Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Philip the Evangelist appears several times in the Acts of the Apostles. He was one of the Seven Deacons chosen to care for the poor of the Christian community in Jerusalemlem . He preached and performed miracles in Samaria, converted Simon Magus, and met and baptised an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, in Gaza, traditionally marking the start of the Ethiopian Church . Later, he lived in Caesarea Maritima with his four daughters who prophesied, where he was visited by Paul"Philip the deacon" is commemorated on October 11 in the Roman Catholic Church, and on October 11 in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Philip is counted among the Seventy Apostles, and is referred to as a Protodeacon; his feast day is celebrated on June 6.