Albany OCF Albany OCF
Apostle Cleopas of the Seventy, Fr. Gregory Potter
- Christ the Savior Orthodox Church, 349 Eastline Rd, Ballston Lake NY 12019
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On October 30th in the Holy Orthodox Church we commemorate Apostle Cleopas of the Seventy (and brother to Joseph the Betrothed) who, with the Apostle Luke, encountered the Resurrected Christ on the road to Emmaus. The Lord hid His identity from them and, “…expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself” (Luke 24:27).

The veiling of Christ’s identity from the two traveling Apostles is a subject of St. Ephraim’s Hymnology (Hymn XV):

When the disciples' eyes were held closed,
bread too was the key whereby their eyes were opened
to recognize the omniscient:
saddened eyes beheld a vision of joy
and were instantly filled with happiness.

We will meet Fr. Gregory Potter at Christ the Savior Orthodox Church in Ballston Lake for an Akathist to the Apostles and to discuss the hymnology of St. Ephraim the Syrian.