Editing Onesimus (section)

== Veneration ==
Onesimus is regarded as a saint by many Christian denominations.

=== Lutheran Churches ===
The [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]] commemorates him and [[Philemon (New Testament character)|Philemon]] on 15 February.<ref>Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, ''Lutheran Worship'', [[Concordia Publishing House]], 1982, updated by the same church's ''Lutheran Service Book'', [[Concordia Publishing House]], 2006.</ref>

=== Eastern Orthodox Church ===
The Eastern Orthodox Church commemorates Onesimus on a variety of dates: 
* 15 February: Primary Feast Day;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lives of all saints commemorated on 15 February |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/all-lives/2024/02/15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827212739/https://www.oca.org/saints/all-lives/2024/02/15 |archive-date=27 August 2024 |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=[[Orthodox Church in America]]}}</ref>
* 4 January: [[Synaxis]] of the [[Seventy disciples|Seventy Apostles]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lives of all saints commemorated on 4 January |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/all-lives/2024/01/04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827213043/https://www.oca.org/saints/all-lives/2024/01/04 |archive-date=27 August 2024 |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=[[Orthodox Church in America]]}}</ref>
* 6 July: The Apostles [[Philemon (biblical figure)|Philemon]], [[Archippus]], and Onesimus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calendar: 6 July |url=https://orthochristian.com/calendar/20240706.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718214401/https://orthochristian.com/calendar/20240706.html |archive-date=18 July 2024 |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Orthochristian}}</ref>
* 22 November: The Apostles [[Philemon (biblical figure)|Philemon]], [[Archippus]], Onesimus, and [[Equal-to-apostles|equal-to-the-apostles]] [[Philemon (biblical figure)|Apphia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lives of all saints commemorated on 22 November |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/all-lives/2024/11/22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827213343/https://www.oca.org/saints/all-lives/2024/11/22 |archive-date=27 August 2024 |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=[[Orthodox Church in America]]}}</ref>

=== Catholic Church ===
The traditional Western commemoration of Onesimus is on 16 February.<ref>Livingstone (2000), p. 414</ref> But in the 2004 edition of the ''[[Roman Martyrology]]'', Onesimus is listed under 15 February. There, he is described as "[a] runaway slave, whom the apostle Paul received to the faith of Christ while in prison, regarding him as a son of whom he had become father, as he himself wrote to Philemon, Onesimus's master".<ref>''Martyrologium Romanum'', 2004, [[Holy See Press Office|Vatican Press]] (Typis Vaticanis), p. 150.</ref>