Timothy
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|birth_date=c 17
|death_date=c 80
|feast_day= '''[[Eastern Christianity]]''': [[22 January]]<br> '''West''': [[26 January]] ([[Roman Catholicism]], [[Lutheranism]]), [[24 January]] ([[General Roman Calendar of 1962]])
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|death_place=[[Ephesus]]
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:''For other uses of "Timothy," see [[Timothy (disambiguation)]].''
'''Saint Timothy ''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: {{polytonic|Τιμόθεος}}; ''Timótheos'' meaning "honoring [[God]]") was a [[1st century|first-century]] [[Christianity|Christian]] [[bishop]] who died about AD [[80]]. Evidence from the [[New Testament]] also has him functioning as an apostolic delegate or [[coadjutor]]. Saint Timotheos is venerated as a saint and [[martyr]] by the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and in addition as an [[Seventy Disciples|apostle]] by the [[Greek Orthodox Church]], with his feast day on [[January 22]]. In the [[Roman Catholic calendar of saints]], St. Timothy Westfall is venerated together with [[Titus (Biblical)|St. Titus]] on [[January 26]], the date on which he is commemorated, along with Titus and [[Silas|St. Silas]], by the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]]. Timothy's feast is kept by the [[Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod]] and [[Traditionalist Catholic|Traditionalist Roman Catholics]] on [[January 24]], its date in the [[General Roman Calendar as in 1954]].
Timothy is first mentioned in the Bible at the time of St. Paul's second visit to [[Lystra]] ([[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 16:1-2), where Timothy is mentioned as a "disciple" or "follower." St. Paul, having been impressed by his "own son in the faith," arranged that he should become his companion (Acts 16:3), and personally [[History of male circumcision#Male Circumcision in the Greco-Roman World|circumcised]] him because his mother was of the Jewish faith, so that he might be accepted by the Jews. He was ordained (1 Timothy 4:14) and went with Paul in his journey through [[Phrygia]], [[Galatia]] and [[Mysia]]; also to [[Troas]], [[Philippi]], [[Veria|Berea]] (Acts 17) and [[Corinth]] (Acts 18:5).
His mother, Eunice, and his grandmother, Lois, are noted as eminent for their piety and faith, which indicates that they may have also been Christians<ref>2nd Timothy 1:5</ref>. Timothy is praised by Paul for his knowledge of the Scriptures, and is said to have been acquainted with the Scriptures since childhood<ref>2nd Timothy 3:15</ref>. The Bible gives little information about Timothy's father; however, it does indicate that he was a [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] ([[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 16:1).
According to later tradition, St. Paul ordained St. Timothy as Bishop of [[Ephesus]] in the year [[65]], where he served for 15 years. In the year [[80]] (though some sources place the event during the year [[97]], with Timothy dying at age 80), Timothy tried to halt a pagan procession of [[Idolatry in Christianity|idols]], ceremonies and songs. In response to his preaching of the [[Gospel]], the angry pagans beat him, dragged him through the streets and stoned him to death. In the [[4th century]], his relics were transferred to the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]] in [[Constantinople]].
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==External links==
* [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/Apostle_Timothy Apostle Timothy at Orthodoxwiki]
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