Mark of Apollonias

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'''Mark of Apollonia''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Μᾶρκος ὁ Ἀπολλονιάτης) was a figure in early [[Christianity]]. He was the nephew of [[Barnabas]].<ref name=oca>[https://oca.org/saints/lives/2008/10/30/103112-apostle-mark-of-the-seventy "Apostle Mark of the Seventy", Orthodox Church in America]</ref> Tradition holds that he was bishop of [[Apollonia (Illyria)|Apollonia]], and he is sometimes numbered among the [[Seventy Disciples]]. It was in his mother's house that the disciples sheltered after the [[Ascension of Jesus]]. He is generally held to be the same person as [[John Mark]], [[Mark the cousin of Barnabas]], and [[Mark the Apostle]]. He is commemorated in the Orthodox Church on October 30.<ref name=oca/>

== See also ==

* [[Mark the cousin of Barnabas]]

* [[John Mark]]

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