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The Holy '''Apostle Matthias''' was is one of the [[Apostles#The_Seventy|Seventy]] before he replaced one of the [[Apostles#The_Twelve|Twelve]]. [[Saint]] Matthias is commemorated on [[August 9]], and on [[June 30]] with the [[Synaxis]] of the Glorious and All-Praiseworthy Twelve Apostles of Christ.
==Life==
When the [[Jesus Christ|Lord Jesus Christ]] revealed himself to the world, St Matthias believed in him as the Messiah, followed constantly after him and was numbered among the Seventy Apostles, whom the Lord "sent them two by two before His face" ([[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 10:1).
After the [[Ascension|Ascension of the Savior]], at the initiative of St . Peter, St. Matthias was chosen by lot to replace [[Judas Iscariot]] as one of the Twelve Apostles ([[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 1:15-26), though the hymns and iconography of the Church interpret Acts as relating that God Himself chose the [[Apostle Paul]] as Judas's replacement. After the [[Pentecost|Descent of the Holy Spirit]], the Apostle Matthias preached the [[Gospel]] at Jerusalem and in Judea together with the other Apostles (Acts 6:2, 8:14). From Jerusalem he went with the Apostles [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and [[Apostle Andrew|Andrew]] to Syrian Antioch, and was in the Cappadocian city of Tianum and Sinope. Here the Apostle Matthias was locked into prison, from which he was miraculously freed by St Andrew the First-Called.
The Apostle Matthias journeyed after this to Amasea, a city on the shore of the sea. During a three year journey of the Apostle Andrew, St Matthias was with him at Edessa and Sebaste. According to Church Tradition, he was preaching at Pontine Ethiopia (presently Western Georgia) and Macedonia. He was frequently subjected to deadly peril, but the Lord preserved him to preach the Gospel.