Seventy disciples
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The seventy disciples, known in the Eastern Christian traditions as the seventy apostles, were early emissaries of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. The number of those disciples varies between e
Icon of the Seventy Apostles
Erastus, Olympus, Rhodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius
Stachys, Amplias, Urban
Patrobulus, Hermas, Linus, Caius, Philologus
James, brother of Jesus
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James the Just, or a variation of James, brother of the Lord, was, according to the New Testament, a brother of Jesus. James was personally known to Paul the Apostle. He was the first leader of the Ch
Seventy disciples
…palimpsest lectionary. The text is ancient, but its traditional ascription to Hippolytus of Rome is now considered dubious. An 1886 translation is: James the Lord's brother, bishop of Jerusalem Cleopas, bishop of Jerusalem…
Icon of James
James the Just, 16th-century Russian icon
Icon by Stephanos Tzangarolas, 1688
Martyrdom of James the Just in Menologion of Basil II, a manuscript dating from late 10th or early 11th century.