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LOL INTERNETThe holy, glorious, all-laudable '''Apostle Sosthenes''' is one of the [[Apostles#The_Seventy|Seventy Apostles]], and was a [[bishop]] in either [[Caesarea]] or Colophon in Asia Minor. He is commemorated by the Church on [[January 4]] with the Seventy; on [[March 30]] with Apostles [[Apostle Apollo|Apollos]], [[Apostle Cephas|Cephas]], [[Apostle Caesar|Caesar]], and [[Apostle Epaphroditus|Epaphroditus]] of the Seventy; and on [[December 8]] with Ss. Apollos, Cephas, [[Apostle Tychicus|Tychicus]], Epaphroditus, Caesar, and [[Apostle Onesiphorus|Onesiphorus]]. ==Life==St. Sosthenes was head of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth before his [[conversion]] to Christianity (cf. [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 18:17). He suffered a beating during a riot against the [[Apostle Paul]]. St. Paul converted him to Christianity. Oddly enough there is an obvious contradiction in this belief due to the fact that if Sosthenes was part of the Seventy Apostles sent out by Jesus as is seen in Luke 10, he would have been following Christ way before the Apostle Paul’s conversation. In addressing the Corinthian church ([[I Corinthians]] 1:1), St. Paul sent greetings from both of them: "Paul, by the will of God called to be an apostle of [[Jesus Christ]], and brother Sosthenes..." He departed peacefully to the Lord. ==Hymns==[[Troparion]] ([[Tone]] 3) [http://oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=100072]:Holy apostle Sosthenes of the Seventy;:Entreat the merciful;:To grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions. [[Kontakion]] (Tone 4) [http://oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=100072]:The Church ever sees you as a shining star, O apostle Sosthenes,:Your [[miracle]]s have manifested great enlightenment.:Therefore we cry out to [[Christ]]::"Save those who with faith honor Your apostle, O Most Merciful One." ==External links==*[http://www.chrysostompress.org/collection/0104_Synaxis_70_Apostles/ The Synaxis of the Holy Seventy Apostles] Chrysostom Press*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100072 Apostle Sosthenes of the Seventy], January 4 ([[OCA]])*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100946 Apostle Sosthenes of the Seventy], March 30 (OCA)*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103496 Apostle Sosthenes of the Seventy], December 8 (OCA)*[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=December&day=8 The Holy Apostles Sosthenes, Apollos, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Onesiphorus, Cephas and Caesar] (''[[Prologue of Ohrid]]'') [[Category:Biblical Saints|Sosthenes]][[Category:Seventy Apostles|Sosthenes]][[Category:Bishops|Sosthenes]] [[Category:1st-century bishops|Sosthenes]][[Category:Saints|Sosthenes]][[Category:Ante-Nicene Saints|Sosthenes]][[Category:1st-century saints]] [[ro:Apostolul Sostene]]
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