The Seven, often known as the Seven Deacons, were leaders elected by the early Christian church to minister to the community of believers in Jerusalem, to enable the Apostles to concentrate on 'prayer and the Ministry of the Word' and to address a concern raised by Greek-speaking believers about their widows being overlooked in the daily diakonia or ministry.
The Seven, often known as the SevenDeacons, were leaders elected by the early Christian church to minister to the community of believers in Jerusalem...
deacon and established a new Order of Deacons to be equal in status with the Order of Elders. Both men and women may be ordained as deacons. Deacons serve...
Hippolytus, Epiphanius, and Theodoret, stating that Nicolas the Deacon, one of the SevenDeacons, was the author of the heresy and the sect. The New Testament...
Nικάνωρ, romanized: Nikánōr) was one of the SevenDeacons. He was martyred in 76. He is one of the 4 out of 7 deacons of the Seventy collectively feasted on...
He is first mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (6:5) as one of "SevenDeacons" who were chosen to attend to certain temporal affairs of the church...
August 257 until his death on 6 August 258. He was killed along with sevendeacons, including Lawrence of Rome, during the persecution of Christians by...
with a tonsure, wearing a deacon's vestments Stephen is first mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as one of the SevenDeacons, who were appointed by the...
Parmenas (Greek: Παρμενᾶς) was one of the SevenDeacons. He is believed to have preached the gospel in Asia Minor. Parmenas suffered martyrdom in 98,...
Signs and Wonders (5:12–16) Apostles before the Sanhedrin (5:17–42) SevenDeacons appointed (6:1–7) Stephen before the Sanhedrin (6:8–7:60) The "Cave...
Lawrence who was only 32, as a deacon, and later appointed him as "archdeacon of Rome", the first among the sevendeacons who served in the cathedral church...
based in St. Louis. The organization is named for St. Stephen, one of sevendeacons appointed by the Apostles to distribute food and charitable aid to poorer...
Parmenas Paul Philip Priscilla Prochorus Publius Rhoda Sapphira Sceva SevenDeacons Silas / Silvanus Simeon Niger Simon Magus Sopater Sosthenes Stephen...
gentiles, probably after the Great Commission. Nicolas, one of the SevenDeacons, was a missionary from Antioch. According to the Alexandrine manuscript...
Parmenas Paul Philip Priscilla Prochorus Publius Rhoda Sapphira Sceva SevenDeacons Silas / Silvanus Simeon Niger Simon Magus Sopater Sosthenes Stephen...
the bible, this is the name of a proselyte of Antioch and one of the sevendeacons of the church at Jerusalem. In sports: Nikolaos Andreadakis, Greek athlete...
Pentecost. Christianity portal Acts 2 Pentecontad calendar Pentecost season Sevendeacons (in Jerusalem and St. Philip in Azotus) Deuteronomy 16:10 As part of...
its namesake, Lawrence (sometimes spelt "Laurence"), one of the first sevendeacons of Rome who was martyred in 258. Many other saints and Pope Pius IX...
Parmenas Paul Philip Priscilla Prochorus Publius Rhoda Sapphira Sceva SevenDeacons Silas / Silvanus Simeon Niger Simon Magus Sopater Sosthenes Stephen...
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represents Wake Forest University in the sport of American football. The Demon Deacons compete in the Football...
Parmenas Paul Philip Priscilla Prochorus Publius Rhoda Sapphira Sceva SevenDeacons Silas / Silvanus Simeon Niger Simon Magus Sopater Sosthenes Stephen...
Parmenas Paul Philip Priscilla Prochorus Publius Rhoda Sapphira Sceva SevenDeacons Silas / Silvanus Simeon Niger Simon Magus Sopater Sosthenes Stephen...
Parmenas Paul Philip Priscilla Prochorus Publius Rhoda Sapphira Sceva SevenDeacons Silas / Silvanus Simeon Niger Simon Magus Sopater Sosthenes Stephen...
Parmenas Paul Philip Priscilla Prochorus Publius Rhoda Sapphira Sceva SevenDeacons Silas / Silvanus Simeon Niger Simon Magus Sopater Sosthenes Stephen...
Parmenas Paul Philip Priscilla Prochorus Publius Rhoda Sapphira Sceva SevenDeacons Silas / Silvanus Simeon Niger Simon Magus Sopater Sosthenes Stephen...