Hermes of Dalmatia ( el, Ἑρμᾶς) is numbered among the
Seventy Disciples
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.
[ He was ]bishop
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in Dalmatia.
Life
He is usually identified with the Hermes mentioned by Paul
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Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...
in , and said to have succeeded Titus as Bishop of Dalmatia.[Brown, C.F. Wemyss. "St. Hermes." The Catholic Encyclopedia]
Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 16 December 2022
His feast day
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s are celebrated on April 8 with his fellow martyr
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s, and on January 4 among the Seventy.
(There is another Apostle of the Seventy by the name of Hermas, who was bishop in the Thracian city of Philippopolis)."Apostle Herodion of the Seventy, and those with Him", OCA
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Hymns
Troparion
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The wi ...
( Tone 1)
:Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles:
: Apostle Herodian, Herodion and Agabus
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Biblical and traditional accounts
Accord ...
,
:Rufus
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, Asyncritus, Phlegon and holy Hermes.
:They ever entreat the Trinity
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for our souls!
Kontakion
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The kontakion originated in the Byzantine Empire around the 6th century and is closely associated with Sain ...
(Tone 2)
:You became the disciples of Christ
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: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
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.
:You dispel the darkness of error as you gaze on God the Word!
References
Sources
*St. Nikolai Velimirovic
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* Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855
* Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Niko ...
, ''The Prologue from Ohrid
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*
External links
Apostle Hermes of the Seventy
January 4 (OCA
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Agavos, Rouphos, Asynkritos, Phlegon, Herodion, & Hermes of the 70 Apostles
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