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[[Hippolytus of Rome]] (+235) had produced an early list of the Seventy Apostles,<ref>HIPPOLYTUS OF ROME, APPENDIX TO HIS WORKS. ''"THE SAME HIPPOLYTUS ON THE SEVENTY APOSTLES".'' '''Early Church Fathers. 38 Vols.'''</ref><ref>[[Hippolytus of Rome]]. ''[http://www.pravoslavieto.com/docs/sv_otci/sv_Ipolit_Rimski/apostles_12_70.htm The Same Hippolytus on The Seventy Apostles].''</ref> however it was regarded as dubious, and was put in the Appendix of his works in the voluminous collection of Early Church Fathers.<ref group="note">Unfortunately because he was the first antipope, and that he wrote in Greek rather than in Latin, his works were shunned, neglected and lost to the West, until their discovery at a monastery on Mt. Athos in 1854.</ref>
[[w:Dorotheus of Tyre|Dorotheus of Tyre]] (+362) traditionally is the one credited with recounting the names of the Seventy Apostles.<ref>[[w:Dorotheus of Tyre|Dorotheus of Tyre]]. ''[http://www.orthodox.net/saints/70apostles.html THE CHOOSING OF THE SEVENTY HOLY APOSTLES].''</ref> These names were also given in the ''[[w:Chronicon Paschale|Chronicon Paschale]],'' a 7th-century Byzantine universal chronicle of the world. However there were errors in the list attributed to Saint Dorotheus, including the repetition of four names, the omission of other names, and the inclusion of some men who were Apostles at first, but later fell from the faith and the dignity of their office.
It was St. [[w:Dimitri of Rostov|Demetrius of Rostov]] (+1709) who consulted the [[Holy Scripture]], the traditions passed down by the [[Church Fathers|Fathers]], and the accounts of trustworthy historians in attempting to correct the mistakes and uncertainties in the list when compiling his collection of ''Lives of the Saints''. A widely accepted canon in the Orthodox Church is thus given in ''"The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints, Volume 5: January",'' compiled by St. [[Dimitri of Rostov|Demetrius of Rostov]]:<ref>[[Dimitri of Rostov]]. ''[http://web.archive.org/web/20050907021458/http://www.chrysostompress.org/collection/0104_Synaxis_70_Apostles/ The Synaxis of the Holy Seventy Apostles].'' From The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints, Volume 5: January. Chrysostom Press.</ref>
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|<center>X.</center>||[[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen the Protomartyr]]||<center>-</center>||[[December 27]]||Acts 6:5;||The holy, glorious, all-laudable Apostle and Archdeacon Stephen the Protomartyr was an early Christian convert from among the Hellenistic Jews, '''one of the original seven deacons''' ordained by the Apostles, and the first martyr of the Orthodox Church. Saint Stephen was stoned by the Jews for preaching the Lord [[Jesus Christ]], Whom he beheld standing in the heavens.||[[Image:StStephenIcon.jpg|75px]]
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|<center>XI.</center>||[[Apostle Philip (of the Seventy)|Philip]]<br><br><small>(also Philip the Evangelist)</small>||<center>Bishop of [[w:Aydın|Tralles]] in Asia Minor</center>||[[October 11]]||Acts 8:6, 26-40;||'''One of the Seven Deacons'''. Philip baptized [[w:Simon Magus|Simon Magus]] (in Samaria) and Candace's eunuch. He became Bishop of Tralles in Asia Minor, enlightened many in the faith, and departed unto eternal life in great old age.||<center>-</center>
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|<center>XII.</center>||[[Apostle Prochorus|Prochorus]]||<center>Bishop of [[w:Nicomedia|Nicomedia]] in Bithynia</center>||[[July 28]]||Acts 6:5;||'''One of the Seven Deacons'''. Prochorus was Saint [[Apostle John|John the Theologian]]'s companion and fellow-laborer. He became the first Bishop of Nicomedia in Bithynia and suffered martyrdom while preaching [[Christ]] in Antioch.||[[Image:Prochororus the deacon.JPG|75px]]
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|<center>XIII.</center>||[[Apostle Nicanor|Nicanor]]||<center>-</center>||[[December 28]];<br>[[July 28]]||Acts 6:5;||'''One of the Seven Deacons'''. Saint Nicanor, with two thousand other Christians, was slain for Christ on the same day as the holy protomartyr [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]], as related in the Acts of the Apostles, which states, ''At that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem. (Acts 8:1)''||<center>-</center>
|<center>LX.</center>||[[Apostle Quadratus|Quadratus]]||<center>Bishop of Athens</center>||[[September 21]]||<center>-</center>||Quadratus preached the word of the Lord in Athens and Magnesia, and was bishop of both cities. The Athenians put him to death during the reign of Hadrian.||<center>-</center>
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|<center>LXI.</center>||[[w:John Mark|John Mark]]<br><br><small>(commonly considered identical to [[Apostle Mark|Mark the Evangelist]])</small>||<center>Bishop of [[w:Byblos|Byblos]]</center>||[[September 27]]||Acts 12:25;<br>Acts 15:37-41;||This Apostle, whose shadow healed the sick, was Bishop of Byblos in Phoenicia.||<center>-</center>
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|<center>LXII.</center>||[[Apostle Zenas|Zenas]]||<center>Bishop of [[w:Lod|Diospolis]]</center>||[[September 27]]||Titus 3:13;||Zenas, a teacher of the Law of Moses, was Bishop of Diospolis. In his Epistle to Titus, Saint Paul writes, ''Bring Zenas the lawyer diligently.''||<center>-</center>
