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The holy, glorious, all-laudable '''Apostle Amplias''' is numbered among the [[Apostles#The_Seventy |Seventy Apostles]]. Along with the Apostles [[Apostle Urban|Urban]], [[Apostle Stachys|Stachys]], [[Apostle Narcissus|Narcissus]], [[Apostle Apelles|Apelles]] and [[Apostle Aristobulus|Aristobulus]] he assisted the [[Apostle Andrew]]. St. Andrew [[ordination|ordained ]] St. Amplias [[bishop]] in Lydda of Odyssopolis (Diospolis) in Judea. He died a [[martyr]], and his [[feast day]] is [[October 31]].
==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] ([[Tone ]] 3)
:Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Stáchys, Amplías, Úrban,
:Narcíssus, Apélles, and Aristobúlus,
:Let us thankfully praise the wise Apostles
:Stáchys, Amplías, Úrban, Narcíssus, Apélles, and Aristobúlus,
:those treasures of the [[Holy Spirit ]] and rays of the Sun of glory,
:who were gathered together by the grace of our God.
== Source ==
*St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]''
==External links==*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103123 Apostle Amplias of the Seventy] ([[OCA]])*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=264 Amplias, Apellos, Stachyos, Urbanos, Aristovoulos & Narcissos of the 70] ([[GOARCH]]) [[Category:Biblical Saints|Amplias]][[Category:Bishops|Amplias]][[Category:Martyrs|Amplias]][[Category:Saints|Amplias]]
