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22-684: The village is the site of St. Philip's and St. James' church , built in the beginning of the 16th century, one of the six Wooden churches of Southern Lesser Poland , inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since 2003. Sękowa is the seat of rural Gmina Sękowa , administrative district in Gorlice County , Lesser Poland Voivodeship , on the Polish Slovak border. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Gorlice and 105 km (65 mi) south-east of

44-422: A miraculous healing and his preaching Philip converted the wife of the proconsul of the city. This enraged the proconsul, and he had Philip, Bartholomew, and Mariamne all tortured. Philip and Bartholomew were then crucified upside-down , and Philip preached from his cross. As a result of Philip's preaching the crowd released Bartholomew from his cross, but Philip insisted that they not release him, and Philip died on

66-576: A very early period he came to be confused with the Philip the Apostle ; the confusion was all the more easy because, as an esteemed member of the apostolic company, he may readily have been described as an apostle in the wider sense of that word, beyond the original 12 Apostles. A late tradition describes him as settling at Tralles in Anatolia , where he became the bishop of that church. "St Philip

88-850: Is the patron saint of hatters. Philip the Evangelist 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 ( Acts 6 ). He preached and performed miracles in Samaria , and met and baptised an Ethiopian man , a eunuch , on

110-690: The church in Jerusalem in consequence of the murmurings of the Hellenists against the Hebrews . After the martyrdom of 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

132-759: The patriarchal cross , and a cross with a carpenter's square . Philip is remembered (with James ) in the Church of England with a Festival on 1 May . The Eastern Orthodox Church commemorates Philip on several days of the year. His feast day begins the Nativity Fast in the Eastern Orthodox Church , that is called Philip's Fast (or the Philippian Fast ), the Fast is Eastern equivalent of Western Advent . Saint Philip

154-787: The Deacon" is commemorated on October 11 in the Eastern Orthodox Church , in the Roman Rite , the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod , and in the Anglican communion including, for example, the U.S. Episcopal Church , and the Anglican Church of Southern Africa . Additionally, in the Eastern Orthodox Church , Philip is counted among the Seventy Apostles , and is referred to as a Protodeacon ; this feast day

176-673: The Father, he provides Jesus the opportunity to teach his disciples about the unity of the Father and the Son . Philip the Apostle should not be confused with Philip the Evangelist , who was appointed with Stephen and five others to oversee charitable distributions (Acts 6:5). One of the Gnostic codices discovered in the Nag Hammadi library in 1945 bears Philip's name in its title, on

198-709: The Gospel of John. Jesus tests Philip (John 6:6) when he asks him how to feed the 5,000 people. Later he appears as a link to the Greek community. Philip bore a Greek name , could likely speak Greek, and may have been known to the Greek pilgrims in Jerusalem. He advises Andrew that certain Greeks wish to meet Jesus, and together they inform Jesus of this (John 12:21). During the Last Supper , when Philip asked Jesus to show them

220-524: The Resurrection of Jesus and the final parting of his risen presence from the disciples, Philip had undertaken a sole missionary enterprise, and was, for some reason, reluctant to return to the rest of the Apostles." Later stories about Philip's life can be found in the anonymous Acts of Philip , probably written by a contemporary of Eusebius. This non-canonical book recounts the preaching and miracles of Philip. According to these accounts, following

242-487: The Twelve Apostles ). In the short-lived calendar reform of 1960, it was transferred to 11 May, but since 1969 it has been assigned to 3 May. The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates Philip's feast day on 14 November. The Synoptic Gospels list Philip as one of the apostles. The Gospel of John recounts Philip's calling as a disciple of Jesus. Philip is described as a disciple from the city of Bethsaida , and

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264-595: The bottom line. An early extra-biblical story about St. Philip is preserved in the apocryphal Letter from Peter to Philip , also one of the texts in the Nag Hammadi Library , and dated to the end of the 2nd century or early 3rd. This text begins with a letter from St. Peter to St. Philip, asking him to rejoin the other apostles who had gathered at the Mount of Olives . Fred Lapham believes that this letter indicates an early tradition that "at some point between

286-576: The cross. Philip is also said to have been martyred by beheading, rather than crucifixion, in the city of Hierapolis . The relics of Philip the Apostle are currently found in the crypt of Basilica Santi Apostoli, Rome , as well as the Church of St. Philip the Apostle in Cheektowaga, New York . In 2011, Italian archaeologist Francesco D'Andria claimed to have discovered the original tomb of Philip during excavations in ancient Hierapolis , close to

308-540: The evangelist connects him with Andrew and Peter , who were from the same town. He also was among those surrounding John the Baptist when the latter first pointed out Jesus as the Lamb of God . It was Philip who first introduced Nathanael (sometimes identified with Bartholomew ) to Jesus. According to Butler , Philip was among those attending the wedding at Cana . Of the four Gospels, Philip figures most prominently in

330-617: The modern Turkish city of Denizli . The 1st-century tomb, found to be empty of relics, stood at the centre of the 4th- or 5th-century three-naved basilica, the Church of the Sepulchre, which was one of the focal points of an entire ancient pilgrimage hill complex dedicated to Philip. Ancient Greek prayers are carved into the walls of the tomb and church venerating Philip the Apostle, and a 6th-century bread stamp ( signum pistoris  [ es ] ) shows Philip holding bread (John 6) with this specific three-naved church on his left side, and

352-569: The patriarch of Constantinople and primate of the Orthodox church, celebrated the liturgy of St. Philip in the Church of the Sepulchre and in the martyrion church of the apostle. Philip is commonly associated with the symbol of the Latin cross . Other symbols assigned to Philip include: the cross with the two loaves (because of his answer to the Lord in John 6:7), a basket filled with bread, a spear with

374-407: The previously identified nearby martyrion church to his right, removing all doubts about the basilica being the one to contain the original tomb of the apostle. The church built on his tomb and the martyrion church some 40 yards away were places of intense veneration for centuries: In Philip's Church of the Sepulchre the marble floors were worn down by thousands of people. In 2012, Bartholomew ,

396-507: The regional capital Kraków . [REDACTED] Media related to Sękowa at Wikimedia Commons This Gorlice County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Philip the Apostle 3 May: Roman Rite , Protestant Church in Germany 1 May: Anglican Communion , Old Catholics , ELCA , LCMS Philip the Apostle ( Greek : Φίλιππος ; Aramaic : ܦܝܠܝܦܘܣ; Coptic : ⲫⲓⲗⲓⲡⲡⲟⲥ , Philippos )

418-778: The resurrection of Jesus, Philip was sent with his sister Mariamne and Bartholomew to preach in Greece , Phrygia , and Syria . Included in the Acts of Philip is an appendix, entitled "Of the Journey of Philip the Apostle: From the Fifteenth Act Until the End, and Among Them the Martyrdom." This appendix gives an embellished account of Philip's martyrdom in the city of Hierapolis . According to this account, through

440-612: The road from Jerusalem to Gaza , traditionally marking the start of the Ethiopian Church ( Acts 8:26–39 ). Later, Philip lived in Caesarea Maritima with his four daughters who prophesied , where he was visited by Paul the Apostle ( Acts 21:8–9 ). Philip bore a Greek name . He is first mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles ( 6:5 ) as one of " Seven Deacons " who were chosen to attend to certain temporal affairs of

462-677: Was "caught away" by the Spirit and "found at Azotus" ( Ashdod ); and then "passing through he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea" ( Acts 8 ). Here some years afterwards, according to Acts 21:8–9 , where he is described as "the evangelist" (a term found again in the New Testament only in Ephesians 4:11 ; 2 Timothy 4:5 ), he entertained Paul the Apostle and his companion on their way to Jerusalem; at that time " he had four daughters , virgins, which did prophesy ". At

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484-578: Was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament . Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle who preached in Greece , Syria , and Asia-Minor . In the Roman Rite , the feast day of Philip, along with that of James the Less , is traditionally observed on 1 May, the anniversary of the dedication of the church dedicated to them in Rome (now called the Church of

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