Asyncritus of Hyrcania, also Asynkritos ( el, Ἀσύγκριτος, meaning "incomparable"), was numbered among the

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. He was

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Hyrcania Hyrcania () ( el, ''Hyrkania'', Old Persian: 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 ''Varkâna'',Lendering (1996) Middle Persian: 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭭 ''Gurgān'', Akkadian: ''Urqananu'') is a historical region composed of the land south-east of the Caspian ...

in Asia.

Saint Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

mentions him in his letter to the Romans (cf. 16:14). The Church remembers St. Asyncritus on April 8.

Hymns

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( Tone 1)

:Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles: : Apostle Herodian, Herodion and

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, :

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, Asyncritus, Phlegon and holy

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. :They ever entreat the Trinity for our souls! Kontakion (Tone 2) :You became the disciples 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!

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, ''The

Prologue from Ohrid The ''Prologue from Ohrid'' was compiled by Saint Nikolai Velimirovic. Bishop Nikolai's work is a compilation of lives of saints, hymn A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpo ...

References

External links

Apostle Asyncritus of the Seventy
January 4 ( OCA)
Apostle Asyncritus, of the Seventy and those with him
April 8 (OCA)
Agavos, Rouphos, Asynkritos, Phlegon, Herodion, & Hermes of the 70 Apostles
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) * http://www.zeno.org/Heiligenlexikon-1858/A/Asyncritus,+S.+(1) * http://www.biblia.deon.pl/rozdzial.php?id=285&werset=14#W14 {{DEFAULTSORT:Asyncritus Of Hyrcania Seventy disciples 1st-century bishops in Roman Anatolia Persian saints People in the Pauline epistles