Saint Carpus of Beroea | |
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Apostle of the Seventy, Bishop of Beroea | |
Honored in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | 26 May 4 January |
Carpus of Beroea (Greek: Κάρπος) of the Seventy Disciples is commemorated by the Church on 26 May with St. Alphaeus, and on 4 January with the rest of the Seventy Disciples.
In his second Epistle to Timothy (2 Timothy 4:13), Paul requests, "The phelonion that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books." Carpus was bishop of Beroea (or Verria) in Macedonia.
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