Sosias

Sosias was an inhabitant of Patras, connected with the Holy Apostle Andrew. No other details are known about him. He was the first Patran to embrace Christianity and probably the first sick person whom the Apostle Andrew healed in Patras.

According to tradition, when the Apostle Andrew came to the city, Sosias received him in his house. Sosias suffered from an unknown and incurable illness, and the apostle healed him by taking his hands; it was the first miracle he performed in the city. According to the saint's synaxarion, of 30 November, the Apostle Andrew, entering the city, went to Sosias's house and, laying his holy hand on him, healed him at once of the dangerous and incurable illness. Then, by many teachings and sermons, by apostolic words and many miracles, he turned all the inhabitants of Patras to the knowledge of God and the Christian faith.