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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 6th of September WELCOME! SAINTS ONESIPHORUS AND PORPHYRIUS, MARTYRS Saints  Onesiphorus and Porphyrius , Martyrs ( September 6 ; alternatively April 29 ).  Saint Onesiphorus , a disciple of the  holy apostle Paul , likely resided in Ephesus when the latter brought the Gospel there. He rendered every possible assistance to the faithful. Some include him among the seventy-two disciples; however, since he was from Ephesus, this cannot be considered correct. Likewise, the proclamation of the Gospel in Samaria - also attributed to him - appears entirely unfounded. It is possible, however, that he accompanied  Saint Paul   to Spain, served as Bishop of Colophon, etc. When  Saint Paul  was imprisoned in Rome,  Onesiphorus  visited and comforted him. Regarding this, the Apostle writes:  "May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus; for he often refreshed me and was ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 6th of September WELCOME! SAINT ONESIPHORUS, MARTYR  Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Caesar, and Onesiphorus On  September 6 we commemorate Saints Onesiphorus and  Porphyrius , Martyrs, who lived in the first century.  What Holy Scripture tells us of Onesiphorus is to be read in  Saint Paul 's Second Epistle to  Timothy  (1:16-18)¹.  Saint Porphyrius  was a member of his household.  THEY WERE SEIZED AS PART OF THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS They laboured in the work of spreading the Gospel until towards the end of the first century.  Then, tradition alleges that, because of their Christian faith, they were seized by agents of the persecuting Emperor Domitian somewhere on the Hellespont, tied to wild horses and so torn to pieces.  From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate ¹"May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus...