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Adding local short description: "Biblical figure and Catholic saint", overriding Wikidata description "bishop and saint"

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{{Short description|Biblical figure and Catholic saint}}
[[File:Herodion of Patras and Archangel Selaphiel (1840, Russia).jpg|thumb|Herodion of Patras and Archangel [[Selaphiel]] (1840, Russia) ]]
'''Herodion of Patras''' (also '''Herodian''' or '''Rodion'''; {{langx|el|Ἡρωδίων, Ἡρωδιανός, Ῥοδίων}}) has been thought by some to have been a relative (συγγενής) of [[Saint Paul]], as in a greeting Paul calls a Herodion a ''sungenēs'' in [[Romans 16]]:11. But Paul uses the term συγγενής (sungenēs) for fellow Jews in Romans 9:3. So συγγενής (sungenēs) can mean ''relative'' even as broadly as ''fellow Jew''. According to tradition, Herodion of Patras was numbered among the [[Seventy Disciples]] and became [[bishop]] of [[Patras]], where he suffered greatly. After beating, stoning, and stabbing him; they left him for dead, but St. Herodion arose and continued to serve the Apostles.

He was beheaded with [[Olympas]] in Rome while they were serving [[Saint Peter]] on the same day that St. Peter was crucified. His [[feast day]]s are celebrated on January 4 among the Seventy, April 8, and November 10.

==Hymns==
[[File:Erastus, Olympus, Rhodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius (Menologion of Basil II).jpg|thumb|[[Erastus of Paneas|Erastus]], [[Olympas]], Herodion, [[Sosipater]], [[Quartus]] and [[Tertius of Iconium|Tertius]] ([[Menologion of Basil II]])]]

===November 10===
[[Troparion]] ([[Octoechos|Tone]] 3) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=103265]

:Holy Apostles, [[Erastus of Paneas|Erastus]], [[Olympas]], Herodian, [[Sosipater of Iconium|Sosipater]], [[Quartus of Berytus|Quartus]] and [[Tertius of Iconium|Tertius]],
:entreat the merciful God,
:to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.

[[Kontakion]] (Tone 2)

:Illumined by divine light, O holy apostles,
:you wisely destroyed the works of [[idolatry]].
:When you caught all the [[Paganism|pagan]]s you brought them to the Master
:and taught them to glorify the [[Trinity]].

===April 8===
Troparion (Tone 1) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=101024]

:Let us praise in [[hymn]]s the six–fold choir of Apostles:
:Herodion and [[Apostle Agabus|Agabus]],
:[[Rufus of Thebes|Rufus]], [[Asyncritus of Hyrcania|Asyncritus]], [[Phlegon of Marathon|Phlegon]] and holy [[Hermes of Philippopolis|Hermes]].
:They ever entreat the Trinity for our souls!

Kontakion (Tone 2)

:You became the [[Disciple (Christianity)|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]]''

==External links==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100051 Apostle Herodion of the Seventy], January 4 ([[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]])
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=101024 Apostle Herodion of the Seventy, and those with Him], April 8 (OCA)
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103267 Apostle Rodion of the Seventy], November 10 (OCA)
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=11 Agavos, Rouphos, Asynkritos, Phlegon, Herodion, & Hermes of the 70 Apostles] ([[GOARCH]])

==References==
*{{Orthodoxwiki source|title=Apostle Herodian|oldid=67025}}

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[[Category:Seventy disciples]]
[[Category:1st-century deaths]]
[[Category:1st-century Christian martyrs]]
[[Category:1st-century bishops in Roman Achaea]]
[[Category:Saints of Roman Achaia]]
[[Category:Bishops of Patras]]
[[Category:People in the Pauline epistles]]
[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]

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