The Holy Disciple Hermas

Commemorated on May 31

      The Holy Disciple Hermas was a bishop in Thracian Philippopolis. The holy Apostle Paul greets him in the Epistle to the Romans (Rom. 16: 14). Preaching the Gospel, the Disciple Hermas endured much grief from the pagans, but he died peacefully.

© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.