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Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr

Very probably a Hellenistic Jew, Stephen was one of the seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom (Acts 6:3), who were chosen by the apostles to relieve them of the administrative burden of serving tables and caring for the widows. By this appointment to assist the apostles, Stephen, the first named of those the New Testament calls The Seven, became the first to do what the Church traditionally considers to be the work and ministry of a deacon.

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