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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Euskirchen
Weilerswist

St. John the Baptist Church, Metternich

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Weilerswist

St. John the Baptist Church, Metternich

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St. John the Baptist Church, Metternich

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    Location: Weilerswist, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    October 16, 2022

    Saint John the Baptist (also John the Baptist), to whom the Metternich Church is dedicated, is – like Saint Joseph – a man on the threshold from the Old to the New Testament. His parents are Zechariah and Elisabeth. After the proclamation of God's incarnation, the Mother of God visits her relative Elisabeth, who will give birth to a son in old age, John the Baptist. This is half a year older than Jesus and is considered his forerunner / pioneer. He lives in the desert, preaches the repentance of sins to the Jewish population and baptizes them in the Jordan, where Jesus also comes to be baptized, being filled with the Holy Spirit that descends on him from heaven.
    The memorial day of Saint John the Baptist (Baptist) in the calendar of saints is on June 24th, exactly half a year before 'Christmas Eve'.

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      September 26, 2022

      St. John the Baptist
      Parish patron of the parish church in Metternich.
      John was the son of Elizabeth and Zechariah. According to tradition, he was born half a year before Jesus. The elderly priest Zechariah, whose marriage had been childless for a long time, sacrificed in the temple and received the promise from the archangel Gabriel that a son would be born to him. Zechariah doubted, asked for a sign and was struck dumb by the angel. Elisabeth, who actually became pregnant at an advanced age, was visited by Maria, who stayed with her until the birth of her son Johannes. Elisabeth, who was asked about the naming after the birth, knew from her intuition that the boy should be called Johannes, contrary to family tradition; at the same time Zechariah wrote the name on a wax tablet. He now regained his speech and burst into the hymn of praise handed down in the Gospel of Luke.

      More about the history: pfarrverband-weilerswist.de/kirchen_und_kapellenx/st._johannes_der_taeuferx_metternich/st._johannes_d._taeufer

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