Apostle Rufus

The holy, glorious, all-laudable Apostle Rufus (also Roufos) is numbered among the Seventy Apostles. He was bishop of Thebes in Greece, and is referenced in Romans 16:13. His feast day is April 8. He is also commemorated on January 4 (The Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles).
==Hymns==
Troparion (Tone 1) 
:Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles:
:Herodion and Agabus,
:Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon and holy Hermes.
:They ever entreat the Trinity for our souls!
Kontakion (Tone 2)
:You became the 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!
== Source ==
*St. Nikolai Velimirovic, The Prologue of Ohrid
==External links==
*Apostle Rufus of the Seventy and those with him (OCA)
*Agavos, Rouphos, Asynkritos, Phlegon, Herodion, & Hermes of the 70 Apostles (GOARCH)
*The Holy Apostles Herodian, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes (Prologue of Ohrid)
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