The Holy Apostles and Deacons Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon and Parmenas.
All four were numbered among the Seven
Deacons and the Seventy Apostles. The remaining deacons were Stephen,
Philip and Nicholas. Stephen, the first martyr, is commemorated
separately on December 27 and Philip on October 11. Because of his
heresy, Nicholas did not enter into the ranks of the saints. The
first four do not have a separate day of celebration but are
commemorated on this one day, July 28. Saint Prochorus was ordained
by the Apostle Peter to be the bishop of Nicomedia. For a time he was
in the service of St. John the Evangelist and, on the Island of
Patmos, copied the Book of Revelation which he heard from the mouth
of St. John. After that he returned to Nicomedia where he exerted
much effort and labor to convert the people to the Faith. He died a
martyr's death in Antioch where he was slain by unbelievers. Saint
Nicanor suffered in Jerusalem the same day as St. Stephen the
Arch-deacon and, soon after him, two thousand other Christians were
slain by the wicked Jews. Saint Timon was a bishop in Arabia and
suffered on the cross for Christ. Saint Paramenas died before the
eyes of the apostles and was mourned and buried by them.Our Blessed Mother Alphonsa Muttathupadathu of Kerala.
Respectably Taken From the:
"The Prologue of Ohrid"
by St. Nikolai of Zica, Serbia(Velimirovic)
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