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The holy, glorious, all-laudable '''Apostle Rufus''' (also ''Roufos'') is numbered among the [[Apostles|Seventy Apostles]]. He was [[bishop]] of Thebes in Greece, and is referenced in [[Romans]] 16:13. His [[feast day]] is [[April 8]].He is also commemorated on [[January 4]] (The Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles). ==Hymns==[[Troparion]] (Tone 1) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?SID=13&ID=101024] :Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles::[[Apostle Herodian|Herodion]] and [[Apostle Agabus|Agabus]],: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!

==External links==*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=101027 Apostle Rufus of the Seventy 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]])*[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=April&day=8 The Holy Apostles Herodian, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes] (''Prologue of Ohrid'') [[Category:Biblical Saints|Rufus]][[Category:Bishops|Rufus]][[Category:1st-century bishops|Rufus]][[Category:Saints|Rufus]][[Category:Seventy Apostles|Rufus]][[Category:Ante-Nicene Saints|Rufus]][[Category:1st-century saints]] [[ro:Apostolul Ruf]]