Kontakion about Joseph

We offer a poetic translation from the Greek kondak of St. Roman Sladkopivts About Joseph. This is a poetic retelling with a theological interpretation of the Old Testament story about the righteous Joseph (Genesis 37-46). The prototype of Jesus Christ, Joseph is a benign innocent sufferer who was imprisoned, sold by his brothers to Egypt and later became their savior. This majestic dramatic poem extols the virtue of chastity and calls for its observance. Joseph, the victor over carnal passion in the person of a voluptuous Egyptian woman, stands as a model of chastity.