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== Scriptural Reference(s) ==[[Image:Barnabas.jpg|frame|right|Apostle Barnabas]]The holy, glorious and all-laudable '''Apostle Barnabas''' was one of the [[Apostles#The_Seventy |Seventy Apostles]] and the companion of the [[Apostle Paul]] on some of his [[missionary]] voyages. He is referenced in [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 4and in two of St. Paul's epistles, 9, 11-15; [[Galatians]] and [[I Corinthians]] 9; . His [[feast day]] is [[GalatiansJune 11]] 2, 4.

One of the [[Apostles|Seventy Apostles]], St. '''Barnabas''' was born to a wealthy family in the tribe of Levi. He Later becoming one of the [[Apostles|Seventy Apostles]], he studied with Saul (later [[Apostle Paul|St. Paul]]) under Gamaliel. From birth his given name was ''Joseph'', but the [[Apostles]] called him ''Barnabas '' ("son of consolation") because he was gifted at comforting people's souls. It was St. Barnabas that who introduced [[Apostle Paul|St. Paul]] to the other Apostles apostles after his [[conversion]]. St. Barnabas was likely the first to preach in Rome and Milan.

== After Life ==He was [[martyr]]ed by the Jews on the island of Cyprus and was buried by St. [[Apostle Mark|St. Mark]]. Many receive healing at his grave, which place was unknown for hundreds of years until the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon (451)]] in 451 when he appeared to [[Archbishop]] Anthemius in a dream and revealed its location. This appearance and the finding of St. Barnabas' miraculous [[relics]] is what kept the [[Patriarch]] of Antioch from absorbing Cyprus into its [[jurisdiction ]] and thus this Apostolic [[Church of Cyprus ]] has since been independent. ==Hymns==[[Troparion]] (Tone 3) [http://oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=101691] :Holy Apostles [[Apostle Bartholomew|Bartholomew]] and Barnabas,:Entreat the merciful God:to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions. [[Kontakion]] (Tone 3) [http://oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=101691]:You became a true servant of the Lord:And appeared as the first among the Seventy Apostles;:Together with Paul you set your preaching in a clear light:Revealing [[Christ]] as Savior to all;:Therefore with [[hymn]]s we celebrate your godly memory, O Barnabas.

*St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]'' ==See also==*[[Missionary]] == External links ==*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=101691 Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy] ([[OCA]]) [[Category:Biblical Saints|Barnabas]][[Category:Seventy Apostles|Barnabas]][[Category:Martyrs|Barnabas]][[Category:Saints|Barnabas]][[Category:Ante-Nicene Saints|Barnabas]][[Category:Ante-Nicene Fathers]][[Category:1st-century saints]]

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