Martyr
Saint Michael, Prince of Chernigov, and Theodore the Boyar
September 20 Old CalendarOctober 3 New Calendar
Life
Prince Michael of Chernigov went to the Tatar horde with his boyar Theodore, at the summons of Batu Khan. And because they refused, according to Tatar custom, to pass through fire and bow down before idols upon entering the presence of the khan, they were beheaded in the year 1244. Their relics, witnesses of their martyric death for Christ the Lord, rest in the Church of the Archangel in Moscow.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, September 20. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on September 20
The full reading for September 20 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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