December 7 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 9
Holy Apostles Epaphroditus, Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas and Caesar (15th-century icon).
St. Patapius of Thebes (Menologion of Basil II, 10th century).
Byzantine Icon of St. Patapios found in his cave in Loutraki - Greece (15th century).
Maximus Confessor
Tychicus
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Tychicus was an Asiatic Christian who, with Trophimus, accompanied the Apostle Paul on a part of his journey from Macedonia to Jerusalem. He is also alluded to have been with Paul in Rome, where the a
December 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
…Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 25. Holy Apostles of the Seventy (1st century): Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Caesar, and Onesiphorus. Holy Apostle Epaphras of the Seventy Disciples (1st century…
Sosthenes, Apollo, Cephas, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Cæsar and Onesiphorus
Paul ends the letter to the Ephesians, and hands it over to Tychicus. Wood engraving by Gustave Doré