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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Stachys

Bishop of Hierapolis

A bishop of Hierapolis, commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.

Feast
November 14old style November 27
Era
unknown
Order
Hierarchs

Life

Saint Stachys, called the bishop of Hierapolis, is commemorated on 14 November (new style, the Greek calendar). The Greek source notes that the saint's existence, his biographical data and the day of his feast have not been verified.

In the Synaxarion of Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite, in the life of the Apostle Philip, commemorated on the same day, it is said that after Philip's death the apostle Bartholomew, who accompanied him, made Stachys bishop of Hierapolis. Other synaxaria do not mention this event.

Commemorated the same day November 14