Achaicus of Corinth
Saint Achaicus of Corinth (Achaikos, "belonging to Achaia") was a Corinthian Christian saint who according to the Bible, together with Saints Fortunatus and Stephanas, carried a letter from the Corinthians to Saint Paul, and from Saint Paul to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 16:17; cf. Also 16:15).
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Achaicus of Corinth
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- Achaicus of Corinth
- Birth Name
- Ἀχαϊκός Achaikos
- Died
- AD 1st century
- Occupation
- writer
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Saint Achaicus of Corinth (Achaikos, "belonging to Achaia") was a Corinthian Christian saint who according to the Bible, together with Saints Fortunatus and Stephanas, carried a letter from the Corinthians to Saint Paul, and from Saint Paul to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 16:17; cf. Also 16:15).
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Achaicus of Corinth (died 100) was a writer. The writer was born in Achaea Regional Unit. Achaicus of Corinth was a member of seventy disciples and held the position of apostle.
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• Honorific Prefix — Saint • Name — Achaicus of Corinth • Titles — Apostle of the Seventy • Birth Name — Ἀχαϊκός Achaikos • Home Town — Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece • Died — AD 1st century • Venerated In — Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church • Feast Day — 15 June
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According to the holy tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Achaicus is also often numbered as one of the Seventy Disciples, a group of early followers sent out by Jesus in Luke. The biblical account does not mention the names of the seventy disciples, but various lists including Achaicus have been compiled since the 7th century, such as in the Orthodox Study Bible. It is not known whether the three Corinthians walked to Ephesus, a distance of about 1448 kilometres or 900 miles, or crossed the Aegean Sea by boat.
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Achaicus is venerated as saint by Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church and other Christian churches. In the Orthodox Church, he is commemorated with a feast day on 15 June, with his companion Fortunatas. He is also remembered on the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles on 4 January.
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Achaicus of Corinth died.
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- 1.Achaicus Retrieved on 29 Mar 2018
- 2.Achaicus.
- 3.Orchard, Bernard. A Synopsis of the Four Gospels, in a New Translation. Mercer University Press. 49. 1982. 9780865540248.
- 4.Metzger, Bruce. New Testament Studies: Philological, Versional, and Patristic. BRILL. 31. 1980. 978-90-04-06163-7.
- 5.Thomas Nelson. The Orthodox Study Bible. 1822. 2008. 978-1-4185-7636-3.
- 6.Orthodox Church in America. Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles.
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