Apostle · 1st century
Apostles Silas Silvanus, Crescens, and Epenetus of the Seventy
Also known as Silas · Silvanus · Crescens · Epaenetus
Apostles of the Seventy and fellow-laborers of Paul and Peter — Silas, who shared Paul's chains at Philippi and became bishop of Corinth; Silvanus, bishop of Thessalonica; Crescens, who preached in Galatia and Gaul; and Epenetus, the firstfruits of Achaia, bishop of Carthage.
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- Apostle Peter · Apostle
- Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark · Apostle
- St. Gregory the Enlightener of Armenia · Hierarch
- St. Photius the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople · Hierarch
- Hieromartyrs Marcellus of Sicily, Philagrius of Cyprus, and Pancratius of Taormina · Hieromartyr
- Hieromartyr Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina · Hieromartyr
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Of the Seventy; commemorated together with the Apostle Andronicus (OS-1192).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints