They are among the seventy apostles and were students of Saint Paul the Apostle.
وفي كولوسي 10:4 أسماه بولس “أريسترخوس المأسور معي” معتبراً إياه، بمثابة يوحنا المعمدان، وقد ورد في التراث أنه صار أسقفاً على أفاميا السورية.
Saints Pudis and Trophimus are mentioned in the Second Epistle of Saint Paul to Timothy (4:20-21). Trophimus, it seems, was an Ephesian, and they were martyred in the time of Nero.
Troparia in the third tune
O holy apostles, intercede with the merciful God, that He may grant forgiveness of sins to our souls.