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Numbered among [[Image:Dionysius the Areopagite.jpg|right|frame|St. Dionysius the Seventy Lesser Areopagite]]The holy, glorious and right-victorious [[ApostlesHieromartyr]], '''Dionysius the Areopagite''' was [[baptism|baptized]] by [[Saint]] [[Apostle_Paul|St. Paul]] in Athensand is numbered among the Seventy [[Apostles]]. Prior to this, Dionysius grew up in a notable family in Athens, attended philisophical philosophical school at home and abroad, was married with several children , and was a member of the highest court in Greece, the Areopagus. After his conversion to the True Faith, St. Paul made him [[Bishop]] of Athens. Eventually he left his wife and children for [[Christ ]] and went with St. Paul in [[missionary ]] travel. He travelled to Jersusalem specifically to see the Most Holy [[Theotokos]] and writes of his encounter in one of his books. He was also present at her [[Dormition]].
Seeing St. Paul martyred in Rome, St. Dionysius desired to be a [[martyr]] as well. He went to Gaul, along with his presbyster [[presbyter]] Rusticus and the [[deacon ]] Eleutherius, to preach the gospel [[Gospel]] to the barbarians where his suffering was equalled only by his success in converting many pagans to Christianity. He built a small church in Paris where the [[Divine_LiturgyDivine Liturgy|Divine Services]] were celebrated.
In the year 96, St. Dionysius was seized and tortured for Christ, along with Rusticus and Eleutherius, and all three were beheaded under the reign of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the Emperor Domitian Domitian]. St. Dionysius' head rolled a rather long way until it came to the feet of Catula, a Christian. She honorably buried it along with his body.
Many famous books are attributed to St. Dionysius wrote many famous books, including: ''The Divine Names of God'', ''Celestial and Ecclesiastical Hierarchies'' and ''Mystical Theology''. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[October 3]]rd. His ''Letter to Titus'' is quoted by St. [[John_of_Damascus|St. John of DamscusDamascus]] in his work ''On the Divine Images'', a defense of [[iconsicon]] s during the [[iconoclast|iconocalstic iconoclastic controveries]]. ==Works==*''The Divine Names of God''*''Celestial and Ecclesiastical Hierarchies''*''Mystical Theology''
== Source ==
St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]''
==External Links==
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=227 Dionysios the Areopagite] ([[GOARCH]])
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102843 Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite the Bishop of Athens] ([[OCA]])
*[http://www.ccel.org/d/dionysius Dionysius, the Pseudo-Areopagite (b. c. 500): Mystical theologian] at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library
*[http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=117&SID=3 Dionysius the Areopagite] Q & A (OCA)
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/cap10.htm An icon of Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite] at Come and See Icons
 
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