Philip the Evangelist

Saint Philip the Evangelist
Evangelist or Deacon
Born	Unknown (1st century) Caesarea, Palestina
Died	11th October (1st century)
Venerated in	Coptic Orthodox Church Armenian Apostolic Church Ethiopian Orthodox Church Syriac Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy, Lutheranism
Feast	11th October

Saint Philip the Evangelist (Greek: Φίλιππος, Philippos) appears several times in the Acts of the Apostles. He was one of the Seven chosen to care for the poor of the Christian community in Jerusalem (). He preached and performed miracles in Samaria, and met and baptised an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, in Gaza, traditionally marking the start of the Ethiopian Church (). Later, he lived in Caesarea Maritima with his four daughters who foretold, where he was visited by Paul the Apostle ().

Philip bore a Greek name. He is first mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles () as one of "the seven" who were chosen to attend to certain temporal affairs of the church in Jerusalem in consequence of the murmurings of the Hellenists against the Hebrews.

After the martyrdom of Saint Stephen he went to "the city of Samaria", where he preached with much success, Simon Magus being one of his converts. He afterwards was told by an angel of the Lord to go to the road between Jerusalem and Gaza. There he instructed and baptized the Ethiopian eunuch; next he was "caught away" by the Spirit and "found at Azotus" (Ashdod), and then "pass[ed] through he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea" (Acts 8).

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