Lazarus, Mary, and Martha were disciples of the Lord. It is said that Mary is the one who poured out the costly oil upon the feet of the Lord. Martha took care of the necessary practical side of things. Lazarus became a Bishop of the Church, and he eventually died again. His body is kept in the same town he was Bishop of.
According to
Christian teaching recorded in the 13th century
Golden Legend, Lazarus was the brother of Martha and
Mary Magdalene, a
Pharisee, but because of the rumoured plots fled for his life to
Cyprus. There he later became the first
bishop of
Kittim, appointed directly by
Paul and
Barnabas, and lived another thirty years. Further establishing the apostolic nature of Lazarus' appointment was the story that the bishop's
pallium was presented to Lazarus by the Virgin Mary, who had woven it herself. Such apostolic connections were central to the claims to
autocephaly made by the bishops of Kittim—subject to the
patriarch of Jerusalem—during the period 325–413. The church of Kittim was declared (or confirmed) self-governing in 413. Stories say that he would always include something sweet in every meal, but that he was only known to laugh once in that time. That was when he observed someone stealing a
clay pot, causing him to smile and say with a laugh, "clay stealing clay".
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