Sopater Orr, James, M. A., D. D. General Editor
Sopater
''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia''. 1915. Retrieved December 9, 2005. ( el, Σώπατρος, ''Sṓpatros'') was the son of Pyrhus,Sopater
(1991). Eds. Trent C. Butler. ''Holman Bible Dictionary'' Retrieved December 9, 2005 a man from the city of Berea, mentioned in Acts 20:4. Sopater and others ( Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and

Tychicus Tychicus Τυχικός/was an Asiatic Christian who, with Trophimus, accompanied the Apostle Paul on a part of his journey from Macedonia to Jerusalem. He is also alluded to have been with Paul in Rome, where the apostle sent him to Ephesus, pr ...

and

Trophimus Trophimus ( el, Τρόφιμος, ''Tróphimos'') or Trophimus the Ephesian ( el, Τρόφιμος ὁ Ἐφέσιος, ''Tróphimos ho Ephésios'') was a Christian who accompanied Paul of Tarsus, Paul during a part of his third missionary jou ...

of Asia) accompanied

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out of Macedonia after a group of Jews began to plot against Paul, and then sailed from Philippi to Alexandria Troas where they met Paul who had gone by land. It is commonly accepted that Sopater was the kinsman of Paul noted in as Sosipater. although some writers think the words "the son of Pyrrhus" were added to distinguish Sopater from Sosipater. Sosipater is honored as Saint Sosipater by the

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with a feast day on 29 April.Holy Bishopry of

Veria Veria ( el, Βέροια or Βέρροια), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Berea or Berœa, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of ...

, Naousa and Kampania
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