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Asyncritus of Hyrcania

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Saint Asyncritus of Hyrcania
Apostle of the Seventy
Bishop of Hyrcania and Hieromartyr
Died50–100 (circa)
Honored inEastern Orthodox Church
Feast8 April
4 January

Asyncritus of Hyrcania, also Asynkritos (Greek: 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 Eastern Orthodox Church remembers St. Asyncritus on 8 April.[1] He is also commemorated on 4 January with the other Seventy Apostles.[2]

Hymns

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Troparion (Tone 1) [1]

Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles:
Herodion and Agabus,
Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon and holy Hermes.
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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References

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  1. ^ "Apostle Herodion of the Seventy, and those with Him". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  2. ^ "Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
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