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{{Infobox saint|name=Saint Asyncritus of Hyrcania|image=Asyncritus of Hyrcania.jpg|titles=[[Apostle of the Seventy]]<br>Bishop of [[Hyrcania]] and [[Hieromartyr]]|death_date=50–100 (circa)|feast_day=8 April<br>4 January|honored_in=[[Eastern Orthodox Church]]}}

'''Asyncritus of Hyrcania''', also '''Asynkritos''' ({{langx|el|Ἀσύγκριτος}}, meaning "incomparable"), was numbered among the [[Seventy Disciples]]. He was [[bishop]] of [[Hyrcanis (Lydia)|Hyrcania]] in Asia. [[Saint Paul]] mentions him in his letter to the Romans (cf. 16:14). The [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] remembers St. Asyncritus on 8 April.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apostle Herodion of the Seventy, and those with Him |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/04/08/101024-apostle-herodion-of-the-seventy-and-those-with-him |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=www.oca.org}}</ref> He is also commemorated on 4 January with the other Seventy Apostles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/01/04/100017-synaxis-of-the-seventy-apostles |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=www.oca.org}}</ref>

==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] ([[Reciting tone|Tone]] 1) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=101024]

:Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles:
:[[Apostle Herodian|Herodion]] and [[Apostle Agabus|Agabus]],
:[[Apostle Rufus|Rufus]], Asyncritus, [[Apostle Phlegon|Phlegon]] and holy [[Apostle Hermes (bishop)|Hermes]].
:They ever entreat the Trinity for our souls!

[[Kontakion]] (Tone 2)

:You became the disciples of Christ
:And all-holy Apostles,
:O glorious Herodion, Agabus and Rufus,
:Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes.
:Ever entreat the Lord
:To grant forgiveness of transgressions
:To us who sing your praises.

Kontakion (Tone 4)

:Like stars, O holy Apostles,
:You illumine the way of the faithful with the light of the Holy Spirit.
:You dispel the darkness of error as you gaze on God the Word!

== Sources ==
*St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue from Ohrid]]''

==References==
*{{Orthodoxwiki source|title=Apostle Asyncritus|oldid=65348}}

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==External links==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100054 Apostle Asyncritus of the Seventy], January 4 ([[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]])
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=101026 Apostle Asyncritus, of the Seventy and those with him], April 8 (OCA)
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=11 Agavos, Rouphos, Asynkritos, Phlegon, Herodion, & Hermes of the 70 Apostles] ([[GOARCH]])
* http://www.zeno.org/Heiligenlexikon-1858/A/Asyncritus,+S.+(1)
* http://www.biblia.deon.pl/rozdzial.php?id=285&werset=14#W14

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