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==The Twelve==
[[Image:Apostles.jpg|frame|left|Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles]]
Our Lord originally appointed twelve apostles as his initial Church community, commissioned with the task of sharing the faith. As told in the [[Gospels]], [[Judas Iscariot]] was originally one of them, but with his [[apostasy]] and death, he was replaced with [[Apostle Matthias|Matthias]]by St. Peter, but the hymns and iconography of the Church all include the [[Apostle Paul]] instead. Their collective [[feast day]] is [[June 30]]. The Apostles' names are listed at Matthew 10:2, Mark 3:14, Luke 6:12, Acts 1:13, 26.
After Judas' replacement, the Twelve consisted of the following:
*'''[[Apostle Jude|Jude]]''' - ([[June 19]]) also called Lebbaeus, surnamed Thaddeus, brother of [[Apostle James the Just|James]] the brother of God; crucified
*'''[[Apostle Simon|Simon the Zealot]]''' - ([[May 10]]) also called "the Canaanite"; crucified
*'''[[Apostle MatthiasPaul|MatthiasPaul]]''' - ([[August 9June 29]], [[October 29]]) replaced Judas Iscariot; stoned and beheaded
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===Hymns to the twelve===
