The Holy Disciple Apellias (or Apelles) from amidst the Seventy Disciples

Commemorated on September 10

      The Holy Disciple Apellias (or Apelles) from amidst the Seventy Disciples was a bishop in the city of Smyrna (on the Eastern coast of the Aegean Sea). The holy Apostle Paul makes mention of him in the Epistle to the Romans (Rom. 16: 10).

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