Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens & Trophimus

Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Aristarchus, Pudens, and Trophimus.

The holy Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens, and Trophimus were of the Seventy, fellow laborers of the Apostle Paul who are named in his epistles. Aristarchus shared Paul's journeys and imprisonment; Pudens received the faithful into his house in Rome; Trophimus accompanied Paul on his travels and shared his final trials.

According to tradition, all three completed their apostolic course as martyrs in Rome in the days of Nero, beheaded for the name of Christ. They are commemorated together on April 15.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Apostles Aristarchus, Pudens & Trophimus is commemorated on April 15. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on April 28 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Aristarchus, Trophimos

Also commemorated on April 15

• Leonides of Athens

  Hierarch, Λεωνίδης Αθηνών

  Hieromartyr Leonides, Bishop of Athens, drowned at Corinth with the holy women who followed him.

  Name days: Leonidas, Leonides, Leonidis

• Crescens of Myra

  Martyr, Κρήσκης

  Holy Martyr Crescens of Myra in Lycia, burned for Christ.

• Anastasia and Basilissa of Rome

  Holy Woman, Αναστασία και Βασίλισσα

  Holy Martyrs Anastasia and Basilissa of Rome, who buried the bodies of the Apostles Peter and Paul.

• Ananias of Lacedaemon

  Hierarch, Ανανίας Λακεδαιμονίας

  Hieromartyr Ananias, Metropolitan of Lacedaemon, beheaded by the Turks in 1767.

• Theodore the Presbyter and Pausolypios

  Martyr, Θεόδωρος ο Πρεσβύτερος και Παυσολύπιος

  Holy Martyrs Theodore the Presbyter and Pausolypios.

• Suchias and the Martyrs of Georgia

  Saint, Σούκιος και οι συν αυτώ

  Holy Martyr Suchias and his companions, warriors who suffered for Christ in Georgia.

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