Philemon the Apostle

Holy Apostle Philemon.

The holy apostle Philemon, one of the Seventy, was a Christian of Colossae and the recipient of the Apostle Paul's epistle that bears his name, in which Paul pleads for the runaway slave Onesimus as for a beloved brother. His household was a gathering place for the church of his city.

Tradition holds that he served the Gospel in Asia Minor and ended his life as a martyr, together with his wife Apphia. He is commemorated on November 22.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Philemon the Apostle is commemorated on November 22. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on December 5 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

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

Filemon, Philemon

Also commemorated on November 22

• Cecilia, Valerian and Tiburtius

  Holy Woman, Κικιλία, Βαλεριανός και Τιβούρτιος

  Holy Virgin Martyr Cecilia of Rome with her husband Valerian, his brother Tiburtius and the martyr Maximus.

  Name days: Cecilia, Cecile, Cecily, Cecelia, Kikilia, Cecillia

• Iakovos of Evia

  Venerable, Ιάκωβος Τσαλίκης

  Venerable Iakovos Tsalikis, abbot of the monastery of Saint David in Euboea, glorified in 2017.

• Kallistos II of Constantinople

  Hierarch, Κάλλιστος ο Β' Ξανθόπουλος

  Saint Kallistos II Xanthopoulos, Patriarch of Constantinople and hesychast writer.

• Procopius the Reader

  Martyr, Προκόπιος ο Παλαιστίνιος

  Holy Martyr Procopius the Reader of Caesarea in Palestine.

• Menignus the Fuller

  Martyr, Μένιγνος ο Κναφεύς

  Holy Martyr Menignus the Fuller of Parium.

• Clement of Ochrid

  Hierarch, Κλήμης Αχρίδος

  Saint Clement of Ochrid, Equal to the Apostles, disciple of Saints Cyril and Methodios and enlightener of the Slavs.