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Apostle Stachys

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Life

The holy, glorious, all-laudible Apostle Stachys is numbered among the Seventy Apostles. Along with the Apostles Urban, Amplias, Narcissus, Apelles and Aristobulus he assisted the Apostle Andrew of Twelve Great Apostles. St. Andrew ordained St. Stachys Bishop in Byzantium, where he governed his flock with faith and zeal for sixteen years. He reposed peacefully in the Lord.


Feast Day

The Church remembers St. Stachys on October 31


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