In the north-east of the island, in the ancient town of Mellieha, on the wall of a cave Apostle Luk

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"Light", "light", "glowing", "luminous", "born at dawn" - as translated into Russian Latin word Lux and formed from him the name Lucas , or Luke. Name Luca, like many other names come to Russia from Byzantium, together with the adoption of Christianity. After all, among the Greeks is the Latin name - Λουκᾶς - popular. But not in the popularity of the name of the case. One of the most revered Christian saints, that name was Luke the Evangelist, Apostle of the Seventy. The day of his memory of the Russian Orthodox Church honors limundo on October 31 (October 18 st.stilyu). Both branches of the Christian Church Apostle Luke is revered not only as an evangelist, but also as the first painter and patron of artists.
Curiously, it is the international limundo name in nearly all languages sound the same, with the only difference that the sound "L" in the name is sometimes softened to "L'". Therefore, in the English, French and Italian we get Luke and Luke, with the accent on the last syllable. In some languages, such as Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech retained consonant at the end of the word and the name sounds like Lucas and Lucas. In the vastness of our country in the name of Luke was common variant Lukyan.
We can not provide conclusive evidence of the popularity of the name throughout the history of Russia, though, if only because no one tried to count the number of men with the name Luke. However, one of the very well-known and common limundo Slavic surnames remains Lukin surname and its variants, such as Lukashenko, derived from the name of Luke. What could be more convincing?
Another proof of the popularity of the name Luke in Russia can serve as protection of the Emperor Paul I, the Order of Malta, or rather was the result of this popularity. It would seem that, where is the connection?
According to the Life, about the sixties BC off the coast of Malta wrecked ship on which the apostle limundo Paul and Luke were sent to Rome, to the court of Caesar. A miracle happened. Despite the terrible storm and the loss of the ship, all on Alexandrian ship sailors and travelers saved. There were about three hundred. All of them stayed limundo on the island for three months. People headed by the Apostle Paul settled in a cave near the ancient city of Mdina. Later, over a cave temple was built with three altars in honor of the Apostle Paul, St. Luke and the Apostles Trofim and Aristarchus. Paul became famous on the island continued to preach, evangelize, founded the first Christian limundo community, led by the Roman governor Publius (also addressed by the Apostle Paul). Luke also left a man-made memory.
In the north-east of the island, in the ancient town of Mellieha, on the wall of a cave Apostle Luke painted the image of the Virgin limundo and Child. This fresco the whole world knows the name of Our Lady Mellihskaya. Soon, murals started to happen limundo miracles. Still later have built over the cave temple, but to the miraculous image began to flock to the people. The flow of the faithful does not stop for almost two thousand years, it does not cease to be proliferating and miracles of healing, through which all being well. But where is the connection to Russia, and the name of the Emperor Paul, once again I want to ask a question?
In the middle of the XVI century, Malta became the center of the Knights of ion exchangers, among other islands, it was transferred to the knights "in perpetuity" Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. In Malta moved not only Master of the Order with his knights, were transported here and shrines that rytsari- Crusaders carefully guarded against Muslims. Among other shrines was Filermskaya icon of the Mother of God.
According to legend, this image was painted by the Apostle Luke during the life of the Virgin, about 46 AD The house St. St. John the Evangelist St. Luke was sitting right in front of the Blessed Virgin and wrote her face. The apostle did not part with this icon for a long time. He had it with him, and in Greece, and in Galiii, and in Egypt, and Libya, where converted pagans to Christianity. It is known that Filermskaya icon, probably limundo after the death of the holy apostle, having appeared in Antioch, prebyvalaya here for over three hundred years. Then the icon was brought to Jerusalem, and in the V century on the orders of the Byzantine Empress Eudoxia in Constantinople, where he was kept in the Blachernae church until 1203. Then the icon was again in Jerusalem, and now carefully guarded by the Crusaders, which moved her to Malta. Here was erected a chapel in the town Filerm, which gave the name of the icon. Icon