{{Infobox saint|name=Saint Asyncritus of Hyrcania|image=Asyncritus of Hyrcania.jpg|titles=Apostle of the Seventy<br>Bishop of Hyrcania and Hieromartyr|death_date=50–100 (circa)|feast_day=8 April<br>4 January|honored_in=Eastern Orthodox Church}}
'''Asyncritus of Hyrcania''', also '''Asynkritos''' ({{langx|el|Ἀσύγκριτος}}, meaning "incomparable"), was numbered among the Seventy Disciples. He was bishop of Hyrcania in Asia. Saint Paul mentions him in his letter to the Romans (cf. 16:14). The Eastern Orthodox Church remembers St. Asyncritus on 8 April.<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> He is also commemorated on 4 January with the other Seventy Apostles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/01/04/100017-synaxis-of-the-seventy-apostles |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=www.oca.org}}</ref>
==Hymns== Troparion (Tone 1) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?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''
==References== *{{Orthodoxwiki source|title=Apostle Asyncritus|oldid=65348}} <!--- See Wikipedia:Footnotes on how to create references using <ref></ref> tags which will then appear here automatically --> {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100054 Apostle Asyncritus of the Seventy], January 4 (OCA) *[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=101026 Apostle Asyncritus, of the Seventy and those with him], April 8 (OCA) *[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=11 Agavos, Rouphos, Asynkritos, Phlegon, Herodion, & Hermes of the 70 Apostles] (GOARCH) * http://www.zeno.org/Heiligenlexikon-1858/A/Asyncritus,+S.+(1) * http://www.biblia.deon.pl/rozdzial.php?id=285&werset=14#W14 {{Catholic saints - disciples}} {{new Testament people}} {{authority control}}
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