Saint Theodoritus was a presbyter and keeper of sacred
vessels at the cathedral church in Antioch. This church was built and
richly adorned by the emperor Saint Constantine the Great (May 21) and
his son Constantius, and the people called it “the Golden church.”
Having occupied the throne after the death of the emperor Constantius
(337-361), Julian the Apostate (361-363) decided to restore paganism
throughout the Roman Empire.
The emperor appointed his uncle,
also named Julian, as prefect of Antioch. He ordered him to close the
Christian churches, and to send the valuables within them to the
imperial treasury. Wanting to please the emperor, the prefect, also an
apostate from Christianity, set about his impious task with zeal.
Arriving
at Antioch with the dignitary Felix, he gave orders to lock up the
priest Theodoritus under guard, and he began his plundering, defiling
the altar and the holy altar table. One of those present, Euzoios, tried
to admonish him for his impiety, and for this he was killed. Julian
accused Theodoritus of hiding the church valuables, but the venerable
keeper of vessels denied the accusation and openly denounced Julian for
his apostasy.
Despite beastly tortures, the holy martyr
maintained his faith in Christ the Savior, and predicted a speedy death
for Julian and the emperor for their sacrilege.
The soldiers
torturing the faithful presbyter were struck by his firmness and
endurance, and by the power of the Word of God. They were converted to
Christ, for which they were drowned in the sea.
The holy
confessor was beheaded. The mockery and sacrilege of the pagans did not
go unpunished, and the predictions of Saint Theodoritus were soon
fulfilled. The prefect Julian died in agony from a grievous illness, and
the emperor Julian perished in a campaign against the Persians.
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