Apostle Alphaeus

The holy, glorious, all-laudable Apostle Alphaeus is numbered among the Seventy Apostles. He was the father of the Apostle James and the Apostle Matthew, two of the Twelve Great Apostles. He reposed in peace, and his feast day is on May 26.

St. Alphaeus is referenced in the Gospels of Matthew (10:3), Mark (3:18), and Luke (6:15), along with a mention in the Acts of the Apostles (1:13).

Source

• St. Nikolai Velimirovic, The Prologue of Ohrid

External links

• Apostle Alphaeus of the Seventy (OCA)
• Carpos and Alphaeus, Apostles of the 70 (GOARCH)