Apostles

THE APOSTLES : M.M.NINAN
followed Him. Baptized by the apostle Paul, he worked with and served the great apostle of the
gentiles, traveling with him until Paul sent him to Crete, making him bishop of that city. It is said
that Titus was in Rome at the time of the beheading of St. Paul and that he buried the body of his
spiritual father before returning home. Back in Crete, he converted and baptized many people,
governing the Church on that island until he entered into rest at the age of ninety-four.
67. Trophimus, disciple of St.Paul, and martyred under Nero. Reference to in Acts 20:4; 21:29;
2 Timothy 4:20
68. Tychicus. Caesarea).St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians and Colossians. Reference to in
Acts 20:4; Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 4:7; 2 Timothy 4:12; Titus 3:12
69. Urbanus, ordained by the Apostle Andrew as bishop of Macedonia. He died a martyr.
Reference to in Romans 16:9
70. Zenas, (called 'the lawyer') bishop of Diospolis (Lydda), in Palestine Reference to in Titus
3:13
Additional Names:
1. Alphaeus, father of the apostle James and Matthew.
2. Apphia, wife to the Apostle Philemon. The Church had gathered in her home for liturgy,
while pagans who had been celebrating a pagan feast broke in and raided her home. They took
Apphia, Philemon, and Archippus to be killed. She suffered martyrdom, and is commemorated by
the Church on February 19.
3. Junia, accompanied Andronicus in preaching all over Pannonia. She was a relative to the
Apostle Paul, and a martyr.
4. Silvan, bishop of Thessaloniki, Greece. Reference to in 1 Peter 5:12; 2 Corinthians 1:19
5. Zacchaeus, appointed by St.Peter to be bishop of Caesarea. Reference to in Luke 19:1-10