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| − | The holy, glorious, all-laudable '''Apostle Agabus''' was numbered among the [[Apostles#The_Seventy|Seventy Apostles]]. Possessing a prophetic spirit, he prophesied of a world-wide famine which came true during the reign of Caesar Claudius ([[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 11:28). He also prophesied to the [[Apostle Paul]] that he would be delivered into the hands of the Gentiles by the Jews in Jerusalem (Acts 21:11). The Apostle Paul mentions him in his epistles. | + | The holy, glorious, all-laudable '''Apostle Agabus''' (also ''Agavos'') was numbered among the [[Apostles#The_Seventy|Seventy Apostles]]. Possessing a prophetic spirit, he prophesied of a world-wide famine which came true during the reign of Caesar Claudius ([[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 11:28). He also prophesied to the [[Apostle Paul]] that he would be delivered into the hands of the Gentiles by the Jews in Jerusalem (Acts 21:11). The Apostle Paul mentions him in his epistles. The Church remembers St. Agabus on [[April 8]]. |
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==Hymns== | ==Hymns== | ||
| − | [[Troparion]] (Tone 1) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp? | + | [[Troparion]] (Tone 1) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=101024] |
:Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles: | :Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles: | ||
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[[Kontakion]] (Tone 2) | [[Kontakion]] (Tone 2) | ||
| − | :You became the | + | :You became the [[disciple]]s of [[Christ]] |
:And all-holy Apostles, | :And all-holy Apostles, | ||
:O glorious Herodion, Agabus and Rufus, | :O glorious Herodion, Agabus and Rufus, | ||
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:Like stars, O holy Apostles, | :Like stars, O holy Apostles, | ||
| − | :You illumine the way of the faithful with the light of the Holy Spirit. | + | :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! | :You dispel the darkness of error as you gaze on God the Word! | ||
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== Source == | == Source == | ||
*St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]'' | *St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]'' | ||
| − | [[Category:Biblical Saints]] | + | ==External links== |
| − | [[Category:Saints]] | + | *[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=101025 Apostle Agabus and those with him] ([[OCA]]) |
| + | *[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=11 Agavos, Rouphos, Asynkritos, Phlegon, Herodion, & Hermes of the 70 Apostles] ([[GOARCH]]) | ||
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| + | [[Category:Biblical Saints|Agabus]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Saints|Agabus]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Seventy Apostles]] | ||
| + | [[Category: 1st-century saints]] | ||
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| + | [[ro:Apostolul Agav]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:28, October 25, 2012
The holy, glorious, all-laudable Apostle Agabus (also Agavos) was numbered among the Seventy Apostles. Possessing a prophetic spirit, he prophesied of a world-wide famine which came true during the reign of Caesar Claudius (Acts 11:28). He also prophesied to the Apostle Paul that he would be delivered into the hands of the Gentiles by the Jews in Jerusalem (Acts 21:11). The Apostle Paul mentions him in his epistles. The Church remembers St. Agabus on April 8.
Hymns
- Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles:
- Herodion and Agabus,
- Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon and holy Hermes.
- They ever entreat the Trinity for our souls!
Kontakion (Tone 2)
- You became the disciples 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
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