The memory of the holy Apostle Andronicus and his assistant Eunice
The memory of St. Andronicus, who was one of the seventy apostles, is commemorated on May 17. He believed in Christ before the apostle Paul, to whom he was related, as the apostle Paul testifies in his letter to the Romans: "Greet Andronicus and Junias, my relatives and fellow prisoners, who are prominent among the apostles and who were in Christ before me". - Rom. 16:7.
Saint Andronicus was the bishop of Pannonia [He was the bishop of Syrmia Pannonian.
Pannonia was one of the major south-Danubian regions of the Roman Empire, its boundaries were: in the west - the Alps, in the south - the Sava River, in the east and north - the Danube River - In the history of the Christian Church Pannonia is remarkable as the place of the preaching activities of the holy equally apostles Cyril and Methodius, the first teachers of the Slavs; however, he was not the preacher and teacher of only one city or one of any.
And he went about preaching and casting out demons everywhere.
And Andronicus and Junia, who had destroyed many temples of idols, and had built churches in their stead, and had cast out demons, and had healed sick and wounded everywhere.
And when the saints Andronicus and Junius, fulfilling the common duty of all men, took the end of mortal life, they were rewarded by the Lord with the crown of apostleship and martyrdom, for they had suffered much at the hands of pagans.
- Evgeny was the name of a place in Constantinople, remarkable in that many honorable relics were found here during the reigns of the emperors Arcadius (396-408) and Honorius (396-423). Among other relics, the relics of saints Andronicus and Iunia were found.
Andronicus, who was martyred on the 30th of July, together with the Apostles of the seventy, Silas, Silvanus, Criscentus, and Epenetus.] These relics were announced to the Christians by a special revelation of God, as detailed in the narrative under the 22nd of February.
To the brightest star, to the light of the brightest tongue, to the apostle of Christ, Andronikos, we praise, and with him, to Junias, who has labored in the gospel, we praise, crying out: Pray to God, Christ, unceasingly for us all.
Kondack, voice two.
Kondack, Voice 2: A Star shining bright, the understanding of God in the light of an enlightened language, the Apostle of Christ Andronicus praised, and with him the hardworking Ionia admonished, shouting: pray Christ God continually for all of us. ________________________________________ 1 He was the bishop of Pannonian Syria.
In the 12th century, a temple was built in honor of Ap. Andronik by Emperor Andronik I (ruled 1183 to 1185). - The memory of Saint Andronik was made on July 30 along with the memory of the seventy Apostles: Silo, Silouap, Criscenten and Eenet.