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Apostle Onesiphorus

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The holy, glorious, all-laudable '''Apostle Onesiphorus ''' is numbered among the [[Apostles#The_Seventy|Seventy Apostles]], and was [[bishop]] of Colophon (Asia Minor), and later of Corinth.

St [[Apostle Paul| Paul]] writes of him in an [[epistle]]: ''God grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my bonds. When he was at Rome, he searched for me with great diligence, and found me. May the Lord grant him to find the mercy of the Lord on that day; and you know how much he served me at Ephesus.'' (2 Tim 1:16-18).

He is commemorated by the Church on [[September 7]], and on [[December 8]]th with Apostles [[Apostle Sosthenes|Sosthenes]], [[Apostle Apollo|Apollos]], [[Apostle Caesar|Caesar]], and [[Apostle Cephas|Cephas]] and [[Apostle Epaphroditus |Epaphroditus]]. The others departed peacefully to the Lord, but St. Epaphroditus died a [[martyr]] in the city of Parium (not far from Ephesus) on the shores of the Hellespont, where he had gone to proclaim Christ among the local pagans.

The Apostles of the 70 were chosen and sent by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself to preach. They were chosen some time after the selection of the Twelve Apostles ([[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 10:1-24). All seventy are commemorated by the Church on [[January 4]]th.

==External link==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102537 Apostle Onesiphorus of the Seventy], [[OCA]] website

[[Category:Biblical Saints|Onesiphorus]]
[[Category:Bishops|Onesiphorus]]
[[Category:Martyrs| Onesiphorus]]
[[Category:Saints|Onesiphorus]]

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