Venerable

Venerable Theodore the Studite

November 11 Old CalendarNovember 24 New Calendar

Life

Theodore was the renowned abbot of the Studion Monastery, great sufferer for the icons, wise organizer of monastic life, divinely inspired teacher of Orthodoxy, and wondrous ascetic. He reposed in Constantinople in the year 826, in the sixty-eighth year of his life.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, November 11. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Also commemorated on November 11

Holy Great Martyr Menas Martyr Holy Martyr Stephen Dechanski, King of Serbia Martyr Holy Martyrs Victor and Stephanida Martyr Holy Martyr Vincent the Deacon Martyr Holy Urošica, Serbian Prince Holy Ruler

The full reading for November 11 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

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