Hermes of Dalmatia ( el, Ἑρμᾶς) is numbered among the

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. He was

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in Dalmatia.

Life

He is usually identified with the Hermes mentioned by Paul 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

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s are celebrated on April 8 with his fellow

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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

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( Tone 1)

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

Asyncritus Asyncritus of Hyrcania, also Asynkritos ( el, Ἀσύγκριτος, meaning "incomparable"), was numbered among the Seventy Disciples. He was bishop of Hyrcania in Asia. Saint Paul mentions him in his letter to the Romans (cf. 16:14). The Church ...

, Phlegon and holy Hermes. :They ever entreat the

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for our souls!

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(Tone 2) :You became the

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Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and relig ...

: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

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. :You dispel the darkness of error as you gaze on God the Word!

References

Sources

*St. Nikolai Velimirovic, ''The Prologue from Ohrid'' *

External links

Apostle Hermes of the Seventy
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