Phlegon of Marathon ( el, Φλέγων, meaning "aflaming"; ''gen''.: Φλέγοντος) is numbered among the
Seventy Disciples
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. He was
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of Marathon in
Thrace
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. He is referenced in
Romans
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16:14, and his
feast day
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is on April 8.
Phlegon is venerated as
saint
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by
Eastern Orthodox Church
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(April 21 and January 17),
Roman Catholic Church
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(April 8) and other Christian Churches.
Hymns
Troparion
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The wi ...
(
Tone 1)
Orthodox Church in America
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:Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles:
:Herodion Herodion is a popular mispronunciation of ''Herodeion'', the Greek name of Herodium, a hill, palace-fortress, and town named after King Herod the Great.
Heodion is also an ancient Greek given name that may refer to
*Herodion of Antioch
Saint Her ...
and Agabus
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Biblical and traditional accounts
Accord ...
,
:Rufus
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Given name
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* Rufus Al ...
, Asyncritus, Phlegon and holy Hermes
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.
: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!
Sources
*St. Nikolai Velimirovic
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* Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855
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, ''The Prologue from Ohrid
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''
External links
Apostle Phlegon of the Seventy and those with him
(OCA
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)
References
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Seventy disciples
Saints from Roman Greece
1st-century Christian saints
1st-century bishops in Roman Achaea
Roman Thrace