Editing Matthias the Apostle (section)

==Veneration==
The feast of Saint Matthias was included in the Roman Calendar in the 11th century and celebrated on the sixth day to the Calends of March (24 February usually, but 25 February in leap years). In the [[Mysterii Paschalis|revision]] of the [[General Roman Calendar]] in 1969, his feast was transferred to 14 May, so as not to celebrate it in [[Lent]] but instead in [[Eastertide]] close to the [[Ascension of Jesus|Solemnity of the Ascension]],<ref>"Calendarium Romanum" (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 92; cf. p. 117</ref> the event after which the Acts of the Apostles recounts that Matthias was selected to be ranked with the [[Twelve Apostles]].

The Eastern Rites of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] celebrate his feast on 9 August. Yet the [[Western Rite Orthodoxy|Western Rite]] parishes of the Orthodox Church continues the old Roman Rite of 24 and 25 February in leap years.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}

The [[Church of England]]'s ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]'', as well as other older common prayer books in the Anglican Communion,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/calendar/|title=The Prayer Book Society of Canada " The Calendar|work=The Prayer Book Society of Canada|date=16 October 2013}}</ref> celebrates Matthias on 24 February. According to the newer ''[[Common Worship]]'' liturgy, Matthias is [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|remembered]] in the [[Church of England]] with a [[Festival (Anglicanism)|Festival]] on 14 May,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=27 March 2021|website=The Church of England|language=en}}</ref> although he may be celebrated on 24 February, if desired.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oremus.org/calendar/index05.html |title=web site |publisher=Oremus.org |access-date=12 May 2011}}</ref> In the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] as well as some in the [[Lutheran Church]], including the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]] and the [[Lutheran Church–Canada]], his feast remains on 24 February.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=768|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106225311/http://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=768|title=Misc. Info. on Minor Festivals – The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod|archive-date=6 January 2011}}</ref> In ''[[Evangelical Lutheran Worship]]'', used by the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] as well as the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada]], the feast date for Matthias is on 14 May.<ref>''[[Evangelical Lutheran Worship]]'', (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2007), 15</ref>

It is claimed that St Matthias the Apostle's remains were brought to Italy through Empress [[Helena of Constantinople|Helena]], mother of Emperor [[Constantine I]] (the Great); part of these relics were interred in the [[Abbey of Santa Giustina]], [[Padua]], and the remaining in the [[St. Matthias' Abbey, Trier|Abbey of St. Matthias]], [[Trier]], Germany. According to Greek sources, the remains of the apostle are buried in the castle of [[Gonio (settlement)|Gonio-Apsaros]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Kakhidze |first=Emzar  |editor-last=Bilde |editor-first=Pia Guldager |editor2-last=Petersen |editor2-first=Jane Hjarl |title=Meetings of Cultures – Between Conflicts and Coexistence. Black Sea Studies. 8|publisher=Aarhus University Press  |date=2008 |pages=303–332 |chapter=Apsaros: A Roman Fort in Southwestern Georgia  |chapter-url=http://www.pontos.dk/publications/books/BSS%208}}</ref>{{dead link|date=May 2024

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File:Matthias_the_Apostle1.jpg|Saint Matthias ([[Good Friday processions in Baliwag]], 1863)
File:Santa Giustina (Padua) - Tomb of Saint Matthias.jpg|His reliquary in [[Padua]].
File:Saint Matthias Helsinki Cathedral.jpg|Statue of Saint Matthias by [[Hermann Schievelbein]] at the roof of the [[Helsinki Cathedral]].
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