Karpos the Apostle

Holy Apostle Carpus.

The Holy Apostle Karpos was one of the Seventy, a companion and fellow laborer of St. Paul. The Apostle mentions him in his second letter to Timothy, recalling the cloak and books he had left with Karpos at Troas. Tradition holds that he served the Church as a bishop and gave himself wholly to the preaching of the Gospel.

The Church honors him among the apostolic men through whom the faith was planted in the first generation. He is commemorated on May 26.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Karpos the Apostle is commemorated on May 26. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on June 8 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Karpos

Also commemorated on May 26

• Alphaeus the Apostle

  Apostle, Αλφαίος ο Απόστολος

  Holy Apostle Alphaeus, father of the Apostles James and Matthew.

  Name days: Alfaios, Alphaeus

• Alexander the Dervish

  Martyr, Αλέξανδρος ο Δερβίσης

  New Martyr Alexander of Thessalonica, the former dervish, beheaded at Smyrna.

• Synesios of Karpasia

  Hierarch, Συνέσιος Καρπασίας

  Saint Synesios, Bishop of Karpasia in Cyprus, wonderworker.

  Name days: Synesios, Synesius

• Averkios the Martyr

  Martyr, Αβέρκιος

  Holy Martyr Averkios, brother of the Martyr Helen and child of the Apostle Alphaeus.

• Helen the Martyr

  Holy Woman, Ελένη η Μάρτυς

  Holy Martyr Helen, daughter of the Apostle Alphaeus, stoned for her faith.

• George the New Martyr of Bulgaria

  Martyr, Γεώργιος ο Νεομάρτυς εκ Βουλγαρίας

  New Martyr George of Sofia, burned for refusing Islam.

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