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The holy, glorious, all-laudable '''Apostle Rufus''' (also ''Roufos'') is numbered among the [[Apostles|Seventy Apostles]]. He was [[bishop]] of Thebes in Greece, and is referenced in [[Romans]] 16:13. His [[feast day]] is [[April 8]]. He is also commemorated on [[January 4]] (The Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles). ==Hymns== [[Troparion]] (Tone 1) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?SID=13&ID=101024] :Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles: :[[Apostle Herodian|Herodion]] and [[Apostle Agabus|Agabus]], :Rufus, [[Apostle Asyncritus|Asyncritus]], [[Apostle Phlegon|Phlegon]] and holy [[Apostle Hermes (bishop)|Hermes]]. :They ever entreat the [[Trinity]] for our souls! [[Kontakion]] (Tone 2) :You became the [[disciple]]s of [[Christ]] :And all-holy Apostles, :O glorious Herodion, Agabus and Rufus, :Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes. :Ever entreat the Lord :To grant forgiveness of transgressions :To us who sing your praises. Kontakion (Tone 4) :Like stars, O holy Apostles, :You illumine the way of the faithful with the light of the [[Holy Spirit]]. :You dispel the darkness of error as you gaze on God the Word! == Source == *St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]'' ==External links== *[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=101027 Apostle Rufus of the Seventy and those with him] ([[OCA]]) *[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=11 Agavos, Rouphos, Asynkritos, Phlegon, Herodion, & Hermes of the 70 Apostles] ([[GOARCH]]) *[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=April&day=8 The Holy Apostles Herodian, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes] (''Prologue of Ohrid'') [[Category:Biblical Saints|Rufus]] [[Category:Bishops|Rufus]] [[Category:Saints|Rufus]] [[ro:Apostolul Ruf]]

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