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== Scriptural Reference(s) ==The holy, glorious and all-laudable '''Apostle Barnabas''' was one of the [[Apostles|Seventy Apostles]] and the companion of the [[Apostle Paul]] on some of his missionary voyages. He is referenced in [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 4and in two of St. Paul's epistles, 9, 11-15; [[Galatians]] and [[I Corinthians]] 9; . His [[feast day]] is [[GalatiansJune 1]] 2, 4.

The holy, glorious and all-laudable '''Apostle Barnabas''' was born to a wealthy family in the tribe of Levi. Later becoming one of the [[Apostles|Seventy Apostles]], he studied with Saul (later [[Apostle Paul|St. Paul]]) under Gamaliel. From birth his given name was Joseph, but the [[Apostles]] called him Barnabas ("son of consolation") because he was gifted at comforting people's souls. It was St. Barnabas that introduced [[Apostle Paul|St. Paul]] to the other Apostles after his conversion. St. Barnabas was likely the first to preach in Rome and Milan.  == After Life ==He [[martyr]]ed by the Jews on the island of Cyprus and was buried by [[Apostle Mark|St. Mark]]. Many receive healing at his grave, which place was unknown for hundreds of years until the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon (451)]] when he appeared to [[Archbishop]] Anthemius in a dream and revealed its location. This appearance and the finding of St. Barnabas' miraculous [[relics]] is what kept the [[Patriarch]] of Antioch from absorbing Cyprus into its jurisdiction and thus this Apostolic Church of Cyprus has since been independent.  == Feast Day ==The Church remembers St. Barnabas on [[June 11]]

*St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]''