THE CHOOSING OF THE SEVENTY HOLY APOSTLES

As recounted by Dorotheus, Bishop of Tyre, an ancient and pious man, = who=20 became a martyr in the reign of the emperors Licinius and = Constantine.

This above-mentioned and exemplary man left us various writings in = Greek and=20 Latin, for he was proficient in both languages and possessed of great=20 intelligence. After the death of Diocletian and Licinius, he returned = home and=20 ruled the church of Tyre until Julian the torturer came to power; for = Julian did=20 not kill Christians openly, but secretly through his princes. Dorotheus = came=20 once more to the city of Odessus polis, where he was seized by = Julian=92s princes=20 and suffered many tortures in his very old age for confessing Christ, = and died=20 as a martyr at the age of one hundred and seventy. This saintly = Dorotheus speaks=20 of the seventy apostles and disciples of Christ, many of whom were = bishops among=20 different peoples, while others served as preachers, whom the divine = Paul=20 mentions in tile salutations in his epistles. Many years after the = resurrection=20 of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, he found all of them and recorded = them,=20 their names being as follows:=20

JACOB , brother of the Lord, first bishop = of=20 Jerusalem, who was ordained by the Lord Himself, whose head was = crushed by a=20 whiffletree and he died.=20
CLEOPAS was the second bishop of = Jerusalem like=20 Simeon, brother of the Lord; he saw the Lord after the resurrection, = and died=20 crucified by Emperor Dometian.=20
THADDEUS , who carried the letter to = Avgar in=20 Edessa: he cured the latter of his illness.=20
ANANIAS , who baptized the holy Apostle = Paul, was=20 bishop of Damascus.=20
STEPHEN , the first martyr, died after = being stoned=20 by the Jews.=20
PHILIP , one of the seven [deacons], who = baptized=20 Simon the sorcerer and Canalace=92s eunuch, was bishop of Asian = Tralia.=20
PROCHORUS , also one of the seven, was = bishop of=20 Bithynian Nicomedia.=20
NICANOR , one of the seven, died on the = same day as=20 Saint=20
Stephen , together with two thousand = believers in=20 Christ.=20
TIMON , one of the seven, was bishop of = the island=20 of Arabia, and died after being burned by the Hellenes.=20
PARMENAS , also one of the seven, died in = front of=20 the apostles=92 eyes while he was serving.=20
NICOLAS , also one of the seven, was = bishop of=20 Samaria; but he deviated from the true faith together with Simon.=20
BARNABAS , who served the Word together = with Paul,=20 and preached Christ in peace, was bishop of Milan.=20
MARK the Evangelist was ordained bishop = of=20 Alexandria by the Apostle Peter.=20
SILAS who preached the Gospel together = with Paul,=20 was bishop of Corinth.=20
LUKE , who preached the Gospel all over = the world=20 together with Paul, was bishop of Salonika. Luke the Evangelist came = from=20 Syrian Antioch, and went to Macedonian Thebes as a doctor during the = reign of=20 Emperor Trajan. He first wrote the holy Gospel to a certain ruler = Theophilus,=20 who believed in Christ. Then, many years after the passion of our = Lord, and=20 the holy Apostle Peter having commanded him to narrate the acts of the = holy=20 apostles, Saint Luke narrated the acts of the holy apostles to the = same=20 TheophiIus, And having done this, he gave up his soul to God in peace; = and=20 thus he died in Thebes. His holy relics were translated from Thebes to = the=20 church of the Holy Apostles, and were layed under the altar table.=20
SILVANUS , who preached the Gospel = together with=20 bishop of Salonika.=20
CRISPUS , whom the apostle (Paul) = mentions in his=20 epistle to Timothy, was bishop of Galilean Chalcedon.=20
EPENETUS , whom the apostle mentions in = his epistle=20 Romans, was bishop of Carthage.=20
ANDRONICUS , whom the apostle mentions in = his=20 epistle to the Romans, was bishop of Pannonia.=20
AMPLIAS , whom the apostle mentions in = his epistle=20 to the Romans. was bishop of Odissa.=20
URBAN , whom the apostle mentions in the = epistle to=20 the Romans, was bishop of Macedonia.=20
STACHYS , whom the apostle mentions in = his epistle=20 to the Romans; when Andrew the apostle, traversing the sea of = Hellespont,=20 reached Agricopolis, he ordained Stachys as bishop of Byzantium.=20
APELLES , whom the apostle mentions in = his epistle=20 to the Romans, was bishop of Heraklion.=20
PHYGELLUS was bishop of Ephesus; later he = converted=20 to Simon=92s teaching.=20
HERMOGENES was bishop of Thracian Megara. =
DEMAS , whom the apostle mentions in his = second=20 epistle to Timothy, opposed the teaching of God just as Phygellus and=20 Hermogenes did; Demas loved this present world and in Salonika was a = priest of=20 the idols; he was one of whom the apostle John writes: they came from = us, but=20 were not one of us. APOLLOS, whom the apostle mentions, was bishop of = Smyrna=20 before Saint Polycarpus.=20
ARISTOBULUS , whom the apostle mentions = in his=20 epistle to the Romans, was bishop of Britannia.=20
NARCISSUS , whom the apostle mentions in = his=20 epistle to the Romans, was bishop of Athens.=20
HERODION , whom the apostle mentions in = his epistle=20 to the Romans, was bishop of Patfas.=20
AGABUS , who is mentioned in the acts of = the=20 apostles, who received the gift of prophecy.=20
RUFUS , whom the apostle mentions in his = epistle to=20 the Romans, was bishop of Thebes.=20
ASYNCRITUS , whom the apostle mentions in = his=20 epistle to the Romans, was bishop of Hyrcania.=20
PHLEGON , whom the apostle mentions in = his epistle=20 to the Colossians, was bishop of Marathon.=20
HERMAS , whom the apostle mentions in his = epistle=20 to the Romans, was bishop of Dalmatia.=20
PATROBAS , whom the apostle mentions in = his epistle=20 to the Romans, was bishop of Pottole.=20
HERMES , whom the apostle mentions in his = epistle=20 to the Romans, was bishop of Philipopolis.=20
LINUS , whom the apostle mentions in his = epistle to=20 the Romans, was bishop of Rome after the holy apostle Peter.=20
GAIUS , whom the apostle mentions in his = epistle to=20 the Romans, was bishop of Ephesus after the apostle Timotheus.=20
PHILOGOGUS , whom the apostle [Paul] = mentions, was=20 ordained bishop of Sinope by Andrew the apostle.=20
RODION , whom the apostle mentions, was = beheaded by=20 Nero in Rome, together with the holy apostle Peter.=20
LUCIUS , whom the apostle mentions in his = epistle=20 to the Romans, was bishop of Syrian Laodicea.=20
JASON , whom the apostle mentions in his = epistle to=20 the Romans, was bishop of Tarsis.=20
SOSIPATER , whom the apostle mentions in = his=20 epistle to the Romans, was bishop of Iconium.=20
TERTIUS , who wrote the epistle to the = Romans, was=20 the second bishop of Iconium.=20
ERASTUS , whom the apostle mentions, was=20 chamberlain of the church in Jerusalem; later he was bishop of Paneas. =
APOLLOS , whom the apostle mentions to = the=20 Corinthians, was bishop of Caesarea.=20
CEPHAS was bishop of Iconium.=20
SOSTHENES , whom the apostle mentions, = was bishop=20 of Colophon.=20
TYCHICUS . whom the apostle mentions, was = also=20 bishop of Colophon.=20
EPAPHRAS , whom the apostle mentions, was = bishop of=20 Andriaca.=20
CAESAR , whom the apostle mentions, was = bishop in=20 Dyrrhachium.=20
MARK , the nephew of Barnabas, whom the = apostle=20 mentions, was bishop of Apollonias.=20
JESUS , called Justus, whom the apostle = mentions in=20 the Acts, was bishop of Eleutheropolis.=20
ARTEMUS , whom the apostle mentions, was = bishop of=20 Lystra.=20
CLEMENT , whom the apostle mentions, = saying: =93and=20 with Clement, and with my other fellowworkers,=94 was bishop of = Sardice.=20
ONESIPHORUS , whom the apostle mentions, = was bishop=20 of Cyrene.=20
TYCHICUS , whom the apostle mentions, was = the first=20 bishop of Bithynian Chalcedon.=20
QUARTUS , whom the apostle mentions, was = bishop of=20 Berytus.=20
CARPUS , whom the apostle mentions, was = bishop of=20 Thracian Berrhoe.=20
EUODIUS was bishop of Antioch after Saint = Peter.=20
ARISTARCHUS , whom the apostle mentions, = was bishop=20 of Syrian Apamea.=20
MARK , called John, who is mentioned by = Luke in the=20 Acts, was bishop of Byblos.=20
ZENAS the lawyer, whom the apostle = mentions, was=20 bishop of Giospolis.=20
PHILEMON , to whom the apostle Paul wrote = an=20 epistle, was bishop of Gaza.=20
Another ARISTARCHUS,=20
PUDENS ,=20
TROPHIMUS : these three suffered together = with the=20 apostle Paul through all his persecutions; in the end they were = beheaded in=20 Rome by Emperor Nero.=20
ONESIMUS died in Potiole at the hands of = the Roman=20 ruler Tertillus.

All of these were bishops among the pagans. The saintly and = most-blessed=20 Dorotheus, while he was bishop of the church of Tyre, wrote about them = and left=20 his writings to the church, in order to commemorate the holy apostles, = about=20 whom even Paul wrote, saying: they were servants of God before us. May = no one=20 disbelieve it, for it is the truth.=20

This listing is found in the introductory material of the = Slavonic=20 Apostolos