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The holy, glorious, all-laudable '''Apostle Paul''' was not one of the Twelve [[Apostles]], but became an apostle after the [[Ascension]] of [[Jesus Christ]], being converted by him directly while on the road to Damascus. The Church remembers St. Paul on [[June 29]].

== Life ==

~~The holy, glorious, all-laudible '''Apostle~~ St. Paul~~'''~~ was born in Tarsus of the tribe of Benjamin and was given the name Saul. He, like the [[Apostle Barnabas]], studied under Gamaliel. He was a Pharisee and percecutor of Christians. Miraculously converted to the True Faith by [[Jesus]] Himself on the road to Damascus, St. Paul was named and numbered among the [[Apostles|Twelve Great Apostles]]. After his baptism by the [[Apostle Ananias]], St. Paul preached the [[Gospel]] from Arabia to Spain and to both Jews and Gentiles. He was called the ~~'Aposlte~~ "Apostle to the Gentiles'. " Paul spent his new life in suffering and labor for Christ, establishing and organzing churches everywhere. He reached such a state of perfection that he was able to say to the Church at Galatia: ''not I, but Christ lives in me'' ([[Galatians]] 2:20).

~~== Martyrdom ==~~

St. Paul was martyred with the [[Apostle Peter]] under [[Nero]] by beheading.

== Letters ==

The Church has canonized several of his epistles to the churches, including:

*[[Romans]]

*[[I Corinthians|I ]] & II [[II Corinithians|II]]Corinthians

*[[Galatians]]

*[[Ephesians]]

*[[Philippians]]

*[[Colossians]]

*[[I Thessalonians|I]] & II [[II Thessalonians|II]]Thessalonians*[[I Timothy|I]] & II [[II Timothy|II]]Timothy

*[[Titus]]

*[[Philemon]]

~~== Feast Day ==~~

~~The Church remembers St. Paul on [[June 29]]~~

== Source ==

*St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]''

[[Category:Biblical Saints]]

[[Category:Martyrs]]

[[Category:Saints]]

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