Dorotheos of Gaza
Saint Dorotheos (500-555), who was from Gaza. His spiritual parents are: John “the Prophet” and Barsonovius “the great old man”. His upbringing:
Christophorus I, Patriarch of Antioch, Saint Martyr
His martyrdom was on May 23, 967 in Antioch. His name is Issa. He is originally from Baghdad, where he learned and mastered rhetoric
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Anna the prophetess and Simon the friend who accepts God
“When Anna, who was contemplating God, and Simon, who was most happy, when they shone with prophecy and appeared faultless in the law, they now saw the Giver of the Law manifest.
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Nahum the prophet
He is one of the minor prophets, and the meaning of his name is (Comforter), and he is the author of the seventh prophecy in the series of Old Testament prophecies. He was from (Alqosh) in
Theophylactus of Nicomedia, our venerable father among the saints
Theophilectus was born around 765 AD to a humble family of commoners. He left his homeland as a young man and went to the royal city, where he was an imperial advisor at that time.
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Theophanus of Singrian the Confessor, the Righteous Saint
Saint Theophanes was born in Constantinople in the year 759 AD, during the time of Emperor Constantine V, known as “Al-Zubli” (742-775 AD), into a family of
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Theodorus of Tarsus, Bishop of Canterbury
We celebrate him and the Latin Church on September 19. Theodoros was born in the year 602 in Tarsus (Cilicia), which is the city of Saint Paul the Apostle.
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Theodore of Tyrone (of Tyre), the saint and martyr
Saint Theodore is one of the most famous martyrs in the East, and he is not Saint Theodore, the army commander, whom the church celebrates on February 8.
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Theodore, the holy and righteous queen
She is Theodore, the Queen of Paphlagonia. From the noble class. She enjoyed stunning beauty and penetrating intelligence. She took piety and faith from her mother, Theoctista.
Theophan, Bishop of Nicaea, the Confessor and Psalmist
Saint Theophan was born into a Palestinian family distinguished by three virtues: piety, hospitality, and love of knowledge. His parents provided for him and his older brother
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Theodorus, army commander
The oldest testimony about Saint Theodore is a sermon delivered by Saint Gregory of Nyssa. We don't know anything about his homeland. We just know that
Theodore Abu Qurra, Bishop of Harran
Theodore Abu Qurra (+825) is the Orthodox bishop of the city of Harran. Harran is one of the major cities of Mesopotamia. Born in