St. Volodymyr's Parish

Holy Apostles Herodion, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermas

All of these are numbered among the Seventy, and all are mentioned in the Epistles of St Paul.

• Herodion was a kinsmen of St Paul: 'Salute Herodion my kinsman' (Romans 16:11). After many sufferings for the Gospel, he worked with the Apostle Peter in Rome, and was beheaded with him.
• Agabus was granted a spirit of prophecy: two of his prophecies are important in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 11:28, 21:11).
• Rufus was Bishop of Thebes. 'Salute Rufus, chosen in the Lord' (Romans 16:13).
• Asyncritus (Romans 16:14) was Bishop of Hyrcania in Asia.
• Phlegon, (Romans 16:14) was Bishop of Marathon in Thrace.
• Hermas (Romans 16:14) was a bishop in Dalmatia.

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