Prochorus (Greek: Πρόχορος, Prochoros) was one of the Seven Deacons chosen to care for the poor of the Christian community in Jerusalem (Acts 6:5). According to later tradition, he was also one of the Seventy Disciples sent out by Jesus in Luke 10.
Prochorus | |
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 Prochorus and St John depicted in a 1609 Armenian gospel manuscript | |
| Bishop of Nicomedia | |
| Died | 1st century Antioch, Province of Syria, Roman Empire |
| Venerated in | Oriental Orthodox Churches Eastern Orthodox Church Catholic Church |
| Feast | 20 Tobi (Coptic Christianity)[1] |
Tradition calls Prochorus the nephew of Stephen the Protomartyr. St Prochorus accompanied the holy Apostle Peter, who ordained him to be the bishop in the city of Nicomedia.[2] He is also thought to have been a companion of John the Apostle, who consecrated him bishop of Nicomedia in Bithynia. Some modern scholars dispute his having been the author of the apocryphal Acts of John,[3] which is dated by them to the end of the 2nd century.[4] According to the late tradition, he was the bishop of Antioch and ended his life as a martyr in Antioch in the 1st century.[5][6]
In Orthodox iconography, he is depicted as a scribe of St John the Evangelist. He is one of 4 out of the 7 deacons of the 70 Apostles to be jointly celebrated on July 28.[7]
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John the Evangelist with Prochorus -
Prochorus and St John depicted in Xoranasat's gospel manuscript in 1224.
References edit
- ^ "Toba 20 : Lives of Saints : Synaxarium - CopticChurch.net".
- ^ Feasts and Saints – OCA
- ^ Seven Deacons – Catholic Encyclopedia
- ^ Ehrman, Bart D. (2003). Lost scriptures : books that did not make it into the New Testament (Pbk. ed.). New York: Oxford Univ. Press. pp. 94. ISBN 978-0-19-514182-5.
- ^ "The Ecole Glossary". Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ^ Martyrologium Romanum ad Novam Kalendarii
- ^ Ekkart Sauser. "Prochorus (deacon)". Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). cols. 0–-0.
External links edit
- Prochorus – Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
- Ekkart Sauser. "Prochorus (deacon)". Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). cols. 0–-0.