[[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 4, 9, 11-15; [[I Corinthians ]] 9; Galation [[Galatians]] 2, 4

One of the [[Apostles|Seventy Apostles]], St. '''Barnabas ''' was born to a wealthy family in the tribe of Levi. He studied with Saul (later [[Apostle Paul|St. Paul]]) under Gamaliel. From birth his given name was Joseph, but the [[Apostles]] called him Barnabas ("son of consolation") because he was gifted at comforting people’s people's souls. It was St. Barnabas that introduced [[Apostle Paul|St. Paul]] to the other Apostles after his conversion. St. Barnabas was likely the first to preach in Rome and Milan.

He martyred [[martyr]]ed by the Jews on the island of Cyprus and was buried by [[Apostle Mark|St. Mark]]. Many receive healing at his grave, which place was unknown for hundreds of years until the [[Fourth_Ecumenical_CouncilFourth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon (451)]] when he appeared to [[Archbishop ]] Anthemius in a dream and revealed it’s its location. This appearance and the finding of St. Barnabas’ Barnabas' miraculous [[relics ]] is what kept the [[Patriarch]] of Antioch from absorbing Cyprus into it’s its jurisdiction and thus this Apostolic Church of Cyprus has since been independent.

St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic']], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid"]]''