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The holy, glorious, all-laudable '''Apostle Hermes''' is numbered among the [[Apostles#The_Seventy|Seventy Apostles]]. He was [[bishop]] in Dalmatia. He is referenced in [[Romans]] 16:14, and his [[feast day]] is s are celebrated on [[April 8]]with his fellow [[martyr]]s, and on [[January 4]] among the Seventy. ==Hymns==[[Troparion]] ([[Tone]] 1) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=101029]  :Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles::[[Apostle Herodian|Herodion]] and [[Apostle Agabus|Agabus]],:[[Apostle Rufus|Rufus]], [[Apostle Asyncritus|Asyncritus]], [[Apostle Phlegon|Phlegon]] and holy Hermes.:They ever entreat the [[Trinity]] for our souls! [[Kontakion]] (Tone 2) :You became the [[disciple]]s of [[Christ]]:And all-holy Apostles,:O glorious Herodion, Agabus and Rufus,:Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes.:Ever entreat the Lord:To grant forgiveness of transgressions:To us who sing your praises. Kontakion (Tone 4) :Like stars, O holy Apostles,:You illumine the way of the faithful with the light of the [[Holy Spirit]].:You dispel the darkness of error as you gaze on God the Word!
== Source ==
*St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]''
==External links==*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100056 Apostle Hermes of the Seventy], January 4 ([[OCA]])*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=101029 Apostle Hermes of the Seventy, and those with him], April 8 (OCA)*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=11 Agavos, Rouphos, Asynkritos, Phlegon, Herodion, & Hermes of the 70 Apostles] ([[GOARCH]]) [[Category:Biblical Saints|Hermes (bishop)]][[Category:Seventy Apostles|Hermes (bishop)]][[Category:Bishops|Hermes (bishop)]][[Category:1st-century bishops|Hermes (bishop)]][[Category:Martyrs|Hermes (bishop)]][[Category:Saints|Hermes (bishop)]][[Category:Ante-Nicene Saints|Hermes (bishop)]][[Category:1st-century saints]] [[ro:Apostolul Ermis (episcop)]]