The Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Olympas, Erastus, Rodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius
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Lives of the Saints
The Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Olympas, Erastus, Rodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius lived during the first century. St Olympas was mentioned by the holy Apostle Paul (Rom 16:15). He was also a companion of the Apostle Peter. He was beheaded on the very day and hour when St Peter was crucified.
Saint Rodion, or Herodion (April 8), was a kinsman of the Apostle Paul (Romans 16:11), and left the bishop’s throne at Patras to go to Rome with the Apostle Peter. St Olympas was also a companion of the Apostle Peter. Sts Rodion and Olympas were beheaded on the very day and hour when St Peter was crucified.
The holy Apostles Sosipater (April 28), Erastus, Quartus and Tertius (October 30) were disciples of St Paul. St Sosipater, a native of Achaia, was Bishop of Iconium, where also he died. St Paul mentions him in Romans 16:21.
The holy Apostles Quartus, Erastus, Sosipater (April 28), and Tertius (October 30) were disciples of St Paul. The Apostle to the Gentiles speaks of St Quaratus in the Epistle to the Romans “And Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you, and Quartus, a brother” (Rom 16: 23). St Quartus endured much suffering for his piety and converted many pagans to Christ, dying peacefully as a bishop in the city of Beirut.The holy Apostles Quartus, Erastus, Sosipater (April 28), and Tertius (October 30) were disciples of St Paul. The Apostle to the Gentiles speaks of St Quaratus in the Epistle to the Romans “And Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you, and Quartus, a brother” (Rom 16: 23). St Quartus endured much suffering for his piety and converted many pagans to Christ, dying peacefully as a bishop in the city of Beirut.
The holy Apostles Tertius (October 30) Erastus, Sosipater (April 28), and Quartus were disciples of St Paul. St Tertius is mentioned in the Epistle to the Romans, “ I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord” (Rom 16:22). St Tertius, to whom St Paul dictated the Epistle to the Romans, was the second Bishop of Iconium, where also he died.
Troparion — Tone 3
Holy Apostles, Erastus, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius, / entreat the merciful God, / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
Kontakion — Tone 2
Illumined by divine light, O holy apostles, / you wisely destroyed the works of idolatry. / When you caught all the pagans you brought them to the Master / and taught them to glorify the Trinity.
