Andronikos the Apostle

Holy Apostle Andronikos.

The Holy Apostle Andronikos was one of the Seventy, greeted by St. Paul in the Epistle to the Romans as his kinsman and fellow prisoner, notable among the apostles and in Christ before him. With his fellow laborer Junia he preached the Gospel and turned many from idols to the living God.

Tradition honors him as a tireless missionary of the apostolic age whose labors bore fruit in many lands. He is commemorated on May 17.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Andronikos the Apostle is commemorated on May 17. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 30 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Andronikos

Also commemorated on May 17

• Junia the Apostle

  Apostle, Ιουνία

  Holy Apostle Junia, companion of Andronikos and kinswoman of Saint Paul.

  Name days: Junia, Iounia

• Athanasios of Christianoupolis

  Hierarch, Αθανάσιος Χριστιανουπόλεως

  Saint Athanasios the New, Bishop of Christianoupolis in the Peloponnese, wonderworker.

• Solochon, Pamphamer and Pamphylon

  Martyr, Σολόχων, Παμφαμήρ και Παμφυλών

  Holy Martyrs Solochon, Pamphamer and Pamphylon, Egyptian soldiers martyred at Chalcedon.

  Name days: Solochon

• Nektarios and Theophanes of Meteora

  Venerable, Νεκτάριος και Θεοφάνης οι Αψαράδες

  Venerable Nektarios and Theophanes the Apsarades, brothers and founders of the Varlaam Monastery at Meteora.

• Nicholas of Metsovo

  Martyr, Νικόλαος εκ Μετσόβου

  New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovo, burned alive at Trikala.

• Theodoretos of Antioch

  Martyr, Θεοδώρητος ο Πρεσβύτερος

  Holy Martyr Theodoretos the Presbyter of Antioch, put to death under Julian the Apostate.

  Name days: Theodoritos, Theodoret

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