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Apostle Olympas

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The holy, glorious, all-laudable '''Apostle Olympas''' is numbered among the [[Apostles#The_Seventy|Seventy Apostles]]. He and the [[Apostle Herodian]] were followers of the [[Apostle Peter]]. By command of Emporer Emperor [[Nero]], they were beheaded with St. Peter. His [[feast day]] is [[November 10]].
==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] (Tone 3) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=103265]
:Holy Apostles, [[Apostle Erastus|Erastus]], Olympas, [[Apostle Herodian|Herodian]], [[Apostle Sosipater|Sosipater]], [[Apostle Quartus|Quartus]] and [[Apostle Tertius|Tertius]],
:entreat the merciful God,
:to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
== Source ==St. [[Nikolai VelimirovicKontakion]](Tone 2) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=103265]:Illumined by divine light, ''The O holy apostles,:you wisely destroyed the works of idolatry.:When you caught all the pagans you brought them to the Master:and taught them to glorify the [[Prologue of OhridTrinity]]''.
==Source==*St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]'' ==External links==*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103266 Apostle Olympas of the Seventy] ([[OCA]])*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=284 Erastos, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipatros, Quartus, Tertios, Apostles of the 70] ([[GOARCH]]) [[Category:Biblical Saints|Olympas]][[Category:Seventy Apostles|Olympas]][[Category:Martyrs|Olympas]][[Category:Saints|Olympas]][[Category:Biblical Ante-Nicene Saints|Olympas]][[Category:Martyrs1st-century saints]] [[ro:Apostolul Olimp]]

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