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WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMSThe 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]]. ==Hymns==[[Troparion]] (Tone 1) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=101024]  :Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles::[[Apostle Herodian|Herodion]] and Agabus,:[[Apostle Rufus|Rufus]], [[Apostle Asyncritus|Asyncritus]], [[Apostle Phlegon|Phlegon]] and holy [[Apostle Hermes (bishop)|Hermes]].:They ever entreat the Trinity for our souls! [[Kontakion]] (Tone 2) :You became the [[disciple]]s 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]]'' ==External links==*[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]]) [[Category:Biblical Saints|Agabus]][[Category:Saints|Agabus]][[Category:Seventy Apostles]][[Category: 1st-century saints]] [[ro:Apostolul Agav]]

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