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Apostle · 1st century
Apostles and Deacons Prochorus Nicanor, Timon, and Parmenas of the Seventy
Also known as Prochorus · Nicanor · Timon · Parmenas
Four of the seven deacons chosen by the apostles in Jerusalem to serve the tables, numbered also among the Seventy, who preached the Gospel and ended their lives in the apostolic labor.
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Notes
Of the Seventy and of the first seven deacons (Acts 6).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints