Venerable
Venerable Theodore the Desert-Dweller
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Life
A wonderworker. Having purified his spirit by prolonged ascetical struggle in the desert of the Jordan, he received from God the gift of wonderworking. While traveling by ship to Constantinople, it happened that the ship went astray and the drinking water ran out. When all the passengers on the ship were near death from thirst, Theodore raised his hands to heaven, prayed to God, and made the sign of the Cross over the sea water. Then he told the sailors to draw from the sea and drink; and when they drank, the water was sweet. When all began to bow before Theodore, he begged them not to thank him but the Lord God, Who had wrought this miracle out of His love for mankind. He peacefully departed this life in the year 583.
When all the passengers on the ship were near death from thirst, Theodore raised his hands to heaven, prayed to God, and made the sign of the Cross over the sea water.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, June 5. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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