The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Silas, Silvan, Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus.
Saint Silas was a companion and fellow laborer of the Apostle Paul: “And Paul chose Silas and departed . . . and he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches” (Acts 15:40–41). He later became Bishop of Corinth, and reposed in peace. Saint Silvan became Bishop of Thessalonica, and also reposed in peace. Saint Crescens, whom Saint Paul mentions in his Second Epistle to Timothy (4:10), became Bishop of Chalcedon, and brought many to the Faith. As for him whom the Apostle of the Nations praises as “my well-beloved Epenetus, the first-fruits of Achaia unto Christ” (Romans 16:5), he became Bishop of Carthage, and after enduring many afflictions from the idolaters, and bringing many of them to Christ, he departed to the Lord.
Concerning Saint Andronicus, see May 17.
The above account is taken from the Great Horologion,
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