Prophet
Holy Prophet Ezekiel
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The priest and prophet who beheld the glory of God and the vision of the valley of dry bones.
Core account checked against Orthodox Church in America — Holy Prophet Ezekiel. Additional ecclesiastical references appear below.
Life and Witness
Life and Historical Setting
The Prophet Ezekiel ministered among the exiles in Babylon. God granted him visions of divine glory, called him to summon Israel to repentance, and showed him the dry bones restored to life as a prophetic sign of resurrection.
Miracles, Relics and Places of Veneration
His ministry belongs to the Jewish exile in Babylon and is known first from the canonical Book of Ezekiel. Sites identified as his tomb belong to long local traditions that are not uniform; Scripture remains the controlling source for his prophecy and visions.
Iconography and Spiritual Meaning
The prophet is normally depicted holding a scroll. Orthodox interpretation reads the prophetic ministry within Holy Scripture and in the light of Christ, without reducing it to predictions detached from repentance and covenant faithfulness.
Feast Day
July 23 — Holy Prophet Ezekiel.
From the Orthodox Synaxarion
The Orthodox reading of Ezekiel receives his visions within the Church’s proclamation of Christ. The valley of dry bones is especially heard as a prophetic image of resurrection, while the vision of divine glory calls the faithful to repentance and hope.
Historical Record and Ecclesiastical Tradition
The canonical Book of Ezekiel is the controlling source for the prophet's exile, call, symbolic actions, visions and proclamation of restoration. Traditions about his manner of death, tomb and later relic history are separated from Scripture; Orthodox interpretation reads the valley of dry bones and the closed gate christologically within worship without erasing their original prophetic context.
Biographical information on this page is based exclusively on the Orthodox ecclesiastical sources listed below.
Orthodox Church in America — Holy Prophet Ezekiel