A native of Bethsaida, on the Sea of ​​Galilee, like the apostles Peter and Andrew. After the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles, he preached the Gospel in Asia and Greece. In Hierapolis of Phrygia, he found himself on a joint missionary journey with John the Theologian, the apostle Bartholomew, and his sister Mariamne. There, with prayer, they killed a snake that the pagans worshiped and healed Stachys, who had been blind for 40 years. The enraged pagans seized Philip and crucified him upside down, and then crucified Bartholomew as well. At that, the earth opened up and swallowed the judge and many others. The terrified people rushed to take down the crucified apostles, but Philip had already expired. The Holy Apostle Philip suffered in the year 86. His relics are in Rome.

Saint Gregory Palamas, Bishop of Thessalonica. Saint Justinian, Emperor of Byzantium.