masculine Prochorus

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greek
Name Root:
pró khorós > Próchoros
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This name derives from the Ancient Greek “Próchoros (Πρόχορος),” composed of two elements: “pró ‎(πρό)” (before, in front) plus “khorós (χορός)” (dance ring, round dance, choral dance, chorus, choir). In turn, the name means “leader of the dance.” Prochorus was one of the Seven Deacons chosen to care for the Christian community’s poor in Jerusalem (6:5). According to the later tradition, he was one of the Seventy Apostles sent out by Jesus in Luke 10. Tradition calls Prochorus the nephew of Stephen the Protomartyr. St Prochorus accompanied the holy Apostle Peter, who ordained him to be the bishop in Nicomedia. 2) Prochoros Kydones (~1330–1369) was an Eastern Orthodox monk, theologian, and linguist.

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