Feast Day: February 17th
& April 30th – Translation of his Holy Relics
The Life of Saint Theodore: Repeated Confession, reception of the Holy Mysteries, and reading of the feats of New Martyrs like Saint Polydoros, brought him to the firm decision that he too would seal his repentance by shedding his blood for the Lord. After a difficult battle, he overcame the temptation to abandon this Holy resolve and went to the island of Mytilene, accompanied by a zealous brother…
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Prayers
Apolytikion – Tone 1: Thou wast offered to God as a precious gift through thy labours in conflict, and didst become a blameless and acceptable offering. O Blessed Theodore we praise thy struggles; we give Glory to God who has strengthened thee, O much-afflicted one, against all thine enemies, visible and invisible.
Kontakion – Tone 4: Thy contest has arisen like a bright morning star and has inspired us to Glorify Christ. He has shown thee forth as one steadfast in struggle, O Martyr Theodore.
Megalynarion: Let us the faithful praise the pearl of Jesus in Odes and Hymns, Christ’s bright star of the Neomartyrs, Theodore the New, the boast of the faithful.
Apolytikion for the Translation of his Holy Relics – Tone 4: The all-precious Relics of Saint Theodore, O faithful, let us gloriously honour as a precious treasure, and let all cry out: Save us from the dangers, those who faithfully hymn you, as when you delivered the city from the plague, and preserve all of us through your intercessions.
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