The interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew, compiled according to ancient patristic interpretations. Evfimiy Zigaben, monk

The book proposed contains the “interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew”, known primarily by biblical interpretations, but little-known by the details of his life by the Byzantine Orthodox The Theologian and the exeget of the XI-XI centuries of the monk Efimiy Zigaben (c. 1050-1112). The first gospel, traditionally reckoned with the so -called synoptic gospels, that is, “unusual”, tells more about the events of the Earth’s life of the Savior for his humanity: his Christmas, public ministry, godfather, resurrection and ascension, erecting the reader's thought from the son of human , The “historical Jesus of Nazareth”, through the truth about him as the true Messiah of the Israeli people, promised by the prophets, to the revelation of Him as the Son of God and God, a single from the Holy Trinity. In his classical “interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew”, Evfimiy Zigaben, following the Orthodox tradition, is based on previous interpreters, primarily on St. John Chrysostom, as well as on St. Gregory the Theologian, etc. Maxim the Confessor. The style and language of the “interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew” is characterized by sufficient simplicity and accessibility in the presentation, and therefore this essay can be recognized as intended for the widest circle of readers.