Apostle Carpus
Apostle
Commemorated January 4 · May 26
The holy, glorious, all-laudable Apostle Carpus of the Seventy is commemorated by the Church on May 26 with St. Alphaeus , and on January 4 with the Seventy.
In his second Epistle to Timothy , St. Paul requests, "The phelonion that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books." Carpus was bishop of Berroia (or Verria) in Macedonia.
Troparion
O holy apostle Carpus
entreat the merciful God
that He grant to our souls remission of transgressions.
Kontakion
Illumined by the great outpouring of thy miracles,
the Church hath ever acquired thee as an all-radiant star, O Apostle Carpus.
Save those who honor thy memory with faith.
Source: OrthodoxWiki
