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[[Image:Barnabas.jpg|frame|right|Apostle Barnabas]]
The holy, glorious and all-laudable '''Apostle Barnabas''' was one of the [[Apostles#The_Seventy |Seventy Apostles]] and the companion of the [[Apostle Paul]] on some of his [[missionary]] voyages.  He is referenced in [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] and in two of St. Paul's epistles, [[Galatians]] and [[I Corinthians]].  His [[feast day]] is [[June 11]].

== Life ==
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 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 who introduced Paul to the other apostles after his [[conversion]]. St. Barnabas was likely the first to preach in Rome and Milan.

He was [[martyr]]ed by the Jews on the island of Cyprus and was buried by St. [[Apostle Mark|Mark]]. Many receive healing at his grave, which place was unknown for hundreds of years until the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon]] in 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.

==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] (Tone 3) [http://oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=101691]

:Holy Apostles [[Apostle Bartholomew|Bartholomew]] and Barnabas,
:Entreat the merciful God
:to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.

[[Kontakion]] (Tone 3) [http://oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=101691]
:You became a true servant of the Lord
:And appeared as the first among the Seventy Apostles;
:Together with Paul you set your preaching in a clear light
:Revealing [[Christ]] as Savior to all;
:Therefore with [[hymn]]s we celebrate your godly memory, O Barnabas.

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

==See also==
*[[Missionary]]

== External links ==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=101691 Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy] ([[OCA]])

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