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Adding local short description: "1st century Christian apostle and bishop", overriding Wikidata description "Numbered among the Seventy Disciples"

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{{Short description|1st century Christian apostle and bishop}}
{{Infobox saint|name=Saint Rufus of Thebes|image=Rufus of Thebes.jpg|titles=[[Apostle of the Seventy]]<br>Bishop of Thebes and [[Hieromartyr]]|death_date=50–100|feast_day=8 April<br>4 January|honored_in=[[Eastern Orthodox Church]]}}

'''Rufus of Thebes''' ({{langx|el|Ῥοῦφος ό Θηβαίος}}) is numbered among the [[Seventy Disciples]] in Eastern Orthodox tradition. He was [[Metropolis of Thebes and Livadeia|bishop of Thebes]] in Greece, and according to some traditions{{cn|date=July 2019}} is referenced in [[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]] 16:13. However, according to [[Easton's Bible Dictionary]] the Rufus in Romans 16 could well have been the [[Rufus (biblical figure)|Rufus]] mentioned in Mark.<ref>Easton's Bible Dictionary - "Rufus"</ref> His [[feast day]] is 8 April, and he is also commemorated on 4 January with the other [[Seventy Apostles]].<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>

==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] (Tone 1) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?SID=13&ID=101024]
:Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles:
:[[Herodion of Patras|Herodion]] and [[Agabus]],
:Rufus, [[Asyncritus of Hyrcania|Asyncritus]], [[Phlegon of Marathon|Phlegon]] and holy [[Hermes of Dalmatia|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=101027 Apostle Rufus of the Seventy and those with him] ([[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]])
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=11 Agavos, Rouphos, Asynkritos, Phlegon, Herodion, & Hermes of the 70 Apostles] ([[GOARCH]])
*[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=April&day=8 The Holy Apostles Herodian, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes] (''Prologue from Ohrid'')

==References==
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*{{Orthodoxwiki source|title=Apostle Rufus|oldid=67030}}

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[[Category:Christian saints from the New Testament]]
[[Category:1st-century bishops in Roman Achaea]]
[[Category:Saints of Roman Achaia]]
[[Category:Bishops of Thebes, Greece]]

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