Zacharias was a person of the New Testament but also of the Koran and therefore he is honored by Christianity and Islam. According to the Bible, he was the father of John the Baptist, a priest of the “Sons of Aaron”, and the wife of Elizabeth who was a relative of the Virgin. The name Zacharias in Hebrew means “he who remembers the Lord and him who The Lord Remembers.”
Zacharias and Elizabeth were the Parents of:
Zacharias and Elizabeth were the parents of John the Baptist. Their memory is honored by the Christian church on September 5. This day is celebrated by those who bear the names of Zacharias, Zacharoula and Elizabeth, Zambetis and Zambeta.
Zacharias was high priest in the temple in Jerusalem against Herod, the king of the Jews. He came from the hierarchical class Avia and was Right and Blameless (Luke e25).
He disbelieved in the announcement of the Archangel Gabriel that Elizabeth’s barren wife would have a son and remained deaf and dumb until the birth of John the Baptist when he addressed a hymn to God (Luke e 67-80).
The house of Zacharias and Elizabeth hosted the Virgin during the last months of her pregnancy.
