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- Holy Apostle Timothy
- This is the Apostle to whom two of St Paul's Epistles are
addressed. He was from Lystra in Lycaonia, born to a pagan Greek father and a Jewish
mother. His mother, whose name was Eunice, and his grandmother, Lois, brought him
up in piety and love of the Scriptures. The Apostle Paul converted the two women
during his first missionary visit to Lystra; returning seven years later, he found Timothy
full of zeal for Christ, and baptized him. Timothy became his closest disciple: in his
epistles, St Paul calls calls him "my dearly beloved son." So that Timothy would be able
to preach the Gospel in the synagogues, St Paul personally circumcised him.
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The Apostle Paul consecrated Timothy as the first bishop of Ephesus. As such, he
became a disciple and exarch of St John the Evangelist, who supervised all the churches
in Asia. In AD 97, he attempted to oppose the celebration of a festival to Artemis; the
pagans, enraged, mobbed him and beat him to death. He was buried near the tomb of
St John. In 356 his precious relics were translated (along with those of Sts Andrew and
Luke) to Constantinople and enshrined in the Church of the Holy Apostles. In 1204
they were stolen by the Latin Crusaders when they pillaged the city.
source: http://www.abbamoses.com
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