Prologue: hagiographies of the saints
 
 
 
 
 
 

Holy Apostles Patrobas, Hermas, Linus, Gaius and Philologus     11/18/2013

These holy Apostles belonged to the company of the Seventy Disciples of the Lord. Patrobus was Bishop of Naples, Hermas was Bishop of Philippolis (Rom. 14, 16), Linus was Bishop of Rome (2 Tim. 4, 21), Gaius of Ephesus (Rom. 16, 23) and Philologus of Sinope (Rom. 15, 16). They all fulfilled Christ’s commandments with great love and inhabited Heavenly Kingdom.