Achaicus of Corinth | |
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| Apostle of the Seventy | |
| Born | Ἀχαϊκός Achaikos |
| Hometown | Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece |
| Died | AD 1st century |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 15 June |
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Saint Achaicus of Corinth (Greek: Ἀχαϊκός Achaikos, "belonging to Achaia")[1] was a Corinthian Christian saint who according to the Bible, together with Saints Fortunatus and Stephanas, carried a letter from the Corinthians to Saint Paul, and from Saint Paul to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 16:17; cf. also 16:15).[2][3]
Life
[edit]According to the holy tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Achaicus is also often numbered as one of the Seventy Disciples, a group of early followers sent out by Jesus in Luke 10:17–20. The biblical account does not mention the names of the seventy disciples, but various lists including Achaicus have been compiled since the 7th century,[4] such as in the Orthodox Study Bible.[5] It is not known whether the three Corinthians walked to Ephesus, a distance of about 1448 kilometres or 900 miles, or crossed the Aegean Sea by boat.
Veneration
[edit]Achaicus is venerated as saint by Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church and other Christian churches. In the Orthodox Church, he is commemorated with a feast day on 15 June, with his companion Fortunatas.[5] He is also remembered on the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles on 4 January.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Achaicus Archived 2013-04-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 29 Mar 2018
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Orchard, Bernard (1982). A Synopsis of the Four Gospels, in a New Translation. Mercer University Press. p. 49. ISBN 9780865540248.
- ^ Metzger, Bruce (1980). New Testament Studies: Philological, Versional, and Patristic. BRILL. p. 31. ISBN 978-90-04-06163-7.
- ^ a b The Orthodox Study Bible. Thomas Nelson. 2008. p. 1822. ISBN 978-1-4185-7636-3.
- ^ "Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles". Orthodox Church in America. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
