Back أنسيمس Arabic انسيمس (شخصيه من العهد الجديد) ARZ Онисим Византийски Bulgarian Sant Onèsim Catalan Onesimus Czech Onesimus German Ονήσιμος Βυζαντίου Greek Onésimo Spanish Onésime (Ier siècle) French Onésimo, bispo de Bizancio Galician
Onesimus of Byzantium | |
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| Bishop of Byzantium | |
 Saint Onesimus | |
| Installed | 54 AD |
| Term ended | 68 AD |
| Predecessor | Stachys the Apostle |
| Successor | Polycarpus I of Byzantium |
| Personal details | |
| Died | c. 107 AD |
| Denomination | Early Christianity |
Onesimus | |
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.jpg) Painting depicting death of Onesimus, from the Menologion of Basil II (c. 1000 AD) | |
| The Holy Apostle Onesimus Bishop of Byzantium | |
| Died | Rome (then Roman province) |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Church Lutheranism |
| Feast | 15 February (formerly 16 February in the West) |
Onesimus of Byzantium (Ancient Greek: Ὀνήσιμος, romanized: Onēsimos, meaning "useful"; died c. 107 AD, according to Catholic tradition),[1] also called Onesimus and The Holy Apostle Onesimus in the Eastern Orthodox Church,[2] was a slave[3] to Philemon, a man of Christian faith. He may also be the same Onesimus named by Ignatius of Antioch (died c. 107) as bishop in Ephesus[4] which would put Onesimus's death closer to 107. If so, Onesimus went from slave to brother to bishop.
- ^ "Onesimus". Ecumenic Patriarchate of Constantinople. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ^ "Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy", OCA
- ^ Philemon 1:15-16.
For perhaps [Onesimus] was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever, no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
(New American Standard Bible (NASB)) - ^ Ignatius of Antioch (1919) [1900]. The Epistles of St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch. Translated by James Srawley (3rd ed.). Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. pp. 39–40.
... Onesimus, whose love surpasses words, in the flesh as your bishop. I pray that you may love him with a love according to Jesus Christ and that you may all be like him. For blessed is He Who granted unto you, worthy as you are, to possess such a bishop.
(chapter 1)