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[[Image:70Apostles.jpg|right|thumb|[[Synaxis]] of the Seventy Apostles of Christ.]]
The '''Seventy Apostles''' or '''Seventy-two Apostles'''<ref group="note">The reading for Luke 10:1 in the NU-text reads ''' ''"seventy-two others."'' ''' (''The NU-text (as differentiated from the [[w:Byzantine text-type|Majority text]]) is the [[w:Novum Testamentum Graece|Critical Text]] published in the 27th edition of the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament (NA27), and in the United Bible Societies 4th edition (UBS4), hence the acronym "NU-Text"'').<br>In The [[Octoechos|Ochtoechos]], Saint [[John of Damascus]] confirms that there were seventy-two lesser apostles; he chants, ''' ''"The all-praised ten and twain, leading the seventy-two, their rivals in zeal, were manifested as perfect."'' '''</ref> are those whom the Lord chose, in addition to the original [[w:Apostles#The_Twelve|Twelve Apostles]], to go before Him into the cities He would visit (Luke 10:1), and lay down the groundwork and infrastructure for the [[Ante-Nicene|Early Church]]. According to the [[Gospel]] of [[Apostle Luke|Luke]], the only gospel in which they appear (Luke 10:1–24), [[Jesus]] appointed them and sent them out in pairs to preach the gospel. The Twelve generally remained at Christ's side, serving as witnesses to His life; but the Seventy preceded Him in every place He visited.
The [[Synaxis]] of the Seventy Apostles is commemorated on [[January 4]] and was established by the [[Orthodox Church]] to indicate the equal honor of each of the Seventy. Besides the celebration of the Synaxis of the Holy Apostles, the Church also celebrates the memory of each of them during the course of the year. The Church in particular venerates and praises the Seventy Apostles because they taught us to honor the Trinity One in Essence and Undivided.
|<center>LX.</center>||[[Apostle Quadratus|Quadratus]]||<center>Bishop of Athens</center>||[[September 21]]||<center>-</center>||Quadratus preached the word of the Lord in Athens and Magnesia, and was bishop of both cities. The Athenians put him to death during the reign of Hadrian.||[[File:Apostol Kodrat from Afinen.jpg|75px]]
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|<center>LXI.</center>||[[Mark]]<br><br><small>(commonly considered identical to [[Apostle Mark|Mark the Evangelist]])</small>||<center>Bishop of [[w:Byblos|Byblos]]</center>||[[September 27]]||Acts 12:25;<br>Acts 15:37-41;||This Apostle, whose shadow healed the sick, was Bishop of Byblos in Phoenicia.||<center>-</center>
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|<center>LXII.</center>||[[Apostle Zenas|Zenas]]||<center>Bishop of [[w:Lod|Diospolis]]</center>||[[September 27]]||Titus 3:13;||Zenas, a teacher of the Law of Moses, was Bishop of Diospolis. In his Epistle to Titus, Saint Paul writes, ''Bring Zenas the lawyer diligently.''||<center>-</center>
