Apostle
Apostle Aquila
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Apostle Aquila of Heraclea of the Seventy — a co-worker of Apostle Paul, a native of Pontus; expelled from Rome by Claudius together with his wife Priscilla, he settled in Corinth; he preached in Asia, Achaia, and Heraclea, where he was martyred by pagans.
Apostle Aquila of the Seventy was a co-worker of Apostle Paul, a native of Pontus. Before his conversion to Christianity he lived with his wife Priscilla in Italy, and after Emperor Claudius's edict expelling Jews from Rome, he moved to Corinth, where he met Apostle Paul. Aquila and Priscilla became faithful co-workers of Paul in preaching the Gospel, receiving him in their home. St. Aquila zealously labored in evangelical preaching in Asia, Achaia, and Heraclea: converting pagans to Christ, strengthening new converts in the faith, ordaining presbyters, and destroying idols. He was made Bishop of Heraclea. He ended his life as a martyr, killed by pagans. His memory is kept on July 14/27, as well as January 4/17 in the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles.