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St. Paul was born in Tarsus of the tribe of Benjamin and was given the name Saul. He, like the [[Apostle Barnabas]], studied under Gamaliel. He was a Pharisee and persecutor of Christians. He was present at the stoning of St [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] ([[Acts]] 7: 58). Miraculously Then he was miraculously converted to the True Faith by [[Jesus]] Himself on the road to Damascus. (Acts 9:1-22), St. Paul was named and numbered among the [[Apostles]]. After his baptism by the [[Apostle Ananias]], St. Paul preached the [[Gospel]] from Arabia to Spain and 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).

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]].