القديسين ارشيبوس وفيليمون تلميذي القديس بولس

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القديسين ارشيبوس وفيليمون تلميذي القديس بولس/19 شباط


كان أرشيبوس وفيليمون من مدينة كولوسي وقد آمنا على يد بولس الرّسول وكانا شريكين معه في التبشير. فذكرهما برسائله. استشهدا في الإضطهاد الذي أثاره نيرون في كولوسي. وذلك أنّ الوثنيِّين، بينما كانوا يحتفلون بعيد الإلهة ديانا، هجموا على الكنيسة، حيث كان القدّيسان يصلِّيان مع سائر المؤمنين، فقبضوا عليهما وجلدوهما جلدًا عنيفًا، ثمّ وضعوهما في حفرة وأخذوا يرجمونهما بالحجارة، حتى أسلما الرّوح بيد الله سنة 60 أو 65 للميلاد. صلاتهما معنا. آمين.

Saints Archippus and Philemon,
two disciples of Saint Paul

Saints Archippus, Philemon and Apphia, Apostles of the Seventy were students and companions of the holy Apostle Paul. In the Epistle to Philemon, the Apostle Paul names Saint Archippus as his companion, and mentions him again in the Epistle to the Colossians (Col. 4:17).

Saint Archippus was bishop of the city of Colossae in Phrygia. Saint Philemon was an eminent citizen of this city, and the Christians gathered in his home to celebrate church services. He was also made a bishop by Saint Paul and he went about the cities of Phrygia, preaching the Gospel. Later on, he became archpastor of the city of Gaza. Saint Apphia, his wife, took the sick and vagrants into her home, zealously attending to them. She was her husband’s co-worker in proclaiming the Word of God.

During the persecution against Christians under the emperor Nero (54-68), the holy Apostles Archippus and Philemon and Apphia were brought to trial by the ruler Artocles for confessing faith in Christ. Saint Archippus was brutally slashed with knives. After torture, they buried Saints Philemon and Apphia up to the waist in the ground, and stoned them until they died.