Holy Apostles of the Seventy Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Tychicus, Caesar and Epaphroditus.
These holy apostles of the Seventy are named in the New Testament as fellow-workers of St. Paul. Sosthenes is mentioned at the head of the First Epistle to the Corinthians; Apollos was the eloquent Alexandrian who watered what Paul had planted; Tychicus carried Paul's letters to the churches; Epaphroditus brought the gifts of the Philippians to Paul in prison.
Tradition relates that each became a bishop and laboured in the preaching of the Gospel.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Tychicus, Caesar and Epaphroditus is commemorated on December 8. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on December 21 of the civil calendar.
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Also commemorated on December 8
Parthenios of Chios
Venerable, Παρθένιος ο εν Χίω
Venerable Parthenios of Chios, founder of the Monastery of Panagia Voithia.
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