First, you receive a phone call from the hospital.

The officials reveal to you that your loved one

has been pronounced dead. What would your reaction be if 2 hours later, the doctor calls you
again to tell you that your loved one back alive? Puzzled? Numb? Going to get a second
doctors opinion whether your loved one is really alive or dead by checking the name once
again? Simply overjoyed? Call the doctor again and ask him to use a different stethoscope? Or
maybe, call all your friends and relatives to have a Welcome back, party?.....Well, a series of
perplexed thoughts are sure to run wild in our thoughts if this happens to our families. Of
course, the variations, your heart beat rate and the intensity differs from individuals.
Imagine the joy, of having to call out your relatives and friends again to notify that your loved
dead is back from the dead. As for their reaction, your guess is as good as mine. After all, some
would still want to see him/her and pat on the back and may want to say, Hey, your lifeline
has just been renewed and extended for an indefinite period of time, don't screw up your life
and health with your second chance.
...Its called the Lazarus Phenomenon (sometimes called Lazarus syndrome) , and goes to
prove what a fantastic machine the human body really is.

What is Lazarus Phenomenon?

The Lazarus phenomenon is described as delayed Return Of Spontaneous

Circulation (ROSC) after cessation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This was first
reported in the medical literature in 1982, and the term Lazarus phenomenon was first used
by Bray in 1993. The term was coined from the story of Lazarus, who was resurrected by Jesus
Christ four days after his death.
Even though Lazarus phenomenon is rare, it is probably under reported. There is no doubt
that Lazarus phenomenon is a reality but so far the scientific explanations have been
inadequate. So far the only plausible explanation at least in some cases is auto-positive endexpiratory pressure (PEEP) and impaired venous return. In patients with pulseless electrical
activity (PEA) or asystole, dynamic hyperinflation should be considered as a cause and a short
period of apnoea (30-60 seconds) should be tried before stopping resuscitation. Since ROSC
occurred within 10 minutes in most cases, patients should be passively monitored for at least
10 minutes after the cessation of CPR before confirming death.

Case Report

A 66-yr-old man, weighing 80 kg, was emergently brought to the operating room (OR) with a
suspected leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm. His past history included hypertension and a
transient ischemic attack 4 yr earlier. He also had a 50-pack/yr smoking history and chronic
renal insufficiency (creatinine 2.3 mg/dL). He had no history of metabolic disorder. He had
received 2600 mL of lactated Ringers solution before arrival in the OR. Vital signs on arrival
included a heart rate of 120 bpm and a systolic blood pressure of 60 mm Hg. The patient was
pale, mottled, diaphoretic, and tachypneic. Rapid administration of warmed IV fluids via two
rapid infusion systems increased his systolic blood pressure to 120 mm Hg.
Induction of anaesthesia proceeded uneventfully with d-tubocurarine 3 mg, fentanyl 250g,
etomidate 20 mg, and succinylcholine 160 mg IV before rapid sequence endotracheal
intubation. Maintenance of anesthesia included inhalation of isoflurane (as tolerated by blood
pressure) in 100% oxygen. Pancuronium 6 mg was given for continued neuromuscular
blockade. With induction of anesthesia, the vital signs remained stable (systolic blood
pressure 110120 mm Hg by automated cuff pressure) and surgical incision promptly
followed at 5.30 p.m. An arterial blood gas drawn at this time revealed hemoglobin 8.1 g/dL,
K+3.8 mEq/L, glucose 185 mg/dL, pHa 7.24, PaCO241 mm Hg, PaO2479 mm Hg, HCO316

mEq/L, and base excess 10.6 mEq/L. At this time, the end-tidal CO2was 29 mm Hg.
Electrocardiogram (ECG) showed a cardiac rhythm of sinus tachycardia.
At 5.48 p.m. the surgeon placed a cross-clamp across the suprarenal aorta. This led to an
increase in systolic pressure to 160 mm Hg, but no apparent changes on the ECG. At 5.53 p.m.
the clamp was shifted to an infrarenal position. At 5.59 p.m., the cardiac rhythm suddenly
deteriorated into ventricular tachycardia, which rapidly progressed to ventricular fibrillation.
Chest compressions were initiated, and the patient was ventilated with 100% oxygen. This
resuscitation continued for the next 17 min during which time the patient received a total of
nine countershocks of 360 J each. Additionally, a total of 5 mg of epinephrine, 4 mg of
atropine, 2 g of CaCl2, 400 mg of lidocaine, 150 mEq of NaHCO3and 2 g of MgSO4 were given
IV. Chest compressions were initially thought to be effective as the end-tidal CO2was
maintained at 2532 mm Hg. No arterial line was yet available to observe a waveform or to
draw blood gases, and no single-stick arterial blood gas was drawn during the resuscitation.
Despite the resuscitation efforts, the underlying rhythm continued to be asystole. This was
confirmed by the palpation of a flaccid and pulseless (in the absence of chest compressions)
proximal aorta. End-tidal CO2had diminished to 810 mm Hg, and the pupils were widely
dilated. Because of the patients complete lack of response and the apparent deterioration by
end-tidal CO2, the attending surgeon and anesthesiologist mutually agreed to discontinue the
resuscitation. The patient was pronounced dead at 6.17p.m.
With cessation of the resuscitation, the IV medications and infusions were discontinued. The
monitors were turned off, and the ventilator was disconnected although the endotracheal tube
was leftin situ. The surgeon stayed at the operating table, using the opportunity to teach
residents and students. At 6.27p.m., 10 min after the pronounced death of the patient, the
surgeon announced that he had begun to feel a pulse in the proximal aorta above the level of
the aortic cross-clamp. Ventilation with 100% oxygen was recommenced and revealed an endtidal CO2of 29 mm Hg. The ECG was reconnected and showed a sinus rhythm of 90 bpm.
Systolic blood pressure was 90 mm Hg by automated cuff. A radial arterial line was now
inserted successfully, and at 0630, arterial blood gases were: hemoglobin 9.5 mg/dL, K+3.5
mEq/L, glucose 323 mg/dL, pHa 7.17, PaCO254.4 mm Hg, PaO2438 mm Hg, and base excess
8.0 mEq/L. An esophageal temperature probe was inserted and measured 33.4C. It was
decided to proceed with the operation although neurologic prognosis was anticipated to be
bleak. The patient was hemodynamically stable throughout the remainder of the procedure,
requiring no inotropic support. Total fluid administration for the operation was 16 U of
packed red blood cells, 8 U of fresh frozen plasma, 20 U of platelets, and 12 L of crystalloid
solutions. Despite warming of all IV fluids and blood products and the use of a forced air
warming blanket, the patients temperature ranged between 33 and 34C for the remainder
of the operation. The leaking aneurysm was resected uneventfully and the patient was
transported to the intensive care unit.

Postoperatively, the patient was maintained on mechanical ventilation for several days in the
intensive care unit. The postoperative course was complicated by mild renal insufficiency and

two bouts of atrial arrhythmias (both of which were self-limiting). Remarkably, the patient
improved dramatically and, after tracheal extubation, was found to be completely
neurologically intact. He appeared to have no short- or long-term memory deficits. He also
had no recall of any events of the day of operation except for being initially brought into the
OR.
He was discharged home on postoperative Day 13 in excellent condition with no apparent
neurologic deficit. Follow-up at 5 wk revealed that the patient had fully recovered, and had
resumed full physical activities and his lifestyle of prior to the surgery.

PROPOSED MECHANISMS

The exact mechanism of delayed ROSC is unclear and it is possible that more than one
mechanism is involved.Dynamic hyperinflation of the lung causing increased positive end
expiratory pressure (PPEP) is one of the proposed mechanisms, which has some supporting
evidence in patients with obstructive airways disease.

Rapid manual ventilation without adequate time for exhalation during CPR can lead to
dynamic hyperinflation of lungs. Dynamic hyperinflation may lead to gas trapping and an
increase in the end-expiratory pressure (called auto-PEEP) leading to delayed venous return,
low cardiac output and even cardiac arrest in patients with obstructive airways disease.
The link between mechanical ventilation of patients with obstructive ventilatory defects and
circulatory failure was first demonstrated in 1982.One report describes a patient with
respiratory failure due to asthma whose blood pressure was undetectable five minutes after
initiating artificial ventilation with a tidal volume of 700 mL and respiratory rate of 25 breaths
per minute. Even after inotropes the systolic blood pressure did not exceed 70 mm Hg. The
ventilator was adjusted to a respiratory rate of six breaths per minute and a tidal volume of
400 mL and the blood pressure gradually rose to 126/84 mm Hg.
The physiology of severe auto-PEEP is similar to pericardial tamponade, where circulation
can only be restored after removing the obstacle to cardiac filling. Auto-PEEP is a possible
cause of pulseless electrical activity (PEA), and rapid ventilation during CPR should be
avoided. Hypovolaemia and decreased myocardial contractility could exaggerate its effect on
venous return and cardiac output. Some authors recommend discontinuing the ventilation

transiently for 10 to 30 seconds in PEA to allow venous return.

It is tempting to apply this theory even to patients without obstructive airways disease.
Dynamic hyperinflation can theoretically happen in any situation where rapid manual
ventilation is carried out. One could argue that in the presence of decreased cardiac output
as in myocardial infarction and hypovolaemiadynamic hyperinflation could compromise the
cardiac output even more, leading to cardiac arrest.
Even though auto-PEEP due to dynamic hyperinflation seems most plausible and has some
evidence in patients with obstructive airways disease, this alone would not explain all cases of
delayed ROSC. In one report, CPR was terminated after 30 minutes and the patient was in
asystole. Because the patient had MRSA and CPR was performed without proper infection
control measures, the physician involved in the CPR went to shower and change clothes,
leaving the patient still being ventilated in the intensive care unit. Returning five minutes
later, he found the patient with a perfusable rhythm. The patient died two days later.

Delayed action of drugs

Some authors suggest delayed action of drugs administered during CPR as a mechanism for
delayed ROSC.It is possible that drugs injected through a peripheral vein are inadequately
delivered centrally due to impaired venous return, and when venous return improves after
stopping the dynamic hyperinflation, delivery of drugs could contribute to return of
circulation. In some cases, however, drugs are actually administered through a central line.
Even though this theory is plausible it would be impossible to either prove or disprove.

Hyperkalaemia
There are few reports of delayed ROSC in the presence of hyperkalaemia.It is a well-known
fact that intracellular hyperkalaemia could persist longer, rendering the myocardium
retractile for long periods of time. There is a report on a 68-year-old lady with cardiac arrest
due to hyperkalaemia who did not respond to CPR and conventional treatment up to 100
minutes, but later responded to dialysis and made a complete recovery.So even though
prolonged cardiac arrest refractory to conventional treatment could respond to dialysis, it is
unlikely that hyperkalaemia on its own could explain delayed ROSC after cessation of CPR.

Myocardial stunning
Prolonged myocardial dysfunction can occur following myocardial ischaemia, taking up to
several hours before normal function returns.Of the 38 cases, 13 had myocardial infarction,
and at least seven had hypovolaemia which could have contributed to transient myocardial
ischaemia and stunning.

Transient asystole
Asystole or PEA following countershock of prolonged VF is common and occurs in around
60% of patients.Even though restoration of circulation occurs in 16% of patients, the
prognosis is poor: only 0-3% are discharged alive. It is possible that asystole or PEA after
countershock could be transient before a perfusable rhythm restores circulation. Transient
asystole following defibrillation would explain at least one case, where CPR was interrupted
after a last cardioversion attempt resulting in asystole, and ROSC occurred soon
after.However, transient asystole would not explain delayed ROSC in majority of patients in
whom the duration of asystole was much longer. In another case, CPR was stopped while the
patient was still in ventricular fibrillation and haemodynamic activity returned few moments
later.The authors of the case rightly point out that CPR should not be halted in a patient with
ventricular fibrillation.

CONSEQUENCES OF DELAYED RETURN OF

SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION

Delayed ROSC can lead to serious professional and legal consequences. Questions will be
asked about whether CPR has been conducted properly and whether it was stopped too soon.
The medical team might be accused of negligence and incompetence and even be sued for
damages if a patient survives with severe disability.A doctor involved in resuscitation and
certification of death followed by delayed ROSC has recently been accused of culpable
homicide.
The conduct of ALS can only be assessed from the case record, so it is vital to record the
events during cardiac arrest as accurately as possible. When to discontinue CPR is still a
medical decision and so it is absolutely essential to get a consensus from the arrest team and
to document the reason for termination of CPR. Some authors recommend measurement of
end-tidal carbon dioxide during CPR. Values above 10-15 mmHg indicate a favourable
prognosis and should preclude termination of CPR.This technology is not widely available
outside the intensive care setting, but should be considered in difficult clinical situations.
Whether this would identify patients in whom delayed ROSC might occur is nevertheless
questionable.

HOW WOULD ONE RECOGNIZE DEATH?

It is important to realize that death is not an event, but a process. The conference of Medical
Royal Colleges in the UK advocated that death is a process during which various organs
supporting the continuation of life fail.Cessation of circulation and respiration is such an
example. The physical findings to support thisabsence of heartbeat and respirationare the
traditional and the most widely used criteria to certify death. Since these findings alone are
not a sign of definitive death, it is quite possible to declare death in the interval between
cessation of CPR and delayed ROSC.

Because delayed ROSC occurred within 10 minutes in most cases, many authors recommend
that patients should be passively monitored for at least 10 minutes following unsuccessful
CPR. During that period the family should be informed that CPR had been stopped because of
poor response and further efforts are not in the best interests of the patient. It should also be
mentioned that the patient is being closely monitored to establish death beyond any doubt.
Death should not be certified in any patient immediately after stopping CPR, and one should
wait at least 10 minutes, if not longer, to verify and confirm death beyond doubt. This is in
line with what was said by W H Sweet in 1978: the time honoured criteria of the stoppage of

the heart beat and circulation are indicative of death only when they persist long enough for
the brain to die.

NON-MEDICAL LITERATURE
Newspapers
In addition to medical literature, there are many newspaper articles, websites and a
fewanecdotes in medical journals describing patients who were certified dead, but later found
to be alive. Many of these articles refer to these incidents as Lazarus phenomenon. There is
even a movie calledLazarus phenomenondescribing two cases of resurrection after death.
However, the authenticity of one of these cases has been questioned.

Websites
A website (www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/buried.asp) describing people who have been
buried alive by mistake in the last few centuries provides entertaining reading. In olden days a
number of illnesses could cause coma and there was a danger of hasty disposal of the body
especially in those with infectious diseases.

Literature
Edgar Allan Poe's most hair-raising tale isThe Premature Burial, in which a young wife was
incorrectly pronounced dead and kept in a coffin in the family vault. When the vault was
opened a few years later to receive another coffin, a shrouded skeleton was found in the
doorway suggested that the lady had survived and eventually died unable to open the vault
door. It is believed that he based his story on a widely reported incident that took place
around that time.
It seems that the chances of being buried alive were not so remote in 1800s. The fear of being
buried alive was so prevalent that many people specified in their wills that tests must be
carried out to confirm their death, such as pouring hot liquids on the skin, touching the skin
with red-hot irons, or making surgical incisions prior to the burial. A coffin was invented and
patented in 1897 to allow a person accidentally buried alive to summon help through a system
of flags and bells. The fear of being buried alive is called taphophobia in the medical
literature. There was even a Society for the Prevention of Burial Before Death, which
recognized the difficulties in diagnosing death and issued educational leaflets to assist
members of the society.

LAZARUS IN OTHER CONTEXTS

The term Lazarus has also been used to describe many other unexpected and scientifically
unexplainable phenomena. Lazarus complex describes the psychological sequence in the
survivors of cardiac arrest, near-death experiences and unexpected remission in
AIDS.Lazarus syndrome is described in paediatric palliative care, when a child is expected to
die but unexpectedly goes into remission.Spontaneous movement in brain dead and spinal
cord injury patients has been described as Lazarus sign.Survival of species after mass
extinction has been called Lazarus effect.The term Lazarus phenomenon was also used for
unexpected survival of renal graft patients.

Lazarus premonition describes an unexpected state of brief resurrection in terminally ill

patients, when they experience an increase in vitality, appetite and general improvement.This
was recognized at least a thousand years ago in the medieval Chinese literature and was
described ashui guang fan zhao, meaning reflected rays of setting sun. Recently a Lazarus
Pill (Zolpidem, a non-benzodiazepine sedative) has aroused medical interest in patients with
persistent vegetative state. This was following a report where a patient with persistent
vegetative state showed a brief remarkable neurological response to zolpidem.

RESURRECTION

There are many other resurrections in addition to that of Lazarus. Three resurrections are
recorded in the Old Testament, one each by Elijah, Elisha and Elisha's bones. There are many
resurrections in the New Testament, four by Jesus (including Lazarus) and one each by Paul
and Peter.In Hindu mythology Sathyavan's wife Savithri convinces the Lord of death
(Yamaraj) to resurrect Sathyavan following his death after being caught under a falling tree.
These stories illustrate that humanity's preoccupation with death and resurrection is
universal. The greatest example of Lazarus phenomenon is probably the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ himself.

KEY POINTS

Lazarus phenomenon is described as delayed ROSC after cessation of CPR;

Dynamic hyperinflation should be considered as a reversible of cause of PEA;
Patients should be observed for at least 10 minutes using blood pressure and ECG
monitoring after the
cessation of CPR before confirming death.

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St. Lazarus of Bethany

Christ Raising of Lazarus, Athens, 12-13th

Century
Four-days dead, Friend of Christ
Honored
in

Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Catholic Churches
Anglican Communion
Lutheran Church

Feast

Eastern Churches: Lazarus

Saturday;[1] March 17;[2]
October 17.[3]
Western Churches:

Christ Raising of Lazarus, Athens, 12-13th

Century
Four-days dead, Friend of Christ
Honored
in

Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Catholic Churches
Anglican Communion
Lutheran Church

Feast

Eastern Churches: Lazarus

Saturday;[1] March 17;[2]
October 17.[3]
Western Churches:
December 17.[4][5]
Martyrologium Romanum
(2005): July 29.

Attributes Sometimes vested as an apostle,

sometimes as a bishop. In the scene
of his resurrection, he is portrayed
tightly bound in grave clothes, which
resemble swaddling bands

Lazarus of Bethany, also known as Saint Lazarus or Lazarus of the Four Days, is
the subject of a prominent miracle attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which
Jesus restores him to life four days after his death. The Eastern Orthodox and Roman
Catholic traditions offer varying accounts of the later events of his life.
In the context of the Gospel of John, the narrative of the Raising of Lazarus forms "the
climactic sign... Each of Jesus' seven signs illustrates some particular aspect of his
divine authority, but this one exemplifies his power over the last and most irresistible
enemy of humanitydeath. For this reason it is given a prominent place in the
gospel."[6]
The name Lazarus (Latinised from the Hebrew: , Elzr, Eleazar"God is my
help"[7]) is also given to a second figure in the Bible: in the narrative of Lazarus and
Dives, attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.[8] Also called Dives and Lazarus, or
The Rich Man and the Beggar Lazarus, the narrative tells of the relationship (in life and
in death) between an unnamed rich man and a poor beggar named Lazarus. While the
two characters named Lazarus have sometimes been conflated historically, they are
generally understood to be two separate characters. Allusions to Lazarus as a poor
beggar taken to the "Bosom of Abraham" should be understood as referring to the
Lazarus mentioned in Luke, rather than the Lazarus who rose from the dead in John.
In referring to John's account of the resurrection of Lazarus, the name Lazarus is often
used to connote apparent restoration to life. For example, the scientific term "Lazarus
taxon" denotes organisms that reappear in the fossil record after a period of apparent
extinction; and the Lazarus phenomenon refers to an event in which a person
spontaneously returns to life (the heart starts beating again) after resuscitation has
been given up. There are also numerous literary uses of the term.
Contents [hide]
1 The "Raising of Lazarus"
1.1 Narrative
1.2 Depictions in art
1.3 Tomb of Lazarus in Bethany

2 Additional traditions about Lazarus of Bethany

2.1 Bishop of Kition
2.2 Bishop of Marseille
3 Liturgical commemorations
3.1 Eastern Orthodoxy
3.2 Roman Catholicism
3.3 Lutheranism
4 Conflation with the beggar Lazarus (of Lazarus and Dives)
5 Order of Saint Lazarus
6 Lazarus as Babalu Aye in Santera
7 In culture
8 Notes
9 References

The "Raising of Lazarus"[edit]

Main article: Raising of Lazarus

Narrative[edit]

Raising Lazarus, Oil on Copper Plate, 1875, Carl Heinrich Bloch (Hope Gallery, Salt Lake City)

The biblical narrative of the Raising of Lazarus is found in chapter 11 of the Gospel of
John.[9] Lazarus is introduced as a follower of Jesus, who lives in the town of Bethany
near Jerusalem.[10] He is identified as the brother of the sisters Mary and Martha. The
sisters send word to Jesus that Lazarus, "he whom thou lovest," is ill.[11] Instead of
immediately traveling to Bethany, according to the narrator, Jesus intentionally remains
where he is for two more days before beginning the journey.
When Jesus arrives in Bethany, he finds that Lazarus is dead and has already been in
his tomb for four days. He meets first with Martha and Mary in turn. Martha laments
that Jesus did not arrive soon enough to heal her brother and Jesus replies with the
well-known statement, "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall
never die".[12] The narrator here gives the famous simple phrase, "Jesus wept".[13]
In the presence of a crowd of Jewish mourners, Jesus comes to the tomb. Over the
objections of Martha, Jesus has them roll the stone away from the entrance to the
tomb and says a prayer. He then calls Lazarus to come out and Lazarus does so, still
wrapped in his grave-cloths. Jesus then calls for someone to remove the grave-cloths,
and let him go.
The narrative ends with the statement that many of the witnesses to this event
"believed in him." Others are said to report the events to the religious authorities in
Jerusalem.
The Gospel of John mentions Lazarus again in chapter 12. Six days before the
Passover on which Jesus is crucified, Jesus returns to Bethany and Lazarus attends a
supper that Martha, his sister, serves.[14] Jesus and Lazarus together attract the
attention of many Jews and the narrator states that the chief priests consider having
Lazarus put to death because so many people are believing in Jesus on account of this
miracle.[15]
The miracle of the raising of Lazarus, the longest coherent narrative in John aside from
the Passion, is the climax of John's "signs". It explains the crowds seeking Jesus on
Palm Sunday, and leads directly to the decision of Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin to kill
Jesus.
It is notable that Lazarus is the only resurrected character in the Bible (besides himself)
that Jesus personally refers to as "dead." The Daughter of Jairus, whom he resurrected
at another time, was said by Jesus to have been "sleeping."
A resurrection story that is very similar is also found in the controversial Secret Gospel
of Mark, although the young man is not named there specifically. Some scholars
believe that the Secret Mark version represents an earlier form of the canonical story
found in John.

Depictions in art[edit]
The Raising of Lazarus is a popular subject in religious art.[16] Two of the most famous
paintings are those of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (c. 1609) and Sebastiano del
Piombo (1516). Among other prominent depictions of Lazarus are works by
Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Ivor Williams, and Lazarus Breaking His Fast by Walter Sickert.

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Paintings of the Resurrection of Lazarus

The Resurrection of Lazarus. Byzantine icon, late 14th early 15th century, (From the
Collection of G. Gamon-Gumun, Russian museum)

The Resurrection of Lazarus, Russian icon, 15th century, Novgorod school (State
Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg)

The Raising of Lazarus, Oil on canvas, c. 1517-1519, Sebastiano del Piombo (National
Gallery, London)

The Raising of Lazarus, Oil on canvas, c. 1609, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

(Museo Regionale, Messina)

The Raising of Lazarus, 1630-1631, Rembrandt van Rijn (Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, Los Angeles)

The Raising of Lazarus, 1540-1545, Giuseppe Salviati

The Raising of Lazarus (after Rembrandt), Oil on paper, 1890, Vincent van Gogh (Van
Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)

The Raising of Lazarus, 1857, Lon Joseph Florentin Bonnat

Tomb of Lazarus in Bethany[edit]

Main article: Tomb of Lazarus (al-Eizariya)

Reputed tomb of Lazarus in al-Eizariya

The reputed first tomb of Lazarus at al-Eizariya in the West Bank (generally believed to
be the biblical Bethany) continues to be a place of pilgrimage to this day. Several
Christian churches have existed at the site over the centuries. Since the 16th century,
the site of the tomb has been occupied by the al-Uzair Mosque. The adjacent Roman
Catholic Church of Saint Lazarus, designed by Antonio Barluzzi and built between
1952 and 1955 under the auspices of the Franciscan Order, stands upon the site of
several much older ones. In 1965, a Greek Orthodox church was built just west of the
tomb.
The entrance to the tomb today is via a flight of uneven rock-cut steps from the street.
As it was described in 1896, there were twenty-four steps from the then-modern street
level, leading to a square chamber serving as a place of prayer, from which more steps
led to a lower chamber believed to be the tomb of Lazarus.[17] The same description
applies today.[18][19]
The first mention of a church at Bethany is in the late 4th century, but both the historian
Eusebius of Caesarea[20] (c. 330) and the Bordeaux pilgrim do mention the tomb of
Lazarus. In 390 Jerome mentions a church dedicated to Saint Lazarus, called the
Lazarium. This is confirmed by the pilgrim Egeria in about the year 410. Therefore, the
church is thought to have been built between 333 and 390.[21] The present-day
gardens contain the remnants of a mosaic floor from the 4th-century church.[22] The
Lazarium was destroyed by an earthquake in the 6th century, and was replaced by a
larger church. This church survived intact until the Crusader era.
In 1143 the existing structure and lands were purchased by King Fulk and Queen
Melisende of Jerusalem and a large Benedictine convent dedicated to Mary and
Martha was built near the tomb of Lazarus. After the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, the
convent was deserted and fell into ruin with only the tomb and barrel vaulting surviving.
By 1384, a simple mosque had been built on the site.[19] In the 16th century, the
Ottomans built the larger al-Uzair Mosque to serve the town's (now Muslim) inhabitants
and named it in honor of the town's patron saint, Lazarus of Bethany.[22]

Lazarus Tomb Bethany

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913, there were scholars who questioned
the reputed site of the ancient village (though this was discounted by the
Encyclopedia's author):
Some believe that the present village of Bethany does not occupy the site of the
ancient village; but that it grew up around the traditional cave which they suppose to
have been at some distance from the house of Martha and Mary in the village;
Zanecchia (La Palestine d'aujourd'hui, 1899, I, 445f.) places the site of the ancient
village of Bethany higher up on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives, not far
from the accepted site of Bethphage, and near that of the Ascension. It is quite certain

that the present village formed about the traditional tomb of Lazarus, which is in a cave
in the village. The identification of this cave as the tomb of Lazarus is merely possible;
it has no strong intrinsic or extrinsic authority. The site of the ancient village may not
precisely coincide with the present one, but there is every reason to believe that it was
in this general location."[23]

Additional traditions about Lazarus of Bethany[edit]

While there is no further mention of Lazarus in the Bible, the Eastern Orthodox and
Roman Catholic traditions offer varying accounts of the later events of his life. He is
most commonly associated with Cyprus, where he is said to have become the first
bishop of Kition (Larnaka), and Provence, where he is said to have been the first
bishop of Marseille.

Bishop of Kition[edit]

Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca.

According to Eastern Orthodox Church tradition, sometime after the Resurrection of

Christ, Lazarus was forced to flee Judea because of rumoured plots on his life and
came to Cyprus. There he was appointed by Paul and Barnabas as the first bishop of
Kition (present-day Larnaka). He lived there for thirty more years,[24] and on his death
was buried there for the second and last time.[25]
Further establishing the apostolic nature of Lazarus' appointment was the story that the
bishop's omophorion was presented to Lazarus by the Virgin Mary, who had woven it
herself. Such apostolic connections were central to the claims to autocephaly made by
the bishops of Kitionsubject to the patriarch of Jerusalemduring the period 325
431. The church of Kition was declared self-governing in 431 AD at the Third
Ecumenical Council.[26]
According to tradition, Lazarus never smiled during the thirty years after his
resurrection, worried by the sight of unredeemed souls he had seen during his four-day

stay in Hades. The only exception was, when he saw someone stealing a pot, he
smilingly said: "the clay steals the clay."[1][25]
In 890, a tomb was found in Larnaca bearing the inscription "Lazarus the friend of
Christ". Emperor Leo VI of Byzantium had Lazarus' remains transferred to
Constantinople in 898. The transfer was apostrophized by Arethas, bishop of
Caesarea, and is commemorated by the Orthodox Church each year on October 17.
In recompense to Larnaca, Emperor Leo had the Church of St. Lazarus, which still
exists today, erected over Lazarus' tomb. The marble sarcophagus can be seen inside
the church under the Holy of Holies.
After the sacking of Constantinople by the Franks during the Fourth Crusade in 1204,
the Crusaders carried the saint's relics to Marseilles, France as part of the booty of
war. From there, "later on, they disappeared and up to the present day they have not
been traced."[25]
In the 16th century, a Russian monk from the Monastery of Pskov visited St. Lazaruss
tomb in Larnaca and took with him a small piece of the relics. Perhaps that piece led to
the erection of the St. Lazarus chapel at the Pskov Monastery (Spaso-Eleazar
Monastery, Pskov),[note 1] where it is kept today.[27]
On November 23, 1972, human remains in a marble sarcophagus were discovered
under the altar, during renovation works in the church of Church of St. Lazarus at
Larnaka, and were identified as part of the saint's relics.[28][note 2]
In June 2012 the Church of Cyprus gave a part of the holy relics of St. Lazarus to a
delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, led by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All
Russia, after a four-day visit to Cyprus. The relics were brought to Moscow and were
given to Archbishop Arseniy of Istra, who took them to the Zachatievsky monastery
(Conception Convent), where they were put up for veneration.[30]

Bishop of Marseille[edit]

Autun Cathedral (Cathdrale Saint-Lazare d'Autun), Autun, France also said to be built over the tomb
of Lazarus

In the West, according to an alternative medieval tradition (centered in Provence),

Lazarus, Mary, and Martha, were "put out to sea by the Jews hostile to Christianity in a
vessel without sails, oars, or helm, and after a miraculous voyage landed in Provence
at a place called today the Saintes-Maries."[31] The family is then said to separate and
go in different parts of southeastern Gaul to preach; Lazarus goes to Marseilles.
Converting many people to Christianity there, he becomes the first Bishop of Marseille.
During the persecution of Domitian, he is imprisoned and beheaded in a cave beneath
the prison Saint-Lazare. His body is later translated to Autun, where he is buried in the
Autun Cathedral, dedicated to Lazarus as Saint Lazare. However, the inhabitants of
Marseilles claim to be in possession of his head which they still venerate.[31]
Pilgrims also visit another purported tomb of Lazarus at the Vzelay Abbey in
Burgundy.[32] In the Abbey of the Trinity at Vendme, a phylactery was said to contain
a tear shed by Jesus at the tomb of Lazarus.[citation needed]
The Golden Legend, compiled in the 13th century, records the Provenal tradition. It
also records a grand lifestyle imagined for Lazarus and his sisters (note that therein

Lazarus' sister Mary is conflated with Mary Magdalene):

Mary Magdalene had her surname of Magdalo, a castle, and was born of right noble
lineage and parents, which were descended of the lineage of kings. And her father was
named Cyrus, and her mother Eucharis. She with her brother Lazarus, and her sister
Martha, possessed the castle of Magdalo, which is two miles from Nazareth, and
Bethany, the castle which is nigh to Jerusalem, and also a great part of Jerusalem,
which, all these things they departed among them. In such wise that Mary had the
castle Magdalo, whereof she had her name Magdalene. And Lazarus had the part of
the city of Jerusalem, and Martha had to her part Bethany. And when Mary gave
herself to all delights of the body, and Lazarus entended all to knighthood, Martha,
which was wise, governed nobly her brother's part and also her sister's, and also her
own, and administered to knights, and her servants, and to poor men, such necessities
as they needed. Nevertheless, after the ascension of our Lord, they sold all these
things.[33]
The 15c poet Georges Chastellain draws on the tradition of the unsmiling Lazarus:[34]
"He whom God raised, doing him such grace, the thief, Mary's brother, thereafter had
naught but misery and painful thoughts, fearing what he should have to pass". (Le pas
de la mort, VI[35]).

Liturgical commemorations[edit]
Lazarus is honored as a saint by those Christian churches which keep the
commemoration of saints, although on different days, according to local traditions.
In Christian funerals the idea of the deceased being raised by the Lord as Lazarus was
raised is often expressed in prayer.

Eastern Orthodoxy[edit]
The Orthodox Church and Byzantine Catholic Church commemorate Lazarus on
Lazarus Saturday,[1] the day before Palm Sunday, which is a moveable feast day.
This day, together with Palm Sunday, hold a unique position in the church year, as
days of joy and triumph between the penitence of Great Lent and the mourning of Holy
Week.[36] During the preceding week, the hymns in the Lenten Triodion track the
sickness and then the death of Lazarus, and Christ's journey from beyond Jordan to
Bethany. The scripture readings and hymns for Lazarus Saturday focus on the
resurrection of Lazarus as a foreshadowing of the Resurrection of Christ, and a
promise of the General Resurrection. The Gospel narrative is interpreted in the hymns
as illustrating the two natures of Christ: his humanity in asking, "Where have ye laid
him?",[37] and his divinity by commanding Lazarus to come forth from the dead.[38]
Many of the Resurrectional hymns of the normal Sunday service, which are omitted on
Palm Sunday, are chanted on Lazarus Saturday. During the Divine Liturgy, the
Baptismal Hymn, "As many as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ",[39]
is sung in place of the Trisagion. Although the forty days of Great Lent end on the day
before Lazarus Saturday, the day is still observed as a fast; however, it is somewhat
mitigated. In Russia, it is traditional to eat caviar on Lazarus Saturday.
Lazarus is also commemorated on the liturgical calendar of the Orthodox Church on
the fixed feast day of March 17,[2][note 3] while the translation of his relics from Cyprus
to Constantinople in the year 898 AD[41] is observed on October 17.[3][40][note 4]

Roman Catholicism[edit]
No celebration of Saint Lazarus is included on the General Roman Calendar of the

Roman Catholic Church. At one time, his memorial was listed in the Roman
Martyrology for December 17.[42] The 2005 edition of the Martyrology moved his
memorial to July 29, the same day as the memorial of his sister Martha.[43]
In Cuba, the celebration of San Lzaro on December 17 is a major festival. The date is
celebrated with a pilgrimage to a chapel housing an image Saint Lazarus, one of
Cuba's most sacred icons, in the village of El Rincon, outside Havana.[44]

Lutheranism[edit]
Lazarus is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on July 29
together with Mary and Martha.

Conflation with the beggar Lazarus (of Lazarus and Dives)

[edit]

Historically within Christianity, the begging Lazarus of the parable (feast day June 21)
and Lazarus of Bethany (feast day December 17) have often been conflated, with
some churches celebrating a blessing of dogs, associated with the beggar, on
December 17, the date associated with Lazarus of Bethany.[45]
Another example of this conflation can be found in Romanesque iconography carved
on portals in Burgundy and Provence. For example, at the west portal of the Church of
St. Trophime at Arles, the beggar Lazarus is enthroned as St. Lazarus. Similar
examples are found at the church at Avallon, the central portal at Vzelay, and the
portals of the cathedral of Autun.[46]

Order of Saint Lazarus[edit]

Main article: Order of Saint Lazarus
The Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem (OSLJ) is a
religious/military order of chivalry which originated in a leper hospital founded by
Knights Hospitaller in the twelfth century by Crusaders of the Latin Kingdom of
Jerusalem. Sufferers of leprosy regarded the beggar Lazarus (of Luke 16:19-31) as
their patron saint and usually dedicated their hospices to him.[47]

Lazarus as Babalu Aye in Santera[edit]

Via syncretism, Lazarus (or more precisely the conflation of the two figures named
Lazarus) has become an important figure in Santera as the Yoruba deity Babalu Aye.
Like the beggar of the Christian Gospel of Luke, Babalu-Aye represents someone
covered with sores licked by dogs who was healed by divine intervention.[44][48] Silver
charms known as the crutch of St. Lazarus or standard Roman Catholic-style medals
of St. Lazarus are worn as talismans to invoke the aid of the syncretized deity in cases
of medical suffering, particularly for people with AIDS.[48] In Santera, the date
associated with St. Lazarus is December 17,[44] despite Santera's reliance on the
iconography associated with the begging saint whose feast day is June 21.[45]

In culture[edit]

Resurrection of Lazarus by Mauricio Garca Vega.

Well known in Western culture from their respective biblical tales, both figures named
Lazarus (Lazarus of Bethany and the Beggar Lazarus of Lazarus and Dives), have
appeared countless times in music, writing and art. The majority of the references are
to Lazarus of Bethany, including the following:

In literature, allusions to Lazarus are made in several notable works. A few

prominent examples include Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky,
several novels of Robert A. Heinlein, Frank Herbert's novel The Lazarus Effect, A
Separate Peace by John Knowles, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller,
Jr., a short story entitled 'Lazarus' by Russian writer Leonid Andreyev,[49]"A Tree
of Night" by Truman Capote, "Lazarus," by Edwin Arlington Robinson,[50] and
"Lady Lazarus", a poem written by Sylvia Plath. The poet David Constantine
published a pair of sonnets, Christ to Lazarus and Lazarus to Christ in his 1983
collection Watching for Dolphins. Stephen King's novel, "Pet Sematary" also
refers to the resurrection of Lazarus on several occasions within the text. John
Derhak's novel, The Bones of Lazarus, blends fact and fiction, portraying Lazarus
as an immortal creature of Judgment. MacArthur Foundation grantee Aleksandar
Hemon's landmark 2008 novel The Lazarus Project is probably the most recent
work of note to have referenced the story. The 1991 novel The Famished Road

written by Nigerian writer Ben Okri follows the story of a boy called "Azaro",
nickname for "Lazarus" and alludes to the story several times in the text,
probably conflating both Lazarus the beggar and Lazarus of Bethany.
In music, a popular retelling of the biblical Lazarus story from the point of view of
Lazarus in heaven is the 1984 gospel story-song "Lazarus Come Forth" by
Contemporary Christian Music artist Carman.[51][52] A modern reinterpretation of
the story is the title track to the album "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" by the Australian
alternative band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Several other bands have
composed songs titled "Lazarus" in allusion to the resurrection story, including
Porcupine Tree, Conor Oberst, Circa Survive, Chimaira, moe., and Placebo.
In Joshua, My Brother, author O.F. Gnal suggests that the "death" of Lazarus
was a rebirth ritual of the very early Church and that the name relates to an
earlier Egyptian resurrection of "Al-Azarus".
In the video game Mass Effect 2, the Human terrorist organization Cerberus
organizes a special project, codenamed Project Lazarus to resurrect the main
protagonist, Commander Shepard, after their untimely death in the beginning of
the game.
In the steampunk video game Darkwatch, Lazarus is the main antagonist of the
game. In this version, he was a former vampire hunter who, in his arrogance,
fused his body and soul with a demon in the hopes of acquiring a stronger power
to fight against the vampiric forces who destroyed ancient Rome. However, this
attempt failed as he became a vampire lord as a result of the experiment and
turned against the Darkwatch organization he created.
Lazarus is shown in the film The Last Temptation of Christ, Lazarus is shown
resurrected but later he is killed by Saul in order to discredit Jesus.

Literatary allusions to the Beggar Lazarus appear in Herman Melville's novel MobyDick (as part of a metaphor describing a cold night in New Bedford)[53] and in the
poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot (which contains the lines: 'To
say: "I am Lazarus, come from the dead,/Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all" ',
in reference to Dives' request to have Beggar Lazarus return from the dead to tell his
brothers of his fate).
When John Howard lost the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia, he rated his
chances of regaining it as "Lazarus with a triple bypass".[54] Howard did regain the
leadership and went on to become Prime Minister of Australia.
Former President of Haiti, Jean Bertrand Aristide, was termed the "Haitian Lazarus" by
journalist Amy Wilentz, in her description of his return to Haiti from exile and the
political significance of this event.[55]
The Lazarus Effect (film) is a documentary project for HIV AIDS awareness by U2
musician Bono's private sector brand initiative (RED) (Product Red). Promotion
involved the recruitment of high profile celebrities to advocate for consumer funding for
effective ARV (Antiretroviral drug) therapy which cost just US$0.40 a day to provide.[56]
[57][58] "In as few as 40 days, the medicine can help bring people back to life"[59] from
this viral illness, hence its reference to the story of the ((Raising of Lazarus)).
The scientific term "Lazarus taxon", which denotes organisms that reappear in the
fossil record after a period of apparent extinction. The Lazarus phenomenon refers to
an event in which a person spontaneously returns to life (the heart starts beating

again) after resuscitation has been given up. The Lazarus sign is a reflex which can
occur in a brain-dead person, thus giving the appearance that they have returned to
life.
In DC Comics, Ra's al Ghul, an enemy of Batman, uses a mystical Lazarus Pit to keep
himself young. In many occasions, characters that were dead or sick was brought to
the Lazarus Pit to revive or restore their health.
In the video game BioShock, the Lazarus Vector is used to bring trees back to life.
The Commodore Amiga's operating system's disk repair program Diskdoctor
occasionally renames a disk 'Lazarus' if it feels it has done a particularly good job of
rescuing damaged files[60]

Notes[edit]
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^ In 1970 a fire that broke out in Church of St. Lazarus at Larnaka destroyed almost all
of the internal furnishings of the church.[29] Subsequent archaeological excavations and
renovations led to the discovery of a portion of the saint's relics.
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^ In the Synaxarion of Constantinople and in the Lavreotic Codex, reference is made to
the "Raising of Lazarus" - the Holy and Just Lazarus, the friend of Christ.[2] The entry
for October 17 in the Prologue from Ohrid also states that "Lazarus's principle feasts
are on March 17 and Lazarus Saturday during Great Lent."[40]
Jump up
^ "...Under today's date is commemorated the translation of his relics from the island of
Cyprus to Constantinople. This occurred when Emperor Leo the Wise built the Church
of St. Lazarus in Constantinople, and translated Lazarus's relics there in the year 890.
When, after almost a thousand years, Lazarus's grave in the town of Kition on Cyprus
was unearthed, a marble tablet was found with the inscription: "Lazarus of the Four
Days, the friend of Christ.""[40]

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^ The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition,
According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of
His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p.387.
Jump up
^ The Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate (Comp.). The Book of
Saints: A Dictionary of Servants of God Canonised by the Catholic Church: Extracted
from The Roman and Other Martyrologies. London: A & C Black Ltd., 1921. p.163.
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0-664-25828-X, pp. 9298.
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^ Luke 16:1931
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^ John 11:1-46
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^ John 11:1
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^ John 11:3
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^ John 11:25, KJV
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^ John 11:35, KJV
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^ John 12:2
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^ John 12:9-11
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^ For the treatment of this subject in Western European art, see the discussion in
Franco Mormando, "Tintoretto's Recently Rediscovered Raising of Lazarus, in The
Burlington Magazine, v. 142 (2000): pp. 624-29.
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St. Lazarus of Bethany

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Century
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Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Catholic Churches
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Lutheran Church

Feast

Eastern Churches: Lazarus

Saturday;[1] March 17;[2]

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Century
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Honored
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Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Catholic Churches
Anglican Communion
Lutheran Church

Feast

Eastern Churches: Lazarus

Saturday;[1] March 17;[2]
October 17.[3]
Western Churches:
December 17.[4][5]
Martyrologium Romanum
(2005): July 29.

Attributes Sometimes vested as an apostle,

sometimes as a bishop. In the scene
of his resurrection, he is portrayed
tightly bound in grave clothes, which
resemble swaddling bands

Lazarus of Bethany, also known as Saint Lazarus or Lazarus of the Four Days, is
the subject of a prominent miracle attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which
Jesus restores him to life four days after his death. The Eastern Orthodox and Roman
Catholic traditions offer varying accounts of the later events of his life.
In the context of the Gospel of John, the narrative of the Raising of Lazarus forms "the
climactic sign... Each of Jesus' seven signs illustrates some particular aspect of his
divine authority, but this one exemplifies his power over the last and most irresistible
enemy of humanitydeath. For this reason it is given a prominent place in the
gospel."[6]
The name Lazarus (Latinised from the Hebrew: , Elzr, Eleazar"God is my
help"[7]) is also given to a second figure in the Bible: in the narrative of Lazarus and
Dives, attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.[8] Also called Dives and Lazarus, or
The Rich Man and the Beggar Lazarus, the narrative tells of the relationship (in life and
in death) between an unnamed rich man and a poor beggar named Lazarus. While the
two characters named Lazarus have sometimes been conflated historically, they are
generally understood to be two separate characters. Allusions to Lazarus as a poor
beggar taken to the "Bosom of Abraham" should be understood as referring to the
Lazarus mentioned in Luke, rather than the Lazarus who rose from the dead in John.
In referring to John's account of the resurrection of Lazarus, the name Lazarus is often
used to connote apparent restoration to life. For example, the scientific term "Lazarus
taxon" denotes organisms that reappear in the fossil record after a period of apparent
extinction; and the Lazarus phenomenon refers to an event in which a person
spontaneously returns to life (the heart starts beating again) after resuscitation has
been given up. There are also numerous literary uses of the term.
Contents [hide]
1 The "Raising of Lazarus"
1.1 Narrative
1.2 Depictions in art
1.3 Tomb of Lazarus in Bethany

2 Additional traditions about Lazarus of Bethany

2.1 Bishop of Kition
2.2 Bishop of Marseille
3 Liturgical commemorations
3.1 Eastern Orthodoxy
3.2 Roman Catholicism
3.3 Lutheranism
4 Conflation with the beggar Lazarus (of Lazarus and Dives)
5 Order of Saint Lazarus
6 Lazarus as Babalu Aye in Santera
7 In culture
8 Notes
9 References

The "Raising of Lazarus"[edit]

Main article: Raising of Lazarus

Narrative[edit]

Raising Lazarus, Oil on Copper Plate, 1875, Carl Heinrich Bloch (Hope Gallery, Salt Lake City)

The biblical narrative of the Raising of Lazarus is found in chapter 11 of the Gospel of
John.[9] Lazarus is introduced as a follower of Jesus, who lives in the town of Bethany
near Jerusalem.[10] He is identified as the brother of the sisters Mary and Martha. The
sisters send word to Jesus that Lazarus, "he whom thou lovest," is ill.[11] Instead of
immediately traveling to Bethany, according to the narrator, Jesus intentionally remains
where he is for two more days before beginning the journey.
When Jesus arrives in Bethany, he finds that Lazarus is dead and has already been in
his tomb for four days. He meets first with Martha and Mary in turn. Martha laments
that Jesus did not arrive soon enough to heal her brother and Jesus replies with the
well-known statement, "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall
never die".[12] The narrator here gives the famous simple phrase, "Jesus wept".[13]
In the presence of a crowd of Jewish mourners, Jesus comes to the tomb. Over the
objections of Martha, Jesus has them roll the stone away from the entrance to the
tomb and says a prayer. He then calls Lazarus to come out and Lazarus does so, still
wrapped in his grave-cloths. Jesus then calls for someone to remove the grave-cloths,
and let him go.
The narrative ends with the statement that many of the witnesses to this event
"believed in him." Others are said to report the events to the religious authorities in
Jerusalem.
The Gospel of John mentions Lazarus again in chapter 12. Six days before the
Passover on which Jesus is crucified, Jesus returns to Bethany and Lazarus attends a
supper that Martha, his sister, serves.[14] Jesus and Lazarus together attract the
attention of many Jews and the narrator states that the chief priests consider having
Lazarus put to death because so many people are believing in Jesus on account of this
miracle.[15]
The miracle of the raising of Lazarus, the longest coherent narrative in John aside from
the Passion, is the climax of John's "signs". It explains the crowds seeking Jesus on
Palm Sunday, and leads directly to the decision of Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin to kill
Jesus.
It is notable that Lazarus is the only resurrected character in the Bible (besides himself)
that Jesus personally refers to as "dead." The Daughter of Jairus, whom he resurrected
at another time, was said by Jesus to have been "sleeping."
A resurrection story that is very similar is also found in the controversial Secret Gospel
of Mark, although the young man is not named there specifically. Some scholars
believe that the Secret Mark version represents an earlier form of the canonical story
found in John.

Depictions in art[edit]
The Raising of Lazarus is a popular subject in religious art.[16] Two of the most famous
paintings are those of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (c. 1609) and Sebastiano del
Piombo (1516). Among other prominent depictions of Lazarus are works by
Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Ivor Williams, and Lazarus Breaking His Fast by Walter Sickert.

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Paintings of the Resurrection of Lazarus

The Resurrection of Lazarus. Byzantine icon, late 14th early 15th century, (From the
Collection of G. Gamon-Gumun, Russian museum)

The Resurrection of Lazarus, Russian icon, 15th century, Novgorod school (State
Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg)

The Raising of Lazarus, Oil on canvas, c. 1517-1519, Sebastiano del Piombo (National
Gallery, London)

The Raising of Lazarus, Oil on canvas, c. 1609, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

(Museo Regionale, Messina)

The Raising of Lazarus, 1630-1631, Rembrandt van Rijn (Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, Los Angeles)

The Raising of Lazarus, 1540-1545, Giuseppe Salviati

The Raising of Lazarus (after Rembrandt), Oil on paper, 1890, Vincent van Gogh (Van
Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)

The Raising of Lazarus, 1857, Lon Joseph Florentin Bonnat

Tomb of Lazarus in Bethany[edit]

Main article: Tomb of Lazarus (al-Eizariya)

Reputed tomb of Lazarus in al-Eizariya

The reputed first tomb of Lazarus at al-Eizariya in the West Bank (generally believed to
be the biblical Bethany) continues to be a place of pilgrimage to this day. Several
Christian churches have existed at the site over the centuries. Since the 16th century,
the site of the tomb has been occupied by the al-Uzair Mosque. The adjacent Roman
Catholic Church of Saint Lazarus, designed by Antonio Barluzzi and built between
1952 and 1955 under the auspices of the Franciscan Order, stands upon the site of
several much older ones. In 1965, a Greek Orthodox church was built just west of the
tomb.
The entrance to the tomb today is via a flight of uneven rock-cut steps from the street.
As it was described in 1896, there were twenty-four steps from the then-modern street
level, leading to a square chamber serving as a place of prayer, from which more steps
led to a lower chamber believed to be the tomb of Lazarus.[17] The same description
applies today.[18][19]
The first mention of a church at Bethany is in the late 4th century, but both the historian
Eusebius of Caesarea[20] (c. 330) and the Bordeaux pilgrim do mention the tomb of
Lazarus. In 390 Jerome mentions a church dedicated to Saint Lazarus, called the
Lazarium. This is confirmed by the pilgrim Egeria in about the year 410. Therefore, the
church is thought to have been built between 333 and 390.[21] The present-day
gardens contain the remnants of a mosaic floor from the 4th-century church.[22] The
Lazarium was destroyed by an earthquake in the 6th century, and was replaced by a
larger church. This church survived intact until the Crusader era.
In 1143 the existing structure and lands were purchased by King Fulk and Queen
Melisende of Jerusalem and a large Benedictine convent dedicated to Mary and
Martha was built near the tomb of Lazarus. After the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, the
convent was deserted and fell into ruin with only the tomb and barrel vaulting surviving.
By 1384, a simple mosque had been built on the site.[19] In the 16th century, the
Ottomans built the larger al-Uzair Mosque to serve the town's (now Muslim) inhabitants
and named it in honor of the town's patron saint, Lazarus of Bethany.[22]

Lazarus Tomb Bethany

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913, there were scholars who questioned
the reputed site of the ancient village (though this was discounted by the
Encyclopedia's author):
Some believe that the present village of Bethany does not occupy the site of the
ancient village; but that it grew up around the traditional cave which they suppose to
have been at some distance from the house of Martha and Mary in the village;
Zanecchia (La Palestine d'aujourd'hui, 1899, I, 445f.) places the site of the ancient
village of Bethany higher up on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives, not far
from the accepted site of Bethphage, and near that of the Ascension. It is quite certain

that the present village formed about the traditional tomb of Lazarus, which is in a cave
in the village. The identification of this cave as the tomb of Lazarus is merely possible;
it has no strong intrinsic or extrinsic authority. The site of the ancient village may not
precisely coincide with the present one, but there is every reason to believe that it was
in this general location."[23]

Additional traditions about Lazarus of Bethany[edit]

While there is no further mention of Lazarus in the Bible, the Eastern Orthodox and
Roman Catholic traditions offer varying accounts of the later events of his life. He is
most commonly associated with Cyprus, where he is said to have become the first
bishop of Kition (Larnaka), and Provence, where he is said to have been the first
bishop of Marseille.

Bishop of Kition[edit]

Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca.

According to Eastern Orthodox Church tradition, sometime after the Resurrection of

Christ, Lazarus was forced to flee Judea because of rumoured plots on his life and
came to Cyprus. There he was appointed by Paul and Barnabas as the first bishop of
Kition (present-day Larnaka). He lived there for thirty more years,[24] and on his death
was buried there for the second and last time.[25]
Further establishing the apostolic nature of Lazarus' appointment was the story that the
bishop's omophorion was presented to Lazarus by the Virgin Mary, who had woven it
herself. Such apostolic connections were central to the claims to autocephaly made by
the bishops of Kitionsubject to the patriarch of Jerusalemduring the period 325
431. The church of Kition was declared self-governing in 431 AD at the Third
Ecumenical Council.[26]
According to tradition, Lazarus never smiled during the thirty years after his
resurrection, worried by the sight of unredeemed souls he had seen during his four-day

stay in Hades. The only exception was, when he saw someone stealing a pot, he
smilingly said: "the clay steals the clay."[1][25]
In 890, a tomb was found in Larnaca bearing the inscription "Lazarus the friend of
Christ". Emperor Leo VI of Byzantium had Lazarus' remains transferred to
Constantinople in 898. The transfer was apostrophized by Arethas, bishop of
Caesarea, and is commemorated by the Orthodox Church each year on October 17.
In recompense to Larnaca, Emperor Leo had the Church of St. Lazarus, which still
exists today, erected over Lazarus' tomb. The marble sarcophagus can be seen inside
the church under the Holy of Holies.
After the sacking of Constantinople by the Franks during the Fourth Crusade in 1204,
the Crusaders carried the saint's relics to Marseilles, France as part of the booty of
war. From there, "later on, they disappeared and up to the present day they have not
been traced."[25]
In the 16th century, a Russian monk from the Monastery of Pskov visited St. Lazaruss
tomb in Larnaca and took with him a small piece of the relics. Perhaps that piece led to
the erection of the St. Lazarus chapel at the Pskov Monastery (Spaso-Eleazar
Monastery, Pskov),[note 1] where it is kept today.[27]
On November 23, 1972, human remains in a marble sarcophagus were discovered
under the altar, during renovation works in the church of Church of St. Lazarus at
Larnaka, and were identified as part of the saint's relics.[28][note 2]
In June 2012 the Church of Cyprus gave a part of the holy relics of St. Lazarus to a
delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, led by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All
Russia, after a four-day visit to Cyprus. The relics were brought to Moscow and were
given to Archbishop Arseniy of Istra, who took them to the Zachatievsky monastery
(Conception Convent), where they were put up for veneration.[30]

Bishop of Marseille[edit]

Autun Cathedral (Cathdrale Saint-Lazare d'Autun), Autun, France also said to be built over the tomb
of Lazarus

In the West, according to an alternative medieval tradition (centered in Provence),

Lazarus, Mary, and Martha, were "put out to sea by the Jews hostile to Christianity in a
vessel without sails, oars, or helm, and after a miraculous voyage landed in Provence
at a place called today the Saintes-Maries."[31] The family is then said to separate and
go in different parts of southeastern Gaul to preach; Lazarus goes to Marseilles.
Converting many people to Christianity there, he becomes the first Bishop of Marseille.
During the persecution of Domitian, he is imprisoned and beheaded in a cave beneath
the prison Saint-Lazare. His body is later translated to Autun, where he is buried in the
Autun Cathedral, dedicated to Lazarus as Saint Lazare. However, the inhabitants of
Marseilles claim to be in possession of his head which they still venerate.[31]
Pilgrims also visit another purported tomb of Lazarus at the Vzelay Abbey in
Burgundy.[32] In the Abbey of the Trinity at Vendme, a phylactery was said to contain
a tear shed by Jesus at the tomb of Lazarus.[citation needed]
The Golden Legend, compiled in the 13th century, records the Provenal tradition. It
also records a grand lifestyle imagined for Lazarus and his sisters (note that therein

Lazarus' sister Mary is conflated with Mary Magdalene):

Mary Magdalene had her surname of Magdalo, a castle, and was born of right noble
lineage and parents, which were descended of the lineage of kings. And her father was
named Cyrus, and her mother Eucharis. She with her brother Lazarus, and her sister
Martha, possessed the castle of Magdalo, which is two miles from Nazareth, and
Bethany, the castle which is nigh to Jerusalem, and also a great part of Jerusalem,
which, all these things they departed among them. In such wise that Mary had the
castle Magdalo, whereof she had her name Magdalene. And Lazarus had the part of
the city of Jerusalem, and Martha had to her part Bethany. And when Mary gave
herself to all delights of the body, and Lazarus entended all to knighthood, Martha,
which was wise, governed nobly her brother's part and also her sister's, and also her
own, and administered to knights, and her servants, and to poor men, such necessities
as they needed. Nevertheless, after the ascension of our Lord, they sold all these
things.[33]
The 15c poet Georges Chastellain draws on the tradition of the unsmiling Lazarus:[34]
"He whom God raised, doing him such grace, the thief, Mary's brother, thereafter had
naught but misery and painful thoughts, fearing what he should have to pass". (Le pas
de la mort, VI[35]).

Liturgical commemorations[edit]
Lazarus is honored as a saint by those Christian churches which keep the
commemoration of saints, although on different days, according to local traditions.
In Christian funerals the idea of the deceased being raised by the Lord as Lazarus was
raised is often expressed in prayer.

Eastern Orthodoxy[edit]
The Orthodox Church and Byzantine Catholic Church commemorate Lazarus on
Lazarus Saturday,[1] the day before Palm Sunday, which is a moveable feast day.
This day, together with Palm Sunday, hold a unique position in the church year, as
days of joy and triumph between the penitence of Great Lent and the mourning of Holy
Week.[36] During the preceding week, the hymns in the Lenten Triodion track the
sickness and then the death of Lazarus, and Christ's journey from beyond Jordan to
Bethany. The scripture readings and hymns for Lazarus Saturday focus on the
resurrection of Lazarus as a foreshadowing of the Resurrection of Christ, and a
promise of the General Resurrection. The Gospel narrative is interpreted in the hymns
as illustrating the two natures of Christ: his humanity in asking, "Where have ye laid
him?",[37] and his divinity by commanding Lazarus to come forth from the dead.[38]
Many of the Resurrectional hymns of the normal Sunday service, which are omitted on
Palm Sunday, are chanted on Lazarus Saturday. During the Divine Liturgy, the
Baptismal Hymn, "As many as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ",[39]
is sung in place of the Trisagion. Although the forty days of Great Lent end on the day
before Lazarus Saturday, the day is still observed as a fast; however, it is somewhat
mitigated. In Russia, it is traditional to eat caviar on Lazarus Saturday.
Lazarus is also commemorated on the liturgical calendar of the Orthodox Church on
the fixed feast day of March 17,[2][note 3] while the translation of his relics from Cyprus
to Constantinople in the year 898 AD[41] is observed on October 17.[3][40][note 4]

Roman Catholicism[edit]
No celebration of Saint Lazarus is included on the General Roman Calendar of the

Roman Catholic Church. At one time, his memorial was listed in the Roman
Martyrology for December 17.[42] The 2005 edition of the Martyrology moved his
memorial to July 29, the same day as the memorial of his sister Martha.[43]
In Cuba, the celebration of San Lzaro on December 17 is a major festival. The date is
celebrated with a pilgrimage to a chapel housing an image Saint Lazarus, one of
Cuba's most sacred icons, in the village of El Rincon, outside Havana.[44]

Lutheranism[edit]
Lazarus is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on July 29
together with Mary and Martha.

Conflation with the beggar Lazarus (of Lazarus and Dives)

[edit]

Historically within Christianity, the begging Lazarus of the parable (feast day June 21)
and Lazarus of Bethany (feast day December 17) have often been conflated, with
some churches celebrating a blessing of dogs, associated with the beggar, on
December 17, the date associated with Lazarus of Bethany.[45]
Another example of this conflation can be found in Romanesque iconography carved
on portals in Burgundy and Provence. For example, at the west portal of the Church of
St. Trophime at Arles, the beggar Lazarus is enthroned as St. Lazarus. Similar
examples are found at the church at Avallon, the central portal at Vzelay, and the
portals of the cathedral of Autun.[46]

Order of Saint Lazarus[edit]

Main article: Order of Saint Lazarus
The Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem (OSLJ) is a
religious/military order of chivalry which originated in a leper hospital founded by
Knights Hospitaller in the twelfth century by Crusaders of the Latin Kingdom of
Jerusalem. Sufferers of leprosy regarded the beggar Lazarus (of Luke 16:19-31) as
their patron saint and usually dedicated their hospices to him.[47]

Lazarus as Babalu Aye in Santera[edit]

Via syncretism, Lazarus (or more precisely the conflation of the two figures named
Lazarus) has become an important figure in Santera as the Yoruba deity Babalu Aye.
Like the beggar of the Christian Gospel of Luke, Babalu-Aye represents someone
covered with sores licked by dogs who was healed by divine intervention.[44][48] Silver
charms known as the crutch of St. Lazarus or standard Roman Catholic-style medals
of St. Lazarus are worn as talismans to invoke the aid of the syncretized deity in cases
of medical suffering, particularly for people with AIDS.[48] In Santera, the date
associated with St. Lazarus is December 17,[44] despite Santera's reliance on the
iconography associated with the begging saint whose feast day is June 21.[45]

In culture[edit]

Resurrection of Lazarus by Mauricio Garca Vega.

Well known in Western culture from their respective biblical tales, both figures named
Lazarus (Lazarus of Bethany and the Beggar Lazarus of Lazarus and Dives), have
appeared countless times in music, writing and art. The majority of the references are
to Lazarus of Bethany, including the following:

In literature, allusions to Lazarus are made in several notable works. A few

prominent examples include Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky,
several novels of Robert A. Heinlein, Frank Herbert's novel The Lazarus Effect, A
Separate Peace by John Knowles, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller,
Jr., a short story entitled 'Lazarus' by Russian writer Leonid Andreyev,[49]"A Tree
of Night" by Truman Capote, "Lazarus," by Edwin Arlington Robinson,[50] and
"Lady Lazarus", a poem written by Sylvia Plath. The poet David Constantine
published a pair of sonnets, Christ to Lazarus and Lazarus to Christ in his 1983
collection Watching for Dolphins. Stephen King's novel, "Pet Sematary" also
refers to the resurrection of Lazarus on several occasions within the text. John
Derhak's novel, The Bones of Lazarus, blends fact and fiction, portraying Lazarus
as an immortal creature of Judgment. MacArthur Foundation grantee Aleksandar
Hemon's landmark 2008 novel The Lazarus Project is probably the most recent
work of note to have referenced the story. The 1991 novel The Famished Road

written by Nigerian writer Ben Okri follows the story of a boy called "Azaro",
nickname for "Lazarus" and alludes to the story several times in the text,
probably conflating both Lazarus the beggar and Lazarus of Bethany.
In music, a popular retelling of the biblical Lazarus story from the point of view of
Lazarus in heaven is the 1984 gospel story-song "Lazarus Come Forth" by
Contemporary Christian Music artist Carman.[51][52] A modern reinterpretation of
the story is the title track to the album "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" by the Australian
alternative band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Several other bands have
composed songs titled "Lazarus" in allusion to the resurrection story, including
Porcupine Tree, Conor Oberst, Circa Survive, Chimaira, moe., and Placebo.
In Joshua, My Brother, author O.F. Gnal suggests that the "death" of Lazarus
was a rebirth ritual of the very early Church and that the name relates to an
earlier Egyptian resurrection of "Al-Azarus".
In the video game Mass Effect 2, the Human terrorist organization Cerberus
organizes a special project, codenamed Project Lazarus to resurrect the main
protagonist, Commander Shepard, after their untimely death in the beginning of
the game.
In the steampunk video game Darkwatch, Lazarus is the main antagonist of the
game. In this version, he was a former vampire hunter who, in his arrogance,
fused his body and soul with a demon in the hopes of acquiring a stronger power
to fight against the vampiric forces who destroyed ancient Rome. However, this
attempt failed as he became a vampire lord as a result of the experiment and
turned against the Darkwatch organization he created.
Lazarus is shown in the film The Last Temptation of Christ, Lazarus is shown
resurrected but later he is killed by Saul in order to discredit Jesus.

Literatary allusions to the Beggar Lazarus appear in Herman Melville's novel MobyDick (as part of a metaphor describing a cold night in New Bedford)[53] and in the
poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot (which contains the lines: 'To
say: "I am Lazarus, come from the dead,/Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all" ',
in reference to Dives' request to have Beggar Lazarus return from the dead to tell his
brothers of his fate).
When John Howard lost the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia, he rated his
chances of regaining it as "Lazarus with a triple bypass".[54] Howard did regain the
leadership and went on to become Prime Minister of Australia.
Former President of Haiti, Jean Bertrand Aristide, was termed the "Haitian Lazarus" by
journalist Amy Wilentz, in her description of his return to Haiti from exile and the
political significance of this event.[55]
The Lazarus Effect (film) is a documentary project for HIV AIDS awareness by U2
musician Bono's private sector brand initiative (RED) (Product Red). Promotion
involved the recruitment of high profile celebrities to advocate for consumer funding for
effective ARV (Antiretroviral drug) therapy which cost just US$0.40 a day to provide.[56]
[57][58] "In as few as 40 days, the medicine can help bring people back to life"[59] from
this viral illness, hence its reference to the story of the ((Raising of Lazarus)).
The scientific term "Lazarus taxon", which denotes organisms that reappear in the
fossil record after a period of apparent extinction. The Lazarus phenomenon refers to
an event in which a person spontaneously returns to life (the heart starts beating

again) after resuscitation has been given up. The Lazarus sign is a reflex which can
occur in a brain-dead person, thus giving the appearance that they have returned to
life.
In DC Comics, Ra's al Ghul, an enemy of Batman, uses a mystical Lazarus Pit to keep
himself young. In many occasions, characters that were dead or sick was brought to
the Lazarus Pit to revive or restore their health.
In the video game BioShock, the Lazarus Vector is used to bring trees back to life.
The Commodore Amiga's operating system's disk repair program Diskdoctor
occasionally renames a disk 'Lazarus' if it feels it has done a particularly good job of
rescuing damaged files[60]

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TooThe standards for defining death in Canada vary so much that the hospital where a

dying person ends up may affect when they are declared dead - and that has some
Canadian doctors concerned about the implications for organ donation, CBCs the fifth
estate has learned.
There are about 2,000 organs transplanted in Canada every year, but hundreds of
people die while on a waiting list because of a critical shortage of life-saving
organs.

Across the country, physicians involved in organ donation must adhere to whats
known as the "dead donor rule." It seems simple organs cannot be procured until
after the donor has died.

'The challenge is that death is a process, and when its a

process, taking it to one specific time is very difficult.'
- Dr. David Zygun, University of Alberta director of critical care

The problem is how to pinpoint the exact time of death, says the University of Albertas
director of critical care, Dr. David Zygun.
The challenge is that death is a process, and when its a process, taking it to one
specific time is very difficult, he told the fifth estates Bob McKeown.
The result is that the length of time before a person can be officially declared dead in
Canada and around the world may depend less on medical science than where the
hospital is located.
Health lawyer Jacqueline Shaw in Halifax calls it postal code death.
That doesnt line up with what most people think death is they think, well, its the
same standard everywhere, she said.

The issues around organ donation after cardiac death

Organ transplants in Canada see 'moderate' increase

The national guidelines for pronouncing cardiac death for organ donation require
doctors to wait at least five minutes after the heart stops beating.
That is the policy in place at Torontos Sunnybrook Hospital and the Toronto General
Hospital. But across the city at St. Michaels hospital, the wait is at least 10 minutes.

Defining death
The fifth estate's Bob McKeown examines how we define death in Canada, and what it means for

organ donation. 'Dead Enough' airs on CBC Television on Friday March 21 at 9 p.m. EDT, 9:30 p.m.
in Newfoundland.

In some parts of the United States, the amount of time before death can be declared is
much shorter. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it is two minutes, while in Denver, Colorado,
the wait is just 75 seconds.

In Italy, it takes longer doctors must wait a minimum of 20 minutes after the heart
stops to declare death.
There is another layer of complication: at least three Canadian provinces Manitoba,
New Brunswick and Saskatchewan do not accept cardiac death as a standard; they
rely only on brain death.
Even if a province has adopted a certain standard, individual hospitals can make their
own decisions. In Alberta, the Foothills hospital in Calgary accepts only brain death,
while the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton recognizes both brain and cardiac
death.

Why so much variation?

In Canada, organ donor rates lag behind the United States and Europe. Here, more
than 4,000 people are on transplant waiting lists, and each year about 300 people die
waiting.

Dr. Sam Shemie of McGill University is an intensive care specialist who was influential in pushing for the new
donation after cardiac death standard used to determine when someone is clinically dead. DCD is credited

with saving hundreds of Canadians lives by increasing the pool of viable transplants. (CBC)

For years, the standard measurement of death in Canada was brain death: people
were not declared deceased until after the brain stopped functioning.

In 2005, the guidelines for declaring death were changed, so that more organs could
be donated and procured. Now the national standard also includes "donation after
cardiac death," or DCD. Some provinces and hospitals chose to adopt the DCD
guideline to wait at least five minutes after the heart stops beating, while others still use
brain death as their only standard.

Dr. Sam Shemie of McGill University, an intensive care specialist at the Montreal
Childrens hospital, was influential in pushing for this new definition to save Canadians
lives with more transplants.
DCD has accounted for over 1,000 transplants in this country that otherwise would
never have occurred, he told McKeown.

Intense debate
Despite that success, the change to DCD has prompted an intense but largely behindthe-scenes debate in medical circles about the consequences for organ donation.
Some physicians, including myself, believe there is genuine debate about whether
organ donors are already dead, said Dr. Ari Joffe, who works in the intensive care unit
at the Stollery Childrens hospital in Edmonton.
I dont want to be misinterpreted because I do definitely support organ donation, but I
have concerns about the process involved in DCD, he told McKeown.

Dr. Ari Joffe, who works in the intensive care unit at the Stollery Childrens hospital in Edmonton, questions
whether the standard five-minute wait after the heart stops beating is long enough to be certain that cardiac
death is irreversible. He points out that medical interventions like CPR often bring patients back after five
minutes without a pulse. (CBC)

Dr. Joffe questions whether a five-minute wait after the heart stops beating is long

enough to be certain that cardiac death is irreversible. He points out that medical
interventions like CPR often bring patients back after five minutes without a pulse.

He argues that it would take at least 20 or 30 minutes to be sure death is irreversible,

but at that point, Dr. Joffe says the quality of the donated organs may no longer be
adequate. Doctors need to harvest organs within two hours after the heart stops or
they may deteriorate beyond use.

For some doctors, DCD also raises ethical concerns. Intensive care unit physicians are
trying to prolong the patients life, while the transplant team is focused on saving lives
of organ donation recipients.
Dr. Shemie said the national guidelines indicate there must be strict separation
between those two teams, to ensure the transplant team has no role in determining
when death occurs.

The first sacrosanct rule in organ donation in this country its a moral rule and its a
law is that there needs to be strict separation of teams, Dr. Shemie told McKeown.

But Dr. Joffe says some critical care specialists may still feel pressure.
Although were not the surgeons taking the organs, were still part of the transplant
team. My concern is, I dont think we can separate those processes as clearly as has
been stated.

Life and death decisions

The families of potential donors can also feel pressure to make critical life and death
decisions.

In its documentary Dead Enough, the fifth estate has the stories of two families who
both faced difficult decisions about organ donation, because their loved ones were not
expected to survive severe brain injuries.

Watch the stories of two people who might have become organ donors but recovered

When her daughter was critically injured and paralyzed in a car crash, for example,
Sharon Thompson was at her bedside in a Calgary hospital around the clock.

Thompson says she was approached to consent to organ donation, and asked to
consider taking her daughter off life support.

When people are in an emotional state, I dont think thats the time to be asking those
questions. Because the emotional roller-coaster we were on for, I would say, at least
three of those six weeks thats not a great time to be having to make that decision
too, because youre not thinking, she told McKeown.

Thompson chose not to take her daughter off life support, and Brandice Thompson
made a remarkable recovery.

More public debate

What happened to the Thompson family reflects the complexity of the life and death
decisions at stake in the DCD debate.

So far, the debate over defining death has mostly been conducted in the medical
community, out of public view.

'I think that we're not doing ourselves justice by not providing
frank information about death and about the procedures that
go on in organ donation to patients.'
- Jacqueline Shaw, health lawyer

Health lawyer Shaw says that may explain why one national survey suggests almost a
quarter of Canadians feared physicians might declare death prematurely in order to
expedite the procurement of organs.

That's a serious amount of concern in the population, and it could certainly be

affecting donation rates. I think that we're not doing ourselves justice by not providing
frank information about death and about the procedures that go on in organ donation to
patients, she told McKeown.

In Montreal, Dr. Shemie says what the Canadian public needs to know most of all is
that there is a system that works to both save lives through transplants and to
protect dying patients who could become donors.

We know that organ donation saves lives, and we know that we have standards in this
country that protect patients at the end of life to make sure that all efforts are provided
to those patients. But when that cant happen and that patients going to die, then were
able to provide the chance to donate, okay, he told McKeown.

So, standards are in place so that public trust is maintained. I can assure the public
that we do a great and very credible job in doing tha