Apelles, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus and Aristobulus

Holy Apostles Apelles, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus and Aristobulus of the Seventy, companions of Saint Stachys.

These apostles are greeted by Saint Paul in the Epistle to the Romans. Apelles became Bishop of Heraclea, Amplias of Odyssopolis, Urban of Macedonia, and Narcissus of Athens; Aristobulus, brother of Barnabas, preached in Britain and died in peace.

They are commemorated together with Stachys, the first Bishop of Byzantium.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Apelles, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus and Aristobulus is commemorated on October 31. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on November 13 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on October 31

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  Stachys the Apostle

  Apostle, Στάχυς

  Holy Apostle Stachys, first Bishop of Byzantium.

  Name days: Stachys

• Epimachos of Egypt

  Martyr, Επίμαχος ο Αιγύπτιος

  Holy Martyr Epimachos of Pelusium, who suffered at Alexandria.

• Nicholas the New Martyr of Chios

  Martyr, Νικόλαος ο Χίος

  Holy New Martyr Nicholas of Chios, beheaded in 1754.

• Seleukos and Stratonike

  Martyr, Σέλευκος και Στρατονίκη

  Holy Martyrs Seleukos and his wife Stratonike of Cyzicus.

  Name days: Stratoniki, Stratonike

• Spyridon and Nikodemos the Prosphora-Bakers

  Venerable, Σπυρίδων και Νικόδημος

  Venerable Spyridon and Nikodemos, prosphora-bakers of the Kiev Caves.

• John Kochurov

  Hierarch, Ιωάννης Κοτσούρωφ

  Holy Hieromartyr John Kochurov, missionary priest in America and first clergy martyr of the Bolshevik revolution.