . The Holy Gospel bore witness that he was a righteousman, and God chose him to be betrothed to the all-pure, our lady, the Virgin St . Mary . When hefinished his course, his strife, his toil in the journey together with the Lord and the Virgin Lady fromBethlehem to the land of Egypt, and the tribulations that befell him from the Jews, he departed inpeace . When the time came for him to depart from this world, to the world of the living, the Lord Christ was present at his departure, and laid His hand upon his eyes . He extended his arms, anddelivered up his soul, and was buried in the tomb of his father Jacob . All the days of his life were 111 year . His departure was in the sixteenth year of the advent of the Lord Christ .May his prayers be with us . Amen .