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Saint Apelles the Apostle

Apostle of the Seventy
Heraclea
Feast day: October 31

Group icon: Epimachus, Stratonica, Urban, Stachys, Narcissus, Apelles, Ampliatus and Aristobulus. Stratonica is named by the painting; exact supplemental identity remains held. Image source: Romanian Patriarchate calendar

A life of faith

Apelles is commemorated in the six-person group associated with Paul’s greetings in Romans. The calendar numbers him among the Seventy and remembers his episcopal service at Heraclea.

The Eastern Orthodox Church remembers saints in prayer and commemoration. Their lives offer examples for Christians learning to live their faith.

A reflection

Apelles’s remembrance invites reflection on the local communities through which apostolic faith was shared.

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