Urvan (Urban) - an apostle of 70 , an associate of the Apostle Paul ( Rom. 16: 9 ), bishop of Macedonia .
Amplius and Urban accompanied the Apostle Paul on his missionary journey through the countries of the Balkan Peninsula ; therefore, their bishopric in the cities of this peninsula, located on the Black Sea and in the Danube Delta , seems quite possible. With the blessing of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called , who ordained him to the rank of bishop.
For the preaching of the gospel and the destruction of idol's temples, he was martyred by Jews and Hellenic pagans.
According to the Basil’s Month, the relics of Urvan, along with the relics of Amplia and Stakhia, were brought to Constantinople and laid in Pigy ( Greek .ηγαϊς - at the sources).
Memorial Days
- In the Orthodox church calendar (according to the old style): January 4 ( 17 ) - the cathedral memory of the apostles from October 70 and 31 ( November 13 ).
- In the Catholic: July 13 .
- In the Greek Church on November 29 .
Literature
- Archbishop Dimitri (Sambikin) . St. 70 apostles . - SPb. : Orthodox Interlocutor, 1906. Archived February 27, 2013 on Wayback Machine
- Urvan, Apostle // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.