{{Short description|1st century Christian apostle and bishop}} {{Infobox saint|name=Saint Rufus of Thebes|image=Rufus of Thebes.jpg|titles=Apostle of the Seventy<br>Bishop of Thebes and Hieromartyr|death_date=50–100|feast_day=8 April<br>4 January|honored_in=Eastern Orthodox Church}}
'''Rufus of Thebes''' ({{langx|el|Ῥοῦφος ό Θηβαίος}}) is numbered among the Seventy Disciples in Eastern Orthodox tradition. He was bishop of Thebes in Greece, and according to some traditions{{cn|date=July 2019}} is referenced in Romans 16:13. However, according to Easton's Bible Dictionary the Rufus in Romans 16 could well have been the Rufus mentioned in Mark.<ref>Easton's Bible Dictionary - "Rufus"</ref> His feast day is 8 April, and he is also commemorated on 4 January with the other Seventy Apostles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apostle Herodion of the Seventy, and those with Him |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/04/08/101024-apostle-herodion-of-the-seventy-and-those-with-him |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=www.oca.org}}</ref>
==Hymns== Troparion (Tone 1) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?SID=13&ID=101024] :Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles: :Herodion and Agabus, :Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon and holy Hermes. :They ever entreat the Trinity for our souls!
Kontakion (Tone 2) :You became the disciples of Christ :And all-holy Apostles, :O glorious Herodion, Agabus and Rufus, :Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes. :Ever entreat the Lord :To grant forgiveness of transgressions :To us who sing your praises.
Kontakion (Tone 4) :Like stars, O holy Apostles, :You illumine the way of the faithful with the light of the Holy Spirit. :You dispel the darkness of error as you gaze on God the Word!
== Sources == *St. Nikolai Velimirovic, ''The Prologue from Ohrid''
==External links== *[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=101027 Apostle Rufus of the Seventy and those with him] (OCA) *[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=11 Agavos, Rouphos, Asynkritos, Phlegon, Herodion, & Hermes of the 70 Apostles] (GOARCH) *[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=April&day=8 The Holy Apostles Herodian, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes] (''Prologue from Ohrid'')
==References== {{reflist}} *{{Orthodoxwiki source|title=Apostle Rufus|oldid=67030}} {{Catholic saints - disciples}} {{Catholic saints}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rufus Of Thebes}} Category:Seventy disciples Category:Christian saints from the New Testament Category:1st-century bishops in Roman Achaea Category:Saints of Roman Achaia Category:Bishops of Thebes, Greece