Venerable
Venerable Theodora of Thessalonica
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Life
As the wife of a wealthy and pious man she lived on the island of Aegina. But when the Arabs threatened Aegina, they moved to Thessalonica. There they gave their only daughter to a monastery, and she received the monastic name Theopista. Soon Theodora's husband reposed, and Theodora too was tonsured a nun. She was a great ascetic. She often heard angelic singing and said to the sisters: "Do you not hear how wondrously the angels sing in the heavenly sanctuary?" She reposed at the age of seventy-five, in the year 879. From her body flowed healing myrrh, by which many were healed.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, August 29. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on August 29
The full reading for August 29 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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