Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Saints who are also The Four Evangelists

Evangelist Name	Order of Gospel	Language of Gospel	Synoptic	When Written	Apostle or Disciple
Matthew	First	Have Greek text spoken common Greek of the time Originally may have been written in Aramaic	Yes	Beginning of the second half of the first century	Apostle - One of the original twelve Apostles of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ
Mark	Second	Greek spoken common Greek of the time	Yes	Beginning of the second half of the first century	Disciple of The Holy, Glorious and Illustrious Prince of the Apostles Peter and of The Holy, Glorious and Illustrious Prince of the Apostles Paul. Did not know Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Luke	Third	Greek spoken common Greek of the time	Yes	Beginning of the second half of the first century	Disciple of The Holy, Glorious and Illustrious Prince of the Apostles Paul. Did not know Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
John	Fourth	Greek spoken common Greek of the time	No	Towards the end of the first century in Ephesus	Apostle - One of the original twelve Apostles of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ

Ikons of the Evangelists

Sometimes, all the Evangelists are shown as an Figure. Each Evangelist has his own figure.
The four figures are taken from the Book of Ezekiel (1:10) in the Old Testament in the Holy Bible. "Their faces were like this: each of the four had the face of a man, but on the right side was the face of a lion, and on the left side the face of an ox, and finally each had the face of an eagle." Theses figures are applied to the author of the Gospel according to how each Gospel begins.
These figures determine the order of the Gospels in the New Testament in the Holy Bible. The Gospels are listed in the same order as the figures are listed in the Book of Ezekiel.
The Holy Prophet Ezechiel

Figure and Order
Author	Beginning of Gospel	Figure	Order of Gospel	Feast Day
Matthew	Geneology of Christ as man.	Man	First	16 Nov.
Mark	Saint Martyr Prophet John the Baptist. Prophet John the Baptist was like a lion roaring in the desert.	Lion	Second	25 April
Luke	The priest Zachariah offering incense in the Temple. A priest also offers sacrifice. A sacrifice needs a sacrificial victim. A typical sacrificial victim was an ox.	Ox	Third	18 Oct.
John	"In the beginning was the Word ...". The author sees things from a high level. The author is clear-sighted, like an eagle.	Eagle	Fourth	26 Sept. 8 May

Sometimes, all the Evangelists are shown as a Man.

Author	Facing	Beard	Feast Day
Matthew	As you face him, he faces right	White, Longest	16 Nov.
Mark	As you face him, he faces left	Brown, Short	25 April
Luke	As you face him, he faces right	Brown, Shortest	18 Oct.
John	As you face him, he looks behind him to face left	White, Long	26 Sept. 8 May

Name

The four Evangelists are commonly called "Saint Matthew", "Saint Mark", "Saint Luke", and "Saint John".

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