From the Prologue of Ochrid
Of the Seventy. Saint Mark, also called John. In the house of his mother Mary in Jerusalem the holy Apostles gathered for prayer (Acts 12:12). He preached the Gospel with the Apostles Paul and Barnabas (12:25), and was afterward bishop in the city of Byblus. Saint Aristarchus, a traveling companion of the Apostle Paul (Acts 16:29), was bishop of Apamea in Syria. Saint Zenas, or Zena, called by the Apostle Paul "the lawyer" (Titus 3:13), was bishop of Lydda in Palestine. They shone like stars in the darkness of paganism and converted many to the faith of Christ. And now they shine as stars in the Kingdom of their beloved Christ.
