Apostle Urban
Apostle
Commemorated October 31
The holy, glorious, all-laudible Apostle Urban is numbered among the Seventy Apostles . Along with the Apostles Amplias , Stachys , Narcissus , Apelles and Aristobulus he assisted the Apostle Andrew . St. Andrew ordained Urban bishop in Macedonia. He died a martyr , and his feast day is October 31 .
Troparion
O Holy Apostles, pray to the merciful God that He may grant our souls remission of offenses.
Kontakion
As sacred treasuries of the All Holy Spirit, and radiances of the Glorious Sun, let us dutifully hymn the wise Apostles: Apelles, Urban and Aristobulus, Amplius, Narcissus and Stachys, whom the grace of our God hath gathered together.