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[[Image:Apostle Paul.JPG|right|frame|St. Paul]]
The holy, glorious, all-laudable '''Apostle Paul''' was not one of the original Twelve [[Apostles]], but was chosen by God to take the place of [[Judas]], as evidenced by Orthodox hymnography and iconography. Paul was the "Apostle to the Gentiles" (Romans 11:13, Galatians 2:8, [[First Epistle of Paul to Timothy|1 Timothy ]] 2:7), being [[convert]]ed called by God as an apostle while on the road to Damascus by [[Jesus]] Himself. The Church remembers St. Paul together with St. Peter on [[June 29]].
== Life ==
Named Saul at his birth in the city of Tarsus, the holy apostle was a son of the tribe of Benjamin. Saul became a [[Pharisee ]] under Gamaliel, one of the chief Jewish Rabbis (Masters/Teachers) of the day. After his study under the great Rabbi, Saul became one of the chief persecutors of Christians. Present at the stoning of St [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] ([[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 7: 58), Saul later found himself blinded by [[Jesus]] Himself on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-22). Sought out by the [[Apostle Ananias]], Saul immediately repented and Ananias baptized him. Saul, soon after his conversion apostolic camping was called Paul, was later named and numbered among the [[Apostles]]. He worked closely with the Evangelist [[Apostle Luke|Luke]]. The extent of Paul's preaching as he spread the [[Gospel]] went far and wide from Arabia to Spain, to both Jews and Gentiles. He was called the "Apostle to the Gentiles." Paul spent his new life in suffering and labor for Christ, establishing and organizing 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). Like the [[Apostle Barnabas]], Paul studied under Gamaliel.
The account of Paul's [[missionary]] journeys and the letters he wrote to the Churches he founded form an important part of the [[New Testament]]. St. Paul was [[martyr]]ed with the [[Apostle Peter]] under [[Nero]] by beheading.
== Letters ==
The Church has [[Canon (Bible)Holy Scripture|canonized]] several of his [[epistle]]s to the churches, including:
*[[Romans]]
*[[I Corinthians|I]] & [[II Corinithians|II]] Corinthians
==Source==
*St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]''
==See also==
*[[Missionary]]
==External links==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=101842 The Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leader of the Apostles, Paul] ([[OCA]])
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=103 Peter and Paul, the Holy Apostles] ([[GOARCH]])
*[httphttps://www.comeandseeiconsprayer-bracelet.com/pblog/ppw02.htm Icon apostle-paul-introduction/ Apostle Paul Introduction] (Series of the Conversion of the Articles about Apostle Paul])
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