May 29
Reading:
The Righteous Martyr Theodosia, having Constantinople as
her homeland, struggled in asceticism in her own convent, which was
located in that same imperial city. Filled with zeal for the veneration
of the holy icons, she withstood Emperor Leo the Isaurian's impious
command that the icons be destroyed. She received the martyr's crown
when a soldier of the imperial guard plunged a ram's horn through her
throat, about the year 717.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
O Lord Jesus, unto Thee Thy lamb doth cry with a great voice: O
my Bridegroom, Thee I love; and seeking Thee, I now contest, and with
Thy baptism am crucified and buried. I suffer for Thy sake, that I may
reign with Thee; for Thy sake I die, that I may live in Thee: accept me
offered out of longing to Thee as a spotless sacrifice. Lord, save our
souls through her intercessions, since Thou art great in mercy.
SOURCE:
SAINT OR FEAST POSTED THIS DATE 2010(with 2009's link here also and further, 2008's, even 2007!
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