Holy Apostles of the Seventy Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles and Aristobulus (1st Century) — October 31 / November 13 (Julian Calendar)

On this day, October 31 according to the Julian Calendar (November 13 civil calendar), the Georgian Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Apostles of the Seventy Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles and Aristobulus.

Saint Stachys (Rom. 16:9) was appointed Bishop of Byzantium by the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called. There the blessed one labored for sixteen years, zealously preaching the true faith and converting many pagans to Christianity, and at last he peacefully commended his soul to the Lord.

Saint Amplias (Rom. 16:8) was Bishop of the city of Diospolis, and Saint Urban (Rom. 16:9) Bishop of Macedonia. They too were consecrated as hierarchs by Saint Andrew. For spreading the teaching of the Gospel, these disciples of the Lord were put to death by Jews and pagan Greeks.

Saint Narcissus was Bishop of Athens and Saint Apelles Bishop of Heraclea in Thrace, while Saint Aristobulus (Rom. 16:10) was a hierarch in Britain, where he reposed in peace (see also his commemoration on March 16).