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{{Short description|Early Christian saint}}
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|name= Saint Quartus of Berytus
|birth_date=Unknown (1st century)
|death_date= 4 October (1st century)
|feast_day= 10 November
4 January
|venerated_in= Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
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|caption= Erastus, Olympas, Rhodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius (Menologion of Basil II)
|birth_place=Athens, Achaia, Roman Empire
|death_place=Athens, Achaia, Roman Empire
|titles=Apostle of the Seventy
Bishop of Berytus and Hieroconfessor
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Quartus ({{langx|el|Κούαρτος|Kouartos}}) was an early Christian saint who is mentioned in the Bible.
According to church tradition, he is known as Quartus of Berytus{{citation|last=Smith|first=William|title=Smith's Bible Dictionary|year=1967|publisher=Revell|location=Westwood|oclc=6053170|contribution=Quartus|contribution-url=http://www.christnotes.org/dictionary.php?dict=sbd&id=3545}} and is numbered among the Seventy Disciples. Furthermore, he was Bishop of Beirut and suffered for the faith. He converted many to the Christian faith. His feast day is 10 November.{{Cite web |title=Apostles of the Seventy: Erastus, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipater, Quartus, and Tertius |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/11/10/103265-apostles-of-the-seventy-erastus-olympas-herodion-sosipater-quart |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=www.oca.org}} He is also commemorated on 4 January with the Seventy Disciples.{{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}}
Description
Quartus was born in the city of Athens, and was one of its wealthy and learned nobles. He believed in the Lord Christ and served him. Having received the grace of the Comforter on the day of Pentecost, he preached the gospel in many countries. He entered the city of Magnis and preached there. The people of the city believed; he baptized them and taught them the commandments. Then he returned to Athens, to preach there also, but they stoned him and tortured him severely. Despite all of his sufferings, he survived them and died peacefully in Berytus.
Biblical accounts
The New American Standard Bible translates Romans 16:23 as follows:
{{Quote|Gaius, host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer greets you, and Quartus, the brother.|{{bibleref2|Romans|16:23|NASB}}}}
Although the literal translation of the Greek is that Quartus is "the" brother, most scholars interpret this as meaning that Quartus is a fellow believer, rather than a brother of Erastus.John Murray, Epistle to the Romans, Volume II, p. 239. Thus, some translations such as the NIV translate the phrase as "our brother Quartus".
Hymns
Troparion (Tone 3){{cite web | url=https://www.oca.org/saints/troparia/2020/11/10/103265-apostles-of-the-seventy-erastus-olympas-herodion-sosipater-quart | title=Apostles of the Seventy: Erastus, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipater, Quartus, and Tertius - Troparion & Kontakion | publisher=Orthodox Church in America | access-date=4 January 2020}}
:Holy Apostles, Erastus, Olympas, Herodian, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius,
:entreat the merciful God,
:to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
Kontakion (Tone 2)
:Illumined by divine light, O holy apostles,
:you wisely destroyed the works of idolatry.
:When you caught all the pagans you brought them to the Master
:and taught them to glorify the Trinity.
Source: St. Nikolai Velimirovic, The Prologue from Ohrid
See also
References
- {{Orthodoxwiki source|title=Apostle Quartus|oldid=64439}}
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External links
- [http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103269 Apostle Quartus of the Seventy] (OCA)
- [http://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints_view?contentid=284 Erastos, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipatros, Quartus, Tertios, Apostles of the 70] (GOARCH)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120213002019/http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=November&day=10 The Holy Apostles Olympas, Erastus, Quartus, Herodion, Sosipater and Tertius] (Prologue of Ohrid)
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Category:People in the Pauline epistles
Category:Christian saints from the New Testament