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Sf. Zaharia a trăit în secolul I î.Hr., în Palestina. Era fiul lui Barach, din neamul lui Aaron.
A fost preot în templul din [[Ierusalim]].
Zaharia era căsătorit cu Sf. [[Elisabeta]] (tot din neamul lui Aaron), sora sfintei [[Ioachim şi Ana|Ana]], mama [[Maica Domnului|Maicii Domnului]].
Deşi „''erau amândoi drepţi înaintea lui Dumnezeu, umblând fără prihană în toate poruncile şi rânduielile Domnului''” ([[Evanghelia după Luca|Luca]] [http://bibliaortodoxa.ro/noul-testament/48/Luca 1:6]), Zaharia şi Elisabeta nu aveau nici un copil, deoarece Elisabeta era stearpă şi amândoi erau înaintaţi în zilele lor. În acele timpuri, acest fapt era considerat ca fiind o pedeapsă de la Dumnezeu.
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St Zachariah was told by an [[angel]] that his elderly wife would bear him a son named John, but he doubted this prediction. For his weakness of faith, Zachariah become mute. When Elizabeth gave birth to a son, motivated of the [[Holy Spirit]], she announced that his name was John. When Zachariah confirmed the name in writing, speech returned to him, and inspired by the Holy Spirit, he began to foretell about his son as the Forerunner of the Lord. King Herod began to slaughter the children of Bethlehem after the Lord [[Jesus]] had been born. The king sent men to find and kill the son of Zachariah because he had heard all that had happened to Zachariah, and how John had been born. Elizabeth fled with John when she saw the soldiers. Herod was enraged that the child John had not been found and ordered Zachariah to be slain before the altar in temple.
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