Saint Theodore was the eighth Archbishop of Canterbury
(668-690), and one of England’s great saints. He was a Greek from
Tarsus, the home of St Paul. He was a highly-educated monk living in
Rome who was quickly advanced through all the clerical ranks and
consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury at the age of sixty-five. St
Adrian (January 9), an African who was the abbot of a monastery near
Naples, was sent to assist St Theodore.
St Theodore arrived in
Kent in 669, when he was almost seventy. In spite of his age, he was
quite energetic, traveling throughout England founding churches and
consecrating bishops to fill those Sees which were left vacant by an
outbreak of plague. He also created new Sees and established a school in
Canterbury where Greek was taught.
In Northumbria, St Theodore
settled a dispute involving episcopal succession. St Wilfrid (October
12) had been elected Bishop of Lindisfarne (the See was later
transferred to York), and he traveled to Gaul to be consecrated by a
Roman bishop, because he would not accept consecration from a Celtic
bishop. In the meantime, St Chad, or Ceadda (March 2), had been elected
and uncanonically consecrated because Wilfrid remained in Gaul for three
years. Although St Theodore deposed St Chad, he recognized his
worthiness to be a bishop. He regularized the consecration, then sent St
Chad to be Bishop of Mercia. St Wilfred was restored to his See.
St
Theodore summoned a council of the entire English Church at Hertford in
672. Not only was this the first church council in England, it was the
first assembly of any kind attended by representatives from all over the
country. In 679 he convened another synod at Hatfield to maintain the
purity of Orthodox doctrine and to condemn the heresy of Monothelitism.
St
Theodore fell asleep in the Lord in 690, and his body remained
incorrupt for a long time. Under his leadership, the English Church
became united in a way that the various tribal kingdoms did not. The
diocesean structures which he established continue to serve as the basis
for church administration in England. He was respected for his
administrative skills, and also for his moral and canonical decisions.
So nice to see my beloved Patron Saint get a mention on an Orthodox site! Thank you and may St Theodore's intercession protect and sustain the Orthodox presence in the English-speaking world.
Prior Theodore Community of Our Lady and Saint Laurence (Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate) Tallahassee Creek Valley, Colorado, USA
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So nice to see my beloved Patron Saint get a mention on an Orthodox site! Thank you and may St Theodore's intercession protect and sustain the Orthodox presence in the English-speaking world.
Prior Theodore
Community of Our Lady and Saint Laurence
(Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate)
Tallahassee Creek Valley, Colorado, USA
Father bless!
Amen, through the prayers of most Holy Saint Theodore!
In Christ,
Sophocles
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