Asyncritus of Hyrcania

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]

  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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