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The holy, glorious, all-laudable '''Apostle Philemon''' , [[bishop]] of Gaza, is numbered among the [[Apostles#The_Seventy|Seventy Apostles]]. The Church has included a letter he received from the [[Apostle Paul]] in the [[Canon (Bible)|canon ]] of [[Holy Scripture]]. His wife, [[Apostle Apphia|Apphia]], is also numbered among the Seventy, and they, with the [[Apostle Archippus]], ministered to the town of Colossae from its Christian center, Philemon's home. During a pagan feast the Church had gathered in his home for prayer. When the pagans learned of it they raided the home and took Sts. Philemon, Apphia, and Archippus to be killed. They were whipped, buried up to their waists and then stoned. Sts. Philemon and Apphia gave up their souls to God. The Church remembers St. Philemon and his fellow martyrs on [[February 19]] and [[November 22]].

==External links==*[http://ww2.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=302 Archippus the Apostles,Philemon the Apostle & his wife, Apphia, Onesimos the Disciple of Paul] ([[GOARCH]])*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100035 Apostle Philemon of the Seventy: January 4] ([[OCA]])*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100558 Apostle Philemon the Martyr of the Seventy: February 19] (OCA)*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103359 Apostle Philemon of the Seventy: November 22] (OCA)  [[Category:Biblical Saints|Philemon]][[Category:Bishops|Philemon]][[Category:Martyrs|Philemon]][[Category:Saints|Philemon]]