Feastday: October 13
Death: 1st century
Confessor mentioned by St. Paul in one of his letters. St. Paul stated that he had left his cloak with Carpus. Greek tradition makes him a bishop.
Carpus of Beroea of the Seventy Disciples is commemorated by the Church on May 26 with Alphaeus, and on January 4 with the Seventy.
In his second Epistle to Timothy (2 Timothy 4:13), Paul requests, "The phelonion that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books." Carpus was bishop of Beroea (or Verria) in Macedonia.
Hymns
Troparion (Tone 3) [1]
- O holy Apostle Carpus,
- Entreat the merciful God,
- To grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
Kontakion (Tone 4)
- The Church possesses You as a shining star,
- O Holy Apostle Carpus,
- And is illumined by the multitude of your miracles.
- Save those who honor in faith
- Your holy memory.
External links
- The Synaxis of the Holy Seventy Apostles - Chrysostom Press.
- Apostle Carpus of the Seventy, January 4 (OCA)
- Apostle Carpus of the Seventy, May 26 (OCA)
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