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'''Phlegon of Marathon''' ({{langx|el|Φλέγων}}, meaning "aflaming"; ''gen''.: Φλέγοντος) is numbered among the [[Seventy Disciples]]. He was [[bishop]] of Marathon in [[Thrace]]. He is referenced in [[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]] 16:14, and his [[feast day]] is on April 8.

Phlegon is venerated as [[saint]] by [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] (April 21 and January 17), [[Roman Catholic Church]] (April 8) and other Christian Churches.

==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] ([[Reciting tone|Tone]] 1)<ref>[http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?SID=13&ID=101024 Orthodox Church in America]</ref>
:Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles:
:[[Apostle Herodian|Herodion]] and [[Apostle Agabus|Agabus]],
:[[Apostle Rufus|Rufus]], [[Apostle Asyncritus|Asyncritus]], Phlegon and holy [[Apostle Hermes (bishop)|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=101028 Apostle Phlegon of the Seventy and those with him] ([[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]])

==References==
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*{{Orthodoxwiki source|title=Apostle Phlegon|oldid=67026}}

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