Achaicus

The Holy Apostle Achaicus was a Christian of Corinth, counted among the seventy apostles. The Apostle Paul mentions him in the first Epistle to the Corinthians (16:17), where he says he rejoices at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus, who supplied what was lacking on their part and refreshed his spirit and theirs. The name means one from Achaia.

According to Scripture he, with Fortunatus and Stephanas, carried to Paul a letter from the Corinthians and returned with the apostle's reply. It is not known whether the three travelled to Ephesus on foot, nearly nine hundred miles, or crossed the Aegean by boat. The Bible does not name the seventy disciples, but lists compiled from the seventh century onward include Achaicus. The Synaxarion of Nicodemus the Hagiorite says he died in peace, although the cause of death is given as hunger and thirst.

He is venerated by the Orthodox Church, the Catholic Church and other churches. His feast is on 4 January, in the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles, and in the Greek Church also on 15 June, with Fortunatus.